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Very likely true, which of course makes them MANY times scarcer than the 5/-!PeterS wrote:
Clive,
This is the sole 3d value I have. I don't have value lower in First WMK.
My theory is that the low values were easily collected from mail and so were often discarded by purchasers of the Specimen sets.
Yes sir, as you say, really unwise.I really am unwise to show it as someone here bought it off me, and it is now "misplaced" in my tidy stamp storage MegaMall.
Yes, absolutely. You don't say how many CTO 1d roos you have tucked away in your stockbook, but I'll buy as many well-centred/sound perfs copies that you have for twice the ACSC figure.Oddly I get $400 readily for a CTO 5/-, and DOUBLE that for the 1913 high value Specimens done in identical number, but when I ask just 5% of that for the (far scarcer) lower values and collectors want to burn me at the stake.
I argued this case with Kellow for the ACSC pricing 7 years back, and have done so in columns since.
A 1d red genuine 1913 CTO should certainly be $50 or $100 in ACSC - not $25.
Clive, think of it this way...Glen has the most secure place in Australia, so it 'aint lost, just misplaced!clive willingham wrote:Glen,
Yes sir, as you say, really unwise.I really am unwise to show it as someone here bought it off me, and it is now "misplaced" in my tidy stamp storage MegaMall.![]()
Clive
"Every cloud has a silver lining"clive willingham wrote:Glen,
Yes sir, as you say, really unwise.I really am unwise to show it as someone here bought it off me, and it is now "misplaced" in my tidy stamp storage MegaMall.![]()
Clive
Clive, I am sure you have seen it yourself...stamps being described as CTO simply because they have neat corner cancels. I have seen many that, when you explain to people that the cancel is wrong, offence is taken. "Well, it has a Melbourne cancel!" is something I hear often.clive willingham wrote:Peter,
There was a CTO South Australian set sold on eBay just a few weeks ago - it went as cheap and chips, and had me spitting chips because I got home too late to put a bid in.
The CTO Cable set is hard to find, as you say. A regular (and reputable)ebay seller who trades under the name portsea was advertising them quite regularly a few months back; from memory they were going for $10-15, and he at one stage expressed some surprise that they were fetching that much.
Clive
Looks OK to me!RodT wrote:This looks close Peter. I seem to have my fair share of CTOs, which are a byproduct of zealously collecting VFU for many years.
Thanks Peter. I still have to rummage through the rest of my VFU to see what else is there. I'll post a few more images once done, starting with KGV.PeterS wrote:Looks OK to me!RodT wrote:This looks close Peter. I seem to have my fair share of CTOs, which are a byproduct of zealously collecting VFU for many years.
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