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Post by sherro on Aug 9, 2018 12:38:18 GMT
But what is the most common, yet intensively studied and specialised stamp in YOUR country?
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Aug 9, 2018 20:54:14 GMT
But what is the most common, yet intensively studied and specialised stamp in YOUR country? An interesting question! I am from the US, but living in France. Around here (France, that is), I think that "La Semeuse" or "The Sower" is one of the most common, yet also studied stamps, although there are other classic styles which are of interest, too. One of the really fascinating things about these issues, in my opinion, is that they not only appeared in many denominations and colors from 1906-1937 in France, but they were also overprinted and surcharged for use as semi-postal stamps, revenues, and issues from French Offices Abroad. The example below is the most prized "Semeuse" in my collection: it was a gift from fellow TSFer Bombadil , and it is a Lebanon Hedjaz Railway Tax stamp! Thank you, Jad, for the gift that keeps on giving....  |
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Post by clivel on Aug 9, 2018 22:05:58 GMT
Without a doubt for Rhodesia it has to be the 1/2d double head in various shades of green and the 1d in various shades of carmine red. Regrettably I didn't think to include a 1d in the small group of double heads below.
The double heads first issued in 1910 consisted of 18 values from the 1/2d to £1 are all widely studied, but other than the 1/2d and 1d which were printed in large quantities, the others are far from common. For example less than 10,000 copies of the 10s denomination were printed.
 Almost as widely studied are the 1/2d to 2d values of the 1913 admirals. The admirals also consisted of 18 values from 1/2d to £1  For the average collector the higher denominations of both the double heads and admirals are often unaffordable even when fiscally cancelled. The prices of mint, postally used, or even remainder cancels can be stratospheric. Clive |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Aug 10, 2018 3:41:39 GMT
Not real sure I'm on target but the Canadian Admiral issue would be my opinion that filled both of those criteria.Most are fairly common being a long use series but some of the varieties,colors and papers were small "runs'This series would include the war tax stamps of same design and evidenced by my fortunate find can be quite pricy. I thought of the Large Queens but then they are really not that common in comparison.Second pick would be the small queens which may never be completely agreed to as when and where each minor perf,paper,color etc were printed or released.Maybe the most confusing issue of them all.Studying them is at your own risk for sure.Some of the perf varieties are quite pricy and some print varieties are scarce at best.
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Post by Ryan on Aug 10, 2018 5:50:55 GMT
And for Canadian stamps, I'd vote for the Centennial definitives. There are no watermark varieties, but they make up for that with a huge number of combinations of tagging style, gum type and paper fluorescence, and even some fluorescent ink examples on the 6 cent orange, with many sheet, coil & booklet variances. There are just over 200 different major & minor number listings in the Unitrade catalogue and if you get into specialized catalogues there are mulitple hundreds more listed varieties.     Ryan |
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