Identifying Early US Washington Stamp

I share a walkthrough the process of how I identified a glassine full of 14 potential US #540's. They each catalog at $ 9.50 each and I had been avoiding them because early US stamps can be a real pain-- these were not that bad :)
I am well aware about the music being too loud in this video...I have handled that better in more recent videos.
Thanks for watching! Like and Subscribe!
**UPDATE** I have moved from eBay to Hipstamp!
My store is called Kyle's Stamps Here is the link: www.hipstamp.c...
Thanks for watching guys! Feel free to like and subscribe if you enjoy these videos!
Hipstamp grab bag link:
WORLDWIDE GRAB BAG: www.hipstamp.c...

[@405940ny]

Advice to you that do not add any background music while you talking . Thanks for nice informative video

[@StephRenee812]

The franklin stamps as well. I have so many hundreds of these stamps red green and so on. I struggle with measuring them.. thank you for sharing

[@ae-eh6ox]

A lot of help, thank you. Good to see a young person interested in stamps

[@KylesStamps]

Thanks!

[@cocciloco8675]

A quick way to sort 540 and 546 is by perfs, 11x10 vs 11. Also almost all flat plays have some traces of ink on back.

[@joeyfarley9916]

I have been collecting for a little over a year now and I have learned so much that it is def hard to keep up with all of it. I have a notebook that I keep info in, the catalogs can be tricky especially the specialized ones the go deep and you have to at least know some of the symbols, or you will be looking back so much you won't be able to keep up with what you're doing.

[@JimB802]

Very informative and thank you for sharing your knowledge. May I suggest that you turn the volume of the music down a bit, it is louder then your voice and it is distracting.

[@KylesStamps]

Noted!

[@joeyfarley9916]

I know that it can be super frustrating to identify stamps. I think they make the description vague so you will have to get it expertized to be certain. I have the precision gauge as well it is a fantastic tool.

[@darlenevjohnson5237]

Where did you get your precision gauge? Thank you ahead of time.

[@nickdanger9898]

Go to the identifier section in the front of catalog

[@russellsnyder2281]

I subscribed as soon as you said artichokey

[@KylesStamps]

😂

[@Robertbrown08049]

Great video. Although I have collected worldwide stamps for many, many years I just started US stamps and tnhis was very helpful

[@KylesStamps]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidkeeley8473]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@KylesStamps]

Much appreciated David.

[@TatAn61]

Very interesting, I liked it!

[@KylesStamps]

Awesome, I'm glad 🙂

[@Richierich2025]

Very informative video 👍🏻

[@KylesStamps]

Thank you, sir!

[@Acto22]

2c car rose type II used $17.500 dolla'? I need to check ✅ the stamps stuck in old postcards I've both last week. ALL were posted 1910s with those stamps

[@brianfloe8234]

You remind me ov me... :Grrrrrr so Damn many sizes and secret marks.,. Omg ...

[@KylesStamps]

Haha! It can be a pain can't it?

[@iulianc6918]

👍👍

[@buck8055]

Thanks for the video and explanations. Please lose the music though for future videos. Plays havoc with my old ears 😊

[@sreevalsanvalsan2619]

Nice I have this

[@indianphilatelist2851]

Nice

[@KylesStamps]

Thanks!

[@Robertbrown08049]

Now that I know the difference between Flat press and Rotary I now need to find out the difference between Flat Press and Offset.

[@KylesStamps]

I actually have not looked into it yet either!

[@grahamkane9783]

All you have to do is too, put them side by side to compair them to each other.

[@darlenevjohnson5237]

could you provide a link for a resource to purchase your see thru gauge?

[@KylesStamps]

Sure, www.ebay.com/itm/124831165682?epid=1455748529&hash=item1d10846cf2:g:2ewAAOSwvNJhA5XK&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsNRGbP0GJkf5jM1Cp5JjV%2FuDwAzLtThAZJzS7tVJq64tWBpjOCtxAVuM7vAEecfFEGFMAc12ipeeixtQnuMWopPxn2ERFGahiWzbXlrZTzX2wMvZkKTJ2yveh7XEIpSlRKbef7t5Ww0ntcJQLtO2qWIbguCuaSrwiJlJiwL2whBR34Jv5dsh%2BaIp4e45u%2BboRDI7xDlRb0qhpkk4LhmfUC2GGTYXRx08S%2BNzMjrXE30S%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR67Ctom4YQ

[@redcook102]

Im really happy i found your channel im interested in starting a collection and you have plenty info...ps i also ordered a grab bag from you to start on my path of this new hobby of mine...thanks again for the content

[@KylesStamps]

That's great! I just shipped it. I think it will be a good start for you :). Thanks!

