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United States/BOB & Other : Postage Currency

 

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
11:55:22am
Recently aquired this 25c note of US postage currency. Basically it was emergency money used during the civil war. I'm fascinated with the idea that stamps were used as currency. Some years back my dad asked me to sell some items on eBay for him because he isn't too terribly tech saavy. We sold some French, German and New Caldonia encased postage stamps and I was surprised that the money that they fetched. I see these US notes often in Philatelic Auction catalogues but they are usually listed with PIC (sp?) reference numbers. Does anyone know what PIC numbers are and whate type of reference catalogue it is? Does anyone collect these notes? Thanks in advance.
-Ernie

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michael78651

26 Jun 2015
12:18:34pm
re: Postage Currency

We had a small discussion on postage currency about a year ago. A few of us have some of these items. They are not common.

The Scott US Specialized uses a "PC" prefix to identify them. I don't know what the "PIC" means, unless it's a numbering system from a specialist in this area.

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nl1947

26 Jun 2015
12:24:20pm
re: Postage Currency

This was covered in

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They are found under PC1-PC16 for Postage Currency in Scott Specialized

Also check out Fractionals it may have values listed

There were counterfeits of these but the faces on them are somewhat crude. They were washed & creased to fake circulation wear.

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
12:48:14pm
re: Postage Currency

Very neat counterfeit nl!

The last couple posts that I put out there had already been discussed previously. I'm surprised by the depth of knowledge that's on this discussion board! Will definitely do some keyword searches before I post again.

Could a moderator please move these posts over to one of the threads that were started previously? Thanks. -Ernie

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michael78651

26 Jun 2015
01:06:25pm
re: Postage Currency

Ernie, we can't merge threads into others. That's why I found the two older ones and "bumped" them back up to bring them all together. I also moved your post to be in the same topic with the rest.

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
01:11:47pm
re: Postage Currency

Gotcha. Thanks Michael!

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
11:55:22am

Recently aquired this 25c note of US postage currency. Basically it was emergency money used during the civil war. I'm fascinated with the idea that stamps were used as currency. Some years back my dad asked me to sell some items on eBay for him because he isn't too terribly tech saavy. We sold some French, German and New Caldonia encased postage stamps and I was surprised that the money that they fetched. I see these US notes often in Philatelic Auction catalogues but they are usually listed with PIC (sp?) reference numbers. Does anyone know what PIC numbers are and whate type of reference catalogue it is? Does anyone collect these notes? Thanks in advance.
-Ernie

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michael78651

26 Jun 2015
12:18:34pm

re: Postage Currency

We had a small discussion on postage currency about a year ago. A few of us have some of these items. They are not common.

The Scott US Specialized uses a "PC" prefix to identify them. I don't know what the "PIC" means, unless it's a numbering system from a specialist in this area.

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nl1947

26 Jun 2015
12:24:20pm

re: Postage Currency

This was covered in

SOR LINK

They are found under PC1-PC16 for Postage Currency in Scott Specialized

Also check out Fractionals it may have values listed

There were counterfeits of these but the faces on them are somewhat crude. They were washed & creased to fake circulation wear.

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
12:48:14pm

re: Postage Currency

Very neat counterfeit nl!

The last couple posts that I put out there had already been discussed previously. I'm surprised by the depth of knowledge that's on this discussion board! Will definitely do some keyword searches before I post again.

Could a moderator please move these posts over to one of the threads that were started previously? Thanks. -Ernie

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michael78651

26 Jun 2015
01:06:25pm

re: Postage Currency

Ernie, we can't merge threads into others. That's why I found the two older ones and "bumped" them back up to bring them all together. I also moved your post to be in the same topic with the rest.

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TribalErnie

26 Jun 2015
01:11:47pm

re: Postage Currency

Gotcha. Thanks Michael!

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