Are stamps ever appropriate for the US Coin forum??

Lakesammman · January 15, 2017 3:58PM

These are! Received these as a gift and like them so much, I don't use them.

I've always wondered how the Scott numbers apply to this sort of thing......

Anyone else put their favorite coin on a stamp??

PerryHall · January 15, 2017 4:04PM

I remember some US postage stamps that depicted US coins including an Indian Head cent and another showing a Liberty double eagle.

ms70 · January 15, 2017 4:05PM

Got those as a gift? Wow, someone likes you a lot!

Coin Finder · January 15, 2017 4:08PM

I think there was a stamp with a 1877 cent on it.

Wingsrule · January 15, 2017 5:05PM

Could you have a stamp with a picture of a sample slab on it???

291fifth · January 15, 2017 5:15PM

I think this post on the coin forum has gotten more responses than the total on the stamp forum since the beginning of the year!

CCDollar · January 15, 2017 5:21PM

Some times you have to be really careful...It would take four Indian Head Cents to buy this S&*mp...

Zoins · January 15, 2017 5:25PM

Did someone say Indian Head Cent?

Found on the bay:

Nysoto · January 15, 2017 6:02PM

I collect embossed revenue stamped paper from dies engraved at the US Mint by Chief Engraver Robert Scot in 1798 and 1800 to pay for the Quasi and Barbary Wars. John Reich engraved the 1814 series to pay for the War of 1812. I believe the 1798 designs influenced coinage designs. Eric Jackson Revenue Stamps is the source.

northcoin · January 15, 2017 6:11PM

I know that this dates me, but remember the "gold stamps" that were the successor to "green stamps?" Anyone still have a book still around that you failed to redeem?

MsMorrisine · January 15, 2017 6:57PM

Obvious counterfeits

Lakesammman · January 15, 2017 7:26PM

Oh no - you mean there are stamp sample slabs too!

Please, somebody stop me.....

Wingsrule · January 15, 2017 7:35PM

I've only seen one!

rmpsrpms · January 15, 2017 8:20PM

I believe the 13c Indian Cent stamp is the smallest ever issued. I have an uncut sheet of them.

Kccoin · January 15, 2017 8:27PM

@Wingsrule said:
Could you have a stamp with a picture of a sample slab on it???

This is cruel!

Icollecteverything · January 15, 2017 9:09PM

I recently ordered supplies from Brooklyn Gallery and was glad to see they use a bunch of various old stamps for postage on the box. Many dealers used to do this back in the day and I used to save some of them if they didn't get cancelled. The box I just got must have met up with a postal worker having a bad day and they hand stamped it at least a dozen times.

oldgoldlover · January 15, 2017 11:15PM

I collect the first 6 U,S, Airmail stamps and the Graf Zeps. I only get graded slabbed stamps in ognh 90 or better. Stamp collecting is falling off but the very high end of the market is holding up. It is very easy to spend several thousand bucks on a high grade stamp and like coins they are graded and slabbed.

mannie gray · January 15, 2017 11:27PM

One of these days I am going to buy a slabbed stamp.
Just can't decide which one.
Despite my passion for coins, which runs strong and deep, I still think stamps are kinda cool.

ricko · January 16, 2017 6:54AM

Coin stamps... I do not recall seeing them before... guess I just never noticed. Cheers, RickO

Lakesammman · January 16, 2017 7:12AM

Embossed revenue stamps - now that's cool!

What got you started collecting those??

keets · January 16, 2017 7:38AM

there are quit a few stamps that were issued along with either a major Exposition/Worlds Fair or at the time of a Commemorative coin release, when I find them I keep them.

shylock · January 16, 2017 7:50AM

This is what I have left of a couple of sheets of the IH stamp Zoins posted. Use to post all coin related letters with them.

