| Author |
Message |
Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: U.S. 1996 BCA perf test dummy stamp? |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 23:56:18 pm
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 818
|
| Update - TD128 was originally found in sheets of 50 (5 x 10), but in 2012 a smaller size 20-stamp sheet (4 x 5) was discovered. The stamps appear identical (same gauge of serpentine die cuts, etc.), but the widths of the sheet's outside margins was different. I am still looking for an example of TD1... |
|
 |
Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: Cinderellas & Local Posts - Online Reference Site |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 14:24:55 pm
|
|
Replies: 24
Views: 6697
|
| Does anyone else collect United States test stamps? I'm interested in any and all U.S. test stamps - coils, booklets, convertible booklets, ATM panes, or sheet stamps. Below is a photo of a dummy booklet pane produced by the Bureau of Engraving about 35 years ago (but just listed for the first time ... |
|
|
Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: No Small Potatoes! $14K bklt bought for $3 at flea market |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 09:09:27 am
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 884
|
| Does anyone have any of the early rubber handstamped provisional booklet covers from those Potato Tax Exempt booklets? Each stamp denomination (2, 5, 10, 25, and 50 Pounds) was made into booklets containing two, eight, or sixteen panes of 12 stamps each. The books with two panes had pink covers, the... |
|
|
Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: U.S. 1996 BCA perf test dummy stamp? |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 08:45:24 am
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 818
|
I only know of one example of TD129 in collector hands. There should be more since it was produced as a sheet stamp (probably a pane of 40).
The other Parrot test stamp (TD128) is available from at least one dealer (I still have a few copies if you need it). TD128 came in a sheet of 50. |
|
|
Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your "TETE-BECHE" stamps |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 17:58:09 pm
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 1391
|
| This is a booklet pane of ten stamps that has a tete-beche block at the bottom. This pane was made when the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was evaluating the capabilities of their new Goble booklet forming machines - probably around 1980. http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l492/RayRatt/USATDB46b.... |
|
|
Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your "TETE-BECHE" stamps |
| RayRatt |
|
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 17:25:22 pm
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 1391
|
This tête-bêche coil (catalog number 131) was created when Sweden first began using a Stickney rotary press - one of the two intaglio plates was mounted upside down!
 |
|
|
| Sort by: |
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
Members
