1923 - 25  Commemoratives


2c - Black, intense black or grayish black
1,500,000,000 - Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Scott #610 - 1923

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$1
-
$200
95
Fall 2006
$1
-
$900
100
Spring 2007
$1-$3
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$1-$3
-
$270
98
Spring 2008
$1-$2
-
$260
98
Fall 2008
$1-$2
-
$230
98
$12
90
$350
98J
$40
95
-
-
Spring 2009
$1-$2
-
$150
98
 
$305
98J
-
-
Fall 2009
$1-$2
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$1-$2
-
-
-

Cancelled and mint hinged examples both sell for less than $1

2c - Black, intense black or grayish black
Imperf vertically
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Scott #610a - 1923
34 pairs exist
There is a very good forgery of this, called the "Claiborne Fake"
therefore this needs a certificate

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2004
$800
-
Fall 2006
-
-
Spring 2007
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
Spring 2009
$900
-
Fall 2009
-
-
Spring 2010
-
-

2c - Black 
Unique - Flat Plate - Imperf - Scott #610b - 1923
The plate number identifies this block as being imperforate
before the imperforate issue was issued.
Spring 2008 Auction - $25,000




2c - Black 
770,000 - Flat Plate - Imperf - Scott #611 - 1923
Price for pairs, graded for singles

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$9-$10 (LP)
-
$1-$4 (LP)
-
-
Fall 2006
$5-$7 (LP)
-
-
$300
100
Spring 2007
$3
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$3-$8 (LP)
-
$1-$2 (LP)
-
-
Spring 2008
$6-$20 (LP)
-
$1-$2 (LP)
-
-
Fall 2008
$4-$15 (LP)
-
$1-$3 (LP)
-
-
Spring 2009
$5-$6 (LP)
-
$2-$5 (LP)
$160
100J
$23-$28
95J
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$5-$12 (LP)
-
$2
-
-
Spring 2010
$4-$16 (LP)
-
$1
-
-

Cancelled examples sell for $1



2c - Black 
100,000,000 - Rotary Press - Perf 10 - Scott #612 - 1923

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$4-$9
-
$1
$1,100
98
Fall 2006
$6-$10
-
$2
$260
95
Spring 2007
$55
90
$1
-
-
Fall 2007
$5-$13
-
$1-$2
$3,250
100
Spring 2008
$6-$13
-
$1-$5
-
-
Fall 2008
$4-$10
-
$1-$3
$650-$800
98
Spring 2009
$3-$13
-
$1
-
-
Fall 2009
$6-$14
-
$2
-
-
Spring 2010
$2-$19
-
$2-$4
-
-

Cancelled examples sell for less than $1

2c - Black on sheet waste
See note below - Rotary Press - Perf 11 - Scott #613 - 1923
(Only 40 in existance)
(For a consensus of this issue click here)
See note at the bottom of the page

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
Spring 2004
$19,000
-
Spring 2008
$18,000-$25,000
-
Fall 2008
-
-
Spring 2009
$70,000
-
Fall 2009
-
-
Spring 2010
-
-

 



1c - Dark green or green
51,000,000 - Scott #614 - 1924
View larger image

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$250
98
-
-
$1-$2
-
-
-
Fall 2006
$1-$32
-
$140
95
Spring 2007
$2-$7
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$2-$3
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$2-$14
-
-
-
Fall 2008
$2-$11
-
$675
98
Spring 2009
$1-$7
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$1-$4
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$1-$7
-
-
-

Cancelled and mint hinged examples both sell for less than $1


2c - Carmine rose or dark carmine rose 
78,000,000 - Scott #615 - 1924

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$3-$10
-
-
-
Fall 2006
$1-$3
-
$850
98
Spring 2007
$1-$7
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$3-$6
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$2-$8
-
-
-
Fall 2008
$2-$7
-
$650
98
Spring 2009
$3-$8
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$2-$9
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$2-$3
-
-
-

Mint hinged examples sell for $1
Cancelled sell for less than $1


5c - Dark blue or deep blue 
5,700,000 - Scott #616 - 1924

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$6-$12
-
-
-
$475
90J
Fall 2006
$6
-
-
-
$1,600
98
Spring 2007
$26
70
-
-
$1,100
98
Fall 2007
$7-$13
-
-
-
$3,750
98J
Spring 2008
$8-$15
-
$4-$5
$1-$4
$325
95
Fall 2008
$10-$13
-
$4-$7
$1-$3
$225-$400
95
-
-
-
-
$900
98
Spring 2009
$8-$13
-
$3-$8
-
$280
95J
Fall 2009
$9-$20
-
$4-$7
$1
$550
98
Spring 2010
$10-$25
-
$6-$12
$1-$4
-
-


