eBay chatboard archive: Jun-11-07 to Jun-17-07 week

Posted by xzephyr   ( 981 ) on Jun-17-07 at 23:39:49 PDT   Listings
NOIP

Talking about inflation reducing the value of 2c (or any other) modern denominated stamps, here in the UK you can buy the 1st class and 2nd class stamps, knowing that they will always pay the postage for those items in the future. I buy them by the 100 and since I bought the last lot both postages have gone up 3 or 4p. At least they are keeping pace with inflation! I am however putting all the Machins and commemoratives with stated value on letters and parcels as quick as I can!!

Colin the astute.

Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1351 ) on Jun-17-07 at 19:16:51 PDT   Listings

Jim L.

member
Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-17-07 at 18:53:53 PDT   Listings
OOps, missed a snipe.

Forgot I changed times zones.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8323 ) on Jun-17-07 at 18:01:59 PDT   Listings
The Sydney Exhibition closed last night and was 101% successful in almost every aspect. There was heavy rain during most of the time which may have improved the attendances which was very high from starting time to the the end of the show. The various meetings I managed to attend went well and were well attended. I didn't manage to see all the dealers but went to the ones I knew would have material in my line. I only purchased one item which will be added to my collection when it returns from St. Petersburgh in a few weeks. It will eman rewriting that section but I can only afford 1/2 page but may have to make it a full page,

http://storesense.neoverve.com/compustamp.com/-strse-4069/Tonga-1896-Nukualofa-REG/Detail.bok

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 17:53:52 PDT   Listings
Ohmigod!!! Disney porno for sale on eBay!!!

☺

Jim
Posted by oldusstamps   ( 39 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:55:01 PDT   Listings
Jaywild: I agree with you as far as the entertainment value of owning a stamp is concerned.Although My set,is long sold,but I did enjoy it for the time I owned it.

I was referring strictly to the investment aspect of Philatlely. I believe that the hobby aspect should be seperate from the investment considerations. I also believe that Philately should be primarilly a hobby, and if someone makes a profit, on this hobby, so be it.Too many folk's think that Stamps are an automatic Goldmine.

You are absolutely correct about how much e-Bay has influenced the prices of collectibles during the last 10 years. There are some who pooh-pooh e-Bay as just a flea market, but I believe as time goes by, it will become the market setting venue for much of Philately and other Collectibles. There will be some exceptions, as far as the super valuable items, and the really large valuable collections that primarialy go to Public Auctions.

From my 6 years of spending literally thousands of hours cruising e-Bay Stamps, I do believe that one can buy the majority of Stamps, for less on the Bay than they can, from other Stamp venues.Of course like everything else in life there are always some exceptions.
Posted by vonbag   ( 174 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:53:12 PDT   Listings
She is actually an impersonation of Medea!
(I am sure you saw Pier Paolo Pasolini's cinema flick on the subject, with an incredible Maria Callas)
The miserable thumb of Euripides shaking, because of the incredible resemblance and of the recurrencies, I am starting a new job,

All the best,
Paolo

Everything Can be reconducted To Stamp Collecting!
Amazing, isn't it!
Posted by vonbag   ( 174 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:38:44 PDT   Listings
ehm... "Fritz-Billig"... I meant to write Billig-Stiedl.
It appears, my friend, that these books are still actual.
Everybody's so busy with postal rates, routes, rare combinations of frankings that the most obvious can pass in oblivion.
As I said, I have no respect whatsoever for the actual Sassone experts, busy-greedy to make money out of bargains, or other people's ignorance, counting on the fact that collecting will never die.
By doing so, being superficial and attached to the wallet, they are actually contributing to the death of stamp collecting. I can't tolerate that... therefore my rant!

Good continuation, Paolo (impersonating my favorite Kate Bush, Babooshka, for the occasion)

Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:30:10 PDT   Listings
oldusstamps… Two factors were working against you in regards to the failure of your Pan-Am set to appreciate. First, you bought from a dealer, and second, the price of such a set now is determined by what it gets on eBay. In the end you came out poorly, but you certainly didn’t lose very much on the deal. If you have enjoyed those stamps in the meantime then certainly that’s worth $11!

