The Rarest Common Stamps:

The common stamp that's scarce.
In 11 years 1 have never found this 10c stamp
in any lots I have purchased.

There are a few of these "oddities" around
there are 2 in the Spain "Franco" series of similar
curiosity if memory serves.

The Austrian offender:
The girl from Tirol

Just checked, I don't have that one either.

Steve

Sorry to hear your missing proves my point, Steve

Try these from Spain,
I find the 1p80 green another scarce,common.
My two examples were sent from a colleague in the US
no examples in 11 years for moi.

The last couple issues of Linn's have had letters or articles dealing with this issue -- low-denomination, high-print-quantity stamps that are difficult to obtain.

KS

I have a bunch of the Spanish 1.80's. The only problem is I have no idea where they are. Could take weeks to find them.

No, haven't got those two either.

Steve

I wish I could grab hold of that Linn's
I am in another group, and it seemed bizarre
on some occaisions, we would discuss a subject, and 4 months later
it would pop up in Linn's.
Probably just coincidence, or someone taking a topic and running with it.

Rev man, thanks, I have the brace, so no need to rummage,
unless you would like to offer Steve some

Rod-

Scott's is full of twenty-centers that I've never seen. That goes double for Scott-unlisted stuff in the slightly-more-offbeat catalogues (except for the twenty-cent part, of course). Granted, many of them had tiny print runs and just happen to suffer from collector ambivalence, so they don't all fit your point as well as your three examples.

Do you need the 3g? Or was that just an illustration of your point?

Collin

(Thanks for still taking time to talk to the little people. Congrats.)

Rod, I have an unused copy of the 3 groschen in my album..i will continue to look for a spare for you !!

I would Loooooove the 3g,
all the other girls are lonely, without the lass from Tirol.

No promises, except that I'll look...

Collin

have found another

Germany SG1106 (1954) 6pf president heuss

In 12 years, and after a humungous German gift lot from Dianne
still no stamp in evidence.
CV=20c

I have literally piles and piles of German stamps that I can't use lying around, but haven't found an extra 6Pf yet. Only the one in my Davo album. If I do find an extra one...

After looking through my stuff I've found exactly one 6Pf Heuss,
used that is.
Plenty of most of the other values though.

Same for the Austrian 3 groschen costume all I have is one MNH.


Neither the Michel Deutschland Katalog nor the Austria Netto Katalog
list quantities issued for these definitives.

Yes, the larger format Dm values that attract a CV of GBP2
I have oodlies.
The mid formats are scarcer, and I have that set OK.

A sighting a sighting!

Call the producers of In search of ...!

Like the grainy, out of focus picture of Nessie (Loch Ness Monster), I present to you Germany SG1106 (1954) 6pf president heuss, et al, in all its glory (Scott705)!

The picture proves it exists somewhere in my collection, but I still have to find it.

Rod, send me an email with your ship-to information. If there's anything else on that page you're missing, please say so and it's yours.

Brian