eBay chatboard archive: Mar-10-08 to Mar-16-08 week

Posted by dbenson   ( 8960 ) on Mar-16-08 at 23:59:56 PDT   Listings
Jay,

I think you are correct, Paul did proclaim the Egypt block as a forgery, just add it the myriads of other items he knew nothing about and proclaimed them to be fakes as well,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8960 ) on Mar-16-08 at 23:38:48 PDT   Listings
Jay,

is this what you were looking for,

http://cgi.ebay.com/NORTHERN-RHODESIA-1938-52-1-d-TICK-BIRD-FLAW-MNH-C-95_W0QQitemZ360029971574QQihZ023QQcategoryZ90895QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


David B.
Posted by theottawamike   ( 193 ) on Mar-16-08 at 22:58:09 PDT   Listings
My, what a friendly place.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 21:19:57 PDT   Listings
JAY------Wait a minute ,I got a lot of friends here and don't agree with everything they say or post.They also don't support or condole with everything I post .We all stand on our own here .

The matter your refering to was while I wasn't on the board and no reason to say something after the issue was blown over.

What is upsetting to everyone one here is when a few people who don't have a dog in the fight but just comes on here to say something negative about one of the people taking issue over a point that they have themselfs no intelligent viewpoint other than just say something negative . Thats what started the whole "LAPDOG " thing ,guess they just like to bark at someone .

Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 21:08:20 PDT   Listings
Jeff S… Thanks for the dated precancel info. That’s a good site.

Jim
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 590 ) on Mar-16-08 at 21:04:22 PDT   Listings
Oh No! Jim, I'd never go out in that heat for anything, not even F1 GP, I watched the race from the comfort of my living room with the a/c turned up full blast!
My son attends them all, but as a sporting journalist he gets to sit in the a/c comfort of the News Desk Offices.
I watch all the races of the season, they are usually on tv around Midnight Sunday here! Live, so I'm bleary eyed on Monday at the rag and bone shop, and miss some bargains!
:)
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:58:01 PDT   Listings
Lilndy… I am answering you separately, since I expect my previous post will soon be yanked into the ether…



Thanks for the Grand Prix info. Were you there, did you attend, holding a cute little parasol???

Jim
Posted by wrd3   ( 104 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:56:21 PDT   Listings
NOIP does anyone recognize the cancel in this lot? I've not seen anything similar, but frankly I don't look at cancellations that often.

Bill D.
Posted by peetah   ( 527 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:56:11 PDT   Listings
abt1950 Go to the head of the class! Yes, the expertiser noted the flaw and plated them by position as well. The Nile Post Handbook and Catalogue of the Stamps of Egypt. Sound like an interesting title? Hope you captured the image this time.
I'll have more on the Chinese Guide Line Block of 4 in a couple weeks.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:55:57 PDT   Listings
Paul… Let me say something that I encourage you to take as a simple statement of fact. Those who behave like trolls on this chatboard should expect to be treated like trolls. Please think back to the savaging your cave-bear friend did to Anne the other day before you go off on me for being out of place, and the attack on Anne was not an isolated incident. I don’t care what remarks he makes about me; it’s to be expected from the kind of instability your friend suffers from.

If you are interested in serenity and companionability on this board, perhaps you might direct some constructive suggestions towards your friend. But please do it privately.

Jim
Posted by abt1950   ( 231 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:49:48 PDT   Listings
Good night to all and to all sweet dreams (especially to due2cents), of spectacular blocks, about-to-be newly elected EUSC officials, and about-to-be retiring ones. Anne
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 674 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:35:09 PDT   Listings
Yep that's me, but I would never presume that I could upstage YOU!
At least you knew whom I was correctly referring too, if the shoe fits...............
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:32:16 PDT   Listings
MITCH------ARE YOU SLOW OR SOMETHING ??????...... save the physical insults about others ,there not needed here or wanted.
Posted by sneeky37   ( 237 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:29:42 PDT   Listings
due2cents
Now I figured out who you are, I think.??
You still working with Naval Covers??
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 590 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:26:15 PDT   Listings
Jim,
1st Lewis Hamilton the world champion of 07 (UK)
2nd Nick Heidfeld (Germany)
3rd Nico Roseberg

