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United States/BOB & Other : How I Acquired an Old Duck Stamp

 

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29 Aug 2014
11:34:00pm
As you well know, when people find out you are a stamp collector, you get stamps given to you in all kinds of ways. Here is how I acquired an old duck stamp.


My father lived in a retirement home apartment. He had a window air conditioner, but he did not like the control pushbuttons on it so he bought one with a better control panel. His old air conditioner worked just fine so he gave it to his friend Bob who did not have one, and was bound to a wheelchair. Bob enjoyed his air conditioner, so he gave my father a small box of stamps to give to me.


When I looked though the stamps, it was mostly clippings of used 4 cent Lincolns and 5 cent Washingtons, and a few used commemoratives of the same 50s & 60s time period. There was also a solid block of mint 5 cent plate blocks the size of a bar of soap all stuck together hard as a rock. I later soaked these apart and used them up on utility bill payments back in the 90s. Nothing very impressive in the box until I reached the very bottom...



Then I found this...



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This is an RW2 on license, Form 3333. The stamp has a straight edge on the bottom and is rough on the left side. You can tell that it was carried in a wallet for awhile from all the wrinkles around the edges. I am not sure what it is worth because the last time I checked a new Scott catalog, it did not list values for duck stamps on licenses. Scott values old stamps on cover, so they need to value old ducks on license, too. If anyone else has one of these, or something similar, I would like to see a scan of it.

Anyway, just thought I would share a small piece of my collection and the story that goes with it.

Linus
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30 Aug 2014
07:58:25am
re: How I Acquired an Old Duck Stamp

Love seeing these treasures that somehow float into our hands rather than the dump

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Linus

29 Aug 2014
11:34:00pm

As you well know, when people find out you are a stamp collector, you get stamps given to you in all kinds of ways. Here is how I acquired an old duck stamp.


My father lived in a retirement home apartment. He had a window air conditioner, but he did not like the control pushbuttons on it so he bought one with a better control panel. His old air conditioner worked just fine so he gave it to his friend Bob who did not have one, and was bound to a wheelchair. Bob enjoyed his air conditioner, so he gave my father a small box of stamps to give to me.


When I looked though the stamps, it was mostly clippings of used 4 cent Lincolns and 5 cent Washingtons, and a few used commemoratives of the same 50s & 60s time period. There was also a solid block of mint 5 cent plate blocks the size of a bar of soap all stuck together hard as a rock. I later soaked these apart and used them up on utility bill payments back in the 90s. Nothing very impressive in the box until I reached the very bottom...



Then I found this...



Image Not Found

This is an RW2 on license, Form 3333. The stamp has a straight edge on the bottom and is rough on the left side. You can tell that it was carried in a wallet for awhile from all the wrinkles around the edges. I am not sure what it is worth because the last time I checked a new Scott catalog, it did not list values for duck stamps on licenses. Scott values old stamps on cover, so they need to value old ducks on license, too. If anyone else has one of these, or something similar, I would like to see a scan of it.

Anyway, just thought I would share a small piece of my collection and the story that goes with it.

Linus

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Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
30 Aug 2014
07:58:25am

re: How I Acquired an Old Duck Stamp

Love seeing these treasures that somehow float into our hands rather than the dump

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"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link. ...
        

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