Below is the table prepared by Mr. Stiles of stamp types by decade from 1840-1930. As the author explains, the rows total correctly across, but the Grand Totals at the bottom don't because there can be overlap between types (i.e., you could have an airmail stamp that was also overprinted and thus is counted in both categories). Mr. Stiles' total of 79,500 at first seemed high to me but he then I remembered he is counting minor as well as major varieties which I certainly didn't do.
| 1840-49 | 1850-59 | 1860-69 | 1870-79 | 1880-89 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overprints | 0 | 25 | 606 | 1219 | 3062 |
| Air | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bisects | 5 | 59 | 111 | 70 | 99 |
| Commemorative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| Inverts | 0 | 13 | 58 | 233 | 458 |
| Military | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Newspaper | 0 | 30 | 44 | 142 | 53 |
| Occupation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 43 |
| Official | 34 | 59 | 74 | 379 | 561 |
| Parcel Post | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Pebiscite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Postage Due | 2 | 3 | 82 | 230 | 376 |
| Semi-Postal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spec'l Deliv'y | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tete beche | 8 | 29 | 57 | 53 | 51 |
| Registration | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| War Tax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 181 | 1830 | 4211 | 5010 | 6980 |
| 1890-99 | 1900-09 | 1910-19 | 1920-30 | Totals | |
| Overprints | 4541 | 6390 | 10362 | 10611 | 36,816 |
| Air | 0 | 0 | 27 | 965 | 992 |
| Bisects | 52 | 19 | 84 | 6 | 505 |
| Commemorative | 530 | 396 | 803 | 2680 | 4,447 |
| Inverts | 608 | 729 | 1065 | 595 | 3,759 |
| Military | 5 | 96 | 204 | 17 | 322 |
| Newspaper | 206 | 62 | 195 | 111 | 843 |
| Occupation | 4 | 155 | 1847 | 633 | 2,843 |
| Official | 1035 | 915 | 908 | 1300 | 5,265 |
| Parcel Post | 32 | 109 | 129 | 292 | 585 |
| Pebiscite | 0 | 22 | 0 | 453 | 489 |
| Postage Due | 657 | 819 | 1164 | 1808 | 5,141 |
| Semi-Postal | 16 | 35 | 1017 | 1418 | 2,486 |
| Spec'l Deliv'y | 7 | 34 | 78 | 135 | 256 |
| Tete beche | 41 | 31 | 39 | 72 | 381 |
| Registration | 46 | 59 | 32 | 31 | 203 |
| War Tax | 16 | 14 | 198 | 2 | 263 |
| Grand Total | 10342 | 13438 | 16470 | 20915 | 79,377 |
12 comments:
Hi Bob,
again an attractive read... I know I've stated having a somewhat similar printed source (besides my own stamp counts), but I've never showed it before. Well, I finally managed to scan a picture of it: http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/?attachment_id=10716
The author doesn't state to which catalogue/sources the numbers are based, but I would assume either Michel or Stanley Gibbons.
Hi Keijo, I tried all the variants I can think of but can't get your url to display. Could you repost? Thanks.
Hi Bob,
let's try an alternative, direct link to picture: http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/stamp-counts.jpg
Bob,
Great article. I thought I had seen it before, and when I went back to find the article I remembered, I realized it was actually a follow up that Mr. Stiles did for the April 1935 Scott Journal. It had a similar chart covering several years in the '30's and the text of the article had additional data. I saved a pdf of the artlce to the public folder of my dropbox account. Here is a link to the file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12654195/scott0435.pdf
John, thanks for the heads-up and the download. Mr. Stiles makes a number of interesting comments here (and in the 1930) article.
I did an unsuccessful search on the hopes he might have written something that would take us through 1940. But the next time I'm at a library with the Scott's Monthly Journal, I'll do a more thorough search.
Thanks for providing this listing of stamps by decade, information of particular interest to me since I especially like the earliest WW classics. Am I correct in assuming in these tables that a column for regular issue stamps is NOT included?
Best Regards,
InforaPenny
InforaPenny, regular issues are in the totals at the bottom for each decade, but their numbers are obscured by some of them being counted in multiple categories (i.e., a regular issue could also be in the overprint, bisect, war tax etc. categories). I wish he had broken regular issues out separately.
Bob,
When you go to the library, look for Scott's monthly from March-May 1941. Kent Stiles had a monthly column called Of Topical Interest, and the count seems to have been an annual feature. I found additional articles from 1936 and 1937, which I will scan and give you a link to later this week.
Bob,
Below are links to four articles from Scotts Stamp Journal. Three are Kent Stiles annual counts from his Of Topical Interest Column from March 1936, April 1937 and June 1941. The fourth is a ten year review he did in May 1936. Unfortunately the 1941 article only covers 1940 and doesn't have a lifetime count. It doesn't have the usual chart either. I haven't checked later issues to see if he had a more comprehensive count.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12654195/scott0336.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12654195/scott0437.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12654195/scott0536.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12654195/scott0641.pdf
John, thanks so much. I'll check 1942, etc., when I have a chance.
12Bob,
I found Kent Stiles' 1940 article and he had the 100 year 1940-1939 count at 98,512. Combined with his 1940 number, the total comes to 100,689. I will scan the 1940 article in a week or so.
John, I can't wait to see the most recent Stiles article. I really do appreciate you ferreting these out.
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