HERE ARE THREE OF THE MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTIONS

WHATS HOT, AND WHATS NOT?

A...Hot this season seems to be  SHEETS, COLLECTIONS, BACK OF THE BOOK MATERIAL, DUCK SHEETS AND SINGLES, "GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES", High denomination issues of all kinds, "PREXY", LIBERTY SERIES",20 cent-22-25,and 33 Items., "POMAMAX",THREE CENT PURPLES, AND ITEMS PRIOR TO 1945. Picking up speed are unusual covers.

DEAD ON ARIVIAL... All 3 cent sheets (except 3 cent purples prior to 1945), 4, 5 , 6, 8 cent Sheets after 1945. Minor Errors.

WHY DO SOME SHEETS ONLY HAVE MUCILAGE ON TWO SIDES?...

A.. Some early sheets were printed 200 and 400 stamps to a sheet. Case in point SCOTT #-724 William Penn, printed in sheets of 400 with a divider arrow and line guide for cutting. This why line pairs and arrow blocks exist. Then the sheet of 400 would be divided into sheets of 100, thus leaving the muscilage on only two sides of each of the didvided sheet...Todays method of perferating is very differnt . On todays sheets of 400 you will find small 1/4 inch rib of muscilage all round the sheet....What a diffenece 30 years of technology can make.

WHY DIDN'T I  GET A WHOLE SHEET OF "KORPA" STAMPS ON MY SHEET OF KOREA OVER-RUN-COUNTY SHEET?.

 A... Because the break in type only apears on one stamp on the sheet, not every stamp had the broken type. Usually position 23 has the "KORPA" stamp on the sheet...

ARE THE PREXY SHEETS STILL A GOOD BUY?

A...YOU BET THEY ARE..AS INFLATION, AND A POSSIBLE RESESSION BEGIN TO RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS AS THEY DID IN 1978 WHEN STAMPS DRAMATICALLY GREW IN VALUE TO NEARLY 1000% AND GOLD SHOT UP TO OVER $850.00 AN OZ. IN THE SPAN OF 12 MONTHS...  ALL STAMPS ARE LOOKING LIKE A VERY SMART HEDGE ON THESES FACTORS RIGHT NOW!!!. IN EARLY 2006 A BUY ORDER WAS ISSUED TO DEALERS FOR 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL PRESIDENTIAL ISSUES. AT THE TIME NOT MUCH WAS MADE OF IT, BUT IT HAS FUELED THE CURRENT RISE IN VALUES THAT ALL BUYERS ARE SEEING IN ALL STAMP DENOMINATIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY THREE CENT SHEETS AND BETTER VALUE SHEETS...LOOK FOR INVESTERS TO DRIVE UP THE VALUE OF SHEETS DRAMTICALLY AND QUICKLY IN 2008..THE FIRST SIGNES HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW AS THE PRICE OF PREXYS TO DEALERS IS BEGING TO MAKE DEALERS WORRY ABOUT LETTING THEM GO TO SOON...LOOK FOR A SHORTAGE OF BETTER KEY VALUE "PREXY" SHEETS TILL MID 2008.