Who Has What - Time To Brag.

The so-called "Mombasa provisionals" issued by the British East Africa Company's administration in 1891, as a result of a shortage of stamps. The initials A.D., A.B. and V.H.M. are those of Andrew Dick (Chief Accountant), Archibald Brown (Cashier) and Victor MacKenzie (Bank Manager). They all have recent certs. There are a couple more to collect, but any on cover are fearsomely expensive.

In 1962, the Canal Zone issued a stamp for The World United Against Malaria Campaign sponsored by the W.H.O. - over 100 postal agencies participated. There are two recorded essays for the Canal Zone issue. One is in my hands and the other is at the National Postal Museum (NPM) in Washington D.C. (I have seen a scan of it). They are very different designs. Mine below has a value of 8 cents but the Airmail rate dropped to 7 cents rigth after the essay was created. The essay at the NPM a different design.



The selected design:

Wow, Tim. Just WOW!

Very nice items. I love Malariastamps canal zone - which also explains his SCF name. I really have nothing to show, but keep them coming ...

not my rarest (actually relatively common), but probably most valuable

I have a limited budget so finding inexpensive unique items is what I really love. Hence...stampcrow.

This Graf Zeppelin flown cover remains a favorite.
Express Special Delivery, nice Berlin cancel, a 30 cent Columbian Exposition stamp and addressed to Heinrich Koehler. https://www.heinrich-koehler.de/en/...ngeschichte/




Another item I enjoy is this albino cover. Not unique except the strength of impression.

Interesting idea wert. I'm sure we all have lots were proud of for many reasons.
Since I've ventured into the world of postal history the last year or so, I've acquired a number of covers and folded letters that I find interesting.
Here's one of the most interesting I think.
I posted it here before, and it led to a nice thread.
This letter was written in Switzerland in 1810, send by favour (no transatlantic service back then) to Norfolk and ended up in New York. I won't relay the entire story again, but for those of you who missed it before, click on the link below.
In a nutshell, the letter was written by the son of a French noble woman, on his mothers behalf to some high end money lenders in the States.
I didn't pay a lot for it, but it yielded tonnes in information, history and entertainment. Win win.



Read on...


https://goscf.com/t/46428

Thanks James....History at its best !....and I read the letter in French....no problem.....authentic !
Rene

A modern Canadian rarity: The UNESCO Hoodoo error as a postcard.
Only 25 were issued.



Interesting. When I called to asked if my order had been delayed (because the issue had suddenly been withdrawn), the nice lady at the Philatelic Centre said, "No, your order went out, I see... Lucky you!"

Now, what year is this gem, Sak ? Have a lot of post cards and will do a search.......lucky or not ! like in Vegas

The Indian States are replete with rarities and one-offs: hardly surprising when you consider their tiny literate populations and the small areas they served.

This ½ Anna revenue from Duttia State is not listed in Gibbons, and I believe has been de-listed by Scott, but certainly served as a postage stamp also around 1917:





This is/was the proving cover of the stamp's use for postage as well as revenue. The cover once belonged to the great Indian States collector, H.D.S. Haverbeck.

Postal stationery, properly used, from Duttia is also pretty scarce, by the way.

I have several U.S. revenues that catalog in the 5 figure range, however the ones I consider the most rare are ones that only catalog a few hundred dollars, if that. The populations are so low that they never come to market, hence the catalog values never go up. Since Amos Media (publishers of the Scott Catalogue) prefer to increase values based on real world results, it's a vicious catch-22. Non-high-profile rare stamps get short shrift and there's an increasing disconnect between catalog and real world values.

There's one particular Scott-listed stamp I have that I can find no record of any example other than the one I own coming to market in the last 25 years. How does one gauge value on something like that? If the catalogue value isn't high enough, auction houses won't want to lot it as a single, but if it isn't sold as a single, there will never be data to cause Scott to increase the value.... ugh.

Oh well... 1st world problems.

Renden... The Hoodoo error postal card is #UX427, issued on July 3, 2015.

Not on cover but this one is a favorite in my collection. (certed).




Hobsun

The 'Guildhall Printing' of the 1929 Postal Union Congress £1 stamp, reproduced from an original wooden Press by Enschede of Haarlem for the Festival of Stamps, London 2010.
Only 50 blocks of 4 exist. I was picked out in a Ballot in January 2011. It cost £50 !
In June 2011 whilst at the Stafford Stamp Show [UK] I was offered sums of £350 and £400 for the item.
I refused.

Bit of a poor scan, must make another [Reminder to self].



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