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1897 Series

1c - Deep green, green or yellow green
5,200,000,000 - Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #279 - 1897

					NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$20-$200	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$10-$20	-	$1-$3	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$5-$14	-	$1-$2	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$6-$8	-	$1	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$6-$30	-	$1-$2	-	$190	-
Spring 2006	$6	-	$1-$2	-	$130	90
Spring 2006	-	-	-	-	$260	85
Fall 2006	$5-$7	-	$2-$5	-	$625	95
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-	$1,700	98
Spring 2007	$7-$12	-	$1-$6	-	$110	85
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	$140	90
Fall 2007	$7-$11	-	$2-$4	-	$1,000	98
Fall 2007	$110	90	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	$4-$7	-	$1-$2	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$8-$16	-	$2-$3	-	$300	95
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-	$1,200	98
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-

2c - Red, light red or deep red - Type IV
Shaded toga button, additional dots on ear, "T" of "TWO"
straight at right, re-cutting and lengthening of hairline
12,000,000,000 - Scott #279B - Double line USPS wmk. - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$5-$10	-	1-$3	-	-
Fall 2004	$4-$10	-	$1	-	-
Spring 2005	$5-$15	-	$1-$3	-	-
Fall 2005	$10	-	$1-$5	-	-
Spring 2006	$3-$7	-	-	$160	90
Fall 2006	$4-$12	-	$1	-	-
Spring 2007	$5-$27	-	$1-$3	$105	85
Fall 2007	$7-$15	-	$2-$7	-	-
Spring 2008	$7-$21	-	$1	-	-
Fall 2008	$9-$14	-	$2-$6	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

2c - Rose Carmine - Type IV
Shaded toga button, additional dots on ear, "T" of "TWO"
straight at right, re-cutting and lengthening of hairline
Scott #279Bc - Double line USPS wmk. - 1897
Note: This stamp is often mis-identified, it is scarce!
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				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Fall 2005	-	-	-	-	-	$450-$500	-
Spring 2006	-	-	-	-	-	$1,000	80
Fall 2006	-	-	-	$3,750	95	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-	$100	50
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-	$850	80
Fall 2007	-	-	-	$2,800	80	-	-
Spring 2008	$55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$21	-	$42,500	100	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2c - Rose Carmine - Type IV
Shaded toga button, additional dots on ear, "T" of "TWO"
straight at right, re-cutting and lengthening of hairline
Booklet of Six
Scott #279Be - Double line USPS wmk. - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH
Spring 2006	$100	-	-	$150	-
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$100	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$130	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

2c - Vermilion - Type IV
Shaded toga button, additional dots on ear, "T" of "TWO"
straight at right, re-cutting and lengthening of hairline
Booklet of Six
Scott #279Bh - Double line USPS wmk. - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH
Fall 2008	-	$170	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

2c - Vermilion - Type IV
toga button, additional dots on ear, "T" of "TWO"
straight at right, re-cutting and lengthening of hairline
Booklet of Six
Scott #279Bj - Double line USPS wmk. - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH
Fall 2008	-	-	-	$1,100	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

4c - Rose brown
150,000,000 - Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #280 - 1897

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	$50-$130	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$30-$50	$7-$21	-	-
Fall 2004	$40-$45	$7-$15	-	-
Spring 2005	$40-$70	$7-$15	-	-
Fall 2005	$30	$5-$10	$550	-
Spring 2006	-	$8-$15	-	-
Fall 2006	$25	$7-$11	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$5-$40	$230	90
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	$15-$45	$5-$14	-	-
Fall 2008	$50-$80	$7-$14	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

4c -Lilac brown or brownish claret
Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #280a - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded
Spring 2006	-	-	-	$625	95
Fall 2006	$45	-	-	$700	95
Spring 2007	-	$5-$6	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	$350	90
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$5	-	$400	90
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

4c - Orange Brown
Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #280b - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded
Fall 2008	-	$6	-	$300	90
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

5c - Dark blue, bright blue or blue
280,000,000 - Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #281 - 1897

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$11-$25	-	-
Fall 2004	$30-$40	$5-$10	-	-
Spring 2005	$13-$50	$5-$12	$300	-
Fall 2005	-	$5-$17	$850	-
Spring 2006	-	$7-$21	$800	95
Fall 2006	$15	$7-$14	$475	90
Spring 2007	$20	$9-$10	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$5-$19	$1,400	95
Fall 2008	$25-$40	$6-$13	$150	85
Fall 2008	-	-	$700	95
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

6c - Lake or claret
46,000,000 - Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #282 - 1897

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$125-$175	$20-$35	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$5-$25	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$10-$45	$1,100	-
Fall 2005	$130	$10-$25	$450	-
Spring 2006	$80	-	$1,450	95
Fall 2006	-	$21	$700	95
Spring 2007	-	$6-$19	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$11-$35	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$9-$22	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$13-$27	$220	85
Fall 2008	-	-	$17,500	100
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

6c - Purple lake
Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #282a - 1897

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MH	Graded
Spring 2006	-	-	-	-
Fall 2006	$35	$14	$750	98
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$24	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

10c -Brown or dark brown - Type I
The tips of the foliate ornaments do not impinge on the white curved line below "ten cents"
42,000,000 - Double line USPS wmk. - Scott #282C - 1897

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	$1,400	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$60-$100	$1-$6	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$40-$70	$1-$2	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$25-$125	$1-$2	$1,050	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$35-$50	< $1	$1,800	-	-	-
Spring 2006	-	$25-$70	$1-$2	$2,300	90	$1,150	98
Fall 2006	-	-	$1-$8	$725	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$100	$2-$5	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$35-$90	$1-$2	-	-	-	-