Type2 · January 16, 2017 11:27AM

Yes I have 3 or 4 sheets of the IC as well and the Morgan one to. I think they are Cool looking and this is what I found out about the Indian head stamp hard to see the stamp in the pic.

knightem · January 16, 2017 11:34AM

@ricko said:
Coin stamps... I do not recall seeing them before... guess I just never noticed. Cheers, RickO

Same here! These are very cool. Thanks for sharing...

oih82w8 · January 16, 2017 11:38AM

In regards to the OP, I believe that you can have custom stamps depicted with whatever image you want to put on it...perhaps your favortie coin or other item.

http://photo.stamps.com/Store/?source=si10985886

ricko · January 16, 2017 12:23PM

@oih82w8 ..... I did not know that.... will look into it....get my picture on a stamp... Send get well cards to my ex-wives....Cheers, RickO

mannie gray · January 16, 2017 8:05PM

@Type2 said:
Yes I have 3 or 4 sheets of the IC as well and the Morgan one to. I think they are Cool looking and this is what I found out about the Indian head stamp hard to see the stamp in the pic.

They are cool. Like you, I have a sheet of each. Couldn't resist.

airplanenut · January 16, 2017 9:25PM

@shylock said:
This is what I have left of a couple of sheets of the IH stamp Zoins posted. Use to post all coin related letters with them.

@MsMorrisine said:

Obvious counterfeits

I've got a sheet of each of these framed.

Nysoto · January 29, 2017 2:09PM

Embossed revenue stamps - now that's cool! What got you started collecting those??

I started collecting these for research of Chief Engraver Robert Scot. It is an obscure area of collecting, even for philately. For coin collectors, it is a chance to get additional engravings by Robert Scot and John Reich, that have similarities to some coinage reverse designs. The stamped documents can also be very interesting, hand-written or type-set. These embossed federal revenue stamps financed the Quasi and Barbary wars 1796-1805, and the War of 1812. The stamps were engraved at the US Mint, and the screw presses for the stamps were contracted to Adam Eckfeldt.

Nysoto · January 29, 2017 2:59PM

This counterstamp for the commissioner of revenue was engraved by Robert Scot in 1800. Scot used six-pointed stars and always arranged them into patterns, as he did in this ingenious arrangement of six-pointed stars into a larger unified six point hexagram, as Scot also did on the original Great Seal die in 1782.

TopographicOceans · January 29, 2017 3:14PM

Good idea

coindeuce · January 29, 2017 3:17PM

These would make a fantastic supplement to a pair of Mint State Columbian Expo Half Dollars. The $4 denomination in Mint, Original Gum, Never Hinged condition has a $2500 catalog value and on its own can realize $1,000 to a dedicated collector.

Overdate · January 29, 2017 5:12PM

@coindeuce said:
These would make a fantastic supplement to a pair of Mint State Columbian Expo Half Dollars. The $4 denomination in Mint, Original Gum, Never Hinged condition has a $2500 catalog value and on its own can realize $1,000 to a dedicated collector.

Or you can buy a full set of the 1992 reissues for less than $20. Face value is $16.34. I still pick some up to use as postage sometimes.

Overdate · January 29, 2017 7:34PM

@CCDollar said:
Some times you have to be really careful...It would take four Indian Head Cents to buy this S&*mp...

Or about 5 Native American dollars to buy the entire 1998 re-issue set (face value $3.80).

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD · January 29, 2017 10:27PM

Cool thread...nice little change up. Could anyone here at CU help me understand what was left to me by one of my grandfathers? He had very little money so I'm sure it's not very valuable but I would like to know what has been sitting in my safe for 20 years

Thanks guys!

dcarr · January 30, 2017 12:48AM

@3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
Cool thread...nice little change up. Could anyone here at CU help me understand what was left to me by one of my grandfathers? He had very little money so I'm sure it's not very valuable but I would like to know what has been sitting in my safe for 20 years

Thanks guys!

The first group are small die proofs on india paper of the 1873 Treasury officials.
The Scott catalog numbers for the 11 stamps are O72P3 through O82P3.
Note that the first character in the catalog numbers is a capital letter "O", not a zero.
The "O" indicates Official (stamps that were for government use).
The "P" means proof. Non-proof issues are on different paper and usually have perforated edges.

Most stamps sell for somewhat less than the catalog value. This varies, of course.
The 2017 Scott specialized catalog lists these at $20 each for all the denominations.
These were probably printed around 1900 and sold in sets to collectors.
A complete set of these recently sold on eBay for about $178.

