eBay Chat: Stamps

eBay chatboard archive: Jan-28-08 to Feb-03-08 week

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-03-08 at 22:48:57 PST

Greenrose For stamps and covers virtually any normal scanner will do the job. Price wise will depend on what you want but pretty sure you can get some good deals at your local computer store.
I'll have to let others advise you on what brand name or type is best. But if you want to scan from books for example then a flat bed type may suit best.

Jeff Nice Poland inflation item although must admit I also am ignorant as to their rates etc. Inflation covers from other countries I do like to see also and would have loved to collect them but my budget won't stretch that far.

Posted by greenrose74 ( 0 )

on Feb-03-08 at 22:37:17 PST

Linda suggested that I use a scanner to upload pictures rather than dig camera. Does anyone know what type of scanner is suitable? Does the flatbed scanner scan small items such as stamps? Or do I need a more special scanner, if there are any. Thanks

Posted by claghorn1p ( 414

)

on Feb-03-08 at 21:48:28 PST

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Posted by due2cents ( 26

) on Feb-03-08 at 20:26:58 PST

Jeff
No Antiwue show and then a bookstore that has 100,000
cards to pick thru. most 1.00 or less.
although I did splurge and get a couple of held and a couple of Battleship cancels that were 1.75 each.

There was a postcard show in tampa this weekend but I had seen the cards those dealers carry a couple of times,(it's a club show 20 or so dealers)
I did excellent last weekend driving to Daytona for a smaller show . am hoping to find some more goodies at Webster , a flea market that is only on mondays up in the middle of the state tomorrow.
and then a couple of Antique malls on the way back.
I seem to do better in the odd box of cards here and there.
Than in the boxes that go show to show.

also picked up for a dollar this deck o cards
Pan-am

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 20:17:29 PST

EXCELLENT night for selling Canada covers, now for a restful sleep, Jeff

Posted by paperhistory ( 1993

)

on Feb-03-08 at 20:08:58 PST

I pretty much missed the super bowl. I spent the first three quarters driving between Toledo and Cleveland (after taking full car of stamp collection to the inlaws -- trying to get stuff out of the house to get it ready to sell).

Managed to get home in time for the fourth quarter but could only "watch" the score on ESPN.com -- last thing I did before leaving for Cleveland was to pack up the TV until we can find another place for it. I swear, next time I move out of a house, it will involve me being in a pine box.

anyway, I spent three years in Boston for law school, so I suppose I have a slight affection for the Patriots. So much for that.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 19:38:19 PST

Due2 - postcard show?? The cards with the seals are always popular, hope you did will in your prices.

Posted by due2cents ( 26

) on Feb-03-08 at 19:20:48 PST

HERE

Posted by due2cents ( 26

) on Feb-03-08 at 19:20:04 PST

JEFF

I bought a few hundred post cards
am picking out the Doanes, Coils, RPOs, Streetcars,
PPIEs etc
And of course the postage due and My Favorite HELD FOR Postage

Only found a 60 non US I liked this weekend.
here are a few
http://usera.imagecave.com/Prometheus/anything/scan0006.jpg">Oddsandends

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

)

on Feb-03-08 at 17:48:48 PST

NOIP… Curiosity of the day…

Among the grass I am growing for my cat to nibble on there is a completely white blade. I have never seen grass completely devoid of color. If it grows without light then it is still yellowish, never completely white.

Jim

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 17:36:04 PST

due2 -what are you sorting out?

Jay - they could advertise here a lot cheaper.

I have about 45 Canada cover lots starting to close now, looks like it is going to be a very nice evening.

Jeff

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

)

on Feb-03-08 at 17:16:36 PST

NOIP… Game? What game???

I too am missing out (is it over yet?) on the contest. I heard advertisers are being charged $2.7 million per 30-second spot.

Jim

Posted by due2cents ( 26

) on Feb-03-08 at 16:53:29 PST

Not everyone is watching the game
I am trying to sort a bunch of stuff I picked up
this wekend

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 15:35:19 PST

And to Paolo, I changed internet services and lost my emails which were stored with them (bad idea). I still have your pretty lady here to send to you, if you can provide again your mail address. Just make contact through one of my lots.

Jeff

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 15:31:35 PST

Something else unusual, a 1-1/2c US printed matter permit cover to Dutch East Indies, censored, 1941

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 15:28:16 PST

Guess everyone in the US is Superbowling but me.

Here is what I think is a great Poland inflation cover, I bought it maybe 15 years ago at a show in Toronto, it was just too neat to pass up. I am ignorant of the rates, inflation period etc, but thought it would be a good piece to build a Poland inflation collection around.

