Question On Expertising...

Mr Fancy Pants described it as such so he knew what he had. $482 is a good price?

$482 as a price means that it is still the basic price to the PF. Anything under $500.

rogdcam - Siegel has one in their census on a 1c which went for much lower but the strike is nowhere near as good. This is the best strike I've seen and I've been collecting pumpkin / jack 'o lantern cancels for many years as I build up an exhibit. The market determined the price and its all good. I knew I was going to win it (my top bid price was several multiples of what it went for)(unless some fellow-psycho did the same thing I did LOL...). Can't have a pumpkin fancy cancel exhibit without one of these on the pages.

Given its provenance, I'm pretty much certain its legit, but I'm going to get a cert for it regardless. Just because.

Rev - Given that I'm certain the cancel is legit, I'm leaning towards submitting it to the APS for no other reason than to support the society. Good idea? Bad idea?

rog - here's one with a PF cert for sale on HipStamp (and look at by who...) just for the sake of comparison:

https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/92...102/11041226

I'm not sure that one can compare Waterbury's on one cent stamps with those on three cent stamps. I would expect that there are more on three cent stamps since that was the basic rate. Not that ones weren't used, but threes seem much more prevalent.

Supporting a society always seems like a good idea. If that is what you want to do then I don't think anyone can really argue it.

I would say you're correct in terms of the proportion used, but with a population of 15 or less in total, I would guess the difference in face value of the stamps would be negligible and the value rests pretty much entirely on the cancellation itself. I wish there was a census with an exact (as much as is possible) number of what this pumpkin was used on.

Edited to add: Then again...maybe not.
http://www.rfrajola.com/jpmcd/63_1.htm

Doc - It is lovely. Congratulations and may you enjoy it for a long time.

Cheers

Thanks, Rog.

And from our friends at the APS: "We would consider that item "uncatalogued/unpriced" which warrants a $30.00 fee."

That fee also appears on the application form.

Rohloff's rarity factors were made in the 1970's before the internet and before Stamp Auction Network. In reality they are for covers only and not for off cover stamps. I have kept a census of Waterbury covers for 20 years and in many cases the number of covers I have recorded exceed the Rohloff estimates. I knew Paul and I know he did not have an actual listing of known covers. His estimates were based on the number of items he thought that he had seen with an extrapolation. He estimated not more than 5 for the Apple and the Pear and he was correct. I have only found 2 apple covers and one Pear cover. He estimated 5 for the Acorn and I have found 10 different covers.

PF will charge $27 and PSE $30 to certify that, I believe.