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i believe Mel Bohannnon collects used B/4s (and afters). he might be interested
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I've got a couple of envelopes full myself collected over many years. I would like to know myself.
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"I would like to know myself."
I resemble that remark.
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I've always liked blocks of mint stamps and used stamps provided that
• The individual stamps that make up the blocks interest me
• The cancellations on the used stamps don't cover too much of the image, or the cancellations themselves are collectible.
To me, blocks of stamp reveal their provenance more than single stamps do — once they were part of a large sheet of stamps; if they include guide lines or plate numbers or particular flaws or varieties, they can give a hint or clear evidence where they appeared in their "parent sheet" of stamps.
They also just look nice on an album page, especially if they are mounted with examples of single mint and/or used stamps, stamps, covers, or any pertinent collateral items such as maps, photographs, postcards, etc., along with a brief explanation of the stamps story.
Blocks in which one stamp is a variety seem even more collectible to me than collecting a single copy of the same variety. Several years ago my stamp club, the British Columbia Philatelic Society received this mint block of "Bluenose" stamps as a donation. The donor didn't realize that the upper right stamp contained the "Man on the Mast" variety (the small dot near top of the foremast):
Our club sold it for about $2,000 as I recall, in a local auction.
I have one block which I think really enhances its individual stamps:
Nice, eh? I should search for a used block. I often try to find both mint and used copies of stamps I'm interested in having in my collections.
Bob
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The Bluenose block is amazing, thanks for showing!!! GREAT item!!!
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Too pretty to break up and really no "financial" incentive to do so.
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When you say a sheet of stamps, it's really just a pane!
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Thank you David for thinking about me. Yes, I do collect used blocks of 4. Thankfully I already have those blocks that Smauggie posted or I would be after them. Other than most of the early US classics I have a fairley good collection up until 1990. Missing a few that just do not seem to come available. If any one has any of the following, I would be interested. All Scott numbers. 286-293, 299, 323-327, 1789, 2239, 2249, 2250, 2415, 2496-2500.
I also have a large accumulation of foreign used blocks that I do not collect, so if anyone is interested in foreign blocks, let me know. In addition I have a great amount of US used block duplicates that I am willing to trade of give away.
Can someone please send some rain to me in South Texas, before my dead grass becomes a fire hazard.
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@ 1899: You wrote, “When you say a sheet of stamps, it's really just a pane!” That’s not “fake news,” it’s just incorrect.
American stamps and no doubt the stamps of many countries have generally been printed in sheets of 400 or 200 stamps which are then cut into four equal panes of 100 or 50 stamps for distribution to post offices. It’s why guidelines and gutters exist.
A good rule of thumb: Check your Scott or any good catalogue before hitting “send”. You only hurt our hobby by posting incorrect information.
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So...should we change the time honored SS to SP to be philatelically correct?
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I have a large number of used blocks of four of US stamps. Some earlier some later. It seems a shame to break them up, and yet it is not as if there were a market for used blocks of four, and I don't intend to collect used blocks of four (or mint ones). Anyone have any thoughts on the issue?
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i believe Mel Bohannnon collects used B/4s (and afters). he might be interested
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I've got a couple of envelopes full myself collected over many years. I would like to know myself.
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"I would like to know myself."
I resemble that remark.
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re: Used US blocks of four . . . what to do?
I've always liked blocks of mint stamps and used stamps provided that
• The individual stamps that make up the blocks interest me
• The cancellations on the used stamps don't cover too much of the image, or the cancellations themselves are collectible.
To me, blocks of stamp reveal their provenance more than single stamps do — once they were part of a large sheet of stamps; if they include guide lines or plate numbers or particular flaws or varieties, they can give a hint or clear evidence where they appeared in their "parent sheet" of stamps.
They also just look nice on an album page, especially if they are mounted with examples of single mint and/or used stamps, stamps, covers, or any pertinent collateral items such as maps, photographs, postcards, etc., along with a brief explanation of the stamps story.
Blocks in which one stamp is a variety seem even more collectible to me than collecting a single copy of the same variety. Several years ago my stamp club, the British Columbia Philatelic Society received this mint block of "Bluenose" stamps as a donation. The donor didn't realize that the upper right stamp contained the "Man on the Mast" variety (the small dot near top of the foremast):
Our club sold it for about $2,000 as I recall, in a local auction.
I have one block which I think really enhances its individual stamps:
Nice, eh? I should search for a used block. I often try to find both mint and used copies of stamps I'm interested in having in my collections.
Bob
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
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The Bluenose block is amazing, thanks for showing!!! GREAT item!!!
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Too pretty to break up and really no "financial" incentive to do so.
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When you say a sheet of stamps, it's really just a pane!
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re: Used US blocks of four . . . what to do?
Thank you David for thinking about me. Yes, I do collect used blocks of 4. Thankfully I already have those blocks that Smauggie posted or I would be after them. Other than most of the early US classics I have a fairley good collection up until 1990. Missing a few that just do not seem to come available. If any one has any of the following, I would be interested. All Scott numbers. 286-293, 299, 323-327, 1789, 2239, 2249, 2250, 2415, 2496-2500.
I also have a large accumulation of foreign used blocks that I do not collect, so if anyone is interested in foreign blocks, let me know. In addition I have a great amount of US used block duplicates that I am willing to trade of give away.
Can someone please send some rain to me in South Texas, before my dead grass becomes a fire hazard.
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@ 1899: You wrote, “When you say a sheet of stamps, it's really just a pane!” That’s not “fake news,” it’s just incorrect.
American stamps and no doubt the stamps of many countries have generally been printed in sheets of 400 or 200 stamps which are then cut into four equal panes of 100 or 50 stamps for distribution to post offices. It’s why guidelines and gutters exist.
A good rule of thumb: Check your Scott or any good catalogue before hitting “send”. You only hurt our hobby by posting incorrect information.
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So...should we change the time honored SS to SP to be philatelically correct?
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