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Hi guys...Was looking trough my old Scott 2008 catalogue at American stamps and came across this..Is this for real $3,000,00.00 ..??  |
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2014 Scott Specialized has that number also, and in parenthesizes. If the one available to collectors were to be put up for sale, who really knows what it would sell for--maybe north of that number, maybe not.  |
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Well here it is from the 2009 Standard...  But as you know the "Z" Grills are some of the rarest stamps. |
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Bill Gross/Donald Sundman/Inverted Jenny plate block/US 85A Z grill. I think there is a story in there somewhere. |
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| Edited by redwoodrandy - 01/09/2015 6:45 pm |
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In the mid-2000's Mystic Stamp Co. traded its copy of 85A to William Gross in exchange for a block of four of the Inverted Jenny. As I recall, the estimated value of 85A was based on the then-recent sale of the Inverted Jenny block.
ETA: I was privileged to see the only two known copies of 85A together at the National Postal Museum in 2006. |
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| Edited by dudley - 01/09/2015 6:47 pm |
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But as you know the "Z" Grills are some of the rarest stamps.
I have a hard enough time with Canadian stamps..American stamps...Yikes I have no idea what they even look like...  |
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| Edited by wert - 01/09/2015 6:45 pm |
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Why worry about minor varieties - save your money for the British Guiana 1c magenta!
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The 2002 Specialized has it valued at "only" $935,000, before the Mystic Stamp trade. |
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But as you know the "Z" Grills are some of the rarest stamps. Indeed they are... I acquired this 85B purely on speculation many years ago for $150 from an ebay seller... (not listed at 85B, but I had my suspicions)... It sat in my TBD's for close to 10 years, when I decided to have it certed by Bill Weiss, last year...  |
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| Edited by disi123 - 01/09/2015 7:58 pm |
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Sorry if this sounds stupid...Is this the "Z" grill roughly..?? Can't tell from that image... scan the back at 1200dpi and don't adjust any settings and upload for everyone to view... |
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Warning: Do not look for logic in the nomenclature of the various US classic issue grill types. |
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disi123: And Bill certified it as 85B? Used? Dudley... Bill certed it as MNH-OG |
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