Steve Levine
P.O. Box 951
Linden Hill Station
Flushing, NY 11354
Phone: 718-939-5788
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HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER:
WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE?
That depends on whether we're talking about the NEAR future of the
FAR future.
This will be one of several projects I'll be working on, along with Position
Varieties of the 1952 Revalued issues the Unused Postal Buddy
cards, and the UX25 Plate varieties.
It won't be dull over
the next few months (or years) I promise. Best Regards,
1. ONLINE (BEST METHOD)
Items for sale on this page contain links to a page on my website,
www.stevelevinestamps-plus.com. That page has brief descriptions of these items, and is connected to my SHOPPING CART which can accept online payments by PAY PAL or CREDIT CARD (VISA, MASTER
CARD. or AMERICAN EXPRESS)....or you can PLACE the order, and indicate that you
will be mailing a check.
2. DINOSAUR STYLE (MAIL)
If ordering Dinosaur Style, you
can print out this sheet, then circle the price of what you want and mail it in
with your payment (a check or money order). This is NOT recommended; SOME of
the items I sell ON THIS MONTHLY LIST are in short supply, and while your order is moving slowly thru
the mail, someone else may be grabbing what you want thru direct purchase on my
website.
3. PHONE
IF your order is relatively simple or if you have a few questions, you can
phone me at 718-939-5788.
For me, "business hours" are flexible. I'm usually in, and if I'm not, you get the answering machine. Leave your Phone#; I'll get back to you.
I NO LONGER ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS OVER THE PHONE, but I can set up a special "lot" for you on my website and you can enter your CC Information on my shopping cart.
TERMS OF PURCHASE:
Items from this offering may be
combined with items from other offerings on my
website for a
MINIMUM ORDER
of $15. In order to give you the buying
experience and security you deserve, I ship ALL ORDERS as First Class
Packages, with TRACKING and INSURANCE included FREE.
U.S. orders will cost $3 for
shipping. There's no "handling" fee; just actual
postage expenses. For "Special Situations" -- very large orders or orders
which include items which can't be replaced -- REGISTERED MAIL is
recommended.
Overseas shipments will cost somewhere between
$11 and $14...for STAMPS, CUT SQUARES, and CINDERLLA items (Seals, Labels,
Poster Stamps). Heavier items (Postal Cards, Envelopes, First Day Covers,
Souvenir Cards) may require a surcharge,
depending on just how heavy the shipment is.
ONLY New York State
Residents will be billed the appropriate Sales Tax by my website "Shopping
Cart". At this time, I'm not required to collect Sales Taxes on orders
from any other State.
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED ON
ALL ORDERS
Dear Friends & Collectors,
It's been a rough year for me. Last year's tech issues were bad
enough, but towards the end of the year (and the first half of this one) I
had to deal with that nasty condition which plagues 80% of us men above the
age of 70... the enlarged prostate. So in December, I had one "procedure"
for some bladder stones caused by the BPH
(exactly like the one I had 5 years ago) and in June, I finally addressed
the underlying condition directly with a "Green Light Laser TURP".
It's very similar to the old-fashioned TURP, but uses a laser to
vaporize tissue instead of the old fashioned "hot-wire" to cut it out.
Much better.
Recovery is coming along
well, and I'm starting to catch up with things. I have a bunch of emails to
answer, a few promises to keep, and a pile of material to get up on the
website.... and into my Ebay auctions. My apologies if you're on the
"waiting list".
This will
be a short Monthly offering... just a link to some UPSS listings I've added
to my website. Nothing unusual that needs an elaborate description.
But first, I'd like to -- in a friendly,
constructive way -- beat up on the UPSS over a matter of listing policy,
after which I'll point you in the direction of the new listings, and then,
give you a hint of some things I have planned for the future.
NOW, REGARDING THE UPSS:
The Postal
Card yo
u
see below at the right is listed in the 2020 UPSS Postal Card catalog as
S56-1f, and is considered a legitimate error. In fact, there's
another card, very similar, which has one surcharge in the regular
position AND one extra surcharge at the lower left. It's also
listed, as S56-1g, and considered legiti
mate.
The envelope at the left is a U459, two surcharges, one in the regular
position, and one inverted at the lower left. Exactly like the
S56-1g.
EXCEPT that when you access the UPSS
20th Century Envelope catalog, you get the following drivel:
"Every conceivable combination of surcharge locations was created -
often at collector request. The fact that most or all of the misplaced
surcharges are Types 3 and 4 on the most readily available (common
white) envelopes is one indication that most multiple and misplaced
overprints were favor items."