I agree with your statement that the top 5% in philately has done very nicely recently. That’s why I suggested to the person who wanted to invest in current 2¢ stamps that he educate himself as to what is worth spending money on and then spending an appreciable amount. Anyone hoarding 2¢ stamps might congratulated himself on the minimal outlay (40¢ a sheet) but unless he lives to the age of 500 they will still be worth 2¢ apiece when he dies.

Jim
Posted by vonbag   ( 174 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:23:54 PDT   Listings
Bill B. (jackstay79),
Thank you and I cannot but try to convey my entire admiration and respect for you being actually a real fighter pilot, in war times!

I use often your Fritz-Billig books! Taht is another feature that makes you special: kindness!

I am sure there will be a final reward for it!

My special best wishes for you and yours,
Paolo
Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-17-07 at 16:16:28 PDT   Listings
Jim, Jeff, Roger

Makes you wonder how some people ever manage to sell anything.
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 15:59:18 PDT   Listings
Jeff S… “She has more chins than the Chinese phone book”—said by Joan Rivers of Elizabeth Taylor when she was very fat. On the same album Joan refers to a man who is “so dumb he can’t count to 21 standing naked.”

That antagonizing seller hasn’t hit a hundred feedbacks yet and already has two negatives, the most recent of which starts out “pig of a seller”. I guess that presents enough of a picture…

Perhaps eBay will send him to “re-education camp”, like the Communists used to do with their recalcitrant peasants. (Anybody remember Communism?)

☺

Jim
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 385 ) on Jun-17-07 at 15:19:24 PDT   Listings
prbtxPaul
What you have sounds to me like the Telephone Coins (pre-phone card days) I had a few in a collection once from various countries, don't remember if one was Germany.
If you can scan it and link here to the scan, (see the big yellow box below for directions how to) I'm sure some of our German experts will take a look.
Linda
off to work!
Posted by bjornmu   ( 930 ) on Jun-17-07 at 15:01:30 PDT   Listings
prbtx, I have no idea and it doesn't sound like something the averege German stamp collector would know about either, probably something used by the German Post. The term Deutsche Post was used on stamps both during the occupation period (up to 1949) and for the first few months by both BRD and DDR, even longer in West Berlin. So it could be from anywhere in Germany from the end of the war until the early 50's.

Perhaps a small emblem attached to mailboxes or uniforms or whatever?
Posted by oldusstamps   ( 39 ) on Jun-17-07 at 14:44:02 PDT   Listings
Investing in Stamps: The top 5% or so of the best in Philately have increased at a very nice rate. Even beating inflation. But many of the rest of them really have not done so well. Here is one such example: I purchased a nice used set of USA 1901 Pan-American Set Used for $11.00 in 1962. This was a lot of $ for a 13 yr.old at that time.

If you search the "completed" sales on e-bay for a similar set you will find that they are bringing about the same $ as I paid in 1962 money!If you factor in inflation this set has dropped significantly in Value. I am aware that if I had purchased a superb mint NH set,I would have fared much better.I also realize that Postal History has done very well in that time frame.

I am wondering if other posters on here have had the same kind of result's on their less than "Gem" material.
Posted by prbtxseguin   ( 294 ) on Jun-17-07 at 14:09:21 PDT   Listings
Hi, I hope someone may know about German stamps and such. I found a metal disc in with a bunch of 1940's and 50's german coins. About the size of a nickel, it has Deutsche Post on one side and two grooves on the back. Between the two grooves is what looks like a dumbbell. Is it part of a seal that hasn't been leaded? Oh yeah, may be made of zinc or something other than brass, aluminum or steel. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Paul
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-17-07 at 13:54:58 PDT   Listings

Who was it who said about someone else, She has more chins than a Chinese phone book?
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-17-07 at 13:53:01 PDT   Listings
Roger - how much for a full sheet of your 2-cents worth. I think they might be worth holding to and reselling for maybe 3.5 cents in a decade or so. What IS the current rate of inflation anyway??

grins to all, Jeff

Posted by mazmouzy   ( 239 ) on Jun-17-07 at 12:32:05 PDT   Listings
Egyptian Postcards
==================
Why collecting Egyptian postcards????
Egyptian postcards have a long history of beauty, very beautiful views, very famous publishers worlwide and the important thing that you hardly find it day after day due to low published quantities specially old and midperiod postcards.