of the 22 starters only 7 finished in the heat/ pileups/ mechanical failures, and then one of them was disqualified for jumping a red light in pitlane !! (Rubens Barrichello)
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:25:12 PDT   Listings
JAY ----- ,it was me who agreed with him to get it expertized . That means he said he wanted it checked out and thats when i agreed with his statement .Think it had some weird perforation and the question on the board was about how he was reading the perfs.
Posted by abt1950   ( 231 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:18:39 PDT   Listings
jimjung: One last thing about do-it-yourself album pages that didn't get mentioned. Use acid-free paper. That's why one poster suggested the Hammermill brand.

Anne
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:14:47 PDT   Listings
great we don't even get a sweet dreams message anymore ;-{
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:14:44 PDT   Listings
Lindy… So who won the Grand Prix??

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:12:32 PDT   Listings
peetah… Congratulations on your great find! Paul, was it you that posted here that that Egypt block was a forgery? Can’t quite remember but am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt…

Jim
Posted by abt1950   ( 231 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:03:45 PDT   Listings
More congrats to D1 on his gold medal--not that it's surprising.

Paolo, Thanks. I've missed all the crazies here.

Belated happy birthdays to everyone who is now one year older than before.

Peetah: I'm drooling at that block of 22cs. It looked real to me when you first posted it. Unfortunately, I didn't download the image, so it scrolled off before I could find my catalogs.

Did your expertiser check for plate flaws? This issue is notorious for them--which is one of the things that makes it fun. The best catalog for this stuff is the Nile Post catalog by Joe Chaloub and Charlie Hass. Take a look at the middle stamp in the top row. There's a white patch to the left of the Sphinx and also on the right top of the Sphinx's head. I think this one is listed in the NP as D26tt. Pos. 112, setting A, B. A known flaw with a nice premium.

As I said, I'm drooling. If my keyboard shorts out, you're responsible.

Anne
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 590 ) on Mar-16-08 at 20:03:09 PDT   Listings
Congratulations Dave, well done, I know you work hard on your collections, glad it is recognised. Does this mean we get cake with our Tea today?
:o) L.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1496 ) on Mar-16-08 at 19:42:57 PDT   Listings

D1… Congrats on your gold medal
Jim L.
member
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 19:25:08 PDT   Listings
D1… Congratulations on your gold medal!

Here’s a nice item that just closed on eBay. Too rich for my blood at $202, but a nice Sanitary Commission marking on the back.

Jim
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 674 ) on Mar-16-08 at 19:20:28 PDT   Listings
Napoleanic complex guy He is 6'5" and 230 pounds (same as me) I would love to see him stomp his number 13 shoe on your head. 215 lbs big woop, I'm so impressed.
Still, not bad for an old short guy.

I think it would be fitting if you showed jimjung27
some of your most eloguent page making talents?
He would probably appreciate a good laugh.

New readers and Collectors Please be aware that there are a couple trolls here that have heads positioned in such away that the "true light" will never be seen by them.
Posted by vonbag   ( 208 ) on Mar-16-08 at 18:06:57 PDT   Listings
Good day all from very dark Shoes!

David B. and Roger,
Thanks for your kind comments, and observations!

Spain_1850,
Nice to see you posting!
I have been a bit on and off on this board lately, for various reasons.

Anne,
Nice to see you posting, as well! ;-)

Burton,
Although belatedly, A very Happy Birthday!

Greetings,
Paolo
Posted by peetah   ( 527 ) on Mar-16-08 at 18:01:29 PDT   Listings
To all who were interested, here is an update of this Egypt block of 9
It is indeed Scott 22c which is attributed to be rough perfed 13 1/2 by 12 1/2.
I will be getting a Certificate. I met personally with the expertiser today. He is known to 3 dealers I have known for years and all 3 agree, if he asserts it to be 22c, then it is 22c.
Posted by abt1950   ( 231 ) on Mar-16-08 at 17:55:51 PDT   Listings
Evening/morning/afternoon from a dark NJ.

