Stamp Collection
Bill "Lars" Colp

It may seem strange, but the purpose of this section is to show you what isn’t included in this stamp collection! If you are looking for the most common BOB items (Parcel Post, Postage Due, etc.), they are in the Back of Book section (where they belong). This section is a treatise of the types of stamps that are NOT considered part of this collection.

I try to provide an illustrative example of each category. In at least one case (Postal Notes), the entire series is presented, but that’s just because I got a good deal on the whole set. There are MANY obscure categories, some not even listed in the Scott catalog, that could be included here.

It bears repeating: This is a collection of Postage Stamps of the United States. There are 7 categories of items that are excluded:

1. It’s not a Stamp
   1. Postal Stationery
      1. Post Cards
      2. Envelopes
      3. Cut squares
      4. Wrappers
      5. Airmail
      6. Official
      7. Reply Cards
   2. Meters
   3. PVIs
   4. Permits
   5. Business Reply Mail
   6. Booklet Covers
   7. International Reply Coupon
   8. V-Mail
   9. Selvage (border surrounding the stamps on a sheet)
      
      
2. It’s not the United States
   1. Confederate States of America
   2. U. S. Occupation
      1. Canal Zone
      2. Cuba
      3. Office in China
      4. Danish West Indies
      5. Guam
      6. Philippines
      7. Puerto Rico
      8. Hawaii (prior to statehood)
      9. Marshall Islands
      10. Micronesia
      11. Palau
      12. Ryukyu Islands
   3. Allied Military Government
   4. United Nations
   5. Independent Postal System of America
   6. Joint Issues (the foreign version)
      
      
3. It’s not Postage
   1. Stamps converted to currency (Civil War Era)
      1. Encased Postage
      2. Postage Currency
   2. Test Stamps
   3. Official Seals
   4. Sanitary Fair (Civil War)
   5. War Savings (WWI and WWII)
   6. Postal Savings Stamps (for U.S. Savings Bonds)
   7. Postal Notes (used for money orders)
   8. Revenue Stamped Paper
   9. Revenue Stamps
   10. Private Die Proprietary
   11. Other Fees
   12. State and Local Revenues
   13. Other Stamps (Telegraph, etc.)
   14. Cinderellas (e.g. Christmas Seals)
   15. Advertising Collars
   16. Modern Local Posts
       
       
4. Ancillary
   1. Covers and Auxillary Markings
      1. Stampless Covers
      2. Postal History
         1. Obsolete Postmarks
         2. Mobile Post Office Cancellations (RPO's, HPO's, etc.)
         3. Unique Transportation Methods (Zeppelin, catapult, rocket, etc. )
         4. U.S. Military (APO, FPO, etc.)
         5. Auxillary Markings (Crash Covers, etc.)
      3. Commemorative Covers
         1. First Trip (e.g. First Flight)
         2. First Day Covers
         3. Special Events
            1. Expositions
            2. Inaugurations
            3. Naval Covers
            4. Holiday Covers
            5. Other
      4. Patriotic Covers
      5. Advertising Covers
      6. Advertising Collars
      7. Corner Cards
      8. Cameos
      9. Ladies' Envelopes
   2. Bisects
   3. Tags
   4. Cancellations
   5. Precancels
   6. Perfins
   7. Grills
   8. Secret Marks and Other Minutiae
   9. Watermarks, Perforations, and Press Type
   10. Private Perforations (Schermack, Farwell, Brinkerhoff, etc.)
   11. Local PO Perforations (Kansas City Roulettes)
   12. Souvenir Cards
   13. Souvenir Pages
   14. Commemorative Panels
       
       
5. Errors, Freaks, and Oddities
   1. Inverts
   2. Plate Flaws
   3. Perforation Errors
   4. Paper Folds
   5. Color Shifts
   6. Missing Color Errors
   7. Ink Errors
   8. Multiple Errors
      
      
6. Fakes, Forgeries, and Facsimiles
   1. Fake Overprints
   2. Trimmed Perforations
   3. Fake Perforations Added
   4. Forgeries
   5. Reproductions
   6. Facsimiles
   7. Specimens
   8. Proofs
   9. Essays
      
      
7. Computer Vended Postage
   1. Vending Machine Postage
   2. Personal Computer Postage
   3. Personalized Postage

As a stamp collector, it was easy to limit my collection to just the United States, but there are many temptations to collect U.S. postage that isn’t a stamp and U.S. stamps that aren’t postage. Primarily we’re talking about Postal Stationary and Revenue Stamps, but there are dozens of other niches that often find their way into the BOB part of a collection.

