eBay chatboard archive: Dec-25-06 to Dec-31-06 week

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 23:40:15 PST   Listings
Hiya, Jeff, Lee, Roger, Rainer, J.W.S., Roly etc.
Roly Didn't get an email from you. The one on my mepage is defunct. New one is (same as before)@abac.com
Posted by lee   ( 1219 ) on Dec-31-06 at 22:49:47 PST   Listings
Happy New Year!


lee
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:37:48 PST   Listings
Happy New Year Mitch ... CYE
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:32:43 PST   Listings
I will contact the owner when I return home.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:25:24 PST   Listings
Spundulics I am 17 miles North of Lawrence Ks. I would be happy to look at the collection most any time but
I would probably not be personally interested in it, so you would need to bring it to me. I have been collecting for 48 years and have a pretty fair knowledge of most stamps. You can look at my website here:The World of Stamps
One of my best friends runs an auction house in Kansas City
it might possibly be a good place to sell it. If there are
any real valueable stamps they would best be sent to one of the top auction houses in the country (which can be arranged)
CYE, I will send you my phone number.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:24:08 PST   Listings
OH DEAHHHH... I have just been informed by ebay that I lost auction 290065651854. Damn huh what rotten luck :-)

I feel sorry for the winner. Maybe I should contact him and offer to flog sell him all my copies from my packet material collection. (I would love to get US$1.00 for each of them !!)
I think the shill bidder from IL must be collecting a cent per click commission from the gummy guys :)
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:18:51 PST   Listings
H A P P Y

N E W

Y E A R

Enjoy yourselves and do what you do best. The world be a better place for it.
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:17:36 PST   Listings
antonius-ra I did not take it that way at all I am new to the board and trying to figure this thing out. I am in Central KS but would be willing to drive to Oklahoma, Missouri or Nebraska if need be.
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:14:48 PST   Listings
That could be an idea. As soon as I return Home I could do that. If that is not in violation of the board.

Thanks
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3284 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:13:51 PST   Listings
New Year Joy to all my friends I have enjoyed dialog with this year. We are in Austin for several days, tonite babysitting our granddaughter born in May. Tonite is our kid's first night out since her birth.

I see Mitch, Roger, Linda and IO are still up and at it, looking forward to next year with all of you (and the rest of the sleepy heads who are already in bed, or party dogs who won't be too chatty in the am.)

Nighty-night!

Jeff

Posted by 22028   ( 1536 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:10:01 PST   Listings
Happy New Year from Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the United Arab Emirates to all active chat board members and of course to the lurkers behind.
May all you collecting wishes come thru and that your wife/partner show as much patience as needed with your hobby.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:06:45 PST   Listings
spundulics I was not asking you for your address or phone number, just what part of the country you live in. I.e. N.E. Kansas etc. We cannot help much if you don't give
us something to work with.
Posted by malolo   ( 832 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:05:11 PST   Listings
spundulics -
Post a link to a scan of a specific stamp or set with the description and you can get an approximation of value from people here. You can also look on ebay closed auction searches for specific higher value stamps and compare those in the collection you are selling.
I look forward to seeing examples of the stamps.

Roger
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:04:02 PST   Listings
Happy New Year Everone from the East Coast.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:03:32 PST   Listings
Lindy Thanks and the best wishes to you and yours for the next year.
I wish we had had another photo taken as they had just blown off some fireworks which clouded the picture. Also my hair was such a muss <:~`) The best thing though was the whole day and spending it with my best buddy (my son). I raised him by myself since he was 10 years old and he has made me so proud (he's a real sweetie for 6'4" 300lbs). It was his first NFL game (and he's a huge fan) Just so glad we could have the day together.

spundulics If you have the collection "in hand" then you have another option to get an idea of it's value.
Scan the first couple pages of the countries that are most complete. Post them to the board (in a link) and we will be able to get a good idea if it has a value worth breaking down or just selling as a lump.
Posted by malolo   ( 832 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:02:04 PST   Listings
Five hours to go here in Hawaii. Enjoy New Year's as it crosses America.

Roger
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 21:01:02 PST   Listings
I understand what you are saying and agree.

The values however are not what they feel they are worth but concur with 3 different 2005 and 2006 stamp-collecting books they have with the stamps to sell. All stamps they want to sell already have all the info about each one.
That’s why it makes me nervous to sell them for them.
I would not know where to set a reserve if any or if the bids did not reach an appreciable goal.
I am not sure that I wanted the responsibility of that.

But maybe if I can get a second opinion and a low and high price from them, I would feel more comfortable in where to start.

I thank you for your suggestions and appreciate them Thanks
Posted by malolo   ( 832 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:57:19 PST   Listings
Aloha -
Am I the only person to notice the blue 2d with white cross had the same check letters as the 1d black which sold for the big bucks? An amazing set of two for a person with initials of "BF".

Roger
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:47:07 PST   Listings
OH Mitch, of course I just made it up!!, it is actually a very old card, and I use it to post on St.Pat's day usually.
Glad you and yr son had a nice time at the game. Great photo.
Happy New Year to you, and may 2007 fill many holes in yr albums!

Spundulics, one 'test' I always had was, what sort of income did the person have who was putting the collection together? not 100% acurate evaluation, but generally speaking, the lower the income the less likely its a 'good/valuable' collection.


Linda
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:36:13 PST   Listings
Lindy Did you just "make up" the quote on that card?
Nicely done if so, otherwise, incredibly appropriate! GRIN
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:31:05 PST   Listings
Spundulics Selling a stamp collection for ones ownself who has collected for 50 years, can be a very daunting task. You might probably drive yourself insane trying to figure it out (it is extremely difficult).
Lindy Gave you good advice.
What part of the country are you in? Perhaps we might direct you to someone (with integrity) who can evalue it.
On another note; most collection (even if assembled over many years) are usually not worth near what the owner might think.
If I were you, I would "pass the buck", but try and do it to someone who can do justice to your friend.
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:29:31 PST   Listings
Thanks Mini

I have already suggested this to them but in our area. And they are not up to a several hour drive to find someone. How ever I maybe able to take them to some coin and stamp place or a pawn shop and sell them there for them.

Thanks again
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:16:46 PST   Listings
spundulics, my suggestion would be more to the owner of the stamps, engage a professional to sell the stamps for the best possible return.

scroll back to the big yellow box posting... and you will find links for information on various things you would need to consider.
Posted by spundulics   ( 91 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:14:34 PST   Listings
An elderly person wants me to sell their stamps and collections on eBay. I know nothing about stamps or stamp collecting.
How do you adequately describe the item or items so that both parties are satisfied with the descriptions?
Is there a way to check their authenticity?
To me a stamp is a stamp and I do not have a clue what to look for as some of these are supposedly rare and expensive.
Any suggestions would help.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 20:12:48 PST   Listings
ioJim, will, & others

think you need my intervention in this matter of the coloured maltese crosses !
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 19:22:38 PST   Listings
Ah, now I see.

Why waste money on one of four white cancelled penny blacks, when you can have the only (?) green St. Patrick's day penny black. In such a configuration, the MC somewhat resembles a four leaf clover.
Are you absolutely certain it is a MC rather than a 4LC?
Is it St.Patrick at the RPS that heads the expertizing committee? :-)
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-31-06 at 18:33:27 PST   Listings
Great day for football. Kansas City had to win their game and 3 other specific teams had to lose for us to get into the playoffs. Miraculously every thing went our way. My daughter in-law gave my son and I tickets for todays game for Christmas presents. Great way to end the year!

Best of the new Year to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 18:27:02 PST   Listings
OMG!!!

Searching through the pile of discarded penny blacks on the floor I came across a green mx . This item is UNIQUE until the next one is sold by another dreamer on ebay. Used only once, by a Leprechaun, in Tipperary when, on St. Patricks day he ran out of black ink and used flaming bright green ink to substitute. Ex O'Caspery. Written about in an article in the Tipperary Women's Weekly, this is a rare and true beauty. I will take offers starting at $5,000.
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 18:05:31 PST   Listings
io

I think that he saw the 1d black with a white Maltese Cross sell for £2,650 quid a couple weeks back and thought, there is one born every minute. And he was right, kudos to him. Someone other hopeful saw this amazing feat and was able to 'produce' another of these super rare white MX's but only recieved £180 for all his efforts (hardly worth the sweat).

Meanwhile, for I swapped my local postmasters red ink for chinese white and I wait for the bucks to roll in. See you all in paradise
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 17:42:16 PST   Listings
roger

On that I have to agree with you.
There are some really dumb buyers out there.
Thankfully to the anonymous winner, someone else wasn't deprived of their money.

Though that seller has pretty good hype, even if difficult to read in italics.

One wonders what the seller is trying to narrow his focus to collecting if this is only one of four white MC's ever recorded.

Were white MC's a forerunner of white-out - to remove the original cancel?
Or just, after you removed the black cancel you had white lines across the stamp?
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 17:22:32 PST   Listings
What balderdash. That eleven folks should buy this fairy tale is a proof that depravity exists.

white maltese cross
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 17:15:58 PST   Listings
Roger

I think deprived more fits the bill, though you can argue if you must.
To lack a stamp must mean you are deprived of it.
If, however, you go out of your way to obtain anything at any price for which you are deprived, then you are depraved!!
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 17:10:19 PST   Listings
read depraved

Depraved
adjective
A philatelist
Someone who collects stamps must be totally depraved

deprave
verb [T] Formal
to make someone collect stamps

depravity
noun [U]
being on a chat board discussing all things philatelic
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 17:04:44 PST   Listings
David Benson

I took them from an early SG in the RPS library. The early Victorians descriptions need to be updated to the latest specialized.

iomoon

It's a deprived form of masochism.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:45:57 PST   Listings
D2

I think you should refrain from more than 2 chicken breasts and send the rest to me.
I am a paltry (not a pun,though not bad) 145lb and need lots of food!!
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:38:48 PST   Listings
Peter

Shucks, you get to celebrate western and Chinese New Years.
May you enjoy both.

Roger...swedishtiger

You sure are a glutton for punishment.
Great job so far!!
Posted by dbenson   ( 7678 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:35:36 PST   Listings
bjorn, actually I woke up late, about 9am. I had to pick up my daughter from the station at 3am.

The music & sounds were from the Opera House, they can't be heard anywhere else around the area.

Heading out now for the backyard to light the BBQ, it is 11.35 and a mob is expected at 12.30, everythings ready, satay, punch and a couple of botles of grog,

(Ed. my wife made 50 large chicken breast satays, there are 10 people coming so according to my maths that is 5 each),

David B.
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:32:37 PST   Listings
Happy New Year to everyone here. All the best for 2007 and lets hope for lots of goodwill:-)
Peter
Posted by dbenson   ( 7678 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:30:48 PST   Listings
Jaywild, the Afghan year 1316 equates to 1898,

David B.
Posted by bjornmu   ( 854 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:18:19 PST   Listings
Happy new year everybody! Though many of you aren't there yet.

D2, up already? :-) As usual, the (7PM) TV news here showed pictures from Sydney. You had some pretty big fireworks this year. didn't you? And I could hear "Shine on you crazy diamond" being played in the background.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7678 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:10:32 PST   Listings
swedish,

looks good and should be very useful for ID colour purposes.

One of the tricky stamps to ID colour is the 6d. Embossed. Are those your colour ID's or have you taken them from elsewhere,

David B.
Posted by librarian-c   ( 940 ) on Dec-31-06 at 16:01:16 PST   Listings
Thanks.....I had forgotten about RPS for that.

John A
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:53:14 PST   Listings
librarian

You might try the RPS in London.
Posted by sammlermax1   ( 778 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:45:11 PST   Listings
@mini*lindy: ;-)
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:43:02 PST   Listings
mmmm.. gluhwein.... danke, Max happy new year to you too.
Posted by sammlermax1   ( 778 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:41:20 PST   Listings
....all, a happy New Year!

sammlermax1

c(_______)
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:34:55 PST   Listings
mini*lindy



Not really, SG have only a Black and White image of one of each classification. For instance a tiny picture of M1 but no pictures of M1(1), M1(2), M1(3) etc. Using the SG color chart is of no help. Plus in quite a few instances the color explanations in themselves do not help. Consider, for instance, that colors appear darker on chalk surfaced paper. Or that Harrison's deep purple has a reddish tint compared with De La Rue, although not mentioned in SG. Lastly there a whole host of stamps not included in SG, for instance all those indicate with a (-) after the letter and and number. These are colors variations accepted by the RPS and Trevor Harris (who helped me on this) but not yet inculded by SG.

Posted by librarian-c   ( 940 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:29:55 PST   Listings
Linda:

I actually started with the Yellow, but didn't find anything specific about Expertizing.......

I'll keep checking back until the Red Wine kicks in........
Posted by vonbag   ( 169 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:05:57 PST   Listings
Happy New Year!

Paolo
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 15:00:08 PST   Listings


R is for Roehampton a hamlet of Putney (London).
In July 1952 a Trailer Post Office was set up for the Arab Horse Society Show.

This Registered cover bears the first Temporary R1 – Roehampton A label and skeleton cds with month omitted.


On the 5th August, the National Pony Show was held at the same site and the Trailer Post Office was again used. This cover also has its original Mailing Receipt. The month is now included in the date stamp.

R is for Roehampton a nice Registered Letter from 1905 giving us a triple R Roehampton Registered from Mr.Rittner.

Roehampton is a lovley little village and this 1905 postcard shows the local Postman standing in front of the water fountain.


Linda (& Vic)

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 14:41:45 PST   Listings
wilderspin wow there sure is a lot of work in those pages, but didn't Stanley Gibbons already do it? with their five (or is it 6 now) volumes of GB SPECIALIZED ?
Love your presentation, really great!
Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-31-06 at 14:33:03 PST   Listings
Wilderspin
Amazing
thanks for the link
please repost when you finish
excellent
Posted by willderspin   ( 594 ) on Dec-31-06 at 14:10:54 PST   Listings
I have started a task which is beyond tricky. So difficult to do I can only imagine that every view will pull it apart and disagree with its use of references. Yet... it has not been done before. Namely, a complete pictorial representation of GB specialized stamps.

