European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1989 Scott Cata logs list lower valuations by Nick she Stople stamp collecting is a Hobby not an investment. You May be Lucky and this stamp or that May increase in Price but for an investment you re belief off elsewhere. Nevertheless there is a tendency to put Price tags on things so you May sometimes hear my collection is  the value cited is most often the Catalon value of the Stamps. The main function of Cata logs is to list the Stamps of various countries and to assist collectors in. Determining what they have and what is missing. There Are several Standard Cata logs in the world Michel in West Germany Facit in scan Danayla Gibbons for croat Britain and the Commonwealth and Vert and Tellier for France to name a few. In the United states the Standard is set by Scott All these Cata logs not Only list Stamps but provide valuations As Well. It should be noted however thai these Are comparative values especially for older classic material. Dealers often sell at less than Catalon prices and a collector disposing of his Stamps can never expect o get full Catalon value dealers after All also have to earn a living. Anyway there you Are thinking your collection is Worth x amount. Suddenly you find out it in t. You might be a bit upset As were Many collectors and dealers earlier this year when the 1989 Scott volume to appeared. In order to Correct  in /. Prices that had developed Over he years Scott said it made dramatic changes in the pricing Structure of its Cata logs mostly downward. For example the value of he world s first stamp great Britain s Penny Black was Cut in half to s100. In All. Volume 1 United slates United nations Canada great Britain and the Commonwealth contained Niobe than 32,000 Price changes nearly double the number in 1908  the trend continued in volume 2 countries a through with 24,500 value adjustments 13,000 of which were decreases in volume 3 g through with 9,238 up and 20,510 Down and in volume 4 p to with 5,000 increases and 12,500 decreases. A Scott spokesman said All items High value and. Low value alike were individually researched and adjust Edas needed to re establish the internal comparative relationships of stamp values within the Catalon it was not Scott s intent to create a net Price Catalon that is one which reflects actual Selling prices the marketplace will do that with each individual transaction according to Scott. In any instance All this juror apparently has been Good for business. There Are no More copies of volume 1 in Scott s warehouse that s the first time i cart recall that happening. But volumes 2 to 4, and the . Specialized Catalon due out later this month Ca n be ordered at you r local Titi and stripes Bookstore. The Price is now $23 per volume the first increase in five years the. Size of the Catalon has also been increased to b a by 10% inches. Scot also has recently published Mellone s specialized cachet Catalon of ducks and express mail first Day covers the Scott 1969 . First Day cover catalogue and checklist and the t389 . Pocket stamp catalogue and checklist Scott also continues to update and rebuild its album series. Recent pages include Czechoslovakia and Turkey. Finally Scott has a special Deal for new readers of its stamp monthly. A trial subscription for nine months is being offered for is 2.95, including nine free Stock sheets and a Money Back guarantee for any uncalled issues. Each Issue contains a comprehensive listing of new issues As Well As Many interesting stories about Stamps. " information on All these products is available from Scott . Box 82 a Sidney Ohio 45365. 19bo . Stamp program winds Down a pair of great americans three transportation. Coils a postal card the new special occasions Booklet and this year s Christmas Stamps round out the 1988 program forthe . Postal service. A Paddy Wagon from he of Flos is featured on the new 13-Cenl transportation Coll. The. Denomination meets the single piece Rale for presorted Al Rel class mailings of Post cards. Devised and introduced in the fall of 1879 by Willia Mcgarigle Genera superintendent of the Chicago police department the horse drawn patrol Wagon was initially intended to transport officers id and from their beats. The postal service will affix a pair of the new Stamps to meet the first class Rale required for first Day cancellations so the Price is 26 cents per cover. Send your covers by nov. 26 to police patrol Wagon postmaster Anaheim Calif 92803-9992. Do not Send Cash or postage Stamps in payment. The new 20-cent transportation cot used to meet the second ounce of first class mail depicts a san Francisco Cable car. The idea of a scotsman Andrew Hall Idle who also happened to be a Cable manufacture the Cable cars first started running in 1b73. Today the 37 cars operating on a 10-mile network Are a National historic landmark. Send fac orders by nov. 27, to Cable car stamp postmaster san Francisco Calif. 94188-9992. For 25 cent the uses will affix one of the new Stamps plus a 5-cent milk Wagon Coil. However As coils Are usually collected in pairs i d suggest sending 40 cents and having two of the new Stamps affixed. The current Rale for a presorted zip4 mail is 24.1 cents. The new stamp covering this rate depicts a Columbia Model no. 3 tandem bicycle built in 1896 by Pope manufacturing cd. Of Hartford Conn. For 26 cents the postal service Ali affix one of the new Stamps and a 1 Cen omnibus stamp to your cover for 49 cents you should get a pair of the new Stamps. In either Case Send fac orders by nov. 25, to tandem bicycle stamp postmaster Redmond Wash. 98052-9992. Artist Mary Cassatt 1844-1926 will be honoured on a new 23-Cenl stamp that s the rate for the second ounce of International surface mail in the great. American definitive series. A 5-cent 1966 stamp in t he american artists series be 1322 featured one of her More famous paintings the boating parly. After initial studies in Philadelphia she went to Parit where. She was influenced by and became friends with artists of the impressionist school including Cezanne Monet and Renoir. Fac requests with 25 cents per cover should be Serit by dec 4, to Mary Cassell stamp postmaster Philadelphia a. 19104-9992, the uses will use a 2-Cenl Mary Lyon stamp to make Puth necessary first class rate. Of five Star Cen. Henry Harley Hap Arnold 11886-1950credited with being the father of the modern air Force is featured of the new 65-Cenl, 3 ounce first class Rale sump. Taught to Fly by the Wright Brothers in 1911, Arnold set an Altitude record of 6,540 feel a year later. As a member of the signal corps he was one of the first pilots to carry mail the first to use a wireless radio in flight and the first to 4 sort pit might int car Timber 10, j984