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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: The Soviet stamp issued at 1923, which is missing color |
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Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 00:37:58 am
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| gcx, I think you definitely need to expertise this stamp. The reason is that the specialized Russian catalogues (Lyapin, Soloviev) do in fact mention and picture a "missing background" variety of the 5R stamp: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/missingbackground3.jpg The prici... |
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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: Wed Apr 17, 2013 15:47:49 pm
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Thank you for showing those, Rein! 
From your excellent scans and the "mirrored" graphic of the watermark, the letter on your 4k stamp does appear like the "Z" in a vertical arrangement of the watermark. |
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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 01:47:26 am
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| Rein, I read with great interest your postings in the Filatelia Argentina forum. I will have to re-read them more attentively. The so-called horizontal or vertical "laid" lines on these Imperial Russian issues refer to the close pattern that presumably forms part of the watermark (see the ... |
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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: Mon Apr 15, 2013 21:57:31 pm
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| Rein, first of all, you are responding to different posters on this thread, so please try to be precise. You write: " the watermark is just the pattern!! Not the horizontal and vertical lines! They are there in the dandy-roll but do not stand-out! I.e. they do not give an impression into the pa... |
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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: Mon Apr 15, 2013 20:54:35 pm
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| Rein, my understanding is that the watermark consists of 3 basic elements: large wavy lines, four large letters (EZGB in transliteration, i.e the initials of the Government Printing Office and extending over blocks of stamps) and the "laid" (straight relief) lines. http://i190.photobucket.... |
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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: Mon Apr 15, 2013 16:42:07 pm
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| Toivo, the specialized Russian catalogue of Lobachevski (translated in the Rossica Society Journal No 94/5, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00052/62j) mentions the following variety for the 1875 2 kop: 23Cb "on paper without visible watermark or laid lines" It values a used copy of the vari... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Some questions on Russian stamps |
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 23:06:18 pm
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Fin_de_Siecle,
can you please post a lighter scan of the Transcaucasian Federation overprint on Armenia. It is very difficult to see the details of the "Z" Armenia overprint on the dark green stamp and this is absolutely essential in order to give an opinion. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Moscow to Barmen, Germany Cover 1922 Questions |
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 05:38:15 am
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| Brutus, nice cover, although with philatelic franking. Total franking on cover is 30.000 rubles (the brown semi-postal counts as 250R - the remaining 2000R going for charity for Volga Famine Relief). This was the international registered letter until March 31st 1922, the day your cover was posted. T... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Russia early imperfs. Information needed. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 06:37:51 am
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| Based on my research,there are many occasion that part of a sheet had been Imperforated. Ali, "research" is a laborious task that needs to be well documented with examples, etc. I am not trying to dismiss the possibility that there might exist imperforate copies that have not yet been ref... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Russia early imperfs. Information needed. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 04:56:43 am
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| Hi : One other question,every time I asked inquire about the imperf 1 kopeck (#19) I am being referred to the two intact sheets .There were millions of 1 kopeck stamps were issued .Why do they have to come from these to sheets to be qualified as an imperf? Thanks Ali First of all, Scott 19b (imperf... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Russia Coat of Arms 1909-12 overprinted |
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 21:03:12 pm
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| honza, I agree with you regarding the distinction between asking price and selling price. The main point I wanted to make was that intact covers from the FER period are highly sought after, so if the envelopes sent by Ulf's grandfather from Vladivostok back in 1922 had been preserved intact, we woul... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Russia Coat of Arms 1909-12 overprinted |
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 08:34:39 am
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| Ulf, below is a registered cover used from Vladivostok to New York during November 1922, with a franking that includes your 2 stamps. It is from the stock of Leon Finik, aka Loral Stamps (NY), with a fixed price of $350!!! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/FERcov0003.jpg The specialize... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Please recommend a sniper for Delcampe |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 05:27:22 am
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| mozzerb, I use Snippy's for Delcampe: http://www.snippys.net/Default.aspx You get 5 free snipes with registration and then you can purchase (through Paypal) what they call "snippies" (50 for 5 euros). You spend those depending on the purchase price, i.e "if the final object price is l... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help with advice about 10 kop Stamp of Russia |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 02:34:49 am
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| Interesting stamp, bossF22! From your description ("vertically laid") it would appear to be Scott 23a / Michel 21y, the 1866-1875 issue. I cannot find any information on damaged frame and background elements (that your stamp exhibits) in the specialized Lyapin, Zagorskiy and Lobashevski Ru... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help to identify old circular stamp from Russia |
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 18:45:06 pm
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| On the one hand, it might be tempting to provide very short answers to questions, but this does not help beginners in one or the other area (for example, Russian philately) to further their knowledge. On the other hand, we often see beginners eager to believe that they hit the jackpot and failing to... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Imperial Russia - USSR - Modern Russia issues |
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 22:12:39 pm
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neophyte,
