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Forum: Roll Call -- This Thread MUST be your *FIRST* Port Of Call here! Topic: Hello All NEW Members - please briefly introduce yourself! |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:33:40 am
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Greetings from New Zealand and welcome to this very useful site devoted to stamps.
You may be interested in viewing our (Mowbray Collectables) selections of NZ material on-line at our web site: http://www.mowbraycollectables.co.nz
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: "World Stamp Expo May 2013" Melbourne & Stampboards presence |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 13:31:05 pm
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| Greetings! It was great to be at Melbourne this past week and not only just to meet Margo and Glen again but also to meet many folks who visited the Mowbray Collectables stand where I was working. Whenever I visited the Stampboards stand there were always people there, even swamping Margo with demon... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Vermeil - New Zealand Overseas Airmail Postage Rates |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 13:14:36 pm
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| Greetings! This wonderful publication is now completely sold out! I do not know whether the existence of this book is widely known. The remaining coipies were taken to Melbourne and all were sold before the exhibition closed. It is possible that the publishers will organise a reprint in the near fut... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australian States numeral postmarks/cancels resource thread |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 13:00:50 pm
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| Greetings! Further to my post on page 23 (the last one) of this thread: the Wilcox Smith bulk stock of Australian States stamps was taken to Melbourne where it was available to be inspected. At the exhibition all the boxes of NSW, Tasmania and WA stamps were sold leaving Queensland, SA and Victoria ... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: New NZ Revenue Catalogue |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 07:21:51 am
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| Mowbrays is pleased to offer: Kiwi Catalogue of New Zealand and Railway Stamps (5th edition) edited by David Smitham. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/DavidSmitham/2013Kiwicatalogue_zps9afe54ff.jpg The 4th edition of Kiwi Catalogue of New Zealand Revenue and Railway Stamps was published in 2... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australian States numeral postmarks/cancels resource thread |
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 15:17:55 pm
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| So you are interested in Australian States cancels? Mowbrays will have the Wilcox Smith stock - comprising some 200,000 - 250,000 stamps available at Melbourne next month. Goodness only knows what cancels are on these stamps. I am finalising our Melbourne direct sale catalogue at the moment. The ful... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Why are NZ Yearbooks so cheap and unpopular? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 07:00:46 am
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| I tend to agree with Glen re the recent year books being more difficult to come by than the earlier issues. 1984 used to be in high demand, as did 1987. That was the year when New Zealand Post took over from the old New Zealand Post Office and cut the production run. I remember selling these for $12... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: KGVI New Zealand Letter Cards: Info/Value? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 06:49:23 am
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| Greetings! The item illustrated is not a "letter card" in the normal meaning but an unstamped aerogramme. For many years the New Zealand Post Office sold unstamped aerogrammes for use by customers. Stamps were affixed when ready to be mailed. As such, unstamped post office stationery is no... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Italian BLP stamps. Can anyone show genuine overprint? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 09:52:20 am
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| Greetings from New Zealand John! Please do not use the words "copy" or "copies" when it comes to describing stamps. "Copy" can mean reproduction and that is what the upper images are - copies (or fakes or forgeries) of the real (BLP) stamps! At work we use "example... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: How do I write up and display a collection of postmarks? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 13:25:58 pm
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| Greetings from New Zealand! Whilst you did not specify what area you collect. I expect that much the same applies whether the postmarks are those of NZ or GB or Canada etc.... If you are looking at doing a region (say Adelaide) then you ought to look at the development of the post offices spreading ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Entertainer Rolf Harris arrested on child sex allegations? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 14:07:40 pm
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| Rolf ... I saw a small snippet the other day on the xtra (NZ) web site ... it mentioned only an 82 year old Australian entertainer .... I next Googled Rolf Harris: he was born in 1930 so obviously he has not had his 83rd birthday. Last night on the (Aussie) SKY tv news there was mention that this en... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: "World Stamp Expo May 2013" Melbourne & Stampboards presence |
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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 13:56:43 pm
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Good news - or otherwise!!
I shall be at the Melbourne show for the full duration - working on John Mowbray's stand - right at the front of the exhibition. Whatever you do do not confuse me with the less handsome guys! I am the one with a mo!
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Vermeil - New Zealand Overseas Airmail Postage Rates |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 08:29:15 am
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| At the recent New Zealand 2013 national philatelic literature exhibition the New Zealand Overseas Airmail Postage Rates 1930 to 2011 book by Robin Startup, co published by Mowbray Collectables was awarded a vermeil medal. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/DavidSmitham/IMG_0002.jpg Over 80% ha... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Australian Cricket - Can't Bowl, Can't Bat, Can't Field! |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 08:09:13 am
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How nice it is to see Australia well and truly beaten by a better team 4-0
Just remember, the Australian rot set in when New Zealand beat them in Hobart some 15 months or so ago and Australia could only draw that series 1-1!