Posted by malolo ( 877

)

on Feb-03-08 at 12:59:57 PST

Knuden -

Congratulations on that Swiss double wrapper ! )'>)

Roger

Posted by dbenson ( 8828

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on Feb-03-08 at 12:43:43 PST

claghorn, it seems to me that having a genuine cancel will give the chances that the overprint is OK a much higher rating of being genuine. Most forgeries of the better value overprints are usually on stamps with a cancel from one of the larger volume users such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia etc.

David B.

Posted by claghorn1p ( 414

)

on Feb-03-08 at 12:22:43 PST

D2 Yes, but my concern is with the overprint.

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

)

on Feb-03-08 at 12:17:25 PST

NOIP… I saw this amusing image in one of the lots I was looking into this morning. (Red arrow is mine.)

Is an astronaught one who never amounted to anything???

Jim

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-03-08 at 11:56:50 PST

Alec, Those barred letters were first isssued 1886, there are 12 different known. AL AR B BE D E F G GR GT K or P. for various West Australian Towns

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

)

on Feb-03-08 at 11:42:43 PST

Alec

Glad to be of help.
Those M-bags are definitely the way to go for heavy items.
I'm interested to see how long it takes.
Never having used the M-bag before.
Those M-bag labels must be pretty uncommon.
I have to admit I have never seen one before.

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-03-08 at 11:37:27 PST

David B Thanks for the Freemantle Duplex information. Seems a similar cover with F cancel was mistakenly taken in write up to mean the F was a transit cancel.

IO/ Jim The Paypal matter has now been resolved and you should have some $ now. Many thanks for your help. I'll let you know when the M bag arrives.

Posted by dbenson ( 8828

)

on Feb-03-08 at 11:12:54 PST

claghorn, looks like a genuine St. Pierre, Reunion cds. If the overprint is genuine then it may be useful as a spacefiller as the 1f. is a very scarce stamp. There is always the possibility of genuine usage on a Colonial issue,

David B.

Posted by claghorn1p ( 414

)

on Feb-03-08 at 11:02:15 PST

D2 Lots of investment bargains to be found on eBay such as this one at only EUR 70,00.

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

)

on Feb-03-08 at 10:33:28 PST

As a student in Providence, Foxboro was just across the border in MA, so it's the Patriots for me.
Despite all my family being devout NYers.

Posted by dbenson ( 8828

)

on Feb-03-08 at 10:32:59 PST

Alec, it is not a transit marking, the stamps are all cancelled Barred Letter F of Fremantle with a Fremantle cds. to the left. The Crown marking is a standard Western Australian marking.

David B.

Posted by thebriguy1 ( 64

) on Feb-03-08 at 06:52:27 PST

Didn't help the HTML skills though.....

Posted by thebriguy1 ( 64

) on Feb-03-08 at 06:51:54 PST

Jeff Northern IL. As a displaced redneck, once these yankees told me you could WALK out on the frozen lakes at night...and pull out crappies....I became an ice fishing fanatic. :o)

Posted by keleofa ( 3736

)

on Feb-03-08 at 06:49:23 PST

The Super Bowl is here in Phoenix today (well, Glendale on the west edge of town) and a big golf tournament is drawing as many or more in Scottsdale. Been crazy all week. Seems like every other vehicle is a limo!

Let's see... I grew up near the Meadowlands in New Jersey and was always a Giants/Jets fan, but I went to school in Boston and became a Patriots fan, even when they were pitiful. I am just hoping to see a really good game today. (Sidebar: Red Sox/Yankee games make me crazy!)

I have a beer in the 1st quarter, a beer in the 2nd quarter, and If the game is boring I sleep through the 3rd & 4th!

But this morning I'm off to the 1st Sunday Stamp Bourse (traffic Gods willing!)

Matt in Arizona

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 06:32:18 PST

thebriguy1 - crappie... Yum, my favorite, what state do you live in? Jeff

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-03-08 at 06:30:18 PST

scottpel3 - thank you much for the information. Have you a reference to document these letters? It would be helpful assistance in its writeup. Jeff

Posted by thebriguy1 ( 64

) on Feb-03-08 at 06:03:32 PST

No stamps here today. People coming over to eat fish, drink to excess, and watch the Super Bowl. Greasy food, liquor, and stumbling around drunk people, need to be kept far far away from Confederate covers. My poor covers already have too many condition issues....

