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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: ACSC long awaited 2013 “Kangaroos” cat – get yours *FIRST*! |
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:54:56 pm
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: ACSC long awaited 2013 “Kangaroos” cat – get yours *FIRST*! |
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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 14:37:47 pm
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| Is anyone who has received this cat able to confirm whether blocks of 4 in used and mint are now priced? |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australia KGV head stamps - HELP from the experts please! |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 08:04:50 am
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Anyone able to help with this one? Die II , possibly a tinshed with the flaw to A of Australia?
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Do Gibbons make Albums for KGV and/or KE7 only |
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 19:59:47 pm
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| Hi Bill Unfortunately nobody at this moment in time does the eras that you want standalone. The only way around it would be to make your own. I'm amazed that somebody hasn't spotted this niche market before. QV, KEVII, KGV standalone or the opportunity to combine them as you wish would be a ready ma... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'OS' Kingsford-Smith. Genuine? Yes or No |
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 22:33:35 pm
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Gah
The CTO part was the bit I was hoping it wasn't ! Read through the excellent guide above first and was pretty certain that it was a genuine OS just wanted the conformation 
Looked a bit too scruffy for CTO to me. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'OS' Kingsford-Smith. Genuine? Yes or No |
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 22:00:32 pm
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Just came across this one and was hoping to get some conformation as to its genuineness!
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: GB 1840 "Penny Black" - Plate Number help needed please! |
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 23:33:27 pm
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Seems that Richard and myself are in agreeance 
For those learning, any stamp showing the ''O" flaw in it's various guises can only be from plates 7,8,9 or 10 . |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: GB 1840 "Penny Black" - Plate Number help needed please! |
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 23:28:50 pm
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| Unfortunately the date is no use, as all Plates had been put to press and issued by then. I make it Plate 8 , but would like some conformation from Scott on this, I'm still learning this trade but feel like I'm finally getting somewhere with blacks! Your stamp shows the O flaw nicely forming on the ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Examples of skillful and extensive old timer stamp repairs |
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 09:26:33 am
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| This brings up an issue that has always baffled me, why imperf stamps with large margins command such high premiums. All folks are paying for is essential blank paper, the central design of the stamp, providing it's all there should be all that is needed to encompass the whole stamp. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Honduras 1966 1c "Missing" colour variety SG 230a? |
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 22:20:46 pm
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Just had a look in my copy of Pierron's however they have no listings for British Honduras.
Personally I'd say it's purely a colour shift as the colour is quite clearly there and therefore not omitted. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: India King Edward VII stamp set. Fair value, or undervalued? |
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:19:36 pm
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Guess it time to get mine listed too if they are hitting those price heights!
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 19:06:44 pm
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| I agree 100% with you McGooley, without these albums, as I mentioned earlier in my thread I had no direction with my collecting habits. New issues do not, and never have, interested me and I just seemed to be accumulating rather than specifying what I collected. Hopefully we'll see some other thread... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 18:08:08 pm
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| Wow, quite a few responses over the last few days so I'll work my way through them! Lakatoi thanks for the encouragement, I have certainly made a few astute buys over the last few months, and it's great to see certain pages starting to fill up. Still to many blank spots for my liking though :D Rober... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 18:54:18 pm
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| Continuing with the Caribbean theme, and yet another country I'm progressing well from volume two of these albums, is the Turks and Caicos islands. Yet again not an expensive country to collect and complete, and one that has very few plate flaws that I know of. There are however , for the specialist... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 18:53:01 pm
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| Another relatively cheap country to complete, save for a few items, is St.Kitts -Nevis. An amalgamated country made up by the joining of St.Christopher and Nevis to make St.Kitts-Nevis, it sits within the Leeward Islands and stamps from both were able to be used. SG 36 which is the £1 issue of 1920-... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: SG, Parcelforce and Auspost and what £25.15 postage gets you |
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 15:16:26 pm
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| Does it really matter whether they used stamps or not? I have ordered enough bulk sized items from SG over the years to fully understand prior that I wouldnt be getting stamps on it. I was happy to pay what I paid at the time, and still am, the problem arose on receipt of a badly damaged , poorly pa... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: SG, Parcelforce and Auspost and what £25.15 postage gets you |
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 20:45:45 pm
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| The pre-glued flaps on this box were , at both ends, folded inside the outer packaging and the interior box slid inside, nothing at either end was securing the inner box to the outer box or preventing anything from falling out! I was able to slide the inner material containing the book straight out ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: SG, Parcelforce and Auspost and what £25.15 postage gets you |
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 20:30:19 pm
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| Just received this from Kerry Finney at SG, very fast response and thankfully a good outcome. Dear Mr Jones I am sorry to learn that your order has been received in an unacceptable condition due to insufficient packaging. I have advised our despatch department and forwarded the images too avoid this... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: SG, Parcelforce and Auspost and what £25.15 postage gets you |
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 18:57:40 pm
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| Glen That link in your post is from today, I've had it preordered for months as I was very keen to get this volume due to the huge amounts of updates in it, so wasnt overly bothered about the extra dollars. I had previously contacted Renniks and they had told me that if I were to preorder through th... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: SG, Parcelforce and Auspost and what £25.15 postage gets you |
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 18:26:04 pm
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| £80 for a catalogue, throw in another £25.15 postage and this is what just turned up at my house! Zero packaging tape anywhere on the box, just two cardboard sleeves that are meant to protect the catalogue. http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p480/Jonahtech/DSC00287.jpg http://i347.photobucket.com/al... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stanley Gibbons & Gibbons Stamp Monthly Apps |
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 20:08:44 pm
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Hi Rob
Launch day for the 2013 Part 1 is finally here , do you know when it will be available on the Ipad app?
