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Looking Through the Stamp Catalogues (2)
My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th
Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888) stamps. What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? TIA. Victor Manta --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org Art on Stamps: http://values.ch Romania Shown by Its Stamps: http://marci-postale.com Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/Communism/ Spanish Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ Remove "um" from the e-mail address to reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Victor Manta" wrote
What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? I think the catalogue is talking about two different errors. "Vert. pair, imperf. horiz." implies that this is a pair of normally perforated stamps, except with one row of perforations missing. Until very recently many American stamps were line perforated, so that if the perforating machine missed a row, the result would be just one row of perforations missing. "Imperfs. exist from printers' waste" implies that stamps completely imperforate on all four sides, were not legitimately issued. Not the same stamps as the ones priced above. - Dave |
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Dave Joll wrote:
....skip... "Imperfs. exist from printers' waste" implies that stamps completely imperforate on all four sides, were not legitimately issued. Not the same stamps as the ones priced above. - Dave There is a Monaco (Scott #1) imperforate in my collection, but neither Scott nor Yvert mention it. Is it a printer's waste? |
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1/9/2004 1:39 AM
My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888) stamps. What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? TIA. Victor Manta Most such printer's waste is probably stolen; one wonders whether it was actually created for illegal sale. While its sale by legitimate dealers probably is technically illegal, or at best unethical, I'm sure that no law enforcement agency would bother trying to prosecute such a crime; much more serious criminal activity is largely ignored by police forces which are not able to keep up even with major crime. I would have to say that catalogues that list such material are walking a narrow ethical line, too. I have wondered whether most of us unwittingly have included stolen material in our collections. I was recently in a local coin and stamp shop when a street person came in, wanting to sell an Canadian coin. It was in a grubby cardboard and plastic "coin pouch" (I don't know the correct name) like dealers use. The dealer told the street person that it was only worth a couple of dollars, and he wasn't buying that particular coin anyway. After the street person left, the dealer told me that he had been offered the same coin about 10 times over the past few years, all by different street people. Bob Ingraham |
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A number of years ago a stamp dealer (as I recall reading) soaked a 24-cent
US stamp of the 1861 Issue off it's cover to reveal a somewhat shabby printing on the reverse. Evidently, some of the printing waste was reused, for what reason we don't know. The point I wish to make is: to be classed an error the stamp must be released to the public. This is the only way it can/should make it into the 'front' of the catalog. If a stamp accidentally, or unknowingly, is sold to the public, then it is a legitimate error. If it is a case where a printer or PO employee is coaxed into providing waste material to a stamp dealer, then your questions (below) have some validity. The catalog makers must require a certain amount of validation, or a signed affidavit, before listing such an item as your Scott 2532. So, either you trust the editors of the catalog, or you don't. Before raising these questions Victor, more information is needed. -a "Victor Manta" wrote in message ... My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888) stamps. What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? TIA. Victor Manta -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org Art on Stamps: http://values.ch Romania Shown by Its Stamps: http://marci-postale.com Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/Communism/ Spanish Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ Remove "um" from the e-mail address to reply -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - |
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dear Victor, of course it is not legitimate, but the Postal Authorities don't bother / can't be bothered since a legal prosecution would cost too much or take too much time... The catalogues deal with this material because we - 'the collector' - want this stuff, because we - ' our honorable exhibition jurors' only want to hand out 'gold medals' to the VIP collectors that show the most of this rubbish as they don't want to be discontented since they'd paid for it. And thus we teach our young, starting collectors - watching these displays at the exhibitions - that it pays off to have printers waste in your collection and so on.... gtx, Rein On 9 Jan 2004 10:39:54 +, "Victor Manta" wrote: My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888) stamps. What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? TIA. Victor Manta |
