Scott# 778A-D "Tipex" Souvenir Sheet"

Hello,

Starting collecting stamps at age 7 until high school and just now getting back into it in my 50's so its been awhile. Working on completing my albums. Question about the Scott# 778a-d "TIPEX" SOUVENIR SHEET". My album page has a place for the sheet and then four spots labeled "imper. Singles from TIPEX sheet." How do you get the singles? Do you cut them from a sheet?

Paul

Yes. It is dumb that the album printers do that.

Unless one finds used singles, just ignore it.

Just think though, you can get Jumbo 100 singles!

I have seen a set. From a dealer who knows better and would only have them if he had a customer.

Radman -- when you check Scott for the TIPEX sheet, which is #778, look carefully and you will see there are no #779, #780, or #781 stamps listed. Note that the stamp listed after 778 Tipex Sheet is #782 Arkansas. The original listing in the 1937 and 1938 catalog, listed each of the four imperf stamps as separate stamps to be collected. That was a dumb decision, and hence changed. They should have renumbered early on and made Arkansas #779. Since the imperf TIPEX sheet stamps were used as a singles, they appear as #778 a thru d. One of the more fascinating and challenging postal history ideas, is to build a collection of the four imperf stamps on cover as singles and pairs to pay various rates to various destinations. Happy Collecting - Gene

Thanks for all of the great info.

I will take the bait for a tangential post with a few covers I had handy.

There are numerous FDC's of the sheets, and to some extent the singles, but on-cover uses beyond the FDC are far more elusive - even philatelic ones

August 4, 1936. Bottom pair paying the 6 cent single-weight airmail postage on a double-weight mailing and getting caught for the extra weight/postage!


June 4, 1936. Pair of Tipex sheets on a registered cover from the Philatelic Agency. This cover could be correctly rated as either double rate (0.06) plus 0.18 registry fee for $5.01 to 25.00 indemnity, or triple rate (0.09) plus 0.15 for up to $5.00 indemnity. Despite having a philatelic "taint", These Agency covers often show some incredible uses.


June 12, 1936. Tipex sheet plus 8 cents on cover from the Philatelic Mart of Chicago to Germany, total of 20 cents. Rated at 0.05 surface postage plus 0.15 basic registry fee.


Undated, c1936. Single stamp on a double-rate printed matter mailing to England. Rated at 1.5 cents per 2 ounces, then doubled for item of 2-4 ounces. Flap sealed, envelope slit at both ends to create a wrapper.