It would be quite helpful for all those folks attempting to understand the difference between the minor varities and in some instances the different printings. However that implies that the images are an acurate representation. I am not quite there yet, what you see so far is the best I could find and I acknowledge they can be improved on.



Having said all that I invite your feed back on the site



www.theswedishtiger.com


Click on "Enter GB stamps"



Thank you all

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 13:49:53 PST   Listings
Knuden HAPPY new Year to YOu Too.. Yes, thank you 2005 was a wonderful year, 2006 not as good, but I trust 2007 will be even better.... thank YOU


Librarian I cant advise you on that one, but until someone arrives that can, try reading the links in the big yellow box near the end of these messages. Very helpful information there, and Happy New Year!

Linda
Posted by knuden   ( 2175 ) on Dec-31-06 at 13:40:30 PST   Listings
Ok. This was a test. What is wrong. :O)

K.E 
Posted by knuden   ( 2175 ) on Dec-31-06 at 13:39:07 PST   Listings


Regards.

K.E 
Posted by librarian-c   ( 940 ) on Dec-31-06 at 12:06:27 PST   Listings
I was wondering if I could get an opion on where to send a non-US stamp for certification. I believe APS will do it, but can anyone offer any other respected organization that would certify Sultanate of OMAN #190C?

Thank you for any/all opinions and Happy and Prosperous New Year!!
Posted by jaywild   ( 897 ) on Dec-31-06 at 12:06:26 PST   Listings
This copper mine, as a matter of fact.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-31-06 at 12:04:12 PST   Listings
Happy New year to everyone when it arrives. May 2007 be a prosperous and peaceful one. Be you a buyer or seller good luck .My humble thanks to everyone for answering my many questions over this past year. Thanks also go to everyone that has been taking part in the weekly alphabet letter show. It has been great fun and a lot has been learnt from all quarters on a vast range of subjects. Lastly my sincere thanks to Bjorn for keeping the Eusc meetings going with some very interesting posts being made during those debates.
See you all again next year. Until then take care and be good.
Posted by jaywild   ( 897 ) on Dec-31-06 at 12:04:05 PST   Listings
R is for Ray Arizona, the town swallowed by a copper mine.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by jaywild   ( 897 ) on Dec-31-06 at 11:57:55 PST   Listings
Alec… (or anyone else still interested) these are the Arabic dates I was referring to.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-31-06 at 11:28:02 PST   Listings
Bill D, thank you very much for capturing the entire week of Q entries into a web page! That made it very simple for me to update our A-Z page to reflect this week's results. As you can see, I captured the page you created as well, so you won't have to keep it up indefinitely.

Bill S
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 10:19:49 PST   Listings
Correct Peter.

And back at you!
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-31-06 at 09:29:10 PST   Listings
Jim Russia - Happy New Year to come:-)

Peter
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-31-06 at 08:56:00 PST   Listings
Stamps54321 and anyone else who wanted color picture of Netherlands Used collection in Binder 130063333642
I was able to figure out what checkmark on IrFanView I switched to Greyscale scanning by accident and re-uploaded 3 pages from the collection. I also figured out on Vendio how to add more pages once an auction has been created. Go to images and select attach images. You will need to have the auction number handy to cut and paste in but Vendio does the rest for you.
This way if you want to get an auction up and scan in the remaining pages the next day you can.
David Snyder
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-31-06 at 08:07:47 PST   Listings
Hi Alec,

Thanks for the scans, interesting to know what the cancel looks like.

Hey Ed, if you want to call me Chalky, do so by all means, but you are the only one. Don't you think cheapskate would be more appropriate?

David, that dish sounds wonderful!

A Happy & Prosperous New Year to all.

Martin.
Posted by hungaryjim   ( 836 ) on Dec-31-06 at 08:07:08 PST   Listings
iomoon VOLCANO ALERT! 5633856711

Happy New Years Eve Everyone!

Jimbo2
Posted by 22028   ( 1536 ) on Dec-31-06 at 07:53:58 PST   Listings
My R stands for Railway Stamps from Iraq. A country in the news since years.
After 20 years of collecting these fascinating issues I finally was able to find a complete sheet booklet pane of these stamps. These stamps are from the first issue of 1928; catalogue number RP-1 (with period after “label”). The little literature for these stamps mentions that these stamps were printed and issued in booklets containing 8 pairs. So my next target is to find a complete booklet!!!
http://fuchs-online.com/my_ebay/images/16_iraq-RP-1-pair.jpg

Also, my Website for Railway Stamps of Iraq can be found here...
http://fuchs-online.com/iraq/
Posted by oggilby   ( 1166 ) on Dec-31-06 at 07:36:34 PST   Listings
Greetings from snowless Central Maryland (a first in this area in years)!

Happy New Year to all and may it bring many exciting experiences and good fortune to all! I'm glad to see the old year go, too many unexpected family issues to have dealt with, but life goes on. The coolest thing about this board is to see the new year progess through the posters. I guess Rainer will be next! We're off to a play in Washington D.C., this evening (wifey, kid and her friend), pay our respects to the late President Ford and then a cozy night by the fire with Aspi Spumante and brownies.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 07:22:13 PST   Listings
OK,

so my first "R" is for Raratonga where it is already 2007.
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-31-06 at 07:14:00 PST   Listings
Q entries. For those who are interested, I saved the "Q" entries so I could review them to declare a winner. They are here. There were 38 entries. The prize for "most spirit" goes to jim_lawler, with 13 entries. My sentimental favorite was jimbo, with two entries from Today in Postal History, a long-running favorite of mine that ended quite some time ago. We learned about "Q" volcanos and "Q" perfins, with 3 contentestants posting their perfins (obviously something I'm partial to).

I look at the "A-Z" postings as "amateur hour", where participants share a piece of their collection in a somewhat impromptu manner. Despite that, my selection for winner of the "Q" showings is de66 for his display Queensland Revenues The Smaller Taxes 1885-1965, an interesting and informative showing. His prize .... to judge the "R" entries, which have started.

Bill D.
Posted by malolo   ( 832 ) on Dec-31-06 at 06:25:08 PST   Listings
Aloha -
The local businessmen posted the news the local fireworks dispplay is cancelled for this year. A suitable location to set them off was not found as last year's location has been built on. So all trains have been cancelled, but it's reported all bars will stay open, and the police will be busy as they are every year. I still have a full day's work ahead, along with tomorrow. I will not get much sleep tonight as the firecrackers will start around 7pm and continue until past midnight. I'll be getting up just before 4am. The planes will be flying! Not a fan of New Year, sorry to say. BTW - Happy New Year to those who celebrate it. LOL

Roger
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 06:24:24 PST   Listings
Stoopid crossword clue:

What the sympathetic manager told the patrons not to do to his waitress, "don't _______" (6)
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-31-06 at 06:02:36 PST   Listings
Good day all.

A Happy New Year to those in the Antipodes.
Posted by philaweb   ( 181 ) on Dec-31-06 at 05:28:16 PST   Listings
infla-alec Time zone. Kiribati, some remote group of islands in the Pacific, are the first ones to celebrate the New Year since they are +14 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (prev. Greenwich Mean Time).
Posted by ed845   ( 4251 ) on Dec-31-06 at 05:13:04 PST   Listings
dbenson

No free food on the trains David?

A Happy and seam stretching New Year to you.

Ed
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1160 ) on Dec-31-06 at 04:40:49 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


In keeping with the "R" theme here’s a Ray, Indiana PSS 801.

Jim L.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 04:11:05 PST   Listings
yep, David, I saw the Sydney 9pm fireworks... great idea for the Mums and Dads to let the kids see them and get them home before the Midnight ones.
Melbourne trains and trams will run all night and are FREE from this afternoon thru to mid day on new year's day, just to encourage people to go into the city for the entertainments and fireworks and leave the cars at home. Oh and the whole city center along the river and docklands, all alcohol free zones in the open. Good thinking!
Posted by dbenson   ( 7678 ) on Dec-31-06 at 04:08:36 PST   Listings
Ed,

here is the New Years Eve timetable,

http://www.cityrail.info/event/061231-nye.jsp

We are on the Richmomd Line and it is every 10 minutes to Blacktown by Express but 30 minutes for the local station. I don't know which train she will get but may have to travel 10 minutes if she misses the local.

David B.
Posted by ed845   ( 4251 ) on Dec-31-06 at 03:57:38 PST   Listings
David (D1) says the trains are running every ten minutes in his home town.

Here in the UK there are no trains in some areas as the train crews have gone on strike. What's new in the UK.

Thanks David for the latest culinary update. Is it true all Aussie's have taken to wearing elasticated waists on their trousers (pants to the uneducated).

Whilst on here, a Happy New Year to you All. Even my mate Chalky who doesn't like it to be known that Chalky is what people call him in the YUK.

Ed
Posted by dbenson   ( 7678 ) on Dec-31-06 at 03:45:53 PST   Listings
Linda,

It's getting closer, saw the 9pm. show on TV, my daughter has gone with some school friends to Milson's Point for the 9pm. and 12pm. show. Rang her at 9.15 they had moved to Blues Point as Milson's was too crowded. The trains are every 10 minutes and will ring me from the station when it arrives which should be around 1.45AM-2.00AM early next
year. I thought it would be quieter this year with the rainy forecast but the crowds are out there in full force. The pictures from the Opera House & Botanical Gardens show literally millions of people out there (well maybe only 1 million) and thousands of small boats (well maybe only 1 thousand).

Martin, they had gone to the city for the fireworks, left the scans and presume she will call sometimes tomorrow with the details and a couple of plates of food. She usually makes a flat bread dish like a large Naan is very heavy and mixed with potatoes & spices which you then add a liquidy mash full of chillies. I am not sure what it is called but it is tasty,

David B.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-31-06 at 03:30:33 PST   Listings
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR COLLECTOR FRIENDS

 alec, of our regular board posters in here, ROLY will see in the NY first, in New Zealand, followed by Davids D1&D2, and myself on the Aussie East Coast, where it is currently 10.30pm

And then, probably Rainer, then Europe, UK, across to the Americans on the East Coast, etc. thru to possibly last up, Roger in Hawaii

Linda
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-31-06 at 03:19:47 PST   Listings
Who does actually get the first time zone for 2007 ? I know Australia or at least Sydney has theirs in about 100 minutes time
Posted by philaweb   ( 181 ) on Dec-31-06 at 02:41:55 PST   Listings
It's just about to become 2007 in the first time zone, so let me wish you all a Happy New Year! May the coming year bring you good health and fullfill your wishes. Godt Nytår! for everyone.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-31-06 at 01:25:53 PST   Listings
Or if on a single stamp one such as this would be desirable.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-31-06 at 01:21:29 PST   Listings
Martin Hopefully this will help you recognise the French 1929 Expo Cancel
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-31-06 at 00:40:30 PST   Listings
Hi David,

Thanks as ever for your input and advice.

It is a shame that SG do not provide more information, for example, mentioning or illustrating the Expo cancel. I have the 5th Edition (2001) of Part 6, France. As I mentioned before the base stamp isn't identified, and the colour is given differently.

By the way, I hope the Afghan dishes were good!

Martin.

Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-31-06 at 00:34:02 PST   Listings
And of course I got the 1317 wrong, what's actually shown is 1318. :-(
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-31-06 at 00:33:01 PST   Listings
Hey, it worked! The numbers run (from 0-9) ??????????
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-31-06 at 00:31:11 PST   Listings
Gotta try this... ???? is 1317, ???? is 1310.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-31-06 at 00:02:22 PST   Listings
Martin,

you can safely bid on the one with the APS certificate, the others just ruined the basic 2f. stamps.

The genuine a good example of the Bluish Black overprint which should answer your original query regarding the colour of the overprint,

David B.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 23:35:08 PST   Listings
Further to below, I can find three examples of the France 1929 Le Havre Expo stamp in auction listings, one is noted as a forgery, and another has an APS certificate & authentic looking cancel.

Martin.
Posted by sneeky37   ( 232 ) on Dec-30-06 at 22:51:06 PST   Listings
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !!!
May it bring you and yurs only the best life has to offer.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 22:45:24 PST   Listings
Hi Paul,

Thanks for showing the fakes from FLA, I agree that the quality is so poor that even I would not be fooled!

Of the two stamps I was watching, one sold for over £100, and the other has been relisted at a slightly lower bin.

On both, the overprint was not exactly horizontal, neither had a clear cancel as David mentioned, and one appeared to have the overprint over the cancel.

Martin.
Posted by breffington   ( 333 ) on Dec-30-06 at 22:42:20 PST   Listings
Happy New Year everyone. May it be a healthy and prosperous one for us all. USA post offices, by the way, are closed January 2,2007 in memory of recently deceased President Ford. Happy stamping, trading and feuding in 2007.
Frank
Posted by breffington   ( 333 ) on Dec-30-06 at 22:38:52 PST   Listings
Happy New Year everyone. May it be a healthy and prosperous one for us all. USA post offices, by the way, are closed January 2,2007 in memory of recently deceased President Ford. Happy stamping, trading and feuding in 2007.
Frank
Posted by horadam1   ( 431 ) on Dec-30-06 at 22:24:30 PST   Listings
Jaywild Jim, thanks for the heads-up on those two elephant Maine covers. They are actually some I did not have, but have now. {:0)
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1159 ) on Dec-30-06 at 20:01:25 PST   Listings
In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s another “C” value “Q precancel, this one from Chicago, but the company is unknown in my old catalogue.

Jim L.
Posted by melynda733   ( 0 )   on Dec-30-06 at 19:42:52 PST   Listings
Inflo-alc
thank you verry much for your lelp.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-30-06 at 19:39:40 PST   Listings
infla-alec All I see is that as my current auctions get closer to their Wednesday day or night close more are getting bid on
now up to 7 for $21.40 lets see where they all end up on Wednesday night and how well everyone else here does from the 15 cent listing day.
David Snyder
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-30-06 at 19:34:23 PST   Listings
WOW, great day for funerals! Who's upstaging who? I'm rather suprised Castro didn't try to "bump" a couple guys.

