Sierra Leone (Mars Face) Stamp Set
bar...@futuris.net
Does anyone know what the value of the Sierra Leone set is?
StevStamps
>Does anyone know what the value of the Sierra Leone set is?
This was a promotion by Alan Shawn Feinstein. The stamps are worthless,
and I could not find a listing for them in the Sciott catalog.
Steve Esrati
Bob Miller
could find a buyer (and that is a huge if), you might get $75 for it.
Jerome Derr
sheets (4 sheets of 9 and 2 s/s) is what catalogs for $100.
It's interesting to note that when you compare the cat value to other
stamps of similar face value these are actually worth LESS that other
stamps issued about the same time - the value is solely due to the face
value of the currency at the time of issue....
Also interesting - total face of the set is 6600 leone - Wall St Journal
of 9/11/95 lists the exchange rate as 730 to the dollar - which means the
face value of the Face on Mars set in today's currency is about $9!!!!!!
On 15 Sep 1995, StevStamps wrote:
> Brad replied:
> >They are not "worthless". I have heard many times they >catalogue for
> >about $100. Yes, I know it's a scam, but they do have some value.
>
> I have found them in Scott. They catalog for $2.35 and carry this
> footnote:
> "Extreme speculation has ocurred with this issue, centered around 1171,
> the face on Mars stamp."
> Steve
>
>
StevStamps
Ray Mcnaughton
> This was a promotion by Alan Shawn Feinstein. The stamps are worthless,
> and I could not find a listing for them in the Sciott catalog.
> Steve Esrati
>
>
This is not *strictly* true. These sheetlets are catalogued by Scott (no.1171) at $2.35,
and by S.Gibbons (no. MS1416) at L1.50 (actually 1 of a 2 sheet set. So they are worth very
little.
What puzzles me is why anyone should have thought they would be worth a lot, just because
they show the "face on mars" photograph?
--
Ray Mcnaughton
(England)
Terence B. Burnett
>About one one hundreth of what Alan Shawn Feinstien claims. If you
>could find a buyer (and that is a huge if), you might get $75 for it.
My father got suckered in to buying twelve of them from Finstein. I would certinally sell mine
for 75 $
Stuart Katz
writes:
>Barry asks:
>>Does anyone know what the value of the Sierra Leone set is?
>
worthless,
>and I could not find a listing for them in the Sciott catalog.
>Steve Esrati
These stamps are NOT worthless. They are listed in the Scott catalogs.
Current retail is $100.-125.
Stu Katz
Lord of the Isles
> These stamps are NOT worthless. They are listed in the Scott catalogs.
> Current retail is $100.-125.
The fact that they are listed doesn't give them value. If current retail
is $100+, change your current retailer.
Face on Mars = Scam on Earth.
As another poster wrote, why did _anyone_ with half a brain think that
these stamps, produced en masse, available anywhere, were going to be
worth an absolute fortune? You may as well claim the same about RLOW...
:-)
Chris
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StevStamps
> These stamps are NOT worthless. They are listed in the Scott catalogs.
> Current retail is $100.-125.
The original question was about the stamp, not the set. I said the stamp
was worthless. I still think so (and Scott agrees with me). I also think
the set's Scott price is inflated because of this sort of speculation by
people who normally do not collect stamps and get told by Alan Shawn
Feinstein that there's some psychic value in these labels.
Steve Esrati
Jerome Derr
time you will find the 'Face on Mars' set is actually priced LESS than
the other issues. The 'Face' sheet itself, #1171, is face 150 le for
$2.35. The prior set in Scott, the 1989 Christmas issue, #1165 or 1166,
is face 150 le for $4.75. The next set in Scott, 1990 WWII Aircraft,
#1182 or 1183, is face 150 le for $4.50. Even though the stamps claim to
be issued on Jan 15, 1990 (except sheet 1171A which was issued on Dec 24,
1990), it's priced as if it was issued on Dec 24th - look at #1289 in the
1990 Christmas set - 175 le - cv $2.80. Single stamps from the other
sheets in the 'Face on Mars' set are 175 le and catalog at $2.75
This pricing evidence shows that Scott is not catalouging these at any
premium. This is a big problem with modern stamps - apparently valued as
of the exchange rate of the day of issue - I've posted before the current
exchange rate of the leone is 730 to the dollar - making the value even
at double face of the FOM sheet at 41 cents not $2.35
And Steve, I know you are quoting the price of only the Face on Mars
sheet itself but everywhere I have ever seen these stamps refered to ,
they include the entire set not just the sheet with the face pictured.
The entire set commemorates the exploration of Mars.
-- Jerry Derr
Ray Mcnaughton
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> Stuart Katz (stu...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>
> > These stamps are NOT worthless. They are listed in the Scott catalogs.
> > Current retail is $100.-125.
>
> The original question was about the stamp, not the set. I said the stamp
> was worthless. I still think so (and Scott agrees with me). I also think
> the set's Scott price is inflated because of this sort of speculation by
> people who normally do not collect stamps and get told by Alan Shawn
> Feinstein that there's some psychic value in these labels.
> Steve Esrati
>
>
I assumed it was specifically about the "face on mars" sheetlet, which is catalogued at
only $2.35.
Maybe it would have been better if the original question had been, "what is the value of
the Sierra Leone Exploration Of Mars set, of which the face on mars sheetlet is part".
It's hard to tell if the original questoner was really interested in the full set, or just
the "face on mars" sheetlet.
It is true that the full set of 36 stamps, plus the two sheetlets of which the "face on
mars" is one, is catalogued in Scott at $103.70, but that's only about $2.70 per stamp.
OTOH, as I understand it, the "speculation" was only related to the "face on mars"
sheetlet, which seems to be worth no more than other stamps in the set.
--
Ray Mcnaughton
(England)