I am new to the hobby and my information is not complete in a lot of categories....this is one. In the information I have I do not show this partial perf example?
Dialysis, damned if you do...dead if you don't 09 Jan 2019 05:33:46pm
re: Variant of Scott #303
No, it is called a 'straight edge' and is typically valued lowed then a fully perforated stamp. For an explanation of straight edge stamp see this article http://stampsmarter.com/learning/ID_RareLines.html
Thank You that clearly explains it. Although you would think a higher value would be appropriate due to fewer in the population? I'm not even close to understanding yet!
Nelson, you're right about the straight edges being fewer. Some people collect examples with straight edges from every side i.e. top, right, left and bottom. A REALLY rare find is an example with two straight edges (corner copy).
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re: Variant of Scott #303
"Although you would think a higher value would be appropriate due to fewer in the population? "
A common misconception, that ignores the fact that the "value equation" has two parts: Supply AND demand.
Very few collectors like these straight-edge stamps (although I can name exceptions), resulting in much less demand than there is supply, ergo they tend to sell only at deep discounts to regular copies, with the lower price effectively raising the demand by attracting bargain hunters who are not as picky.
Roy
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Dialysis, damned if you do...dead if you don't 09 Jan 2019 06:06:41pm
re: Variant of Scott #303
As others have mentioned, demand is critically important. Interest in 'straight edges' has never been strong although there is a small following. I think the following was a bit bigger in 1950s and there were a few dealers who offered them as shown in the following images.
But since it is a less common collecting area, putting a collection together can be fun, inexpensive, and rewarding. here is a positional re-assembly.
I have some of the straight edges in my collection, off hand I remember my 10 Cent Colombian is one. I don't mind them since they are post office original and as said, they were produced in numbers lesser than the four perf sided versions.
And Don, don't get me started collecting those! I already have a bunch of these 4 corner sets in my collection. Back when I serviced FDCs I'd save a set of these!
The truth is within and only you can reveal it 11 Jan 2019 07:11:16pm
re: Variant of Scott #303
DON, Nice post, I have never seen that info before. It's to bad that the values for "normal" fully perforated stamps was not given for comparison. It would be nice to know the year of that publication then having a member who has a catalog of that vintage to show those values.
Another thing to consider is that higher value stamps with SE's are constantly diminishing
as they are being falsely perfed by the unscrupulous. I've known dealers who believed that natural straight edge stamps will increase in value.
Dialysis, damned if you do...dead if you don't 11 Jan 2019 08:41:17pm
re: Variant of Scott #303
Good Evening Mitch
Hope you had a great holiday season and are continuing to mend nicely.
You make some good points. I have always found that market demand is a crazy thing; it is such a powerful force. And human greedy and unethical behavior certainly follows the marketplace. So if demand for straight edges jumped up, we would have to assume that fully perforated stamps would soon be scissored into straight edges (complete with drawn in lines). Yikes, we can’t win!
Don