1913-1922 Trinidad and Tobago in Bud's Big Blue
Bud's Big BlueBud's Observations
(From Jim: Bud is well, but has a lot of non philatelic obligations and responsibilities at the moment. With his permission, I will upload country pages in his complete '69 Big Blue that so far has not been shown. He might add his observations later. Enjoy!)
Jim's Observations
The 2014 Scott Classic Specialized 1840-1940 catalogue has, for Trinidad & Tobago 1913-1951, 108 major number descriptions. Of those, 63 are CV <$1- $1+, or 58%.
The Trinidad & Tobago stamp issues have three highlights for the WW classical era collector: the 1935-37 nine stamp pictorials, the 1938-41 fourteen stamp George VI fourteen pictorials, and the 1917 thirteen stamp "War Tax" category.
The Trinidad & Tobago stamp issues have three highlights for the WW classical era collector: the 1935-37 nine stamp pictorials, the 1938-41 fourteen stamp George VI fourteen pictorials, and the 1917 thirteen stamp "War Tax" category.
Big Blue '69, on 1 1/3rd page (shared with Trinidad), has 38 spaces for the 1913-1938 stamps of Trinidad & Tobago. Subtracting for the 23 stamps listed in the 2014 Scott Specialized catalogue for 1940-1951, leaves 85 major number descriptions. Coverage is then 45%.
There are no expensive stamps ($10+) in the '69 BB.
Unfortunately, the '69 editors removed 21 stamps spaces listed in the 1940s editions for war tax (12 spaces), postage due (4 spaces), semi-postal (2 spaces) , and official categories (3 spaces). CV for all the missing spaces is <$1-$7.
This is one of the more egregious examples of rough hacking or pruning in the '69. Since all "modern" editions of BB follow the '69 editor layout, the butchered leftover pages have remained.
I will include the missing spaces in the checklist, for those that would like to "add back" the spaces.
For more on Trinidad and Tobago and the checklist, click on the link below.
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