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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Italian stamp with "Anno XVII" & "Anno 1939" markings |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 08:08:11 am
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| When Italy was divided in 1943, Mussolini became the head of the Italian Social Republic in the north. They not only appear to have given up on the Latin numerals, even in the north, but postmarks that had preciously shown both styles now have the Latin date blocked out. Perhaps the Germans, who we... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Are these the most notorious packet stamps of all time |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 07:34:47 am
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| If anything, they are not even very attractive, but why are they so common and so popular with the kiddies. SG has them all at 10p each except a 84 filler which is about 50p, but you never see that one in the kiddie sets, always 4 filler to 80 filler small and about 6 or 7 of the large brown ones t... |
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Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: Malta Barefoot 2c (QV 1d with doubled opt) How many exist? |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 15:43:32 pm
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I agree with Glen.
I use the criterion given in the Michel catalogs. To be a true
double (over)print, the two impressions must be displaced
from each other in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
Based on that, none of the overprints shown in this thread
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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 13:08:04 pm
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As far as I know, the only prosecutions in the US have
been for selling large quantities of washed stamps to
commercial interests. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: UK internal censorship 1940, help needed please. |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 00:08:09 am
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| Wasn't 2½d the foreign rate? |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Global album options |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 06:31:23 am
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| From memory they came as PDFs but if you wanted to convert them into doc or pub files there are apps available to do this. Then you can change the pages around to suit yourself or add extra squares etc if you need them. Steiner used to provide his Pagemaker source files, but no longer does so. I ha... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Line engraved stamps, is there a 'listing'? |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 06:22:15 am
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| Scott has the habit of not mentioning the printing method unless it changed from the previous set. If it's not stated, you have to keep looking back until you find it. Kind of a pain, but it's there. Or can you provide some examples where it isn't? I don't have SOTW, but I spot checked some older SG... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Line engraved stamps, is there a 'listing'? |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 08:39:54 am
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| Any decent catalog should tell you the method of printing for every stamp. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Unknown Italian stamp? |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 04:29:24 am
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This stamp is listed in the Italian catalogs. This is from the 2005 CEI -
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: The Malta stamps and covers thread |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 17:03:54 pm
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| I think that's the normal upper case I (and J) for that font. |
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Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: Identification Help Needed for Two Cinderellas! |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 16:54:58 pm
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The French one resembles the portrait used for the 1944
Chateau de Malmaison essays.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help sought on a Greek stamp overprint |
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 16:09:37 pm
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This stamp is from a set of 17 issued in 1916. The overprint
is a crown over monogram ET standing for "Hellenic Post". |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Need help transcribing an old 1734 Court Admission document |
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 16:01:49 pm
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According to Frank and Schonfeld, after the death of a
monarch the cypher labels in stock were used up before
those of the new monarch were placed in use. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Please help, is this engraved or lithographed? |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 13:31:05 pm
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Kind of an silly question actually, since the originals were
printed by typography.
The huge margins are another big clue that it's fake. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Who has the biggest collection of Stamps in the World |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:45:51 am
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This book is readily available.
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Need help transcribing an old 1734 Court Admission document |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 04:43:17 am
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| Obverse, Marking... Looking for its "meaning" http://s19.postimg.org/i4rca34ur/web_OBV_STAMP_BENEATH.jpg This is known as a Distributor's Costmark. Revenue stamped paper had to be stamped before anything was written on it. You could bring your own paper to the Stamp Office in London and h... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can you explain the red seal on this block of stamps? |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 05:26:56 am
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From filatelia.fi -
Pohl, Waldemar (Woldemar?)
Russia (incl. Armies and PO abroad), Estonia, Ukraine, Armenia (excl. Z- & monogr. ovpt), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Batum
Bamberg 1950, 1903–69, BPP 1961, generally reliable, also on forged |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Which is the Largest International Philatelic Exhibition? |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 05:03:34 am
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In terms of number of frames, I believe Washington 2006
was the largest. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Mourning Stamps & Covers |
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Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:06:53 pm
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Not that unusual. There were/is a large number of Manx in
the Cleveland area.
I'm Manx, I'm from Cleveland, and when I was growing up
in the 1950s I recall it being said that there were more
Manx in Cleveland than in Douglas (IOM capital). |
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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: Sat May 04, 2013 08:47:23 am
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| I finally figured it out (I think). My primary reference for Polish emergency cancels is the monograph series "Polskie Znaki Pocztowe" (Polish Postage Stamps). Volume III has a section on the emergency cancels of 1918-20 and 1944-7, and volume IV has a supplement. I made four passes throug... |
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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: Mon Apr 29, 2013 13:49:44 pm
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I doubt that the first letter is a W. I'm looking for towns
starting with letters where the left side is vertical - e.g.
BDEFHIKLMNPR (and maybe U).
The cover is addressed to Leipzig.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: One more China overprint to identify... |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 13:21:31 pm
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Since 698 is valued at $200 in my 2010 Scott, I would
advise that you get it expertized. |
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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: Mon Apr 29, 2013 08:20:57 am
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| I studied Polish 30 some years ago, but have pretty much forgotten most of it. Jan-Martins's mention of locative case made me go back and correct some of the identifications I made. The weirdest one was was Żary which became Żóraw in locative. Getting back to the original question, I still haven't s... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: One more China overprint to identify... |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 07:27:04 am
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Isn't your stamp either Scott 698 (wmk. 261) or 704 (unwmk.)?
If the former, it needs to be expertised. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Diagnostics for Belgium parcel post counterfeits? |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 07:10:23 am
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I sold my Belgium collection, so I no longer have any
comparison material.
