oregon1234
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Just sorting away over here...
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What I collect: Trying to focus just on Hong Kong. Wish me luck.
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Post by oregon1234 on Mar 7, 2022 0:38:08 GMT
I was excited to find this in my grandpa's box of stamps but I think they are printers waste and not worth mounting or saving? Second opinions? Thanks! Kristy  |
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Mar 7, 2022 0:51:07 GMT
I do not collect anything from eastern Asia, but the fact that this got "away" from the printer and intot he hands of a collector, would in my opinion make it a worthwhile printers flaw/error. I you may have one a very small number of these!!!!!
I'd be excited!!!!
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Mar 7, 2022 0:52:53 GMT
I was excited to find this in my grandpa's box of stamps but I think they are printers waste and not worth mounting or saving? Second opinions? Thanks! Kristy I would be keeping them just for the fact that they are possibly printers waste. They are unique. |
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oregon1234
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Just sorting away over here...
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What I collect: Trying to focus just on Hong Kong. Wish me luck.
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Post by oregon1234 on Mar 7, 2022 0:58:51 GMT
Thanks your enthusiasm helps me feel like it's not silly to save them.  |
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darkormex
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Swinging through Switzerland and getting tied up in Thailand
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Mar 7, 2022 1:08:57 GMT
oregon1234 , my 2016 edition of the China Stamp Society Specialized Catalog indeed identifies these as printer's waste. The catalog number in this catalog is 446Bd. The catalog states, "A substantial quantity of imperforate examples of 446B reached the collector market. Imperforate examples of 446B with the center vignette shifted (in this case), inverted or omitted are also printer's waste. Due to the availability of imperforate examples of some values the authenticity of several varieties should be carefully evaluated." 446Bd, as in this example, has a value for each individual stamp in this 2016 catalog, of $2.00 each.
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khj
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Post by khj on Mar 7, 2022 4:16:11 GMT
Good info, Darrin.
The printer's waste for this issue is not uncommon. The value is in it being a conversation piece -- isn't that what philately is partly about?
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