Most Egyptian postcard collectors don,t know that even mid period postcards (the period from 1956 to 1982 ) is not available easly and some of them is becoming rare specially what are published by the very very very famous publishers LEHNERT & LANDROCK .
When we talk about Egyptian postcard we must not forget HOTELS POSTCARDS becuse day after day it become rarer and rarer.
Till I meet you next time.
Bye

Moataz Abbas
From Egypt
Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-17-07 at 12:04:25 PDT   Listings
Jeff -

If you collect creased postcards, it's a winner. I wonder if he also folds the mailing envelope prior to putting it in the mail box for an extra $3.75?

An eBay winner for sure.
When I see auction pages like that I wonder what the people are like in person and want to know more about them. If I was a psychologist, eBay is THE place to hang out. I'd publish case studies of eBay sellers and sell the results to eBay Marketing, possibility of profit, or a vice-presidency at Meg's table.

Roger
Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-17-07 at 11:55:28 PDT   Listings
ugotta -

Why stay with 2¢ stamps? Diversify and buy 6¢, 10¢, 12¢, and 16¢ stamps because without a doubt the post office will, when increasing the rates, go up to a prime number. You can start buying now and corner the market in these values. This move will increase your profits x3, x5, or x8. Why bother with 2¢ stamps? The future is predictable and most people don't have 16¢ stamps around for that incrrease to 57¢. I've figured this all out and I'm on my way to making tons of money, sort of the Walmart philosophy. I'm going to sell them all in small packets to Chinese collectors. I heard on the radio that the Chinese government is encouraging children to make their surname a combination of both mother and father. Within one generation that will double the number of surnames in China. My memory is not perfeect, but I think there are more than 100 million Zhang, and Lee is another popular name. You can sell to the rest, I want to have a simple mailing list. Just think address your mail to Mr Zhang, or Resident, and you'll be correct most of the time!

My 2¢ worth
Roger
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-17-07 at 11:53:29 PDT   Listings

Let's play How many ways of alienating a prospective customer can you spot?

All he needs to complete the package is a PowerSeller logo.

Jeff
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 10:00:09 PDT   Listings
Philatelic humor of the day… I got a good laugh out of this cover, bearing a stamp featuring New York governor Al Smith (and one-time nominee for President) sandwiched between “Trade” and “Mark”, the Smith Brothers of cough-drop fame.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:49:03 PDT   Listings
ugotta… Any source you find that will give you quantities issued of any recent low denomination stamp will verify that they are all produced in the millions upon millions. In the early 1940s the US issued three FOR DEFENSE stamps—a 1¢, a 2¢, and a 3¢. Now, almost seventy years later, you can’t give those stamps away they are still so common.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:39:53 PDT   Listings
ugotta… Well, let’s look at your Spiderman comic book example. If you sold a comic for $4.50 that cost you perhaps 65¢ new, you’ve earned a little under $4. Multiply by 17, the number you’ve sold, and your take is $68. Subtracting overhead and miscellaneous expenses, you made maybe $40 over 15-20 years’ time.

The trouble is, you can’t extrapolate those meager earnings by enlarging the scale, because then what begins to work against you is that if you have a saturated market. If you have a thousand of them to sell, nobody’s going to be paying $4.50 a copy for them. The more you have for sale, the less scarce they are, and the less they will command in price. If you have a thousand of the issues on hand that sold for $4.50, the market for them would instantly evaporate, and you’d get more selling them by the ton to a paper recycler.

There is money to be made in buying and selling stamps, but not by buying any recent issues, or any that were made in the past 70 years. With enough education (which means laying out hundreds of dollars for reference material) and resources (first rule of capitalism: you’ve got to have money to make money) you can, in time, learn enough to invest successfully in stamps. But it will be a fulltime job, and frankly you’d be better off in a decent paying job. Stamp investing doesn’t come with health insurance or a pension plan.

Jim
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:22:54 PDT   Listings
Is there a referential source..where the volumes of issues are published? I appreciate that there are low denominations, "in reserve"..but the cost to produce vs. revenues collected..is so close..that I don't think that there is a glut of them..the way there would be of 41s.
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:17:59 PDT   Listings
ugotta… The 2¢ stamps were not issued just to add to 39¢ stamps to make up the new rate. There are currently 1¢ stamps, 2¢ stamps, 3¢ stamps, 5¢ stamps etc. etc. in USPS inventory, all of which are being made in the millions upon millions. Even in the distant future, after the first class rate is up to 87¢ to mail a one ounce letter, the USPS will still be making 2¢ stamps.

