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U.S. Possessions

This section illustrates plate number material for overprints on regular U.S. issues.

Guam (1898)

Use of regular U.S. stamps superseded the overprints in 1899.

Regular issue

Guam Scott 1, 1¢, Plate number 833 B (on U.S. Scott 279)

Guam Scott 2, 2¢ carmine, Plate number 867 L (on U.S. Scott 279B)

Guam Scott 2a, 2¢ red, Plate number 851 B (on U.S. Scott 279Be)

Guam Scott 3, 3¢, Plate number 448 B (on U.S. Scott 268)

Guam Scott 4, 4¢, Plate number 791 B (on U.S. Scott 280a)

Guam Scott 5, 5¢, Plate number 837 B (on U.S. Scott 281)

Only 200 sheets of the 5¢ were printed, making possible only 400 total plate number positions.  Only 10 are known today.

Guam Scott 6, 6¢, Plate number 925 B (on U.S. Scott 282)

Guam Scott 7, 8¢, Plate number 931 B (on U.S. Scott 272)

Guam Scott 8, 10¢, Plate number 518 B (on U.S. Scott 282C)

Guam Scott 10, 15¢, Plate number 264 B (on U.S. Scott 284)

Only 100 plate number positions of the 15¢ issue were printed.

Guam Scott 11, 50¢, Plate number 75 B (on U.S. Scott 275)

Guam Scott 12, $1 Type I, Plate number 76 B (on U.S. Scott 276)

Special Delivery issue

Guam Scott E1, 10¢, Bottom plate number 883 (on U.S. Scott E5)

Guam Scott E1 var, 10¢, dots in curved frame above messenger, top plate number 882 (on U.S. Scott E5)

Photographically cropped from a plate block of six, one of only a few of this rare variation in existence.

Guam Guard Mail issues

Guam Scott M2, 4¢, Plate number 44873 R

Overprint on Philippines regular issue.  No more than 10 plate number singles are known.

Guam Scott M5, 2¢, top plate strip of 3 with plate number F 103590

Guam Scott M6, 4¢, Plate number 44876 T

Guam Scott M10, 8¢, Plate number 21973 T

Guam Scott M11, 10¢, Plate number 34807 T

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