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: GB Machin Total Production Number 400 Billion Since 1967? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:11:52 pm
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| I am sure that the number printed must be an even number. Or must it? I seem to recall booklet panes of 9 Machins exist from prestige stamp booklets, so let me add 1 to the total just to be on the safe side. I reckon that there are 400 billion and 1 Machins. Now glen, please do not waste your time c... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: The Ultimate Machin |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:03:41 pm
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Heck!
I'd hate to see the size of ther envelope to which this was affixed!
Pity the poor old postie trying to deliver the letter too!!
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's our 6th Birthday - *WIN* a £1 Kangaroo stamp + others ! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:00:12 pm
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's our 6th Birthday - *WIN* a £1 Kangaroo stamp + others ! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:59:46 am
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's our 6th Birthday - *WIN* a £1 Kangaroo stamp + others ! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:59:25 am
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's our 6th Birthday - *WIN* a £1 Kangaroo stamp + others ! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:59:08 am
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's our 6th Birthday - *WIN* a £1 Kangaroo stamp + others ! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:58:51 am
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Why are Revenues Worthless? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:02:44 am
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| Re the NZ revenue document earlier ... comment was made about the state of the document with numerous stamps affixed appearing haphazardly: Many such documents have only the one, or final, installment indicated by the total amount assessed for estate duty, but some - especially the larger estates ha... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 1980 8f Red "Monkey" stamp from China, line across corner? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:55:16 am
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| Greetings from New Zealand Mowbrays do have a good selection of uhm China - Cultural Revolution era stamps in their current (March 2013) postal stamp auction catalogue. These can be accessed on line at http://www.mowbraycollectables.co.nz Whilst there is no Year of the Monkey (original or reprint) o... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Dealers in fine New South Wales stamps wanted |
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:42:48 am
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| Greetings from New Zealand I work for New Zealand's largest stamp firm - Mowbray Collectables. We have monthly postal stamp auctions that contain stamps from not only New Zealand but also from the Australian States, other Commonwealth and foreign countries. Our catalogues are available free of charg... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: NZ Newspaper Stamp with W Watermark |
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 07:52:17 am
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| The newspaper stamp is only one of many New Zealand stamps that may be found with (part) letters watermark. As has been mentioned NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE appears on the 4 edges of sheets of watermarked stamps. Thus if you want to you can collect the basic (watermarked) stamp and numerous variations: unw... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: NZ Post is considering cutting to 3 day delivery per week |
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 07:05:37 am
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| Glen - what do you expect from an Aussie? Whilst there has been talk of a 3 day delivery service there has been no mention of what is intended to happen to business mail deliveries - i.e. those who pay for private boxes and private bags for their mail? Would those firms receive a 50% discount on the... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Double pages on exhibits - good practice or not? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:45:14 am
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| Greetings from New Zealand! As a New Zealand national level judge I prefer to see double pages with large/long cover displayed the proper way. Bear in mind that there are marks for presentation as well as treatment etc and if your presentation can be improved by displaying awkward sized covers on do... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Can you beat this for postal incompetence? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 08:50:30 am
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| Envelopes endorsed "PHOTOS DO NOT BEND" or "STAMPS DO NOT BEND" etc are just asking for trouble and a further endorsement "oh yes they do"! Make sure that the cardboard packing really is sturdy i.e. do not use corrugated cardboard when mailing such material. We use good... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New Zealand QV "adsons" - advertisements on back of stamps |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:54:29 am
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| Greetings! To help you understand more about the NZ second sideface advert stamps you are best advised to consult Jim Robb's book that deales with them. Illustrated throughout in full colour the almost 150 page book is available from Mowbray Collectables. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/Dav... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Australia: What the rest of the world gets wrong |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:46:42 am
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| The rest of the world and Australia are always wrong. As readers well know New Zealand comprises many islands - two of the better known are the North Island, the South Island (aka The Mainland). Australia is merely part of New Zealand - usually the forgotten part (for obvious reasons!) - and is kno... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Gibbons Concise for New Zealand and Australia? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 07:46:04 am
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| No not the SG world or SG British Empire to 1970 - the yellow SG series of Commonwealth catalogues - as illustrated earlier in the posts by Glen. The Australian version includes the Australian states as well as Australian stamp booklets. The New Zealand version includes stamp booklets. Both include ... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Gibbons Concise for New Zealand and Australia? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 06:53:33 am
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| Greetings! I think that what many are waiting for is for Brusden White to publish an Australian states specialised stamp catalogue. Probably it will happen one day this century (I guess that they do not have quite so many years to wait now) just like the Brusden White Australian postage dues and pos... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Are any stamps produced by Stamperija postally valid? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 06:46:32 am
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| Greetings! I am sorry , but I cannot answer this query. Many years ago I visited the Spanish postal museum in Madrid. There were many interesting items on display including a notice about where to buy (current) philatelic items. Upon arriving at the philatelic sales counter there were numerous stamp... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: A work in Progress. Please comment on my club display pages |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 07:53:06 am
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| Greetings! I realise that this is for a club display ... The last page shown: Japanese Occupation of Brunei is too cramped in my opinion. If you remove the heavy frame lines bordering the stamps the page would look cleaner resulting in more focus upon the stamps as oppposed to their frames. Also wit... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Caption this!! |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 07:27:06 am
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| I don't want to go to the nunnery with that on me! |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Philately could use a women's touch |
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 14:10:44 pm
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If not why not? Not much point in having them around otherwise!!!! Ouch!