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dear Victor, of course it is not legitimate, but the Postal Authorities don't bother / can't be bothered since a legal prosecution would cost too much or take too much time... The catalogues deal with this material because we - 'the collector' - want this stuff, because we - ' our honorable exhibition jurors' only want to hand out 'gold medals' to the VIP collectors that show the most of this rubbish as they don't want to be discontented since they'd paid for it. And thus we teach our young, starting collectors - watching these displays at the exhibitions - that it pays off to have printers waste in your collection and so on.... gtx, Rein On 9 Jan 2004 10:39:54 +, "Victor Manta" wrote: My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888) stamps. What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? TIA. Victor Manta |
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"Rein Bakhuizen van den Brink" wrote in message
... dear Victor, of course it is not legitimate, but the Postal Authorities don't bother / can't be bothered since a legal prosecution would cost too much or take too much time... The catalogues deal with this material because we - 'the collector' - want this stuff, because we - ' our honorable exhibition jurors' only want to hand out 'gold medals' to the VIP collectors that show the most of this rubbish as they don't want to be discontented since they'd paid for it. And thus we teach our young, starting collectors - watching these displays at the exhibitions - that it pays off to have printers waste in your collection and so on.... gtx, Rein Bob, Rein I think that we fully agree on this so-called "waste" and of its destructive effects on stamp collecting morality. Eventually see also my extended opinion on: http://www.values.ch/PASIC/imperf.htm -- Victor Manta --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org Art on Stamps: http://values.ch Romania Shown by Its Stamps: http://marci-postale.com Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/Communism/ Spanish Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ Remove "um" from the e-mail address to reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Dave Joll" wrote in message
... "Victor Manta" wrote What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where the stamp has the No. 2532): "a. Vert. pair, imperf horiz. 1,500 (this is the price, for mint - V.M)¨ Imperfs exist from printers' waste." Now the questions that bother me are, as related to this stamps, a - Is the selling or distribution of such "waste" legitimate? - Is the buying and the ownership of such material legally OK? - If the answer to the first two question is negative, then is the "popularization" of such material in catalogues legitimate? I think the catalogue is talking about two different errors. "Vert. pair, imperf. horiz." implies that this is a pair of normally perforated stamps, except with one row of perforations missing. Until very recently many American stamps were line perforated, so that if the perforating machine missed a row, the result would be just one row of perforations missing. "Imperfs. exist from printers' waste" implies that stamps completely imperforate on all four sides, were not legitimately issued. Not the same stamps as the ones priced above. - Dave It is possible indeed. I don't know if "imperf horiz." means only on top or only on bottom, but I suppose that it's for both horizontal borders. In this case there are two rows of perforations that should miss, ones that the QC has overseen. -- Victor Manta --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org Art on Stamps: http://values.ch Romania Shown by Its Stamps: http://marci-postale.com Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/Communism/ Spanish Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ Remove "um" from the e-mail address to reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Albumen" wrote in message
... A number of years ago a stamp dealer (as I recall reading) soaked a 24-cent US stamp of the 1861 Issue off it's cover to reveal a somewhat shabby printing on the reverse. Evidently, some of the printing waste was reused, for what reason we don't know. The point I wish to make is: to be classed an error the stamp must be released to the public. This is the only way it can/should make it into the 'front' of the catalog. If a stamp accidentally, or unknowingly, is sold to the public, then it is a legitimate error. If it is a case where a printer or PO employee is coaxed into providing waste material to a stamp dealer, then your questions (below) have some validity. The catalog makers must require a certain amount of validation, or a signed affidavit, before listing such an item as your Scott 2532. So, either you trust the editors of the catalog, or you don't. Before raising these questions Victor, more information is needed. -a Agree, but I wonder why would one who knows more provide it? What about the imperfs that appear many years after the stamps were released? Nobody can apparently provide information anymore, many collectors hunt them, and finally the catalogue editors have to adapt to the reality of the market... It looks like a situation without a solution, as long as, like Rain wrote it down, "the Postal Authorities don't bother / can't be bothered since a legal prosecution would cost too much or take too much time". Often only *one* legal prosecution is sufficient to stop such practices (and this is valid not only in this case, but also in the case of illegal stamps). Victor Manta |
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