For those searching for a brand new hobby have you thought to consider stamp collecting
. You would not be alone. You will find literally tens of millions of stamp collectors across the world. Not all people collecting stamps collects the same style of stamps. Many collectors will aim their attentions on accumulating stamps that display plants for example. Whilst other collectors will keenly seek out the rare stamp. So what in fact is a rare stamp and are there many around? Here we consider a few examples of what are called a rare stamp and the reasons why they're so exclusive.
A rare stamp certainly will most often possess an intriguing story behind it and in the majority of cases will be old. And the first rare stamp we introduce fits that bill perfectly because it was issued in 1855 and made well-known as it was printed off using the improper colour. Not only is the Swedish Treskilling Yellow a rare stamp, it additionally maintains the worlds record auction sales price for a single postage stamp. In excess of two million dollars back in 1996!. The Treskilling Yellow was made renowned simply because it had been printed by error in a different colour to the typical blue green denomination coloration. The Treskilling Yellow is a rare stamp without a doubt. Only one stamp appears to have survived. If you're a stamp collector its better to overlook this rare stamp because it will most likely never be a part of your collection.
The Perot Provisional Stamp is yet another super example of rare stamp that is certainly well known amongst stamp collectors. This rare stamp range is distinct in that every stamp has handwriting on it. The Perot Provisional stamp initially came into circulation in 1848 and was individually signed and given a value by the head post master William Perot. The Perot Provisional is genuinely a high value and rare stamp. Want one for your collection? Unfortunately the eleven surviving postage stamps are safely held in the stamp collections of royal households across Europe.
The next rare stamp is the Inverted Jenny from the USA. A printing error is yet again accountable for making the Inverted Jenny the hugely adored rare stamp that it is today. This rare stamp achieves its name from the inverted picture of a Curtiss JN-4 airplane which it displays. The printers are to blame as their error caused the plane symbol to be flying upside down. Who would have known that this kind of a simple mistake would make this such a rare stamp that collectors are happy to pay out huge amounts of money for.