I thought the 2 hour+ coverage (on CNN) of the "God Father of Soul" was most excellent. James Brown was the best!

Sad to see the death of the last purely human republican President. Bye Jerry, we luv ya. You were a good-un.

S.H. tough tootles, couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.

I don't do "politically correct" Whatever that is..........
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-30-06 at 18:49:44 PST   Listings
Martin & Infla-alec-------In line with your discussion about the French Lehavre Exhibition stamp here is a sample copy which was created by the distinquish E-bay poster from Hialea Fla .At least he got the color of the overprint somewhat correct also two normal stamps ,so others will know all the BOO-WHO about faking stamps was a joke.The quality was bad . FAKE FRENCH ....paul
Posted by bjornmu   ( 854 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:44:24 PST   Listings
Alec, Jim wasn't referring to the pencil notes but parts of the pen writing, 4-digit numbers with a long horizontal line under.
Posted by bjornmu   ( 854 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:42:05 PST   Listings
Yes, Arabic is written right to left, but they also write their numbers "backwards" compared to those using the Latin alphabet, so they actually read the same way. I agree about your find of 1317 and 1316.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:34:16 PST   Listings
Jay, the dates are in top right corner of the stamps, to make it easy for you that is the area that has been overinked and the plate clogged,

They are most probably (99%) the 1892 issue as the later issue was never used.

I don't know if Scott's show both of the designs but they are illustrated in Gibbons part 16 with an arrow pointing to the relevant area where the dates are (or supposed ot be),

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:31:41 PST   Listings
Jim I just looked again at those markings you spotted under a magnifier. They seem to be pencil notes and the first one looks like 1260 and the latter 1200. Not that either figure makes any sense to me. Thanks for the input though.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:22:04 PST   Listings
alec… Based on my admittedly limited knowledge of the subject, I think there are dates at the bottom of your two Afghani items. At the bottom here I think I can read 1317, and at the bottom of this I believe it says 1316. What’s odd is that the reading is left to right. Ariabic is read/written right to left, but perhaps Pashto, written in Arabic script, is read left to right.

Just a semi-educated guess really…

Jim

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Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 16:12:40 PST   Listings
Paul, as I cannot decipher any of the Afghan scripts I will wait until they have been transalted before commenting on what they are. If they are genuine correspondence the address should be internal as they needed Indian stamps top be transmitted abroad,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 15:58:01 PST   Listings
David S You need to conquer your fear of starting items at below what you think is a fair market value. I'd imagine that most collectors won't give two hoots what album you have the stamps listed with. Ebay I'm sure has a seperate category wher you can list siuch albums and speciality pages. A buyers bidding structure and amount will be based purely on what the, "stamps" are worth to that individual. Remember something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. Your own valuation doesn't come into the equation.
I'm not going to comment again on how you run your auctions, as I think you have been given plenty of advice here certainly in the last few days alone to know enough now what should make you some decent sales.It's your call at the end of the day and I will be saying no more on this subject here.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-30-06 at 15:24:48 PST   Listings
soggy333 Thanks for telling me "that Stamps54321 is not going to buy any of your stamps if you make the pictures in color."
I thought he was being truthful. He never did email me his email address so I could send him scans. I will ask on the Vendio forum why the new images did not show on Ebay as i am curious.I will also check my scanner settings in IrfanView (which a chat member recommend and its a great software) to see which I changed ot Black & white by mistake.

On the issue of starting auctions at 99 cents and seeing where they go -- I have a number of stamps which my father nor I ever cataloged which I think I should put up at 99 cents by country or area of the world and see what they go for. More to clean out space than make money. But on collections I put together of mint stamps in Scott specialty binders which I am going to start listings as I need the money I am leary to start them at 99 cents without a reserve. The pages and binder alone should be worth a few dollars.
David Snyder
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-30-06 at 15:07:34 PST   Listings
Yes, David, Roly said it took 1hr 47 minutes for that shill bidder to up his 01c bid!
he was disappointed too, thought Mr.shill was working way too slow!
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:45:02 PST   Listings
Melynda Modern US stamps mint are rarely worth more than their face value. Unless it has some sort of error I'd bet the stamp you have is a common one. Try a ebay search and see if any others are being sold. If you want to know more about stamps in general scroll down the page and have a look at the yellow box links with many tips and advice for collectors
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:44:39 PST   Listings
D2

Shame on you, you should know eBay bidding by now.
Underbidder has hit the high bidders mark else it wouldn't have registered.
By bidding $1 he is giving himself away as a shill after 4,500 bids in 30 days.
No one with that experience is going to bid an even amount and hope to win the auction.
The shills and their "overseer" should be given, at the least, a warning.

If not for shilling, then for exhorbitant postal charges.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:44:37 PST   Listings
David B. -------You maybe 100% right ,but my opinion is that they are not covers but Post Office receipts or revenue documents , just my opinion .

Can i give my opinion without starting a fight

Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:24:50 PST   Listings
Alec, try to borrow Gibbons Central Asia, Volume 16 from your local library, it shows the designs very clearly, however the problem is that the stamps are usually overinked and the plates clogged that the date is difficult to discern. Then there is the problem with the plethora of forgeries that abound in those issues which makes the collecting a daunting task. There is a possibility that your 2 pieces are genuine covers and I will ask one of my neighbors (afghani) who should be over tonight for New Years Eve to try to decipher them, however they may be in one of the scripts that she can't read.

(Ed., ps. she always brings a few plates of food when she comes here)

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:19:55 PST   Listings
roly,

it's seems a local bidder has upped the ante on the worthless stamp (and I do mean worthless), it has hit the dizzy heights of $1 with the underbidder closing in, I am sure he will try to raise it at least another 50%,

If the local wins it he will get a shock when he finds out what the Postage & Packing charges are,

David B.
Posted by melynda733   ( 0 )   on Dec-30-06 at 14:17:16 PST   Listings
I have a .20 cent babe ruth postal stamp that has not been used and is still in its leather pouch,I know nothing about stamps or sports can someone please help
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:13:38 PST   Listings
David B Thanks that would be very interesting to know how to read the dates and what the piece actually says. No hurry though.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:13:00 PST   Listings
Paul, the last stamp in your scan is the unissued 1892 Black on Green Registered Letter stamp,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 14:06:59 PST   Listings
Alec, Gibbons shows the 1896 as type 19 with the date at thre top right corner. They were never used but the 1892 issue is common mint & used. If you like I can get the pieces that you showed translated. It may take a day,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 13:55:37 PST   Listings
Paul Ok thanks anyway
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-30-06 at 13:53:52 PST   Listings
INFLA-ALEC -------We are talking about two different issues the 1892 issue which has postal used and the other one is the more colorful 1898 issue which doesn't list a used price .So you would need a more detail study to determine which copy you have the 1892 have a 1310 date on them and the 1898 which is scarce as postal used are dated 1316 .The Scott doesn't really make it clear how to read the date on the stamp.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 13:33:12 PST   Listings
Paul Strange that one catalogue gives a price and another states the used ones are forgeries. Can you post a link if possible of what the Scott catalogue states please ?
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-30-06 at 13:12:16 PST   Listings
INFLA-ALEC-------Those stamps you shown can be both postage stamps and revenue stamps because they were used as both .They were issued in 1892 and Scott lists both used and mint at a few dollars apiece .They are a rare find and something of interest to many .Here are some of the more colorful copies from my collection . AFGHANISTAN....paul
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:59:02 PST   Listings
Hi Mitchell,

You are indeed right! I have been lurking in the balcony for several Years, and drop by for the occasional post.

At the moment, Ed has more time on his hands than things to do, and is having some fun!

Martin.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:55:56 PST   Listings
D1, some of those items could have been shown the correct way up instead of sideways which should make the Judges happier,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:52:41 PST   Listings
D1, burning is a bit drastic, keeping at home for reference purposes is more realistic and could be rewarding especially for positioning plate flaws.

David B.
Posted by de66   ( 1027 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:28:50 PST   Listings
D2

Reprints should be burned i believe they have no place in a revenue exhibit unless it is in the Cinderella section. They do look good which would attract the eye of the unknowledgeable judge the owner readily admits a couple of typos and will send me updated pages as time permits. Looking at the vertical layout of the horizontal documents i would have thought the 30 points for presentation would have come in.

D1
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:16:06 PST   Listings
D1, Just had a better look, the Beer Duties are superb. I noticed a basic stamp missing, 1880 Platypus 6d. mint, he has the other values mint but shows a fiscally cancelled copy of the 6d. It is a difficult stamp but should be obtained before entering Internationally as the Judges will notice it,

David B.

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 12:04:36 PST   Listings
D1,

The Judges at a National should use the same methodology as Internationals but presumably the Judges at the National in Torquay were not Revenue Judges but Traditional Judges seconded for Revenue purposes.

I had a quick squiz at the 1st. few pages and noticed a typo error (1929 for 1829). It didn't appear to have the " oomph " factor for a Gold on what I saw. Reprints have a place in a collection and sometimes that place is at home and not in an exhibit especially if Traditional Judges are evaluating it, that is one of the reasons why Revenue exhibits should be judged by Revenue Judges especially on an important well known area like Tassie which has plenty of Literature & priced catalogues which makes life easier for the Judges,

David B.
Posted by de66   ( 1027 ) on Dec-30-06 at 11:31:25 PST   Listings
D2
This was a National 1st time out in Torquay on the south coast of the UK i do not know the judges i have told the owner i would judge it at Vermeil take out all the reprints and make it L/V add in more information to boost knowledge and then we are looking Gold there are some rare items missing but i am told at National the judges judge what is in front of them and not what is missing that is saved for international

D1
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 11:23:29 PST   Listings
DI,

I haven't looked at the Tassie Revenues yet, will have a decko later in the day, just want to comment on you mentioning it is a 5 frame Gold. Getting a Gold for a 5 framer is a rare event as there is an unwritten rule that Golds should only be given for 8 framers, this " rule " is often broken but some oldtimers still believe in it,

David B.
Posted by de66   ( 1027 ) on Dec-30-06 at 11:15:42 PST   Listings
Any Tasmanian revenue collectors wanting to se a 5 frame Gold medal exhibit, i have just loaded one up on The Revenue Society web site. This includes some very nice De La Rue art work.

http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/invited-displays/invited-display-index.html

D1
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 10:38:50 PST   Listings
Anne,

re. the Costa Rica to Egypt cover that you thought was expensive at $200, it realised $1280, now that is expensive but shows the demand there is for unusual covers from Costa Rica even early 20th. Century,

David B.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-30-06 at 09:25:21 PST   Listings
Martin Either there is some "pulling of the leg" going on or my memory is worse than I thought. I seem to remember you posting on this board often in the past (possibly even before Ed) Anyways Welcome back!

Jeff, Bill, Anne Thanks for the unanimous input on the dog crate training. I'm not sure if Marcus is ready for it yet. He's only 7 weeks and I have read that dogs have little control over that function until they are 4 months old.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 08:35:36 PST   Listings
Hi David,

Thanks for the information and advice, which I shall certainly heed should I be considering one of those stamps in the future.

Martin.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 08:12:08 PST   Listings
Rainer Thanks again for the follow up information. I'll see how much the matchbox Mercedes is at the showroom. I don't think I could afford one of them either :-). I won't be putting those pieces in my to sell one day box now either.
Posted by 22028   ( 1535 ) on Dec-30-06 at 07:51:04 PST   Listings
alec, I woould not consider them worthless..., maybe a matchbox Mercerdes you can order.
Michel mentions these stamps on covers are fake...
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-30-06 at 07:45:16 PST   Listings
Good day all.

From a dreary Longisland.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 07:42:24 PST   Listings
Rainer Thank you also. By no value used does that signify they are worthless or can I order my new Mercedes ? :-)
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-30-06 at 06:57:34 PST   Listings
rolyrj relative to your dated precancel, in additio nto the information jim_lawler provided, this page has links to two articles on Dated Precancels if you are interested in additional information. Two of the more prolific users of dated precancels are Montgomery Ward (MW) and Sears, Roebuck and Company (SRC).

Some people avidly collect dated precancels, while other people view them as less desireable. I happen to fall into the latter category, trying to fill spaces in my bureau collection without dated precancels. This can be pretty tough on some of the higher denomination prexies, as many of them have dated precancels.

Bill D.
Posted by 22028   ( 1535 ) on Dec-30-06 at 06:39:02 PST   Listings
alec your stamps are indeed from Afghanistan...
Image 001: 1898, Mi-No. 166, No value for used
Image 002: dto.
Image 003: dto.
Image 004: dto.

Language wise, you stand corrected...l same as Persians, never tell them they are Arabs and speak Arabic...
Posted by bjornmu   ( 854 ) on Dec-30-06 at 06:14:03 PST   Listings
While we're on the subject of executed tyrants, my obvious choice for Q would have to be Quisling, who appeared on stamps to mark that he had himself appointed "minister president" of a new "National Government". The stamp was issued with and without date.

The left stamp has been put there temporarily as I haven't soaked it. These are hard to find with good, non-FD cancels, especially from smaller places. On the other hand, I don't want perfect cancels, because 90-95% of these are fake.

A third stamp was issued for the first meeting of the "National Assembly". Note that I have put all those names in quotes... All these stamps were invalid from May 15, 1945.

