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Here is a scan of postmarks on Scott #116. What would you do with so many duplicates? Some of the cancels are interesting but I don't really collect so many different cancels.
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Hi Connie,
Have you worked out what different "dies" you have in that bunch. I believe these stamps can have 3 different Die types. I enjoy going through and identifying them in the copies that I have. We used to have a member who only collected this stamp. There was enough variety to keep him busy just in this one stamp.
Regards ... Tim.
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From a marketing standpoint, there are three types of collections/collectors that would buy parts of this lot, none of them for very much.
The 9 copies marked by the arrows, if put together as a lot, would appeal to a town cancel collector. Personally, as a dealer, I would not expect to get more than $2 for the lot of 9. (The lighter arrows represent "marginal acceptability")
The two perfin examples lower right might fetch 25c-50c each (except for the damage on one).
The rest might appeal to the "fly speck" and variety collectors, but I would not expect them to go for more than a penny apiece as a lot, unless you do the fly-specking yourself and identify something worthwhile. In that case, that effort would probably represent the major value in the lot. Just ask some of the fly-speckers on this forum. There have been some notable threads that reported results of studying thousands of similar copies -- if that's what you like to do.
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Good information. Thanks, Tim and Roy.
I need to look into more information about dies. I had hoped to get a specialized catalog, but was outbid on ebay. I'm not sure I'm $100+ curious enough. Maybe someday. Until then, I've stuck this page in a work-in-progress binder and there it sits for now. My to-do list is usually too long to do too much with a magnifier these days.
The information on the town cancels is helpful. So a bigger and less blurred view of a town name on the stamp is required for town collectors? That makes sense.
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I bought several boxes from a dealer's estate that my local stamp store was selling in box lots. A different times I chip away at identifying items in it. This morning I've been working with King George V on Australian stamps. Besides the obvious damaged stamps, I'm trying to figure out what to keep and what to let go.
Here is a scan of postmarks on Scott #116. What would you do with so many duplicates? Some of the cancels are interesting but I don't really collect so many different cancels.
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Hi Connie,
Have you worked out what different "dies" you have in that bunch. I believe these stamps can have 3 different Die types. I enjoy going through and identifying them in the copies that I have. We used to have a member who only collected this stamp. There was enough variety to keep him busy just in this one stamp.
Regards ... Tim.
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re: Australia Scott #116 postmarks
From a marketing standpoint, there are three types of collections/collectors that would buy parts of this lot, none of them for very much.
The 9 copies marked by the arrows, if put together as a lot, would appeal to a town cancel collector. Personally, as a dealer, I would not expect to get more than $2 for the lot of 9. (The lighter arrows represent "marginal acceptability")
The two perfin examples lower right might fetch 25c-50c each (except for the damage on one).
The rest might appeal to the "fly speck" and variety collectors, but I would not expect them to go for more than a penny apiece as a lot, unless you do the fly-specking yourself and identify something worthwhile. In that case, that effort would probably represent the major value in the lot. Just ask some of the fly-speckers on this forum. There have been some notable threads that reported results of studying thousands of similar copies -- if that's what you like to do.
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re: Australia Scott #116 postmarks
Good information. Thanks, Tim and Roy.
I need to look into more information about dies. I had hoped to get a specialized catalog, but was outbid on ebay. I'm not sure I'm $100+ curious enough. Maybe someday. Until then, I've stuck this page in a work-in-progress binder and there it sits for now. My to-do list is usually too long to do too much with a magnifier these days.
The information on the town cancels is helpful. So a bigger and less blurred view of a town name on the stamp is required for town collectors? That makes sense.
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