1902-03 Regular Issue
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1c - Blue Green, deep green, gray green or yellow green
11,200,000,000 - Scott #300 - 1903
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			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$10-$15	$2-$5	-	-
Fall 2004	$4-$10	$1-$3	-	-
Spring 2005	$3-$40	$1-$10	-	-
Fall 2005	$4-$20	$1	$27-$130	-
Spring 2006	$3-$12	$1	$170	90J
Fall 2006	$3	$1-$2	$375	95
	-	-	$1,300	98
Spring 2007	$2-$25	$1	$150	90
Fall 2007	$2-$90	$1	-	-
Spring 2008	$7-$30	$1-$4	-	-
Fall 2008	$7-$21	$1-$4	$85	90
Spring 2009	$5-$9	$1-$4	$220	95
	-	-	$350	95J
	-	-	$1,350	98
Fall 2009	$7-$20	$1-$4	$130	95
	-	-	$750	98
Spring 2010	$5-$20	$1-$3	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

1c - Blue Green
Booklet Pane - Scott #300b - 1903

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	MH
Spring 2003	-	-	$650-$850	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$120-$140	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$130	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$140	-	$1,150	-
Spring 2006	$270	$55	-	$200
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$140	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	$210	-
Fall 2009	-	$210	$700	$650
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

2c - Carmine, bright carmine, deep carmine or carmine red
3,300,000,000 - Scott #301 - 1903

					NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$30-$100	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$5-$15	-	$2-$5	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$3-$16	-	$1-$3	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$4-$16	-	$1-$7	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$3-$30	-	$1-$2	-	$35	90J
Spring 2006	$6-$30	-	$3-$4	-	$290	-
Fall 2006	$20	-	$1-$8	-	$3,500	98J
Spring 2007	$6-$18	-	$1-$4	-	$660	95
Fall 2007	$5-$8	-	$2-$4	-	$125	90
Spring 2008	$6-$25	-	$2	-	$650	95
	-	-	$24	90	-	-
Fall 2008	$4-$11	-	$1-$2	-	$600	95
Spring 2009	$6-$17	-	$1-$3	-	$4,500	98J
Fall 2009	$6-$22	-	$1-$3	-	$750	95J
Spring 2010	$7-$16	-	$1-$2	-	$500	95
Fall 2010	$5	-	-	-	$4,250	98J
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

2c - Carmine
Booklet Pane - Scott #301c - 1903

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$200-$225	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$285	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$210	-	-	-	$150
Fall 2006	-	$60	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-	$150
Spring 2009	-	$100	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$170	-	-	$750-$1,000	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	$300	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

2c - Carmine
Imperforate Error - Scott #301 - 1903
Only 3 copies exist
Fall 2002 Auction: MNH $5,000
Spring 2004 Auction: MNH $4,750-$5,500
Spring 2008 Auction: $4,500

3c - Bright violet, deep violet or violet
280,000,000 - Scott #302 - 1903

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	$50-$110	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$25-$50	$7-$15	-	-
Fall 2004	$35-$85	$10-$20	-	-
Spring 2005	$20-$45	$7-$16	-	-
Fall 2005	$30-$70	$5-$20	$390-$1,250	-
Spring 2006	$50-$70	$9-$40	$4,250-$4,750	98
	-	-	$350	90
	-	-	$360	80
Fall 2006	$55	$11-$29	$1,050-$1,350	95
Spring 2007	$24	$10-$20	$190	80
	-	-	$325	90
	-	-	$1,450	95
Fall 2007	$24-$70	$6-$18	$180	85
	-	-	$350	90
	-	-	$1,050	95J
Spring 2008	$20-$30	$6-$18	-	-
	-	-	$4,500	98
Fall 2008	$19-$22	$10-$15	$290	90
Spring 2009	$35-$40	$10-$22	$260	90
	-	-	$700	95
Fall 2009	$40-$50	$8-$18	$130	85
	-	-	$600	95
	-	-	$1,900-$2,100	98
Spring 2010	$30-$140	$11-$21	$220	90
	-	-	$2,200	98
Fall 2010	-	-	$2,100	98J
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

