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Radio Station Verified Reception Stamps, ND (1920-30s)

Currency:USD Category:Stamps / United States Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 240.00 USD
Radio Station Verified Reception Stamps, ND (1920-30s)
SOLD
75.00USDto d****p+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2024 Jul 23 @ 16:26UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Lot of 34 Radio Stamps printed by Bryant Radio. Stamps have different radio station codes at bottom, A hobby called DXing traces its roots to the earliest days of radio. Basically, people would listen for faraway radio stations, then write a note to the station with some details of what they heard. In many cases, the station would send back a confirmation. The hobbyists would see how many of these confirmations they could collect. The earliest form of confirmation sent by radio stations in the 1920s was a "Verified Reception Stamp." The Bryant stamps are rare because they had a fairly limited run being sold directly to collectors too impatient to wait for a reply from stations between 1925 and 1927. Stamps came in a variety of colors including red, green, purple, brown, blue, gray and orange. More than 700 stations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Cuba participated in the promotion. (34). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.