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09:33:15am
Peter
I just purchased these items on Ebay for $7.99 and $22.10. Like most Liberia from this time period, the stamps are undervalued because it is not a popular collecting area. The typed note accompanying your stamps appears to be from K(asimir) Bileski (d. 2005), a noted stamp dealer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He literally cornered the market on Liberian stamps and promoted them extensively. Despite his efforts, however, it never became popular enough to raise the value of the stamps to a level warranted by their scarcity. I have also sent a PM to you regarding these S/S's.
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12:13:57pm
Back in the late 1960s I bought several of his surprise packages that were always filled with stamps, and other philatelic ephemera, things that were of little value to him but so very interesting to beginners. And almost fifty years later I still have some of the inclusions.
Over the years as Bileski placed ads in Linns and Western Stamp Collector for various collections and certain individual stamps he had acquired I found I could never turn the page without reading his sales pitch, because it was almost always well written and chock full of interesting notes about the particular stamps he was selling that week.
If anyone wishes to read about him life and stamp business, click here
Should you come across a Canadian stamp with an almost perfect Saskatchewan circular date stamp, circa about 1930 to 2000, it is more than likely it paid for one of his numerous mailings.
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According to the 2001 Specialized UPU Catalog, the sheet overprinted specimen is valued in Euros at a little more than the sheet without the overprint. It is interesting to note that the "specimen" sheet exists both imperforate and perforated!
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Thank you Terry! This rounds out my collection nicely, but now I fear I'll venture into collecting Specimen overprints! Yikes!
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09:05:52am
These souvenir sheets were among stamps I've recently inherited. I can look up the Scott CV, but I was curious if anyone can tell me if the accompanying card is still correct in its assessment of these sheets, especially the Specimen set. Thanks.
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27 Jan 2015
09:33:15am
re: Liberia UPU souvenir sheets: Information please
Peter
I just purchased these items on Ebay for $7.99 and $22.10. Like most Liberia from this time period, the stamps are undervalued because it is not a popular collecting area. The typed note accompanying your stamps appears to be from K(asimir) Bileski (d. 2005), a noted stamp dealer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He literally cornered the market on Liberian stamps and promoted them extensively. Despite his efforts, however, it never became popular enough to raise the value of the stamps to a level warranted by their scarcity. I have also sent a PM to you regarding these S/S's.
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29 Jan 2015
12:13:57pm
re: Liberia UPU souvenir sheets: Information please
Back in the late 1960s I bought several of his surprise packages that were always filled with stamps, and other philatelic ephemera, things that were of little value to him but so very interesting to beginners. And almost fifty years later I still have some of the inclusions.
Over the years as Bileski placed ads in Linns and Western Stamp Collector for various collections and certain individual stamps he had acquired I found I could never turn the page without reading his sales pitch, because it was almost always well written and chock full of interesting notes about the particular stamps he was selling that week.
If anyone wishes to read about him life and stamp business, click here
Should you come across a Canadian stamp with an almost perfect Saskatchewan circular date stamp, circa about 1930 to 2000, it is more than likely it paid for one of his numerous mailings.
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re: Liberia UPU souvenir sheets: Information please
According to the 2001 Specialized UPU Catalog, the sheet overprinted specimen is valued in Euros at a little more than the sheet without the overprint. It is interesting to note that the "specimen" sheet exists both imperforate and perforated!
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12:42:29pm
re: Liberia UPU souvenir sheets: Information please
Thank you Terry! This rounds out my collection nicely, but now I fear I'll venture into collecting Specimen overprints! Yikes!
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