1917 -19  Regular Issues, 1c - 10c

1c - Green, light green, yellowish green or dark green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #498 - 1917

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$1-$6	-	$30-$325	-
Spring 2006	$1	-	-	-
Fall 2006	$1	-	$450	98
Spring 2007	$1	-	-	-
Fall 2007	$155	80	$850	98J
Spring 2008	$1-$17	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$1-$2	-	$100	95J
Spring 2009	$1-$21	-	$100-$150	98
	-	-	$160	98J
Fall 2009	$1	-	-	-
	$75	98	-	-
Spring 2010	$1-$2	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

1c - Green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - imperforate horizontally
Unwatermarked - Scott #498a - 1917

Prices are for pairs

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2006	$950	-	-	-
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-
Spring 2007	$600	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	$1,600	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

1c - Green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - imperforate vertically
Unwatermarked - Scott #498b - 1917

1c - Green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - double impression
Unwatermarked - Scott #498d - 1917

1c - Green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Booklet pane of six
Unwatermarked - Scott #498e - 1917

	MNH	MH	Used
Spring 2005	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-
Spring 2006	-	-	-
Fall 2006	$2-$4	-	-
Spring 2007	$1-$6	-	-
Fall 2007	$3	-	$5
Spring 2008	$2-$6	-	-
Fall 2008	$1-$3	-	-
Spring 2009	$1-$2	< $1	-
Fall 2009	$1-$2	< $1	-
Spring 2010	$1-$3	$2	$1
Fall 2010	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-

498e booklet
(unexploded)

	Booklet
Spring 2010	$40-$45
Fall 2010	-
Spring 2011	-
Fall 2011	-
Spring 2012	-

1c - Green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - A.E.F. Booklet pane of thirty
Unwatermarked - Scott #498f - 1917

1c - Perforated 10 at Top
Flat Plate - Perf 10 x 11 x 11 x 11
Unwatermarked - Scott #498g - 1917
Only five used copies known

2c - Rose, carmine rose, deep rose or dark rose - Type I
There is a shading line in the first curve of the ribbon above the left "2"
and in the second curve of the ribbon above the right "2"
Shading of toga button is light.
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #499 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$2-$7	-	$1	-	-
Spring 2006	$1	-	-	$290	95J
Fall 2006	$1	-	-	$150	95J
Spring 2007	$1-$23	-	$1	$425	98
Fall 2007	$1-$2	-	-	$180	98
Spring 2008	$2-$11	-	$1-$2	-	-
Fall 2008	$1	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	$1-$5	-	< $1	$550	98J
	$55	95	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$2-$8	-	< $1	-	-
Spring 2010	$2-$3	-	$1	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth less than $1

2c - Rose - Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 -imperforate horizontally
Unwatermarked - Scott #499a - 1917

2c - Rose - Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 -imperforate vertically
Unwatermarked - Scott #499b - 1917

2c - Rose - Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - booklet pane of six
Unwatermarked - Scott #499e - 1917

	MNH
Spring 2005	-
Fall 2005	-
Spring 2006	-
Fall 2006	$3
Spring 2007	$2
Fall 2007	$3-$6
Spring 2008	$3-$7
Fall 2008	$2
Spring 2009	$2-$3
Fall 2009	-
Spring 2010	-
Fall 2010	-
Spring 2011	-
Fall 2011	-
Spring 2012	-

2c - Rose - Type I
3,000 - Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - A.E.F. booklet pane of thirty
Unwatermarked - Scott #499f - 1917
twenty known examples

2c - Rose - Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 -double impression
Unwatermarked - Scott #499g - 1917

2c - Lake - Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked
Scott #499h - 1917

2c - Deep Rose - Type Ia
There is a shading line in the first curve of the ribbon above the left "2"
and in the second curve of the ribbon above the right "2"
Shading of toga button is heavy, all the lines are stronger
Flat Plate  - Perf 11  - Unwatermarked - Scott #500 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	$425	-
Fall 2005	$625	-	-	$625	-
Spring 2006	$135-$650	-	$130	$425	85
Fall 2006	-	-	-	$2,900	95
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	$150	$35	-	-	-
Spring 2008	$95	-	$45-$60	$500-$800	-
Fall 2008	$150	$100	$29-$30	$675	85
Spring 2009	-	$105	-	$1,100	90
Fall 2009	-	$75	$55	-	-
Spring 2010	$105-$120	-	$30-$100	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