If voting is still open, I cast my ballot for milenko, greenwave4u, bilsey, and paperhistory.

I also nominate dcdroo for EUSC travel agent. Spectacular pictures.


Anne


Anne
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 16:02:42 PDT   Listings
I remember my father was asked to provide his birth certificate in order to prove his age to get his old age pension payments.

He had to send letters to China to ask the Chinese government for this birth certificate.

He phoned me one day to tell me he got it and I went over to see him. He showed it to me and it was on parchment paper about 6 x 8 inches, handwritten in Chinese using ink brush.

This was about ten years ago.
Posted by sneeky37   ( 237 ) on Mar-16-08 at 15:27:36 PDT   Listings
A VERY GOOD EVENING TO ALL!!
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 15:21:51 PDT   Listings
Sorry. yeah, it looked very different.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 15:08:35 PDT   Listings
jimjung, not the engraver, the engraver engraves the master die. Those types of guidelines were to assist the platemaker in aligning the position of the entry onto the plate.

The guideline mentioned yesterday is a different type, it is for accounting purposes and were never erased,

David B.
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:58:23 PDT   Listings
While studying re-entries, I ran into a number of guidelines and have stamps with guidelines on them now.

The lines are extremely thin, thinner than the outer framelines and usually cross through a guide dot when in the margins or part of the design when the design is used to hide them.

They are supposed to be erased from the plate prior to printing the stamps and are used to assist the engraver in creating the design horizontally and vertically straight.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:49:50 PDT   Listings
D1,

It's GOLD, GOLD, GOLD for Queensland,

David B.
Posted by bradstonian   ( 1479 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:35:08 PDT   Listings
Good evening,

I would like to add my endorsement of Milenko for president; also my thanks to those who served last year.

While I am here, can anyone tell me how early Britsh presentation packs are collected; does removing the outer wrapping (which can shrink and distort the contents) destroy the value?

Many thanks,

Martin.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:28:01 PDT   Listings
JAYWILD -------You need to stop this criticism of peoples physical characteristic ,your not exactley body building material yourself .
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3971 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:22:32 PDT   Listings

Here is a handy precancel reference page, scroll down a bit for info on dated precancels.
Posted by de66   ( 1225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:17:54 PDT   Listings
Make that 'Canberra'
Posted by de66   ( 1225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:17:07 PDT   Listings
Canberrs Stamp Show over for another year.

A good time had by all, results are up on the APF web site: http://www.apf.org.au/

My exhibit jumped 2 medals up so i am a happy boy.

D1
Posted by stampmad   ( 1095 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:12:43 PDT   Listings
i certainly endorse Milenko as the incoming president and my thanks to the officers for the past year,

Peter Congrats on your Stamp Magazine article.

Marius
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:10:58 PDT   Listings
NOIP… If you feed trolls they just get fat.



Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 14:08:18 PDT   Listings
bjorn… I was under the impression that the initials and date were applied by the company when they did their mailings, so the order of the notations would naturally vary. In this they would be like perfins, a way of controlling unauthorized use. There are other board frequenters, like Jeff S, who probably know more on the subject.

Jim
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:47:29 PDT   Listings
Ok, now the seller says the error is that the precancel says "50 FEB" when it should have been "FEB 50"?
Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:45:46 PDT   Listings
Jaywild, what is your problem? Paul was first to correctly identify "MW" as "Montgomery Wards," and there was no need to explain, as you did, that "Feb 50" stands for "February 1950," since it is painfully obvious.

In your urge for instant gratification, you make yourself a laughing stock several times a day. I can only describe your idle activity here as "electronic loitering." Don't you have any work to do? Get a dog.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:32:35 PDT   Listings
Paul… I’m afraid you’re wrong again. I have known about dated precancels for quite some time, in fact have used them to pin down rates, such as this Sears parcel tag.

