Hello From Texas! Yes We Collect Too!

I have had a curiosity about a full sheet of 1998 Federal Migratory Bird stamps for quite some time now and thought it was time to see if the pros have any idea of what I have. I'll be framing it soon and would like more information if it's around. Here's the story...

My father called to have me Goose hunting in Eagle Lake Texas (Goose hunting Capital of The World). The sign outside of town says so...On going to purchase my 1998 Goose stamp from the local post office my dad instructed me to get a specific stamp within the sheet if possible because it might be valuable. There was a pressure problem somewhere in the printing where one of the stamps in the same place on the sheet, the goose had what appeared to be a turkey beard, or a long dark streak off the breast. When I went to the P.O. I decided to purchase two stamps one from each sheet, because I could see the flaw. I then went back after hearing several had sold for $2000.00 each and purchased an entire sheet at $15.00 each. There was a newspaper article on the east coast that detailed the flaw and the recall of the stamps and said that examples were selling for several thousand dollars each to collectors. I read it at my folks place but I cannot find that article or any other info on this. It's been 20 years,nearly, and I cannot solve the mystery...I'll happily take any input good or bad!! Thanks so much. Jeff

Sam Houston Duck Company or Michael Jaffe would have more information and/or pricing. If it's the 1997 stamp, Sam Houston lists a breast feather flaw adn sells it for $85. I'm not aware of any variety like that selling in the thousands of dollars for ducks.

Agree with previous post that it is probably RW64 (Canada Goose). It was issued in mid 1997 & would have been valid until mid 1998. There are two catalogue entries for "breast feather flaws" ... long breast feather flaw catalogues for $85 while short breast feather flaw catalogues for $65. The flaws occupy but a single position on the plate, so there would be at most one error per sheet. The article about the error being worth as much as $2000 reflects the gamble involved in purchasing errors before the actual quantities can be accurately estimated. I have purchased newly discovered errors for what ended up being twice their eventual catalogue value. But I've also purchased similar errors for only a tenth of their eventual catalogue value.