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UPDATE: Please note, Scott Catalogue identifies counterfeit stamps by the number of the genuine stamp with a CF number in parenthesis. Example: 807(CF1) or 807(CF2)
Thanks. I have an old stamp collection of my grandmother and aunt. They are not in the nice booklets but just in a box. I'm hoping one day I can go through it and attempt to learn about the stamps and any value they may have. If anything, it will be a great retirement project. 😊. Thanks for the info.
You're the only one that I could find that talked about the Black Hondrous. How can I reach you? I went to your website and it was very confusing. I will check back in a few days. I think I have one of these BH. Thanks
I am quite sure that the stamp trade of the Z grill for the Inverted Jenny plate block WILL still be talked about 50 years in the future. This is a great video about your history with the Z grill.
Oh hy actually I think I have a Z-grill but I don’t know how I can identify if it was a zgrill or something else please can you help me I have some other rare stamps too
In most videos I saw they drip a few drops on the back of the stamp lying in the black container, thus, do not use so much fluid spurted out in the container itself. The few drops made more sense to me. Less waste.
Thank you for your question! Our in-house experts do not recommend attempting to soak stamps off paper with anything but water. Other fluids could potentially damage the stamp. Leaving a modern, self-adhesive stamp on paper is completely safe, which is why we suggest simply trimming the paper as close to the perforations as possible and then placing the stamp in a slightly larger mount to account for the difference. We hope this helps!
@@mysticstampcompanyofficial1601 I will certainly keep this in mind as a choice. It just feels "strange" to keep a stamp on paper. The self-adhesive stamps of some countries, e.g. of Canada can apparently be removed from the paper with water. I guess one has to try to soak a self-adhesive stamp with water, and make notes about which countries one can do it that way, and for the remainder one of the choices is to leave it on paper as you think is best.
No, we sold the plate block in 2015. I'll tell that story in a few weeks. I planned to show the Jenny plate block at the NYC 2016 International Stamp Show. Stuart Weitzman, owner of high end shoe company called me asking to buy it. I said no. He said he had to buy it for some European investors who want rare US things. Long story short, he made an offer too good to refuse. That's a fun story we will tell soon. I'm happy you enjoyed this video.
The $5 Hamilton is not relatively scarce in mint condition. In fact, it is easily found in mint condition. I bought mine on ebay in 2020, in mint NH, VF-EX Fine centering for $28.00.
I discovered my grandfather's stamp collection. He left plenty to sort through. I'm probably about the age he started collecting, so I feel a connection with him when I start looking through these stamps, (nearly all from Mystic in the 60s-80s) ,🤗
