eBay chatboard archive: Oct-15-07 to Oct-21-07 week

Posted by 22028   ( 1660 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:35:05 PDT   Listings
David, I know Romania can be expensive but this is true for almost all countries. But the link to the exhibition in Romania is new to me...
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:16:20 PDT   Listings
22028,

It is no coincidence that the material is being sold now with an Exhibition coming up in Bucharest, Romania early next year. Each of those items will create interest in the judges eyes with the " OOH AHH " factor,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:10:43 PDT   Listings
22028,

Romania can be a expensive area,

The same seller sold this last month,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47169&item=230174360232

It went to Romania, paid strzight away and received within a week,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:07:45 PDT   Listings
rainer, but unique, imagine the realisation if it had been perfect,

David B.
Posted by 22028   ( 1660 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:02:24 PDT   Listings
David, genuine, but rejoined, stained, soiled, creased
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 22:24:55 PDT   Listings
Billsey,

you missed out on a nice unique Romanian item,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSAA:US:11&item=230181846864

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 21:21:26 PDT   Listings
billsey… The distance between the Balkans and Tanna Tuva is about the same as the distance between Newfoundland and Baja California.

Jim
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-21-07 at 20:54:47 PDT   Listings
I picked up a nice 'mostly Balkins' collection at yesterday's OSS Auction. Good selection of Bosnia & Herzegovina, including a few shade varieties of the first couple of designs (no perf studies however). Same thing goes for the B&H issues for SHS. Lots of Croatia isues for SHS, many of which look suspect as normal, quite a few examples from the WWII era that I'll have to get rid of. Sparse to full selection of Montenegro, including a few fiscal stamps. Good selection of Serbia, though a bit sparse for the earlies (one forgery of the first issue). Good selection of Slovenia SHS issues, though none of the key values. A weird one, for some reason the collector had a couple hundred different Tannu Tuva mounted in the middle of the album... How close is that to the Balkins? Finishes up with a reasonably good selection of Poland.

What reference material should I be looking for? I have Michel and Scott, don't think I have Gibbons for this area...
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:57:34 PDT   Listings
Paul,

re: Fake Hungary C1

I am keeping it for a reference.

Thanks,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:51:38 PDT   Listings
Finally I managed to list the items I linked yesterday.

It was my first encounter with the new "sell your item" system. First I found that my browser (Opera) turns crazy with the page. OK, I try with Firefox. After figuring out the new requirements and avoiding some bugs (every time the page assumed I was in Tennessee), I hit "submit" and got an nice

This feature is temporarily unavailable
Your selections have caused errors. Please click Continue below to go back and correct your errors.

Without a clue about what I did wrong, I started to change configurations here and there without success.

I though it was a temporal problem and left it for today.
Same result.

I searched for the problem in google.
A page said the gallery could generate the problem. No success.
Others suggested to clean the browser cache and history. Same result.

Finally found the problem in a forum: International shipping is causing problems! I had to set the list to "domestic shipping" and it goes OK. (I had to put a pretty note in the description indicating that I was shipping worldwide).

Now I found that the meaning of "domestic" isn't the same everywhere. I thought that "domestic" was "in the same country of the seller". but for ebay it's just "United States".

If I have to face so much trouble with 15 stinking lots, what happens to an international power seller? or someone that lives from ebay sales income?

end of rant,
Milenko (the new listing queen).
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:47:13 PDT   Listings
due2cents… Wow—I didn’t know that about soldier’s mail during the Civil War.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:09:11 PDT   Listings
Don't throw that fake Hungary airmail away. Its a good reference copy.Hungaryjim is correct its a poor overprint and blurry,here is a real copy ,notice the better quality of the overprint. From my collection .....paul
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 18:39:08 PDT   Listings
Art Photo Time!!!!

Here is a dusk shot down Sunset Blvd with the smoke from the Malibu fire in the sky and a jet contrail at upper right.

We now return you to your regular programming…

Jim
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 17:53:55 PDT   Listings
figmente

Nothing like MNH with fantastic looking cancels.

