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I am a collector of United States postage stamps, and also a stamp dealer. I`m a member of the American Philatelic Society (APS). My principle area of interest and expertise is in United States Stamps.
Experience in the area
I've been selling stamps on the internet since early 1996. I maintain a stamp web page that concentrates on mint US stamps issued generally between 1890 and 2004. I'm an active seller on ebay.com since 1996, under the user id "mleon". I have a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 1984. You can find my web page at http://www.forwardedge.com/usmints.html
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Recent Answers from Mark Leon
2009-11-07 1918 air mail gold rep inverted jenny:
Neal, Gold replicas of stamps were not issued by the post office, but rather by private companies seeking to profit from the hobby of stamp collecting. They are not catalogued and their value is speculative
2009-11-06 Golden Replicas of US stamps:
Paulette, Gold replicas of stamps were not issued by the post office, but rather by private companies seeking to profit from the hobby of stamp collecting. They are not catalogued and their value is
2009-11-05 miscut sheet of stamps:
April, Yes, you could possibly have something of decent value. Miscut errors such as you describe are sought by Error, Freak and Oddity (EFO) collectors. The market for error stamps, however, is highly
2009-11-05 STAMPS!!:
John, I don't remember writing such a statement of value for what you describe. I suggest looking up the value of some of your stamps at your local library. Ask at the reference desk for the Scott
2009-11-05 airmail stamp:
Melissa, It reads like your stamps are Scott number C34, the 1947 Pan American Union Building airmail issue. They have a catalog (retail) value of 25¢ apiece in mint condition. If the four stamps form
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