Finally, he appears on two stamps for the European Postal Congress in Vienna. These were also invalid from the same date. Without his face, they probably still would, but they might then have become valid again from Sep. 1, 1981, along with a few other WWII issues.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 05:49:25 PST   Listings
Philaweb I stand corrected and withdraw Arabic from my statements.
Posted by philaweb   ( 181 ) on Dec-30-06 at 05:36:47 PST   Listings
infla-alec In Afghanistan they mainly speak Pashto or Persian, not Arabic.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 05:04:53 PST   Listings
I say entires bit of course they could just be , "on piece".
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 04:55:31 PST   Listings
Paul Thanks good to know the country at least. Any idea on time period and are they actual postage stamps or some sort of revenue stamp ? I don't read any Arabic script but the entires don't look like letters to me hence I'm guessing revenue or some sort of receipt use. Maybe Rainer can read Arabic if he sees the link.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-30-06 at 04:43:46 PST   Listings
INFLA-ALEC---They are the Mosque Gate and cross cannons of the Kingdom of Afghanistan.
Posted by prochute   ( 65 ) on Dec-30-06 at 04:39:58 PST   Listings
soggy333 Nice & friendly posts yesterday.
Perhaps the seller of worthless material has a severe self esteem problem and needs to shill his auctions. Who knows?

Perhaps stamps54321 was trying to help the seller do the right thing if I read between the lines correctly, that is. One thing I know. Most sellers here will scan an entire collection. Did anyone ever go to a stamp show only to have the dealer show you part of a lot. No, you can peruse the whole thing.
Phil A.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1159 ) on Dec-30-06 at 04:33:48 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


Bill C
Guess it’s all those ups and downs of Cincinnati that got me sticking in the extra “T.”
Thanks for re-posting the link for the “Q” perfins.

Roly
The MW AP 41 on the precancel means that the total cost of shipping the package was over 6 cents and that the Montgomery Wards Company had to date the stamps they used on that package. The package would have been mailed in April of 1941. It’s one of the Printed Dateds rather than a handstamp dated.
I don’t know about the rarity of the invert on the Nashville Precancel, but the type is a common one. It was an electro plate that the used on a printing press to precancel sheets of 100 stamps at a time. The inverts are less common than the normal, so I’d call it a “keeper.”


FWIW:
They have gotten the “Revise your lot” pages working again this morning.


In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s another C valued “Q“ Perfin from Quaker City Rubber in Philadelphia, PA click here .

Jim L.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 04:19:03 PST   Listings
Can anyone please tell me anything about these Arabic ? Stamps I'm assuming Arabic because of the writing but as to what country, time scale or anything I am at a loss. Hopefully you should via the link be able to see the entires and a zoom in on the stamp. If better scans or higher resolutions are needed please ask. These have been in my unknown file for some while always with the aim to one day find out what they are.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-30-06 at 03:22:26 PST   Listings
Jim (jaywild) Just out of interest I have a couple of precancels I am curious about. These are a little banged up I know but is the inverted precancel on the Tenn stamp an unusual/rare occurance? And what does the MW-AP 41 mean on the ILL precancel?
Cheers
Roly
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Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-30-06 at 02:02:05 PST   Listings
ROLYRJ WELL it does take time to put in 30 or so bids ! poor puk must be working day an night to keep up with that many bids on Mr.gummy's stamps
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-30-06 at 01:56:50 PST   Listings
Martin, the overprint was on the normal stock and you should be very wary of any used without a clear Exhibition cds. and even then you should be wary as forged cancels also exist. The overprint is a very deep Bluish Black and Y & T & Gibbons call it Blue,

http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/stamp_1921.htm

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 01:51:44 PST   Listings
Martin Sorry I have no idea on the overprint colour but usually such things are either black or blue-black. Overprints are the easiest things to forge on stamps and so care should always be taken when buying anything that is expensive like that. I only have the Dally because it shows all the stamps in colour and was a cheap buy. I don't collect France but occasionally i come across things that I like to look up or learn about, hence whenever I can get any literature on just about any country I pick it up.
Posted by cwhutch   ( 595 ) on Dec-30-06 at 01:50:15 PST   Listings
Good morning . Its got to be an improvment with Saddam gone .Now if we were just out of there..........

Hutch
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-30-06 at 01:05:11 PST   Listings
Linda… It took 1hr 47mins for the IL shiller to up my 2c bid :-) He must have been busy elsewhere !!
cheers
Roly
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 00:54:20 PST   Listings
Hi Alec,

That's interesting, what colour is the overprint?

Never heard of Dally.

Martin.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 00:51:21 PST   Listings
Martin The French,"Dally" catalogue I have which is in colour clearly shows that stamp as being orange and not red as Gibbons state.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-30-06 at 00:41:15 PST   Listings
Hi Alec,

Thanks for your reply.

I do read the board nearly every day, but don't post very often.

I'm assuming that SG have made a mistake with the colour, but would like to be sure.

Martin.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-30-06 at 00:10:02 PST   Listings
Martin (not chalky) Welcome to the board. Please feel free to contribute to the daily messages and questions anytime you like. Most of the time someone will show up sooner or later with answers.
I think you will find that the stamp in question should be the original 2 Francs, colour orange and blue-green & the 1929 overprinted stamp should be the same colour. As for colour of overprint I don't know. Maybe one of the guys here who collects worldwide and has one can tell you more.
I'd guess that Gibbons have made a simple mistake in their catalogue. As to buying one on ebay ever tried looking for one in ebay France ? High value items like that are often sold with certificates which should take away some concerns about authenticity when buying. Though do make sure it is a certificate from a recognised expert of that stamp. If unsure about such an item being offered then ask the seller for time to have the item certified and if it comes back bad cancel or forged overprint that you will get a refund of ALL costs. If the seller refuses then I would not bid, simple as that.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-29-06 at 23:37:36 PST   Listings
Good morning,

Now that Mr Nice (Ed) has brought me here (see below), I would like to ask a question about the France 1929 Le Havre Philatelic Exhibition stamp (SG 470).

Firstly, is the base stamp the 1920 new colour (SG 387), which is listed as orange and blue-green, or a distinct printing in red and blue-green?

Secondly, should the overprint be black, or blue-black?

I have been watching a couple of these recently, but would be very wary of buying such a stamp on eBay.

many thanks to anyone who can help.

Martin (not Chalky).
Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Dec-29-06 at 22:42:01 PST   Listings
Learn from Saddam's mistake.
If your going to be tried for crimes against humanity,
...request a California venue!
Even in the unlikely chance they convict you,
you get to sit around on death row for 30 years,
nibbling on shrimp cocktails.
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-29-06 at 22:10:14 PST   Listings
jim_lawler I linked to a scan of the Perfins Catalog page for Q earlier (here). The Q&C perfin you showed is pattern Q9 and is now rated D+. "Common" is in the eye of the beholder. I have roughly half of 1000 C-rated perfins. I wouldn't consider them common, but also not rare or scarce.

Also, having grown up in Cincinnati (with my parents still living there) I have to point out you have too many "t"'s in your posts about Cincinnati perfins.

Bill D.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 21:53:43 PST   Listings
Linda… Not to mention the Welsh longbows made of those same yes trees, that scattered the French at Crécy and Agincourt!

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-29-06 at 21:35:22 PST   Listings
...and I do love those English Avenues of YES trees too!
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 21:28:21 PST   Listings
Yews = old English word for “yes”.

J
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 21:27:25 PST   Listings
stjohnstamps… Sorry! Yews, I collect AZ precancels. You don’t happen to live here, do you?

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1159 ) on Dec-29-06 at 20:52:19 PST   Listings
Bill D.
Thanks much for the info. I’ve got three more “Q” perfins to post and then we should be on to the “R”s.

All at once eBay’s “revise” links are not working. I wonder what’s up. :8^(9


In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a “Q” perfin from
Cincinnatti, Ohio.
My old catalogue rates it as a “C” which I take to mean it’s common.

Jim L.
Posted by stjohnstamps   ( 837 ) on Dec-29-06 at 20:39:47 PST   Listings
I meant Q1-Q2-Q3-Q4
Posted by stjohnstamps   ( 837 ) on Dec-29-06 at 20:38:03 PST   Listings
More US Q-perfins... Q1-Q1-Q3-Q4 / Q5-Q6-Q8-Q9-Q10 I just got the Q8 last week. The other 3 are on my wantlist Q0.5 Q0.6 and Q7.

jaywild you sniped me out of the Arizona precancels today :-( didn't know you collected them.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:56:33 PST   Listings
stamphick… Oh I know! The best lampooning of this tendency was in George Orwell’s 1984, where the entire world has been divided among three mega-nations, two of which are always fighting the third. Winston Smith was raised all his life to despite Other Country A (I forget the name), then suddenly, without logic or explanation, the propaganda machine starts trumpeting Country A as an indispensable ally, and former friend Country B has suddenly become the goat. .

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:47:59 PST   Listings
jaywild...That is true but it is not that unusual for the same country or person to be both our friend and our enemy at different points in time.
Posted by bobgggg   ( 75 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:47:10 PST   Listings
Hello Gawg and David


10:27 p.m. EST Update: ABC News confirms from Baghdad that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging.

Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:44:57 PST   Listings
stamphick… “al-AP”—LOL!

Rainer… At the time of the Kurd and Shia massacres, Saddam was our ally, because he opposed the Islamic revolution in Iran. Therefore, in the twisted logic of global realpolitik, since he was the enemy of our enemy, that made him our friend.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:40:18 PST   Listings
22028...I think there will still be trials over that matter as there were others involved. There obviously won't be the vast media circus involved with that trial though.
Posted by 776   ( 651 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:31:58 PST   Listings
that didn't take long.~~~
Posted by 22028   ( 1535 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:31:09 PST   Listings
I have no regrets that he has been executed but now the truth about the killings of the Kurdish in Halbjah etc... will never come out. Also, whey the west kept quiet at that time.
Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:09:45 PST   Listings
al-Arabia is reporting that Saddam is dead. I guess we should wait for confirmation from al-AP to be sure.
Posted by 776   ( 651 ) on Dec-29-06 at 19:09:42 PST   Listings
Saddam Hussein is dead.

Gawg, now that didn't long.

Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 18:14:57 PST   Listings
Not to change the subject, but it looks as if Saddam Hussein’s execution will take place sometime between 6:30 and 7 pm PST (eBay time). It’s already quarter after 6 here.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:38:56 PST   Listings
Yes, David, that is a possibility, anything mr.gummy sells under $3.80 he pays less than the .20c relisting fee, as a f.v.f. !!... well spotted !
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:36:52 PST   Listings
The gummy one has a fixation on the word "very" as well !!
I have just bid 2c on a NZ auction. I have the stop watch runnig to see when the man from IL or the man from WA ups the anti to several dollars for a stamp that CV's here at 10c. :-O
Cheers
Roly
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:23:53 PST   Listings
Linda & Roly

Shiller, surely you jest! :-)
Just someones with favorite dealers going after crappy stamps nobody else wants!!

Lets see, $3.49 S&H for first stamps, then 50cents per stamp x 4,500 = $2,228.59 plus cost of winning auction.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:13:36 PST   Listings
Lindy, I haven't checked but there could be a tie in with Ebay refunding listing charges if an unsold lot is relisted and then sold. It would be cheaper to pay the commission charges and get a refund for the listing than have it unsold and pay the listing charge,

is there an accountant in the house who has spare time to check listings, unsolds, relistings and compare costs,

David B.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:05:46 PST   Listings
ioJim well that bidder 3 has been a busy boy!! bid on nearly 4500 auctions all from the one seller, and won about 3000 of them THIS MONTH!, in all he has nearly 4,000 feedbacks for just 109 different sellers, over 2,000 last six months from that one seller... (Who uses the f/b forum to advertise his auctions instead of rating his buyer

now call me suspicious, but I smell shill on that one!! only auctions he wins are the under $1, usually under .50c ones.. THREE THOUSAND AUCTIONS THIS MONTH???? hellooooooooo

Oh and dont you love the seller.. should have called himself mr.apostrophy

Linda
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:03:36 PST   Listings
Soggy, IO, et al The same gummy stamp person had a heap of New Zealand stamps listed a week or so ago. They were all listed as **Rare** or **Scarce**. I sent them an email offering to replenish their stocks from the heaps of packets stamps I have here and ALL of my packet material is of far higher grade than the gummy stamp people have to offer. They had a least three stamps with bids on at US$10+ that catalogue here for NZ$0.50 !!! Are people really that gullable, or is it a shill bidder trying to push the prices up.
cheers
Roly
Posted by grannygee   ( 380 ) on Dec-29-06 at 17:01:06 PST   Listings
Thanks I have already removed some of them, but will leave the rest intact.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 16:57:27 PST   Listings
grannygee… Don’t take the hinges off the backs of the stamps. Leave that to the buyers. Removing hinges, especially old ones, is a prescription for trouble, because frequently it is the stamp that gets torn rather than the hinge.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by grannygee   ( 380 ) on Dec-29-06 at 16:51:27 PST   Listings
Hi This is my first time in a chat room, so please forgive me if I do something wrong. I am listing stamps that is in an International Junior Postage Stamp Album dated 1930. There are no stamps that I can find past 1934/35 in this book. All stamps are hinged and I was wondering if I should leave the hinge on the stamps when I remove them from the book. I have a Scott 2003 book, but I seach on Ebay to see what they are listed as. Any help will be greatly Gladys appreiated. Thanks
Posted by rclwa   ( 943 ) on Dec-29-06 at 16:13:42 PST   Listings
Librarians -- If you are interested in Cinderella Fantasy and Bogus issue items, lot 280063802148 is a must have. I see the same seller has a nice philatelic library going up, piecemeal. I have no affiliation with him, just posting this as a friendly heads up to any here who like philatelic literature. (I may regret it if you outbid me on something I haven't spotted yet--I already have the Evans--but I think nice books should find nice homes.) :-)

Bob in WA
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 15:23:25 PST   Listings
Don't worry if bidder 3 takes a while to load, they have bid on some 4,325 auctions in the last 30 days.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 15:20:28 PST   Listings
soggy

I agve up after the third bidder, someone with just too much time on their hands.

