What Stamp Or Stamps Would You Like To Add Into Your Collection?

I was thinking about this the Las couple of days. For me if I had he funds, I would love to add the3 zepplin stamps (us #c13-15).
What would you add o your collection if you had he money and a source for the stamp.

First thing to correct ,is that Stamp Auction Network gives you the ability to view 30 or 40 different stamp auction firms offerings ,so the source of supply is not a problem . They must have 10 or 20 U.S. Zepps very month for sale .

I run out of money buying stamps every year for the past 50 years ,so running out of funds is a constant problem .

The scratch and sniff popsicle stamps.

Rogdcam. That's the most unusual one I have heard of. I had to look it up. Notice that the post office is just releasing them.

I collect Plate Number Coils, and specifically the Transportation coils. Several of the precancels in that set have very scarce gap positions and I would love to fill some of the empty spots. And these stamps are less then 40 years old!

Peter

I would pick up "Cattle in Storm", the $1 stamp from the Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1896. I should make it my avatar, if I knew how to do that.

Peter, for the uninitiated, what is a gap position

Willwood, first things first. If you want a particular stamp as an avatar just open a new post and ask for it.
Now your gap question. Back when precancels consisted of two bars across the stamp with or without a city or description in between these indicators were printed with a mat that could print a length of twelve stamps on a roll of coil stamps. Usually two mats were mounted around a cylinder. Where the mats met you would have a gap in the printed lines. If the gap fell on the right side of a plate numbered stamp it was called a line gap ( for the seam- or joint-line in that spot ). A 1R gap would fall on the stamp one right of the line gap, 2R two stamps to the right etc. The same for gaps left of the Line Gap.
Some collectors are known to look for all possible gap positions for all possible plate numbered precanceled coils.

Peter

I've wanted the Zepps (C13-15) ever since I was a kid, but I can't justify paying the price. At least I have a Baby Zepp.

One stamp that I particularly want is a mint Russia Scott #467 (Michel #392u) for my Esperanto topical collection. It's the one stamp with an Esperanto inscription and its own Scott number that I'm still lacking. Last time I looked, Scott listed it at US $200, and I'm just waiting/hoping to find a nice one for considerably less than that.

There are other Esperanto stamps that I also need, but they're either rare imperforate varieties of stamps I already have (Russia #467 is also one of these, when it comes right down to it) or rare local overprints of stamps I already have.

Erilaz,

Is a Baby Zepp Scott #C18 ?

As for filling gaps, Peru J1 - J5 would be nice.

Pretty much any of the Ugandan typewriter stamps would be swell.

Buying C13-C15 Zepps was a tough decision for my part. I bought my first stamp in 1959 and the Zepps at auction in 2016. The big problem was that I know they are over priced but still the key to completing a U.S. air collection. IMHO one should not pay more than 2/3 catalog and that is for a good set.

Fault free, full margins Penny Black with my initials (KK) and nice (rust-brown) Maltese cross on top of it... Maybe when I hit 50 I'll get one for myself, LOL.

-k-

Peter, which Scott number & gaps are you missing?

Hi Walkman, and thanks for asking. One of the ones I am looking for are the double gap constant mat varieties on 2124a. Out of about 56 different ones I lack about 10 of them. I will edit this post and list the ones I am missing,

Peter

I would like to have the first airmail stamp, the "Vin Fiz"


Don

There is a Vin Fiz coming up at the June Siegel Rarities Sale. Could go cheap.