Tatham Stamp & Coin Co., Springfield, Mass.

A recent auction post had made reference to the Tatham Stamp & Coin Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, so I thought I'd post an example of their cinderella:

Is this one your own copy ?
These are like Gold Dust !

At least ebay bidders seem to think so.

Nice.

Unfortunately, no. I found it during a web search about the Tatham Stamp & Coin Co. There were apparently several "denominations" in different colors made as promotional pieces. Here's an ebay listing for this one ... $4.95 is the "buy it now" price or else wait for the 26 days left to their auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tatham-Stam...t_541wt_1110

Quite an interesting story behind that stamp company, though, as being a native of Massachusetts, it was particularly interesting. Come to think of it a number of stamp collecting facsimiles, bogus and/or counterfeit stamps originated in this area of the US, so I guess I'll have to keep a sharp lookout for such things!