Bidder1

Bidder2

Bidder 3

Very eclectic tastes as well!!
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 15:01:54 PST   Listings
Pet peeve time… The sludge machine—er, auction manager—Auctiva is the worst of the worst. I wish I knew which auctions were put up using it, I would skip them every time. They load so much crap with every lot it takes forever to open one up, even with broadband.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-29-06 at 14:55:27 PST   Listings
djs

Hi David,

I don't collect GB FDC's, generally they can be had very cheaply in provincial auctions for those that want them.

Martin.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 14:52:01 PST   Listings
Io… Volcano alert.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-29-06 at 14:09:39 PST   Listings
jaywild I'm glad the cover made it there safely. Too bad the cancel is so faint - but at least in person you can make out the letters.

jim_lawler yes, the Queen City Supply perfin, number Q2 in the catalog, is still rated D.

Q perfins. There are 12 patterns in the US Catalog, of which I have 7 in my album.

rolyrj I have no reference literature for non-US perfins, so I'm unable to help identify the perfin in your German air mail stamp. From the scan it looks like a partial pattern, so it's likely you'd need someone who collects German perfins to be able to identify it.

Bill D.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-29-06 at 14:07:47 PST   Listings
Check out this lot 290065623514
Then notice that every worthless stamp this seller has listed has many bids at high prices and always from the same 4 bidders.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-29-06 at 13:52:14 PST   Listings
djs127
David I assure you that Stamps54321 is not going to buy any of your stamps if you make the pictures in color. It should be obvious from his Tibetan greetings that he is color blind.In addition, he does not have a "stamp book" and will be confused by your Scott numbers.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-29-06 at 13:39:25 PST   Listings
NOIP
I got a tin of herring from Canada yesterday. On the wrapper
was an imitation of a Hawaiian numeral stamp with a sailboat replacing the numeral. Much nicer looking design than the original. I wonder what the story is behind that.
Posted by flip138   ( 357 ) on Dec-29-06 at 13:32:16 PST   Listings
rolyrj, belated response to your query:

Can anyone enlighten me about the postmark indicated on this cover please. I have the other postmarks sorted but do not understand the one marked.

Ed is right about Leeds. If it is the D * P you are questioning, this is from a short period in the 1890s when the UK Post Office used coded times. The letter before the * gives the hour (A=1, B=2 etc), while after the * you have either A for AM or P for PM. So D * P = 4 pm.

Phil in stormy Birmingham
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 13:05:26 PST   Listings
Sabbath is at 4:18PM Eastern talk to all Saturday night.
David Snyder
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:58:06 PST   Listings
The fake cancel sold by the " Rock Solid " dealer who has been mentioned in dispatches here many times sold for US$71. As I know the buyer very well I have asked him to peruse this chat board as it would be against Ebay's rules to tell him he has bought a dud,

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260068235231

David B.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:56:37 PST   Listings
Martin Yes I was happy with the money and I do have some more mint Great Britain but they are offices in stamps so you can't use them for postage.
Do you collect Great Britain First day Covers?
David Snyder
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:56:19 PST   Listings
Thanks Jim

I'll try again later.
All three emails I sent out came back.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:53:56 PST   Listings
djs

Hi David,

The lots Ed are referring to are some mint GB that I bought for discount postage. I was pleased with the deal, I hop you were too.

Martin (not Chalky)
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1086 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:51:01 PST   Listings
Hi Ed,

Shy, no; cheapskate, yes.

If you insist on messing about, I'll have to tell the good readers of the chat what a kind hearted, generous individual you really are behind all the bluster.

Martin.

PS Where did the Chalky come from?
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:34:25 PST   Listings
Io… Emails to my nephew go to “us.army.mil”, so perhaps there is a temporary problem.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:32:56 PST   Listings
Infla-alec… Yes, I am very interested in the 1985 and 1972 covers. To avoid running afoul of the “no business” dictum let’s continue this discussion via email. My email addy is jfdire “at” sbcglobal “dot” net.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:31:42 PST   Listings
Does anyone know what the US army changed their email addresses to?

emails I send to us.army.mil get returned with incorrect address.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:25:26 PST   Listings
If the ebay want it now feature is used as a means of trading then it surely is contradictory so say we can't mention a trade here. I did mistakenly once say on that want it feature I was looking for item "x" and surprise surprise all you get is spam mail from sellers.After about 2 days i withdrew the want it notice.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7675 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:23:55 PST   Listings
this is a very scarce stamp used,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260068235231&from MakeTrack=true

however to be genuinely used it has to have a genuine cancel unlike this one,

David B.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 12:11:12 PST   Listings
infla-alec I think Ebay would say that saying we have or want a particular stamp or set to be business. As to giving away or trading stamps from countries you don't collect. Ebay wants you to use their want it now feature.
David Snyder
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 11:51:35 PST   Listings
IO/Jim Before you ask , yes as I am looking for Oct 5 I am also checking for anything that remotely resembles a Volcano. So no mid afternoon eruptions on the board if you please :-)

On another point I know ebay don't allow the board to be used for business as such. But would they deem it business if say one of us was to state they are looking for stamp "x" from country "y" ? I see no harm being done if people were allowed to state openly here their wants lists or at the very least put them online. I like many collectors probably have hundreds of stamps lying around that I simply don't collect and have no interest in trying to form into any sort of collection. I've kept them simply because every now and again someone will come along to visit and will quite happily spend a few hours at my home talking stamps and having a good old fashioned rummage through the box's of unwanted material accumulated over the years. Costs me a fortune in Coffee and biscuits though but well worth the pleasure gained. Or are things like that no longer taking place and everyone only buys from dealers, auctions and online ?
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 11:38:43 PST   Listings
Oct 5 here we go with four scans. One Two Three Four

The others I have which are not scanned are from Austria 1976, Switzerland 1970, Argentina 1972, Paraguay 1992, Brazil 1992. Haven't checked the other two box's I have of worldwide covers yet. If these and any others found are of use can you please let me know your shipping address again. None are high value stamps so not worth trying to sell as such. It was seeing that link of Oct 5 days from many years which actually prompted me to go have a look see but I forgot to save the link.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 11:23:40 PST   Listings
Luap,
After the Sabbath I would gladly scan in color all the pages from the collection and email it to you.
Please email me you email address so I can send you the scans.
I have used Vendio for some time and it has a problem changing the images AFTER the listing has already been place on Ebay.
Talk to you late Saturday night.
David Snyder
Posted by stamps54321   ( 6 ) on Dec-29-06 at 11:08:51 PST   Listings
djs127 What an excuses. I am now convinced you will not show color or a collection. It does not matter the value of the stamps you do not show but I need to see if I need the stamps. I do not have a book with numbers (catalog).

If you cannot use vendio (what is vendio?), then either learn it or do not use it. Or as my father would say:

If you are not making a deposit, get out of the bank.

I will look elsewhere.
Luap
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 11:02:00 PST   Listings
Jaywild/Jim Did you miss my post the other day about having some Oct 5 covers that may interest you ? One actually is from 1985. Not European 1985 though but from Tanzania. Back shortly once I've scanned and can show an upload for you to say wether needed or not.
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:57:06 PST   Listings
Bill Dempwolf… I want to thank you again for this Oct. 5 cover. These are so difficult to find. Now I only have four to go—1972, 1985, 1986 and 1997. The last two dates are Sundays, narrowing my chances considerably, since most of the Western world takes Sundays off. Mail is handled on Sundays, but very rarely canceled on those days. It’s funny that in the 19th Century mail clerks, particularly in small towns, thought nothing of working on Sundays and all other holidays, even Christmas. Dec 25th US cancels from the 19th Century abound.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:47:23 PST   Listings
I was able to edit the item on Ebay and change the free Ebay picture to the color one. It shows up on the bottom.
Multiple pictures is one of the many reasons I use vendio as they don't charge me per picture.
David Snyder
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:37:28 PST   Listings
Ed I tried that - but it did not work with the first image.
When I click on it on Ebay it has a link
http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/viewimage.x/00000000/djs127/Neth1.jpg?vvid=14535459&allow_mailing_list=1&allow_track_link=1&track=0236a5fdc3-30638&sp=1
which if I deleted it and replaced it should have shown up the
new image?
Anyone here use Vendio and tried to change images before?
I was able to add the lower postage rate.
David Snyder
Posted by ed845   ( 4248 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:29:44 PST   Listings
djs127:

Just delete the B&W images and upload colour replacements using the same numbers as the B&W images.

Ed
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:17:05 PST   Listings
stamps54321 Since I use Vendio I don't know how to replace the images on their site with color ones. I scanned in a few pages which have the best stamps - the rest of the pages don't have very high valued stamps. Does everyone scan in all pages of a collection?
The pages themselves are 5 ounces -- which will ship for $1.35 without the binder.
David Snyder
Posted by stamps54321   ( 6 ) on Dec-29-06 at 10:09:33 PST   Listings

Tashi
Delek
 or
a
Tibetan "Good
Day"
 to everyone!



I am confused. I am interested to buy item 130063333642 so i asked the seller a few questions:
1. why are scans in black & white?
2. why can't you show the entire collection?
3. will you ship without the binder?
Thanks

The response is as:
1. I must left the scanner setting at black and white after I was scanning in some supplies.
2. I did not have time to scan in all pages.
3. Sure I will ship without a binder but I don't think it will reduce the shipping cost much.

Does these answers mean the seller won't scan in color, won't find time to show the whole collection and won't tell me correct shipping.

I ask WHY??
luap
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 09:40:16 PST   Listings
Ed thanks for giving your friend a heads up on my auctions.
Have him contact me as to what he collects if he is too shy to come into the chat.
David Snyder
Posted by vinnysf   ( 263 ) on Dec-29-06 at 09:09:18 PST   Listings
lisle95- if you can't find anyone in concord, i live in san francisco and thats not too far from you..i would like to see your stamps..i got involved with this by getting my grandpas collection and it's been in storage for the last 20 years until i busted it out a couple months ago to sell it off. i'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as most of the peeps on this board but i've learned a lot in a short period of time and can probably offer some advice about being a noob around here and how to handle it when you get put in front of the firing squad. :)
Posted by ed845   ( 4248 ) on Dec-29-06 at 08:15:35 PST   Listings
D2

David, what are you trying to do?

The obesity record belongs to the USA not Australia.

Ed
Posted by ed845   ( 4248 ) on Dec-29-06 at 08:12:51 PST   Listings
In case anyone was wondering I was not having a pop at djs with my comments to infla-alec about offering advice and dead horses.

In fact I have nothing against dsj and even gave a heads up to my mate Chalky a few weeks ago about some stuff djs was selling.

Unfortunately my mate Chalky won't come on this board as he is shy. I have said to him that as he is a number 1 cheapskate he would feel at home here as this is where many high flying cheapskates hang out but no, he still will not visit.

Ed
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 08:02:46 PST   Listings
Roly No idea what that Zeppelin perfin is or the Scott number but it is a 1936 Airmail stamp depicting the Hindenburtg Zeppelin LZ 129. Issued on 16th March, with watermark swastika. Watermark is know reversed but no real difference in value. Michel number is 606 X (normal) , 606 Y (reversed watermark) Mint examples are usually found with no gum as the gum at the time contained an acid that turned the stamp brown, very like that used on the 1935 Ostropa minature sheet.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-29-06 at 08:01:26 PST   Listings
Mitch
I collect world wide before 1940. I make those lists up for a couple of countries before I go to a stamp show. If you carry a list of everything you either go broke immediately or do not get far enough into any country to matter.It looks nice to have several full pages in a row. Especially in a Scott Brown album! After I start looking for a particular country, some of the dealers I know get suspicious. Some of them start buying that country and some just raise their prices. I wonder what they do when a customer with real money comes by?
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 06:31:00 PST   Listings
sherro

For more information contact Donna Houseman at Amos Advantage. I don't have her email address on this machine but you can get her via Jim Kloetzel whose address is on this page.
She is very friendly and efficient.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-29-06 at 06:14:12 PST   Listings
Good day all.
From a sunny Longisland.

sherro

I'm not sure what you consider to be "Fistfuls of dollars".
For just using their numbers, Scott has what I consider to be a fairly nominal fee. It is a sliding scale which increases as progressively more other caatalogs are added.
It also goes up dramatically if you include their prices.
It doesn't matter whether you agree with their prices or not, it is their argument that the research in their catalog is in obtaining the current market price. Therefore they are jealous of their work and will charge a license accordingly that uses such data.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-29-06 at 04:13:10 PST   Listings
infla-alec Thanks for the website with Intro of Michel catalog in English I printed it and will put it inside my Michael.
Thanks also for the info about their new English catalog.
Without the parts you mentioned it does not seem worth it for me.

rolyrj My 2006 Scott catalog says USA 285 6.50, 286 1.75
288 21.00 292 600.00
The last one seems to be a good one to put on EBay If you want to sell it.
Good Luck!
David Snyder
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-29-06 at 04:10:48 PST   Listings
Mitchell Are you able to identify this ?
I think I read somewhere that these are mini zeps? Or was that some sort of weird dream :-0
It has some sort of perfin as well which would be fun to identify. If you, or anyone, can point me in the right direction to do a bit of research on this stamp I would be ever so grateful.
Off to bed
Roly
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1159 ) on Dec-29-06 at 03:34:54 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


JeffI’d sure like to find similar items from Indiana. Those are neat ½ cent surcharges!


In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a perfin from Queen City Supply in Cincinnatti, Ohio>.
In my old catalogue it’s rated a “D” rarity, which makes it very common 25 years ago. Someone else will have to tell you what the new catalogue says. ;8^ )

Jim L.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-29-06 at 03:21:27 PST   Listings
Ahhh sorry all US stamps :)
USA Scott 285,286,288 292
cheers
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-29-06 at 03:17:28 PST   Listings
Anyone please.........

What is the current CV for Scott 285, 286, 288 and 292 all in VFU condition please.

Cheers
Roly
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-29-06 at 03:16:09 PST   Listings
Mitch I appreciate that your comments were a personal opinion as are mine. On most issues I think most here will agree on what is the best course of action and disagree slightly on the finer points.
I understand entirely that in most cases a world wants list will have been made long before the days of ebay and other online auctions.
Out of curiosity how many of those that are world wide collectors have a cut off point ? How and why did you decide for example that say the year 2000 or any other cut off point would apply ?

