condemnation of seebeck among the collecting community was nearly unanimous. seebeck failed to realize that most stamp collectors want to collect the stamps that are actually usable and available for postage, and not special creations designed to separate them from their money. they objected strongly to seebeck's unlimited reprinting rights, the needless yearly creation of new issues, and the issuance of postally-irrelevant stamp values. stamps with face values up to $10 were issued for the 1892 columbus anniversary. although the u.s. and canada received similar abuse for their 1892 and 1897 stamp series (which included values up to $5), seebeck's efforts were seen as particularly blatant. many collectors refused to collect these issues.