Jim
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:31:50 PDT   Listings
Paul, yes our Februarys (or is that Februaries?) don't have 50 days either, I know that!!! But this stamp was presented as being a wrong date, which I suspected was not the case.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:23:46 PDT   Listings
Alex, it all boils down to the shortage of ink during WWI and I agree that 1000 is excessive but that is just a list and I think the general accepted color variances is about 200.

Bring up the subject on the Australian Chat board and there will be some members who only collect 1d. Reds and they could most probably name the 200 of the top of their heads and be able to sort them blindfolded.

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:21:11 PDT   Listings
BJORNMU-----two things - first in U.S. our calenders don't go to 50 for a date .Second I think Jay got his information from a previous posting ,maybe you can scan down and see ,thanks
Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:19:32 PDT   Listings
David,

1000 shades of 1d red GV? Surely this is excessive!

I've got about 200 copies here (not counting a few with multiple watermark, 14.2 line perforation, etc.. Die II, etc. -- didn't find any Die III stamps yet). I am not color blind but I can discern about 5, maybe 6 main color variety groups. Yes, there are gradations "from pale to deep," as B&W puts it, and I am sure I don't have the rarest shades. But even 28 shades in B&W seem to be too many.

Michel has a sensible policy of dropping transitional shade listings from their catalog, when it can be proved beyond doubt, by demonstrating a study, that there is a continuous spectrum of shades from one distinct color to another.

About 10 years ago I did such a study with several thousands of copies of the 20pf ultramarine/blue/violet Germania WWI stamp (starting with the beginning of the transitional period in 1911, and ending in 1921 - if I remember correctly), demonstrating that, while the light blue shade was more or less distinct in its many variations, one could build a continuous spectrum from ultramarine to violet with gradual, almost imperceptible change from one stamp to the next.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:14:38 PDT   Listings
DAVID B. ------We disagree ,I don't trust something that I see on a scan and in this case will take the approach that someone just took a fine point pen to that block and drew a line .If you can't accept that so be it .
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 13:09:24 PDT   Listings
Jim, thanks, I suspected the 50 was actually the year, not the date.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:59:59 PDT   Listings
Paul,

this your comment from yesterday,

" PEETAH------Thats no guide line .Its what I call creative artwork .Done by someone with a ruler and a black pen ".

seems to me that you have made a definite statement, only experts should make definite statements, anyone else should just make opinions,

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:47:20 PDT   Listings
bjorn… “MW 50 Feb” stands for “Montgomery Ward, February 1950”. These are known as dated precancels. The most common by far are yours (MW) and SRC, which stands for Sears Roebuck & Company.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:46:28 PDT   Listings
DAVID B. --------Your the only so call expert that can make a positive call from a scan ,it needs to be seen before any Expert can say for sure if its a guideline between the top two stamps and the bottom two . As far as im concern it needs to be seen in person and not called for sure until its viewed .
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:37:48 PDT   Listings
Paul,

as usual, trying to change the subject after you have made a mistake, however the block which was shown yesterday does have a definite guideline unlike the hand drawn monstrosities you just created,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:27:08 PDT   Listings
money wards ==monkey wards
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:26:28 PDT   Listings
MW-----Montgomery Wards {money wards } a large mail order firm
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:21:58 PDT   Listings
NOIP-----David is right, here are more of his China stamps with guidelines CHINESE GUIDELINES ....paul
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:11:31 PDT   Listings
Oops, forgot to include the URL: MW-50 FEB
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 12:10:45 PDT   Listings
US precancel question: can anyone confirm that the black text on top was supposed to be a date? And what does MW mean?
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 350 ) on Mar-16-08 at 11:53:14 PDT   Listings
Obscure stamps and usage:

Here is a set of Chilean stamps (around 1910) that was hand overprinted with "ISLA DE MAS AFUERA". That's the old name of the westernmost island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago (See here). Robinson crusoe lived 4 years in the eastern island.

There was a "high security" jail in the island and the stamps were overprinted for the mail between the jail interns and the mainland. Usually they were cancelled with a "M. de J." mark, initials of "Justice Ministry".

