ScottV Stamps

Here's the perfect follow-up to yesterday's post ... the very next stamp in the catalog.  Bremen #15. Germany Bremen #15 used – the classic 5-silbergroschen key design. 2021 catalog value $3750.00. A user posted some feedback about it: "This item looks to be yellow green. Also, the right edge has been trimmed and reperfed. I would suggest to have this item certified." Eagle eyes.  I would have to agree on the color, but I don't have specialist catalogs for this.  Well, I do have an old Michel specialized catalog, but the choice remains: post a generic Scott value that's up to date, or a more specific identification with a prices that's 25 years old.  As for the reperfed right else, it does look like the perfs are a bit too clean and shaped a bit differently. I'm not sure the reason we would pay $20 or $30 (or whatever it costs these days) to get a certificate that points out damage I didn't see when I looked at it.  I agree that these high-priced s...

Here is a stamp I've only seen a times before.  Germany Bremen #14 used – the classic 10gr key design. This one has straight edges at bottom and right, but that's probably how the sheets were cut, notice th black guidelines.  A fine impression, and with a (2021) catalog value $1125.00, it was a nice find.