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Exhibit
Richard Nixon 32¢
US postage stamp #2955
When a president
dies, the post office will honor them with a stamp the following
year.
This is know as
their "death stamp" many become popular over night, however
the Nixon stamp took some time to become popular with the public
sue to his sudden departure from office. I have an extensive First
Day cover collection of the Nixon death stamp over 250 unique
cacheted envelopes. Hopefully one day I ill have them here for
everyone to enjoy. I will leave them to his library upon my death.
Nixon death stamp Scott number 2955,
this is an "official error" listed as 2955a in major
catalogs.
Featured bellow is a pair as issued (at left) and the error with the Red ink missing/omitted
(at right).
The certification is also shown. This item was listed on eBay
03/24/2012 for $1900.00.
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#2955 Richard
Nixon 32¢
multicolor perforated 11.2; Honors Richard Nixon the 37th
President of the United States. Scott lists one color error that
is very rare.
(click image to enlarge)
Another Error is the use of the stamp prior to the official
release date.
The First Day of Issue was
April 26, 1995 but in Yorba Linda, California...a few towns away
from Boston, Massachusetts I would say. While air travel could
allow for one to buy a stamp in CA and travel to MA to mail it on
the same day, it seems unlikely. More likely that a Boston area
post office released it early.
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This stamp was an un-official first day city cancellation. While
this is not an error that would be listed in catalogs, it is an
error popular and acknowledged by collectors
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