Don't you just hate it when ....................

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 03:26:14 am

You've been looking through the catalog for 20 minutes and you STILL can't find the stamp set your looking for?!?!

It's driving me nuts! I know they are real stamps, But there are a few I can't find....

Does this happen to you?

ddaann · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 03:43:57 am

Post an image here - you'll get lots of opinions. (I'm new to actually using StampBoards and am hugely impressed!)

Maddog · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 14:44:07 pm

Your wife is wrong but you prefer the taste off blood in your mouth from bighting your tongue then correcting her. :lol:

ajpower · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 14:53:34 pm

the alarm clock goes off. I hate getting up to go to work.

Allanswood · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 15:10:53 pm

SailorTzipi wrote:

You've been looking through the catalog for 20 minutes and you STILL can't find the stamp set your looking for?!?!

It's driving me nuts! I know they are real stamps, But there are a few I can't find....

Does this happen to you?

Yes, then I realise that I'm looking at the wrong country. :oops:

Tassie_Stamps · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 15:34:45 pm

ddaann wrote:

Post an image here - you'll get lots of opinions. (I'm new to actually using StampBoards and am hugely impressed!)

Exactly.

Stampboards is like a massive online stamp club, plenty of collective knowledge.

muruk · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 18:27:11 pm

... you go to the supermarket to take advantage of a 2 for $5 offer and there's only one item left. :shock:

Shouldn't this thread be in the water cooler forum?

Allanswood · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 18:44:07 pm

No, it shouldn't have been.

I didn't take the opening post as an invitation to finish the sentence with something else from life. I took is as he hates not finding the stamp he is trying to look up.
Everybody else read it wrong and went off on their own tangent! :roll:

JohnHart · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 18:56:06 pm

Hey SailorTzipi,

Yeah, it just happened to me. Check out this short thread : viewtopic.php?f=10&t=33887

It was embarrassing. :oops:

I kept looking right at the listing and missing it partly because there was no picture and partly because I was just too tired after messing with stamps all day.
jch

mrboggler · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 19:16:59 pm

SailorTzipi wrote:

You've been looking through the catalog for 20 minutes and you STILL can't find the stamp set your looking for?!?!

It's driving me nuts! I know they are real stamps, But there are a few I can't find....

Does this happen to you?

As Allanswood says perhaps you are looking in the wrong country,,I still find myself doing that even after dealing for 30 years, :lol:

Sometimes you have to look for "Type" stamps,that means stamps that look like what you have,as only a small % of stamps are actually shown,you have to check under where you think they should be and read all the descriptions at the bottom of the listing,
Also some stamps that look like stamps are listed in the back of the country under Postage Dues, etc,

muruk · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 19:31:33 pm

Allanswood wrote:

No, it shouldn't have been.

I didn't take the opening post as an invitation to finish the sentence with something else from life. I took is as he hates not finding the stamp he is trying to look up.
Everybody else read it wrong and went off on their own tangent! :roll:

Well, in that case, the heading breaches the rule on specificity.

Don't say it out loud ... you'll break your tongue thing.

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 20:59:19 pm

Allanswood wrote:

No, it shouldn't have been.

I didn't take the opening post as an invitation to finish the sentence with something else from life. I took is as he hates not finding the stamp he is trying to look up.
Everybody else read it wrong and went off on their own tangent! :roll:

Lol it wasn't, but on other forums I've been on its a great idea to have one.

mrboggler wrote:

SailorTzipi wrote:

You've been looking through the catalog for 20 minutes and you STILL can't find the stamp set your looking for?!?!

It's driving me nuts! I know they are real stamps, But there are a few I can't find....

Does this happen to you?

As Allanswood says perhaps you are looking in the wrong country,,I still find myself doing that even after dealing for 30 years, :lol:

Sometimes you have to look for "Type" stamps,that means stamps that look like what you have,as only a small % of stamps are actually shown,you have to check under where you think they should be and read all the descriptions at the bottom of the listing,
Also some stamps that look like stamps are listed in the back of the country under Postage Dues, etc,

One or two I might be but the rest I'm pretty sure. I'll scan them in later today and you can see if I'm wrong.

