Minggu, 14 April 2019

How To Identify Rare Postage Stamps

By Scott Wagner


Over the years, stamp collectors continuously dream of finding valuable stamps. They focus more of their energy and time towards getting them. However, to find and identify Rare Postage Stamps is difficult. It requires one to have skills and knowledge of philately. It is important to note that they are becoming rare due to various factors like errors in printing, content and perforation.

The age of a stamp can make it become rare. Those which were used in the ancient times have become infrequent as compared to those used recently. They are becoming rarer since many collectors have kept them in their permanent collections. This has led to an increased value of such stamps and their cost continuously increase.

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.

One is required to measure the number of perforations on the stamp edge by use of a perforation gauge. This is an essential gadget that will help determine those with similar perforations. In most instances, those that are nearly identical have different perforations. Some of the perforations make them infrequent hence increasing their value and costs more than one would have expected.

You should take time and research your stamp. This will help determine how common it might be. Among the many sources of information to consider, Scott catalogs should be the first reference resource material. You will realize that the rarest stamp in the world is one made in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six which is the most expensive.

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.

Another issue considered is the content error. You might realize that a stamp has a different content with one indicated on the Scott Catalog. This means that some sheets would have wrong content which went unnoticed early enough. For example, a stamp issued in year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four has an image of rodeo star Ben Pickett instead of his brother Bill.

One is encouraged to use the Scott catalog to confirm any information on a stamp you might be having. This is a relevant reference material that is updated every year making it possess updated details. This makes its information to remain useful to date. You can, therefore, get any details needed based on the value and price of a collected stamp.




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