thank you for the update and congratulations on your find! If it is possible, please post a large scan of the stamp in question here, so that the details of the flaws can become more evident. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Imperial Russia - USSR - Modern Russia issues |
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 20:04:46 pm
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| Neophyte, I have been a collector of Russia for 20 or so years, but I have not seen a comprehensive source in the English language dealing with the plate flaws of the 1909-1922 Arms issue on wove paper. There have been occassional articles dealing with specific values, such as the following 1980 art... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Potential collecting subject: Fluorescence for Soviet stamps |
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 01:14:03 am
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| Hi, Fluorescent ink used on certain elements of design is as it was intended though. So in this sense it's a lot more fun to study other stamps which were not meant to have anything fluorescent. Definately suggest you go through your albums with UV lamp. Toivo I will definitely do so at some point.... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Potential collecting subject: Fluorescence for Soviet stamps |
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 17:05:37 pm
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| ToivoK, please keep up your good work in this area! Unfortunately, I do not have any multiples for the post-1960 period - just a complete collection, so I cannot add much. True, I have not checked even the stamps I have for fluorescence - maybe I should do so. :D Below is the third Soviet stamp usin... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Potential collecting subject: Fluorescence for Soviet stamps |
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 03:23:13 am
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| ToivoK, I think that we should take into consideration that P.J.Campbell wrote this article in 1973, so his observations, pioneering in the "West" as they were, can be taken only as incomplete and preliminary. There are some points that I would like to raise: 1. I do not think that he is c... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Potential collecting subject: Fluorescence for Soviet stamps |
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 02:43:15 am
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| Hello John, my understanding from the Rossica Journal article above (I have not tried it myself) is that long-wave lamps are sufficient for Soviet stamps. Here is the second Soviet use of fluorescent ink - on the 6k stamp issued on 20 December 1963 for the New Year (Scott 2822). The star and the New... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Potential collecting subject: Fluorescence for Soviet stamps |
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 01:56:32 am
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| ToivoK, an interesting, but rather esoteric subject! Apparently, the use of fluorescence on Soviet stamps begun in late 1963 with the use of fluorescent inks on parts of the design of some stamps. The first stamp on which such inks were used was the 4k value issued in November 1963 to commemorate th... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Benin 2009 overprint on Dahomey. Real or fantasy? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 05:37:00 am
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Thank you, Wolfgang!
Is my stamp listed under Michel #1544 or 1545? Are price indications given for these oveprints? |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Benin 2009 overprint on Dahomey. Real or fantasy? |
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 03:55:52 am
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| I have been wondering for some time whether the following Benin oveprint on the 1974 Dahomey Lenin commemorative (Scott C201, Michel 558) is a true overprint made by the postal authorities of the country or a fantasy creation: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/0005-18.jpg A French sour... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Stamps with 4 or more languages |
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 04:16:42 am
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| Hello Honza, I am not an expert in linguistics, but my understanding is that Yiddish was the most prevalent Jewish language in Eastern Europe and it was the one that at that time had acquired the status of one of the official languages in the Belorussian SSR . The use of Hebrew, on the other hand, w... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Stamps with 4 or more languages |
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 17:34:28 pm
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| In an earlier posting on this thread, Hronik showed a 1947 stamp with the state emblem of the USSR with the phrase "Proletarians of the world, unite" written in 16 different languages on the ribbons. There is an earlier 1937 stamp (Scott 658, SG 764 - issued to commemorate the Soviet Consi... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Postmark SEATTTE not SEATTLE....? |
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 16:26:20 pm
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I stand corrected regarding the date. My eyes must be playing tricks.  |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: RUSSIA - SG121A-1917 1R ARMS Imperf-Varieties |
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 05:31:26 am
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| Neville, all 3 stamps are most probably copies of Scott 87h (horizontal lozenges of varnish on face of the stamp). You can read interesting details about this stamp in the following article from the Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately (I have marked the most pertinent portions of the... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Postmark SEATTTE not SEATTLE....? |
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 03:44:08 am
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| vesparettas, what makes you think this is a 1920 cover? The violet cachet on the back is in fact of Russian origin, but it looks like a Soviet censor mark of Vladivostok used during World War II in the 1942-43 period. Notice that above the 4-line inscription (shown by red arrow) there are traces of ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Early Panama stamp inquiry |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 16:31:53 pm
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| If this variety is so common and as a result is inexpensive, then how come you never see them on ebay. The experts on the area would have to answer this question. I was merely providing the relevant listing from Yvert & Tellier, a catalogue that the person who sold you the stamp apparently used. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Early Panama stamp inquiry |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 04:04:11 am
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Early Panama stamp inquiry |
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 17:23:21 pm
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Hello Nigel,
I am not an expert in the field. I just had available the Y&T catalogue "Classics of the World" (up to 1940) and I decided to check the OP's mention of it. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Early Panama stamp inquiry |
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 17:05:36 pm
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| Here is the relevant information from the Yvert & Tellier 2005 catalogue (Panama listings). First the basic set (Y&T 13-19, Scott 76-82) with the obliterating bar and the "PANAMA" overprints reading up and down: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/Panama1.jpg Later over... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help with translation of Greek text from Cyprus |
