A question for the variant collectors out there

[shadroch]

It has just come to my knowledge that there are variant Marvel Value Stamps out there. Were you aware of this.

Do you think this is as big a deal as the price variants, Keep in mind, many of these stamps were removed from the books so it may be quite difficult to assemble a complete run of the books. Thoughts?

[Bugaboo-migration]

I've never heard about it. What kind of "variation" are you aware of on them? Pictures?.....Color?.....etc.

[blowout]

Do you think this is as big a deal as the price variants

 

No, especially if we are talking CGC graded books.. the cover is all that matters.

I can't say I have ever heard of this type of variant, do you have some examples you can show us?

[aardvark88]

There may have been a variant of MVS #100, the last stamp. One was a question mark, the other was Galactus.

[aardvark88]

The same MVS # was issued in up to 3 different Marvel titles so the BACK of the same stamp # is variant. Is this an example of how u define variant?

[Warlord]

The same MVS # was issued in up to 3 different Marvel titles so the BACK of the same stamp # is variant. Is this an example of how u define variant?

 

My guess is that the variant stamps referred to are those described here:

varying stamp colors

 

However, I don't think this implies that a given issue would have some copies with a given stamp colored a certain way, and then otherwise identical issues with the stamps in a different color. I think the point is that a given stamp would appear in several different issues and you'd think it would be identical whether it was in TitleA #x or TitleB #y. However, this excellent website shows that the stamp colors varied quite a bit.

 

 

[read_em-migration]

There may have been a variant of MVS #100, the last stamp. One was a question mark, the other was Galactus.

 

If I remember correctly, the # 100 with the question mark was actually a teaser when the Value Stamp program started up, and not a real stamp. I remember seeing it on the page when Marvel announced the whole program, and said that # 100 would only be in one book. And then they showed the # 100 stamp with the question mark to say, in essence, "nyah nyah, you don't know who's going to be on the last stamp."

[shadroch]