David S I don't use or have the new Michel Germany spezial in English but I have seen a copy. It only covers the period from 1872-1945 and excludes the majority of the German Occupation issues. So in no way is it a reproduction of the same Band 1 in German. It is expensive to buy, as are most catalogues these days. If someone seriously wants to collect Germany and hasn't a clue about the language then yes the English version would be useful. But with the Michel Introduction translation guide on how to use their catalogue published in English and online then most collectors can just as easily follow the full German version. For any that do have a Michel catalogue, no matter for which country and want to learn more about how to read and understand it I'd recommend Michel Introduction in English as a site worth saving.

Prochute Re self explanatory it's like when watching the quiz show & screaming at the tv that the $64,000 question is easy when you know the answer. Obviously I don't intend to repeat any advice or suggestions I make to the same person over and over. I've stated my opinion and if it is acted upon then so be it.If not, it's no skin of my nose. One can but try.

NOIP "In the world of the blind the one eyed man was King."
Posted by cwhutch   ( 595 ) on Dec-29-06 at 02:56:23 PST   Listings
Good morning .

Hutch
Posted by sammlermax1   ( 778 ) on Dec-29-06 at 01:47:46 PST   Listings
Hello all,:-)
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 305 ) on Dec-29-06 at 00:34:32 PST   Listings
HILENNYGL this is more like a message board than a 'chat', check back every few hours to see if you have any responses. Some regulars only check in every day or 2. Welcome to the board, and in the meantime if you scroll down to the Big Yellow Box message you may find some helpful links there.
Linda
in Australia
Posted by lennygl   ( 252 ) on Dec-29-06 at 00:21:21 PST   Listings
I am looking for information on Oregon post offices & post marks. Anyonle out there collect?
Posted by jaywild   ( 896 ) on Dec-29-06 at 00:19:46 PST   Listings
NOIP… An eye for an eye, and before long everybody is blind.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by lennygl   ( 252 ) on Dec-29-06 at 00:15:12 PST   Listings
Hi I collect Oregon dpo, & transpacific air mail 1945 to 1946
Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Dec-28-06 at 22:46:31 PST   Listings
Aloha Roger!

One never knows what you'll find here.
Stamp people, as it turns out, are a rather ecletic bunch.
Tonight its doggie training tips.
Perhaps tomorrow the one true path to enlightenment.
If the global warming fates would just ease up a bit,
I might even dazzle the chat with some ice fishing tips and stories.
Maybe even with a solo banjo accompaniment.
Anticipate it, it'll make it all the more sweet when it happens. :o)

On the other hand, I DID learn today FFQ means Kiwi full face Queens.
Posted by malolo   ( 831 ) on Dec-28-06 at 22:02:57 PST   Listings
Aloha -
I'm thinking of sending an email to Caesar Milan and asking him to stop by stamp chat and see if he has anything to contribute to the current conversation. Just remember your are the pack leader, and the dog is in the present. No spankings for past misfortune will make the pup better, only your insight and of the doggy's needs in the present will work.

Excuse me I have to go outside for a minute, and I'll be back when "The Mrs" opens the darn door! Chew on that for a while. LOL

Roger
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-28-06 at 21:16:37 PST   Listings
Mitch: I second the crate for housebreaking. We've done three that way. Dogs don't like messing their dens, and the trick is to convince him that the house is his den. Keep Bismarkus/Houdini in the crate except when it's time to go out and play and again after meal time. As soon as he shows any signs of needing to go (or if you don't catch him in time and he's in mid act), take him out and, while he's doing his business, do the "good dog" routine. Then he goes back into the crate until next time. We've housebroken three dogs this way. We used to the crate in the kitchen and at times used baby gates to keep the puppy where we could keep an eye on him when he was out of the crate.

Here's a good summary of the technique.

As for the chewing, get a tube of the nastiest bitter apple ointment you can find. Don't go for the spray stuff--it's not strong enough. Chumley, our first dog, used to chew table and chair legs (he chewed almost all the way through a 2 inch square coffeetable leg). The bitter apple ointment broke him of that habit. Rudy, now 12, had an incipient woodwork gnawing habit, and Bailey, the puppy on my Me page, used to go after electric cords, Liberal applications of bitter apple stopped both of them cold.

Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of housebroken puppies, world wide collecting (me too! me too!), and want lists that never get written. Anne
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-28-06 at 20:48:06 PST   Listings
I guess I should say that we played with the puppy *after* he'd done his business outside, not that we kept him in his carrier 24/7...
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-28-06 at 20:45:59 PST   Listings
Mitch, the last pup I had was trained quite quickly by keeping him in one of those dog carriers except when we took him out for potty... He learned quickly that outside was the place, and that messing up his 'home' wasn't good.

I'm a worldwide collector who doesn't use catalog numbers for my want lists. I use descriptions of the stamps
I need and only use catalog numbers when I'm working with a dealer who doesn't know his material. I'm better at saying I need the NZ 1/- of 1858 on unwatermarked thin hard white paper than trying to explain why a Scott #10 isn't always the right one (I alreadty have the thick hand made paper type).
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 20:13:39 PST   Listings
Well that was (of course) for my own posterity and alas when I awake in the morning it might seem like a "mustard fart"
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 20:06:08 PST   Listings
OK, this one is for posteriety (GRIN).
How many times in your life did "you" come up with a phrase you thought was unique and clever, only to soon forget it?
I just thought of one while trying to email a board member for the 92nd time tonight (is ebay email down?).

"Turning a blind eye might soon turn the other"

It was reffering to the "Austrian kid" as Tonio K. would say. It was to be taken as a query as to the suitability of responses made to this board.
Methinks everything is relative and a matter of degree.
At what point does one draw lines.
Posted by sherro   ( 1243 ) on Dec-28-06 at 20:01:41 PST   Listings
I sell stamps, but I used this chat room to note that I also sell an aid to stamp collecting, notably a CD of Australian stamps. I did not mean this to be marketing. I was trying to assist philately, and I hope I was not breaking chat room rules.

To answer djs127, the CD does not have American numbers because the other world catalogue makers I have contacted including Australia Post (copyright holders) were prepared to offer theirs free or for a nominal fee. Some of the book catalogue people wrote letters of congratulations saying what a help the CD would be, but not so you know who, who wanted fistfulls of $ and restrictive control over the production of the CD. Please feel free to write to them and tell them they should rethink their policy and be aligned with their colleagues by providing free numbers.

As things stand, the losers are buyers and sellers of Australian stamps who are missing out on ease of operation of the definitive computerised source. When we see American numbers on stamps for sale on eBay here we usually move on to the next item. It would be better to be able to look them up on the CD and convert them to the catalogue you are using.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:45:42 PST   Listings
Jeff I truly wish I was not so philatelically ignorant. If I had come across those two items I would have checked to see if I needed to cut one from the envelope and add to my cut squares. Otherwise they would sit in the boxes of stuff I can't figure how to get rid of.
In the words of John Baldry "it ain't easy" wonder if he was talking about stamps.
by the bye did you happen to view the Townes Van Zandt movie (biography) that came out several months ago?
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3278 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:44:52 PST   Listings
MitchWe had a 100% success by crate training our pups. If you are not familiar with it it should Google easily.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:41:00 PST   Listings
Anyone please.........

What is the current CV for Scott 285, 286, 288 and 292 all in VFU condition please.

Cheers
Roly
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:33:21 PST   Listings
Sherro I like cash! You can send me all you want and I will never complain.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:30:24 PST   Listings
Jeff Sorry, I read into-it a "SASE".
I would still probably use paypal (if the price on the lot was right).
I mostly stopped collecting U.S. after the 1992 Columbians (which I still use for philatelic purchases).
The only U.S. I collect now are 19th century reprints or ones that look old like the $5 Jackson.
If a buyer was collecting modern commems I can see a reason for doing that way.

Do you know the quickest way of house traing a pup? It's actually been about 15 years since I had a really young one. The amount of dookey produced is astounding! As of last night, he's been put-out too the garage (smooth concrete floor), until I can come up with a sure fire plan..
Think I've decided on Bismarkus for a name.
Should probably be Houdini, though. First night I put him in the shower stall but he open the sliding doors and then the bathroom door to escape. He broke loose of a full body harness the next day. Yesterday he chewed thru his nylon leasch and escaped again. A couple of hours ago he opened the front door (no kidding), to come in side. Wow this pup is smart (and only just 7 weeks)!!! Pretty dog-on sure I'm gonna keep him!!!!!!
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3278 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:17:18 PST   Listings
One of my favorite collections is 20th century US third class mail. Here is something I didn't know about until today. clickety-click
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3278 ) on Dec-28-06 at 19:02:50 PST   Listings
Mitch One of us is confused over what my deal was. It was simply for the buyer to mail payment in a small envelope franked with a 39-c commem. No SASE. Jeff
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 18:55:08 PST   Listings
Sherro - To bad your Australian CD does not include Scott catalog numbers to reference the other catalogs used in Australia - that would make trading and selling to stamp collectors in Australia much easier.

I did like your review "Stamp collecting - describe the stamp"
David Snyder
Posted by sherro   ( 1243 ) on Dec-28-06 at 18:37:36 PST   Listings
I'm from Australia so you'll have to take that into account. Have sold quite a few stamps internationally and can defend shipping and handling costs above $US1. You try the exercise yourself of tracking down the buyer, the address, the method of payment, special instructions like registration, then pack the stamps in a holder with a stiffener, address the cover, add the stamp, insert a note and you've spent well over a dollar before you put the stamp on. So don't boycott sellers who charge higher. It's honest sweat dropping from the brow.

Second, the space allowed by eBay in the title bar is too small for a proper description of stamps that allows searches by advanced methods. If you want to make life easier, ask eBay to double the space.

In Australia we commonly use 6 catalogues. We seldom use American ones for Australian stamps because there are much more comprehensive ones. So we need space in the title bar for several catalogue numbers for advanced search.

If you collect Australian stamps you can overcome most problems by buying one of my CDs with 4,000 stamps and 3,000 images at 600 dpi. See eBay item 160067966022 this week or other times just search Australia CD stamps. There are pirate copies around, but I have no answer for that. I spent 7 years compiling it and it's your for $us 25 incl post. You need Excel.

What are your feelings about paying for purchases by cash? eBay does not like it, but is it illegal in your country or does it violate your eBay agreement?
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 18:32:26 PST   Listings
Jeff - I for one enjoy getting commemorative stamps on mail which my 12 year old soaks for me when the mood fancies him.
But I prefer to pay and be paid via paypal. It's quicker and I hate going to the bank with small checks.
I can understand why some dealers prefer checks so they don't have to pay the paypal fees but I view it as part of the cost of being an Ebay seller.

infla-alec Thanks for your post on me I agree with you, but I must admit I have changed my listings to include descprtions in some titles and even foreign catalog courtesy of one of the board members. I only have scott catalogs, an old Stanley Gibbons for UK and an old Michel but I don't speak German. Has anyone used the new English Michael Catalog for Germany?
David Snyder
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 18:32:19 PST   Listings
Lisle95 to stamp chat.
Did you compile that dusty collection or was it passed down to you?
There should be a couple on the board from your area.
Earth to Sarge where are you?
Someone will probably turn up to help. Are the stamps world-wide or just U.S.?
Posted by lisle95   ( 10 ) on Dec-28-06 at 18:24:18 PST   Listings
I was wondering if there were Stamp Collectors in the East Bay, I'm from Concord,CA. I've had a huge Stamp Collection collecting dust for years. I finally dug them out and am trying to find someone that knows their stamps, to maybe take a look and see what I've got here.Thanks sos much!
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1158 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:51:51 PST   Listings
Jeff (postalhysteria)
I’ve mailed a number of payments for under $10.00. Usually it’s because I felt that was the best way to get the seller something more for a lot that probably should have brought more. And I did use current commemorative stamps on the inside the USA mailings. But, I’d also be interested in doing it to get my stamp back as it’s pretty hard to come by the current US definitives used. Guess I’d better check you auctions more closely. :8^ )


In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a Quaker Oats
cover.

Jim L.
Posted by prochute   ( 65 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:32:20 PST   Listings
infla-alec

Some here may feel the member in question at times, should be able to free fly, so to speak. There are lots of queries asked that are really self explanatory. Just my 1/2 cents worth.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:18:03 PST   Listings
Jeff $00.39 X 2= 78 cents. I'd save 72 cents by bothering to send you a check (money order $) and a folded stamped envelope that might get eatin by the DBCS or the CSBCS in return. Hmmmm... think I'd paypal you to get those stamps ASAP with the least amount of trouble.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7669 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:16:55 PST   Listings
mitch, spot on,

ed, heading out for lunch, went to Sri Lankan restaurant last week (and my daughter refuses to eat there as every dish is too hot for her), my favorite Malaysian is closed for the Chrissie break, a big decision which will have to be decided ASAP as I am hungry,

David B.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:10:49 PST   Listings
D.B We've had this discussion so many times in the last many years I've lost track. I do remember long ago your advice and have since always added the date denomination, topic etc (as much as possible in the title).
I also agree with many others that Cat value is not pertinent information, more of a ploy to suck in non educated buyers.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:03:54 PST   Listings
Alec I started typying a point by point response to your post before I read it all. Seems we much agree.
Anyways here it is:

"Of course I am only expressing my own view which is different from many.
Collecting the world is much harder to keep track of than a country or two. Of course
people who collect a country, or few, should concentrate on speciality catalogs and
increased search parameters.
I guess I'm just one of the "old dogs" that can't learn new tricks <;~`).
Well I think I can still learn a few new tricks but the problem with the list is time.
Do you have any idea how long it took to make it up?
The list was also started before Ebay.The list was originally intended for going to stamp shows and dealers.
Making the list might have been one of the most incredibly
insane waste of time "projects" I have done in my life. Truth is, I didn't know how else to proceed with my collection.
I had also never heard of anyone having such a list. That made it kind of like climbing a mountain (which I love).