My observations: The letters in the top and bottom
inscriptions appear to be too thin and the outer frame
line is definitely too thin. And the clincher - line perf
instead of comb perf.
I think APS got it right. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Diagnostics for Belgium parcel post counterfeits? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 16:19:46 pm
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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 12:33:34 pm
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| I've been writing up my post-WWII Polish covers and one of them has me completely stumped. I have two good references for emergency cancels but I can't find anything that fits this one: http://www.jaypex.com/Poland/U-P-SB.jpg The cancel reads Urzad Pocztowy / w ??? (Post Office of ???), a very short... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Perfins as a sign of untrustworthiness? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 07:57:58 am
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| US states? Indian states? German states? I don't collect perfins. I got my information from the web sites of these organizations, all of which contain lists of literature pertaining to perfins (some of it out of date). The Perfins Club (US) - http://www.perfins.org/ The Perfin Society (UK) - http://... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Perfins as a sign of untrustworthiness? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 05:49:47 am
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| The latest info I have is over 23,500 perfins recorded for GB. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Perfins as a sign of untrustworthiness? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 04:11:34 am
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Global Administrator wrote: I think Australia has had perfins for longer than anyone else.
Nope. Great Britain, 1868. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Perfins as a sign of untrustworthiness? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 04:08:29 am
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steevh wrote: But some countries had almost no perfins -- like the US.
Are you kidding????
The Perfins Club catalog of US perfiins is 812 pages plus a
90 page supplement. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Is it a stamp? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 14:11:54 pm
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| Bohemia & Moravia, centenary of Dvořák's birth. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Germany 1949-51 semi-postals. Why such high catalog values? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 13:54:23 pm
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| Like most things, the answer is supply and demand. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Need Help To Identify Hungary Stamp |
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 06:06:18 am
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It's a revenue stamp overprinted for use as a postage due
stamp. Scott 189.
The revenue stamps from that set were originally used to
authenticate devalued banknotes during the post-WWII
inflation period.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Need Help to Identify Stamps |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 13:07:29 pm
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Quote: How come there are thousands out there if they weren't issued?
The Ukrainian government ordered them from the state
printing works in Vienna. By the time they were printed,
the government had fallen. The printers were never paid
so they sold the stamps to dealers to recoup their losses. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Determining Value of Illegal German Cover? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 04:02:01 am
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Yes, such franking was legal in both the east and the west.
Most frequently it can be found used by philatelists, as is
the case here (note the two stamp exhibition stickers). |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What does it take to be a successful stamp dealer? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 03:57:42 am
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| An Australian dealer (formerly from London), notorious for his high prices, once told me the opposite - "Selling is easy, buying is hard". |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Need help identifying a Great Britain stamp |
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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 03:48:09 am
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The pencilled "110" is the Scott number for the 1884 £1
watermarked crowns. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Question re: Language used on Austrian-Hungarian postal card |
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 13:32:54 pm
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I guess it's possible that both stories are correct. There is a
difference between memorizing some commands and fluency
in a language. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Line v comb perf-how to show for thematic display? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 06:02:46 am
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| No! In the US at least, showing what is essentially a duplicate would be be a negative. The focus of a thematic exhibit is the design of the stamp (or cancel, or cachet, etc. etc.). On the other hand, suppose one of the perf varieties is scarcer. If that's the one you show, and you point out that fa... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Question re: Language used on Austrian-Hungarian postal card |
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 05:50:37 am
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I have always heard that KuK officers were required to
speak German and ONE of the other languages of the
empire. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: GB SG 068 Govt. Parcels. Significance of overprint? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 08:49:36 am
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| The fact that it has a parcel post cancel and the overprint is perfectly straight are good signs. When I look through a glass (15* mag) at the overprint the letter edges have a deeper black perimeter. This is a characteristic of an overprint produced by typography (as nearly all genuine overprints i... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Griqualand West - Confirmation of Stanley Gibbons Cat No. |
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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 08:34:04 am
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You may have scanned it at 1200, but photobucket messed
with it and it's now only 72 dpi. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Russia 1875 2kop not laid paper? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 05:39:43 am
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Quote: Still if you couldn't make anything out of those images, here's unedited 1200dpi.
You may have scanned it at 1200, but by the time it was
posted here it was only 72 dpi. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stratoudakis catalogue of Greece Postal Stationery |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 05:34:14 am
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Michel lists two versions of the card -
P 6a - greenish black
P 6b - deep black
Used catalog values are the same for both colors -
unsevered double card - 50 euros
message half - 16 euros
reply half - 20 euros
(From Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa bis 1960, 2008 edition) |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your varieties, plate flaws or errors. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 05:22:11 am
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That is also not a listed plate flaw. Are you sure it's not
just a scrape?
Here's a different kind of variety from that same issue -
Se-tenant pair with double impression of 50 Pf. stamp. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Russia stamp 1922 70k. Any value? |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 04:41:27 am
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This variety (imperf at left) is not listed in my 2005-06
Michel, but the same variety on the 10k value from this
set is priced at 50 euros. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Should you remove hinges from Mint Hinged stamps |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 14:04:32 pm
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Rub the hinge back and forth with your tongs. (I use the
pointed tip but some people use the blunt end.) Go slow
and be patient. Should work about 80% of the time. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: 1937 Coronation Omnibus, how many stamps in the set ? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 13:56:19 pm
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| Stanley Gibbons catalogs (and catalogues :mrgreen:) list the contents of the Omnibus Sets I own plenty of catalogs. If I knew every Commonwealth country that issued the Coronation set I probably wouldn't be here asking this question. Don't you own a Scott? The contents of all omnibus sets are liste... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help identify this Wurttemberg stamp |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 06:12:49 am
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