On 2 Sep 2003 12:04:13 -0700, (Joe) wrote:

Bob Ingraham wrote in message ...

For ordinary stamps with better cancels, such as nicely placed corner CDS
cancels, yes.

Do you mean that even if the stamps don`t show the date of cancel or
don`t show the full name of postoffice, but do have a clean corner
cancel you would be willing to offer more than for mint stamps?

Another item will all smaller countries having generally small mintage
of its stamps also its used stamps will be worth more than mint
stamps if it do have the proper round date cancel? Such as the
Seychelles,Comoros, Trinidad & Tobago?

What about stamps with larger mintage that is used in other islands,
so having having a different name on its cancel, will they be worth
more because of the cancel?
I am talking for example French stamps which are issued in several
millions of each face value, but which are also in use in other
islands belonging to France, such as in Reunion island or Guadeloupe,
where they use a different cancel having the name of the island where
it has been used.

Will such French stamps having the cancel with the name of Reunion
island or Guadeloupe or other islands belonging to France be worth
more in used condition than those used in France? These islands are
called in French "DOT-TOM, Deparment Outremer - Territoire Outremer" I
think that it is tranlated into English as "Overseas
Departments-Overseas Territories"

Quite possibly. Since the number of them actually used by these
places will be less, then one may assume that they may be in more
demand by the colonial specialist.

Tracy Barber