Stamp Corner
~ >. By George Cheren
THE HOBBY OF KINGS AND KIDS
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Guest Columnist John J. Britt
(Mr. Britt is chairman of the Board of Hollywood Stamp Club,
Member of National U 0 S. Postal Service Committees, Past Pre
sident of the U.S. Airmail Society, Collectors Club of New York
and has many other national and international Philatelic accom
' plishments.)
Contrary to popular belief, the scarcity or age alone of any
particular stamp is not the sole determining factor in establish -
ing its price when offered for sale. The matter of popularity
and desirability enter into the picture whenever the monetary
value of the stamp is being considered. There are many cases
in stamp collecting where a stamp may be rare, but for various
reasons the price remains nominal.
Periodically, certain countries achieve a measure of popular
ity for some time thereafter their postal emissions show a
consistant increase in price, but when the collectors interest be
gins to lag the price recedes to its normal value.
The ’Classics" (Imperforate issues from 1840 to 1870)are con
stantly being sought after by knowledgable philatelists and as a
consequence, the competition so endangered reflects the upward
trend of the philatelic market.
There are many examples or "errors" in stamp collecting;
some deliberately created, while others come through the print
ing process quite by accident. The latter arc in demand by spe
cialists and usually command a fairly high price.
Perhaps the most classic example of a genuine "error" was in
advertently created by our own "Bureau of Engraving and IVintiig"
in Washington, D, C., when in 1918 the 24 cent air mail issue
was on the presses.
Inasmuch as this was to be a two colored stamp, each sheet
had to be printed in two stages, one to obtain the red impression
of the frame and run through the presses again for the blue cen
ter portion of the plane. By some strange circumstance, one of
the sheets with the red impression only became turned around in
the feeding process and when the plane in blue was applied to it
the plane was printed in an upside down position. One sheet of
100 stamps found their way into philatelic hands and this 24 cent
air mail with inverted center has become the most popular of
all stamps issued by the United States.
While the foregoing is merely a smattering of what stampcol
lecting can really be like, it is our intention to create interest
in our hobby. For those of you who might desire more informa
tion regarding the collecting of stamps, write George Cheren ,
150 S.E. Second Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131.
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by James V. Bennett. 1970. Pp.
229. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.N. Y,
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