“The past several months can only be described as bizarre,” said Jim Siekermann, a Cincinnati collector and co-author of A Guidebook and Checklist: U.S. They blame bureaucratic incompetence, downright stupidity, or even perceived favoritism to selected customers. Some collectors are outraged that USPS Stamp Services has let one of its cash cows become bogged down. This makes it impossible to use the new imperforate stamps on first-day covers, these collectors fume. Some collectors are accusing the Postal Service of operating in secrecy, keeping the numbers of imperforate sheets - also called no-die-cut sheets - a closely guarded secret until the moment sheets have gone on sale at first-day ceremonies.Įven then, the number of sheets being offered often isn’t known, the collectors say, until a clerk at a first-day ceremony announces all the sheets are sold.ĭespite the sheets’ popularity, postal clerks often have only a few sheets at first-day events.Īdvance telephone orders have been accepted, but then rejected well after a first-day event. Green Valley, AZ 85614īrowse our wide-ranging collection of auction catalogues previewing the rare stamps and lots being offered at upcoming sales. Your 200 different foreign plus SAES for my 200 different. LARGE SCOTT SPECIALITY 3-RING BINDER - TOP SELLER! Find information about every stamp issued by the USPS and other postal services since 1997, and learn where in the world stamps about your favorite topics are being issued.Quickly search our catalog by OR across countries, zoom, take it anywhere and much much more. The all-new way to always have the latest listings and values.Maintained by our expert staff (who also publish Linn's), we catalog all new stamp issues and regularly release stamp value updates. The Scott Catalogue of Postage Stamps is the foremost name in stamp collecting.Monday Morning Brief | New stamps in catalog.Rumsey Westpex auction series features U.S., worldwide Concord U.S.How should Scott catalog editors list the new King Charles definitives?.USPS first-class mail rates set to increase July 9. Jean Wang named to research library board, Thomas Bieniosek named vice president.
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