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: stamps_fishing now selling forgeries as "stamps_star_stamps" |
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 14:00:52 pm
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| Greetings! As an outsider from across the Tasman it amuses me and also annoys me that such berks are getting away with forging and selling such material. Being in the stamp trade for over 35 years gives me some honourable standing in the philatelioc world unlike these berks/jerks etc. Does anyone kn... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New Zealand stamps cash in on films shot in NZ |
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 07:08:32 am
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| Greetings! Love them or hate them the Rings films (I have not seen them) have had an impact in New Zealand. New Zealand Post issued various items for the 3 Rings films and no doubt will do so for the Hobbit films. One good thing (as a stamp exhibition organiser's viewpoint) about the miniature sheet... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Canada Postal Museum dissolved, collection broken up |
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 08:09:56 am
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| Greetings from New Zealand! In New Zealand there is no postal museum as such. In Christchurch at the Philatelic Centre which is located at 67 Mandeville Street, in Riccarton there are a number of post office artefacts on display. This is the location of all stamp fair and stamp club meetings in the ... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Dreadful fake New Zealand "OPSO" overprint stamp on TradeMe |
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:01:27 pm
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It is one and the same Don Ion.
I contacted Trade Me and advised why it was a fake. apart from an acknowledgement from them I have heard nothing more.
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Dreadful fake New Zealand "OPSO" overprint stamp on TradeMe |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:44:08 am
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Crap such as this ought not to be offered for sale. I have just advised Trade Me about the situation so we'll see what happens now.
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Caption this!! |
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 08:10:03 am
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| Hare today - gone tomorrow!? |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New Zealand QV "adsons" - advertisements on back of stamps |
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:09:31 pm
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Robert,
I would be happy to call this a double print as it clearly shows two examples of the same print. Maybe this is a chatter print? Either way I think that it is good enough to be called a double print.
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: The 1893 New Zealand Advertisement Stamps |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:44:57 am
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| Mowbray Collectables has acquired the remaining few copies of the The 1893 New Zealand Advertisement Stamps by Jim Robb. It details the experiment that the New Zealand Post Office undertook in 1893 by introducing advertisements on the rear of stamps. These were printed in various colours and setting... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Special offer - Edwardian Wellington book |
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:03:35 am
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| Edwardian Wellington, by William Main, covers all aspects of life in and around Wellington, NZ, by renowned photographer Zak whose postcards are eagerly collected today. http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn123/DavidSmitham/IMG_0001.jpg This 156 page 21 x 23 cm square bound book is profusely illustr... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: New Zealand Overseas Airmail Postage Rates 1930-2011 book |
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:49:27 am
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| A new book, by Robin Startup, has just been published by Mowbray Collectables in time for Christmas. Robin started this book several years before his untimely death in early 2012 and this 156-page square bound A4 size book, profusely illustrated in colour, details the numerous postage rates and thei... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Caption this!! |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:58:26 am
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| Some bastard put super glue on my tongue and now it sticks out all day! |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New Zealand Training School Stamps |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:09:15 pm
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| Greetings! New Zealand Post took over from the New Zealand Post Office in 1987. I believe that it was around this time that training schools (and their associated stamps and stationery) were discontinued. In Christchurch, where I worked for almost 30 years, the Hereford Street Mail Centre held the P... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 1960 NZ 3/- Tongariru National Park Retouch - Info Please |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:32:02 am
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Greetings!
This variety as a value block of 4 is priced by Campbell Paterson at NZ$50.
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Does The Campbell Paterson NZ Catalogue Cover Frama Labels? |
| David Smitham |
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 09:27:55 am
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Good morning
No, CP does not cover frama stamps. The fact that they were readily available (other than the Auckland trial framas) and at face value in NZ seems to meet their listing criteria but they still do not list these items!
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