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 16:04:11 pm
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| vikingeck and DRB have solved most of the "puzzle". The last line of the text reads in full: " SUBSCRIPTION 12 SHILL. " [Shillings - "SEL(INIA) in Greek]. The wrapper is actually addessed to another newspaper in Larnaca: "Neon Ethnos" (New Nation), which existed fr... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Any info on this Ukrainian Trident overprint? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 16:56:15 pm
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| The fact that one does not know or recognize the item ,it does not mean that the item is fake or forgery. Ali, I think that both Jay and Mike have provided factual information from the literature on why your stamp is a fake. In a complicated field, strewn with forgeries, the least that they have do... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: USSR fake? |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 21:10:17 pm
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| I am highlighting some pronounced differences in the purported "double" inscription on the "Oriolus oriolus" stamp (Scott 4776): http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/592076676_owithcircles.jpg 1. Thinner "O" with wider interior area. 2. Smaller and more slant... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: USSR fake? |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 06:04:22 am
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| In the case of the "Oriolus oriolus" the regular inscription is the thicker one (at bottom). The purported double "error" one is the thinner one above it. It sounds logical to create these "errors" in sheets - hence the multiple copies of each that the seller has offere... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: USSR fake? |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 04:33:44 am
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| Thank you for pursuing this topic, stampmaniac I am very suspicious of the "error" offerings of this seller. Of the 24 "error" stamps currently being offered, 23 have been offered and sold by him before, most of them multiple times (see his feedback profile). The only new "e... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help to Identify Overprint on Russian Stamps |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 04:38:46 am
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| One method of expertization is to use the "dissecting lines" approach of Rosselevitch from his article in the Rossica Journal mentioned above. Here are these lines: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/koba1953/NWarmykopeckoverprint3.jpg Applying a paint program on Debbie's inverted over... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help to Identify Overprint on Russian Stamps |
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 17:05:35 pm
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Debbie,
we had a brief discussion about the Northwest Army overprints on another thread of the Board here (scroll about quarter of the page down):
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25225&start=100
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Forum: Coins, Banknotes, tokens, medals and all things NUMISMATIC! Topic: Info needed on Russia gulag banknotes |
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 17:13:26 pm
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| Since many of the participants in this thread are ready to digress, I will put in my small non-banknote contribution: 1. Genocide is defined by Article 2 of the 1948 UN Convention as " any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 03:03:01 am
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| Ceresa Type E.15 . This type resulted from the removal of the frame of one of the "small" framed HP monogram handstamps (probably type E.1c). It is known in violet and in black on a large number of perf and imperf values. Ceresa does not describe any distinctive characteristics of this ty... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 05:52:36 am
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| Mike, regarding your first stamp, Type E.14 has been recorded by Ceresa in violet on the 5k imperf. The right hook seems to be "doubled", so that is a good sign (Ceresa does not mention any forgeries attempting to reproduce that characteristic). The top of the diagonal seems a bit elongate... |
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Forum: Coins, Banknotes, tokens, medals and all things NUMISMATIC! Topic: Info needed on Russia gulag banknotes |
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 02:47:57 am
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| There is one element on these notes that can point to their chronological origin: the coat of arms of the USSR. The 1936 Soviet Constitution stipulated that the Soviet Union was made up of 11 Republics, hence the presence of 11 ribbons on the coat of arms with the inscription (in the languages of th... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 19:12:20 pm
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| The "small unframed" HP monogram handstamps resulted from the removal of the frames of the initial HP handstamps of small dimensions. As the name implies, the monogram here is smaller than in all previous types shown. Ceresa identifies 3 different types of the "small unframed" ha... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 15:52:44 pm
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| pat, being an "amateur" in one or the other philatelic field is something that characterizes all of us. This is where Stampboards comes in and creates a community of philatelists. Alternatively, of course, being an amateur may be the first step in conquering a field. So I would say this th... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 04:23:43 am
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| Mike, the Ceresa handbooks are a guiding light for dealing with these complicated issues. Despite their help, I have several times in the past let my Armenia collection go dormant for significant periods, but the challenge of the filed is always there nagging me. :D Some additional points. The first... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 02:24:51 am
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| http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f35/mike1958_01/az3.jpg This is a bit better with the straight top, but the bottom stroke is totally unlike any genuine. Some observations about this forgery shown by Mike. It is Forgery Type F1(A.17) of Ceresa. I think it is worth quoting verbatim from the work of... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 22:05:04 pm
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| And on to the last 2 types of the "intermediate unframed" HP monogram overprints: Ceresa Type A.17 . This type of "intermediate unframed" was used in Alexandropol and has been recorded ONLY in black on 7 perf values and 4 imperf values. Its characteristics (see drawing above) are... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Z' overprints of Armenia and forgeries |
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:10:23 pm
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| Ceresa Type A.13 . This type of "intermediate unframed" was used in Alexandropol and has been encountered ONLY in black on 3 values: 15k perf, 35k perf and 3R50k perf. It is bigger in size than the "intermediate" Type E.12a, but smaller than the "large unframed" Type A... |
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