Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-01-26
FREAK STAMPS
Tho High Prices raid by pbiiateIfstS
for the BIunders Of the C;ovcra.
ment-Thc Insrcqucnry Of
These Mistakes.
From tho Kansas rl,y starr

tFrom the Kansas tltv Star)
About the only freaks Of great value
manIfac tured by the government are
misprinted postage stamps the value OF
one of thcsc sometimes running up INTO
the thousands. There is nothing moro
dear to the collector than these errors
in printing. and too. there is nothing
which causes a tornado OF trouble quick
or in thu bureau of engraving and print
ing. An error is generally q. costly thing
in his department. It means that who
ever Is responsible for the mistake mus.
get out and hunt another job. The
work is too important to permit of care.
essneSs An error produces q freak
stamp. but it also produces 4 vacancy,
often more. in The ranks oi the employees
Of tho departments hut the collector, tho
philatolist is happy; for he sets prize
~ the first water.
Any and everything in the way OF
stamp which varies hairs breadth from
the correct design is a freak and there is
always a heated race by the stamp tends
to secure orc of these. Sually these err
rors, and they are not made often arc
detected before mary Of the stamps arc
put IN circulation. and when only few
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! cent errors. of course no consideration
whatever was given 10 the proposition.
aud tn" got-1ioh-quick phlatest saw
| his plans lniso4rrV
'""',' very val e'Ne ircak stamps were
! i''"'" w i''' "''' S"rleS or Stamps
were ls@ue' ~ ooioiS. ne series COM
prise" o"hotn'ha rom cent I" y"
GEMS. ne i'' - 80 and y" cents were
printed IN Two ooIois. ON these the cen
wal picture vas Vrln'"d inverted ana
VIC error was detected. TODAY any ~
! 'n'Sc freaks Will pf ns from fo'" TO sspo
''1h'
| Inc lre"N '""-Cch' iiN-Nln"rlCan SER
r'S OIL stamps "h'oh 'Dfh"d up IN bur-
'a''' n !" II" wears ago arc no"
rated az ~ each' Only a 'ew OF these
e"t IN clr'oiation pcfor" II was discover
e' tnat inc r'lliroad ''a'n IN Inc csntrs
Io' thc stamp was rrs'de doWn II -
likely mat 'hocSahds "onid nave peen
sold had rot gentleman who had pur-
chased ten stamps discovered the error
ana forthwith wrote the bureau OF sh-
Ela'hS ana printing notifNine IN. Of
hccrs lie doubtless thought ne was
doing good service Tor the government.
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Iectors dtnounce nm as chump OF the
rankest Type Inc gentleman gave
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, ana IL Is not Hhe'A ''ia' '"' mar net WI
even y" siuttt" WIN '''' ii'"N stamp
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