Do these people never read their own auctions?
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-21-07 at 17:35:08 PDT   Listings
22oman

Not Free Franking, But the right to send as DUE.
Unpenalized.
Posted by 220man   ( 161 ) on Oct-21-07 at 16:35:33 PDT   Listings
Did soldier's mail exist in the Civil War?
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:56:50 PDT   Listings
NOIP… This cover is interesting, but I can’t quite figure it out. Bank’s Division refers to the command of Nathaniel Banks, who was bedeviled in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War by Stonewall Jackson. (He later was given command of the armed forces at Union-occupied New Orleans.) What piques my curiosity is what was written in the upper right that has been covered by the stamp. And what’s that stamp doing there anyway? It seems to be covering up a “Soldier’s letter” notation, so postage would have been free, and if not, there should be a DUE 3 marking somewhere on the cover.

Do I sniff a fake here, or am I am just being hypersensitive?

Jim
Posted by figmente   ( 901 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:49:24 PDT   Listings
curious description
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:46:20 PDT   Listings
stamphick… Last I’ve heard Pepperdine is safe. The students who had been gathered into the gym for safety have been allowed to return to their dorms. The fire is burning away from the campus, although that can change if the wind shifts. Last night we had a ferocious windstorm here, but this morning there wasn’t a breath of wind while the wind was gusting up to 40-50 MPH twenty-five miles away in Malibu.

Jim
Posted by stamphick!   ( 338 ) on Oct-21-07 at 14:17:07 PDT   Listings
jaywild...We have a university preview day at Peperdine scheduled for early November. Hope the university is still there. I just heard that all students and faculty had been told to evacuate dorms and most other buildings.
Posted by kathmoon   ( 325 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:55:49 PDT   Listings
jfr: I have a 2008 Specialized. The $2.00 BEP is now $16.00 and the Civil War is now $35.00. If you have any other specifics you need , e-mail me: kathmoon at aol dot com
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:55:47 PDT   Listings
Jimbo,

re: Hungary C1

Thanks for the confirmation!

Matt in Arizona
Posted by hungaryjim   ( 945 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:52:20 PDT   Listings
keleofa

Yes Matt, I would definitely call that one a forgery because of the poorly printed overprint amongst other reasons! It's best to relegate that one to the round filing basket, otherwise known as a wastebasket!


Thanks for showing it, Jimbo.
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:50:18 PDT   Listings
HungaryJim,

Hungary C1

The overprint and cancel both look fake to me.

Thanks,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by jfr   ( 707 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:30:18 PDT   Listings
Jim,

Thanks for the reply. I have basically a full set of 1994 and 2/3 of 1995. In the 1998 specialized, they are priced mostly at $15.00 with a few even more. I suspected that the price in the 1998 was artificially high! It did not seem to make sense! I heard from another Ebayer off line that they now range from $3 to $9 dollars.

Just trying to get some idea of actual value. Can't say why or I might be violating the red writing above!

JFR

Jon
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:09:10 PDT   Listings
jfr… Which souvenir sheets? As of 2006 Legends of the West is $15, $2 BEP is $15, Civil War $30.

Jim
Posted by hungaryjim   ( 945 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:55:36 PDT   Listings
keleofa Hi Matt, Show a scan of the C1 stamp from Hungary and I'll let you know if it's good or not!

Jimbo2
Posted by jfr   ( 707 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:52:35 PDT   Listings
Hello all,


I was hoping that someone could help me with current Scott catalog values for United States USPS issued souvenir pages. I have an older US Specialized (1998) and the values for the 1994 and 1995 souvenir pages are mostly in the $15 range. Can someone with a newer specialized tell me what the current values are? Thanks in advance.

JFR
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:48:51 PDT   Listings
NOIP… Big brushfire burning in Malibu today, about 25 miles up the coast from me...

Jim
Posted by balkania05   ( 518 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:39:23 PDT   Listings
question ! Need help !
Can somebody tell me about Duck stamps? RW10 . Have one for sell and one margin is not perforated. That's the way to be ? or is an error? Thank you, balkania05
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Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 09:35:21 PDT   Listings
Matt in Arizona

Even as trial printings, they are still worth in the 10's of $.

You might want to try some of the publications by MEPSI.
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 09:00:55 PDT   Listings
Iomoon,

re: Mexico question

Thanks... Scott lists these as 93a, 95a and 96b as 'without moire on back, without overprint'

These were part of an auction lot I won a few weeks ago with better worldwide sets and singles. Although a few have been misidentified, so far I have come across only one questionable stamp -- Hungary C1 Used (the overprint looks very funky).

Just wondering if these are the real thing -- they are MNH.

