No Known Example Of Stamp(S) That Have Been Mass Produced

I would just like to ask if there is any stamp(s) that have/has been mass produced but now there is no known examples of them, this question has been puzzling me for awhile, I know this is a long-shot but I personally believe there will be one or two.
Turbo

I guess it would depend on what you term "mass produced".

I'm sure there are early stamps from countries that were printed in limited numbers that have no known example. The USA Hawaiians come to mind. I don't think there are examples of them all still around.

Someone please correct me, or perhaps someone knows of an actual example. It's a good question, especially in light of the only known copy of the 1c Magenta British Guiana going up for sale soon.

Define mass produced? You mean more than 100 or 1,000 (which might be something like postmaster provisionals or limited runs based on type of paper or security measures within the stamps)? I kind of doubt there is anything that was mass produced that today doesn't exist.

But if there are, there are plenty of experts on the forum that will inform us.

Hi,
Thankyou both for the information, much appreciate it, by 'mass produced' I meant the standard amount for the time it was printed,
Turbo

One area that comes to my mind are the Washington Franklins found with Schermack Control Perforations. The Schermack Mailing Machine was capable of affixing stamps to 250 envelopes per minute. In their heyday they were selling 2 to 3 million stamps per month.

During 1910 and 1911 a number of those machines were equipped with a die that punched perfins into the stamps just before it was affixed to the mailer. Different patterns were used to identify the users in an effort to discourage employee theft.

Most of these companies were high volume mailers and the material they sent, considered the junk mail of that day, was quickly discarded. Relatively few stamps or covers survived.

Some Control Perforation Patterns are scarcer than others.

Hi Kcaramat,
Thankyou for that information and the picture, very interesting, that is the kind of thing I was asking about, is that yours in the picture?
Turbo

I found this biographical information on the addressee of the Quaker Oats cover posted by Kcaramat. It seems that "Nat." (Nathaniel) Duke had quite a few positions in the railroad back in the day:

wt1,
what a nice find, very interesting indeed,
Turbo

Yes the cover is mine. I do collect Schermack Control perfin stamps but generally not on cover. I have recently completed a Census of them. 3000 stamps were reported. They are quite scarce on cover. This particular cover is available.

Hi, even more interesting knowing that 3000 stamps were reported, may I ask of its value now on cover? and where/how did you obtain it?
Turbo

TurboJay, if you are interested in modern rarities try Plate Number Coils. They are being printed by the millions, but mostly used on commercial mail ( "junk mail" ). One of the stamps that was issued as a coil stamp was the "Flag over Porch" ( or "FOP" ) issue. This stamp was printed by several different printers and over a 100 different varieties exist. One such variety is Scott 2915C, plate # 88888 with a die of 11/12. Mint examples have never been found, and only four used stamps have thus far been located!

Peter

A good example might be Scott RO48a, a private die match stamp used by the Byam, Carlton Match Co. Although it looks like a wrapper and was printed on tissue paper it was used as an adhesive stamp to pay the tax on boxes of 100 matches. There were 8,400,000 issued, but because of it's use on matches and it's fragile nature it has an extremely poor survival rate. Perhaps there are a dozen or so now. It catalogs $8000 today

Hi peter,
thankyou for the information, very helpful indeed,
also recollector, thankyou for the information, very helpful also,
more treasures to add to my 'watch out for' list,
Turbo

The very first adhesive postage was found in 1933 and is still not listed in any catalog .The stamp is the 40 lepta with 3 covers known and a sheet of nine is also known . These are rarely seen at auction .

Hi Floortrader,
May I ask why its its uncatalogued? thankyou for the information given,
Turbo

ya know, I was just thinking...I remember as a newbie kid in the 70's when I started collecting I had a handfull or so (5 or more) shermacks, but at that time I thought they were cut copies of stamps I already had...I think I tossed them...I may have one or two somewhere.