Early Revenue Price Changes In 2014 Scott US Specialized

Reading through the revenue section of the 2014 U.S. Specialized out today. A fair amount of movement, the majority upwards, but some downward corrections as well.

Also some adjustments upward in some of the cheaper silk papers, as well as lower denomination bisects upped from $200 to $300 across the board. Long overdue.

R1b +10 from $45 to $55
R2a +750 from $2,250 to $3,000
R5b DT (T5) +160 from $140 to $300
R13d +35 from $140 to $175
R16b +300 from $650 to $950
R16d +25 from $150 to $175
R18b +300 from $700 to $1,000
R18d +25 from $100 to $125
R20d +35 from $140 to $175
R22d +50 from $200 to $250
R28d new listing at $750
R33a +50 from $300 to $350
R36a +50 from $450 to $500
R36d +20 from $80 to $100
R37a +50 from $1,050 to $1,100
R41d now priced at $350, with dashed listing for silk with DT.
R45d +10 from $80 to $90
R47b +200 from $750 to $950
R50b +250 from $850 to $1,100
R51a +25 from $175 to $200
R51b +1,000 from $4,000 to $5,000
R53a +250 from $1,750 to $2,000
R57b +50 from $200 to $250
R64d +20 from $65 to $85
R66d +35 from $140 to $175
R67d +25 from $125 + $150
R68d +15 from $110 to $125
R69b +1,500 from $1,500 to $3,000 !
R71d now priced at $500
R74c +25 from $325 to $350
R77a -1,250 from $8,750 to $7,500
R80a +1,000 from $11,500 to $12,500
R87a +500 from $8,500 to $9,000
R88a -75 from $375 to $300
R89a -2.50 from $52.50 to $50
R90a -$25 from $275 to $250
R95a +50 from $850 to $900
R100a +100 from $2,100 to $2,200
R103 +15 from $75 to $90
R105 +5 from $45 to $50
R106 +15 from $110 to $125
R110 +10 from $75 to $85
R113 +10 from $150 to $160
R114 +10 from $120 to $130
R116 +45 from $180 to $225
R121 +100 from $650 to $750
R124 +5 from $45 to $50
R125 +10 from $55 to $65
R136 +10 from $85 to $95
R138 +10 from $100 to $110
R140 +2.50 from $37.50 to $40
R141 +10 from $80 to $90
R142 +15 from $110 to $125
R144 +1 from $2 to $3
R145 +5 from $40 to $45
R146 +7.50 from $82.50 to $90
R147 +10 from $75 to $85
R149 +50 from $350 to $400
R150 +50 from $750 to $800
R160 used +15 from $125 to $140
R174 mint -2.50 from $47.50 to $45
R175 mint -5 from $80 to $75
R176 mint -15 from $175 to $160
R181 mint -150 from $1,650 to $1,500
R189 used -25 from $600 to $575

RB3a +5 from $27.50 to $32.50
RB14c new listing at $21,000 *
RB15c +100 from $300 to $400
RB17c +300 from $600 to $900
RB18c +250 from $1,250 to $1,500


* Personally, I think this is a bogus number. Yes, there is only one copy known currently, but if memory serves, that number happens to be the opening bid artificially set by Aldrich, not an actual selling price.

This means even more trimmed part perfs will be coming out of the woodwork.

Did they list a bisect for R75?

Yes, R75e. Listed but not priced.

I knew it would not be priced. One other question, in the beer stamps is REA45c listed with a double impression? It probably won't be priced either.

Yes. REA45e, unpriced.

Thanks.

Excuse my lack of knowledge please as I am a new collector and was wondering what is an RB14C? Can you show?

Thanks

It's a four cent red brown proprietary rouletted instead of perforated. Although most of that set of proprietaries is known rouletted, the RB14c is a new discovery. It was arbitrarily opened at $14,000 by Mike Aldrich in his auction, but did not sell. Somehow he convinced Scott that that is a legitimate price for the item, but since it did not sell it is not. If you go to Stamp Auction Network and search through the recent past Aldrich sales, you will find it.

This is well out of my league, but I'm confused. The excerpt below from the Aldrich Auction of 04/25/2013 suggests that the RB14c realized $18,000 at auction. Was this a legitimate sale?

Aldrich, like Apfelbaum, never post realized prices at SAN, so you can't ever use information about their auctions. I recall Aldrich claiming in a column somewhere that the RB14c did actually sell, but I do not recall the dollar figure. The $50-75K estimate they put in the listing was laughable.

If it actually realized $18,000 he could prove it to Scott, and the catalog value would then be $18,000, since that is the usual procedure for an item such as this. There are many prices based on auction realizations in Scott. Since that is not the case, I am somewhat suspicious.