Speaking of fish, I got in at 1:00 AM last night. I was 200 yards from the Wisconsin border, sitting out in the darkness on a frozen lake with a lantern, the ice popping and creaking all around me,....staring down a little hole.

Got 12 large crappies, or as I refer to them now, 24 slabs of fresh fish-N-chips for the game. Is it allowable for an American redneck, to serve British style fish and chips at a Super Bowl party? OR am I crossing some sort of unspoken line here?

Now for something completely different......

I got a genuine belly ache laugh last night too. About the time us bundled up fisherman wandered on in off the ice, the stranded AMTRAK train we heard so much about recently, arrived in its station a day or so late. We walked into our on shore watering hole, juuuuust in time to glance at CNN on the tube, and watch the media goofs assult the recently stranded with a slew of shouted questions.

One guy finally looked up all tired like, and said, Lady, I just spent over a day stuck in thirty feet of ice and snow on Donner Pass (famous for the last party of stranded travelers stuck there - having EATEN half their number to survive), and to make things even worse, the on board movie was.....Al Gore's "Inconvenient truth" (bible of the global warming cultists). PLEASE, don't compound my misery, OK?

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha gasp ha ha ha ha.

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1467

)

on Feb-03-08 at 05:44:06 PST

Bookmark. I've yet to hear about a palce for paper convervation from anyone. :8^(

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-03-08 at 05:11:31 PST

Nomad/David Nice Infla covers. Thanks for showing them.

Aussie Question? Can the Australia experts or anyone else please confirm that the F cancel is a Freemantle transit cancel on the upper left stamp ? Was this applied by a railroad type post office ? Also I assume the R in circle and crown registered cancels are also Australian is that correct ? Any other information would be much appreciated. Not my cover but one belonging to someone in Germany.

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

)

on Feb-03-08 at 01:57:38 PST

Lindy… Shouldn’t you be down at the jumble shop???

I spent the evening playing pool and consorting with disreputable friends at the pool hall. Didn’t learn anything I didn’t know already…

Jim

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 20:22:22 PST

SOLER. what you appear to be showing us as cheap single stamps from sets, probably from a kids World Wide Stamp Packet. Try to borrow a Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World to identify them by year, and figure out how many stamps should be in each set.

red dog nice stamp!

Linda

Posted by nomad55 ( 960

)

on Feb-02-08 at 20:02:57 PST

For Inflation-Alec

Here are some pics of the two most interesting inflation era covers in the stack I sorted through.

To El Paso, Texas
front - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/ElPasofront.jpg?t=1202011205
reverse - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/ElPasoreverse.jpg?t=1202011251

To South Africa
front - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/SouthAfricafront.jpg?t=1202011294
reverse - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/SouthAfricareverse.jpg?t=1202011324

Nothing from the Wager issues.

GO GIANTS

Posted by scottpel3 ( 863

) on Feb-02-08 at 19:39:14 PST

Jeff
Re Arbor Day item.
This is the first chance I have had to get back to the baord. The stamp was sent out by the PMG as a promotion for the Arbor day stamp. The letter was sent out before the FDOI and had the mint stamp affixed to the letter.
Scott

Posted by red-dog9 ( 3554

) on Feb-02-08 at 19:29:36 PST

Greetings: My attempt with picture-monster:

http://www.picture-monster.de/image/view/qacKU3vsa5/AAAStamps005.jpg

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

)

on Feb-02-08 at 19:12:31 PST

OOps

Make that Morocco!

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

)

on Feb-02-08 at 18:59:44 PST

soler

How much information do you need to identify a stamp?
Especially when it has the country name written on it.
China, Cayman, Luxembourg and Marocco.

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 18:39:32 PST

Hi if someone could help me identify these pls .. comment .. also a market value opinion. Thanks

1 -> [URL=http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown3eq9.png][IMG]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9775/unknown3eq9.th.png

2-> http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown4em9.png

3-> http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unkown5qn5.png

4-> http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unkown6mh6.png

Thanks alot guys

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 18:06:17 PST

.... referring to me man?

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-02-08 at 18:04:43 PST

100 cover lots scanned and listed in 2 days. I'm tired.

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 18:02:39 PST

Now this same country .. I think [URL=http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown3he6.png][IMG]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3844/unknown3he6.th.png[/IMG][/URL]

http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown3he6.png

Posted by stamps12345 ( 225

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:52:42 PST

SOLER----It could be one of two types of stamps ,depends on how it was printed if its typo. then .30 or litho. $5.00 ,still a nice Shanghai stamp

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:46:28 PST

I see so that is why the value is that low... thanks for the info any comments on this one

http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown2lc8.png

Posted by stamps12345 ( 225

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:42:33 PST

SOLER ---That PRC stamp is most likely a reprint ,all the early Communist China stamps here in the U.S.. are reprints ,something like 95%.