Stamps were officialy approved by a government decree, but they're unilsted in most catalogues. They're quite rare and forgeries are common.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8955 ) on Mar-16-08 at 11:48:33 PDT   Listings
Alex,

BW only breaks them into groups, specialised handbooks lists the shades, I think one has 400 and another has over 1000,. I think I would have trouble naming 400 Reds let alone 1000.

btw,

I didn't see any comments from you about Paul's howler that the line was handrawn,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 225 ) on Mar-16-08 at 11:48:21 PDT   Listings
JIMJUNG 27 You got some good information from Bill D./WRD3 ,Dragonstamps and Nick/Kathmoon about album pages .But the hardest part is to start the layout process were you start to put order into all the material collected .

Start with a notebook binder as suggested below and use blank three hole punch paper .Start your layouts of stamps and covers and use the blank pages to make notes and write information on the pages .As time goes by and your adding material and more pages ,thats when you start to see what your collection will become .Thats the point to start thinking about formal layouts and displays and all the stuff like page colors,fonts and how much research you want to include in your write ups .

The problem with formal pages right off is that you will end up destroying a lot of pages and work as your collection expands .My advice go with the hand made pages and info/research hand written until your collection takes shape ....paul

Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 11:38:40 PDT   Listings
sayasan, how true. All things considered, jaywild's personality is a bit sad, rather than funny. But I can't refrain from laughter, as he hoists himself on his own petards again, and again, and again...
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 11:05:15 PDT   Listings
wrd3,

Thanks for the links - I have them bookmarked for reference. They look good and have me thinking of how to organize some of my stamps.

I'll probably come up with a few attempts since I've been moving my stamps around on Minkus pages and have added numerous extra stamps on pages to try to get a nice look.

Really, I'm at the point where I need more space and have been using extra stock pages, album pages and binders to try to hold the excess.

I promised my kids I'd go ice skating with them. I'm off.
Posted by dragonstamps   ( 501 ) on Mar-16-08 at 10:59:05 PDT   Listings
jimjung27: I've used MS Word and it works, but I eventually went to AlbumGen. It's pretty good for doing 8.5x11 pages.
And if you also get EZ stamp from the same company you can import images to the page. I would only recommend that stage if you have a laser printer or are using mounts.
I buy the cheap 1" binders at Staples, they do the job well. Plus the heavy Hammermill paper they have there is perfect for pages with mounts. It works well for hinged stamps as well.

The only drawback is that you start to split your time between working on stamps and page design. It's going to take a fair amount of your time to design the pages.
Posted by kathmoon   ( 465 ) on Mar-16-08 at 10:45:16 PDT   Listings
jimjung27, I use a program called AlbumGen. It takes a little practice and is a little slow going until you do a few practice pages. It has several page border and stamp border options. If you want, I can scan a few pages and attach them to an E-mail to show you what they look like. I do not know how to "link" them here. I have been very pleased with the results. However, if you are doing an entire country, it might be a real chore. Nick
Posted by wrd3   ( 104 ) on Mar-16-08 at 10:31:09 PDT   Listings
jimjung27 creation of album pages has been a topic of discussion on this board periodically over the years. Many of the board participants create their own pages ..... the result can range from Paul's handwritten pages (which he shows periodically when he finds items of interest) to very elaborate pages created on computer. Many people use Bill Steiner's pages, which provide a good basic album for essentially all countries which have issued stamps. His pages are based on the Scott catalog, so if a stamp isn't in the Scott catalog it generally won't be in his pages. Jim Griffith's album pages include "A Guide to Custom Album Pages", which has good information on creating your own album pages.

Personally I use several approaches to creating my own album pages. I use Bill Steiner's pages for most countries. For those countries where I have more in-depth interest, I create my own album pages in Lotus Freelance, where I have created page borders that look like Bill's so they merge into the other pages and look good. I created my own album for United States Bureau Precancels years ago, and sent them to Bill. Those are the Bureau precancel pages on his site. For my US perfins album I created pages in Lotus Freelance. For US town and type precancels I've created pages using the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet.

I know others use Microsoft Word and other programs to create their pages. You can use almost any decent software package to create your own album pages. I think the key is to decide the basic layout first (borders, margins, fonts, etc), then lay out the pages to look nice within those parameters.

