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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Country with world's highest postal rates? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:34:47 pm
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| When working out the highest postal rate, what are you comparing it to? If you take India, even at the 5 rupees charge - thats often enough for someone to get a feed. I would compare the rate to the average wage and see who costs the most. So India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh even China and some African ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Can anyone advise on damage to hire car? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:22:43 pm
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| 6 weeks later and it's not yet fixed? I wonder how many times they have rented out that car since and perhaps billed each victim for "damage"? Surely not every renter will have noted the slight damage? PS they owe your friend the interest payment on her card for the unauthorised transaction. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help with Watermark on WA 1857 6d black swan? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:16:53 pm
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The watermark sounds like the edge of a sheet where the words "POSTAGE" and the line would appear with the swans inside.
I'm not sure what the full text might say for a WA sheet of that time, perhaps WA POSTAGE or something similar. |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Cape of Good Hope Booklet Identifying Forgeries $15-$18 AUS |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:06:09 pm
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| Sorry for the delays gentlemen, the booklets are in the mail today after printing a few more. End of the tax year has me chasing my tail! |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: What to do in New Zealand? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 15:31:25 pm
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| I would do both again, with the same person, in a heartbeat. (Although it won't be called a honeymoon this time - it would be our anniversary trip). :D If I had to pick a top 5? The Bay of Islands - views, colour of the water, hole in the rock cruise etc. Rotorua - Been twice now, stinky, but loved ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Stop! Police! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:52:04 pm
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: What to do in New Zealand? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:49:01 pm
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| We had our honeymoon in NZ and went for nearly 5 weeks. I had booked a 15 day bus/train/ferry tour of both Islands spending a week before in Auckland and a week after in Christchurch. But we went in May/June. I would do it all again! It might be worth booking the week long organised bus/train tour f... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Cape of Good Hope - Triangular Stamp Issues (1853-1864) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:30:26 pm
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Yes they are both genuine.
As to colour, Red - don't know, doesn't seem blued. Green looks to be Yellow-Green. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: New Zealand Long type revenue "ERROR" ? |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 20:00:02 pm
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While it does look like a 2, its impossible to be an inverted 5. It would be upside down, not mirror imaged.
It should be catalogued though. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: India sends its last telegram |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 19:44:21 pm
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| The last Australian Morse Code telegraph was sent in 1963. The last modern Telegraph was sent in 1993. |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Australia Bi-color 1d Roo! (maybe) |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 16:45:36 pm
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| You can see that the ink has bled into the surrounding unprinted areas. Original ink would not have done that. It's a nice fantasy piece. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Is this the Victoria half-length type II |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 14:13:57 pm
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| Sorry McGooley, didn't mean to confuse. I meant ageingcollectors comments about a "horizontal line" with the cancel. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Fakes and forgeries - A point of view to stimulate debate |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:32:32 pm
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JerwoodPhil wrote: I suppose my questions are:
1. If you have personally started a discussion which questions the authenticity of an item, have you contacted the seller first to tell them of your suspicions and given them a chance to respond?
Yes. And the usual response is "to go forth and multiply". |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: 2013 Ashes series, Warner likely to miss 1st test |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:24:35 pm
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| There's always 2 sides to a story, you don't normally go up and "attack" someone, even if the "punch" didn't connect. At the moment Warner is a sitting duck for pre-match sledging. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Is this the Victoria half-length type II |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:19:04 pm
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| If you mean the "horizontal line" about 2/3rds the way down the stamp, that's a crease/fold in the paper. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Are there any Numeral Cancellers with 101 or 231? |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 19:34:02 pm
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England, Scotland, Ireland and most Australian states had them.
Is there a particular country your after?