Sadly, there will be only a brief market for any “collectible” stamp or stamp series offered by USPS. Many people are lured into buying masses of recent issues, such as Celebrate the Century and the new Star Wars stamps, all of which are being hoarded in the millions in the gleeful hope that 50 years down the road they will be worth a fortune. This buy-and-hoard has been going on since the Post Office issued the Columbian series of 1893. Stamp dealers bought them feverishly, until they all had huge inventories of them, only to discover that so many had been hoarded that there was no market for them whatever, so by the 1920s they were being used indiscriminately just to get rid of them. Only after almost 100 years had passed since their issuance did the value of the Columbians take off, and really only for the very high values. You plan to be around in a hundred years? Then buy the highest denomination stamps you can afford, in bulk, then sit back and get comfy. You’ve got a long wait ahead of you!

☺

Jim
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:12:39 PDT   Listings
Matt, I did'nt suggest buying for "future tack-ons"..just using them, if, indeed, they DON't ever appreciate..that's all.
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:09:53 PDT   Listings
People..I DO respect the advice..and do not want to sound belligerent. I faced the same negativity...regarding whether or not it was a PRIME time to sell 15-25yo Spiderman comics..due to the movie tie-in. I was FLAMED.."collectors" telling me that my "commons" should be relegated to a .50 bin..etc. Well, within the last 2 months..I have sold 17 of these..in my small town , brick and mortar shop..realing an average of $4.50/per.I am not aiming toward the HARDCORE collector, in my aspirations..at all. Just those who think that the subject matter is interesting and beautiful.So..I truly hope that collectors don't bother with them..and they are slapped on envelopes. Face it..the PO HATES spending the revenue on producing something with two cents value....I imagine that it cost them about 1/2 cent per..to produce them..the same as pricier ones. Do the math. I'm sure that production will increase as soon as sales slow down...
Posted by keleofa   ( 3470 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:08:58 PDT   Listings
Ugotta,

No, tacking on in the future will not be a good investment. Yes, those stamps will always be values at 2c but adjust for inflation. If you bought sheets of 3c stamps in the early 1940s and held them until the late 1960s when postage was 6c you could add 2ea 3 centers to make 6c. You would have lost big time when adjusted for inflation.

Also, buying the Forever Stamp is probably not a good investment, either.

Now we're up to 41c. It takes a lot of small denomination stamps to make up that rate. If you wait 10 years and buy current 2c stamps for odd postage you will be paying in future dollars, which adjusted for inflation will be a better deal than tying up current dollars for the next few years.

Also, you could go a stamp bourse and buy discount postage (either now or in the future).

Matt in Arizona
Posted by keleofa   ( 3470 ) on Jun-17-07 at 09:02:43 PDT   Listings
Ugotta,

You might be right and 3 years isn't too long to wait. Do some research on selling prices of similar items issued recently. There are some good items such as the Submarine booklet. Good luck and report back to us the results!

Matt in Arizona
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 632 ) on Jun-17-07 at 08:59:11 PDT   Listings
must= most here
coffee is still dripping.....yawn
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 08:59:01 PDT   Listings
How , or why bother LOSING? You could just tack them onto a few things that needed an odd amount of postage, right?
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 632 ) on Jun-17-07 at 08:56:56 PDT   Listings
Ugottabidda You will be lucky to get 2 cents out of them in 40 years. Of course you don't need to believe us, must have been collecting for longer than that. The biggest farce the Post office every put on the public was getting people to collect stamps for investment. Up until a couple years ago you were lucky to get 2 cents for 60 year old 3 cent stamps in sheets.
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 08:42:33 PDT   Listings
I think that these 2 cent stamp have an added edge. The subject matter being Navajo jewelry. That may empower them as "crossovers". I don't think that it would take until 2050, to turn a sheet of 40.from .80 to $3.00...over 400% return. I say 3 yrs.
Posted by paperhistory   ( 1984 ) on Jun-17-07 at 08:22:03 PDT   Listings
david: no outright philatelic gifts here, but my wife is letting me spend some time in the stamp room today. I suppose that counts!
Posted by keleofa   ( 3470 ) on Jun-17-07 at 07:54:46 PDT   Listings
Ugotta,

Look at Scott # 2521, the (4c) "Use This Stamp With 25c Equivalent to F Stamp". That was one of the more bizarre stamps issued. Issued in 1991, it is not worth any more than any other stamp of the period.