Bill D.
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 10:04:27 PDT   Listings
Jimjung, My guess is that the postmark is from SYROS.

It's been snowing for two hours and the temp is 0.0 C and falling, looks good for skiing conditions in the hills during the Easter break. :-)
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 09:52:47 PDT   Listings
Here's a Greek folded letter that I know little about. There's a hs cds dated May 14, 1883 and nothing else. I can't read the letter aside from the dates and the numbers as it appears to be in the greek language.

The early printings of these Greek stamps are interesting , though.
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 09:45:12 PDT   Listings
I think I'd have to do a lot of research and add to my collection before I could enter an exhibit but maybe in the future.
Posted by bjornmu   ( 1002 ) on Mar-16-08 at 08:59:59 PDT   Listings
Obscure: Here are some more or less obscure items from my collection, all of which were included in my one-frame exhibit (and I think I've shown one or two before here):

A cover from Oberschlesien postmarked HINDENBURG on the 34th of March, 1921. And yes, the city was named after the general who would later become president of Germany.

A philatelic cover with stamps from Geman occupied Romania in WWI, postmarked BUKAREST on the 31th of November 1917. November only has 30 days...

And one from British Antarctic Territory, postmarked Brabant Island 17 FEB 1983, but the post office opened on that date in 1984.

I now have postmark error items from 94 different countries or postal authorities/stamp issuers. Including some more obscure ones. like Lemnos (Greek occupation), Tristan da Cunha and Fernando Poo. But I still miss some unobscure ones, like post-WWII Germany!
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 08:29:20 PDT   Listings
I've been told that I should create my own album pages for my collection, since I have varieties and such of the same stamp or small groups like this that would look nice together.

Not sure where to start. I'd probably use Microsoft Word and try a few things out.

I think this might lead to displaying them in stamp shows in the future.
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 08:11:28 PDT   Listings
jaywild,

Well, here's the lot.

And, a 6c Small Queen with a 4 ring 1 purple cancel. that is one that is staying in my collection.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1063 ) on Mar-16-08 at 08:03:01 PDT   Listings
Today is our first day of 2008 with 12 hours of daylight.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:58:28 PDT   Listings
jimjung… If you have that many loose stamps with that cancel it should make an impressive album display.

Jim
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:43:02 PDT   Listings
postalhysteria,

Well, I have a 1c, 2c and a couple of 3c examples. The one in the scan showed the largest portion of the cancellation mark. I do like a rare cancellation mark and hoard a few myself.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3971 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:38:13 PDT   Listings

Jimjung27 - I have a friend who has an example on cover or card for each day it was in use.

Dang obsessive collectors!!
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:35:23 PDT   Listings
Thanks for the info. I think that the rarity makes it good enough for my collection. Possibly, the item will gain some popularity and increase in value.

I can see the value in this stamp, on cover, with the full cancellation mark. That would look nice.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:26:29 PDT   Listings
D.F.T.T.
Posted by sayasan   ( 757 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:18:40 PDT   Listings
Sorry. Ignore bold.
Posted by sayasan   ( 757 ) on Mar-16-08 at 07:18:07 PDT   Listings
Milenko for pres, certainly.

Obscure issuing entities shade off into fantasy items, artistamps etc, which have become endless. But I thought I'd post these covers, if only for their unusual appearance. They were claimed to be from an experimental postal system established in insurgent territory by the Kayan New Land Party, one of the armed elements in the Karenni area in revolt against the Myanmar (Burma) government in the 1990's. There is a rather dense and exhaustive booklet documenting these - "Breves Notes sur les Vignettes Kayan" by one "Agnes Lasunion". But the covers, marks and labels were produced by a Swiss philatelist on holiday in Thailand, who had time on his hands, a penknife and a bunch of surplus erasers. He also authored the booklet, of course.

afeht - Sorry, not funny. Just a bit sad.

Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:52:15 PDT   Listings
L… I bet it’s nice and cool down at the rag and bone…



Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:47:19 PDT   Listings
Sniped by Jeff S...

