Registered New York Postmark On A Fiume Stamp? Rare?

Hi guys,

As I'm starting to learn more about stamps, I've been trying to learn more about where postmarks should and shouldn't be (normally). I recently came across this and since I've come upon very few cancelled Fiume stamps in general, this looked special so I wanted to get some more experienced opinions.

Thanks

unusal but not rare ......no extra value .

No extra value? I doubt that.

I understand I'm just a beginner but some of the feedback given in this community would easily unmotivate new potential collectors who ask questions about stamps they've found. I think this hobby could use more motivation and less of the criticism given on a high-end value basis.

Just giving some honest feedback as I've come quite a ways in the last year and still getting the same responses.

I collect FIUME

I think a lot of it is perception. When I say extra value you might think hundreds of dollars when I might be talking about a couple of bucks.

OK your right ,if you say so .

You're opinion is no longer wanted. Go spend some more hours with Fiume. Maybe you'll find some friends

I don't collect Fiume, but if I read my catalog correctly, this is Scott 166, with a value of 2.75 in 2011 for a used single. Let's ramble and analise a bit. International registered mail typically gets lots of cancels as it flows through the various postal systems, so it makes sense that a cover from a foreign country addressed to the US would get a cancel when it entered the US postal system. Quite often stamps are put on the reverse side of covers from foreign countries - partly as local custom, often to help cover the flaps, and often of necessity if many stamps are required. So foreign stamps with a New York registry cancel are not unexpected. While it might be difficult to find another stamp like yours and you conclude this combination is scarce (certainly not rare), the lack of increased demand would make for only a small premium at best among specialists. The specialists would bemoan the fact it was removed from its full cover. A premium of a couple of bucks, as you hopefully suggest, would be nearly double the catalog value, and seems extremely optimistic. Some would consider the New York cancel to be so heavy that it would discount the value considerably. Thus value is in the eye of the beholder when judging the increase or decrease in the value of a used stamp due its cancel. You will be able to find those who value it either higher or lower depending on their interests. I find the NY cancel distracting compared to the interesting overprint.

I troll through Fiume stocks as one of the many countries I check for postmarks. I'd estimate that more than 9 of 10 used Fiumes I run across are garden variety FIUME bridge cancels. I check for anything else. There are actually quite a few, but some of them are downright scarce.

That being said, I probably wouldn't select this one. It is interesting, a curiosity, but it doesn't do much for me.