4c - Brown, dark brown or yellow brown
350,000,000 - Scott #303 - 1903

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	$50-$110	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$25-$35	$7-$15	-	-
Fall 2004	$40-$50	$10-$20	-	-
Spring 2005	$60-$100	$7-$16	-	-
Fall 2005	$40-$150	$5-$20	$390-$1,250	-
Spring 2006	$28-$40	$5-$18	$3,000	95
Fall 2006	$35-$55	$6-$15	$650	90
	-	-	$1,600	95
Spring 2007	$50-$60	$4-$22	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$4-$30	$1,350	95
Spring 2008	$55-$100	$8-$17	$300 - $425	90
	-	-	$850	90J
Fall 2008	$30-$50	$11-$15	$110	80
	-	-	$1,200	95
Spring 2009	$30-$50	$14-$24	$250-$260	90
	-	-	$350	90J
Fall 2009	-	$16-$26	$700	95
Spring 2010	$29-$75	$8-$18	$1,400	95
	-	-	$2,500	98
Fall 2010	$65	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

5c - Blue, pale blue or bright blue
550,000,000 - Scott #304 - 1903

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$120-$375	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$45-$75	$12-$32	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$10-$45	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$70	$18-$20	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$95	$15-$30	-	-	$140-$325	-
Spring 2006	-	$15-$35	$900	90J	-	-
Fall 2006	$25-$45	$10-$21	$1,500	95	-	-
	-	-	$3,500	98	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$13-$40	$210	80J	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$8-$21	$1,350	95	-	-
Spring 2008	$45	$13-$30	$275	85J	-	-
	-	-	$375	90	-	-
	-	-	$300	90J	-	-
	-	-	$2,500	95J	-	-
Fall 2008	$30-$35	$15-$25	$190	85	$65	90
	-	-	$325	90	-	-
Spring 2009	$55	$10-$22	$300	90	$1,600	100
Fall 2009	$25-$30	$10	$350-$375	90	-	-
	-	-	$600-$750	95	-	-
Spring 2010	$40-$35	$8-$28	-	-	$275	98
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for less than $1

5c - Blue, pale blue or bright blue
Double Transfer (only one recorded)
Scott #304 - 1903
$2,600 in 2006

6c - Claret, deep claret or brownish lake
120,000,000 - Scott #305 - 1903

					NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	$12-$24	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$90-$100	-	$15-$36	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$65	-	$20-$50	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$18-$30	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$80	-	$10-$20	-	$260	90	-	-
Fall 2006	$70	-	$16-$25	-	$1,500	95	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	$22-$30	-	$600	90	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$22-$40	-	$280	85	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$475	90	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	$24-$55	-	$450	90	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$750	90J	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$6,250	95J	-	-
Fall 2008	$75-$150	-	$25-$50	-	$400	85	$75	90
	-	-	$115	90	-	-	-	-
	-	-	$500	90J	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	$60	-	$27-$30	-	$325-$350	90	-	-
Fall 2009	$65-$70	-	$21-$50	-	$250	90	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$950-$1,500	95	-	-
Spring 2010	$50-$60	-	$12-$20	-	-	-	$500	98
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	$30	70	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for between $1 and $2

8c - Violet black, black or gray black
180,000,000 - Scott #306 - 1902

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	$130-$450	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$10-$50	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$13-$30	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$10-$20	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$7-$25	$100-$300	-
Spring 2006	-	$8-$25	$550	90J
Fall 2006	-	$6-$30	$950	95
	-	-	$2,900	98
Spring 2007	$40	$5-$20	$1,300	95
Fall 2007	-	$5-$21	$1,000	95J
Spring 2008	$50-$75	$13-$22	$375	90
	-	-	$850	90J
	-	-	$9,000	98
Fall 2008	$20-$40	$10-$16	$240	90
	-	-	$800	95
Spring 2009	$22-$25	$10-$17	$550-$650	95
	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$16-$23	$12-$18	$1,900	95J
	-	-	$2,000-$2,200	98
Spring 2010	$24-$35	$8-$19	$250	90
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for $1

10c - Pale red brown, red brown or dark red brown
120,000,000 - Scott #307 - 1903

