The World's Commonest Stamp.

Thanks for the information, Cursus. I had no idea there was a "F.N.M.T - B" variety. I don't think I'll look for one in the 5 cent box though.

I aint no math wizzard for sure but when I multiply 5 billion by 0.000004 I get 20,000

That's pretty interesting Cursus. So the FNMT had a photogravure
press set up at the exhibition.
Would you know what quantity was printed there?

You then need to divide by a hundred to deal with the percentage.

Nigel, it's nice to see you show your work, and to have double-checked it, too! Your grade school math teacher is proud of you! But...

...forget it Nigel, you and I are old school math. Think of it this way: using the new math, instead of 921 posts, you have 92100 posts!



And yes, I have at least 200 of them, but I might very well have 20,000 -- I don't intend to pull them all out and count! If I find out I have that many, does that mean I qualify for "unreasonable"?

unreasonable(?) k

Fifia,
thank you very much for the offer

I have accepted another from Rileysan
to whom I sold a piece of philatelic horribleness
some time ago, accepting his may make him feel better about me

I'm still in the sorting process of my stamps.. But I can't say that I have that many of those spanish stamps, but sure a few.. The stamps that I've got the most of (I think) is the French ones with the dancing(?) lady.. and since I come from Sweden, I've got a serious amount of King Oscar II, Scott#56 and #58..

Oh and the maththingy.. You can't just multiply 0.000004 with 5 billion, as stated above, because it's 0.000004 %%%.. for example.. 100 x 0.25 =25% and 25, however 100 x 0.25% is 0.25.. So divide by hundred as done above and you're good to go. :)

haha




"k the Unreasonable" has a certain ring to it.

William the Conqueror, Ivan the Terrible, ... k the Unreasonable!

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the ubiquitous Machin 7p. Maybe it's just luck of the draw but I've gotten many of them bundled up.

As for the 1 pta FNMT-B (Edifil, 1290), the printing went up to 6 milion and for the 5 pta, also issued with FNMT-B (Edifil, 1291), for 7.5.
milion.

Both, are very common and low priced: 0.6 € and 4 € UMM; 2 € and 1.5 € used

@ nigelc

You're right of course. I didn't notice the %

@ Cursus

Thanks. Those are large quantities printed.

So any raise on the GB penny red @21 billion?

How many of the forever liberty bells were printed? it's gotta be in the Billions.

Welcome home Mr. Heuss!
One of the world's rarest common stamps.

Lovely fresh CTO, (so no guilt when I soak off the gum)

Thank you very much for sending Rileysan

I'm surprised about the #707 being the most common US stamp. My money would have been on #807. My logic is that the #707 was only produced from 1932 until the Prexies took over in 1938. Furthermore the standard postal rate went from two cents to three cents sometime in 1932 which should have decreased any demand for the #707s. Now in the case of #807, it had an extremely long run with virtually no changes - from 1938 until 1954 with the introduction of the Liberty series and the postage rate remained three cents well past 1954. As a young collector, I remember being inundated with those violet Jeffersons. I will grant that there were numerous commemorative stamps produced during those sixteen years, but it still seems difficult to believe that the #707s were more numerous than the #807s. I don't have access to the numbers, but I 'm curious how many #807s were produced.