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Spot the Difference if you Can #15

Spot the Difference if you Can #15 Recently I got a call from a customer who was entering some Great Britain Machin stamps and he was questioning the value of one of the stamps in our EzStamp database. This collector had 27 copies of a particular stamp valued at about $20 mint & $11 used. […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #14

Spot the Difference if you Can #14 Many times, we get questions from customers such as ‘How do you tell the difference between …’. The following was one of those questions. These two USA stamps are surprisingly similar but seem to confound many collectors as to how to tell them apart. The two stamp shown […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #12

Spot the Difference if you Can #12 These Danzig stamps from the 1920’s are fairly common, but there are many varieties that can be found if you know what to look for. Many catalogs and reference materials refer to a French term, namely Burelage. This term refers to an intricate network of fine lines, dots […]

Newspaper-style page headlined "Black Tuesday" on the stock market crash of 1929, showing crowds filling Wall Street.

What makes a stamp collectible & desirable?

What makes a stamp collectible & desirable? This has always intrigued me over the many years I have been collecting. I can reflect on what makes me go after a stamp & have always wondered if others do the same. Primary for me, is whether I have the stamp and if I collect that country. […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #11

Spot the Difference if you Can #11 These three Greek stamps from 1927-1933 look very similar and are not too difficult to find at all. But many collectors and dealers do not take the time to correctly identify them, causing confusion in online sales listings. We believe you should always take the time to properly […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #10

Spot the Difference if you Can #10 These two German stamps from July 1948 look very similar and are overprints of the 1946 issue of the same design. There are many stamps in this series that have minor variations, like the ones shown here. These are both Sc# 593E. But the bottom stamps is a […]

Filling the Philatelic Holes!

Filling the Philatelic Holes! Something most collectors face at one point or another in their passion for stamp collecting is those holes in their albums. Eventually you will get to a point in your collecting area where the items you are missing are very rare and expensive and you are left with holes in your […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #9

Spot the Difference if you Can #9 These two USA issues from Oct. 17, 1991 look very similar and many collectors do not realize they are different stamps with separate catalog numbers. The one on the Bottom is Sc# 2580 & the top is Sc# 2581. The two stamps are not very expensive. Both can […]

Spot the Difference if you Can #8

Spot the Difference if you Can #8 These two New Zealand issues from April 16, 1915 look very similar and many collectors do not realize they are different stamps with separate catalog numbers. The one on the left is Sc# 160 & the other is Sc# 161. The two stamps are not very expensive. Sc# […]

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