And there is one number or 1A here for each color.
USA stamps did that for a while - remember the multiple plate numbers? But at first they put the separate number for each color on different selvage. Collectors were not happy, so they stopped that practice.
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I agree that they are control marks for color monitoring perhaps, but I wondered why collecting these sets with full traffic lights are so popular. I know a dealer who is obsessed with them! Do these command a premium? Is this like collecting Zip code blocks?
Does anyone here collect these? They do look snazzy!
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Here's a gutter strip with traffic lights from Australia Sc # 1215 a/b Aussie dealer has these listed at $12-50 a pair??I do know one of the pairs is worth more than the other, for the life of me I can't remember which one.As there is only 2 of one and 3 of the other I think that narrows it down.
Gerom, I think it may be possible that the "missing" color may be the white color - white on white not showing up ? Although they do say it is the blue missing -- sorry - guess I am wrong about that!
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re: Why are “traffic lights” so popular?
Okay, I think we can all agree that there are real traffic lights, stamps with Traffic light margins, traffic light pairs and days when the traffic is light,
But the question remains; Why are the traffic lights on margins so popular?
Of course, that begs the question; Are Traffic light margins really all that popular?
And, does anyone have a special THM collection ?
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Canada offers the Traffic Light margin copy collector an interesting option. The Wildlife Habitat stamps (aka "duck hunting stamps") have duck-shaped "traffic lights" in the margin of the sheet versions of these issues. I do not know whether this is unique, but they are an interesting variation.
I do not collect recent stamps and it is possible.
Maybe someone has marginal blocks with traffic light and can tell me the diameter of the dots.The color dots is similar to one of the colors of the stamp.
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 05 Mar 2020 06:02:10pm
re: Why are “traffic lights” so popular?
When I first came across some stamps with these little grayish dots,
I noticed that some were round and other were apparently squarish,
also some stamps had two dots while others, either three or one.
So naturally, I began to mount them in columns according to how many
and which kind.
Of course, I later land their meaning and moved those two pages into
a file somewhere.
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