United States, Scott #C142, used(o), 2007 air mail, Scenic American Landscapes Series, stamp shows the Okenfenoke Swamp; a shallow, half million acre, peat-filled wetland straddling the border line between Georgia and Florida; most of the swamp is nationally protected; forested by the bald cypress and swamp tupelo; home to many wading birds, including herons, egrets, ibises, cranes, and bitterns; it also hosts its amphibians and reptiles, such as toads, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, and an huge population of the American alligator; it also provides a protective habitat for the Florida black bear and Florida panther; 69 cents, offset lithography printed by Ashton Potter USA (APU), serpentine die cut simulated perforations: 10¾; non-water soluble self adhesive gum, multicolored, Scott 2025 Catalog Value: 30¢, nicely centered (superb), light, three-quarter circular, red-inked, double-rimmed, socked-on-the-nose corner cancellation at the lower left and largely clear of the main image, front of the stamp has a vertical surface crack from top right of center to midway down the stamp and a diagonal fold at the same point, and a second small fold at top right corner, all caused when the customer incorrectly bent back the stamp when removing it from its counter pane, good perforations, this stamp was soaked from the mailing envelope using the Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black trimmed card stock for an attractive album appearance, centering, mounting and image clear cancel warrant a selling price premium, but surface blemishes require a price adjustment, so a wash 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.