3c - Light violet, violet or dark violet - Type I
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #501 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Fall 2005	$5-$10	-	$1	$200	-
Spring 2006	-	-	$3-$6	$575	95
Fall 2006	$26	-	$7-$8	$180	90J
	-	-	-	$750	98
Spring 2007	$5-$22	-	$2-$5	-	-
Fall 2007	$6-$20	-	$2-$3	$210	95
Spring 2008	$8-$26	-	$3-$9	-	-
	$9	75	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$4-$26	-	$2-$3	$300	95J
	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2009	$4-$8	-	$1-$2	$170	95
	$60	90	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$6-$20	-	$2-$4	$150	95
Spring 2010	$7-$18	-	$1-$4	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth less than $1

3c - Light violet, violet or dark violet- Type I
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - booklet pane of six
Unwatermarked - Scott #501b - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded
Spring 2007	-	$25-$30	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$40	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$19-$23	-	-	-
Spring 2009	-	$7	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	$21	-	-
Spring 2010	-	$11	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

3c - Light violet- Type I
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - imperforate horizontally
Unwatermarked - Scott #501c - 1917

3c - Light violet- Type I
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - double impression
Unwatermarked - Scott #501d - 1917

3c - Dark violet or violet - Type II
The top of the toga rope is strong and the rope lines are heavy and complete.
The line between the lips is heavy.
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #502 - 1917

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$3	-	-
Spring 2006	$10-$12	$1	$180	90
Fall 2006	$5	-	$400	95
Spring 2007	$8-$19	$1-$5	$4,500	100J
Fall 2007	$5-$20	$1-$3	$950	98
Spring 2008	$5-$75	$1-$12	-	-
Fall 2008	$6-$21	-	$90	95
Spring 2009	$5-$9	$2-$6	-	-
Fall 2009	$7-$11	$2-$4	-	-
Spring 2010	$8-$26	$4	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

3c - Light violet, violet or dark violet- Type II
Flat Plate  - Perf 11 - booklet pane of six
Unwatermarked - Scott #502b - 1917

	MNH	MH	Used
Spring 2005	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-
Spring 2006	-	-	-
Fall 2006	$24-$45	-	-
Spring 2007	$25	-	-
Fall 2007	$11-$17	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$8-$14	-	-
Spring 2009	-	-	-
Fall 2009	-	-	$23
Spring 2010	$9-$15	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-

3c - Dark violet - Type II
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - imperforate horizontally
Unwatermarked - Scott #502c - 1917

3c - Dark violet or violet - Type II
Double Impression
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #502d - 1917

3c - Perforated 10 at Bottom
Flat Plate - Perf 11 x 11 x 10 x 11
Unwatermarked - Scott #502e - 1917
Spring 2006 Auction; $12,000

4c - Brown or dark brown, yellow brown or orange brown
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #503 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$10	< $1	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$5-$27	$1-$5	-	$1,450	98J
Fall 2006	$6	$3	-	$1,500	98J
Spring 2007	$5-$33	$3	$1	$550-$1,900	98
Fall 2007	$7-$25	$4	-	-	-
Spring 2008	$3-$9	$2-$13	-	$1,100	98
	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$4-$13	$1-$3	-	$900	98J
Spring 2009	$6-$20	$1-$5	-	$200	95
	-	-	-	$425	98
Fall 2009	$5-$22	$2-$4	< $1	$350	98J
Spring 2010	$5-$22	$1-$4	< $1	$275	95J
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

5c - Blue, light blue or dark blue
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #504 - 1917

					NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$10	-	< $1	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$5-$27	-	$1-$3	-	$260	95
Fall 2006	-	-	$2	-	$450	95J
Spring 2007	$3-$42	-	$23	85	$400	95J
Fall 2007	$3-$13	-	$1	-	$180	95
Spring 2008	$3-$20	-	$1-$2	-	-	-
	$65	90	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$3-$7	-	$2-$6	-	$140	95
	-	-	-	-	$160	95J
	-	-	-	-	$300	98
Spring 2009	$5-$25	-	$1-$3	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$5-$15	-	$1-$3	-	$110	95J
Spring 2010	$4-$21	-	$1-$8	-	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth less than $1

5c - Blue, light blue or dark blue
Imperforate horizontally
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #504a - 1917

	NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded
Fall 2009	$22,000	-
Spring 2010	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-

5c - Blue, light blue or dark blue
Double Impression
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #504b - 1917

5c - Rose (error block of nine)
Single error
Scott #505 - 1917

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$550-$800	-
Spring 2006	$300-$1,050	-	$3,500	-
Fall 2006	-	-	$3,500	95
Spring 2007	$300-$400	-	$500-$2,100	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$2,000	-
Spring 2008	$650	-	$625-$650	-
Fall 2008	-	$270	$1,900	95
Spring 2009	$465	-	$325-$550	-
Fall 2009	-	-	$950	-
Spring 2010	-	-	$650	85
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

5c - Rose (error block of twelve)
Scott #505 - 1917
Double error

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	MH
Spring 2005	-	-	-	$950
Fall 2005	-	-	$850-$2,250	-
Spring 2006	-	-	$675-$2,500	$600-$1,300
Fall 2006	$1,225	$750	$1,200	-
Spring 2007	-	-	$4,500	$600
Fall 2007	$685	-	-	-
Spring 2008	$790	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$690	$375	-
Spring 2009	-	-	$1,050-$3,750	$425
Fall 2009	-	-	$2,000	-
Spring 2010	-	-	$900-$1,700	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

5c - Rose (error)
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #505 - 1917
prices for singles

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	Graded	MH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	$1,300	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	$2,100	-	-	-
Spring 2006	$270	-	-	$3,500	95	-	-
Fall 2006	$185	-	-	$475	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$135-$185	-	$1,600	90	-	-
Spring 208	$455	$200	-	$850	85	-	-
Fall 2008	$500	-	-	$750	85	$550	95
	-	-	-	$2,600	95	-	-
Spring 2009	-	$90	-	$500-$700	90	-	-
	-	-	-	$3,000	98	-	-
Fall 2009	-	$150	-	$750	90	-	-
Spring 2010	-	$150	$220	$1,400	95	$550	95
	-	-	-	$2,700	98	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

6c - Red orange or orange
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #506 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$17	-	$2	-	-
Spring 2006	$220	95	$4-$10	$350-$400	-
	-	-	-	$600	95J
Fall 2006	$7	-	$2	$230	95
	-	-	-	$675	95J
Spring 2007	$6-$30	-	$1-$5	$270	95
Fall 2007	$8-$16	-	$1	$200	95
	-	-	-	$450	95J
Spring 2008	$21-$30	-	$2-$8	-	-
Fall 2008	$7-$13	-	$2-$3	$45	85J
	-	-	-	$220	95
	-	-	-	$500	95J
	-	-	-	$500	98
	-	-	-	$750	98J
Spring 2009	$6-$16	-	$3-$6	$85	95
Fall 2009	$5-$17	-	$1-$3	-	-
Spring 2010	$6-$17	-	$2	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth $1

6c - Orange
Flat Plate - Perf 11 x perf 10 (top or bottom)
Unwatermarked - Scott #506a - 1917

