Hi Machdog,
Yup, I concur. Sad to say, no value at all. Even a relatively newer collector would likely pass as your stamp is damaged to the point of being called a "space filler."
Way back when, most people used the US mail system--more than than any other way--to communicate, pay bills, send greetings, etc. Even the newfangled telephone wasn't used nearly as much as dropping a postcard or letter with a couple cents of stamps on it.
Millions, and even sometimes billions, of each stamp were printed every year to fill that need, and though many, if not most, were destroyed, lost or ended up in landfills, enough survive to satisfy the couple hundred thousand true stamp collectors that exist today.
Your stamp, commonly refereed to as a space filler, literally just fills a space in a stamp album until a copy in better shape is available.
That doesn't mean you can't have fun, and learn, from damaged stamps! If it piques your interest, and spurs you to keep looking for that "mother lode" that's OK! I've been collecting 49 years, since I was ten years old. I have spent lots of money (allowance, spare pocket change, and as an adult a decent portion of my discretionary income on stamps, and I have yet to find anything of great value that I could retire on, let alone buy anything other than maybe a small meal, with my "profit". So it is with most collectors, but you CAN get rich in friendship, knowledge, historical perspective, and satisfaction from collecting finding and researching these tiny bits of paper!
So welcome to the club, enjoy enriching your life non-materially, or pass it all by and be on your way.
You can always go down by your local creek with a sieve and sift for gold nuggets. You likely will have more success striking it rich that way!
--Jim |
Posted 09/20/2018 10:55 am
went get rich here