The lower stamp is the 1933 Century of Progress 50-cent Zeppelin issue.
It is technically an airmail stamp. This one is commonly referred to as the "baby zeppelin" because it has a lower denomination and is worth significantly less than the earlier 1930 $0.65, $1.30, and $2.60 zeppelin stamps.
The Scott catalog number is C18. The "C" indicates an air post stamp.
Assuming that there is nothing major wrong with it, the typical selling price for one of these is about $20.

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD · January 30, 2017 12:58AM

Wow...Awesome information and Thank You Dan!

ricko · January 30, 2017 5:16AM

That is interesting....@dcarr ... I did not know you were also a stamp expert.... Cheers, RickO

1630Boston · January 30, 2017 5:23AM

I guess I should dig out my FDIC's that I haven't look at for 30 or 40 years and see what I have

Addictedtocoins · January 30, 2017 6:49AM

Thank you for starting this thread ! I have to go and look through my stamps. Any suggestions on how to separate unused stamps that has stuck together ?

oih82w8 · January 30, 2017 8:11AM

I have heard of recycling stamps by immersing them in water to release the adhesive.

panexpoguy · January 30, 2017 8:42AM

@Addictedtocoins said:
Thank you for starting this thread ! I have to go and look through my stamps. Any suggestions on how to separate unused stamps that has stuck together ?

If you are talking about modern stamps that you want to use on mail, then you can just soak them on water to remove all the gum and then use a glue stick to put them on a cover. If you are talking about stamps that have worthwhile collector value, then you would want to set up a sweat box to soften the gum until you could separate the stamps.

johnny9434 · January 30, 2017 9:00AM

neat stamps all. much appreciated

Addictedtocoins · January 30, 2017 10:13AM

@panexpoguy said:

@Addictedtocoins said:
Thank you for starting this thread ! I have to go and look through my stamps. Any suggestions on how to separate unused stamps that has stuck together ?

If you are talking about modern stamps that you want to use on mail, then you can just soak them on water to remove all the gum and then use a glue stick to put them on a cover. If you are talking about stamps that have worthwhile collector value, then you would want to set up a sweat box to soften the gum until you could separate the stamps.

Thank you. They're from a collection that I came across a while ago. 30's 40's 50's 60's mostly. Several from the 20's They were stored in wax envelopes. I took them to a coin shop in 1995 and was told to use them for postage, I put them in safe and just thought about them when I read this post !

TwoSides2aCoin · January 30, 2017 1:31PM

Had some S&H green stamps but figured they had verdigris.

Goldminers · January 30, 2017 1:42PM

"Had some S&H green stamps but figured they had verdigris"

LOL. I do like the few stamps with coins on them, but not the green ones stored in soft plastic holders.

I had a bunch of stamps about 40 years ago and sold them all for college tuition, which then ultimately funded rare or modern US coins after spending about 40 years working in mining.

chumley · January 30, 2017 1:51PM

silver stamps

Goldminers · January 30, 2017 1:53PM

did those have adhesive? or what? I am quite impressed by that collection and know nothing about them.

dcarr · January 30, 2017 1:55PM

@ricko said:
That is interesting....@dcarr ... I did not know you were also a stamp expert.... Cheers, RickO

Yes, I collected them for a number of years. I still dabble in stamps a little bit. Mostly items related to western gold mining activities and/or currency in some way. Like bank checks with revenue stamps.

Most bank checks from about 1863 to 1883 and then again from about 1898 to 1901 have a pre-printed 2-cent revenue stamp on them. These are known as "revenue stamped paper". Most are fairly common, but some stamp types are rare. My favorite of these stamps is the Scott Catalog # RN-O2, which features an impossible "1874" 2-cent coin obverse and reverse:

ricko · January 30, 2017 2:21PM

Very interesting Dan.... I did not know about the checks... and the 'impossible' two cent piece is really surprising... Thanks... Cheers, RickO

Overdate · January 30, 2017 2:47PM

@dcarr said:

My favorite of these stamps is the Scott Catalog # RN-O2, which features an impossible "1874" 2-cent coin obverse and reverse:

Is it really "impossible"?

Are stamps ever appropriate for the US Coin forum??

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