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1059 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:44:55 PDT   Listings
jimjung27… From Frederick Langford’s Flag Cancel Encyclopedia, here is your cancel. As of 1989, only 25 specimens were known. On cover, this cancel is of great value. On a single stamp, unfortunately, this is much less true. Can’t say exactly what it is worth, but at least now you know what it is.

Jim
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 414 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:43:02 PDT   Listings
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Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3971 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:36:24 PDT   Listings

The Canada 3c small queen is canceled by what collectors call the Straight Jack flag cancel, on cover or card a $100+ item, on stamp maybe a couple of dollars.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3971 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:34:11 PDT   Listings

(not so) RARE postal card.

The China block has 2 lines across it, one the guide line, and one caused by a transparent pocket.

Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:19:26 PDT   Listings
Jimjumg

can't get into your pic site.
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:15:13 PDT   Listings
Whoops - trying again

Has anyone seen this cancellation before? There's a scan at this link
Posted by jimjung27   ( 135 ) on Mar-16-08 at 06:10:11 PDT   Listings
Good mornin' - hope it's not too early to ask a stamp question.

I have Canada stamps with a cancellation that I haven't seen before. It's a 3c Small Queen and I saw this in a auction recently (forgot the site) and it said in the description that the cancel was only used for a week in May 1896. Which would make it pretty rare.

http://ca.geocities.com/fab4@rogers.com/scan0001.jpg>Has anyone seen this cancellation before? There's a scan at this link
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 86 ) on Mar-16-08 at 05:52:56 PDT   Listings
Hi Alec I will have a go at scanning and posting the article. The magazine is available worldwide if you don't mind having a digital version for $29 a year which is not bad value against the hardcopy of £3.25 in the UK. You can download a trial copy of Zinio reader and read an old copy here:-

http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/content/zinio.htm

cheers


Peter
Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 04:18:52 PDT   Listings
Brusden & White specialized catalog of Australian stamps lists many color shades of the ubiquitous 1d red George V stamp. In fact, the amount of shades listed exactly equals the amount of letters in English alphabet, from A to Z. Which makes me think that editors of this catalog are slightly insane, and that they are capable of seeing and pricing as many subjectively perceived shades as they wish. Not a reassuring coincidence.
Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 04:14:22 PDT   Listings
"the"="tea"
Posted by afeht   ( 1283 ) on Mar-16-08 at 04:09:41 PDT   Listings
Among the stupefacient and somniferous iterations of The Chosen Dozen Mutual Congratulations Club (formerly known as EUSC), this brilliant howler created by inimitable Gooffalo Jim, dragged me out of the hay, and made my first cup of the exquisitely tasteful:

The line through those stamps is from the stock sheet that is holding them. See how the paper of the stamps is slightly darker below the line? That’s because you are looking at them through an extra layer of plastic.

Thank you for a big morning grin, old steel rat Jimbo! Don't you ever take off that old asbestos suit: it'll be hotter here for you than on the surface of the Sun.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1496 ) on Mar-16-08 at 03:21:39 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


oggilby! (Burt)
Let me add another “Happy Birthday!”

stamps12345 (Paul)
Here’s an early “Happy Birthday!” for you.

Jim L.
member
Posted by infla-alec   ( 592 ) on Mar-16-08 at 02:27:45 PDT   Listings
Got back late last night from my short trip to Germany and so have missed the past few days of board messages. Could have had internet access if I'd really wanted to but with so many friends to meet etc very little free time to go online.
I don't have any obscure items to show sorry to say but I have enjoyed reading back and seeing what others have shown over the past 200 messages.

Only managed to find one good cover from the dealers which is already in the hands of the expertizer. But did receive from another friend who also collects Infla three very nice additions to my collection. Hopefully will have them scanned and uploaded onto my home site later today.

Bjorn Sent you an e-mail via ebay asking for some help if possible please.

Peter Congratulations on your first philatelic publication. Though many here I don't think will be bale to read the article as it is only a UK publication. Any chance it can be scanned and shown here for the benefit of all ?