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 22:44:14 pm

Here are the stamps I can't find. I feel like a twat.... There have to be in there some where. lol
All these and I'm only on A!!!

Sorry one is upside down. lol

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 06:23:03 am

Sailor Tzipi

I believe the Algerian stamp is from 1957 listed as Scotts # 284

The Albanian is a cinderella. Check out the stampboards postings: viewtopic.php?t=17972

The Argentine ski jumper could be from 1970's either Scott 991 or 938 but in truth I'm killing my eyes trying to see the detail of all the stamps. Could you rescan at a much higher resolution and I'd be happy to check my catalogs.
jch

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 08:28:35 am

JohnHart wrote:

Sailor Tzipi

I believe the Algerian stamp is from 1957 listed as Scotts # 284

The Albanian is a cinderella. Check out the stampboards postings: viewtopic.php?t=17972

The Argentine ski jumper could be from 1970's either Scott 991 or 938 but in truth I'm killing my eyes trying to see the detail of all the stamps. Could you rescan at a much higher resolution and I'd be happy to check my catalogs.
jch

That's the largest size I can post on the forum. Any bigger and I have to re size it. I can post the link to photo bucket if that will help?

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 08:47:43 am

Give it a try but I think the problem for me is the detail/(dpi) not the size. I'll look.
jch

mrboggler · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 08:52:17 am

Try pressing ctrl then rolling the wheel on your mouse forward or back and see if it works for you, :wink:

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 09:29:30 am

Mr. Boggler,

The "control" feature works but I'm still having problems seeing the detail in 3-4 of them.
jch

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 09:52:24 am

Sailor Tzipi

I tried the "control" / mouse feature and have some more suggestions:

Afghanistan 1962 Scott #629
Argentina 1936 Scott #443
1974-76 #1034 or 1977-81 # 1164 for the 50c black and yellow
1977-81 Scott # 1160 for 10c blue and black

Thanks to mrboggler. I can't see enough to make out the rest.
jch

mrboggler · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 09:58:26 am

Another suggestion I can make is,
As Sailor is in SCOTLAND I would doubt that she is using Scott,most likely Stanley Gibbons,

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:13:27 am

Only SG catalogue I have is 1973 British Commonwealth.
jch

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:22:21 am

mrboggler wrote:

Another suggestion I can make is,
As Sailor is in SCOTLAND I would doubt that she is using Scott,most likely Stanley Gibbons,

Yeah Gibbons.

If I have the year, it narrows it down. Thanks guys for look ofing some those up for me

Here is a link to the original scan. You can zoom in quite close and the picture is still ok.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss73/DanaLeChiffre/IMG-1.jpg

JohnHart · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:11:19 pm

OK .. looking at the original scan I believe the second stamp labeled "Anguilla" is from St. Kitts-Nevis; possibly 1980 issue Scotts # 399. There is no picture, just a description of "Nisbet Plantation"

The Austrian is from a 1957-61 series, Scott # 622

And check out this posting :www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23814 on stampboards which identifies the stamp as SG 1300 or SG1385

Lastly, for your upside down San Martin look at 1969-70 Scott # 890

Welcome to the wonderful world of stamp collecting SailorTzipi !!!
jch

mrboggler · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 19:33:15 pm

Had a quick look found some,
Afganistan you will find in the Appendix listing at the end of Afganistan
I think it is 1962 Asian Games from a set of 11.

Austria is from 1957 Building set S.G. 1302.

Argentina the 40c Mauve is S.G. 658 Sugar Cane.

the 10 c Blue and whit is S.G. 1536
the 50c Yellow and black S.G.1540 both from the same set.in 1977.

hope this help a bit.

SailorTzipi · **Posted:** Sat Jan 21, 2012 00:44:00 am

Thanks so much everyone for helping me look them up.

xx

Now for B to Z.... oh S**t. lol :lol:


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