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Scott 1058 Error? Is This Rare?

 
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Posted 04/28/2018   12:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Fredc to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Any value to this?
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Posted 04/28/2018   12:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is an error - misperforated. It is very collectible, since it is also a line pair. As to it's value I have no idea; you might want to check on Ebay

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Posted 04/29/2018   09:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jobi01 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Remember, when using eBay to determine value, check the prices on SOLD lots. Asking price (starting bid or buy it now) has no relation to market value until someone pays that price.
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Posted 04/29/2018   11:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Glenn Estus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is not an ERROR, it's either a FREAK or an ODDITY. There is nothing missing, just a misplaced perforation.
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Posted 04/29/2018   12:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Glenn, but in my opinion ( which does rarely ever count ) that is a question of semantics.

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Posted 04/29/2018   12:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As I posted in a thread last fall:


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EFO = an acronym for error, freak, oddity.
I visualize this on a scale of 1-10, let's say:
10 - error
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8
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6
5 - freak
4
3
2
1 - oddity
Each collector gives a mental score to any EFO item with price/value increasing accordingly up the scale. There are no set definitions, as you can see from the responses you have received so far. Some have called your stamps an error and some have not.


Owners tend to rate their items higher on the scale than bystanders would. I would rate a minor perforation shift such as yours at about a 2. Others may disagree, and probably will here shortly!
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Posted 04/29/2018   1:44 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add revenuecollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It's all subjective; beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.
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Posted 04/29/2018   4:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jarnick to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have to agree with Glenn. It's not an error, but a desirable freak and certainly worth a premium. This does not fit the conventional definition of an error. And it is not a question of semantics any more than calling a stamp with a cancel "mint" rather than "used" is a matter of semantics.
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