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01:30:58pm
on you! The price I paid was very fair and I'm happy.
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Karma indeed !
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happy for you Joseph
may all your losing bids result in BINs for half the cost
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11:32:10am
This is the first and, probably, only time!!
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Good deal!
Last night I was at my daughter’s house and an auction I was watching was ending. As I try to complete my US 1893 Colombian set, I saw a proof of the $5 value was at $106 with no movement. Of course eBay reminded me 15 minutes before auction end. I thought I’d give it a shot at $121.
Well in the last minute it went $123 then $135 and in the last seconds went up to $206! I never got to fire off the bid I had sitting and waiting! It was exciting to watch and even my son in law got into it! I wasn’t upset since it sold for near double what I wanted to pay!
There are more fish in the sea!
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I saw a proof of the $5 value was at $106 with no movement
What exactly is a "proof"
I just looked up that $5 stamp and there were only 27,300 c. of them issued
Thanking you
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06:47:30am
" ... What exactly is a "proof" ..."
When a designer or printer have worked out a die for a new stamp they may, or probably have to, provide a sample of their work to the authorizing agency for final approval. Proofs sem to be on a higher quality paper, sometimes a bit thicker to enable handling. An agency may have suggested a subject to several printing firms and thus they have a choice. Proofs with the postal agencies' representative's signature can be quite expensive and add interest to a collection.
Rejected proofs are likely to come on the market and usually look very nice in an album.
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05:32:15pm
A question about proofs, sometimes they are more expensive and sometimes they are cheaper than the non proof version. But here's the question, if you have the proof version of a certain stamp do you consider that you have the stamp itself? I know some people only collect the image so to them it wouldn't matter, but as a purist and a collector is having a proof the same as having the stamp? Again, just curious! There is a rather pricey Australia stamp that I have the proof version of and I crossed the stamp off my want list. I know I can do whatever I want since it is my collection, but did I do what you would have done?
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Joe,
no, you don't have the stamp; you have a proof of that stamp.
doesn't mean it won't suffice for one's collecting interests, but it's not a stamp
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01:52:46pm
I was afraid someone would say that! Does anyone know the approximate value of a proof (SPECIMEN) for Australia #127 MNH?
Edit: I just found someone on E-Bay trying to sell the proofs of #127, 128 and 129, three quite valuable stamps in non-proof form, for only $125. Obviously proofs are not very valuable. I also think the Scott ID for proofs sticks an "s" after the stamp, as in #127s. I guess I will have to add 127 back on my want list since I really don't have the stamp. I know some collectors would find this a bit picky, but I am a very old school collector! I was quite pleased with having 127, 128 and 129 ... now I don't!
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22 Nov 2021
01:30:58pm
I've been looking for a nice copy of Newfoundland C12, the DOX stamp, for a while now. I bid $300 on a nice one last night and missed out on it. The stamp had 33 watchers and 19 different bidders so I expected to lose out. NO COMMENTS NEEDED ON HOW I WOULD HAVE WON IF I HAD SNIPED! Anyway, to the point of this post, I checked this morning and there was a great looking copy at a BIN of half of last night's price. It was with someone I had bought from several times with fantastic results, so I jumped at the chance!! I guess karma exists after all! I know someone will comment on the fact that it is probably a fake, well... PFFFTTT on you! The price I paid was very fair and I'm happy.
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Karma indeed !
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happy for you Joseph
may all your losing bids result in BINs for half the cost
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23 Nov 2021
11:32:10am
re: Karma!!
This is the first and, probably, only time!!
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Good deal!
Last night I was at my daughter’s house and an auction I was watching was ending. As I try to complete my US 1893 Colombian set, I saw a proof of the $5 value was at $106 with no movement. Of course eBay reminded me 15 minutes before auction end. I thought I’d give it a shot at $121.
Well in the last minute it went $123 then $135 and in the last seconds went up to $206! I never got to fire off the bid I had sitting and waiting! It was exciting to watch and even my son in law got into it! I wasn’t upset since it sold for near double what I wanted to pay!
There are more fish in the sea!
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re: Karma!!
I saw a proof of the $5 value was at $106 with no movement
What exactly is a "proof"
I just looked up that $5 stamp and there were only 27,300 c. of them issued
Thanking you
John
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14 Feb 2022
06:47:30am
re: Karma!!
" ... What exactly is a "proof" ..."
When a designer or printer have worked out a die for a new stamp they may, or probably have to, provide a sample of their work to the authorizing agency for final approval. Proofs sem to be on a higher quality paper, sometimes a bit thicker to enable handling. An agency may have suggested a subject to several printing firms and thus they have a choice. Proofs with the postal agencies' representative's signature can be quite expensive and add interest to a collection.
Rejected proofs are likely to come on the market and usually look very nice in an album.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
15 Feb 2022
05:32:15pm
re: Karma!!
A question about proofs, sometimes they are more expensive and sometimes they are cheaper than the non proof version. But here's the question, if you have the proof version of a certain stamp do you consider that you have the stamp itself? I know some people only collect the image so to them it wouldn't matter, but as a purist and a collector is having a proof the same as having the stamp? Again, just curious! There is a rather pricey Australia stamp that I have the proof version of and I crossed the stamp off my want list. I know I can do whatever I want since it is my collection, but did I do what you would have done?
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re: Karma!!
Joe,
no, you don't have the stamp; you have a proof of that stamp.
doesn't mean it won't suffice for one's collecting interests, but it's not a stamp
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
16 Feb 2022
01:52:46pm
re: Karma!!
I was afraid someone would say that! Does anyone know the approximate value of a proof (SPECIMEN) for Australia #127 MNH?
Edit: I just found someone on E-Bay trying to sell the proofs of #127, 128 and 129, three quite valuable stamps in non-proof form, for only $125. Obviously proofs are not very valuable. I also think the Scott ID for proofs sticks an "s" after the stamp, as in #127s. I guess I will have to add 127 back on my want list since I really don't have the stamp. I know some collectors would find this a bit picky, but I am a very old school collector! I was quite pleased with having 127, 128 and 129 ... now I don't!
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