110 Date Codes...

[drei3ree]

I'm putting together a standard 110 collection with all the regular issue date stamps starting in 1986. If I count 1992 & 2014 as four different stamps, there should be 33. Which will I have the most difficulty finding in MINT condition? I'm not considering errors/oddities or the 2002/3 with the "T" on the backside. Thanks

 

[DeSotoSky]

Stamps used less than a year.

1992 Single Dash. The change from single dash to double dash happened early in the year. They make a lot fewer FG 110's. Finding a 1992 single dash 110 FG has been unobtanium for me. The single dash standard 110 is also scarce.

Buck only used the first version 2014 stamp for a few months before adding the word 'BUCK'. About Dec 2013 to March 2014 as I recall. Again, the FG version is rarer.

 

[drei3ree]

I don't see the 110 - or -110- very often.

 

[DeSotoSky]

Luck of the draw. What is working against you is age. The older you go, the harder it will be to find a mint example. With production of 110's in the hundreds of thousands yearly, only luck will affect your search. There is going to be no year where Buck said, gee, let's not make many this year.....