Rate Change Post Card

Postcard rate change yellow hat H stamp unissued

I realized that my first post was terrible, so here goes again. In 1998 a rate change for post cards was provided and stamps printed ,,,the "Yellow hat" H stp. It was never issued but a few escaped. I can find it for sale in one place...Mystic. does anyone know of another listing. I'd like to compare costs.

They tend to appear in auctions.

Thanks

Agreed. And they will be less expensive there.

Funny that you brought that stamp up - I just found a used copy on paper in 1 pound of kiloware I bought at a stamp show here in Albany. Best $13 I ever spent! I will post a picture this week.

Here is a photo of the stamp I found. Notice the top perforations are scissor trimmed, which fits with the stories I have heard about the issues that have been used.

I seem to recall a magenta cancel is also typical for these. Great find.

I suggest you improve your title from:

Rate Change Post Card

to

Rate Change Post Card Unissued H stamp. (Or something similar)

It is too later for you to do so as you have only 24 hours to edit a post or thread title. But you can send a message to a moderator and ask for the change. If the change makes reasonable sense, then the moderator will likely make it. Just click on, "Send note to Staff" link and ask.

If the change is made I will delete this post.

The last auction I observed that sold two Yellow hat post card Rate Change H stamps was at StampAuction Network on Jan. 23, 2025. An exceptional well centered , with a light purple cancel sold for $5,000. The second one sold for $4,000 and came with a 2003 PF certficate. I bought mine in spring of 2024 doe $1500 , a copy which came off of the Greencastle, Indiana sheet that mistakenly was sold and later found by a collector and the sheet was then cut by scissors across the perforations. I have not seen any for sale since January 2025 but I might have missed an auction. So, reportedly only 220 have been found since 1998...a modern day rarity that is hard to come by. Thankful I bought mine when I did!