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Since anyone buying it new from the Greene Foundation pays $150 for it, retail pricing for used copies (2nd edition, 1st edition was 24 pages) is unlikely to fall much below the current market value of just under $100. The classic books still covered by copyright laws that are considered essential for serious philatelists seldom come on the marketplace cheap.
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02:50:18pm
I love old books but I'm going to disagree a little bit about how useful they might be. An example! My wife and I were considered area experts in old pressed and blown glass and had a huge number of reference books, almost everything on the subject! I really enjoyed looking through them and still do but many of them, since the writers were pioneers in the area, were full of mistakes. Even that was useful because it prompted research to correct these mistakes. For example, one of the early writers and researchers in the area was a lady by the name of Ruth Lee Webb (EDIT: Sorry, correction: Ruth Webb Lee). Her material was flawed in many attributions but are still essential to people following her. You just have to remember her research was sometimes based on educated guesses that were later corrected. I highly suspect that early stamp books are similar. They are great to have and great to go through but if I was looking for serious information on early Canada material I'd probably stick with newer editions of Unitrade. This is only my opinion!!!
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Does anyone have and want to sell, or know of for sale, the above book? Found a few on the internet, but kinda pricey
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re: Small Queens of Canada by Hillson
Since anyone buying it new from the Greene Foundation pays $150 for it, retail pricing for used copies (2nd edition, 1st edition was 24 pages) is unlikely to fall much below the current market value of just under $100. The classic books still covered by copyright laws that are considered essential for serious philatelists seldom come on the marketplace cheap.
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
22 Sep 2024
02:50:18pm
re: Small Queens of Canada by Hillson
I love old books but I'm going to disagree a little bit about how useful they might be. An example! My wife and I were considered area experts in old pressed and blown glass and had a huge number of reference books, almost everything on the subject! I really enjoyed looking through them and still do but many of them, since the writers were pioneers in the area, were full of mistakes. Even that was useful because it prompted research to correct these mistakes. For example, one of the early writers and researchers in the area was a lady by the name of Ruth Lee Webb (EDIT: Sorry, correction: Ruth Webb Lee). Her material was flawed in many attributions but are still essential to people following her. You just have to remember her research was sometimes based on educated guesses that were later corrected. I highly suspect that early stamp books are similar. They are great to have and great to go through but if I was looking for serious information on early Canada material I'd probably stick with newer editions of Unitrade. This is only my opinion!!!
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