Your logic is correct that a 100% profit is a good thing but look at dollars, too. If you are thinking about $500 worth of 2c stamps as an investment I would put those funds into a classic VF stamp or cover. How much storage space is needed for $500 worth of 2c panes at 40c a pane? A lot.

At my stamp club people sell panes of 3c, 4c, 5c stamps that are 40-60 years old for 75% of FACE value. Not a good investment.

Also, remember that value is a balance between Supply and Demand. Maybe you are correct that the 2c will be in scarce supply by 2050, but will there be any demand?

But it is an interesting idea to think about. Keep the ideas coming!

Matt in Arizona
Posted by karlhh   ( 1015 ) on Jun-17-07 at 07:53:24 PDT   Listings
claghorn1p , H.E. Pierce started up a small match company in Chicago in 1867. He took one delivery of his private die stamps in March of that year, 52,500 copies on old paper. A balance of 206,700 were destroyed as obsolete. The founder said that there was no money to be made in the company, so it was closed.

There are fewer than 25 of the Pierce stamps known, and some 75% of these are faulty
Posted by djs127   ( 591 ) on Jun-17-07 at 07:43:35 PDT   Listings
Happy Fathers day to all Fathers on this board!
Did anyone get any stamp related gifts today?
My cards and gifts will be given when my youngest son comes home from a morning Bar Mitzvah!
David Snyder
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-17-07 at 07:06:38 PDT   Listings
I do believe you missed my point, almost entirely. The two center(WHEN that was the postage requirement),would have stretched into the BILLIONS..for the duration of their necessity. What I'm saying ,is..it probably isn't as cost effective...making these "add-ons".Right? When the PO is confident that the 39 centers are drying up..I'll bet production of these 2 centers nearly grinds to a screeching halt.I'm sure that the production numbers of them are about 1/8 of the 41 centers and "forevers". While people are actually USING the "add-ons"...as to not "waste" the 39 centers...is'nt it a good prospect.And what's wrong with a 100% return, in the event that they double?
Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-17-07 at 06:48:38 PDT   Listings
Bill C

I don't think it's a real one.
Though probably modelled after Etna.
Quite definitely not a picture of downtown Chicago.
A pretty rare revenue (less than 35).
If yo have a spare, I'll happily add it to my collection. :-)
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 411 ) on Jun-17-07 at 06:39:12 PDT   Listings
IOmoon Jim which volcano is this?
Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-17-07 at 06:31:10 PDT   Listings
Good day all.

How about Tigger, instead?
Posted by bjornmu   ( 930 ) on Jun-17-07 at 02:29:06 PDT   Listings
IO Jim, shouldn't that be spelled TYGER? I can't read it without hearing the music by Tangerine Dream, from the album "TYGER", 1987. One of only two TD albums that actually have lyrics, but on this one they had the good sense of not trying to write their own. :-)
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 77 ) on Jun-17-07 at 02:14:05 PDT   Listings
D2 The 2 fake Niger have been removed/cancelled or whatever.
Peter
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1351 ) on Jun-17-07 at 02:05:10 PDT   Listings
Greetings

and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all



Jim L.

member
Posted by billsey   ( 847 ) on Jun-16-07 at 23:13:17 PDT   Listings
Actually (re: 2¢ stamps) the 2¢ stamps issued when the postage rate for a letter was 2¢ are just now beginning to be worth more than face value. If the 2¢ stamps issued now take that long, you'll have to hold them for close to seventy years. :-)

[We've got a load of 2¢ commemoratives and definitives we're wading through for this fall's OSS Auction, so I know of what I speak..]
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 385 ) on Jun-16-07 at 20:07:37 PDT   Listings
ugottabidda.. ok, so realistically, even if they DOUBLE in value, how many millions are you going to make?
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-16-07 at 19:56:27 PDT   Listings
I think I meant 2 cent SHEETS
Posted by ugottabidda   ( 428 ) on Jun-16-07 at 19:48:20 PDT   Listings
I was wondering if 2 cent stamp blocks are worth investing in. I understand that they are add-ons for the remaining 39 cent stamps in circulation..and are probably not produced in the same quantity as other postage..Does it pay to horde?
Posted by jackstay79   ( 0 ) on Jun-16-07 at 19:43:59 PDT   Listings
OH, Paolo, my very good friend, I would recognize you from any angle, even from the back. I'm OK, surviving. Keep up the good work.

