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"...800 dpi is an un-natural resolution for scanning and will result in moire effects. You need to scan at either 600 or 1200 dpi ... numbers in between don't work well."

I never heard of such a thing! Why?

The optical sensors are fixed, usually 300 or 600 per inch, but can be different depending on model.

If 300 per inch, then a resolution of 150 dpi would use each second sensor ... 100 dpi each third sensor, and so on.

Forcing 300 sensors to read 275 dots can result in weird effects.

If your scanner has 800 sensors (light sensitive diodes) per inch, it will scan fine at 800 dpi or 400 dpi, but will have trouble with odd numbers in between. But 800 an diodes per inch scanner would be very unusual. Mostly they are built to the same resolutions as printers.

Scan 3, skip 1, scan 3, skip 1, results in moiré patterns in the image:

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Certainly there's nothing in the manual that reveals this shortcoming. Good to know.

For those of you who thought Moiré was a sweet Irish lass, it's actually an interference pattern that ruins your images, and I never knew why until today.

Heaven forbid you should want to use something other than the default settings.

The best workaround is to scan at the highest resolution your scanner can manage, then resize in your manipulating software ... Picture Manager, Picasa, Photoshop, whatever.

That software usually (but not always) does a better quality job than the scanner driver.

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Some more from the local marketplace:



This one looks to be a black and white print overprinted with patches of colour. Note, 'looks like' ... I can't be totally sure.

I can't find a Kamakwia in Japan on Google, other than on this postcard. There is a Kamakwia in Guyana.

More confusing, the card is printed in Germany for use in the USA. It is around 1910 vintage.

These are typically $1.00 at my market place, but I see them on various auction sites between $7 and $15 'Buy it now'.

This will shortly be on the giveaway thread.

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And its companion:



Toshogu Nikko Shrine, certainly Japan.

This one is definitely hand painted over a black and white photograph.

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Notre Dame, Paris, 1913, with a bit of postal redirection on the front:

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Winchester Cathedral in sepia, sent to South Africa 1931:

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Not sure if this qualifies as a postcard ... it could be used as one ... maybe call it a photocard?

Indian painting in Boston Museum:

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Misspelling for "Kamakura" I'll wager

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Once again demonstrating the importance of correct spelling.

Yes, it is the Kamakura Shrine. Thank you for picking that up.

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Muruk, there is a card like your Kamakwia currently listed on U.S. eBay, item #370511791062, offered by the Mary Martin Co., who got me started in postcards over 30 years ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370511791062?

Many cards of that era are "hand-tinted," painted over in the way you describe.

Not a picture postcard, I know - so in breach of the first word of the title of the thread - but a little slice of life from Hyderabad in 1940:





It appears the good doctor had been falling behind on the hire purchase payments on his electric radio. At least the Universal Trading & Radio House were kind enough to write it all in English, so the Hyderabad postman (most likely) was unable to read it, and spread the doctor's embarrassment around the mill.

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Thanks very much for that info Muruk. I shall give it a try later! Learning more everyday! I just put the item in the scanner and push the buttons . This will help refine the process. Again, thanks, Anne

Just tried that Microsoft office Picture Manager... obviously I need to play with it more. Great tool, but, I don't know what I'm doing with it and the bridge picture was certainly no clearer...but then, that may come down to the quality of the picture in the first place! and a bit of me!!!

Will keep trying! Thanks everyone for your help. Anne

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Hi, hoping someone can help with this. A friend has this set of postcards that he would like to know if they are worth anything. The set is in a lovely box with an additional protective covering



This is the list of specifications



This is one of the postcards out of the set,



and this is the back/front ? (still can't get that right )



As a point of interest, I found somewhere on the forum a tip for enlarging pictures and text! As long as the pictures are of good quality to begin with, it works beautifully! Hold the control button down and use the scroll button on your mouse to increase/decrease the size. Amazing and so simple! A quick fix for little problems!

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If you are a deltiologist (postcard collector) it's the back. If you are anyone else, it's the front.

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Thanks for that Muruk. It still confuses me... basically, where you write the address is the front! Right? Ok, I'm with it! Any idea of value so I can pass that on? Thanks, Anne

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I have't weighed in on the poll thread Muruk - but you are of course quite correct in saying that we as philatelists/stamp collectors call the address side the front

But I do think that it's not only deltiologists who would call the picture side the front - IMO so would 99% of the population

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I also have that set of 42 Australian postcards, but mine's in a protective glossy paper folder for mailing.

Hutch there is one set listed on Ebay $9.95 (with 2 days to go) and another on quicksales.com.au for $6.

Thanks everyone for that. I'll pass that on.

Doug, if this set ever had an envelope for posting, I'm guessing it's long gone!

Don't know how much he paid for the set but I'm betting he's going to be a bit dissappointed. That's the way it goes though!

Thanks again, Anne

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New acquisition:



Hanuabada, Papua; looking from land side. The original Papuan village at Port Moresby (now a suburb). Unused. Divided address side. Sacred Heart Fathers' Postcard. Date unknown.

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Hello Muruk, there are 3 more Hanuabada postcards for sale on Delcampe, one of which shows the same (?) huts from a different angle.

http://tinyurl.com/cae8u5p

Those 3 are current offerings. Then scroll down to the area labeled "International - 58 sales" and you will see 58 Hanuabada postcards that have sold, including one (or more) like yours, one for €6, perhaps more cards, I didn't look at all the sales.

Delcampe is one of the best websites in the world to research postcards and prices, and it's very easy to navigate.

Thanks Doug, I will keep a watch.

I have bought from Delcampe in the past. The only difficulty is I can't get Skrill (Moneybookers) to work and they refuse to acknowledge that there is a problem.

