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ambro51
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A re do of the 24 cent inverted jenny. Self adhesive and now $2 value but quite cool. 
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
This would be the only way to produce any interest in stamp collecting.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Hoard the keys.
I think they're neat, and if you "really" wanted something scarce you could use as described above, to send to a friend (and arrange to have the used mailing wrappers returned to you.)
<< <i>They should "Have" a printing "ERROR" with a few hundred to t a thousand where the plane is right side up .....
This would be the only way to produce any interest in stamp collecting. >>
<< <i>They should "Have" a printing "ERROR" with a few hundred to t a thousand where the plane is right side up ..... >>
They did!
<< Ooops... never mind. I see in your title post they are selling for $12. The postmaster was showing me a 'sealed' envelope containing some stamps for collectors... but could not open one to show me what was inside! Price for this item was $16. >>
Strange, the USPS offers them for face value on eBay. I plan to use some for mailing packages.
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
I think the idea is for them to be bought and held, too.
Say, how about that new 2015 Walking Liberty Half Dollar??
The name is LEE!
1877 Indian Head Cents upside down, just to make a few extra bucks.
bob
Erik
Three years ago, my family and I went to the Smithsonian
Philatelic vaults and spent an afternoon with the head curator.
He has very accommodating and brought out our national rarities
for up close and personal examination. I was privileged to examine
the three examples of C3a that are contained in the collection.
As I have some experience in Philatelics, he asked me my opinion of
the three error stamps. It took me a few moments of studying them,
but the one that was stolen from the DuPont family and donated to the
Smithsonian, was altered by the thieves; they trimmed the perfs off one
edge, so it would look like an edge copy and not a middle of the sheet
example. The DuPont family donated the stamp - preferring to keep the
insurance payment rather than keep an altered stamp.
I have a Gem Superb example of C3 - NH - and I think it'd be a nice idea
to add the new reissue of C3a.
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<< <i>Stupid idea. Dang, anything to make a buck. Perhaps Congress will authorize the Mint to produce
1877 Indian Head Cents upside down, just to make a few extra bucks.
bob
Nonsense. The USPS has a long history of reissuing classic designs from the past of high-value commem stamps that are costly for collectors today. This one's a bit unusual in that it was a lower-value stamp originally, now given a $2 face value. Not a great deal different than our most popular gold and silver bullion coins, each with an obverse (and reverse for the gold Buff) directly copied from past US coin designs.
<< <i>Three years ago, my family and I went to the Smithsonian
Philatelic vaults and spent an afternoon with the head curator.
He has very accommodating and brought out our national rarities
for up close and personal examination. I was privileged to examine
the three examples of C3a that are contained in the collection.
As I have some experience in Philatelics, he asked me my opinion of
the three error stamps. It took me a few moments of studying them,
but the one that was stolen from the DuPont family and donated to the
Smithsonian, was altered by the thieves; they trimmed the perfs off one
edge, so it would look like an edge copy and not a middle of the sheet
example. The DuPont family donated the stamp - preferring to keep the
insurance payment rather than keep an altered stamp.
I have a Gem Superb example of C3 - NH - and I think it'd be a nice idea
to add the new reissue of C3a. >>
Neat Mike. I imagine they did that to try and pass it off without detection as to its status. Of course,
Col. Green noted the plate position for each stamp on the back in pencil, prior to breaking up the sheet
to make examples available for other wealthy collectors.
Now, to be serious, come up with an original idea and quit living the past!
bob
<< <i>Originalisbest, I guess you don't read my posts often and did not see my sarcasm....
Now, to be serious, come up with an original idea and quit living the past!
bob
LOL, I stink at sarcasm on the internets. Apologies!
Fake, Replica, Copy, Reproduction, ya I know the original was 24 cents and intentional errors are $2.00
So only the guvment & China can get away with this?
Steve
<< <i>It is pretty neet............BUT THE REAL QUESTION is what catogory can you resell them on EBAY in
Fake, Replica, Copy, Reproduction, ya I know the original was 24 cents and intentional errors are $2.00
So only the guvment & China can get away with this?
Steve >>
Really? I suppose you would also include the Mint whenever it rehashes a classic design into one of their more current issues and there are lots of them.
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Unfortunately, the USPS didn't bother putting a proper cancellation and post mark on the envelope, so some postal clerk just drew a squiggle with a magic marker across the two stamps.
It was nice to see the stamp and run my thumb across its rough intaglio surface, though!
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<< <i>The original was a major blunder or, if you prefer, a glitch. Why can't the US Mint do the same thing by creating major mint errors and sell them to the collecting public?
Redo the 55/55.
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<< <i>It is pretty neet............BUT THE REAL QUESTION is what catogory can you resell them on EBAY in
Fake, Replica, Copy, Reproduction, ya I know the original was 24 cents and intentional errors are $2.00
So only the guvment & China can get away with this?
Steve >>
Really? I suppose you would also include the Mint whenever it rehashes a classic design into one of their more current issues and there are lots of them. >>
The mints rehashes of classics are usually bullion and one I can think of had the current date and is a classic in its own right.
But thats not the point I was making, and cashing in on a 95 year old f%*k up is reaching IMO, but looking again I see there
dated with this year and daveG states that its an intaglio print and I'll probably get some............so uh..........
<< <i>When I got my catalog for Charlie Davis' book auction last week, the envelope had one of these on it, along with a round "Global" Forever stamp.
Unfortunately, the USPS didn't bother putting a proper cancellation and post mark on the envelope, so some postal clerk just drew a squiggle with a magic marker across the two stamps.
It was nice to see the stamp and run my thumb across its rough intaglio surface, though! >>
That right there is the number one enemy of collectors who want nicely canceled modern stamps. Even with the best of efforts at obtaining a proper, traditional cancel, somewhere along the line, some PO clerk goes nuts with a magic marker. It really sucks for collectors. I guess the equivalent for numismatists would be getting newly issued mint pieces and expecting to have 8 out of every 10 or so ordered arrive with a big, fat, greasy new thumbprint.
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<< <i>The original was a major blunder or, if you prefer, a glitch. Why can't the US Mint do the same thing by creating major mint errors and sell them to the collecting public?
Redo the 55/55.
I'd bet you anything that would sell extremely well -- I wonder -- if the mint were to attempt such a thing, would they be required to place a "copy" on their own product?
One for the legal eagles -- I'd bet they could create a 1955/55-D 1-cent tribute piece and not have to have any other distinguishing marks.
A NYT article says 100 sheets are "error" sheets with the plane printed right side up.
And the article confirms intaglio printing.
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Hoard the keys.
<< <i>Uhhhh speaking of errors and printing some right side up...
A NYT article says 100 sheets are "error" sheets with the plane printed right side up. >>
I hear there are some with the plane right side up and everything else upside down.
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had em, in fact since I got some the lady behind me HAD to get some!
I got em because they are cool, The intaglio print process and because I like airplanes
Steve
They make a good wallpaper too!
Steve
<< <i>These would sell better if anybody still collected stamps. >>
Lots of people collect stamps. Just not that many on this coin forum.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
<< <i>Buy this sheet for $12 but please don't actually use them. >>
Why Not?
I bought 2 sheets and plan to use 1 for special posts......thats just me I guess
Steve
I bet the 100 error sets will sell for alot.
I can always use postage so I bought 4 sets.