Mystic Stamp Company US Stamp Catalog Scraper

Scrapes the complete Mystic Stamp Company US postage stamp catalog at mysticstamp.com. Returns 60,000+ US stamp listings keyed to Scott catalog numbers — the US philatelic reference standard.

What This Scraper Returns

Each record includes:

• Scott number — canonical US catalogue reference (e.g. 1, C1, 1a-2)
• Title — full product name with year, denomination, and variety
• Price — current listed price in USD
• Stock status — whether the item is in stock
• Issue year and date — when the stamp was issued
• Denomination — face value of the stamp (e.g. 5¢, 34¢, $5)
• Perforation — gauge or imperforate status (where available)
• Category — stamp type hierarchy (e.g. Scott Catalog # > 1920s)
• Description — full product description (plain text)
• Image URL — high-resolution product image (640px wide)
• Product URL — direct link to the product page

Use Cases

• Philatelic research — comprehensive US stamp catalog with Scott numbers
• Price monitoring — track market prices on 60,000+ US stamp varieties
• Inventory analysis — identify in-stock vs out-of-stock items across the catalog
• Stamp collection management — map your collection against a complete US catalog

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return. Leave at 0 or omit for all 60,000+ items.	10

Output

Field	Type	Description
mysticProductId	integer	Mystic Stamp Company internal product ID
productUrl	string	Direct URL to the product on mysticstamp.com
scottNumber	string	Scott catalog number (US philatelic reference)
mysticItemNumber	string	Mystic item number / SKU
title	string	Product name
category	string	Category path (e.g. Scott Catalog # > 1920s)
issueYear	integer	Year of issue
issueDate	string	Full issue date string
denomination	string	Face value (e.g. 5¢, $5)
condition	string	Stamp condition (when available)
price	number	Current listed price (USD)
currency	string	Currency code (USD)
inStock	boolean	Whether the item is currently available
description	string	Plain-text product description (up to 2,000 chars)
series	string	Series or issue name (when available)
theme	string	Thematic grouping (when available)
perforation	string	Perforation gauge (e.g. Perf. 11, Imperforate)
imageUrl	string	High-resolution product image URL
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp

Technical Notes

• Source: BigCommerce GraphQL Storefront API (mysticstamp.com category ID 44)
• Authentication: Session JWT extracted from the listing page — no credentials required
• Pagination: Cursor-based GraphQL pagination; fetches 50 products per request
• Coverage: US Stamps category — 60,000+ records
• Rate limiting: 150ms delay between requests; respectful of the 10s crawl-delay in robots.txt
• Bot protection: Site is CDN-fronted but serves content without challenge to standard requests

Example Output

{
  "mysticProductId": 182,
  "productUrl": "https://www.mysticstamp.com/products/182/",
  "scottNumber": "573",
  "mysticItemNumber": "United States 573",
  "title": "573 - 1923 $5 Head of Freedom Statue, Capital Dome, Carmine & Blue",
  "category": "Scott Catalog # > 1920s",
  "issueYear": 1922,
  "issueDate": "March 20, 1923",
  "denomination": "$5",
  "condition": null,
  "price": 195,
  "currency": "USD",
  "inStock": true,
  "description": "U.S. #573 Series of 1922-25 $5 America Flat Plate Printing...",
  "series": null,
  "theme": null,
  "perforation": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-1iek1jneyj/images/stencil/640w/products/182/4914/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-07T13:00:00.000Z"
}