2c - Vermilion or orange vermilion
440,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #183 - 1879
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
Graded |
MH |
Graded |
Used |
Graded |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$10-$20 |
$1-$2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
$20-$30 |
$1-$3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
$95 |
$30-$45 |
$1-$3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$2-$5 |
$675 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$45-$55 |
$1-$17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
$45-$70 |
$1-$2 |
$625 |
85 |
$1,450 |
98 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$850 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$20-$25 |
$1-$5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
$145 |
$15-$22 |
$1 |
$900 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$5,500 |
95J |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
$18-$35 |
$1-$5 |
|
95 |
$160 |
- |
|
95 |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

3c - Green,
light green or dark green
1,300,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #184 - 1879
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
Used |
Graded |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
$150-$450 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
$25-$40 |
$20-$30 |
< $1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
$25-$30 |
$10-$20 |
< $1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
< $1 |
$325 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
$10-$25 |
< $1 |
$600 |
$200 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$100 |
$1-$11 |
$210-$290 |
$190-$210 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
$100 |
$13-$28 |
$1-$3 |
- |
$180-$190 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$325 |
90J |
- |
- |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$13-$20 |
$1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
$15 |
< $1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
$23 |
< $1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
95 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
95J |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
 
Can you value these #184's?
The first copy was sold via ebay. It is MH, has poor centering and has perf faults at top.
The second copy was sold via Ebay, it is MH, has wide margins and VF centering.
Both are sound. All were sold in Dec/Jan 2004/5. Pass your cursor over the question mark to find the answers.

3c - Green,
light green or dark green
Double Impression - Soft porous paper - Scott #184b - 1879
Less than five known
Spring 2006 Auction - Used $8,000

5c - Blue,
bright blue, light blue or dark blue
42,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #185 - 1879
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
Graded |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$2-$5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
$275-$325 |
- |
$2-$7 |
- |
- |
$600-$700 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
$60 |
$2-$4 |
- |
- |
$1,400 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$3-$4 |
- |
- |
$700-$1,000 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$50 |
$1-$10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
$45-$55 |
$1-$6 |
$2,000 |
85 |
$850 |
95 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$130-$190 |
$2-$7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$2-$8 |
- |
- |
$3,250 |
98 |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
$2-$13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

6c - Pink, dull pink or brown rose
24,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #186 - 1879
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
Graded |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$350 |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$3-$10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$3-$7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
$2-$9 |
- |
- |
$250 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$100 |
$3-$36 |
- |
- |
$2,100 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
$3-$30 |
- |
- |
$1,900 |
85J |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
$4-$13 |
- |
- |
$425 |
70 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
$315 |
$4-$10 |
$12,000 |
90 |
$270 |
85 |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
$635 |
$3-$6 |
- |
- |
$400 |
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

10c - Brown or yellow brown
Without secret mark
16,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #187 - 1875
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$900-$1,900 |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$3-$6 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$3-$8 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
$4-$10 |
- |
$1,600 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
$300 |
$3-$30 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
$2-$8 |
- |
$4,000 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
$255 |
$3-$4 |
- |
$8,000 |
90 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
$210-$470 |
$6-$11 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$6-$10 |
- |
$3,000-$3,500 |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
$3-$11 |
- |
$2,600 |
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

10c - Brown, black brown or yellow brown
With secret mark
22,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #188 - 1875
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$1,000-$3,000 |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$3-$6 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
- |
$6-$12 |
- |
$2,000-$4,250 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
$3-$9 |
- |
$2,500 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$3-$9 |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
- |
$3-$55 |
$6,250 |
$800-$1,700 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
$4,000 |
- |
$2-$28 |
- |
$2,700 |
90 |
| Spring 2007 |
- |
- |
$3-$35 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$2-$10 |
- |
$4,000 |
90J |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
$2-$11 |
- |
$3,000-$4,750 |
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

15c - Yellow
orange, pale orange or reddish orange
Centering is commonly better
15,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #189 - 1879
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|
NY Auction Houses |
| |
MNH |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
Graded |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$500-$1,000 |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
- |
$4-$9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
$85-$100 |
$8-$19 |
- |
- |
$190 |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
- |
$2-$9 |
$1,400 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
- |
$2-$6 |
- |
- |
$450 |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$50-$280 |
$8-$28 |
- |
- |
$200-$375 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
- |
- |
$2-$9 |
$2,300 |
- |
$1,800 |
90 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$2,000 |
95 |
| Spring 2007 |
$210 |
$50-$90 |
$2-$10 |
- |
- |
$375 |
85 |
| Fall 2007 |
- |
- |
$2-$20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2008 |
- |
- |
$3-$20 |
$5,750 |
95 |
$325 |
- |
| Fall 2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2009 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |

30c - Full
black or greenish black
XF centering is hard to find on this issue
4,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #190 - 1879
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NY Auction Houses |
| |
MH |
Used |
MNH |
Graded |
MH |
Graded |
| Spring 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fall 2003 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
$350-$2,000 |
- |
| Spring 2004 |
- |
$5-$25 |
$5,000 |
- |
$1,000 |
- |
| Fall 2004 |
- |
$10-$30 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2005 |
- |
$10-$40 |
- |
- |
$1,450 |
- |
| Fall 2005 |
- |
$7-$20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Spring 2006 |
- |
$5-$30 |
- |
- |
$240-$2,300 |
- |
| Fall 2006 |
$1,750 |
$5-$35 |
- |
- |
$3,250 |
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