I Have My First USA Stamp Catalogue - Brace Yourselves :)

It arrived today!

So my first question ....

Are these coil stamps?

I' m looking at SC 1036 but I am not sure what untagged means

Thank you for any help

Yes, coils.
There is a Glossary in upper left of the screen, or you can use the one on Stamp Smarter
http://stampsmarter.com/Learning/Glossary_T.html
Don

"Tagging" is the wacky Americansim for "phosphor".

Thank you both! Phosphor

Eiger,

Now you are gonna have to learn about tagging.....
It does add some more fun to the hobby.

Dave N.

I always thought "phosphor" was a wacky English word for "tagging"?

Peter
( I hope you know I am just kidding )

I feel like I'm learning a new language

These do appear to be untagged

Are these highly valuable? Can I buy a house yet?

sure:

Good one.

Eiger, all kidding aside, your three stamps are rock bottom as far as catalog value is concerned.
Nowadays most regular stamps are tagged which means that an ultra violet detector can "see" them and thus automatically cancel them.
I believe in England your stamps have phosphor bands on them - same principle,

Peter

...I had some good laughs by this thread, thanks gents!

@Eiger - I were also once wondering about this 'tagging mystery'....tagging, what? ... until I realized the yanks don't fancy proper terminology Haha

'tag' and 'tagged' is short for "taggant".




http://www.microtracesolutions.com/...technologies

https://www.nanomatrixsecure.com/en...-taggant-ink

Don

Thanks Peter - I'll keep looking for my 'house' stamp

Maybe I missed it, but if your new U.S. catalogue is Scott, I recommend reading the opening sections through completely. Then, read them again.

Scott's intro pages are very informative. Not just as background for beginning collectors, but a good explanation of how the editors approach their task. (I suspect a lot of collectors don't read it because they assume that the intro is for beginners...not true.) Gibbons is pretty good, too.

Cjd is correct about reading the front of the catalogs. It can answer so many questions. I go back and read mine every couple of years or when I buy a new one.