Low value stamps you cannot find anywhere

I got that stamp last evening and I am very happy about filling that space! Thank you again Antoniusra!!

No problem at all guys!  I'm just happy to help fellow collectors in need.  I have more dupes than I know what to do with so as long as I don't have to look hard for an item it's no trouble at all.

Some of those Canadian parliament stamps can be tricky to find. They were issued in 50 cent booklets at a time when the letter rate was almost that much (37c, as in your example above). If you bought the booklet, you were only able to send a single letter and then you had a bunch of leftover make-up rate stamps (some of those are hard to find too).  Canada Post finally gave up on the 50c booklets after the 39c and 40c letter rates.  These stamps are also something you will almost never see in generic piles of stuff.


Ryan

And some of the recent make-up rate stamps are also things you seldom come across.  With such large jumps between domestic and US or International rates, you never need one of these small stamps to make up the difference, and they're too large to be used with old stamps that no longer meet the current rate - you would have to keep an old letter-rate stamp for years before you could ever use a 9c stamp to make it match the current letter rate.  And if people do need make-up rate stamps, they think in terms of coins - 10c, 5c, 1c are much more logical stamps than 4c or 9c.

All of these stamps below will be listed in catalogues at the minimum value because of their tiny face value, but that isn't an indicator of how common they are on mail, that's for sure.  For the beneficial insect stamps, the 4c, 6c, 7c, 8c and 9c stamps are all things that get me excited if I come across them!





Ryan

I'll join in on this b**ch fest. My nemeses are the fractional denominations from the US Liberty series - coil - used. SC1054a 1056 and 1059.
I've got them all mint but the used guys elude me. And I'll be darned if I'm going to buy a complete set just to complete my set.

I got around to checking my French collection, to see if I have that elusive 7 1/2 cent stamp.

Sure enough, no 7 1/2 cent stamp in that set.
But I also noticed, no precancels. 
I'm sure I had some precancels, so where are they?
Found them in the "Back of Book" section, with the dues.
And there I see I do have the 7 1/2 cent.

Now I wonder, if it is only available with the precancel.

`Paul

Hey, ILS. That would be brilliant. I know I can always rely on you!

Hey there James! I'll tell you what. While I can't find the duplicates that I thought I had right off (I might still have them but currently unable to locate) HOWEVER, would this work in a pinch? They really don't fit in my collection and besides you have a collection dedicated to them and their history. I feel I'm obligated to put these where they will be much more appreciated. -Jeff

Richard......I received the Spainish stamp yesterday, thanks much for taking the trouble of searching the list. 

Surprising, considering he has multiples on his page of other stamps.

It appears to be indeed not common in collections. 

I sold another one of those 114's on Stamps2go last night for $5.  Guess it is worth it for some to not have to look at that empty space any longer.  I had most of my first several pages nealy complete before I found the first one. 

Then there's always that pesky Z grill....