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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Australia 1990's stamp and banknote portfolios |
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Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 17:28:36 pm
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| I am looking to swap the following folders that were jointly produced by Australia Post and Note Printing Australia for folders with red serial number 431 . 1993 Eminent Women............( I have no. 53) 1994 Hargrave centenary......................119 1996 30 years of decimal currency...........531... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: English 1874 cinderella |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 20:15:37 pm
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| It's called a cypher label (as it shows the royal cypher or symbol of the monarch, in this case the initials VR for Victoria Regina ). It was used on the back of a document when a revenue stamp was applied on the other side. The revenue stamp was fixed to the document using a small tin staple and t... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: English 1874 cinderella |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 17:43:09 pm
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I found this affixed to the back of a Probate parchment extracted at London in 1874.
Any ideas on what this is?
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: What will you be taking to Australia 2013? |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 20:14:44 pm
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| ... some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a five pound note. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Are you Left handed/Right Handed/ Ambidextrous? |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 14:19:40 pm
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| I'm a lefty, but write with either hand courtesy of being forced to be right-handed at school. To this day the right automatically uses the script taught back then, but the left is mostly printing rather than writing. The young audit staff get freaked out when they see me ticking and checking with a... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Post your gutter strips here - GUTTERS wants to see them |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 16:28:13 pm
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This is the busiest colour strip I have seen.
It is in the gutter of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands birds issue of 17 July 1985.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can you really mail a coconut? |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 15:45:16 pm
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| My aunt sent me a coconut from Cairns in Queensland when I was about seven. It arrived in the letter box addressed with stamps affixed. It was the coolest thing I've ever received! On holidays in the late 1960's I mailed one from Bowen in North Queensland to my sister in Melbourne. She had no idea ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Those overhead wire thingies in old shops |
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 16:48:58 pm
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Ray Kelly RIP |
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 09:28:14 am
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I echo the sentiments expressed above.
Ray produced a 12 page (A4 size) study of the unissued 5/- Police Patrol Stamp back in August this year. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: PNG New Issues - Enough is Enough |
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 19:16:23 pm
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| What annoys me is the dishonesty in persisting with a "withdrawal date" that is 6 months after issue date. For the 10 years 2002 through 2011, the PNG Philatelic Bureau currently lists 571 issued products (sets of stamps, sheetlets, fdc's etc etc). Missed out? With very deep pockets you ca... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: PNG 2004 Freshwater Fish with Hong Kong StampExpo in margin |
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:37:17 am
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| I believe the sheets of stamps were only available in that format; the Seven Seas (ASC) catalogue states "The side margins of the sheets had the logo of the Hong Kong Stamp Expo of 30 January to 3 February adjacent to each row of stamps.". In addition, the printers name "BDT INTERNATI... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: PNG Post Office identification needed |
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 18:22:38 pm
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| Apologies for the delay in responding to your collective posts, however I was awaiting delivery of another purchase. Included therein was a window-faced envelope with Port Moresby cds 9FE88, some 7 years prior to the "Arawa" cover. Registration label in this case had no Post Office ID, but... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: PNG Post Office identification needed |
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:43:16 am
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| I recently acquired this cover in a bulk lot. The relief date stamp was in use at Arawa at that time. Alteration to the registration label usually signifies temporary usage at another P.O., however I cannot identify this one. Panguna is close to Arawa, so perhaps this was some form of abbreviation? ... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: What do the block lines on the selvage signify? |
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:13:13 pm
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Some of the printer's marks are barely discernable.
These appear on each side of the larger size sheets of early PNG.
Being central they are also where the sheets tend to get folded post-production.
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Forum: Cinderellas etc - all the stamps that are NOT regular postage stamp related Topic: At Last - Barefoot's New Commonwealth Catalogue |
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 18:47:52 pm
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| Received my catalogue earlier this week. Must admit to being disappointed in the quality of the images and the paper they were printed on (or because of the paper they printed on?), plus colour errors affecting the reds, purples and sepias. Also disappointed that he has listed the fake PNG decimal &... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Post here your nice used stamps received on incoming parcels |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 15:37:09 pm
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PeterS wrote: Not a cancel to be seen.
Yes, I noticed that too.
Nothing on the back either, except the Customs Declaration.