Many people list on .com because they probably think they have a good audience.
It may well be that half of the auctions that come up in my Scott # search
are from listers outside the U.S."

I'm glad I started collecting many many years ago. MY financial budget now is basically zip.
I'm just looking for a few good stamps, I can afford <:~`((

The World of Stamps
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3277 ) on Dec-28-06 at 17:00:40 PST   Listings
re shipping charges I conducted a little test a few of weeks ago on 40 - 50 lots. I offered those who wished to pay by mail remitting in a small envelope, neatly addressed and franked with a current commem FREE shipping. Otherwise the shipping charge was $1.50 for the first lot. And most of the lots sold in the <$10 range.

The offer was stated in the item description as well as the shipping terms.

I had 4 buyers take me up on my offer. One envelope got mangled in the process going thru machine cancelling.

I had 6 buyers remit in long business envelope with meter, discount postage or definitives who also paid the $1.50 shipping.

This shows me that for most buyers, the expense of $1.50 to conveniently pay for a cover via PayPal is not a big deal. And for others who mailed payment, my 3 requests were not worth the effort to save $1.50.

Out of curiosity, how many reading this would take the time to mail payment as I suggested on an under-$10 purchase?

Jeff

Posted by dbenson   ( 7669 ) on Dec-28-06 at 16:46:02 PST   Listings
Mitch, I have noticed that most of the material that is listed from outside the US which includes Scott's numbers is because the quality is below what is acceptable in their own country,

I have nothing against US sellers using Scotts #'s in their titles as long as they also describe what the item is,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 16:43:18 PST   Listings
Whilst I'm on my high horse may as well state that although a few here seem to be against David S I don't really see why the antagonism exists. If he decides not to follow any advice given no matter how many times it gets repeated then so be it. Why not just simply ignore posts refering to that subject ?
Maybe in the past there has been bad blood spilt here and several have their axe to grind with each other. Is there a need to show all publicly who can drive the axe into the others head the deepest ? If I wanted to read a horror story I'd go and buy a Steven King or Edgar Allan Poe novel.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 16:41:41 PST   Listings
Interestingly enough I am a worldwide collector with scott internationals till 1995 for used stamps. My collection is no where antonius-ra but used is usually cheaper than mint and I enjoy filling album pages with stamps.
David Snyder
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 16:27:12 PST   Listings
Mitch No one was saying sellers shouldn't include a catalogue number.Just that in the title it can be totally inappropiate. The debate was really more on what information should be included/excluded that still attracts bidders to take that initial look at the very lot you want someone to look at in the first place. Lets face it, if they don't look they won't be bidding will they?

Of course ebay.com is US based. But it is likewise unreasonable to expect the sellers listing from outside the US to state Scott numbers.

Ok so why do such sellers and I include myself list in .com rather than their own countries ebay ? Simple .com is probably the most searched auction site in the world and that attracts buyers from all over the world. Makes sense to me to try and sell where the market is already watching.Besides when I list in US $ I don't pay VAT on my ebay fees so that's an added incentive to list in .com

I did state earlier that where possible I try to give somewhere in the description the catalogue number which is most relevant to the countries stamps I am listing.
Now this isn't meant to start any sort of argument but in all honesty how many collectors these days still collect the whole world ? For sure not so many as there was say 20-30 years ago. Admittedly you have a fantastic collection of world wide stamps but very few these days could ever hope to have such a collection and so they reduce their collecting interests down accordingly to suit their financial budget.

I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that the vast majority of collectors do not collect the world and as such tend to specialise in just a few countries or even one or two. For that I'd bet that most use a catalogue specific to that country. Why ? Simply because a country specific catalogue will give far more detail and information than anything else. I don't speak French , Spanish or Italian but I can follow to a certain extent catalogues published in those languages. So could any philatelist with a reasonably good knowledge of philately come to that.

It's the thematic collectors that really have a hard time finding anything about what they are looking for. As for example IO/Jim is fully aware. I think it's fair to say Scott, Gibbons etc don't even show pictures for more than one stamp of a set and you must know better than most how difficult it is sometimes to even id what stamp the Scott/ Gibbons are refering to.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 16:03:03 PST   Listings
A&S I would like to suggest that the learning curve for being a World-Wide stamp dealer is a tad steep!
IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!
Especially when you constantly seek information that you do not pay attention to.
The terms; "dense", "learning disability" and "stubborn" have often come to mind (over the past several years)
while reading some(1'S) posts. Sorry I do not know how to be more truthful and forthcoming at this point.
Ed I gave up flogging that horse a couple years ago (unfortunately the horse, may well be "of course of course")
"Spot-on" I think is a term you may understand concerning your last post.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-28-06 at 15:59:05 PST   Listings
OK you guys......Everyone that collects the whole world raise your hands.
OK out of those hands raised how many have a need list for the World?
Gee, Am I the only one raising my hand?
Well if you were collecting the whole world and had a want list, do you think you could possibly have the time and linguistic abilities to use all the country specific catalogs? It might be a bit overwhelming, DUH!
Hey, I live in the U.S. I would also just as soon buy within the U.S. to save the problems that can occur from buying (paying) outside this country. I have, of course, bought many things outside the U.S.
Ebay.com resides in the U.S. (last time I heard) if you list here other than ebay sites elsewhere what could be more proper than Scott numbers.
If a seller does not list Scott numbers I am not likely to be a buyer. I have hard copies (little black book) and computer lists of what I need. When I have some money to look for stamps do you really think I'm gonna search for dates, descriptions, etc etc or cat #s.













Posted by dbenson   ( 7669 ) on Dec-28-06 at 15:40:24 PST   Listings
Alec, like you I can see no sense in quoting catalogue values in the title. If someone wants to lure unsuspecting bidders into believing that it has anything to do with the value of the items offered then place it in the description area and not in the title,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7669 ) on Dec-28-06 at 15:37:59 PST   Listings
greenwave, I wouldn't call it word spamming, just useless information but I would call it exhorbitant postage & packing charges although I doubt the item will sell,

David B.
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-28-06 at 15:24:09 PST   Listings
Does this listing 130063556396 constitute word spamming?
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:56:32 PST   Listings
Jaywild/Jim Did I read that lot correctly in that the seller stated the picture shown wasn't the lot you would actually receive? The mind boggles.....
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:52:27 PST   Listings
Alec point taken:-)
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:50:12 PST   Listings
Peter I meant to refer to new ebayers/ inexperienced collectors looking at ebay by section only and not using any advanced search mode. I know several older guys locally who are just getting used to the internet who sit there with their catalogues in front of them whilst doing their search. Slowly I'm managing to teach some of them how to do things faster but sometimes you simply can't teach an old dog new tricks :-)
Posted by jaywild   ( 894 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:48:58 PST   Listings
collies… I am assuming you are referring to this lot you won recently, where the shipping/handling charge is clearly stated in the lot description. If you didn’t want to pay $2 for S/H, the solution would have been to pass on the lot, not buy it then complain about it afterward.

Christmas is over. Wake up and smell the coffee.

J

Jim

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                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:41:44 PST   Listings
Alec I'm not sure how many actually look for the catalogue numbers in normal search. I did try this in advance search but gave up as it threw up too many variations. These days I just limit to key words with a few exclusions thrown in for good measure.
Posted by collies_99   ( 38 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:26:14 PST   Listings
To all stamp bidders:

Many sellers are a rip-off on the S&H cost.

We all should boycott sellers that do not combine shipping and handling charges or those that try to compesate the stamp selling price with outrageous S&H cost.

Do you notice that when they mail the goods, most are in normal envelop with regular domestic postage ?

Paying more than $2 for mail that cost less thatn $1 is a rip-off IMHO.

I am now boycotting such sellers.

Happy New Year to all and good luck to all.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:12:28 PST   Listings
Peter By leaving out the cat number you assume then that all ebayers are using advance search. Many newbies simply don't know how to do that. They will rely on the main title to find what they are looking for or gallery pictures.
Must admit I tend to at least give the catalogue number from the countries recognised specialist catalogue I'm listing ie Yvert for France etc. Assuming I have that countries catalogue of course. Giving Scott numbers for e non US material or using SG numbers for non Commonwealth material is to me pointless. Though I can understand worldwide collectors only using one set of catalogues , with that used being dependant on where they are from.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-28-06 at 14:10:04 PST   Listings
Here is an interesting story that many of you will be able to laugh along with.

Recently I bought a World Wide lot on our local auction site here in New Zealand. I very rarely buy world lots because that is not my field of interest however, this lot came up in one of my search patterns ie. FFQ (Full Face Queen). The photo on the auction site was simply a large box full of stamps and the description had the phrase "many FFQ included" amongst others. So I asked a question of the vendor to see if he could scan any of the FFQ’s and email them to me.
He replied that “it would take him many hours to scan the FFQ’s and he was not willing to do so”. But he also left his phone number for me to contact him if I so wished.

So I did……… Now it turns out that he (a 28 year old) had taken his recently departed father’s collection to a dealer and was offered $200 for it. I asked who the dealer was and as soon as I knew my heart rate went up several notches. This dealer is known never to give more than 10% of catalogue on anything. So I figured that $250 (asking price) was 10% of a lot of cappuccinos (heck, I might even spring for a double chocolate mochachino !!) so I bought the lot.
Well it turns out that the Dealer had spotted 2 New Zealand FFQ’s in the horde of other stuff and they were very tasty ones at that !! So where were all these other FFQ’s that this young man was talking about. Well it turns out that he thought that the Dealer meant that all the British Machins in this lot were FFQ’s !!!!!
So I scored a really lovely prize due to this young mans ignorance of his late dad’s collection.

It then occurred to me that there may be a grieving widow in the back ground. To be honest I would have felt really bad making this sort of score at her expense. So I phoned the young man up and soon ascertained that there was no widow involved and that this young man was busy selling up the family assets so he could buy “the latest BMW”. To which I said, “good luck to you mate, and thanks for the great deal”. LOL

I am sure there must be similar stories out there or am I the only one that falls down sewers but comes up smelling of roses :-)

Cheers
Roly
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-28-06 at 13:35:00 PST   Listings
NOIP Ebay UK has gone backwards tonight, the new listing format has disappeared.
For what it's worth having the CV and catalogue number in the title is useless, much better to have them in the body description leaving room to put more info in the title. I notice some bidders will put a lot number in the title making it easier to track items.
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-28-06 at 13:18:34 PST   Listings
Thought for a long time to come up with a Q, looking for something a bit different. In the end liked the sound of quetzal. So here is a quoggle of quetzals. The national bird of Guatemala and appears on a lot of their stamps. Confess I know little about these stamps but guess that like a lot of others collectors I tuck the SA stamps away and hope to pick up a good catalogue to study them one day:-)

Cheers

Peter
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 13:18:28 PST   Listings
David No matter what good luck to you and all who buy/sell on ebay. I look upon it as a fun place to buy & sell. If it ever stops being that for me I'll quit ebay, simple as that
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 13:07:33 PST   Listings
Just to clarify the reason I keep Scott #s and Catalog value in my titles is for my own convenience. The scott number makes it easy for me to find when a lot sales or closes without a bid.
The catalog value tells me approximatley what I paid for the stamp as I usually buy at 5-15% of catalog value.
Thanks for all your comments. I reduced the starting price of a number of other lots including the Netherlands collection.
David Snyder
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 13:05:38 PST   Listings
Ed I only say what I feel is right. I in no way state that I am always right. If David or anyone else on the board I give my opinion to chooses not to take that advice then so be it.
I've taken advice myself many a time when selling and I just try to do what is best for me.
As to what makes someone take a look at any particular listing is purely down to what any individual collector is looking for. Some search by keywords, others by title and some are just plain nosey :-) Sure there is a lot of competition on ebay now with many selling similar items and I honestly feel ebay is more often than not a lottery. More so for sellers. Example being I watched item, "x" and it went unsold at say $10. It gets relisted at a later date for $3 and sells the following week for $50+.
People regard ebay as a fun place to try and add to their collection. The rare and better material will very rarely be offerd on ebay. The truly quality material will always sell better in the main auctions. Occasionally something better does get offered on ebay but more often than not that's simply because the seller has no idea what he has listed. Though that would apply to postal history far more than stamps themselves.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7669 ) on Dec-28-06 at 12:45:54 PST   Listings
Rainer,

thanks for the report,

looks like the Hong Kong contingent were there in full force with their cameras. I noticed Dr. Michael C. posing in front of a Dubai letter box. I wonder if any parties were held in hotel rooms so as not to create any problems with the liquor laws. I must congratulate the organisers in having the dinner free of charge to visitors, the exhorbitant costs that some exhibitions charge precludes most exhibitors from attending.

I agree with my Victorian friend about " the usual suspects " lighting, bin room, etc. ". Hopefully they will learn their lesson for next time and having inexperienced staff in bin rooms can lead to disaster,

David B.
Posted by ed845   ( 4241 ) on Dec-28-06 at 12:43:40 PST   Listings
infla-alec:

Alec, I don't want to be seen as another board member having a bash at djs127 but I fear that you are wasting your time trying to advise him on anything to do with listing or selling stamps however well intentioned you are.

For a number of years that I can remember he has been advised by some of the most knowledgeable people in philately (even Australians with a perchance for food) that can be found on ebay and other chat boards.

As others have said on this board he is clearly obsessed by Scott catalogue values even when they have no relevance to the stamps themselves. Time after time he has been advised not to include the cat value in the title and has been given very good reasons for this but he still continues.

Until he realises that apart from very high quality material (which ebay isn't the place for) catalogue value means nothing. I even have to agree with the person from Chicago who has said many times that ebay sets the value (price) at the time of sale not the catalogues.

I know that you are always ready to offer assistance and advice to others on this board but in this case I think you are flogging a dead horse.

