The other night my wife and I watched an old episode of Law Order Special Victims Unit . The teleplay was the usual 'pedophile' yarn. What made the pervert unusual was his stamp collection! What made his...
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During the last fifty years I have had dealings with hundreds of stamp dealers. They ranged from the smallest to the largest, the sadly ignorant to the world-class expert, the poor to the wealthy, the crooked...
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Every now and again I get an email question from a non-collector about philatelic material they have aquired and know little or nothing about. In most cases the material is worth very little money on the open...
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Long thought by many to be the most beautiful postage stamp ever produced for the United States Post Office Department (USPOD) by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the design of the stamp has an...
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The US "Goddess of Victory and Flags" issue of 1919 (Scott #537) is quite interesting for a number of reasons. First, it was the only US Commemorative issued to pay the 3c First Class WWI letter rate. (See my...
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