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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Post your Australian stamp cancels that have you beaten! |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 22:20:03 pm
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| This appears to be one of a set of 6 postcards. Trove thinks they were published in 1919, obviously an erroneous estimate. I have been unable to locate an actual publishing date. A few others seen on the internet are postmarked between February and October 1906 inclusive. 1905 is a possibility as th... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Registered or ordinary mail from Australia? Views please. |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 19:00:45 pm
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I agree with Glen.
Registered from Australia offers no real advantages except that it usually delivered a few days later due to slower processing. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Wanted North Korean Cover |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 18:57:59 pm
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| If that doesn't work, Cover Collectors Club on Facebook has North Korean participants, or at least Chinese members who regularly get stuff from North Korea, so they might be worth a try. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 18:48:47 pm
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Finchley Chris wrote: I know what I mean (colloquially-speaking) but am not going to get involved in pedantic semantic quibbling.  
You already did.
And although you may well know what you mean, those reading this thread only see what you write.
It seems sensible to me to write what you mean. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Post your Australian stamp cancels that have you beaten! |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:24:24 pm
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Mad bidders on worthless eBay lots |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:21:30 pm
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HayeSmyth wrote: I'm not condoning the way this is being presented by the way, just trying to point out that the seller is just being somewhat devious in the language used; hoping that some fool won't get the hint!
Yes, very well put. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Complete the Set - Monthly Country Specific Exchange |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 21:44:40 pm
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: A couple of "E-Bay rules" as quoted by a USA seller. |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 13:11:50 pm
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| I don't think eBay has a policy that stamps can't be used. I think the eBay policy is that for some items tracking must be used ... and this seller is unable to find a way to use both tracking and stamps. To comply with eBay tracking policy, stamps can't be used (by this seller). I have a similar pr... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 01:29:19 am
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| Getting the information for Australia was very difficult. Postal staff simply don't know. I asked Australia Post official enquiry staff. They said it must be illegal because they think it should be. I searched all of the postal regulations, and found only the comment I made earlier about washed stam... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 14:51:00 pm
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| Would doing this be illegal? Because you are not trying to defraud the post office but rather trying to get a postal cancel on the extra stamps you place on the envelope. Australian postal regulations also require post offices to provide a philatelic service by neatly hand cancelling an article on ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Bugs in a purchased lot of stamps |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 14:44:22 pm
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Good thing it wasn't rabbit.  |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 08:35:35 am
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| What if one decides to post a letter with some 'purchased from post office' stamps that make up the correct rate but then also added 'reused uncancelled' stamps as a philatelic 'extra' to try and get them cancelled this time by the post office. Do you mean "try to" or is there a word miss... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 08:32:25 am
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| This topic has been discussed on here, ad nauseum , many times. To summarise ... in Australia : Postal regulations state: "Australia Post may refuse to carry articles franked with washed stamps". Washed stamps is their terminology for uncancelled, reused stamps. Federal law states that the... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 08:18:49 am
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| Frankly, re-using unfranked stamps is rather low on my list of illegal acts to get in a state about. A postal article can be franked or unfranked. A stamp cannot. A stamp can be cancelled or uncancelled. Franking is putting a stamp on an article to be posted. Cancelling is putting a postmark on the... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Flaw in Soviet issue 1923? secret in the wheel -wheel axle? |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 15:20:34 pm
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Nice find.
Now you need to find another one (or several) and try to determine if it is a constant singularity (a variety) or if it is just a one-off error in the printing of that stamp.
