Stamps UDLS Jan Pilzer 2017-10-20 Components of a Stamp 1. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Stamps UDLS Jan Pilzer 2017-10-20 Components of a Stamp 1. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Stamps UDLS Jan Pilzer 2017-10-20 Components of a Stamp 1. Design 2. Separation 3. Denomination 4. Country Name (Except UK) Postage Stamp Design Design Categories Portrait bust - profile or full-face Emblem - coat of arms, flag,

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Stamps

UDLS Jan Pilzer 2017-10-20

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Components of a Stamp

  • 1. Design
  • 2. Separation
  • 3. Denomination
  • 4. Country Name

(Except UK)

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Postage Stamp Design

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Design Categories

  • Portrait bust - profile or full-face
  • Emblem - coat of arms, flag, national symbol, posthorn, etc.
  • Numeric - a design built around the numeral of value
  • Pictorial
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Shape and Size

  • Mostly rectangular
  • Usual size 10 to 30 mm
  • Other shapes possible
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Design Failures

  • Wrong music sheet
  • Wrong statue (Las Vegas instead of New York)
  • Insulting to recipient
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Propaganda Design

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Postage Stamp Separation

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Imperforate

  • 1840 to 1850
  • Cut from sheet by user
  • Time-consuming
  • Error-prone
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Rouletting

Small cuts along the edge, different angles

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Perforation

  • Most often used method
  • Defining the shape of stamps
  • Measured by number of

holes per 2cm (usually 11-14)

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Die Cutting

  • Used for self-adhesive stamps
  • Often imitating perforations
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Denomination

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Overprint

  • Changing value due to monetary system, inflation, or external

influence

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Non-Denominated Postage

  • Also called non-value indicator (NVI) postage
  • Used to keep stamps valid after rate increases
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Notable Stamps

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Penny Black

  • World's first postage stamp
  • Invented by Sir Roland Hill as part of

postal system reform

  • Beginning of prepaid postage
  • Letter up to 1⁄2 ounce (14 grams)

regardless of distance

Country United Kingdom Date 1 May 1840 Face value 1 penny Current value $6,000

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Bull's Eye

  • First stamp issued by Brazil
  • Brazil as second country to issue

nation wide postage

Country Brazil Date 1 August 1843 Face value 30, 60 and 90 réis Current value $400

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Basel Dove

  • World’s first tricolor stamp

Country Switzerland Date 1 July 1845 Face value 2½ rappen Current value $30,000

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Mauritius "Post Office" stamps

Country Mauritius Date 21 Sep 1847 Face value 1 penny / 2 pence Current value $4,000,000

  • About 27 remaining
  • Later changed to

“Post Paid”

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Treskilling Yellow

  • “three schilling banco error of color”
  • Only one copy is known to exist
  • Printed in the wrong color, normally

blue-green

Country Sweden Date 1855 Face value 3 Swedish skillings Current value $2,300,000

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British Guiana 1c magenta

  • World’s most famous rare stamp
  • Only one copy is known to exist

Country British Guiana Date 1856 Face value 1c Current value $9,480,000

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Country United States Date 10 May 1918 Face value 24c Current value $977,500

Inverted Jenny

  • 100 stamps exist
  • Rare because of invert error
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