henrye
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Post by henrye on Oct 3, 2020 3:09:26 GMT
When my Great-Grandfather was travelling in East Germany in the 1960's, he brought me a number of precancelled DDR stamps. There were a few uncancelled as well but by and large, all the sets were precancelled (not on cover).
Are there any precancels that are poplular, or are they all worth about a cent each?
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Post by khj on Oct 3, 2020 3:39:43 GMT
Did you mean "canceled-to-order" (CTO)?
DDR had a habit of releasing CTOs but withholding one CTO stamp from the set (not always the high denomination stamp) and releasing that to the public in limited quantities. That CTO will have a very minor premium. Look in the Scott catalog to see which sets are affected, and which stamp in that set had limited CTO release. Some of the limited release CTOs will catalog for a buck or two, but most have a very minor premiums over the other very common "penny CTOs".
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Post by henrye on Oct 3, 2020 17:51:19 GMT
I guess CTO is what I mean. LOL.  It has been a long time since I was actively adding to my collection. |
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Post by khj on Oct 3, 2020 21:33:34 GMT
One of the fundamental difference between pre-cancels and CTO is that the former can still be (or was already) used for postage as long as you follow the postal rules for proper use. CTO's, on the other, are considered demonetized and cannot (and never were) used for postage.
On occasion, I run into some collectors who consider first day covers to be CTO. However, I do not, because I consider first day cancels still valid for postage on the day they were cancelled. Not trying to get into a debate here. Just pointing out that different collectors may have different definitions/perspectives.
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Post by henrye on Oct 5, 2020 0:42:19 GMT
I always thought the pre-cancelled (CTO) were invalid for postage.
I'll have to check them to see if any of the series are complete.
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It has been a long time since I was actively adding to my collection.