United States, Scott #4728, used(o), 2013, Recognizing American Apples, stamp shows a Golden Delicious Apple; sprouting spontaneously in West Virginia in the late 1890s, the owners sent a sample to the Stark Brothers Nursery who were only dealing in the red apples of the time; from one bite, the nursery traveled the thousand miles to Mullen farm and left with bundles of grafting stems, and the rest is history; it is now grown across the United States and around the world; it is one of the most popular eating apples in the world; 33 cents intended for use at the post card rate, multicolored, offset lithography printed by the Banknote Corporation of America (BCA), serpentine die cut four-sided simulated perforations 11½x10¾, non-water soluble self-adhesive panes, Scott Supplemental Catalog Value: 25¢, nicely centered, very faint, scattered, black-inked cancellation marks at the lower left corner and upper right corners, all well clear of the main image, good perforations, stamp was soaked from the mailing envelope using the Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black trimmed card stock for an attractive and uniform album mounting; mounting, centering and image-clear cancellation warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.55 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.68 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
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