(RCSD) The patient collector

"A stamp collector who spent a decade hunting through more than 100,000
virtually identical little black stamps, looking for the one that would pay
off, sold a strip of three of them on Saturday at a New York auction for
$172,500, including a buyer's premium. The stamps were issued in 1923 as a
memorial to President Warren G. Harding, who had just died in office.
Hundreds of millions of the two-cent stamps were printed. The rare stamps
that were sold an auction have a slightly different spacing of the
perforations along the edges."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/ny...on&oref=slogin

"Jan Doggen" wrote in message
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"A stamp collector who spent a decade hunting through more than 100,000
virtually identical little black stamps, looking for the one that would
pay off, sold a strip of three of them on Saturday at a New York auction
for $172,500, including a buyer's premium. The stamps were issued in 1923
as a memorial to President Warren G. Harding, who had just died in office.
Hundreds of millions of the two-cent stamps were printed. The rare stamps
that were sold an auction have a slightly different spacing of the
perforations along the edges."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/ny...on&oref=slogin

Very interesting, thanks Jan!

The stamp was found in 2005, so it had to wait over 70 years to be
discovered. How many others (different) are waiting for us? ;-)

The article says that the collector spent thousand of hours in searching for
perforation varieties, and that he has a collection of over 200 volumes, all
related to the Harding stamp, so that his huge effort was even financially
rewarded. Such a pity that he had to sell it...

In philately, like probably sometimes in golf too, a hole more or less can
make a huge difference, as explained above.

--
Victor Manta

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"Victor Manta" wrote in message

In philately, like probably sometimes in golf too, a hole more or less can
make a huge difference, as explained above.

:0)

Indeed, what's a doughnut without the hole?

(no answer required)