Eg Ireland had: 101 - Carnew (Wicklow)
and 231 - Freshford (Kilkenny) |
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Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules Topic: Estate Lot of 16 Covers KGV $60 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:01:24 am
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| I've sent an email to Ash. |
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Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules Topic: Estate Lot of 16 Covers KGV $60 |
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 23:29:42 pm
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| I don't have too many KGV on cover, so sold to me please. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Has this eBay item been listed with doctored RPS certificate |
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:18:45 pm
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| Well its not a double print, its been affected by water?, yes, its been soaked and faded a bit and has no gum. The blurb says "minimal water influence, but not visible"? The cert says "colour affected by water" = BIG difference. The cert does not say it is the double print and I ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Fair price to pay for Australia 1d red KGV 'No Watermark' |
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 19:56:22 pm
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| See if someone can plate the example first? Then worry about a sliver off a envelope or card? |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Ebay/Paypal: "Your payment is still processing" message |
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 09:29:11 am
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Maybe PRISM wants to know what you bought and didn't like the word "undies" in the title?  |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: A survey of collectors: Personality type (MBTI) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:56:19 pm
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I hate personality tests and IQ tests...anyway, probably reflected in my personality box somewhere.
INFJ (67.38.12.44)
Now to go read about me and make myself fit my box....  |
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Global announcement Topic: POLL - what is a fair price to pay for this cover? |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 22:55:59 pm
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| While I doubt the address has much to do with it, Parramatta City has a population of about 175,000 - not just the suburb called Parramatta and was one of the first populated regions (1790!) outside Sydney when Australia was first colonised. Parramatta was so large that it required a dam to be built... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Phosphrous stamps |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:48:15 pm
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| The ACSC catalogues cover the printing and ink methods of all the Australian stamps including how the phosphor tagged stamps present and react to UV light. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Nominative Determinism. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:45:04 pm
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| There is a Dr in Sydney named Dr Death, pronounced Deeth (well so he demands it to be anyway). Then again as to the OP, rubbish theory. Pure chance and averages and a bit of historical context as many surnames were based on what your ancestors did for a quid. Mr Smith was the smithy, Mr Baker, Mr Ca... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New to investing in stamps and wary of dishonest dealers |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:38:17 pm
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| "Experienced fund manager"...."put it back under the matress". Enough said and good advice for yourself to take on board, if your only reaction to the vast knowledge and experience from this board is that we expose the crooks and should stop it. The again our exposing of crooks o... |
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Global announcement Topic: POLL - what is a fair price to pay for this cover? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 18:13:18 pm
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| Everything about this cover can be perfectly normal, except that it may be the only one known. Everything about this cover could also be perfectly normal and it might be one of thousands and so worth a dollar. I still have no idea, I haven't tried to track its details down. Perhaps the imprint of th... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Suspect perfin on 1932 6d Kooka |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 18:06:12 pm
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Whoever made the perfin had trouble with his S - it's backwards.
edit - strike that, the perfin came from behind. 
But anybody could have grabbed a pin and made a pretty pattern without any concerns unless they tried OS.
Stamps still get perfined today on special ocaisions.  |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: 'Do it yourself' How to make a Stock Book?? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:45:53 am
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| I think that if you really wanted to make a half decent stockbook, there is a lot of equipment you are going to need to make one. Plus all the different components that go into what looks like a simple page with plastic strips. How do you plan on getting the clean cuts on the strips fitting into cle... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Microsoft Windows 8 - another 'new Coke' failure? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:40:47 am
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| Tell that to everyone who bought Vista and half their software stopped working and their printers and scanners. Some had to wait for ages for a Vista driver or an update or it never came at all and you had to go buy new software. My older laser printer would not work on Vista. Our Payroll and Financ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Microsoft Windows 8 - another 'new Coke' failure? |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 13:03:02 pm
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| 1- Serif - a British based software company produce software that will allow 2 PC's to connect via their wi-fi, the old PC and the new one. It then steps through and transfers all data and software and settings from the old to the new automatically. This lets you keep your current settings and softw... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Tragic Outcome of Prank Phone call re Royal Baby |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 00:12:19 am
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| It was all over the TV this morning, not just for being given the award (a "what were they thinking" moment that's bad enough), but also his twitter or something or otherer comments about his recent difficulties and how he's bounced back! Tact, compassion, decency and humilty are words not... |
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Global announcement Topic: POLL - what is a fair price to pay for this cover? |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 00:07:20 am
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| I went with $7500 as a gut feel. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Microsoft Windows 8 - another 'new Coke' failure? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 16:43:51 pm
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| The next release (Sept/Oct) of Windows 8 will be not a "service pack" but called Windows 8.1 codenamed 'Blue'. Odd name as that's what most users are sick of seeing on their screens and how most users feel after trying to get to grips with the OS. The upgrade will be free to all Win8 users... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Advertisement Failures |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:05:06 pm
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| While I am having a good laugh, every second one is fake. Photoshop can do wonders. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australian "strips" I am having trouble identifying |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:57:42 am
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NPC should be the National Philatelic Centre.
