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Grading vintage stamps, First Day Covers (FDC’s) is a subjective process.
As a philatelist, I do my best to put a fair value on items at a bargain price!
I do careful research before listing an item in order to determine an honest price.
I determine the value of vintage stamps & FDC’s by using the Scott Catalog AND by
the age, the rarity, the condition, the country, and the interest of the item’s subject.
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Historic Stamps FROM THE PAST Vintage
1956 CTO Government “Official” Stamp Dienstmarken Plus Bonus Stamp From Deutsche
Demokratische Republik (DDR) German
Democratic Republic = East Germany (1949-1990) Country
in Europe The German Democratic
Republic German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), often known in
English as East Germany,
existed from 1949 to 1990. This area was occupied by the Soviet Union at the
end of World War II East Germany's political
and economic system reflected its status as a part of the Eastern Bloc of
Soviet-allied Communist countries, with the nation ruled by the Socialist
Unity Party of Germany (SED) and operating with a command economy for 41
years until 3 October 1990 when East and West Germany were unified with the
former being absorbed into the latter's existing system of liberal democracy
and a market economy. Wikipedia Deutsche
Post - German postal service |
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Topic |
German
postal service Official Stamps for Administration Post There was a surplus of these stamps printed in 1956. Due
to the surplus, these stamps were never gummed and were cancelled by the post
office for non-use and sold to stamp collectors. |
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Definition |
Definition of CTO: A cancelled
to order (also called CTOs) postage stamp is a stamp the issuing postal
service has cancelled (marked as used), but has not traveled through the post
(UNUSED), but instead get handed back to a stamp collector or dealer. They
can come from withdrawn stocks of stamps. Postal services of various
countries do this in response to collector demand. |
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Details |
Catalog code: Scott O28 Issued: 1956-04-01 Colors: Black Face value: 5 pfennigs Watermark: 2XI post horn
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CONDITION |
Cancelled-To-Order (CTO) Light Hinge (LH) No Gum (NG) (See listing photos for condition!) All
used stamps are clean of paper residue on back sides And
are nicely pressed! Photos provided are of actual stamps for sale. Please view photos closely for condition
of these stamps. Thank you for your interest! Bobbie Skye |
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