Bill B.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-16-07 at 19:26:02 PDT   Listings

IO or in more simple terms (hope the spacing comes out, I just copied and pasted)

Tiger Rag

Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger
Hold that tiger

Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?
Where's that tiger?

For our international friends it is actually a song.

Jeff
Posted by vonbag   ( 174 ) on Jun-16-07 at 18:58:48 PDT   Listings
There you go again, with the bold!

Somewhere doen there, I meant to write 'bald' rather than 'bold'!

Good continuation!
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 174 ) on Jun-16-07 at 18:57:24 PDT   Listings
Good day all!

Jim (Jaywild)! :-)
Thanks for looking through those pictures, but you confused me with the real "chief inspector" (chief, ad honorem! -- in a while he will be "der kommissar" ;-)), my dear friend Siska who collects Israel and is interested in anything related to it! (this is not a plotted political add of mine. We differ, sometimes, but we are and will remain good friends!).

Bill S. and Bill B.,
You both got the captions of me alright.
Many thanks for taking the time!
The stars fall -- get born, shine and, eventually, if a critical mass is reached, can collapse, or implode, if you wish-- just like my f. hair! LOL
Think Berlusconi -- just to keep it Italian related -- also had a similar problem, but the giant buckeroo can make a difference.

Bill B.,
I was by myself at Verona.
Michelle has an allergy for stamps, philately and anything related. We solve the apparently unsolvable problem naturally... only when I feel like.
I hope all is fine with you, Bill!
I knew a very enthusiastic guy, very young, just 17, back at my place, who wants to join the militar aeronautical academy.
It was simple for me to make him dream, and, why, not, learn (especially about phisics) and wish to speak to me (this kind of made me embarrassed, but not so much). I have an acquaintance of mine who's a pilot of the it. Air Force; he even made it to 'top gun' about 15 years ago (by U.S. standards, AFAIK --- I can communicate the name in private).
I tried to get the two fellows in touch, by means of an appointment.
I will know the result when I go back in July.

All the best,
Paolo
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1351 ) on Jun-16-07 at 18:45:14 PDT   Listings

Jim L.

member
Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-16-07 at 18:28:41 PDT   Listings
I couldn't resist this.
Ruby quite definitely needs staff with some modicom of intelligence.

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies 5
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 10
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp 15
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee? 20

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 385 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:50:13 PDT   Listings
ruff idea... $9.99 is always a good figure!
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 411 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:44:06 PDT   Listings
D2 I wonder how manyboard members could explain the realization on this item?
Posted by jaywild   ( 952 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:39:59 PDT   Listings
Anne… I can only imagine what stupid, useless innovations eBay is going to come up with to boost their growth figures. The “total users” figure is a complete joke. I would bet there are a minimum 5 times as many registered users as there are actual users, probably even more. If one establishes an account then never uses it, or doesn’t use it for years and years, it doesn’t go away, it remains a valid “user”. Look how many Stephen Darori created in just a few days this week, all representing only one person.

eBay is following typical company procedure these days, which means their eyes are only on the price of their stock, which will increase only on the basis of “growth”, and so the entire focus of the company is monkeying with this and that, that and this in order to wring another cent of earnings per share for the quarterly report. The overall health of the company be damned—look what happened to Sunbeam starting several years ago for a typical example. There has never been a more insane time in the history of business, American or otherwise.

Jim
Posted by keleofa   ( 3470 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:26:30 PDT   Listings
Regency-Superior

Matt in Arizona
Posted by keleofa   ( 3470 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:21:08 PDT   Listings
Adwicko,

re: Sweden

There's no way to know. Could be worth millions. If it is all common stamps in poor condition and tremendous duplication, it may not be even worth the shipping costs. Always best to inspect the material in person, or bid really really low!