There is no
logic to this statement. The fact is, there are more errors found on
Surcharge Types 3 and 4 BECAUSE FAR MORE OF THESE SURCHARGES WERE MADE,
so statistically, it's reasonable that more errors should exist.
I'm not throwing any brickbats at the current UPSS people who are
managing the Envelope catalog quite well. But they
inherited this attitude from their UPSS ancestors, so to speak,
and maybe it's time they gave this situation a closer look
and tried to bring the current listing policies of the Envelope Catalog into a
closer alignment with the listing policies of the Postal Card Catalog.
Just maybe, the revered old-timers blew the call on this play.
I've always believed that the purposes of a
catalog are;
1. To give envelopes & cards both a number, and a
picture, for quick and easy reference.
2. To give envelopes &
cards a price, based on the market, so collectors and dealers alike can
transact with some degree of certainty.
Taking a moral posture is not part of the job description. In my
opinion. But then, I'm a guy who would like to see Shoeless Joe
Jackson, Pete Rose, AND Barry Bonds in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
SOME NEW UPSS# ITEMS!
The envelope at the right is one of
about 80 UPSS listings I've added this month. Most of them are
new issues, while some of them are issues which I had in stock
before, but sold out years ago.
Quite a few of them are from the U440-45/U529-31 group. Also
quite a few from the U532-39b group.
Some of these are "in stock", and will remain so for a long time,
thanks to some unknown dealer who put these holdings together yars
ago. Some of them are from the collection of Tom Kaczmarek,
and are 1-of-a-kind items.
CLICK
HERE TO ACCESS THESE LISTINGS ON MY WEBSITE
The NEAR future involves a huge
Ebay auction. In fact, I have enough material for several; I hardly know
where to start.
My last acquisition included
a stock of used envelopes, including many of the Die J, some of which
are addressed to Marcus White himself, who "discovered" the existence of
the die. Also, many used U440-445, and U529-31. These issues
are difficult to find used. Also a large bunch of Mercantiles,
including Dayton Dies.
But most of these
will have to wait on line, as there are many other items lying on the
shelves. Hundreds of used Air Letter Sheets, many to non -
standard locations (NOT the usual Britain, Germany, France, etc..).
Plenty of advertising on cards and envelopes, including 19th Century
"industrial" ads with those intricate line drawings, as well as a few
quack remedies, early drugs, and "Wanted" notices. Some scarce
UPSS envelope material, both mint & used... in good condition, but not
perfect... so I let water seek its own level.
Many unused Postal Buddy cards on CVUX3,3a,4 and 4a. A few
counterfeits with certificates to that effect! Some jaw-dropping
First Day Cover material, including a Linprint "Essay" made for the 1938
Presidential issue. This was to be for the Herbert Hoover stamp,
only Hoover did not accommodate George W. Linn by dying. In fact,
he lived for another 30 years!
Much used
material, including oddball locations, machine cancels, semi-fancy
cancels, colored cancels, and overseas destinations.
AND OF COURSE, an incredible array of EFOs, both on cards and envelopes.
NOBODY will be disappointed.
As to the FAR future... I see a lot of work. Thanks to a few
articles in POSTAL STATIONERY, I've been on the lookout for some types
of material I never knew existed... or maybe I did notice them, out of
the corner of my eye, but never got around to doing anything about them.
Ever since I entered the field of Postal Stationery, I've wondered why
there was a Dark green shade on the U582 SMALL envelope (UPSS #3596a),
but not on the LARGE envelope.
So now, 40
years later, I finally found a few. I also noticed on UX81 that
shades exist. The type
at the left is the shade you probably have. I only noticed the one at
the right recently. It is NOT from an excess of BLUE; rather, it
is from a LACK of red. Red is weak, but NOT missing.
Lastly, a very
deep bow of thanks to Dan Undersander for his work in finding interesing
varieties among the newer issues. I'm WAY behind in my
reading, and only recently caught up to the May-June 2020 issue of
Postal Stationery... but a quick run thru my stock (which is actually
weak in this area) shows the 3 main varieties of U616 he described.
I've also found varieties in the paper (different levels of
fluorescence), as well as positional varieties on the back flaps of many
issues from the same era, especially the "Recycled" Logos (Type 1).
But as I said before, my stock on the recent issues is weak, so this
will take some time. Just know that I am on the case...
These, along with many more UPSS
listings, will keep me busy.
Steve
Levine
P.O. Box 951
Linden Hill Station
Flushing, NY 11354
Phone: 718-939-5788
email:steve@stevelevinestamps.com
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