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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/64701| Title: | The 1919 10/- shipwreck and the Sign of Jonah |
| Authors: | Pardo, David A. |
| Keywords: | Shipwrecks -- Malta Paul, the Apostle, Saint Postage stamps -- Catalogs Postage stamps -- Prices |
| Issue Date: | 2015-12 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Pardo, D. A. (2015). The 1919 10/- shipwreck and the Sign of Jonah. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 44(3), 28-32. |
| Abstract: | A few years ago, at a Los Angeles philatelic meeting, a collector remarked to me that the price of a stamp is only the price an individual is willing to pay at a given time and place. There are many factors that go into the price of a stamp-the rarity, the condition, the demand and so on. I decided to see through statistics whether one could predict the catalogue value of the 1919 10/- St. Paul shipwreck, after controlling for condition, solely based on the rarity of this beautiful stamp vis a vis the rest of the mint and used Maltese collection. The first order of business required finding a modem catalogue that contained the number of stamps printed and sold. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/64701 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2015 - 44(3) |
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