Nicaragua : Stamps.

So, what about the "Seebecks"? ;-)



The good news is the stamps are quite attractive, and to this day cheap for the classical collector.



And frankly, was Seebeck's "business model" really more disingenuous than many countries that blatantly print stamps to extract money from stamp collectors? ;-)



Further, it appears that Seebeck, contrary to the contract agreement, would print additional stamps at the same time he printed the issues for the countries, rather than wait to see if the "remainders" would be enough. So, in fact, Seebecks are actually "originals" in many cases, not just "reprints".



The bad news?



A can of worms for the "specialist" collector, as various papers, watermarked and unwatermarked, were used. Essentially no records exist of the printings. Reprints of course were produced by Seebeck as he had the printing plates in his possession. And after he died in 1899 at the age of 42, Schernikow, the Brother-in-Law, may have been involved in reprints as well.



So what should the classical general collector do about Seebecks?



In my opinion, enjoy them for what they are, as even the specialists have not been very successful distinguishing the Seebeck originals from the reprints. ;-)