I hope you enjoy the hodge-podge on the following pages. To me it is a collage of near cousins to the stamps I have painstakingly collected over the years. Not worthy of collecting in their entirety, but definitely worth a mention and a few illustrative examples.

Pages

Click on any thumbnail image below to view the page full screen.

It's Not a Stamp

Postal Stationery, Meters, Permits, International Reply Coupon, Revenue Stamped Paper and Selvage

page 1.1	page 1.2	page 1.3	page 1.4	page 1.5
page 1.6	page 1.7	page 1.8 front	page 1.8 back	page 1.9
page 1.10	page 1.11	page 1.12	page 1.13	page 1.14
page 1.15	page 1.16	page 1.17	page 1.18	page 1.19

It's Not the United States

Confederate States of America, Canal Zone, Cuba, Office in China, Danish West Indies, Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Ryukyu Islands, Allied Military Government, United Nations, Independent Postal System of America, Joint Issues

page 2.1	page 2.2	page 2.3	page 2.4	page 2.5	page 2.6
page 2.7	page 2.8	page 2.9	page 2.10	page 2.11	page 2.12
page 2.13	page 2.14	page 2.15	page 2.16	page 2.17	page 2.18
page 2.19	page 2.20	page 2.21	page 2.22	page 2.23	page 2.24
page 2.25	page 2.26	page 2.27	page 2.28	page 2.29

It's Not Postage

Encased Postage Stamps, Postage Currency, Test stamps, Official seals, Sanitary Fair, War Savings, Postal Savings, Savings Stamps, Postal Notes, Revenue Stamped Paper, Revenue Stamps, Private Die Proprietary, Other Fees, State and Local Revenues, Telegraph stamps, Cinderellas, Modern Local Posts

				Blank Page for Future Use
page 3.1	page 3.2	page 3.3	page 3.4	page 3.5	page 3.6
page 3.7	page 3.8	page 3.9	page 3.10	page 3.11	page 3.12
page 3.13	page 3.14	page 3.15	page 3.16	page 3.17	page 3.18
page 3.19	page 3.20	page 3.21	page 3.22	page 3.23	page 3.24
page 3.25	page 3.26	page 3.27	page 3.28	page 3.29
page 3.30		page 3.31		page 3.32

Ancillary

Covers, Auxiliary Markings, Bisects, Tags, Cancellations, Precancels, Perfins, Grills, Secret Marks and Other Minutiae, Press Type, Watermark, Perforation, Private Perforations, Local Perforations, Souvenir Cards, Souvenir Pages and Commemorative Panels

page 4.1	page 4.2	page 4.3	page 4.4	page 4.5	page 4.6
page 4.7	page 4.8	page 4.9	page 4.10	page 4.11	page 4.12
page 4.13	page 4.14	page 4.15	page 4.16	page 4.17	page 4.18
page 4.19	page 4.20	page 4.21	page 4.22	page 4.23	page 4.24
page 4.25	page 4.26	page 4.27	page 4.28	page 4.29	page 4.30 front
page 4.30 back	page 4.31	page 4.32	page 4.33	page 4.34	page 4.35
page 4.36	page 4.37	page 4.38	page 4.39	page 4.40	page 4.41
page 4.42	page 4.43	page 4.44	page 4.45	page 4.46	page 4.47
page 4.48			page 4.49

Errors, Freaks, and Oddities

Invert, Plate flaw, Omitted tagging, Color missing, Printing smear, Dry plate, Color shift, Misperf, Gutter snipe, Missing perf, Pre-print paper fold, crazy perf, and Multiple errors.

page 5.1	page 5.2	page 5.3	page 5.4	page 5.5	page 5.6
page 5.7

Fakes, Forgeries, and Facsimilies

page 6.1	page 6.2	page 6.3	page 6.4	page 6.5
page 6.6	page 6.7	page 6.8	page 6.9	page 6.10

Personalized Postage and Personal Computer Postage

page 7.1	page 7.2