What's the oldest stamp in your collection?

Discussion in 'Stamp Chat' started by queenbellevue, Mar 5, 2015.

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  1. queenbellevue

    queenbellevue Member

    Mine's a Chinese (Lunar) new year stamp from a few years back:)
     
    queenbellevue, Mar 5, 2015
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  2. James-2489

    James-2489 Well-Known Member

    Mine are 2x Penny Blacks + 2x 2d Blues of 1840, and penny Reds of 1841 to 1850s all imperforate, also later Reds and Blues with perforations 1854 onwards. Penny Reds are easy to get and not expensive about 21 billion stamps were printed.
    Regards James
     
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  3. Hochstrasse

    Hochstrasse Moderator Moderator

    That would be the first stamps of the U.S. issued in 1847. I don't have any of the earlier provisional stamps. :)
     
    Hochstrasse, Mar 5, 2015
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  4. Larry L. Taylor

    Larry L. Taylor Active Member

    US Scott #'s 1 & 2 (1847 and thereafter)
     
    Larry L. Taylor, Mar 5, 2015
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  5. Randi

    Randi New Member

    Since I am still new to all the real details of stamp collecting I would have to think these US stamps are my oldest. I am not sure though because I have some others that look really old and I do have some, what appear to be old, Swedish stamps. Does anyone know about these US stamps? 10440290_943298285704936_2585787855046335518_n.jpg
     
    Randi, Mar 5, 2015
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  6. James-2489

    James-2489 Well-Known Member

    Hello Randi,
    Nice stamps, here is the info.. Issue dates 1935 - 36
    so they are 80 years old.
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    Sorry typo above Mi: 337 should read 377 and Rhode Island 387 should read 382
    Regards, James
     
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  7. James-2489

    James-2489 Well-Known Member

    Hello Randi, Show us an image of your Swedish stamps and I'll try to ID them.
    Babysitting all day gives me lots of time for research.
    Regards, James.
     
    James-2489, Mar 5, 2015
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  8. zararina

    zararina Simply Me! :D

    I do have some Philippines stamps issued around 1920's.I think those are the oldest stamps I got so far. :)
     
    zararina, Mar 6, 2015
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  9. Randi

    Randi New Member

    Thanks so much James!! Looking closely now I feel like an idiot because I can see the date on the stamp. For some reason I thought it represented something else. It would be so awesome if you could find some information about this Swedish stamps! I'm going to leave them as thumbnails so they don't take up so much space since I have quite a few I am curious about.

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    Randi, Mar 6, 2015
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  10. Julius Butler

    Julius Butler New Member

     
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  11. Julius Butler

    Julius Butler New Member

    Mine is a u.s. stamp of Washington 1893
     
    Julius Butler, Mar 6, 2015
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  12. Gunny

    Gunny Retired Jarhead Moderator

    Mine would be this Scott # 7 from 1851. Haven't splurged for the 1847 issues yet.

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    Gunny, Mar 6, 2015
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  13. SATX Collector

    SATX Collector Remember the Alamo!

    Same with me... couple of US #1's, a few 9's, 10's, and 11's.
     
    SATX Collector, Mar 6, 2015
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  14. Hochstrasse

    Hochstrasse Moderator Moderator

    I just remembered that I do have a dozen or so penny reds from 1841. I don't really collect Great Britian, but I do have a somewhat scattered worldwide accumulation. :)
     
    Hochstrasse, Mar 7, 2015
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  15. zararina

    zararina Simply Me! :D

    Nice one Gunny. :)
     
    zararina, Mar 12, 2015
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  16. thegrey1

    thegrey1 New Member

    LOL I am such a newb at collecting, I just have a couple of old Elvis stamps.
     
    thegrey1, Mar 14, 2015
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  17. Gunny

    Gunny Retired Jarhead Moderator

    Gotta start somewhere. We all had that first stamp, and moved on from there.
     
    Gunny, Mar 14, 2015
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  18. SATX Collector

    SATX Collector Remember the Alamo!

    Have you discovered your interest (topic, country, etc) yet? If not, you might pick up some packets of stamps... depending on where you are at you might find them in hobby stores, on-line, local clubs. Also read up on the hobby: many libraries have books on collecting, and there are numerous on-line sources as well.
     
    SATX Collector, Mar 14, 2015
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  19. Mick

    Mick New Member

    Hi James re penny blacks
    69.5 million printed from plates1a/b through to plate 11
     
    Mick, Mar 17, 2015
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  20. zararina

    zararina Simply Me! :D

    Yes, got to start somewhere and I think you had a good start. :)
    Welcome to the forum.
     
    zararina, Mar 26, 2015
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