Show Your Penny Black (S) !

Hello everyone !
Please show your Penny Black (s) ! The Penny Black is really an awesome stamp, with all it's history, it's different plates, cancels, etc. I think that every stamp collector need to have one. They all have their own personality, so that's why I would really like to see yours !

To start the topic, here is mine. It haves four quite equal margins, but unfortunately the red cancel is pretty blurred. It's from plate 4.

I don't ask this to pick on you, or to make you feel bad. I ask to help you in the spending of your money. Is there a tear on the bottom half of the right side?

Where, exactly ?

I was wondering what is going on here:



I meant tear, as in torn, not as in crying.

This type of thread, already, exists. There, probably, are a few more.

https://goscf.com/t/64867

Yeah I understand. Here's a picture of the back aligned with the tear :

@CJD, agree that it looks like a (repaired?) tear.

Edit: OP added the picture from the back.

There, also, appears to be a pinhole slightly to the right of the base of the neck.

NSK, even if someone already did a post like that, (i didn't know) it's still fun to show Penny Blacks again, no ?

Better to add to an existing thread, as people already posted theirs.

So I should delete this post ?

No, it is fine. But it might be a good idea to check if there is not a relevant "show your ..." thread. For iconic stamps, there, almost certainly, will be one. It is so much more informative if they are not fragmented.

I'm agree. Next time I'll do another "show your" but with a more original kind of stamps.

I agree with trying to keep prior threads going, rather than compartmentalizing the information.

Your stamp has eye appeal, initially, and if I was flipping through a stack of dealer cards, I would flip back to look again, for sure.

Now, if that happened (and I'm going to get roasted for saying this), I might hold it up and say, "Ralph, you have $100 on this Penny Black...take a look at that right margin...would you take $20?" If he said, "yes" I might do it. Might depend on whether I had been finding enough interesting stuff that day, or not.

Some will say that it's crazy to pay anything for a seriously-damaged stamp. I wouldn't argue the point, on something as plentiful as a Penny Black. And I understand that it might set a tone for future evaluators thinking that I bought space-filler stamps. But I might do it.

Cjd, yes, I understand. The negotiation is really useful. When I bought this stamp, I didn't know that I could negotiate to buy stamps. That's an error from me. Thanks for the observation.

I would not touch it with a pole because of the damage.

I, however, can understand someone paying GBP 30 (certainly not more) for this example to fill a gap. It, probably, should not cost more than GBP 15. At first glance, it looks quite nice with good margins, except for the somewhat unattractive cancellation. It takes a closer look to notice the damage. So, it will sit nicely in a collection.

CS - I don't know what you paid for this damaged copy, but 1d blacks really shouldn't be dear. Take a look at the first twenty or so lots in this auction from earlier today. Quite a variety, and none in three figures

https://www.easyliveauction.com/cat...-paper-sale/