Perhaps everyone in the postal system was mesmerised? |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Post here your nice used stamps received on incoming parcels |
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 15:10:34 pm
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Received this today from John Barefoot
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Looking to swap Cocos (Keeling) Island & Christmas Island |
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 19:45:06 pm
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| Hi Rob I am trying to build a collection of the Cocos overprints in corner blocks and gutter pairs/blocks/strips. In the course of this quest I have accumulated spares of these plus a complete collection ( not yet received ) of stamps and mini sheets up to 1999. I also have many Australian stamps, P... |
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Forum: Coins, Banknotes, tokens, medals and all things NUMISMATIC! Topic: How do I get hold of UNC Australian Bank Notes? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 18:24:51 pm
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| Actually what I'm asking is whether there is a way I can get the UNC notes directly from the primary source i.e. the Reserve Bank of Australia (I'm assuming that RBA is the authority that print bank notes down under). Yes you can. Current RBA "window" is 16 July to 24 August. Visit http:/... |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Cocos (Keeling) overprints corner blocks |
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:21:48 am
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Below are corner blocks that I would like to swap for any different corner blocks of these stamps.
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Forum: WANTED TO BUY by members - Stamps or FDC or Accessories etc. Topic: Looking for - PNG - SG 1119 |
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 18:54:19 pm
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| Whilst waiting for a reply from the OP - The stamp in question is the top denomination K5.35 of the Jan 18, 2006 issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Summer Institute of Linguistics in PNG. In this case, the ASC and SG numbers are, according to Pittwater Philatelic, the same ( Scott 1202... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Papua New Guinea Postage Due Stamps |
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 17:37:55 pm
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| A long time between drinks, but another match has turned up. Stamp 5 in the top row of 6, complete with grubby margin, which was the upper left pane of the initial production sheet before being cut down to sheets of 36 and the unsold remainders used for the overprinting. http://i178.photobucket.com/... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: PNG 1952 set 15 handstamped "SPECIMEN" sells for $A3,262 |
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 15:52:28 pm
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Not quite on the specific topic, but close enough to continue this thread -
Has anyone seen examples of the 10/- Map and £1 Fisherman machine printed SPECIMEN stamps with selvedge?
I have seen the later issues with selvedge, but not these. |
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Forum: Sold lots, or threads moved by mods as they did not qualify via the rules Topic: Cocos Island Decimal FDC coll from 1969 PO Unadd. only $A175 |
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 17:07:56 pm
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: What year is your 'cut off' point for a country |
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 18:00:01 pm
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Payment on Trade Me New Zealand |
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 17:44:54 pm
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| Hello, I want to sell on Trade Me. Is it possible for the buyer to pay in New Zealand dollars into my Australian based ANZ bank account? Thanking you in advance. Robert NO. I asked the same question of my ANZ branch some years ago. Not only that - I couldn't open a New Zealand account from here; so... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Millennium Philatelic Auctions. Gone? |
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 22:46:42 pm
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Prices realised are now available.
Clearance rate was 59%. |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Limited Ed. Deluxe Hargrave Stamp/Banknote Portfolio: Slania |
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 18:02:43 pm
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Global Administrator wrote: jjarmstrong47 wrote:
Glen, what exactly is the difference between the black and the red folios?
60 bucks. 
1,000 red serial numbers, 4,000 black serial numbers. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: WORLD'S BEST POSTMAN. |
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 17:56:39 pm
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| I vote for my LPO operator. Just this week I was expecting a registered, insured 10 gorilla envelope to arrive at my PO box when shock horror I noticed that the delivery suburb address instructions I had given was missing the word "North". After ascertaining that it would hit the Mail Deli... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB 1864 1d red - the rare plate 77 - newly discovered cover? |
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 16:55:22 pm
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| Plates for the penny reds with four corner letters and plate numbers would have been produced in several steps as follows: 1 A transfer roller in softened (annealed) steel would be made from the original (flat) hardened master die for the stamp design which would have blank spaces for the corner le... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Millennium Philatelic Auctions. Gone? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 14:57:22 pm
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Thanks Tassie-Stamps
Was just organising the link after being distracted when you posted - very impressive response time. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Millennium Philatelic Auctions. Gone? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 14:47:57 pm
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| Catalogue is now on-line. |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Papua New Guinea 50t Gogadola Mask inverted overprint block |
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 22:29:37 pm
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Status, Tony.
Also had a set of the unissued ships with BDT in the margin - possibly unique. |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Papua New Guinea 50t Gogadola Mask inverted overprint block |
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 22:14:11 pm
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This 1994 Gogodala Mask 50t PNG Inverted Watermark beauty sold at auction yesterday for AUD 5,359.00, buyers commission included.
