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 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Our Man In Abu Dhabi Reports From a Post Office

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 15:28:46 pm 

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A friend of mine was travelling to Abu Dhabi in April (2013). I gave him $20 US, and some envelopes I'd addressed to myself. "Please buy some colorful stamps, the cheesier the better, and mail me the empty envelopes," said I. He later told me the following three things about his trip to th...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: America’s Most Famous Stamp to be Reprinted

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:40:54 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 584


Director of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum Allen Kane and USPS Director of Stamp Services and Corporate Licensing Susan McGowan unveiled the preliminary design... The Smithsonian National Postal Museum is very nice. On my visit, I noticed that my non-collecting relatives found it much more ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: What was the 1980's "Stamp Bubble"?

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 09:18:44 am 

Replies: 28
Views: 868


There is also a lot of info at this second thread: “A Brief History Lesson on 1980s Prices” http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=187 I posted these graphs once before. According to Linn's Stamp Market Index, the prices of US stamps still haven't caught up to those in the 1980 bubble. ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 04:27:07 am 

Replies: 9137
Views: 211784


As I read it, it's 2 MIT 118, which converts to 16 June 1943 - in other words, right in the middle of WWII. Hence the use of the Economy Slip: just paste it over a used envelope, and you can reuse the envelope, and save paper. The CPP stands for Cochin printing press...In British India the economy ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 17:15:07 pm 

Replies: 9137
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Happy New Year, folks! On this side of the international date line, we just finished banging our pots with wooden spoons. Anyway, this Travencore-Anchal envelope (cover?) baffles me. On the face with the stamps, someone has glued a piece of paper to left side, which refers to the "District Judg...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Brief History Lesson on 1980 stamp prices?

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 18:51:40 pm 

Replies: 60
Views: 4348


According to Linn's Stamp Market Index, the value of stamps, at least in the US, hasn't caught up to the 1980 bubble. After 32 years. See for yourself. Here's a fair-use copy of their Index as a graph: 1970 to July, 2012 http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/LINNSMKT9696dpi_zps9d3a743e.j...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An Album from 1935 with Stamps - A Xmas Gift

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 18:09:03 pm 

Replies: 9
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That could still be a precancel (though I don't think it is either). Columbia LA lists two styles that use all block capitals. Being a post office that only needed small numbers of precancels, they were done by hand by the local clerk...Type 841 was a vinyl cancel...The other handstamp (which was s...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An Album from 1935 with Stamps - A Xmas Gift

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 16:24:41 pm 

Replies: 9
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The enlarged "precancel " that you show is not a precancel but a rubber handstamp :oops: :oops: :oops: Oh well, Ivqii. Here are four more stamps from that same antique album. The first one (Red 2 cent postage due) must be a reasonably off-center pre-cancel. Are the other ones all regular ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An Album from 1935 with Stamps - A Xmas Gift

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 15:54:05 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 501


Sweden gets two pages. Australia gets one-half. What gives? Sweden had been issuing stamps since 1855, Australia didn't start till 1913. Seems pretty sensible to me. Damn your relentless Swedish-style logic! :D My apologies, Pom. I was just indulging my affection for one set of stamps over another....

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An Album from 1935 with Stamps - A Xmas Gift

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 06:05:40 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 501


An elderly friend of my mother gave me an album from 1935. She found it during a recent move to an assisted-living facility from her house. Probably her husband's childhood album. Besides the stamps, I like it because: 1. It has a pompous introduction to parents. 2. It is shameless about the profits...

 Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers!   Topic: Where can I get 1934 Cape Juby stamps, Scott #48-49?

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 23:39:52 pm 

Replies: 29
Views: 1121


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s113/ozstamps/33-8.jpg I listed up some Cape Juby stuff here for sale - not sure what the mystery set is - maybe someone here can advise. http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=28707 The five stamps are a complete set of semi-postals #7 - 11 from Cape...

 Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers!   Topic: "Security Scanned" Marking on Australian Mail to US. Origin?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 23:44:42 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 279


Global Administrator wrote:
There is a $10 or something fee for "extra security" on all parcels to USA so if that is all we get for it ..................... :twisted:


I'm surprised! This parcel cost AU$44, charged to the recipient in the US, which did seem a little steep for 1.24 kilos.

 Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers!   Topic: "Security Scanned" Marking on Australian Mail to US. Origin?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 23:31:05 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 279


Not sure about the country of origin, but in the interest of accuracy the stamp actually says "security screened ". Oops! "Security Screened" it is. I guess I was thinking of x-rays. It still is a marking I haven't seen before, and in green ink, which strikes me as an unusual co...

 Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers!   Topic: "Security Scanned" Marking on Australian Mail to US. Origin?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 16:00:03 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 279


Has anyone seen this marking before? The marking is boxed; it reads "Security Scanned," and is stamped in green ink. The marking was on a package mailed this month (Sep., 2012) to the US from Boronia, Vic. It reminds me of the old wartime "censored" mail. Was this applied by (1) ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: High face values: Necessary postage or just money making?

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 14:07:36 pm 

Replies: 172
Views: 5375


In Australia the current $5 and $10 International rate stamps have been reprinted five times since 2001, so there is definitely demand for these stamps, although you'd be hard pressed to find a post office with them in stock! http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/HIGHVALUE200DPI.jpg Her...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "Proofreeding is Assential," says American Philatelist.

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 08:23:02 am 

Replies: 15
Views: 612


DRB wrote:
The curse of the Predictive Typing Facility.
They're lucky it didn't come out as RE: Pubic of Cyprus.


Of course, PTF! [pause]...Okay, what is Predictive Typing Facility, if that is a real thing?

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "Proofreeding is Assential," says American Philatelist.

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 06:26:09 am 

Replies: 15
Views: 612


"Republic of Cypress"?

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American Philatelist; September, 2012; p.888

 Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc.   Topic: Share your amusing or embarrassing cancels on stamps!

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 16:27:50 pm 

Replies: 164
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Mr. Heart Health gave the ballerina an unwelcome lift...






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...so she kicked him in the head.

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: D’oh! USPS Stuck With 682 Million Unsold Simpsons Stamps

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 18:25:04 pm 

Replies: 50
Views: 2163


Please do not encourage the USPS to get into CTOs. Every boy and girl used to know that an offer to sell a packet or mixture was good when it said: "No Dunes, No Iron Curtain, No CTOs". What Abu Dhabi and Hungary did was their business, but only perver...er, iconoclasts wanted to see: semi...

 Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules   Topic: Victoria 1857 cover with 6d Orange Imperf - only $A50

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 04:42:28 am 

Replies: 1
Views: 155


Sold to me.
Please add to my other mailing if it hasn't gone out yet. I will order this off your website.

 Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules   Topic: QUEENSLAND selection. ÂŁGB15.00 incl.p&p w/w

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:07:39 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 299


Sold to me. Going for the GBP5 discount. Email to follow.

 Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules   Topic: SOUTH AUSTRALIA selection. ÂŁGB20.00 incl. p&p w/w

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:04:11 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 302


Sold to me. Email to follow.

 Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules   Topic: N.Z. 1882 3d Queen "Shotgun Hole through Head" great error!

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:40:41 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 970


Sold to me.

I have another order pending. Please mail them together.

 Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ......   Topic: The Fatal Shore - The Epic of Australia's Founding.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 16:27:32 pm 

Replies: 23
Views: 826


Aaaargh! Robert Hughes died this week.

It was in all over the newspapers (where he was remembered best for his TV series "The Shock of the New", as well as "The Fatal Shore" book).

 Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc.   Topic: Votes for the World's UGLIEST Stamp?

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 23:19:55 pm 

Replies: 114
Views: 5326


aethelwulf wrote:
maturin wrote:
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(healthy heart = not collapsing on the ground)


:D :D :D, Aethelwulf.

 Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc.   Topic: Votes for the World's UGLIEST Stamp?