I suspect that at the time that photo was taken, that was all there was to the landward side of Hanuabada. The rest of the village would have been behind those huts and built on stilts over water.

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I am not a postcard collector ( apart from old Durban and Bournemouth views ) but over the years have like most of us I guess acquired quite a few

Today I have been getting them all together in one big box and starting to sort out with a view to a) a project and b) disposing of them

I came across this one which shows seemingly a wall in the village of Lower Bebington

Can anyone solve the puzzle ? - no googling

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Well I don't know the answer to that one, but the one on the right reads:

A RUBBING STONE FOR ASSES

Can't read the one on the left.

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Using (ahem!) Ctrl++ to magnify the stone on the left, it reads,

"My name And sign
is thirty Shillings just
And he that will tell
My Name Shall
have a Quart on trust
For why is not Five the Fourth
Part of Twenty the Same in
All Cases?"

However, that is the end of my contribution.

The coin collector strikes:

I would note that 45 Guineas minus 45 Pounds = 45 Shillings,
but this seemingly has nothing to do with the clues.

If they are three separate riddles - as seems likely - then you in the colonies have (to our shame) trumped the mother country where some of us have forgotten about guineas (except the New and Equatorial ones )

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Years ago, Norvic, I had a gold-plated spiel-marke in the design of a 1/3 guinea gold coin (George III, through 1813), and its "true" denomination of 7 shillings always seemed very un-British.

BTW, 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 coming up, time for the Yanks to get back in the saddle and trump indiscriminately.

Very good on the 45 pounds/ guineas Doug

btw you may want to look up the slang meaning ( in Britain ) of the word "trump" - and then you might want to rephrase your answer

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I'll take your word for it, although Norvic used it with impunity:

"...you in the colonies have (to our shame) trumped the mother country..."

One of those occasions when transitive and intransitive verbs can mean very different things!

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Nigel

The meaning you are referring to has long since passed out of general use, otherwise the children of today would not be playing Top Trumps card games. Imagine the alternative if Trump had remained in usage and its alternative had passed into the same oblivion. Kids would be playing "Flying F*rts"

And now, back on topic I think!!

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I knew, in the end, that Norvic would prove to be an uncompromising and stalwart model of propriety.

Besides, if you're in the saddle, you can trump indiscriminately, the horse doesn't care.

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Hi all, nice thread. I have bookmarked it for complete reading at my earliest convenience.
I have posted these somewhere else, but it was suggested the real specialists are probably here. Is there anyone that could help me out with the story / price indication of these cards. I found them in the attic of an extended family member. The person that send those was stationed with the German army in what is now east Poland.







maszki pointed out that there is a market for these cards in Lodz, but maybe there's someone here that can put even more color, and at least I thought you wanted to see these. Thanks, Hendriks.

I cannot provide any answers but I do enjoy seeing images like these.

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Great cards. Michel probably prices those elusive stamps on cover.

German Occupation on the Russian part of Poland in WW1, it's about central Poland today, Lodz is a factory town and is famous for its film academy

My opinion US$5 - US$10 per card, the card with the factory deserves a premium, all nice items, but not big rarities..

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I have tons of material for sale http://www.philimpex.net

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Dear Muruk,



Many Delcampe sellers accept PayPal too (and other payment methods)... but if you want to use Skrill through our site, you can contact their support dedicated to our members: delcampe[at]moneybookers.com

Seb Delcampe

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When I first started buying via Delcampe, Moneybookers was most popular. Recently I've noticed most sellers now accept PayPal. Some eastern bloc sellers use PayPal via a third party ... but still OK to use.

Doug is right about Delcampe being a great source for postcards ... I have a good many from there.

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Hello,

Here some stats from Delcampe.net :

65.1% of items may be paid with Skrill
68.2% of items may be paid with Paypal

So, nearly fifty-fifty

Seb

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Raining again ... quick visit to the marketplace while my clothes are visiting the laundromat.

Two monochromes from Croatia, around 1910. Sadly, both unused:


Rozat, Rijeka Dubrovacka, near modern day Dubrovnic, then called Ragusa.


Trsat Grad.

These will be going up on ebay in due course.

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I thought this one was nice, in spite of insect damage (right edge of address side).

Don't see that many pencil/charcoal sketches on postcards:


Grasmere Lake & Helm (Helmn) Crag. Artist FJ. Publisher Judges' Ltd.


Looks like here, but a bit closer to shore.


Posted Windermere Westmorland 1933 to USA.

This one will be up on the giveaway thread shortly. More to follow over next few days.

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Nice Tirolean Fortress:


Festung Kufstein gegen Zillertaler Alpen, Tirol, Austria. Crinkled edge, reasonable condition.


Posted 1956 to England. Stamp damaged.


Advertising handstamp.

Will be on the giveaway thread shortly.

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Kansas City Post Office.

Looks like one of those colour patches over black and white photo types.

Undivided address side, small strip for message on the picture side, so about 1906-1908 era:



Will be on the giveaway thread shortly.

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Recent postcard, but older style.

Ann Lackman watercolour of Red Fox Inn and Tavern, Middleburg, Virginia, USA, established 1728.



1998 postmark, posted to UK.



Will be on giveaway thread shortly.

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Belgium, Brussels, Column of Congress:



Black & white print on matte paper. A bit marked and dented.

Interesting on account of the address side:



This is from the brief period where:

Postal cards issued by the postal authorities had a low postage rate.

Postcards issued by private printers needed stamps and were posted at a higher rate (usually double).

There was a Printed Matter rate (note the manuscript "Imprime" on this card) that was in between, but had rules like limited writing.

This is one of those where the sender reduced the rate by converting Postcard to Printed Matter.

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Collecting Greater New Guinea & Macropods (Kangaroos & Wallabies).