Ticks all the boxes for me.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Rod Perry Site, is it down? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 15:44:39 pm
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Still down as of today, and I am sure there are covers just waiting there for me.
Perhaps he caught the Millennium bug? |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: F.P.O. R24 = Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1940s? |
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 16:48:12 pm
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| A further 30 seconds on the internet will reveal that the only Indian Army FPO used in Cocos Keeling Islands was FPO No.45, I believe between 13-4-45 and 10-1-46. An Indian style RAF POST 301 D.Ring cds was also used between April 1945 and March 1946. I am slowly acquiring a philatelic interest in ... |
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Forum: WANTED TO BUY by members - Stamps or FDC or Accessories etc. Topic: Cocos 1991 10 cent crosshatched overprint block |
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 14:51:34 pm
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Somewhere out there is an orphan bottom left corner block of 4 that needs a new home.
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Rod Perry Site, is it down? |
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 13:55:06 pm
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| Yes, I queried Rod last week, apparently it won't be back up until the end of the month as the Melbourne office is closed until Jan. 29 and it cannot be remedied beforehand. |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: New Guinea, Papua & PNG stamps and cover discussion & scans |
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 15:59:51 pm
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| Hi Micky A happy New Year to you too. The search button at the top of the page is invaluable for all members who take the time to think whether any particular aspect of their question has been discussed already. The postmarks you are querying are probably Kairuku and either Buambub, Buin, Buka, Bula... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: PNG "July 1993" Bird of Paradise inscriptions - value? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 20:54:06 pm
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Yes, they are beautiful stamps.
I will try and post an image of the scarce items when time permits. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: PNG "July 1993" Bird of Paradise inscriptions - value? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 20:32:05 pm
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Hi Micky
I don't wish to rain on your parade, but that selection is only 60% complete - 18 out of 30.
None of the more valuable stamps are there. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Has Google Outlived it's Usefulness? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 19:55:59 pm
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| No we must save Google,otherwise it will end up like Bill Posters, :( Being born in a more recent age, where the bill poster was not such a prominent thing (if you want to advertise, get a TV advert, or nowadays, adverts on social media websites) I remember when I was young seeing "Post No Bil... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Has Google Outlived it's Usefulness? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 18:07:01 pm
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mrboggler wrote: No we must save Google,otherwise it will end up like Bill Posters, 
Yes, I can't believe his rotten luck - wrong place, wrong time and so often. |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: Australasian Stamp Catalogue 31st Edition, Volume 2 - When? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 02:06:38 am
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RodT wrote: Thanks Portbelly. I phoned.
Will be released 'sometime next year'.
Looks like they're alternating release about every 2 years: part 1 2010; part 2 2012; part 1 2014 ...
I think the part 2 catalogue is released every 5 years - 2002, 2007, 2012? |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: G.R.I. Stephansort forgery not so inexpensive |
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 20:39:50 pm
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: New Guinea, Papua & PNG stamps and cover discussion & scans |
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 19:57:43 pm
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| I found this one interesting: http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab8/muruk1950/Muruk%20Stampboard%20Scans/sb1png1.jpg The air mail cachet is pre-printed on the cover. Air Niugini must have been grounded when these were printed. I wonder what the New Zealand connection was back in those days? Ansett... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: New Guinea, Papua & PNG stamps and cover discussion & scans |
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 20:55:16 pm
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Hans got in before me
You may also like to use alt 171 or alt 0189 depending on your system configuration to show ½, and a penny is always "d" not "D" |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: New Guinea, Papua & PNG stamps and cover discussion & scans |
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 18:55:49 pm
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Thank you for those images Micky.
Hundreds of these were produced for members of the Papuan Philatelic Society at its peak, and without this valuable ongoing record (which I am attempting to capture) many of the varieties would have been lost for all time. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: PNG 1992/3 Birds of Paradise. Date varieties of the 45t etc |
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 20:06:30 pm
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| Thanks for that update Wolfgang - although I imagine many purchasers of more recent times are not thanking you? From time to time I have wondered what corner stamp/block is preferred by collectors (top/bottom/left/right), and whether one commands a premium c/f the others? As you know with this serie... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: PNG 1992/3 Birds of Paradise. Date varieties of the 45t etc |
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 18:58:49 pm
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This just sold today for AUD 180.
Have prices collapsed this much?
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