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I could not rests to add this one to my collection simply because I like the artwork, engraved stamps and with this one, I can think of my Mom or Dad who would have been 3 years old at the time.
Then you think that there are not too many stamps to collect from the Federal Duck series - there is just one stamp each year. How does this compare to 200+ stamps / year some countries produce today?
One can think of the hunter who signed the stamp in the beginning of the season with hopes of spending days in the outdoors looking for waterfowl.
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Cougar, the question is a wrong one. It doesn't matter what it's worth to me. It does matter what it's worth to you. From your description, it is very meaningful for a number of reasons- good for you. If you gauge your collection as an investment and focus upon the cat. values alone, one misses a lot that this hobby can offer.
I suspect you may already know that. If you are seeking to find reassurance that a particular amount paid may be excessive, the value of the memories and the pleasure associated with the stamp also needs to be taken into account, and can you put a value in $ to that?
I apologize for the lecture, but one of my favorite stamps in my collection is one that is a fake, hand drawn badly, and miss-spelled to boot worth exactly nothing, but I enjoy it immensely.
Dan C.
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I usually ask myself is it worth it to add a stamp to my collection? If so, then I buy it. The stamp illustrated is very nice. Used duck stamps are hard to find in real good condition, especially with a neat, light signature. I would add that stamp to my collection. Now notice that I did not make my decision based on a monetary value, but rather an esthetic one.
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Thank you Dan and Michael. My reasoning was along the same lines and this is why I decided to buy the stamp. I will add a few more of the early duck stamps to my collection as opportunities present themselves.
I was lucky last month to get 32 of the early ones with one shot!
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I love the ducks. I think the artwork is outstanding. Reminds me of all those early engraved stamps that got me interested in the first place. On a super trivia side note for film buffs remember Fargo....
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Take a moment to research the signature; duck stamps that make it into collectors' hands are sometimes signed by the designer.
http://www.shduck.com/ ... shop here!
http://www.shpauctions.com/ ... duck-rich auctions
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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iKeyPikey, yes, some stamps are signed by the designer and they cost 50X the price of a stamp signed by the hunter. Personally I am after the stamp and not the autograph.
Thanks for the links!
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Thanks for that information about artist-signed stamps. I only collect these stamps used (signed). I never thought to check them to see if the artist signed them.
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Way back in the day, Nelson B DeMille had a good guy getting ready to search for a bad guy in a forest (in upstate New York?).
He was getting some advice.
(paraphrasing) "And stay away from the baby bears; sometimes, the mother bear is around."
"How will I know if the mother bear is around?"
"You'll know."
That remains the funniest thing I've ever read, but it comes to remind us that, if you had paid for an artist-signed duck stamp, you (your wallet) would know.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who thinks you should google all those names, anyway, because he still can't get that picture of John Kerry manning-up out of his head, and there is no other way of finding-out who went hunting with who)
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I understand the value to you, what you describe is how we feel about our collections. It takes us back to a better time, a brief respite from the day that leaves us refreshed!
I love old engraving, I'm especially fond of the engraving on late 19th century / early 20th century US stamps. That's what got me into my 1902 Series Ben Franklin, as a kid I thought it was just beautiful! And I like the series such as the Columbians...
Here's a few of my favorites:
I just love the sleeping dog under the table!
And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than this one. Can't you feel the anguish?
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" ....And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than
this one. Can't you feel the anguish? ...."
I guess emigrats had problems even then.
An immigrant refers to the country moved into,
While an emigrant refers to the country moved from.
As Latin students know, "Immigration" stresses entering
a country, and "emigration" stresses leaving.
Often used interchangeably, even by people who should
know better.
And, of course, a migrant is someone who moves or moved
around within country.(Or even within a state.)
But, should the discussion be referring to migration
from state to state, things change,
E.G. I have migrated across this nation, emigrating
first from New York, to Florida and later immigrating
to Texas.
Enough to just say "Moved".
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" ....And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than
this one. Can't you feel the anguish? ...."
It is a beautiful stamp, but one I would never want to add to my collection.
Not because of the immigrants' situation but because of how the good horse looks at the dead one. I do not need that much drama in my albums.
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09:26:40am
" ... how the good horse looks at the dead one. ...."
Thank, I'll never look at this stamp again without considering that the horse might be thinking.
Perhaps "Crap, now I guess I'm expected to pull this whole load alone ? And look at the accursed mountain ahead !"
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"Thank, I'll never look at this stamp again without considering hat the horse might be thinking.
Perhaps "Crap, now I guess I'm expected to pull this whole load alone ? And look at the accursed mountain ahead !""
"Get up you idiot! No time to play sick! You're about to be shot!"
I find it interesting that the settler is about to shoot the horse, while still attached to the wagon. Wouldn't that spook the other horse? And with his kids watching too!
What's next? Butchering the poor thing for some meat?
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"... I find it interesting that the settler is about to shoot the horse, while still attached to the wagon ..."
A useful corollary to my friend's aphorism: "Always pillage before you burn."
"Always de-hitch before you dispatch" ?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I just bought a single stamp at an auction site. The price was modest but still over what I typically spend on a stamp.