To find any Seller, go to Advanced Searches and do a search by Seller

Matt in Arizona
Posted by adwicko   ( 13 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:15:22 PDT   Listings
Correction, from 1850-1940..
Posted by adwicko   ( 13 ) on Jun-16-07 at 17:09:13 PDT   Listings
Any1 got a ruff idea on how much two large moving cartons of swedish stamps from 1910-1940 could be worth?
Posted by drainbow2   ( 666 ) on Jun-16-07 at 16:49:11 PDT   Listings
How do you find Regency Superior Stamp (live auction on ebay) Thanks Dwight
Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-16-07 at 14:05:28 PDT   Listings
Paul -
Be sure to add:
"This lot will only be offered once. I reserve the right to withdraw the lot if there are no bids before 24 hours of closing. Bid early to win this lot. I don't like snipers."

Roger
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 77 ) on Jun-16-07 at 14:03:49 PDT   Listings
Anne Nice line, don't worry about the spelling that is a very common error, I include that variation in my advanced search. Ruby negatives/neutrals have started to climb a lot over the past 6 months guess they are too big to care.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Jun-16-07 at 13:31:19 PDT   Listings
ROGER I don't think I could commit fraud,but the use of liberal advertising wording could make me a lot of money using words like ........dusty old lot ,very early Queen Elizabeth material,old yellow glassines, and uncheck missonary lots, are some of the words which guarentees a look and someone thinking there getting something of value . Why I even was going to say that the lot contains Iron Curtain material that is rarely found at stamp exhibitions and most serious collectors are missing .Hey a few right words with out lying will get bidders ....paul
Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-16-07 at 13:20:02 PDT   Listings
Sorry, that's been done with NARU results.
Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-16-07 at 13:19:11 PDT   Listings
Paul -
I think if you check the "stamps" details you're likely to discover they are discussing rubber stamps. People buy rubber stamps and decorate everything, a real crafter will spend big bucks for a unique stamp.
)'>)
Roger

Then again you could photocopy a rare cancel, have a rubber stamp made of it, then be creative and sell in the real Stamps category.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Jun-16-07 at 13:03:12 PDT   Listings
E-BAY future expansion to start soon There was a full page ad in the major local paper about a free seminar to become a millionaire .

It was a ad to come to a free class and learn how to become a E-BAY seller .They were a group that can set you up to retire early and watch the money roll in .One of the sections they were telling people were they could become instant millionaires was STAMPS. Now I like that because it gives me a opportunity to become a supplier to all those future stamp selling millionaires .Maybe I could supply worldwide stamps to them by the box load at a reasonible price like 50% off catalog for rare hard to find stuff called packet material......he he he ,they will run out of money before I sell off what I got at work, up on the shelves in the wharehouse were I park my trucks ....he he he were talking about thousands of buyers{future e-bay sellers} throwing money in my direction >

This is going to get interesting .....paul

Posted by malolo   ( 841 ) on Jun-16-07 at 12:48:49 PDT   Listings
Aloha -
On viewing the Nyassaland stamps and the sellers reputation for misidentified auctions, my guess is the animal represented is a cheetyah.

Roger (Well I think its funny!)
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 632 ) on Jun-16-07 at 12:45:02 PDT   Listings
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Posted by antonius-ra   ( 632 ) on Jun-16-07 at 12:44:04 PDT   Listings
Anne That is pretty pitiful. methinks Meg is way over her head.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Jun-16-07 at 12:38:49 PDT   Listings
LEOPARD not a tiger ---- gee even a kid from Chicago knows the differance
Posted by abt1950   ( 227 ) on Jun-16-07 at 11:44:55 PDT   Listings
Nyassaland=Nyasaland. I don't think I'd win the Great American Spelling Bee.
Posted by abt1950   ( 227 ) on Jun-16-07 at 11:43:49 PDT   Listings
Afternoon/evening/morning from a sunny and warm NJ.

greenwave: Rubystamps has it exactly right. Those stamps depict the rare Nyassaland spotted tiger, once thought to be a mythological creature. The stamps were issued in celebration when a Great White Hunter announced that he had seen a group of them at a local watering hole. Skeptics questioned just what local watering hole he had seen them at, but the Nyassaland postal agency issued the stamps anyway. However, because they were issued in haste that old plates depicting the leopard were used. (Remember the old saying, "close enough for government work?") Subtle differences of marketing distinguish the two issues, and it takes a true expert to tell the difference between them. Ruby obviously has such an expert on staff.