Matt in Arizona
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:54:18 PDT   Listings
Matt in Arizona

According to Follansbee, the 1872 stamps unoverprinted and without moire are "generally considered trial printings. However, some were apparently issued (perhaps in error)".

Catalog Reina

K-E

James van der Linden is Belgian and a stamp expert, try searching to see if any of his publications matches your wants.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:47:38 PDT   Listings
Scott T… Nice to see you posting here. It’s surprising to me that anyone else would have heard of Ray Manley. He was pretty much a regional phenomenon, unless anyone is a collector of desert photo postcards or a consistent reader of Arizona Highways magazine.

Jim
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:39:32 PDT   Listings
Mexico...

Forgot to mention, stamps measure 24.1mm high, not the 24.5mm of the counterfeits.

Mexico 1872

Matt in Arizona
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 07:55:31 PDT   Listings
Mexico,

Can someone please tell me what I have here?

Mexico 1872

Stamps are imperf, no moire on back, no overprinting, fine details. Album Weeds reference talks about counterfeits with moire on back and varying curly-q's. I searched some eBay listings and websites but am still unsure of authenticity.

Opinions?

T I A,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by knuden   ( 2380 ) on Oct-21-07 at 07:54:12 PDT   Listings
After having recieved some interesting covers from Belgium, I consider to collect the prestamp period and the classic period. Is there some who collect Belgium here? What would be the best "bible" to get for this area?

So far I have found this:
A prestamp folded letter from Brugge to Gent 1668.
A folded letter from Florenne to Gosselies 1852 (stamp).
A folded letter from Bruxelles to Liege 1857 (stamp).
A folded letter from Bruxelles to Malines 1866.
A newspaper registration form (thanks Paolo!) from Bruxelles to Buillon 1879.
A postcard from Antwerpen to Germany 1913 - the tabs below indicate if you wanted the card to be delivered or not on a sunday. If you removed the tab the card would be delivered on a sunday.
I too have this stamp from 1858 as a start. :O)
At last I wonder if anyone (Paolo??) can give me a hint of what is written in the folded letter from 1668 (page 1) (page 2).

K.E  I'm a catalog queen - whoopee!!
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 500 ) on Oct-21-07 at 06:10:36 PDT   Listings
end of weekend bookmark.
Posted by philaweb   ( 308 ) on Oct-21-07 at 04:53:20 PDT   Listings
Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
Posted by sayasan   ( 732 ) on Oct-21-07 at 04:49:57 PDT   Listings
Has anyone referred here yet to the thread "Pirated album pages on eBay" on VSC? Under the "general" category. If yes, ignore this, if not, worth reading.
Posted by scottpel3   ( 846 ) on Oct-20-07 at 21:34:25 PDT   Listings
Jim:

You never know what you will learn on this board. I came across a photo of a general a few years back that I believe was autographed by Ray Manley and wondered why he signed it. Now I know who he is. In looking for it among my "stuff" I found several other items I had been looking for for a few years - a Eugene Klein autographed first philatelic congress book, a proof of the seals used for the 1947 Cipex and a couple of vending machine aquarium booklets. In a couple of years when I am looking for something else I will post the Manley pictures. In the meantime I will send a photocopy of the seal proof to a friend who asked me for it several years ago. Maybe I need a better system of organization.

Thank you for posting the Manley information.

Scott
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-20-07 at 19:39:06 PDT   Listings

FWIW eBay’s mail system is down, or “Page not working” right now. :8^(

Jim L.

member
Posted by uberstampcollector   ( 0 ) on Oct-20-07 at 17:16:01 PDT   Listings
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition. - Mercedes McCambridge

Some apparently opt for insanity.
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Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 16:06:52 PDT   Listings
D1 -----They still have a main hall with exhibits in it,walk thru just to look at a Zepplin display but the libary was what got my interest .
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 16:03:07 PDT   Listings
ABOUT EARLY SWISS-------Looked at and read many different studies with all types of plate and color variation over the past week .Much better than any philatelic show were the lighting is bad and its not touchable.Last week spent hours with a Zumstein catalog and a glass and tongs looking at and checking why and how it was written up on a page .Much of the first issues came with good certs and there were a few dozen of them .
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:53:46 PDT   Listings
Paul Just looked at the certificates, it was 20 years ago! makes me feel older now....
D1
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:51:23 PDT   Listings
Hmm Paul
The Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum rings a few bells I entered/donated a couple of my monographs must be 10 or 15 years ago now, into a few of there shows/exhibitions, I think it was just to get free literature but I have some very nice Certificates to show for my efforts. I wonder if they still run the ‘exhibitions'?
D1
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:45:50 PDT   Listings
when----went -----,got to built or is it build a better vocabulary but not today and tomorrow doesn't look good either.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:32:20 PDT   Listings
RICHARD / 1 COVERS Have to agree with you on your statement about Mr. Richmond ,a real gentleman and knowledge was evident when we were discussing a Roman States collection ,he told me to go after a Italian used collection because of the rarity and four margin states in the back,did get it ,on his opinion .