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:25:46 PST

thanks

and this i am sorry beginner in these things

http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown2lc8.png

what data base do u use??

Posted by keleofa ( 3736

)

on Feb-02-08 at 17:18:04 PST

soler,

I have no comment but can identify it as such:

China-PRC, (Using Scott Catalog) 1L155 (1950), perf 14; $15 Mint, $18 Used

Matt in Arizona

Posted by lluehhhb ( 338

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:14:04 PST

Yes, you're right. There are perf holes in the top ink mark!

However, the ink marks in the cancel and in the stamp are so identical that it's hard to think about a replacement. Besides, far as I know this cover has never left Chile and the supplies of this US stamps are quite limited.

Maybe the stamp moved due to the water? or maybe there's just a missing 3c stamp?

anyway, the cover is not in its original state. I'll return it to the owner. Thanks!

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 17:12:58 PST

http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unknown1zy8.png

This one pls comment

Posted by keleofa ( 3736

)

on Feb-02-08 at 17:00:33 PST

soler,

Scroll down to the big yellow post at 14:06. There be the instructions.

Matt in Arizona

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 17:00:15 PST

SOLER. check the Big Yellow box for information on uploading LINKS to pictures to this board

Posted by soler19m ( 12

) on Feb-02-08 at 16:56:13 PST

how can i upload pics, due to I have problems to identify some stamp staff

Posted by dbenson ( 8828

)

on Feb-02-08 at 16:46:46 PST

lluehhb,

whenever I see a stamp placed at an angle I automatically prsume it has been replaced to match the marks that were on the cover and a stamp needed to replace the original stamp that was there.

David B.

Posted by keleofa ( 3736

)

on Feb-02-08 at 16:31:59 PST

lluehhhb,

Looks suspicious to me. The stamp isn't quite tied. That appendage of the killer rays seems unnatural. Looks like that ink mark beloned to the killer of another stamp. Look at the ink on the perfs... I would think some of it may be transferred to the cover, in between perforations.

Also, from the water stains upper right it looks like a stamp may have been removed.

Of course, anything is possible, but I would be wary.

Matt in Arizona

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-02-08 at 16:29:19 PST

lluehhhb _ cover shows signs that the stamp has been added to replace one now gone. Rate was 5 cents at cover time, 7c Banknote this late would be highly unusual if not suspicious. Just from what I can tell from the scan it is a bad cover.

Jeff

Posted by lluehhhb ( 338

) on Feb-02-08 at 16:17:12 PST

Hi all

today a friend asked me to put this US cover in eBay:

Front
Back

It should be a Scott #160 (with secret mark and without grill).

However it seems to be a late usage so I'm suspicious. It's OK?

I'd like some help with the rate too. I didn't find a similar cover in philamercury and 7c seems to be a curious rate.

Thanks!

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 15:41:38 PST

sorry Kathmoon..that link did not work for me.

Posted by emerald2p ( 944

) on Feb-02-08 at 15:19:11 PST

Looking at 3 Malta 1863-80 one pence Victoria issues and trying to differentiate between the colors of yellow buff,brown orange and orange yellow..does anyone know of a color guide that I could see the differnces?

Thanks!

Posted by kathmoon ( 387

)

on Feb-02-08 at 15:05:05 PST

A test to see if it worked: http://www.picture-monster.de/image/view/n7yTkkYxCc/yypapua0001.jpg

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:14:52 PST

See even my HTML is wrong but hopefully you can use one of the options to show something here.

Just holler if you need help.

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:13:12 PST

Here is another very fast and easy one to use.
Called Picture Monster but easy to use really and below is how as some of the instructions are in German.
1. Click Browse.
2. Find the picture on your computer that you want to show and Click OPEN
3.Check the box with "Ich akzeptiere die AGB"
4. Click "Hochladen" = upload
5.Once uploaded you will see four URL's in little box's. Copy and paste the URL only in the box which says "DirektLink"
6. That then should give a URL seen here such as
http://www.picture-monster.de/image/view/t6bXfzPkxn/klo.gif
which will allow others to see your image.

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:06:10 PST

Welcome to the eBay Stamps Chat Board!

It would be greatly appreciated if chat board participants
provide LINKS to pictures
rather than posting them directly to this board.
Here's how to post a LINK. Thanks.

