Certainly not, or at least probably not the stamps pictured below. However, I don't know and therein lies the rub. The top stamp needs a better photo but it is akin to Foundry Man, a blog from earlier. This looks to me like a vertical gutter pair. The Foundry Man horizontal gutter proved to be a hot stamp. The edges are uneven, but there are no perforations. The back of the stamp is not pristine. The stamp seems to have been taken directly from an envelope through a process I have not yet taken the time to learn or understand. There are no cancellation marks that I can see. There is the slight fold across the middle. So for now, I will hold on to this, do some research and maybe call the "stamp guys." I feel "pretty, pretty good" about this one.
Now the stamp below is another possibility. It came in a glassine that said 634a which I am quite sure is the Scott number. However, most interesting is the straight edge on the right and bottom. That plus the ng designation (no gum) makes this a stamp of interest. Updates forthcoming on these two.
Update #1---So this Washington stamp might be a 634a stamp..then again, it might be a 1923 washington stamp. So far I cannot tell. However, assuming for a moment it is the 634a stamp, and with
2 imperforated sides, and in totally mind condition....a collector might want this stamp and might pay $500. Assuming it is a 1923 edition of this stamp, might be worth nothing. Some people can tell the difference...on this one, so far I cannot.
As far as the one quarter cent vertical pair from Spain, I don't know. I did find a single version of it on a spanish stamp collector's site. It as asking 1,00 E which I suppose is Euro, but I don't understand the 1,00. Plus the value of a gutter pair can be very substantial as learned by the Foundry Man. I think I will set these aside for possible auction action.
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