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 16:07:02 pm 

Replies: 114
Views: 5326


http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/STAMPS%20AFTER%209-6-10/HEARTHEALTH.jpg What the heck is happening on this ugly stamp? "I was practicing my rhythmic gymnastics, twirling my ribbon, when someone hit me in the crotch with a large apple. As I fell backwards, I knocked down a tre...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: In Defence of the "Whole World Collector"

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 13:53:05 pm 

Replies: 200
Views: 8885


This advertisement for a Whole World collection was very tempting, until my car died two weeks ago. The new car bill killed my daydream on this particular lot. :( Its $3,000, or less than 3 cents a piece for "well over 100,000 stamps (all different)"? Would this have been a good deal? Or a...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "Our proofreading is abdominal," says American Philatelist

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 23:49:53 pm 

Replies: 85
Views: 2795


Allanswood wrote:
I'm sorry, but what has all this got to do with stomach muscles?
Abdominal? :roll:


A college newspaper ran a story about the Dean's criticism of its editors and their abominable skills. The headline was: "Dean says our proofreading is abdominal." :D

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "Our proofreading is abdominal," says American Philatelist

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 18:24:33 pm 

Replies: 85
Views: 2795


"Gilbraltar"?

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 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Are you Male or Female?

 Post subject: Re: Are you Male or Female?
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 09:19:57 am 

Replies: 72
Views: 2763


MargoZ wrote:
My avatar is probably a giveaway....though not necessarily :shock:


My goodness! Has your avatar taken to wearing Christian Louboutin, with the red soles? If so, she's got good (and expensive) tastes. 8)

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 08:55:59 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 378


Here's my only British Consular Mail stamp. I always liked the bizarre circus font of the word "Postage." http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/STAMPS%20AFTER%209-6-10/MADAGASCARCOUNSELORMAIL200DPIFR.jpg SG #33(b) (1886) British Consular Mail - Front http://i789.photobucket.com...

 Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc.   Topic: A dip in the blue ocean - sea life images

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 00:47:37 am 

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figmente wrote:
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The Tuvalu Board of Tourism wanted to add to this: "Come visit our beaches!" :)

Seriously, this is pretty scary, and thus appealing.

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 17:05:37 pm 

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Views: 378


I didn't post my guesses so as not to influence others. :oops: Speaking of the British in Madagascar, don't forget the Consular stamps. :idea: Consider posting your answers now, Aethelwulf. "It don't cost nothing." Hey, I wrote the darn quiz and got less than half right before I checked. ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 16:46:16 pm 

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I'll give it a go... The islands to the west of Madagascar are Reunion and Mauritius as in The Mauritius Command with Aubrey and Maturin. I assume the French one on the map (H) is Reunion and the independent one (I) is Mauritius . Nigel, you must be psychic! This puzzle was inspired by The Mauritiu...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Anybody collect North Korea covers?

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 15:29:59 pm 

Replies: 25
Views: 958


I'm interested, but I never see anything that isn't a first day cover or similar philatelic stuff. Yet, others tell me there's no shortage of the real thing. Genuine mail is just sitting in collections and shoe boxes in Asia, where North Koreans would naturally send mail. Are DPRK covers hard to com...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 15:13:11 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 378


This quiz was not as fun as I thought, apparently. No one has ventured even a guess. Here are a few reasons you should guess anyway: 1. Disinterest in French Colonies by his fellow Stampboarders makes President Sarkozy cry. http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=36020&hilit=SARKOZY ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 14:29:22 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 378


aethelwulf wrote:
"Hell Ville"? :shock:

Agreed. Hell Ville's chamber of commerce has fallen down on the job.

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: A Quiz for Fun: Indian Ocean Antics

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 14:16:15 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 378


Geography. You know it better than your non-collecting friends. Don't be modest. You know you do! And the more stamps a country had issued, the better you knew where it is. Falkland Islands. Knew it. Fujiera. Knew it. Victoria, Venda, Vanuatu. Knew it. Knew it. Knew it. Match the stamps of these nin...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "It Will Haunt Me Forever." Missed Opportunities.

Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:48:00 am 

Replies: 25
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And for the record, I've never found Dr. Bob's material to be that competitively priced. What part of Chicago are you in Maturin? But...but...Dr. Bob says in every ad that his collections: "are sold at WHOLESALE PRICES - UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST BARGAINS IN THE STAMP INDUSTRY." [ emphasis Dr....

 Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ......   Topic: What does it mean to be Canadian?

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 13:46:51 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 561


I scanned this thread looking for my favorite story on the subject, but I didn't see it here, so I'll repeat the old chestnut: In 1971, the Canadian Broadcasting Company was looking for the parallel to the saying: "As American as...apple pie." So the CBC ran a contest, and the winner was: ...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Canada Post's Digital Mailbox

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 05:54:09 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 244


“With epost, we’re your kitchen table electronically. All your bills are safely stacked for you, ready to go.” He dreams customers might even be able to renew a mortgage with their bank through the system some day. Beginning next month, Canada Post will launch a pilot project in the Kitchener-Water...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Pakistan New Issues for 2012

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 05:24:26 am 

Replies: 1
Views: 232


Okay, I'll bite. Why would Pakistan celebrate the 50th anniversary of the visit of the king and queen of Thailand? Was it the first recognition of Pakistan by Thailand, or the first state visit, or what? Maybe Pakistanis really dig a ruler who wears toughguy sunglasses. On the other hand, at least i...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An American Collector of Tasmanian Postmarks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 13:55:15 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 404


Normally, I would defer to the many well-informed commenters on this thread, especially because I don't collect cancels (yet). But, in this particular case, Tasmania was small in population and the world was big enough to swamp it. No individual country outside Australia was going to have much mater...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "It Will Haunt Me Forever." Missed Opportunities.

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 07:37:15 am 

Replies: 25
Views: 1435


I think if I had seen it, I would have been unable to resist it. Or come to my senses, after appreciating its overwhelming hugeness compared to my time and space. Now, I will never know!

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: An American Collector of Tasmanian Postmarks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 07:22:56 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 404


You know, I read this. This writer managed to collect 82 R towns (25-50 copies known), 18 RR towns, 2 of the 24 RRR towns (7-12 copies known), and 0 of the 16 RRRR Tasmanian towns (1-6 copies known). He's done a man's job, as they say in Blade Runner. But what hope does a non-Australian ever have of...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: "It Will Haunt Me Forever." Missed Opportunities.

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 06:42:51 am 

Replies: 25
Views: 1435


I let a unique opportunity get away from me the other day, and it will haunt me forever. Has this ever happened to you? A dealer near me ran an advertisement offering a collection of 102,000 different covers and cut squares. Some deeply focused maniac had tried to obtain postmarks from every post of...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 16:53:35 pm 

Replies: 9137
Views: 211784


As Bertie Wooster often remarked to Jeeves, Rem acu tetigisti , Maturin :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse. [ I think we're on the same wavelength. ] This thread now returns to its regularly scheduled discussion of crimes against collectors of Morvi and Charkha...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 14:10:03 pm 

Replies: 9137
Views: 211784


http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/STAMPS%20AFTER%209-6-10/bhorSG2400dpifrcopy2.jpg Bohr SG#2 Copy 1 http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/STAMPS%20AFTER%209-6-10/bohrSG2400DPIBKCOPY2.jpg Bohr SG#2 Copy 1 back http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy172/maturin1/STAMPS%20AFT...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: PO wouldn't sell me a single commemorative stamp.

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:51:51 pm 

Replies: 15
Views: 734


Your demand for a single stamp from a booklet should be addressed to Canada Post directly, Mr. Deepak Chopra, and not to a franchisee's employee. philcovex "Mr. Deepak Chopra"? Does this have something to do with "being one with the stamp"? :D Or does someone at Canada Post real...

 Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps   Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:31:44 pm 

Replies: 9137
Views: 211784


I've got suitcases full and the idea is to finally learn something and sort them out ! Barbara Suitcases full! How I envy you. If you don't have one, Stanley Gibbons has an affordable and lightweight catalogue of India and states, with all illustrations in color. You'll definitely want that as a st...
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