Yellow Boxes

Philatelic Links and Other Resources

You're new to stamp trading?
You've acquired a stamp collection you want to sell on eBay?
Check out these links:

Links for New and Non-Collectors

Chosen links will open in a new window

This is a community creation by eBay Stamp Board users. Thanks to all who contribute!
Click here for board code download.

06/28/07

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:05:38 PST

Howdy Linda and Alec...

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:05:12 PST

Jhc The host I use for example is afree download and is called imagecave You simply register, set up a picture album and follow the instructions to upload as many images as you like to the imagcave album. Each picture will have its own URL and it is that which you need to post here for us to see any images.

Don't worry if you screw up the post or link. We all do that even those of us who are experienced posters. Help is never that far away.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:04:29 PST

Looks like its time for a yellow box post

jhc - there is usually a yellow box of helpful info daily, perhaps someone who does that or has access can fire it up

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 14:01:12 PST

Jhc You need to upload the image to a web host or web server. Then either copy and paste the URL of the web page where you have the image uploaded to or to make it a s text link here you need to use some computer HTML code amongst the text.

The yellow box bellow tells you also how to post a link here. If you need help with a free image host please just ask.

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:59:37 PST

jhc.. you need to have your pictures on a server (photobucket or similar) If you scroll way back to the BIG YELLOW BOX post, you will find directions there.
Look forward to seeing your stamps.

Linda

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:59:28 PST

jhc... - welcome, chats often go in spurts following a subject until burnout. Your posts are as welcome as any, philatelic preferred. Jeff

Posted by jhcstriker ( 460

) on Feb-02-08 at 13:56:46 PST

ok... ist stupid question.. how do i provide a link to something i want to show...

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:40:51 PST

.. and .. as I'm in a silly mood...This is the Isle of Man's greatest gift to the world
L

Posted by greenwave4u ( 84

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:28:57 PST

Thought I would throw in a couple of 1909 postcards from IOM just for fun from Ramsey and Douglas IOM

cheers

Peter

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1467

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:27:23 PST

Greetings,

Yesterday I picked up a 1796 Philadelphia cover that really needs some conversation. Scotch paper stains and separations. The similarity of the cancel to a Bishop Mark is what caught my eye.

Any one here willing to give me some suggestions on where to send it? I'd want to have it marked as conserved.

You can post your answer or email me through eBay's "contack a member"

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:20:55 PST

Alec

No rush.
I'm having bigger problems with Paypal than yours.

jhcstriker

There are plenty of US collectors on this site.
The ones that post seem to be specialized by a specific issue or postal history.

Many get beyond the "hole-filling" phase and start to concentrate on something.

Particularly if they don't have infinitely deep pockets.

Posted by mini*lindy ( 581

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:20:21 PST

jhcstriker no interest in US stamps here.... Far from it. The interest here is stamps and postal history from anywhere you wish to post. If you look, for example, at the ME page of jaywild you will find a dozen links to various aspects of specialized USA philately.
Many new collectors / would be sellers, come here looking for advice, and there is always someone to point them in the right direction, or find information elsewhere for them, or introduce them to chatboards in other countries / sites to find an answer to their questions.
This Chat Board has a variety of collectors with a depth of knowledge you would not find at any Stamp Club meeting anywhere.

As you are a fairly advanced collector, perhaps you would care to share some of your collection with us?
My particular collecting interest is the postal history of just one suburb of London,England. I have shown over 50 of my covers here in the last few years.

So, welcome to the Stamp Chat, please feel free to share your collection at any time.
Linda

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

)

on Feb-02-08 at 13:12:48 PST

Jhc Firstly welcome to the board. Actually there are several US experts who frequent this board.
The trouble with other auction sites from a sellers point is that the mass of potential buyers either don't know these alternative venues or don't trust them. Sure ebay isn't perfect but few sites are. I won't go into pro's and con's of ebay here.

I agree we all started out as space filler collectors. Not everyone decides to expertize and to me that is fine as we should all be free to collect what we want, when we want and how we want.

I wouldn't like to think any new collector would feel embarassed or ashamed to post any question here. There are no stupid questions if you don't know the answer.

Please do feel free to share your knowledge with us all here. Yes not everyone is a US collector but I'm sure everyone likes to see new material or to see how others collect and why.