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	$70-$220	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	$80-$100	$8-$25	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$110-$130	$12-$30	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$12-$40	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$18-$40	$110-$160	-	-	-
Spring 2006	-	$13-$40	$2,000	95	-	-
Fall 2006	$50	$13-$25	$1,600-$2,000	95	-	-
Spring 2007	$30	$10-$20	$850	90	-	-
Fall 2007	$65	$15-$25	$450	90	-	-
	-	-	$650	90J	-	-
Spring 2008	$55-$85	$22-$35	$400-$475	90	-	-
Fall 2008	$70	$25-$40	$1,200	95	$1,200	100J
Spring 2009	$105-$255	$22-$40	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	$19-$50	$200	90	-	-
	-	-	$750-$1,700	95	-	-
Spring 2010	$45-$105	$12-$20	$1,000	95	-	-
Fall 2010	$80	-	$7,250	98J	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-

Used stamps sell for $1-$2

13c - Purple black or brown violet
31,000,000 - Scott #308 - 1902

						NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	$330-$480	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	$12-$55	-	$1-$4	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$8-$60	-	$1	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$40-$50	-	$7-$20	-	$1-$3	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$11-$30	-	$1-$4	$110-$900	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$50-$95	-	$14-$30	-	$1-$3	$1,100	95J	-	-
Fall 2006	$40-$60	-	$10-$35	-	$1	$1,900	95J	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$3,000	98	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	$11-$40	-	$1	$170	85	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$8-$40	-	$1-$3	$250	90	-	-
Spring 2008	$40-$50	-	$18-$40	-	$1-$2	-	-	-	-
	$160-$180	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	$16-$30	-	$1	$260	90	$100	95
	-	-	-	-	-	$800	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$1,150	95J	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	$19-$25	-	-	$220	90	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$500	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$2,000-$3,250	98	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$4,000	100	-	-
Fall 2009	$40	-	$10-$16	-	-	$450-$475	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$475	95J	-	-
Spring 2010	$65	-	$14-$45	-	-	$110	85	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$450	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$1,900	98J	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	$6,500	100J	-	-
	-	-	$55	95	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

15c - Olive green or dark olive green
41,000,000 - Scott #309 - 1903

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$300-$500	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$12-$55	$1-$4	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$8-$60	$1	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	$40-$50	$7-$20	$1-$3	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$11-$30	$1-$4	-	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$250	$25-$115	$1-$5	$3,250	90	-	-
Fall 2006	$150	$21-$125	$1	$2,300	90	-	-
	-	-	-	$4,750	95	-	-
Spring 2007	$45-$95	$25-$35	$1-$3	$660-$700	85	-	-
Fall 2007	$80-$85	-	$2-$5	-	-	$270	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$550	95J
Spring 2008	$90-$125	$30-$50	$1-$5	$650	85	$250	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$700	95
Fall 2008	$150-$250	$50-$80	$1	-	-	$200	85
Spring 2009	$105-$115	$35-$70	$1-$3	$475	85	-	-
	-	-	-	$2,400	95	-	-
Fall 2009	$50-$75	$30-$40	$1-$3	$575	85	$400	95J
	-	-	-	$2,800	95	-	-
	-	-	-	$6,750	98	-	-
Spring 2010	$40-$80	$30	$1-$5	$500-$625	95	-	-
	-	-	-	$9,000	98	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	$2,900	95J	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

50c - Orange or deep orange
2,700,000 - Scott #310 - 1903

					NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$440-$700	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	$8-$15	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$100-$450	$7-$22	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	-	$60-$350	$5-$12	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$160	$6-$16	$1,200	90	-	-
Spring 2006	$190-$450	-	$45	$3-$13	-	-	-	-
Fall 2006	$550	-	$120	$4-$65	$2,000	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$2,650	95J	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	-	$4-$50	$4,000	90	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$50	$4-$11	-	-	$600	90
	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,150	95
Spring 2008	-	-	$135	$3-$35	$2,400	90	$550	90
	-	-	-	-	$11,000	95	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	$100-$200	$3-$7	$1,450	85	$500	85
	-	-	-	-	$2,400	90	$500	90
Spring 2009	$565	-	$85-$175	$4-$13	$1,250	85	$550	90
	-	-	-	-	$1,600-$2,100	90	-	-
	-	-	-	-	$8,000	95	-	-
Fall 2009	$1,150	85	$90-$200	-	$7,000	95	$475	95
	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,500	98
Spring 2010	$630	-	$85-$290	$4-$17	$1,600	90	$300	8fJ
Fall 2010	$570	-	-	-	$6,000	95	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

