A Revenue Collector's Blog

… at least based upon the catalog values of the stamps. If the stamps are of nominal value used, then presumably they were used in large quantities, so why don’t we necessarily see them very often still on documents? This is similar to the threads I’ve made about Scott #J68, the half-cent postage due, of nominal value used, yet try finding one on cover or card paying a fractional cent rate. They’re tough; any example is a $25+ item, with…

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My eyes and brain keep playing tricks on me. Depending on what/how I look at this stamp, I can see two impressions offset NE to SW with respect to one another, but if I look at other elements it just looks like ink spread. Thoughts? Image is 3200dpi, so you may want to open it in a new window to see it larger. From Bart Rosenberg: This is not the double impression, which is much more obvious. This is more…

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Scott #R12c, the orange 2-cent Playing Cards 1st issue revenue stamp is of moderate catalog value at $55.00. Multiples, on the other hand, are incredibly scarce, with the catalog value of a pair being $500.00 in italics. The Curtis Census listed a total of 8 multiples of any size: a reconstructed block of 4, an L-shaped block of 3, a strip of 3, 4 horizontal pairs and 1 vertical pair. I stumbled across the following pair on eBay running as…

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I had read somewhere that PSE is doing all expertizing inhouse now rather than sending material out to Eric, Richard, and other recognized revenue experts. Well, that certainly appears to be the case. These two “genuine” certs are egregious. If you truly want valid opinions and certs that actually mean a whit in the marketplace when it comes to U.S. revenues, for the love of everything holy, do NOT send them to PSE. Good grief! For those not well versed…

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