Talk:British Guiana 1c magenta
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I would sure like to know more about Vernon Vaughan, the sources seem to vary on his name and nationality (English vs Scottish), but the only lead I've found is that the British West Indies Study Circle might have published an article about him. Stan 17:16 Mar 29, 2003 (UTC)
- What I am curious about in regards Vernon's story is - what was a newspaper stamp doing on an envelope found amongst correspondence? Were there any other stamps on that envelope that he soaked the stamp off - or was the stamp the solitary one? The position of the postmark suggests that there may have been others...
- Stan,the BG 1c was indeed printed directly onto the newspaper...as You have interest in this subject I would like to send a hires scan of my copy. User:Kentlbaker
- Vernon's story does bear investigation and study. Arno 07:04 Mar 31, 2003 (UTC)
This is odd; the edit history shows
- 02:31, 2 Nov 2004 Lord Emsworth (British Guiana 1c magenta moved to British Guiana 1¢ magenta)
yet I can't find anything at British Guiana 1¢ magenta, nor in Special:Undelete/British Guiana 1¢ magenta, and there's a real article (now reverted-to) in the history. —No-One Jones (m) 22:02, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Hmm, perhaps the "¢" is not good to have in titles? Stan 07:16, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] "magenta"
Not! That's red or carmen, dude, not magenta. WB2 18:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Purchase price of Penny Magenta
The article states that the sale price was $935K while a television program (History's Lost and Found) I was just watching had "evidence" (newspaper headline?) and vocal indication that the price was $850,000.
http://durianon.tripod.com/id55.html states 1980: Weinberg's syndicate sold the stamp for $935,000 (including buyer's premium) to John E. du Pont
Is the $935K the sum of $850K + $85K "buyer's premium" of 10%?
[edit] Definitive emergency issue?
The term "definitive" as used here seems to be confusing. Wasn't the stamp issued in an emergency?Fconaway
- Actually, I think the term is perhaps more anachronistic, this is years before the first commemoratives. Simplest just to drop it, the link is not adding any value. Stan 02:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
