Into the Deep Blue
My local Stamp club recently had a "club auction" for members. This auction was unusual in that there was a number of "rare" stamps listed.
By "rare", I mean stamps that are usually not found in good WW collections, and not that common in specialty USA collections.
Truth be told, some had faults; but to me, the faults were acceptable. And the price was right - 6%-15% CV. !
Shall we take a look?
This example is not the imperforate 1856 Scott 12 5c "red brown" Type I (CV $700), but the perforated 1859 Scott 29 "brown" color variety (CV $350). This example may have been reperforated on the right side.
The 5c Scott 29 "brown" colors also include pale brown, deep- brown, and yellowish brown.
Type I is defined as "projections on all four sides", while Type II has "projections on top and bottom partly cut away" (1861 Scott 30 "orange brown" CV $1200; 1860 Scott 30A "brown" CV $280).
The Scott 36 Plate I is characterized by the outer frame lines are recut on the plate and are complete. It looks like the outer frame line in this stamp, although interrupted by the perforations, does look strong. The other choice is 1859 Scott 36B (plate III) where there is a weak outer frame line which has not been recut. But this was sold as a Scott 36, and I think that is right. CV is $300.
In my younger days, as a USA collector, I always wanted this stamp, and so here it is. :-) Heavily cancelled, but good color. CV $600.
This is not the Scott 67 5c "buff" color, but the Scott 75 "red brown" variety. CV $425.
In our club we have a Sweden specialty collector, and he was selling this 17o gray from his collection.
CV is $800. Has a good in-period cancel.
Looking at the sixteen Scott major number Swedish stamps from 1855-1869, only four have a higher CV (One of them is the 1855 Scott 1a 3a orange (error) @ $3,000,000!).
Out of the Blue
Fun! This adds a bit of spice to my WW collection.
Comments appreciated!
Nice stamp to have in your collection . Something different . As a worldwide collector I always wanted to build my collection with stamps that others didn't have ,like buying those hard to find country collections and finding those stamps other worldwide collections normally never have . The above stamp would be a example of a rarely seen stamp in a W.W. collection .
ReplyDeleteyes Floortrader, I am getting to the stage in the 1840-1940 WW collection that I like to pick up unusual items.
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