Questions are how people learn and gather knowledge. In that spirit, here's a place to discuss: a. The best question you've ever been asked (or asked yourself) about stamp collecting b. What people never do ask, but you wish they would.
What is the origin / basis / reason for the 1929 Kansas and Nebraska overprints on the 1926-28 presidential series in the US?
A - a.- Is a qwuiestion I could not answer and lead to the challenge of research. A - b - Where did you learn this ? The reply would embarrass them, that is why they ask where, who or why on the net, when they could dig up the answer on their own.
Are we suppose to answer the questions? The overprints came about because of a chain of post office robberies in the midwest US in the late 1920s. The PO decided that by printing the states abbreviations on the stamps that the robbers couldn't resale them elsewhere. The thought was to expand this to all states. A trial showed this to not be a good idea so only the stamps overprinted for Nebr. and Kans were released. They were legal postage in all 48 states, but the overprint was rather crude , so counterfeits started almost immediately after the philatelists started collecting them. First use is given as 4/15/1929. This info was in the APS handbook " Counterfeit Kansas-Nebraska Overprints on 1922-34 issue by Schoen and De Voss". A needed publication if one is considering buying them raw. ISBN; # 0-686-21205-3. I have seen several fakes show up on ebay over the last decades. Jim
I was once asked whilst in a retail store, "Do you have any white socks for my daughter to do gym in"? It is hilarious if you say it out loud. Though absolutely nothing to do with stamp collecting ha ha ha.
Ok, but if you ask random questions in a thread about irrelevant questions, it pertains to the topic. Therefore its not an irrelevant question. BUT Since its doesn't fit the category anymore, it IS irrelevant...However, that brings us back to the start. OK, I'll shut up now
Tu7...do you really want me to repeat that? Zararina I knew what you meant, of course Just couldn't resist some good old fashion confusion
