What's The Most Expensive Stamp You Purchased In 2011?

This question was generated by the another thread. The most I spent on a single stamp in 2011 was my U.S. Scott #2, Old George. I was offered this stamp for $425.00 by a fellow SCF Member and I jumped on it. I'm very happy with my purchase and he & Ben look good together. However, this is not the most I have ever spent on a stamp.

BTW, I am NOT suggesting anyone state the actual amount they spent on the stamp unless they want to. Just the picture or description will do.

Art

Great stamp at a great price, Art! Your #2 is far better than mine!

The most I have spent on any one item, this year, was a US 245, $5 Columbian for $311 (picture unavailable) but have purchased lots and collections for more. The bulk of my purchases this year have been 20th century mint stamps from US, Canada, and Germany. I decided back in January that those pages in my albums were far too sparsely populated. It has been a wake-up call as to how many $50+ stamps there are in this era ...

Because my wife knows how to use google, I will simply read and enjoy this thread, rather than contribute.

Very nice #1 and #2!

k

Just a picture then, or a catalog reference . . .

OK, OK, you called me out. In reality, I don't recall making any big-ticket purchases this year. Yes, honey, you read that correctly.






Meanwhile, since I've finally found my scanner power adapter, let me check my list for this year...

Less than 2010 and Far less than 2009!

I got this stamp at the nationl precancel convention in August.
It doesn't look like much but it is one of the rarer California precancels. I especially wanted it because my daughter just bought her first home - in Mar Vista, CA. Price for stamp was 400$, price for house was stratospheric.

Very, very nice addition Art, thanks for sharing them.

I've been after one of these for a while, #143L4 unused with good margins, paid $175.00 for it.

hmm...I have quite a few actually so I can't pin down just one readily. Probably would be my #68 & 68 Proof, #70(hasn't arrived yet) 73 & 73 proof 2x#113's, 2x#114's (one on cover), #113, #115 2x#116's.. not to mention all the other stuff, like souvenir sheets (National park/Farley's) and mint sheets (like the Bicentennial flags and the Bicentennial #1688,1689)and ALL of the Revenue stamps and Columbian Expo stuff..here are just a FEW images of a fraction of the stuff I got this year. I'm actually sort of impressed by what I bought this year..Notice that some of this stuff was donated to me by some of you too so I thought I'd put them up as well since it's all intermingled now. Enjoy-

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Thank Goodness I do not collect U.S. I did purchase a set of Curacao Netherlands Antilles Queens scott 147-163..other than that mostly cover lots !!

It looks like almost all my purchases this year were for items at the medium/low end. Only a handful of higher-value items. At this point, I only enter in catalog value in my database, not how much I paid for it; don't want to leave any evidence for...

Of the 2011 purchases I've cataloged so far, number one is, oddly enough, a US stamp! US #95.



Not the prettiest thing; I take what I can afford. Looks like a silverfish may have munched out a little bit on the top perf or two, and the postman couldn't find a sharpie so they let loose with a handy cork and ink pad.

Did I mention I don't actively collect US anymore? Not sure why I bought it. Must be this "buy American" craze going on.

My 2011 Scott catalog says $1000 for VF (which mine is not). I understand it has gone down to $900 in the 2012 Scott. They must have heard that I got one, and decided it couldn't possibly be that valuable if k has one.

Anyway, number 2 and 3 on the list are these two Canadian stamps.



Canada #70-71. $375 and $325, respectively, for MNH. #70 is still a couple steps away from VF, but they'll fill in the holes in my Lighthouse Canada album. Since I finally got my Unitrade and Lighthouse hingeless last year, I've started working on my Canadian stamps again.

Geez, my most expensive stamp.... about .72 cents $20 bucks for 28 Great White North stamps = .714286 each, so one of these is my most expensive stamp for 2011. I did some trades but not much cash left my wallet.

44 cent forever stamp

The most I've ever paid for a stamp was this year's purchase of this US Scott 1 (it came with a PSE cert) for $147.87.

I think we all are. Geez! You must have quite a collection altogether. Very impressive