1c - Deep green or green
16,000,000 - Scott #617 - 1925
View larger image

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$1-$5
-
$260
98
Fall 2006
$1-$3
-
$850
98J
Spring 2007
$26
85
-
-
Fall 2007
$1-$6
-
$240
98
Spring 2008
$1-$8
-
$75
95
 
$11
80J
-
-
Fall 2008
$2-$5
-
$170
98
-
-
$1,000
100
Spring 2009
$2-$13
-
-
-
$50
95
-
-
Fall 2009
$2-$7
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$2-$9
-
-
-

Mint hinged examples sell for $1-$2
Cancelled sell for less than $1



2c - Carmine rose or pale carmine rose 
27,000,000 - Scott #618 - 1925

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$180
95
$325
98
$55
90J
-
-
Fall 2006
$1-$2
-
$1,100
98J
Spring 2007
$1-$7
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$1-$10
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$2-$7
-
-
-
$12
80
-
-
Fall 2008
$3-$7
-
$200
98
$9
90
-
-
Spring 2009
$2-$16
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$2-$7
-
$60
95
$9
85
-
-
$19
95
-
-
Spring 2010
$3-$35
-
-
-
$120
98
-
-

Mint hinged examples sell for $1-$3
Cancelled sell for less than $1



5c - Dark blue or blue
5,300,000 - Scott #619 - 1925

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$8-$45
-
-
$375
95J
Fall 2006
$75
90
-
$1,600
98
Spring 2007
$30
85
-
$220
95
Fall 2007
$7-$20
-
-
$700
98
Spring 2008
$9-$24
-
-
$110-$190
95
$15
80
-
$525
98
$200
95
-
-
-
Fall 2008
$7-$25
-
-
$110
95
 
$35
90
-
$300
98
Spring 2009
$8-$20
-
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$7-$20
-
$2-$7
-
-
$65
95
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$7-$27
-
$3-$8
-
-

Cancelled examples sell for $1



2c - Carmine and black or deep carmine and black 
9,100,000 - Scott #620 - 1925

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$1-$4
-
$375
95J
Fall 2006
$1
-
$1,400
100
Spring 2007
$3-$7
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$4-$8
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$3-$15
-
-
-
$12
85
-
-
$10
90
-
-
$70
95
-
-
Fall 2008
$3-$4
-
$1,800
100
Spring 2009
$4-$5
-
-
-
Fall 2009
$2-$5
-
-
-
Spring 2010
$4-$25
-
-
-

Mint hinged examples sell for $1 to $2
Cancelled sell for less than $1


5c - Dark blue and black
1,900,000 - Scott #621 - 1925
View larger image

 
NY Auction Houses
 
Spring 2006
$9-$60
-
-
-
-
$2,700
100
Fall 2006
$7
-
-
-
-
$2,200
100
Spring 2007
$5-$14
-
$3-$4
-
$5
-
-
Fall 2007
$8-$50
90
$4-$9
-
-
$525-$625
98
Spring 2008
$8-$23
-
$4
-
$1-$7
$500
98
Fall 2008
$5-$11
-
$4-$5
-
$1-$2
-
-
Spring 2009
$8-$20
-
$4-$8
-
-
$200
95
-
-
$27
98
-
$250
95
-
-
-
-
-
$300
98
Fall 2009
$7-$21
-
$3-$7
-
$1-$3
$1,100
100
Spring 2010
$7-$13
-
$3-$7
-
-
-
-

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 NOTES: #613

Apparently, BEP and US POD records are not clear on why the 613 was produced.   It was apparently produced by utilizing rotary sheet waste and run through a flat plate perforation machine at a perf of 11, but this is not clearly documented.    The 612 (rotary, perf 10) was produced in a quantity of 99,950,300 .  Apparently the stamp was very popular and they wanted to get out as many as they could resulting in the perf 11 Scott #613.  How many were produced is not clear.
 
The #613 is listed in Scott with italics and is much more rare than the 612.  Apparently no unused versions exist.  Given the proposed production method, it is highly unlikely that there were many produced.    The #613 was likely produced out of the 99,950,300 quantity of printed rotary stamps, just perforated differently
References:      Scott Specialized Catalog of US Stamps and Covers, 2000
                       G.Griffith,  Linn's United States Stamps 1922-26 (1997)  Chapters 14 and 15
Submitted by
Robert W. Smith
APS#193322 (rocindoc@toolcity.net)


 
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