Ed
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 12:42:41 PST   Listings
prochute Thanks for your idea. I lowered my starting price on the Great Britain and a few others. I changed the title on Ebay for that Thurn & Taxis you mentioned. I look over some more later tonight.

infla-alec On taking out stamps from home made pages with missing stamps. Putting the collection onto black stock sheets makes sense. I will do that for the next similar collection.
David Snyder
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 304 ) on Dec-28-06 at 12:18:55 PST   Listings
Rainer thank you so much for your Exhibition Report. Reads like so many others, hall was bright/dark, things go missing/found, exhibition looked good/poor attendance, so dont despair. It is wonderful that you finally got an International Exhibition there, and I saw many Australian and NZ's were in attendance! I'm sure the next one will be even more successful!

Linda
Posted by prochute   ( 65 ) on Dec-28-06 at 12:11:41 PST   Listings
djs127 Why don't you lower your start prices now instead of waiting 'til the next batch? Just hit the revise button and tweak some sales.

Your title:

Thurn & Taxis 1852 9KR Black & Brownish Yello #46 $21CV

Whose #46? cv means nothing in title! is it mint or used?
I would skip right by that title as it does little to attract my attention but condition might tempt me to have a look see.
Phil
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 11:57:04 PST   Listings
David S I'm not saying you have to take on board every piece of advice given here. If you did you'd never sell anything :-) You can only do what you feel is right for you. Each seller has their own way of doing things. What works for one may not work for another.

I do agree with Jim though re collections with hinge remains. It does look unsightly and more than anything does give the impression it has been picked over and so puts potential bargain hunters off. It matters not wether you have bought it that way and it hasn't been touched in many a year. Unless album pages are very clean I'd rather spend the time removing them and mounting everything onto black stock sheets.
Posted by 1covers   ( 1265 ) on Dec-28-06 at 11:51:34 PST   Listings
The "trickle-down" effect with stamp collections: A decent collection of a country is "picked" for real auction lots (individual stamps actually worth more than say $250 each), the balance lot goes to next person who picks down to say $50 value each stamps, next purchaser is an idiot how picks things down to $50 CATALOG VALUE not understanding the condition / value realities and what is left shows up on ebay as a collection with every 5c stamp cataloged and with a start price of 10% of catalog. Ebay loves the fees.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 11:22:05 PST   Listings
infla-alec Thanks for your comments. I will consider putting future lots at lower prices.
Jaywild - On the Netherlands lot its exactly the way I bought it years ago. It has been sitting around ever since and I myself was going to pick through it. Hopefully someone will bid on it. I agree on FDCs I think catalog value is meaningless as I have sold lots on UN FDCs for 5-10 cents a cover or less.
David Snyder
Posted by jaywild   ( 894 ) on Dec-28-06 at 11:14:33 PST   Listings
David Snyder… Also, to add my 2¢, catalog value for items in the $1-$10 range doesn’t mean much of anything. On eBay it all comes down to demand, and demand can be fickle, especially with items like FDCs. Collections/accumulations too can be tricky. For instance, the Netherlands lot you have up is mounted on album pages, and anyone can see where more desirable stamps have been removed from the sheets before you scanned them. This means that the lot has been picked over, and there is no chance of finding any gems among the dross. A lot of people who look at accumulations on eBay won’t go any further once they see hinge remnants on an album page. It isn’t worth their time.

Just my 2¢…

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24¢ Washington

Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-28-06 at 10:04:01 PST   Listings
infla-alec
I found that seller you were mentioning. He could use a scanner. He has one bizarre lot of postal stationery up--he bears watching if he can turn up such odd material.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-28-06 at 09:55:11 PST   Listings
lou4cards
The prices you got for those lots were just about right. They were bought in hopes of finding something. Too few common stamps in a lot brings nothing. Enough of them in one place holds out hope of finding a good variety,although none show in the scan.I cannot say whether or not a better scan would raise prices or lower them for this type of material.
Posted by bwiphilately   ( 336 ) on Dec-28-06 at 09:21:05 PST   Listings
22028 - Interesting report about the stamp exhibition in Dubai. Thanks for posting the link.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 08:53:00 PST   Listings
Davis S I don't want to interfere in how you run your auctions. But I do sometimes get the sense that you are wary of starting items at below what you consider a fair retail price.
In my opinion setting such a start does not encourage bidders. Most if not everythiung I list which is my own material I generally start at way below what most people would expect to pay from a dealers stand at a stamp fair.
Sure some things may sell at below the so called market value but that is ebay. Sometimes you achieve far higher prices than expected and at other times less. In the long run though I don't think I've ever lost money from sales. Maybe that's because most of what I do sell was bought 20+ years ago *LOL*

What I'm trying to say is don't be afraid to start even the better items at a lower price. If it's interesting then chances are the serious collectors who want it will find it and fight over the item accordingly. Lower starting prices will of course reduce your ebay fees and that is something you may want to consider.

I strongly feel that despite what the catalogues try to tell us virtually every stamp listed with a high value can be bought for far less than the catalogue price. Take for example some of the GB you have been listing. Yes a lot of the Queen Victoria stamps are highly catalogued but I am certain that virtually every one of them can be bought for less than 10% of catalogue. Hell if anyone wants some at that price I'm sure I can find them some :-) Yet strange as it may seem many of the cheaper stamps simply can't be found.

Postal history prices are a different story for many obvious reasons.Anyway no offence intended and none taken I hope.
Posted by 22028   ( 1533 ) on Dec-28-06 at 08:39:36 PST   Listings
For the ones who are interested in, here is a report about the 19th Asian Stamp Exhibition in Dubai in 2006..., unbiased...
http://www.hkpsoc.com/articles/Dubai2006.html
Posted by 22028   ( 1533 ) on Dec-28-06 at 08:23:18 PST   Listings
The British Post will issue The Beatles on stamps. Site is in German but very esay to navigate...
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,18245,00.html
Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-28-06 at 06:55:49 PST   Listings
djs127...Isn't it amazing how often he is right. Maybe comes from selling and buying a long time here.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-28-06 at 05:18:05 PST   Listings
Good day all.

From a crisp Longisland.
Posted by cwhutch   ( 593 ) on Dec-28-06 at 05:08:54 PST   Listings
Good morning.

Hutch
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1158 ) on Dec-28-06 at 04:54:34 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a Scott Q-9 from Indianapolis, Indiana click here .

Jim L.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-28-06 at 04:38:57 PST   Listings
Roger here is what Foster Miller wrote on the VSC "According to the 2006 Scott/Mellone First Day Cover catalog, a cacheted unaddressed first day cover of Scott #3024 (Utah Statehood) catalogs for $1.25. Value may increase depending on the cachet.
Interestingly, the 2006 Scott/Mellone catalog doesn't list Scott #3647/3648 (Jefferson Memorial/Capitol at Dusk) at all. And it doesn't list catalog values for ceremony programs after 1999. This program is common - the USPS gave out a number of them after the fact - I would guess a retail value of $3.00 to $5.00."
So you were right I should have just started them at 99 cents. They will go into my next batch.
David Snyder
Posted by philaweb   ( 179 ) on Dec-28-06 at 03:14:15 PST   Listings
Hmm, it is very much appreciated with a 15 cent listing day special promo treat. It is less appreciated to see the search results littered with countless unsold reruns. Well, praise heaven for the exclude specific sellers option in the advanced searches. After excluding only 5 sellers from my searches the result went down from 1746 auctions to 1139 auctions ~ 607 auctions of absolutely waste of time.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 02:31:25 PST   Listings
This has to be one of the strangest selling terms I've seen in a while ,
"We don't claim to be experts on stamps, but buyer beware, what you see is what you get. We'll photo them the best we can, front and back, we're not going to try and describe their condition. We're not out to hurt anybody, but if you buy them you own them. If you return them we'll keep your money and the stamps."
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 02:19:26 PST   Listings
Rainer The lots Lou showed were completed auctions, or at least they were when I viewed them just now. So I don't think Lou has broken any of ebay's rules.
I do agree with you though the items sold were probably best sold as they were.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-28-06 at 02:10:03 PST   Listings
Sarah Firstly welcome to the ebay stamp board. I see you are a newly registered ebayer and so you may need some tips and advice on what you have especially if you are thinking of becoming a seller. You don't say if you are acolector yourself or if you want things identified purely to resell.
I would suggest you first try searching through the yellow box link further down the page. There you will find a lot of useful information and advice for beginners on stamps in general and also on how to post a link here to any scans. Linked scans will enable someone I'm sure to help with any specific questions you may have. You could also try searching ebay completed lots to see if there is anything similar to what you have. Don't take that as being a stone wall price value of what you have though. Stamp and cover prices can vary tremendously depending on so many different factors. Yes two stamps that on the face look the same can have different values. In some cases a difference of several thousand $.
Have a look through the help yellow box and then feel free to come back with any other questions you may have.
Posted by 22028   ( 1533 ) on Dec-28-06 at 00:26:02 PST   Listings
Lou, you should ask only prior of listing the items.., otherwise it can be considered as business...
Leave the items as they are..., breaking them down into smaller lots will not make much difference...
Posted by psychosick5150   ( 0 )   on Dec-27-06 at 23:22:42 PST   Listings
hello all,
I hope this isn't too much to ask...
Is there anyone who has a little extra time on their hands that would like to help me identify and or value some of my postal cards & stamps.
I can send high resolution scans of the items.
Thank you in advance

Sarah
Posted by lou4cards   ( 382 ) on Dec-27-06 at 22:51:14 PST   Listings
Here are two examples of recent listings
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3487&item=220059676512
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4748&item=220059718416
should they be sold as I did or broken down
into smaller lots
Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Dec-27-06 at 22:28:59 PST   Listings
On second thought, I think I have Lee's ID mixed up with the guy offering all the bogus cancels.

Sorry Lee! :o)
Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Dec-27-06 at 22:19:38 PST   Listings
Somebody who knows our sometimes poster Lee good, needs to email him gently. I'd do it, but amazingly I've been accused of being both tactless, and on a jihad against sellers.

He's got some problems with several CSA #13's he's got up. Namely the cancels on all of them are bogus.

Its pretty clear when you compare them to a genuine cancel like on another stamp he's running

So far my internal count of used CSA #13 and #8 stamps offered on EBay, is around 90% of them with fake/unprovable cancels. So goes it when you have affordable stamps worth many factors more if genuinely used.....
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-27-06 at 20:11:12 PST   Listings
Roger,
You are correct that I am thinking as a retail dealer. That is because currently my auctions don't usually have enough people bidding on them for me to start at 99 cents. A few have gotten many bids but that is usually on collections.

I do agree with you whatever doesn't sell eventually will be bargained off - or combined into a larger lot.
I started listed larger collections today and will see what happens by next week. I already got a bid on an item I relisted so I am hoping that will be a trend.
I see you did not list any lots so far today? Do you also think the items will get lost with all the other listings?
I did well when Ebay had its 20 cent sale - hopefully the same will be true of the 15 cent sale.
Have a good night Roger and thanks for your comments.
David Snyder
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1158 ) on Dec-27-06 at 20:06:49 PST   Listings
In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a scan of a deleted Fort Wayne, Indiana type on Q-3 click here .
This type was deleted years ago when it was found to have been used on parcels also. Back then that disqualified the devices that had been used to precancel stamps as they only officially listed devices used exclusively for precanceling stamps.

Jim L.
Posted by malolo   ( 831 ) on Dec-27-06 at 20:01:04 PST   Listings
David -
You are thinking as a retail dealer and not as a seller on an auction site. Let's say someone on VSC suggests the covers are worth $6.50 and you open at $6.50 and sell at $6.50. You have sold at retail to someone who may not have a local resource for this item. Opening at 99¢ affords the opportunity for others to determine the true value by bidding against one another.
Notice this auction which started at $9.99;
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260067605469

My snipe bid was $11.89 but doesn't show because it is less than an increment above the winning bid. What it shows is that three bidders were willing to pay between 11 and 12 dollars. eBay is becoming mature and users are becoming more consistant and understand "value".
Here is the only auction I've won recently that had more than my lone bid or a single underbidder.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=300056541871
This has 6 bids from six different buyers, I won it at about 60% of my snipe. It makes a nice addition to my double weight letter collection of Sitting Helvetia. I have no idea of the final price if the sellers had started it at €20, for example.

Roger
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-27-06 at 19:42:55 PST   Listings
Roger,
Thanks for telling me to ask in the VSC for the value of the first day of issues. I don't want to put it up at 99 cents as I think the Jefferson Memorial US Capital At Dusk since they are 13.65 and 3.85 stamps may be worth something.
I will let you know what the people on VSC say.
Have a good night.
David Snyder
Posted by malolo   ( 831 ) on Dec-27-06 at 19:25:37 PST   Listings
David S -
My suggestion is always to start at 99¢ and minimal S&H. If it is worht the price someone in the world will bid. If it's not worht the price, no one will bid and it might as well be placed on the "No Bids" stack. This stack will later be put up at a starting price of 99¢.
I sold nearly all my GB 19th century this way and was pleased with the results. The bottom line is that catalogues are only a reference relating one stamp to another, in our situation eBay determines the value based on a bid or hopefully 2+.

I can't imagine these covers have much more value than 50% pof the used stamp price. Try Virtual, Lloyd should be able to give a guideline for FDC's.

Roger
ISP still in the dark
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-27-06 at 18:45:02 PST   Listings
IO It is all to do with beta decay and keeping your leptons in balance :)
To quark or not to quark that is the question..... :-O
The up's and down's, thestrange and the charm, the bottom's and top's of life huh... all a matter of quark.
Posted by djs127   ( 531 ) on Dec-27-06 at 18:32:22 PST   Listings
What is a Utah Statehood Centennial 1/4/1996 first day of Issue catalog and what would be a fair price?
Same for Jefferson Memorial US Capital At Dusk First Day of Issue Ceremony 7/30/2002
Also what catalog could you look this up in?
Thanks,
David Snyder
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Posted by 5partners   ( 2575 ) on Dec-27-06 at 18:19:17 PST   Listings
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