I am assuming it is not listed in a catalogue. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Netherlands Indies 1913 Rogue Stamp Question |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 21:49:48 pm
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| Thank you both. If these stamps were in use for so long, it seems logical that there would have been a number of printings, and possibly die replacements and therfore variations. But as Brieffies said, little has been reported in catalogues. I have some spares of this set, and will do a comparison o... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Netherlands Indies 1913 Rogue Stamp Question |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 20:31:43 pm
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| I just acquired the centre stamp: http://thegomc.com/DPInew/image-1192_5194A4B5.jpg At left is a normal 50¢ green. At right, a 60¢ blue for comparison. The central stamp is the wrong colour AND its design is considerably shorter than the two normal stamps. The width is exactly the same. The colour c... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Why do Germans use stamps on official (foreign) mail? |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 12:03:50 pm
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| I also receive the covers from incoming mail at city hall in my municipality ... but this is Australia. ALL of our outgoing mail has [Postage Paid Australia] printed on the envelope, and we pay a monthly account at the post office. Incoming mail is divided: From other government organisations and la... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 16:40:44 pm
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Perhaps he should stop peddling (selling stuff) and start pedaling instead.  |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Posting in Australia for an exact Multiple of $10? |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:21:52 am
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| Eight parcels were posted at the expo on day one: http://thegomc.com/DPInew/image-736D_518E3824.jpg Two domestic, 6 international ... these were the only parcels posted at the expo on the day ... took 4 hours of queueing to achieve. All required makeup stamps for the correct postal rate. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Seller 'Not Accepting Bids from You.' |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 11:11:33 am
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| I'm with Allanswood . Being open for business implies that potential customers have an entitlement to visit the premises. I do, however, remember some Jewish shopkeepers in Melbourne many years ago ... as soon as I entered the shop a loud voice from the back "If you are not going to buy anythin... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Posting in Australia for an exact Multiple of $10? |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 22:08:36 pm
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Catweazle wrote: I think an 8-9kg parcel from Melbourne to Sydney is $20 exactly.
Good find. Thanks.  |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Seller 'Not Accepting Bids from You.' |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 22:03:03 pm
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| I am blocked be seller inverstamps (Netherlands). I have made many good (some expensive) buys from this seller, and never a problem. Always top feedback both ways. One day I tried to bid on an item and found myself blocked. I asked why, and the response was "I don't remember, but if I blocked y... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 09:47:27 am
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Technostatic?
Or maybe just TechNo?
Long live the abacus! |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Wanted! Stamps of Russia ( 1992-2006) and many more country! |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 02:44:10 am
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jrobb wrote: It also says "Lifetime suspension" just under the author area on the left hand side of the page, just above their avatar.
That's what arnabjoy said. |
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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 11, 2013 23:35:56 pm
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| Not to detract from the huge amount of stuff that was done well, there are some things that could have been done better. Is there a place to lodge such feedback? Will it be taken notice of (ie, is it worth the effort)? For starters, the public address system needs to go across the courtyard to the m... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: How to ask questions |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 03:39:13 am
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| * Hint: Not every word ending in "s" needs one. Second hint: In fact most don't. Much of the time ... ... on bulletin boards ... ... an apostrophe means there's an s coming next. Or perhaps 's is a single glyph on some keyboards. I'm sure there's a simple explanation. :lol: :lol: :lol: Bu... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: UK Handstamp - "Do not surcharge etc"- do I have this right? |
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 23:56:15 pm
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Just helping Justin with his image ... best to do it the simple way:
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Prussian postal stationery - please help with address! |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 13:39:29 pm
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| The address is Gr(oß) Furra ... a castle or manor house in Thuringia. Name and town would have been sufficient address in that part of the world at that time. Can't do more research now as I have used my monthly broadband allowance ... but this should get you started. Groß Furra is now known as Burg... |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Free Australia Kiloware, 4 x 20kg parcels of it. |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 01:06:37 am
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| I received email regarding this kiloware offer to me at bundle of 900g in two packet. Is it true? Thanks No good asking here, it was a private offer from me to you ... to onforward some of the kiloware. Because you asked earlier. You need to respond to me privately by email, as I suggested. Please ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: North West Pacific Island 3d Kangaroo - which Die are these? |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 20:29:56 pm
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I don't know.
