#94575POG Bailey
...A Little Bit Of Honey

Parade of Gifts Exclusive

RELEASED 1998
RETIRED 1998
The very first Parade of Gifts Exclusive Bearstone®! It appears
that this Limited Edition from POG was 20,016. (Some report that
the edition size was 19,487). The Understamp reads, "Parade of Gifts"
Introductory Issue #xxxx/20016. This Bearstone® has never been issued
in open editions and so we conclude that it is an Exclusive.

A common name for this Bearstone® is Be My Honey or Honey Bee Mine.
This is also the beginning of all those "Bee" items of relatively
recent issue depicting the Bees. It is not, however, the first Bee
related stone. The first was Bailey The Honey Bear (#2260 1995).

Bailey...A Little Bit of Honey is also sometimes given a variation.
The variation stemming from a mispelling of Parade on the Understamp.
On these stones Parade is spelled "Larade." We do not consider this
a Variation. The real "Variation" with this Bearstone® is called the
"HBM" or Head Bean Mistake. On the Understamp following the title
Parade of Gifts they put H.B.M. #xxx/5100. Here's the story:
When the stones were shipped to the POG Dealers not everyone received
their shipment. Some received double shipments. In order to
correct this situation they produced another 5100 of "Bailey...
A Little Bit Of Honey" with the HBM on the Understamp.

If you would like to learn more about Variations please visit the
Bearstone® Basics - A Learning Center and click on Variations. Or
just click Here

Current Value Guides Range
Parade of Gifts Exclusive LE of 20,016
No Editions $29

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