[@StephRenee812]

I also wonder if the say 1908 postcards that ha e been used would that ve the date of the when the atamp was made, or is it like today you buy in rolls and so on.. just wondering

[@KylesStamps]

I'm not 100% sure exactly what you are asking to be honest, however, coil stamps definitely came in rolls and are imperforate on either the tops or sides. If they are perforated on all sides they likely came from a sheet. Some of these older stamps have the year on them but lots do not.

[@janettaylor1828]

Thank you. Please turn down the music.

[@soupfork2105]

The graphic designer of that catalog needs a kick in the backside, that is such a confusing way to present information. I'm seriously considering making some clear, printed flowchart-style identification guides and selling them on etsy. For this stamp and other problematic, potentially high value stamps like this. The problem for me would be getting access to all the correct originals for high quality detail photography. I have the setup to do it perfectly and colour accurate, I just don't have the stamps.

[@KylesStamps]

Agreed, especially for a novice stamp collector, I had no friggin idea how to use it when I first started. It's quite far from "user-friendly"! I hear you on the flow charts. The best that I have found so far would be the features on stampsmarter.org/features/Home_Features.html

[@stanpolchinski8956]

1c green & 2c reds?

[@bekkieokie]

Where did you get the ruler you are using?

[@KylesStamps]

From ebay, here is the link: www.ebay.com/itm/112953461300

[@bekkieokie]

Thanks because I have never done my older stamps because it’s too much of a challenge for me. But with this ruler maybe I can have more success of classifying my older stamps. I have no trouble with all the commemoratives because they are not a challenge. I will get this ordered tomorrow.

[@KylesStamps]

There is a whole bunch of features on that gauge that I haven't used yet. The grid for MM measurements alone won me over!

[@bekkieokie]

@@KylesStamps Thanks your reply. all my olds stamp , has not been classifieds. I need some glassine are clear. I am going to sort them, and went I have classified them, I want to place the dimensions in a clear glassine.

[@KylesStamps]

@@bekkieokie I hope it works out for you!

[@f.puttstycker2784]

How do you measure the stamp if it's on a cover?

[@KylesStamps]

The same way, the gauge is clear so just put it over the stamp and take your measurements!

[@f.puttstycker2784]

@@KylesStamps Thanks for your reply. It's few and far between. I have a fourth class advertisement. One Franklin and a two cent Washington. Funny the Washington is pasted upside down. Both are hand cancel but no date. It bogiles my mind STAMPS!

[@KylesStamps]

@@f.puttstycker2784 There is more going on in the hobby of stamps than any other I've attempted so far in this life :P

[@alantsang8651]

540 what type printing is worth?

[@stanpolchinski8956]

plastic scale from where? named ,?

[@KylesStamps]

Precision U.S. specialty gauge. I found it o. eBay.

[@kvppvk]

Potentially excellent except for the very distracting background noise. I had to give up watching after four minutes.

[@leedaintry2923]

Where'd you find the Scott catalogue online?

[@KylesStamps]

Scott catalogs are now online, they only work with internet fyi.. www.scottonline.com

[@leedaintry2923]

@@KylesStamps cool, many thanks.

[@beaboerner2173]

Lost aoto?

[@user-rz5rd8kv1z]

123

[@cocciloco8675]

A quick way to f

[@dennishaggerty9037]

Dude the background music needs to go

[@ryanstephens2157]

Couldn’t watch the video cuz of the annoying background music overpowering what you’re saying!

[@frederickolmsted9671]

Your music is loud and annoying

[@KylesStamps]

Yup, too loud in this video. I was still learning proper background music decibels when I made this Frederick.