But I'm thinking if you ask about the map and kangaroo stamp then you might attract the right people. Asking about NWPI will more likely attract people who know about the overprint. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: The Melbourne Stamp Show - Frequently Asked Questions |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 19:53:51 pm
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| I'm not sure if this thread has become serious or not, and please excuse me if this sounds dumb, but I've not been to this type of exhibition before. I understand from the literature put out by Australia Post that there will be postmarking stands at the exhibition. Do these stands only provide a pos... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 15:26:11 pm
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| Sounds great Tim, many thanks. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What software do you use for your exhibit pages? |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 13:35:41 pm
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| I think any program, including Powerpoint is fine. As others have mentioned, familiarity is probably the most important factor. I use Microsoft Word, because I have a long history of use, and once I get past the "find the button" game at every upgrade, I can usually bully it into doing wha... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 13:18:54 pm
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| I like the Faraday and Babbage stamps from the UK that Muruk posted. I must have missed that lot. Nice design. :D Yes, I should have explained better. :oops: :oops: The UK stamps are actually stamps on postcards. I don't know if such stamps were ever actually issued. My scan shows the picture side ... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 13:08:21 pm
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| Muruk, There was a time you were collecting stamps that depicted maps of Austral-Asia. Are you still doing so? And if yes, mint only, or do you want any and all comers? Cheers, Tim Actually, I collect New Guinea (the whole island) as a regional collection and also as a thematic (topical). In my the... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: MASSIVE eBay Stamp Fraud Ring - And eBay Does Not Care |
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 17:51:25 pm
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| 5. Ask about sellers and/or prospective purchases here. EBay doesn't care, self-help rules. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Items being sold on E-Bay before official release date. |
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 11:39:37 am
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| These will no doubt be the same people who sell stamps that are still available at the post office for ten times face value ... and yes, they do actually sell. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Items being sold on E-Bay before official release date. |
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 11:03:09 am
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Yes, very common with DVDs.
But as numisphil said ... should be clearly spelled out in the listing. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Free Australia Kiloware, 4 x 20kg parcels of it. |
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:25:20 am
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Kevin Morgan wrote: No problems, but the office will be closed for the duration of the exhibition.
No problem, I will pick a day or two either side and let you know when I figure out my movements.
Thanks. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Posting in Australia for an exact Multiple of $10? |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 22:37:33 pm
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: "Freebie Hunting Vacuum Cleaners" - do we need them? |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 18:07:57 pm
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| Yes, I understand ... apart from my comment about onselling, I was responding more generally to the rest of the thread. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Free Australia Kiloware, 4 x 20kg parcels of it. |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 18:02:55 pm
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Yes, I can certainly use some of this. Can arrange for pickup during the exhibition or thereabouts.
Happy to take 20kg, or more if no other takers. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: "Freebie Hunting Vacuum Cleaners" - do we need them? |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 16:26:52 pm
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| I've traded with people from India on here in the past, and currently in the Cover Collectors Club on facebook. I have seen no evidence of onselling. Even when I send a giveaway, I always get something in return. Cover, minisheet (popular), postcards, stamps. Some go to the trouble of finding someth... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 'Ask the Grumpy Old Men's Club A Question' thread. |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 22:59:57 pm
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Posting in Australia for an exact Multiple of $10? |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 21:14:43 pm
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Prompted by the 2013 souvenir $10 map and kangaroo stamp.
Is there anything in Australia that can be posted for $10, or an exact multiple of $10, using stamps?
I've been going through parcel and other rates, and the closest I can get is $9.95 for some parcels. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Why does anyone bother buying Kiloware - stamps on paper? |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 14:53:29 pm
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| The mix offered on the link above looks to be all 60c recent Australia only, with nothing else at all. No foreign, no other lower or higher values, no unfranked .. The charity where this bunch cam from were very particular 8) Do you mean there are "no pieces of envelope without stamps on them&... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Why does anyone bother buying Kiloware - stamps on paper? |
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 19:35:39 pm
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| Some of us collect postmarks. Kiloware on paper is good source material, but full covers are better. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can anyone identify this Polish postmark? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 14:00:07 pm
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| I think Kijow is on the right track, but the letters don't fit. Kijow had two spelling variants ... Kiow and Kjow. Some of the retro-reveal images look to me like Kjow . According to Wikipedia, Kijow is Polish for Kiev, and there are also three townships in Poland called Kijow, so the one in Silesia... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Share Your Papua Lakatoi Scans |
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 21:42:42 pm
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aussie_robbo60 wrote: Its SG47 Perf 11 Large Papua, ...
I make it a small Papua.
There's a lot of green under the letters. |
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