Comments on: Philatelic Vandalism http://lithuanianphilately.com/stamp-collecting/philatelic-vandalism.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: john http://lithuanianphilately.com/stamp-collecting/philatelic-vandalism.html/comment-page-1#comment-3922 john Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:51:45 +0000 http://lithuanianphilately.com/?p=331#comment-3922 This practice of breaking blocks, pairs and strips, soaking stamps off of fragments and covers, is nothing new and will not get any better. It really is a shame that one day there will be few multiples of any of the rarities or scarce issues. Not only the dealers are to blame but collectors too. Not too many people want pairs and blocks in their collections. They are content with a single stamp. And you have to take into consideration the price increase. It makes it attractive for them to break up the blocks, sell off the three singles, make some money and keep a stamp. At this moment, on ebay there's a few Lithuania essays up for sale. A large block, a strip of 3, and an imperforated block. I'd love to know how long are they going to remain together after they are sold. One day, we will only know about these things from pictures in books because they will be long gone. This practice of breaking blocks, pairs and strips, soaking stamps off of fragments and covers, is nothing new and will not get any better. It really is a shame that one day there will be few multiples of any of the rarities or scarce issues. Not only the dealers are to blame but collectors too. Not too many people want pairs and blocks in their collections. They are content with a single stamp. And you have to take into consideration the price increase. It makes it attractive for them to break up the blocks, sell off the three singles, make some money and keep a stamp.

At this moment, on ebay there’s a few Lithuania essays up for sale. A large block, a strip of 3, and an imperforated block. I’d love to know how long are they going to remain together after they are sold. One day, we will only know about these things from pictures in books because they will be long gone.

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