I could not rests to add this one to my collection simply because I like the artwork, engraved stamps and with this one, I can think of my Mom or Dad who would have been 3 years old at the time.
Then you think that there are not too many stamps to collect from the Federal Duck series - there is just one stamp each year. How does this compare to 200+ stamps / year some countries produce today?
One can think of the hunter who signed the stamp in the beginning of the season with hopes of spending days in the outdoors looking for waterfowl.
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
Cougar, the question is a wrong one. It doesn't matter what it's worth to me. It does matter what it's worth to you. From your description, it is very meaningful for a number of reasons- good for you. If you gauge your collection as an investment and focus upon the cat. values alone, one misses a lot that this hobby can offer.
I suspect you may already know that. If you are seeking to find reassurance that a particular amount paid may be excessive, the value of the memories and the pleasure associated with the stamp also needs to be taken into account, and can you put a value in $ to that?
I apologize for the lecture, but one of my favorite stamps in my collection is one that is a fake, hand drawn badly, and miss-spelled to boot worth exactly nothing, but I enjoy it immensely.
Dan C.
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
I usually ask myself is it worth it to add a stamp to my collection? If so, then I buy it. The stamp illustrated is very nice. Used duck stamps are hard to find in real good condition, especially with a neat, light signature. I would add that stamp to my collection. Now notice that I did not make my decision based on a monetary value, but rather an esthetic one.
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Thank you Dan and Michael. My reasoning was along the same lines and this is why I decided to buy the stamp. I will add a few more of the early duck stamps to my collection as opportunities present themselves.
I was lucky last month to get 32 of the early ones with one shot!
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I love the ducks. I think the artwork is outstanding. Reminds me of all those early engraved stamps that got me interested in the first place. On a super trivia side note for film buffs remember Fargo....
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Take a moment to research the signature; duck stamps that make it into collectors' hands are sometimes signed by the designer.
http://www.shduck.com/ ... shop here!
http://www.shpauctions.com/ ... duck-rich auctions
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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iKeyPikey, yes, some stamps are signed by the designer and they cost 50X the price of a stamp signed by the hunter. Personally I am after the stamp and not the autograph.
Thanks for the links!
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Thanks for that information about artist-signed stamps. I only collect these stamps used (signed). I never thought to check them to see if the artist signed them.
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Way back in the day, Nelson B DeMille had a good guy getting ready to search for a bad guy in a forest (in upstate New York?).
He was getting some advice.
(paraphrasing) "And stay away from the baby bears; sometimes, the mother bear is around."
"How will I know if the mother bear is around?"
"You'll know."
That remains the funniest thing I've ever read, but it comes to remind us that, if you had paid for an artist-signed duck stamp, you (your wallet) would know.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who thinks you should google all those names, anyway, because he still can't get that picture of John Kerry manning-up out of his head, and there is no other way of finding-out who went hunting with who)
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
I understand the value to you, what you describe is how we feel about our collections. It takes us back to a better time, a brief respite from the day that leaves us refreshed!
I love old engraving, I'm especially fond of the engraving on late 19th century / early 20th century US stamps. That's what got me into my 1902 Series Ben Franklin, as a kid I thought it was just beautiful! And I like the series such as the Columbians...
Here's a few of my favorites:
I just love the sleeping dog under the table!
And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than this one. Can't you feel the anguish?
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04 Nov 2019
06:28:24pm
re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
" ....And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than
this one. Can't you feel the anguish? ...."
I guess emigrats had problems even then.
An immigrant refers to the country moved into,
While an emigrant refers to the country moved from.
As Latin students know, "Immigration" stresses entering
a country, and "emigration" stresses leaving.
Often used interchangeably, even by people who should
know better.
And, of course, a migrant is someone who moves or moved
around within country.(Or even within a state.)
But, should the discussion be referring to migration
from state to state, things change,
E.G. I have migrated across this nation, emigrating
first from New York, to Florida and later immigrating
to Texas.
Enough to just say "Moved".
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
" ....And nothing says "you're screwed!" better than
this one. Can't you feel the anguish? ...."
It is a beautiful stamp, but one I would never want to add to my collection.
Not because of the immigrants' situation but because of how the good horse looks at the dead one. I do not need that much drama in my albums.
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08 Nov 2019
09:26:40am
re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
" ... how the good horse looks at the dead one. ...."
Thank, I'll never look at this stamp again without considering that the horse might be thinking.
Perhaps "Crap, now I guess I'm expected to pull this whole load alone ? And look at the accursed mountain ahead !"
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
"Thank, I'll never look at this stamp again without considering hat the horse might be thinking.
Perhaps "Crap, now I guess I'm expected to pull this whole load alone ? And look at the accursed mountain ahead !""
"Get up you idiot! No time to play sick! You're about to be shot!"
I find it interesting that the settler is about to shoot the horse, while still attached to the wagon. Wouldn't that spook the other horse? And with his kids watching too!
What's next? Butchering the poor thing for some meat?
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re: What would be the value of this stamp to you?
"... I find it interesting that the settler is about to shoot the horse, while still attached to the wagon ..."
A useful corollary to my friend's aphorism: "Always pillage before you burn."
"Always de-hitch before you dispatch" ?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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