Also got to talk with Joel and we when out to get lunch together ,he also has one of your books which you signed for him .He had good things to say about you .It is a auction house were bargains can be found by a specialist .

During the first session which was U.S. ,I when upstairs to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum that alone was a treat to spent a few hours at.....paul

Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:34:48 PDT   Listings
Roger or anyone else with knowledge on Classic Swiss Items,
what do you think about those postage due stamps I linked earlier. I can provide the enlarged pictures the Sir just kindly sent me.
Should I phart out a relatively enormous amount for it or do you think it is a trick (fake or likewise).
Please advise.
Feel free to adivse me at
bagaglia@wanadoo.nl
(get tonns of spam emails, anyway, sometimes I reply to these spam e-mails in a disruptive way, but who, besides me, cares of giving out my e-mail address?
Thank You in advance, for Your opinion!
Paolo
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:18:33 PDT   Listings
IO

I know, I should get some white out!

Can we change the subject it's time for breakfast down here and I don't feel my stomach can take it.

D1
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:09:04 PDT   Listings
D1

It should be St George's Cross!!
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:00:04 PDT   Listings
My Union Jack is at half mast!
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:59:29 PDT   Listings
Don't mention the Rugby!
D1
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:59:28 PDT   Listings
Boohoo

South Africa 15, England 6
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:37:20 PDT   Listings
OK< OK< I request forgiveness.

The last flight of the night, scheduled to arrive at 10:15pm and depart at 11:15pm, was late, requiring I stay until take-off at 2:15am this morning. When I left the airport there were at least 60-70 passengers still sitting on the curb waiting for taxis or rental car shuttles. Only two companies had stayed open at the request of American Airlines and they were obviously overwhelmed. We see this occassionally when a few standby passengers don't get on a plane, but for half a plane full, not pretty! For those snoozing on the walls and benches prior to their late departure, the automatic sprinkler system operated on time at 1:15am, getting quite a number wet before they could react and move. The delay was blamed on the vagaries of inclement weather in the Chicago area. )'>)

Roger
Not not work so good this morning
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:29:14 PDT   Listings
Aloha Paolo, and all who follow our repartee )'>) -

I like the items that are NOT listed as rare. Such as this auction which closed yesterday. Best I can determine there are fewer than five 19th century covers to Rhodesia, so this should have spirited bidding in a more appropriate venue where Standing Helvetia collectors are in the audience.

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 12:38:38 PDT   Listings
P.P.P.S.
for something completely different, to NOIP (= "no one in particular" just for the inebriated or shamefully forgetful):
   For the first time in History (my eBay experience), browsing through eBay feedbacks I witnessed a hereby properly arrogant "sellor" who left a negative feedback to a buyer after that the buyer paid and left a positive feedback for him upon receipt, but then complained for the item and got a refund.
Rule Nr.1: Avoid such arrogant clowns like the pest.
By my book, these are grounds to be thrown out on two feet from a philatelic club/association which is eBay related. I will keep it in consideration (can't be specifical for privacy reasons).

Paolo (Jack was outpowered)
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 12:05:59 PDT   Listings
P.P.S. the "eBay My World" feature can be reached by clicking on one's own eBay ID, once you are logged in.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:58:34 PDT   Listings
P.S.
"Dear Mr. XXXXXXX, [I actually know him)
I am very interested about these Swiss postage due stamps.
In order to calibrate an appropriate bid, I would appreciate to envision a higher definition picture of the 100 Rp stamp on second row, front and reverse when possible, the Michel 8IIk.

Best regards,
Paolo Bagaglia"
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:54:53 PDT   Listings
Roger,
Here is the 8IIK I am looking for.
Sent a question to seller for higher definition image of the stamp.

Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:36:35 PDT   Listings
Jim (Jaywild) nice quiz!
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:58:34 PDT   Listings
Most all patriotic covers are from 1861 or 1862 (90% probably). That cover is 1861 and neither stamp originated on it (wrong colors). They probably originated together on an 1868 cover that was forwarded with the stamp that has a target cancel. Speculative philately 101.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:14:13 PDT   Listings
Correction… Actually I think that cover is dated 1861 rather than 1864. The flag over the cannon shows 34 stars, the flag which was in use after January 1861 (Kansas’s admission to the Union) and before June 1863, when West Virginia was admitted.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:03:55 PDT   Listings
Matt & Io… The cancel on the cover is dated 1864, and points-down grilled stamps didn’t appear until 1868, so as Matt says, that’s some neat trick.

I think the two stamps originally appeared this way on some other cover, because the blue concentric ring cancel lines up so well and is exactly the same color.

It probably was a nice cover, once upon a time.

Jim
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 09:17:21 PDT   Listings
I agree with matt.
Posted by paperhistory   ( 1991 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:33:15 PDT   Listings
jim: the grill on the right stamp is a neat trick. It appears that the original stamp (which was cancelled with a circular grid cancel, a portion of which is still on the cover) was removed and the grilled stamp added. The left stamp, with the target cancel, may or may not be original. I'm not sure if the cover might originally had a pair of the 3 cent 1861 from a 5-second inspection of a scan.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:26:10 PDT   Listings
poppadawg… The Expo was advertised with Oakland cancels as early as 1911. It is common, alas.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:23:15 PDT   Listings
Milenko… Thanks, those are the Catalina Mountains right outside Tucson.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:22:04 PDT   Listings
Quiz Time!!!! Can anyone spot what’s wrong with this cover?

Jim
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:36:20 PDT   Listings
Jim
here is the back of that postcard.

Paolo
thank you for that!

off to a day trip to Valparaiso,
Milenko.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:29:54 PDT   Listings
Paul and Milenko
Congratulations on passing the 300 feedback level (both of your temporarily at quote 301, Paul at 303, but that doesn't show on the board yet!)!
Jack
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:19:18 PDT   Listings
Jaywild & Stamphick: Thanks for your help and links. Now my head hurts and my eyes are tired. Sigh...Now another question for all of you. I have a picture postcard dated 1912 from Oakland, CA. However the slogan cancel seems to advertise the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held in 1915. Is this not unusual...almost three years before an event? Card is here http://www.currenttechgroup.com/~dbosquet/new/picture%20545.JPG
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:16:45 PDT   Listings
Paul - Glad you had a good time in Boston at the Kelleher auction. In my opinion, Stanley Richmond is the most knowledgeable person in the US when it comes to the full spectrum of world-wide philatelic material. Many are good on US only. A pity really.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:10:12 PDT   Listings
ROFLMAO! Just found out the option 'eBay My World'!
In some way I managed to put a Jack picture of a couple of years ago that expresses its usefulness over the "me" page!

Drats, in fact, it looks like my registered sending has yet to reach Switzerland.
Now, I have to remain Jack at least until next Monday!
;-) Jack (sob, sob)
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 06:29:06 PDT   Listings
milenko… You are right, I find your US usages to Chile very interesting. And I was quite surprised to see this card among them. At bottom it says “Kodachrome by Ray Manley”. Ray Manley was a very well known photographer in Tucson, the town where I grew up, and I went to high school with his son Ray Jr. and knew him slightly.

It feels very weird to be reminded of someone I knew in Arizona by someone who lives half a world away in Chile!!

I imagine the face of the card features a desert scene, probably taken right in the area where I grew up.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 04:36:14 PDT   Listings
marking =marketing
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 04:34:56 PDT   Listings
RARE"-----It seems every cover is now rare whether its the cancel,the destention ,combination of stamps or something else .What it is ,is the latest marking term for sellers on e-bay --------from Paul, who has rare album pages{purchased from thr local supply store from the copy paper section}.....off to work
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-20-07 at 03:43:21 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 03:16:52 PDT   Listings
Milenko,
Not my field.
I see a linear cancel in gothic characters on two lines impressed in violet:
"Lind - - - - brück
(K - - ....... - -)"

I am sure of "Lind..." but not of the end of the word in the first line. I don't have a clue.

