Ep. 36 - Legends of Philately #1: Herman "Pat" Herst Jr.
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- In this episode, I take a brief look at the career of Harman Herst Jr, one of the great dealers and philatelic writers from the heyday of stamp collecting, in the 1930s, in the philatelic center of the universe, Nassau Street, in Manhattan.
Screenshots of Herman Herst and Dr Bierman used courtesy of the American Philatelic Society, www.stamps.org
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I just started reading ‘Nassau Street’ (when I get a couple min here and there). After COVID I’ll have to take a walk down Nassau Street with the camera. Well done Ted, keep the series going! 😃
I was in NY a couple years ago. I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing the same. I did catch a glimpse of Champion Stamp Co. the only storefront stamp shop left in NY, though I did not go in.
Very familiar stories, my collection of Nassau Street stamp dealer material started after reading the book Nassau street. That collection is housed in 4 large cover albums and contains next to covers also auction catalogues, magazines, under which Herst’s outburts, a civil war token from the early days, branded stock cards, business cards, unused stationary and envelopes, perforation gauges, price lists and more useless but intriguing material.
Surely, I have all the books you showed in the video and have several examples of Nassau Street, as I like to give them away occasionally.
You really did me a favor with this video, Herst is one of the important stampdealers form the past and his stories are so fun to read.
A big thank you
That sounds like an interesting collection. Would love to see it.
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Wonderfully produced video on Mr. Herst, Jr. I have only one cover of his local mail and need to search for some more. I lived in Peekskill NY, a few miles from Shrub Oak. Herman was a honorary member of our stamp club (Cortlandt Stamp Club). We corresponded once on trading the 1976 state flag series. I saved his note also. Look forward to your episodes. Thanks.
That’s very cool, that you have correspondence from Herst. Thanks for watching, Jeffrey.
Thanks for that great story.
You’re welcome. And thanks for watching.
Very good show.
Thank you, David.
Special interesting video. Best regards!!
Thank you, Jagath.
Another excellent video, Ted. Thanks for posting.
And thanks for watching, Alun.
Fantastic episode, Ted.
Thanks a lot, David.
Outstanding video, looking forward to the next story with interest! With best regards from Latvia
Thank you very much, Andris.
My bro passed away 36 years ago at the age of 17, due to pneumonia - he was an avid collector. We still haven't touched his collection since. It's been stored away. I am trying to get my nephew into philately and if it goes to plan, I'll recommend my Dad to pass it on to him.. Stamps may or may not have significant monetary value but they are such a great development tool for kids today, in an age where they can't tear themselves away from the screen.. (Says the person who's been binge watching back2back the likes of Ted Talks Stamps (😱 OMG it just hit me! 🤦♂️😂😂😂) and Exploring Stamps..😂😂😂😂
A very beautiful video for a very interesting and beautiful story. Now i'm waiting for the next episode of this series!
Thank you, Patrizio. There are a few more characters I would like to profile.
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what an enjoyble video! thanks for sharing the story.
Thank you for your words and for watching.
I enjoyed this one very much. Very informative.
Thank you, Robert.
Wow. This is possibly your very best video so far.
Thank you very much, William.
That was really interesting and what a life Pat Herst Jr. had. From your description I felt I knew him. There's nothing like it for us to sit down with a cup of English tea after evening meal and watch 'Ted Talks Stamps'. Thank you!
Thank you, David. I very much appreciate your kind words.
This is an excellent idea - keep this series going, please!
Pat agreed that an 8 Cent Strait Settlements QV Stamp of mine was NOT a “color changeling” and signed a paper to state this along with eight other prominent philatelists (e.g. President of American Air Mail Society, et. al) submitted to PF to refute an earlier “Opinion”-still awaiting their revised “Opinion”... Have enjoyed reading autographed copies of Pat’s delightful books! Pat’s trips to Europe with his Mother contributed to his success.
Wow. Thanks for the comments, Randy. I hope eventually someone rules in your favor.
Me too! Thanks!
