brookbam
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What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Feb 1, 2023 2:16:01 GMT
 Here is a picture of the one cent Z Grill that got traded for the inverted Jenny plate block. And look...with my Avatar you get them both side by side! How sweet is that???
Beautiful stamp.
I could drool on that one all day too....
Probably a good thing I don't own that one too. Mike
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Feb 1, 2023 2:21:04 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!"
I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser.
A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice.
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Post by carabop on Feb 1, 2023 2:31:34 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!" I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser. A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice. I would still want the lesser stamps. I want all the stamps, what can I say I love stamps. Especially the MNH - USA ones. |
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brookbam
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What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Feb 1, 2023 3:00:11 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!" I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser. A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice. It wouldn't be like that for me. The inverted Jenny would take a place in my collection...well...maybe on it's own page in a vault in a bank somewhere...but I'd still collect the everyday commons and find joy in them.
That is the thing with stamps with me....it isn't so much the value of them...it's the history of them, the artwork, and the colors. I really want the #1 and #2 US stamps in mint and used. I don't know if I'll be able to afford a Scott 2 US mint but the other three are doable. They'll have their place in my album. A page of their very own. But the Scott 1434-1435 (the moon shot with the astronauts and their dune buggy vehicle) and Scott 1331-1332 (astronaut spacewalk) are two of my favorite sets. They are also very common and easy to buy. They would have no less value to me had I actually owned the inverted Jenny plate block or even if I buy Scott US 1 and 2 for my collection.
Just my two cents and where I stand as a collector.
Mike
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brookbam
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What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Feb 1, 2023 3:03:38 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!" I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser. A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice. I would still want the lesser stamps. I want all the stamps, what can I say I love stamps. Especially the MNH - USA ones. I am definitely getting the disease. My favorite acronym after spending 34 years in the military and their never ending use of acronyms is now MNH. Man how I love seeing those three letters together. And when it goes with USA or US. Then I get pretty excited.
Mike
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Post by uppercanadian on Feb 1, 2023 15:35:05 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!" I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser. A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice. It is funny that you would say that Jeff. I was at the Canadian National Philatelic Show (CAPEX) this summer. I spent a lot of time cruising the exhibits. I come across this one particular exhibit that was nothing but Inverted Seaways. For those unfamiliar with the stamp, the St. Lawrence Seaway stamp was issued on June 26, 1959, but nearly 2 months passed before the first inverted stamp was uncovered. It commemorated the opening of the Seaway that allowed large ocean going ships into the Great Lakes. I post a picture below from a Google search, as I do not own a copy of the stamp. It catalogues for around $12,500 MNH. There was about 50 Inverted Seaway stamps in this exhibit, which probably accounts for about 1/5th of all existing stamps. My only thought was, "wow, this guy has money". It wasn't impressive nor was it well displayed or written up. Just a guy with lots of money. I search my soul on this one and I really don't think I feel envy. It is more like the nausea one feels from witnessing greedy acts of conspicuous consumption.  |
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renden
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Post by renden on Feb 1, 2023 16:44:24 GMT
I think the "ownership" of one rarity would soon get boring. After the Linns article, then what. Take it to my local club and show off every month. Go to WalMart, walk up and down the aisles with it shouting, "Lookie what I own!" I attended a seminar in Dallas moons ago where Irwin attended. A regular joe-collector asked him a question to the effect - Now that you have this (the magenta) are you going to add more British Guianas and make a collection? His reply was to the effect, No, I have this, why would I want anything lesser. A boring stamp and a blowhard in my eyes. However collectors may worship at the altar of their choice. I was at the Canadian National Philatelic Show (CAPEX) this summer. I spent a lot of time cruising the exhibits. I come across this one particular exhibit that was nothing but Inverted Seaways. For those unfamiliar with the stamp, the St. Lawrence Seaway stamp was issued on June 26, 1959, but nearly 2 months passed before the first inverted stamp was uncovered. It commemorated the opening of the Seaway that allowed large ocean going ships into the Great Lakes. It catalogues for around $12,500 MNH. There was about 50 Inverted Seaway stamps in this exhibit, which probably accounts for about 1/5th of all existing stamps. My only thought was, "wow, this guy has money". It wasn't impressive nor was it well displayed or written up. Just a guy with lots of money. I search my soul on this one and I really don't think I feel envy. It is more like the nausea one feels from witnessing greedy acts of conspicuous consumption. My late dad had a nice copy (with cert. evidently) he bought from Gary Lyon Philatelics (Bathurst, N.B.) for $10K beginning of the 80s and he kept it in a safety deposit box at the BANK !!! So not many people got to sea the Seaway Inverted  , even himself. When the collection was transferred prior to his passing, I sold the stamp $15K to the original seller (he had 4 other copies) - now I have no regrets as the $ helped pay the bills at the time and to have to go to the Bank to see your stamp  I believe that when he bought it, the fun was over. At the time, info I got was that less than 200 were in circulation but I may be wrong. René |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Feb 1, 2023 17:58:10 GMT
I actually tend to agree with you, JeffS. Most of the fun with dreaming about rarities is that they ARE out of reach. But, once acquired, unless they are used to complete a fabulous exhibit that collectors attending shows can oooh and aaah, ownership would be a bit of an anticlimactic snooze. This makes me wonder how many of the great rarities ARE actually part of exhibits? In my little old humble opinion, that is the absolute best place for them to be for all of philately. It’s sad if they are stuck in vaults where no one can ever see them. But that’s true for all of the world’s Art & Treasures, yes? |
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Post by Karniaoutakis on Feb 1, 2023 18:04:17 GMT
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, even himself. When the collection was transferred prior to his passing, I sold the stamp $15K to the original seller (he had 4 other copies) - now I have no regrets as the $ helped pay the bills at the time and to have to go to the Bank to see your stamp 
I believe that when he bought it, the fun was over.