Paolo
Posted by knuden   ( 2380 ) on Oct-19-07 at 23:49:13 PDT   Listings
lluehhhb - First ... the 2 booklet stamps with A.H. is from the start of 1942 and as such the cover can't be from 1933.
Second ... the cancel (which I can't read) is a provisional cancel and looks like some rural cancels I have seen and it's not "RARE".
I would be happy if someone could tell us, where the cancel is from. :O)

K.E  I'm a catalog queen - whoopee!!
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-19-07 at 22:56:38 PDT   Listings
JWBirch,

any chance of seeing the German States item you found,

David B.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:11:20 PDT   Listings
Mitchell, I just used that box some minutes ago and it worked like the classic box at the bottom of the page.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:08:27 PDT   Listings
corrections:
- UC53 is not uprated
- right link to solo usage of 13c
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:05:21 PDT   Listings
And the last post:

I'm always looking for USA definitives usages for resale. Here is what I got. At least Jaywild will like this ones I guess..

Aerogrammes:
UC51 uprated
UC53 uprated

Presidential series:
3c and 1c and a 6c conmemorative

Liberty series:
combination of 1cx2, 3c and 6c
pair of 5c
solo usage of 11c

Prominent Americans series
from booklet pane 3 copies of 6c
pair a single 6cx2 and 1c
5c and 6c
solo usage of 13c

Americana series
two 4c combining with a 20c fossils fuels

good night to all
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:58:46 PDT   Listings
Milenko Nor one of mine.

What's up with the new "Your maximum bid" box right underneath the start bid? I've bid on several things in the last couple days and did not see that.

Any world collectors like to share what areas are the best for buyers right now (% of cat)?
I'll start it out with Sweden.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:53:52 PDT   Listings
yesterday I was looking in a $2 box for items for resale, and came across a nice India aerogramme (about 150K for each image):
Front
Back
Inside

I don't know if this one is scarce or not (I didn't find one in ebay) altough it says 70.000 printed ones. Anyway, I guess the destination is scarce...
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:50:00 PDT   Listings
For a subject change...

I wonder what is this German cancel. I don't recall seeing one like that.

NobleSpirit has never been one of my favorite sellers (and I bet many more here feel the same). I wonder how they're so successful with clueless listings like this one, a postage stamp overprinted for revenue usage, and advertised as "specimen". way to go.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:40:53 PDT   Listings
FOR THOSE NORTHEASTERN STATES COLLECTORS You really got a nice auction firm in Boston .Material is first rate and people at the firm are easy to work with.The stamp dealers were friendly and welcomed a new guy into the group both at the auction house during viewing and also at night at the steak house .

Material was very strong in U.S. especially covers.The foreign was my playground and had no trouble getting what I wanted with a few exceptions like China and the rest of Aisa .The British was weak so I had to stay with European material.But looking forward to the the lots arrive here .......paul

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:36:23 PDT   Listings
Paul "Boy what this chat room has become ".
You should be proud! What this chat board has become is more a reflection upon you than anyone else I can think of.
You bust the balls and exhibit your Neanderthal tactics better than anyone in the last 15,000 years.
You whine when anyone questions you but boast of things no sane person would, on a public venue.
Then chastise others for whinning.
You cannot kick anyone in the head and you are to old to follow the postman around to steal mail out of
boxes for the stamps. I cannot fathom the pain you feel, my what a world.
Pathetic does not describe you, it is a term throughly lacking.

The subject is always "all about you"! Scan some of the stuff you are so happy about and show us before you mount them on your all so famous pages.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:29:54 PDT   Listings
I am ashamed of the way you people present this board to a new poster. Welcome him and explain why the cover doesn't look right and whats wrong with it,instead of insulting him .

Try saving your hostile comments about me ,it gets boring to other readers.Time to stuff it and stay on the subject .......One happy stamp buyer .

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:55:35 PDT   Listings
Jeff Your credentials around here are only questioned by the moronics.
No worry there are lots of them about, but you already know that.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:53:39 PDT   Listings
Oh yes, that last post was offered to Paul the only person here that knows everything!!! Who needs catalogs?
Kind of hard to imagine anyone with a photographic memmory that can't remember the difference between "built" and "build" or many other commonly used words.

Can you spell WANKER correctly???
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3784 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:48:16 PDT   Listings

NOIP - I exhibited US Special Delivery nationally at the gold level.

For someone to state that "the jury is out" regarding the legitimacy of this cover is absurd.

I think it better stated that anyone thinking this fabrication is real is "out to lunch."

jeff-raff

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:47:08 PDT   Listings
WOW, I