Friday, April 19, 2019

How To Identify Rare Postage Stamps

By Scott Wagner


For years now, people interested in collecting stamps have continuously focused their efforts towards getting the remaining ones in the market. They use their skills to get the Rare Postage Stamps which have a greater value as compared to the common ones. They move around the world spending much time and energy in getting them. The task requires one to have stamp collecting knowledge which includes identification of errors and perforations.

Age is another essential factor that makes them scarce especially when they get older. Additionally, they are becoming rarer because collectors are continuously keeping them in permanent collections. This makes the collecting process to be more valuable as the value of each stamp increases with time.

It is necessary for one to have an understanding that not all pasted stamps are valuable. There are mint and used ones which have a different value. A mint stamp is in a good condition, has its original gum, has no cancellation marks as well as obtain no defects, unlike the used ones. This makes them rarer than the used ones which in turn facilitate their increased value from time to time.

It is important to use a perforation gauge to help in taking measurements the number of perforations on the edge of a stamp. Those which look nearly identical in most cases have different perforations. Some of these perforations may be infrequent which leads to an increased value of a stamp. Therefore, it ought to cost more than you would have expected after identifying it.

It is necessary for you to conduct research on each stamp you have. You will understand whether it is common or rare through checking from relevant sources like the Scott catalog. Checking on the resource material carefully, you will understand that the rarest stamp was used a very long time ago. It is the rarest in the world and most valued.

It is necessary to check the printing errors. There are some which are printed mistakenly baring some mistakes which were not noticed until they were released. A good example is the inverted Jenny which is an airmail stamp. It had a pane of one hundred which was printed upside down. Due to the mistake, it became among the rarest stamps and increased its value.

The content error is another issue to consider. You should check the content provided on them and compare with what is on the Scott Catalog. There are times when the printing sheets have wrong information without anyone noticing. A stamp used in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four had the image of rodeo star Ben Pickett but instead his brother Bill was the one supposed to appear.

Moreover, the use of the Scott Catalog can be helpful since it acts as a standard stamp reference guide. There is a need to note that it is updated annually which means that the information to acquire from is relevant. You are required to list down every stamp in the world best-known to you with some expectations. This way, you will have a chance of understanding their values.




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