bcuddy
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Post by bcuddy on Dec 7, 2020 13:35:09 GMT
I'm going to preface my question by saying that I don't collect anything of any REAL value. With that in mind, here goes. I recently purchased a lot from a guy because it had a few things in it that I wanted and it was a good price. We're talking about mint, common US stamps. Much of the lot was blocks. He'd been using them as postage so usually it's a 3 stamps rather than 4.
I'm inclined to remove the odd 3rd stamp and keep the other 2 together as a pair. Is there any value (monetarily or otherwise) in keeping the 3 together in this odd L-shaped block?
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Dec 7, 2020 13:38:45 GMT
I'm no expert, but I'm thinking no. They may best be used as postage if they do no fill a space in your album as a mint single.
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 7, 2020 14:01:27 GMT
I am going to agree . It is hard to imagine anyone wanting to buy an L shaped trio from you , let alone wanting to pay a premium over 3 singles.
Even a pair is not fashionable in modern stamps unless one has a variety, an error of perforation , shares a complete cancellation, comes tĂȘte-beche , or comes bilingual like stamps of SouthAfrica used to do.
I reckon you could separate the third stamp for use as postage with no lowering the value of your stock and in fact probably recouping some of you original cost. That is what I would do with modern UK .
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bcuddy
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Post by bcuddy on Dec 7, 2020 16:24:31 GMT
Thanks for the feedback. That was my thought too, just wanted a little reassurance.
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