2006 Auction - Used - $3,500
2006 Auction - Used - $5,000
2006 Auction - Used - $4,750
2009 Auction - MH - $29,000

7c - Black, intense black or gray black
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #507 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$14-$21	-	$6-$9	$60-$450	-
Spring 2006	$26-$125	-	$7-$17	$1,100	95
Fall 2006	$30	-	$6	$425	95
	-	-	-	$900	95J
Spring 2007	$23-$80	-	$7-$19	$450-$550	95
Fall 2007	$35	-	$8	$525	95
	-	-	-	$1,600	98
Spring 2008	$50	-	$6-$17	-	-
	$180	90	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$9-$30	-	$2-$5	$300-$350	95
	-	-	-	$1,100	98
Spring 2009	$8-$11	-	$2-$5	$220	95
Fall 2009	$20-$22	-	$7-$11	-	-
Spring 2010	$11-$25	-	$6-$13	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth $1

7c - Black
Flat Plate - Perf 11 x perf 10 (top or bottom) - Scott #507a
unique
Fall 2009 Auction - $67,500

8c - Olive bistre, dark olive green or olive green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #508 - 1917

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	$6-$23	-	$3-$5	$260	-
Spring 2006	$5-$21	-	$2-$7	$130	95
Fall 2006	$3	-	$2	$230	95
	-	-	-	$500	95J
	-	-	-	$950	98
Spring 2007	$5-$30	-	$3-$5	$2,300	98
Fall 2007	$6-$11	-	$3-$5	$500	95J
	-	-	-	$800	98J
Spring 2008	$7-$45	-	$3-$4	-	-
	$50	85	-	-	-
Fall 2008	$10-$15	-	$3-$4	$250	95J
Spring 2009	$6-$10	-	$2-$7	-	-
	$185	95	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$10-$26	-	$2-$4	-	-
Spring 2010	$7-$35	-	$4-$7	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth $1

8c - Olive bistre, dark olive green or olive green
Flat Plate - Perf 11 x perf 10 (top or bottom)
Unwatermarked - Scott #508c - 1917

	NY Auction Houses
	Used	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-
Spring 2006	$24,500	-
Fall 2006	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-
Spring 2008	$13,500	-
Fall 2008	-	-
Spring 2009	$9,000	-
Fall 2009	$21,000	85
Spring 2010	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-

9c - Salmon red or salmon
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #509 - 191

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	Graded	MH	MNH	Graded
Fall 2005	$9-$21	-	$2-$6	$20-$725	-
Spring 2006	$4-$22	-	$5-$12	$1,200	98
Fall 2006	$25-$30	85	$3	$900	98
	$40	90	-	-	-
Spring 2007	$30	85	$3-$7	$325	95
	-	-	-	$1,500	98
Fall 2007	$8-$20	-	$3-$4	$280-$300	95
Spring 2008	$10-$30	-	$4-$8	-	-
Fall 2008	$9-$25	-	$2-$4	-	-
Spring 2009	$8-$28	-	$1-$6	$125	95J
Fall 2009	$6-$32	-	$2-$5	$80	90
	-	-	-	$80	90J
Spring 2010	$8-$40	-	$2-$3	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth $1

9c - Salmon red or salmon
Flat Plate - Perf 11 x perf 10 (top or bottom)
Unwatermarked - Scott #509a - 1917

10c - Orange yellow or golden yellow
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #510 - 1917

			NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	MNH	Graded
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$6-$11	$325	-
Spring 2006	-	$6-$11	$55	90
Fall 2006	$10	-	$425	98J
Spring 2007	$7-$60	$4-$9	-	-
Fall 2007	$9	$4-$5	$350	95
	-	-	$1,350	95J
Spring 2008	$4-$17	$2	$350	95J
Fall 2008	$10-$15	$2-$4	$180	90J
	-	-	$300	95
Spring 2009	$6-$30	$4-$6	-	-
Fall 2009	$8-$30	$3-$7	$600	98
Spring 2010	$6-$25	$5-$13	-	-
Fall 2010	-	-	-	-
Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
Fall 2011	-	-	-	-
Spring 2012	-	-	-	-

Cancelled stamps are worth less than $1

10c - Brown yellow
Flat Plate - Perf 11 - Unwatermarked - Scott #510a - 1917

Samuel F.B. Morse Unaccepted design
1919 - Scotts 537-E3 - 3c
Prepared when it was thought that
the telegraph service would be placed
under Post Office Control. The project
was not carried through when this did
not come about.

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