This has made me wonder what's going to happen to the value of issues in the UK now. I chat whenever I can with my posties and the subject working conditions and pay is always high on the agenda. So Royal mail is really divided into two services, parcel delivery and letter services. So due to a decrease in letters being sent Royal Mail has taken a hit and they realised that there was an increase of parcels being delivered via amazon, eBay etc and decided to invest more into that market. However it's not been able to compete with other courier services dominant in the market. The posties I know have said the competition offer cheaper services due to lower pay and conditions to employees. This led to Royal Mail trying to implement similar strategies. Obviously employees weren't happy with this and some left for better career prospects...This led to a staff shortage and now posties are given undeliverable targets - worsened by social distancing policies ( pre-covid, I would always see 3 posties to a mail van on a round.. Covid resulted in 1 per van and obviously the same workload, which just kept accumulating..). So now we have a staff shortage and backlog of mail - since November , it's been delayed by a month..
Now if we look at the future there could be a situation where issues are produced in excess of demand.. So can it possibly be that used GB issues going forward will be more valuable than mint? I mean is it possible that they would go down the route of CTOs?.. And where will that put FDCs..I assume they could increase in value.. The only other option is Royal Mail reduces the run for each issue.. which could increase the value of mint compared to used..? The only other option doesn't bear thinking of but I will put it out there, that the first country to issue stamps will decide it's the end of a long journey...
I suspect to get a hold of all of Mr Herst's publications you need to take a trip to the APS library in Belfontain Pennsylvania or work through the internet with the library people there. On the local post business, have you heard of "Rattlesnake Island Local Post" ? I have stamps that are mint from there. They have quite a nice series going. The covers are very interesting story in there own right. Enjoyed the video
Rattlesnake Island LP is probably the most well-known local post, though I have not obtained any samples, yet.
Awesome :-)
I really enjoyed this video. Taking the time to honor the story of a lifetime is a beautiful gesture that honors you. I am French speaking and I use a google translator. Forgive me for my English.
Thank you, Yves. I appreciate your words.
Pretty interesting guy; I don't think there is a physical stamp shop in all of NYC now, much less on Nassau St. I bought a 'jumbo' a year or so back. Scott #744, the 5c blue Yellowstone from the National Parks set of 1934. Yes, I overpaid for it, at $19, but I don't care, I just love the stamp.
There is one storefront I know of, Champion Stamp Co. in Manhattan.
I regret giving my copy of Herst's "Stories to Collect Stamps By" to a cousin who turned out to be someone whose interest in philately wasn't permanent, and would be a moron with a Ph.D.
I'm hoping to get another copy-if I ever get lucky-as part of my personal library's section on collectibles.
I have only the 2 I showed, and would also like to get the other titles. I read all of them long ago, and would like to revisit them.
I remember the local stamp/coin shop, the owner told me of the best deal he made, x amount of rolls of the 120 öre 1941. I have a few NY helicopter post, that's all the local post i have.
I didn’t know about the helicopter local post. Interesting.
Unfortunately the harmless insanity for stamp errors as well as coin ones is now widespread. Just go on ebay and you will see what I mean. But in the coin world is far worse as many new to it go out and buy expensive coin scopes with 20x magnification and ask if every tiny flaw found with it would make the coin much more valuable than its face.
And then they get angry when you show disinterest, and don't share their excitement over their non-existent valuable find.
The real stampdealers were adventurers, they travelled from hotel to hotel mostly in small countries or in war zones, they made covers with special stamps on it and and hoped for special postmarks or postmarks from small postoffices. I have a few newer ones from tne Iraq war(Desert Fox) , they had no ink, they wrote markings on the covers, in arabic. And from the Yugoslavia war too. BTW Herst was not a collector but a dealer, he was in stamps for the money. Such people are not high rated in Philately. They add nothing to the hobby.
I will have to disagree with you. Of course dealers are trying to make money. And many dealers, including Herst, are highly regarded, and they do contribute to the hobby by making a market for stamps and educating their customers.