Posted by jhcstriker ( 460

) on Feb-02-08 at 13:01:32 PST

hello..i never visited the chat room and have a question and a couple of observations. i realized that i can only read the last 24 hours of postings but it seems that there is no interest in US stamps here.. is that a fair observation? regarding "stamp wants" site, i have bought several items there and have never been disappointed. especially from a couple of particular dealers ( i'm presuming that it is not acceptable to name them here) also it seems to me that unless one specializes in a particluar area then we are all hole fillers. by that i mean that i collect US.. one country and innumerable facets of specialization... once you get to a certain point in your particular area of interest, it becomes prohibitively expensive for most to continue unless you get really lucky at auction etc....so you either quit or move on to another area which requires further study.. but until the time you feel quite comfortable in your knowledge of a new area, you by default, are a hole filler... i know of no stamp collector who did not start out as a hole filler.. the biggest problem with our past time is that we are no acquiring new hole fillers... i am a fairly advanced collector and i feel a bit uncomfortable posting this for fear of the "what an idiot" comments.. i can only think that a new collector or someone who doesn't have the expertise evidenced in this chat room would never ask a question or post a comment...

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

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on Feb-02-08 at 12:46:56 PST

Jim Many thanks. Once the refund arrives I'll resend. Seems to be some delay with Paypal site and e-mails arriving my end this evening. If it is the European Music composers set you are missing strike those from your wants list. I have a spare set MNH.

Posted by malolo ( 877

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on Feb-02-08 at 12:32:34 PST

In other words, the letter would have gone via England, not Ireland as Ireland was neutral in WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_neutrality

Posted by malolo ( 877

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on Feb-02-08 at 12:29:06 PST

IOM -
When my wife and I last visited GB we also went over to IOM. The closest port was Heysham north of Liverpool. See this schedule of current ferry services to IOM and you can see that even today Dublin/Ireland service is much less frequent than England/IOM.
http://www.directferries.co.uk/iom.htm

BTW -
It was a great experience staying at a farm B&B. The government of IOM is subsidizing farmers so the countryside can remain "traditional". The taxes gathered from the off-shore banking industry covers all the expenses of this subsidy. Farmers have a good life, but must keep the farm in operation and maintain it. There is a lot of history there. The Vikings came ffrom the north and settled leaving a form of government that continues today.

During WWI and WWII internment camps were in operation on th eIOM.
http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/library/bibliographies/internment.xml

Roger

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

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on Feb-02-08 at 11:26:40 PST

Alec

Replies are on the way.
Easy mistake to make.
I negated it.

Posted by infla-alec ( 574

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on Feb-02-08 at 11:19:57 PST

Io/Jim please see urgent e-mail. I goofed :-(

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

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on Feb-02-08 at 11:00:03 PST

Via Ireland does not make much sense.

Especially since there were internment camps on the Isle of Man.
Even a nicknamed "prison ship" between Holyhead and Douglass.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3874

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on Feb-02-08 at 10:35:06 PST

I just came across this website for Broome County New York, quite nicely done.

Posted by keleofa ( 3736

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on Feb-02-08 at 10:32:59 PST

IOM Question,

Thanks Jim, IO and Bjorn. Via Ireland makes sense.

Appreciate the combined efforts! Jim - your dotted yellow line on the map was most helpful :-)

Matt in Arizona

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

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on Feb-02-08 at 10:23:56 PST

Bjorn & Io & Matt… Perhaps that cover did go through Ireland—Isle of Man is close to Dublin.

Jim

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

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on Feb-02-08 at 10:18:59 PST

Knud-Erik… Thanks!! Here is the front of the cover. Since it is a Christmas card, in order to fit within your dates it would have been sent in November/December 1939.

Jim

Posted by nomad55 ( 960

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on Feb-02-08 at 10:15:52 PST

Thanks to all who provided info/tables/scans for the German postal rates. I think that I will have a fun afternoon.

Posted by bjornmu ( 974

) on Feb-02-08 at 09:51:05 PST

Yes, even if the I.O.M may have a separate political status, mail would have been routed via the UK. In theory, it could also have gone via neutral Ireland.

Posted by iomoon ( 1058

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on Feb-02-08 at 09:46:02 PST

The Isle of Man was (till 1973) and still is, treated as part of the United Kingdom's Royal Mail.
No idea as to lack of censor.

Posted by knuden ( 2407

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on Feb-02-08 at 09:35:47 PST

jaywild - As far I can see, your German censor label was attached in Frankfurt and this type of label was used from November 1939 to April 1940.
Could I see a scan of the front of the cover?

K.E

I'm a catalog king, expert and philatelist - whoopee!!

Posted by jaywild ( 1047

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