I've never seen a CPS used on cover from that period. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Cape of Good Hope - Triangular Stamp Issues (1853-1864) |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:49:33 pm
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| Your first penny red and the 6d are from the same forger. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Queen Elizabeth anniversary stamps portrait controversy |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:45:53 pm
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| I thought they were images off the backs of the coins that NZ has used over that time? |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Queen Elizabeth anniversary stamps portrait controversy |
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 14:43:26 pm
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| Corgis don't always have their ears "up". |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Queen Elizabeth anniversary stamps portrait controversy |
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 19:52:56 pm
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| I haven't read up on them but they do look to be an image from each decade of those 60 years and certainly look like they are from the official portraits each time, there is nothing to change. They look quite good. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What difference of Lenin stamps issued by USSR at 1925,1928 |
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 19:08:57 pm
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| Don't have a catalogue in front of me but always check the perfs and also check the watermark. If they are the same plate then there must be something to tell the difference, even if it was the method of printing from the plate or as Aethelwulf says the paper used. I can see there are different perf... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: It's a baby! A new addition to our family. |
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 18:30:26 pm
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Hmm philatelic kids names?
Girls - Victoria, Penny, Rose, Jenny, Hope, ...
Boys - Rowland, Arnold, Somerset, George, Stanley, ...
Having said that and if your wife hears of it, then not a hope!
Scottish - Make the middle name one of the Grandparents? |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Electronic Communication As It Affects Stamps! |
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 12:18:36 pm
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| What originated the topic was the statement that most teenagers do not even know how to mail a letter! (Sad!) My thoughts (not really a question) are this: Since more and more people (and businesses) are using electronic means to communicate with friends and customers, does this mean that the deman... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Australia the world's happiest nation - OECD |
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 20:24:49 pm
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| I'm not political, but I don't think it will be the end of the world landslide that so many seem to think it has to be. Liars? Children overboard and the never going to have it GST anyone? Both sides are full of broken promises and outright lies told to win votes. Many broken promises are forced upo... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Australia the world's happiest nation - OECD |
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 14:31:33 pm
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| So we are the happiest nation out of the 36 nations surveyed. What about the other 200 or so nations? Or did I read all that wrong? |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Maldives Post Looking for a New Agent |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 20:44:50 pm
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I'm reading conflicting reports between Nauru and Kiribati being relocated to Fiji.
Many Island nations seem to not want go, of course; but some like Kiribati have bought a few thousand acres to grow their food supplies on.
Which seems odd in a way - you still have to ship it all back to the Island. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Maldives Post Looking for a New Agent |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 17:49:05 pm
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| All depends on the impact as the levels rise. Nauru is higher but already being destroyed - the fresh water and croppable land and beachfront are going fast. I read that they will be the first to relocate to Fiji. Has already begun as far as I know. Also: "But for low-lying atolls -- the Marsha... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Maldives Post Looking for a New Agent |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 17:04:44 pm
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| Well get in while you can, you have about 10 years before they relocate to India and it becomes the "body of water covering the area that was once known as the Maldives." It's the 3rd highest country at risk. 26 atolls! Wow, 26 whole new sets of 'Famous cars of the World' x 100 varieties o... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Australia Post Parcel Charges - any cheap way to send items? |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 16:56:00 pm
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| I think what Darren laments is that why is it $7+ more to send it by parcel post even when you make it the same size and weight as the satchel? If it was near enough to the same rate, you naturally would use stamps. Darren, what's the exact size of the album? When I took a guess and typed in the fig... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Earning power of some people |
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 18:39:09 pm
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| Easy, she doesn't exactly have it as cash, it's all tied up in shares and options. If she cashed it in it would cause a major headache. Plus once your that super rich, you no longer think of spending it. Your focus was not to get rich anyway, it just happened due to focussing on other pursuits such ... |
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