Keen to get my hands on it! |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Milestones in your collection |
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 23:58:14 pm
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| Someone mention Silver Jubilee issues! I have a thick A5 envelope full of them. Bought these about 10 years ago and still haven't been through them, theyve just been put aside for a rainy day, which since moving to Australia I don't see very often! :lol: they came out for this photo shoot around 5-6... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Would you spend £100 for an SG Part 1? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 00:25:10 am
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| Just went to pre-order the new SG 2013 Part 1 , went through to checkout and saw that the postage cost was an unbelievable £ 25.15 or £32.35 registered! That is seriously taking the Michael! Wouldn't be too bad if they used nice stamps to at least get something back , but its been preprinted label c... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Brisbane APTA Stamp Show September 2012 - Worst Show Ever |
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 15:19:58 pm
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| Some so called dealers I've come across lately have been offering very very poor material at ridiculous prices, one in particular had a minimum set price of $5 per stamp . If a stamp was catalogued at 90c it was $5 from him! Were they APTA dealers ??? D. The $5 man I'm unsure about but many others ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Brisbane APTA Stamp Show September 2012 - Worst Show Ever |
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 14:21:02 pm
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| Any future show that I will go to will be under severe scrutiny following the last couple i've been too. Some so called dealers I've come across lately have been offering very very poor material at ridiculous prices, one in particular had a minimum set price of $5 per stamp . If a stamp was catalogu... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What would you pay for this Bermuda KGV 2/- stamp? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 19:46:29 pm
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| Well it has two very evident flaws (one less noticeable than the other) and even in that condition its a seldom seen item. I wondered how long it would take for someone to spot the flaws. :lol: Now that Jonah has mentioned them, I will identify the stamp. Depending on the watermark, it is either SG... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What would you pay for this Bermuda KGV 2/- stamp? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 19:10:47 pm
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Well it has two very evident flaws (one less noticeable than the other) and even in that condition its a seldom seen item.
So based on what I know , and ebay being what it is, I went with it selling for $200-$500!
Personally I wouldn't pay $10 for it though!
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Buyers' Fees at Auction |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 14:39:59 pm
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How long does it usually take Prestige to send out invoices?
I won two lots at last Friday's auction No 175 and despite sending them 2 emails have yet to receive either a response or an invoice.
Communication obviously isn't their forte! |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: USPS / Auspost delivery times |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 13:19:02 pm
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| Yup isn't it amazing that, despite paying quadruple the price in postage for two items from India and one from the UK purchased within days of winning the US lot, all three of those items managed to beat the one from the US here! The one from the UK was bought and paid for on the Thursday night, and... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: USPS / Auspost delivery times |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 13:01:34 pm
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| Just heard back from the auctioneers, he has said that they've had issues with items being held up by Customs here before. Asked me to wait until next Monday then he will launch a claim if it's still a no show. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: USPS / Auspost delivery times |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:24:20 pm
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Exactly what I was thinking!
Have just fired the auction house an email to get them to double check and confirm the mailing address. A few lads in work have been ordering model car parts from the states and have been getting them within 8 days, hopefully these items aren't lost. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: USPS / Auspost delivery times |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:30:50 am
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| I'm currently awaiting the arrival of two auction lots that I won towards the end of July. Sent by registered international first class at a cost of $24, they were mailed on the 28th of July. The tracking only covers them within the USA , so it seems, and the last entry for that has them in New York... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Cape of Good Hope - Is this a plate scratch or something? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 13:10:55 pm
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Morgan wrote: Jonah -
Ceres
Cookhouse
Trappes Valley
Farview
Dynamite Factory
All nice - nothing of value.