$1 - Black or grayish black
500,000 - Scott #311 - 1903

						NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Graded	Used	Graded	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	$1,000-$1,200	-	$725	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	$12-$20	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$375-$425	-	$15-$35	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	-	-	$10-$35	-	$5,750	-	$4,500	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	$8-$25	-	$2,000-$9,000	-	$2,000	-
Spring 2006	$625-$750	$280	-	$13-$45	-	-	-	$1,100	90
Fall 2006	-	$875	85	$11-$35	-	$8,500- $12,500	95	$4,250	98
Spring 2007	-	-	-	$7-$50	-	-	-	$1,150	95
Fall 2007	-	$355	-	$9-$30	-	$2,100	85	$1,250	95
	-	-	-	-	-	$4,375	90	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$460-$510	-	$16-$23	-	$13,500	95	$2,700	95J
Fall 2008	-	-	-	$15-$30	-	$1,500	80J	$525	85
	-	-	-	$75	95	$3,000-$3,500	90	$675	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$8,500	95	$900	95
Spring 2009	-	-	-	$12-$35	-	$2,800-$3,250	90	$350	80
	-	-	-	-	-	$7,500	95	$400	85
Fall 2009	-	$180	-	$8-$21	-	$9,000	95	$425-$700	85
	-	-	-	-	-	$1,500	85	$550	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$2,400	90	$2,800-$3,500	98
	-	-	-	-	-	$9,000	95	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$18,000	98	-	-
Spring 2010	$420-$860	$220-$295	-	$13-$35	-	$2,400-$2,500	90	$650	85
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,000	95
Fall 2010	$930	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

$2 - Dark blue or blue
37,000 - Scott #312 - Perf 12 -1903

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$725-$1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	$40-$80	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	$675-$1,000	-	$45-$60	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$400	$40-$50	$4,500	-	$4,500	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$40-$110	$2,500-$4,000	-	$2,500	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$650	$400	$120	$11,000	-	$1,900	95	-	-
Fall 2006	-	-	$60-$100	$2,600	-	$3,750	98	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	$60-$75	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	$1,025	$380	$65-$95	$4,250	-	$2,000	95	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$660-$690	$55-$80	$3,250	-	$1,200	90	-	-
	-	-	-	$16,000	95	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	$50-$80	$5,500	90	$1,500	95	-	-
	-	-	-	$9,000	95	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	$410	-	$3,250-$4,750	90	$260	70	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	$7,200	100	-	-
Fall 2009	-	$625	$55-$80	$3,000	90	$700	95	-	-
	-	-	-	$8,000-$10,000	95	$1,600	98	-	-
Spring 2010	$1,465-$2,250	-	$60-$70	-	-	$900-$1,500	90	$325	90
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

$5 - Dark green
48,000 - Scott #313 - Perf 12 - 1903

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$2,900-$3,200	-	$700-$800	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$450-$500	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	-	$375-$600	$3,250	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$1,200	-	-	-	$2,900	90
Spring 2006	-	-	$310	$17,000	-	$2,800	90
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-	-	$2,600	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$11,000	98J
Spring 2007	-	-	$310	-	-	$3,500	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$5,500	95
Fall 2007	-	$1,750	$225	-	-	$3,250	90
Spring 2008	-	$1,375-$1,725	$255-$570	$6,250	80	$2,300	85
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-	-	$1,800	80
	-	-	-	-	-	$2,600	90
Spring 2009	-	-	$250	-	-	$465	50
	-	-	-	-	-	$1,900	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$3,750	95
	-	-	-	-	-	$3,000	95J
	-	-	-	-	-	$4,500	98
Fall 2009	-	-	$365	-	-	$2,400	95
Spring 2010	$2,550-$6,000	$1,300	$280	$7,000	-	$1,500	85
	-	-	-	-	-	$2,000	90
	-	-	-	-	-	$3,000-$3,750	95
Fall 2010	-	$930	-	$8,500	90	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2c Washington
Unaccepted design
Photographic Essay

4c - Photographic Essay 303-E
Unaccepted Design of 1903

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Concept Pen a ink drawing for a 5c design
which was later adopted to the 1c design