In other news, CNN has this article about ebay:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/06/15/ebay.middleage.ap/index.html

Interesting comment about category managers.


Anne
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 77 ) on Jun-16-07 at 09:30:36 PDT   Listings
Further confirmation that Ruby have lost the plot, tigers in Nyasaland, not aware they ever made it to Africa!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NYASALAND-Sg-114-122-GV-Tiger-CV-24-47_W0QQitemZ320127860936QQihZ011QQcategoryZ263QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Peter
Posted by mendelbrot   ( 45 ) on Jun-16-07 at 07:55:36 PDT   Listings
Greetings to you all

http://www.mendelbrot.net/mbegin/ME.htm
Michel
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 411 ) on Jun-16-07 at 07:45:11 PDT   Listings
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Posted by cjs555   ( 1826 ) on Jun-16-07 at 07:17:31 PDT   Listings
Howdy! Yo Y'all! HEY, awesome article about the WW2 Navajo Code Talkers. Iwo Jima (and other battles) would not have been taken without them. Navajo Code Talkers to be featured on postage stamp. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070615/us_nm/usa_native_codetalkers_dc
Posted by jackstay79   ( 0 ) on Jun-16-07 at 06:19:34 PDT   Listings
billsey--I missed that one, and it's almost full face of Paolo. His receding hairline is unmistakeable. lol. Thanks for showing me.

Bill B.

Posted by iomoon   ( 1052 ) on Jun-16-07 at 06:14:44 PDT   Listings
Good day all.

I think if Ruby responded to all the emails they get for misdescribed auctions, they'd never get anything listed.
Posted by bjornmu   ( 930 ) on Jun-16-07 at 05:48:26 PDT   Listings
Twice lately, I have tried to tell Ruby they have listed an item with a completely wrong picture (you don't need to be a stamp colector to see that it's wrong). They recently listed it for the third time, still with the wrong picture...

IF they manage to correct the picture next time, THEN I'm going to tell them that what they claim to have is something that collectors now generally agree does not exist: a 13-bar grid cancel on Norway #1.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-16-07 at 05:13:18 PDT   Listings

If there is any question that the listers at Ruby Stamps don't have a clue what they are doing then check this lot out.

And its not the only one like it.

Jeff
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3669 ) on Jun-16-07 at 04:52:19 PDT   Listings

dcderoo

To add a bit of Texas connection to the Canadian RAF pilots, there were 3 training fields in the Fort Worth area, Hicks, Talafero, and another whose name eludes me at the moment (perhaps Benbrook).

Philatelic souvenirs (mail) from the Canadian pilot trainees is highly sought by Canadian Military collectors. I once had 2 unused real photo postcards of the Benbrook location. One with the camp and field covered in snow, and another an open-cockpit trainer taking off the snow-covered grounds.

There is a section in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth wherein lie the remains of several who did not make it. It has a special marker in their dedication.

Jeff
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 77 ) on Jun-16-07 at 02:47:41 PDT   Listings
Knud You could try posting the Rhodesia perfin on the Rhodesia Study Circle site. I am a member of RSC and have just received their journal this morning so know there are some specialists in this area.
http://www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/phpBB2/

cheers
Peter
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 385 ) on Jun-16-07 at 02:28:35 PDT   Listings
Hello Morris. you will need to sort your stamps in to countries and sets using a catalogue (Stanley Gibbons is good for All World, or just for British Commonwealth), then price them, scan them and list on ebay. Usually, most stamps sell for a small percentage of their catalogue value.
You can scroll back and read all the links in the BIG YELLOW BOX, Posted here on the board every day for more information. Good luck


thanks Bjorn just what I needed to know, much appreciated.

Linda
Posted by morrisseb   ( 0 )   on Jun-16-07 at 01:46:40 PDT   Listings
Hi frends i new to this community i dont know how to buy or sell stamps i have got many old stamps pls any can guide me how to do so i will be very greatful
Posted by bjornmu   ( 930 ) on Jun-16-07 at 00:44:53 PDT   Listings
Linda, most likely for parcels. Those were indeed buses on rails, as explained here (In Danish) where some stamps from this line are shown. Also, someone has the 3,30 on 120 øre in 5-stripe for sale for a bit under $3.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 385