Regards.
Morgan
Thanks for looking Morgan!
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australia KGV head stamps - HELP from the experts please! |
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 15:07:57 pm
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| Jonah Is it no watermark? If so, it may be just a -pretty extreme- example of the mostly horizontal white flecks that abound on no watermark stamps. I think the 'E' joining the 'N' is the same thing. No idea of watermark sorry Mobbor, it's advertised as 1924 so could possibly be no watermark. Only ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australia KGV head stamps - HELP from the experts please! |
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:53:47 pm
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| Would appreciate if someone could plate this as im stuck in work right now and my book is at home. http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p480/Jonahtech/kgv15-1.jpg Lots of marks in lower third of stamp, especially left value tablet. First E of halfpence , lower leg seems to be touching N. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Cape of Good Hope - Is this a plate scratch or something? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 19:58:09 pm
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| A few postmarks that I came across today, those that I can work out seem to be from pretty small towns, the last one however has me stumped! Any idea on ratings of any of these cancels? Beautiful S.O.N Ceres http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p480/Jonahtech/Scan-001.jpg Cook House? http://i347.photo... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your 'Bullseye' - or 'socked on the nose' cancels |
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 19:13:30 pm
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| Been buying bundleware lundy?? |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 22:58:27 pm
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| Here are a few other partial countries that I am progressing along nicely. In the case of Transvaal I have a few earlier issues but a hell of a lot of blank spaces! Some of the earlier stuff isn't overly expensive but very difficult to find. Interesting to note that the Imperial has a space for SG 2... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 22:47:51 pm
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| Ok time for a few more pictures. I've decided to upload my Sarawak collection for this latest update, another country that isn't very expensive to progress and has some stunning and original designs unused anywhere else in the Empire. This country is certainly popular for collectors, condition of gu... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Bechuanaland SG39 query. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 17:46:16 pm
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Thanks for that David.
I'm coming to the conclusion from that information that the Bechuanaland / British mentioned in SG is therefore only a misaligned overprint as shown above then. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Bechuanaland SG39 query. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 17:06:34 pm
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| Confusion reigns! :? Just found this from Grosvenor Auctions http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p480/Jonahtech/2991.jpg Sale: 21 Bechuanaland: 1893-95 overprint reading downwards 2d. pale bistre, variety ''Bechuanaland./British'' transposed overprint, light horizontal bends, otherwise fine used with... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Bechuanaland SG39 query. |
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 09:31:11 am
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Thanks for the responses Lundy and Tony, looks like i finally lucked out on something!
I'll likely trade it / sell it off for other stamps for my Imperials! |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Bechuanaland SG39 query. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 22:50:40 pm
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Here's how it should look, Halfpenny is correct that it is a misplaced overprint but it means that it then reads differently.
Hence the reason i'm seeking clarification! |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 18:50:40 pm
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| Excellent , thanks for that Kev! |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: British Bechuanaland SG39 query. |
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 18:41:42 pm
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| Just came across the stamp below whilst looking for something else in a stockbook. I had thrown it in there a few years ago without even noticing anything odd about it! I'm pretty certain that it is in fact SG 39d overprinted Bechuanaland British instead of British Bechuanaland. I hadn't even notice... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 15:28:34 pm
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| Thanks for the tip for Brookvale Kev, I'll have to take a trip down once I've found out what days it's held on as I hadn't heard of it previously. Welcome to the thread Robert! In regards to the expansion, there are more than enough blank sheets in the albums to expand if you so wished, I'm sure the... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:09:04 am
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| Lundy, Erik Thanks for the kind words :) In all fairness I dont believe these pictures actually do justice to the pages and stamps, unfortunately they are a bit awkward to scan so i went with the camera route. I really cant recommend the albums enough for a few reasons. Firstly I think it's nice to ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 18:16:20 pm
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| Welcome to the thread John and Kev! Another country that I am progressing nicely without having to shell out a fortune has been Mauritius, from 1879 onwards. Obviously prior to that items start to get more and more expensive the further you go back. Again as with the Seychelles there were plenty of ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 14:57:12 pm
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| That problem is definitely manifesting itself into becoming a big pain for me already. Other than buying in complete sets there are no solutions to it... That has happened to me a lot. Most dealers or even eBay sellers often want to sell a set only when you are only after one in the set (more often... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Filling spaces- SG Imperial Album - A 'space' odyssey |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:13:07 am
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| You are quite right Greg in the fact that picking up items from here and there does leave gaps that can be very difficult to fill. Space no 50 on the second picture of the Seychelles collection is SG 58 3c on 18c sage green and carmine cat £2.75. I've been looking everywhere for this particular item... |
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