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Seconded!!!!

Here's a summary of nominations to date for September updated from the previous page:


Waroff "Is the Board becoming too elitist?"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8193
Nominated by Margoz

stamptmf "Weird, wacky and unusual stamps of the world" thread with its link to "The Evolution of Mail and Postage Stamps"
http://stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8232
Nominated by parryone

Parryone "Penny Black FDC Double Red Maltese Cross on ebay £15,000!"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8320
Nominated by Arls

Amhazing for her extensive work on the Wiki.
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=7580
Nominated by Ewen S

Didge postings and pics of all things kangaroo
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=5242
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8588
Nominated by Ewen S

The Pom "Australian Coil Stamp discussion"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8603
Nominated by parryone

GJ50 "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by David Smitham
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ewen S
Nominated by Lakatoi

David Benson "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ewen S
Nominated by Lakatoi

David Smitham "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by Lakatoi

GJ50 "Build your own exhibit frame"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8635
Nominated by David Smitham

Kloster "Typical German Reprints & Forgeries From Auction Sites"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=59383
Nominated by raz

tonymacg "Banging the drum for the Uglies"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8480
Nominated by vandemonia
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ottawa mike
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I would also like to support the nomination for Tony and is thread on the Indian States "Banging the Drum for the Uglies"

Well done Margo,

That's so much clearer.

Ewen

I'd like to nominate gavin-h for his brilliant suggestion to Australia Post re. the problem with texta strikes on our stamps.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.ph ... 1&start=37

Arlene

Seconded ...... best suggestion I've seen in ages to stop postal staff vandalising superb franking with heavy marker pens.
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I learned more in ten minutes on GJ50's Exhibit thread than I've gleaned in 40 years of collecting.

For that reason I nominate GJ50 for his "Putting Together an Exhibit" thread

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Always looking for KGV British Commonwealth, mint, used, covers, anything

I'd like to nominate Gavin_ H for his stamper to overcome the texta scribble. The second good idea to come out out Britain since 1840. The first of course being the adhesive stamp.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

We're almost running out of September. Here's a summary of nominations to date. Any last minute inclusions?


Waroff "Is the Board becoming too elitist?"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8193
Nominated by Margoz

stamptmf "Weird, wacky and unusual stamps of the world" thread with its link to "The Evolution of Mail and Postage Stamps"
http://stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8232
Nominated by parryone

Parryone "Penny Black FDC Double Red Maltese Cross on ebay £15,000!"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8320
Nominated by Arls

Amhazing for her extensive work on the Wiki.
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=7580
Nominated by Ewen S

Didge postings and pics of all things kangaroo
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=5242
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8588
Nominated by Ewen S

The Pom "Australian Coil Stamp discussion"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8603
Nominated by parryone

GJ50 "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by David Smitham
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ewen S
Nominated by Lakatoi
Nominated by sherro

David Benson "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ewen S
Nominated by Lakatoi

David Smitham "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543
Nominated by Lakatoi

GJ50 "Build your own exhibit frame"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8635
Nominated by David Smitham

Kloster "Typical German Reprints & Forgeries From Auction Sites"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=59383
Nominated by raz

tonymacg "Banging the drum for the Uglies"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8480
Nominated by vandemonia
Nominated by crosscrescent
Nominated by Ottawa mike
Nominated by vinobub

Gavin H "Why does the post office hand cancel with ugly marker pens"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8611
Nominated by Waroff
Nominated by Arls
Nominated by ozstamps

Thanks for the great collection of nominations Margo .. we will wait now for 24 hours now for Mods to vote on the winner.

A great crop of most deserving threads! This will be a close one I am sure.

Glen

ADD OCTOBER nominated threads from this point on.
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Well done to all those nominated and thanks to Margo for collating everything so well

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Tony

Like all good librarians, MargoZ likes everything organized and in order. It's a wonder they haven't also been given Dewey numbers.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

No worries Bill...just as soon as I finish cataloguing Glen's collection

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MargoZ

AH!!!!, just another one of life's little pleasures(or is it treasures!!!)

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Just a suggestion - looking through the nominated threads, it's a very strong field! So many deserving threads, it's a pity only one award will be given out.

I think there is an argument for having more than one prize (maybe $100, $50, $25?). On this board, during the course of a month, I'm confident that there will consistently be at least 3 threads deserving of a prize. We could even keep it flexible, and not give out 3 prizes if the judges believe that there are not enough deserving candidates (on past and current form, I'd be surprised if that were the case, but just to ensure that the standards that we have to come to expect from this board are maintained).

Regards,
Vinod

Vinod,

I totally agree with you regarding the quality of ideas stemming from this little competition.

However, there is only one prize currently (donated by Glen) so it's his call if any more are warranted. I'm sure he wouldn't be averse to some generous members donating second and third place prizes for this competition.

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Tony

Not me - credit where credit is due.

Australia Post Philatelic were keen to sponsor this monthly competition when I raised it with them.

And have very generously done so - the prize is worth about $A100 each month - more if the winner resides overseas, as did our last winner.

Glen

And here's me bagging that fantastic, donor Australia Post. I should be whipped and flogged within half a centimetre of death with a black texta.

Such is Life.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

OK the clear winner from the Moderator vote was:

GJ50 "Tutorial - Putting together a competitive Stamp Exhibit"
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8543

Congrats to Gary on his win and his prize. Great to see an experienced exhibitor and FIP Judge, offering such practical 'hands-on' advice and visuals for those less knowledgeable, who have questions and queries in this area.

And thanks once again to Australia Post Philatelic for their generosity and superb monthly prize.

And commiserations to the many others members who were nominated .. some GREAT posts we had to select from!

And now folks, let's remember to add nominations for OCTOBER to this thread as the month winds on.

Glen
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I would like to thank everyone for the award.

I do hope that the thread has many on here considering the move to exhibit, whether at the your local club, local area competition or placing your toe in the water and doing a one-framer for the National Shows.

I have enjoyed putting the thread together and of course will continue to add too it and look forward to more questions.

Ro Ron, thanks for the thread suggestion, sometimes one needs a nudge to put such a thread together.

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AUSTRALIA 2013 EXHIBITION - 10 to 15 MAY 2013 - http://www.australia2013.com

Well done Gary ... looking forward to hearing more from you on this area of your expertise ... Dave

Well done GJ50.

Congratulations to you and to Australia Post for donating such a superb prize.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Congrats GJ50, An excellent thread and a well deserved winner.

Since TonyMac continues to post into October (with more to come, it seems), I would like to nominate his Banging Drum Uglies thread for recognition in October:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8480

IMHO it deserves to win if only because of the incredible amount of time he has devoted to this thread (and many others) and the information that is jam-packed into it, profusely illustrated with scans.

Well if we can carry over items from one month to the n ext,
I would like to nominate Mr Boggler, for his Grumpy Old Men's thread, 792 posts to date.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=6954

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

I'll second Andrew's motion.

I don't collect these but still follow every update with much interest. If ever I do come across a few, I know where I'll go to reference them!

Plus, Tony's prose is soooooooo easy to read, I think I'd follow this thread even if I were not interested in stamps at all!

Cheers,

Ewen

Seconded. To be honest, I feel much more at ease asking questions in this thread than anywhere else. It is informative, funny, interesting and very entertaining. ALL this in one thread.

Thank you MrB. I thoroughly enjoy it.
Arlene

Not knocking any of the present nominees, but if the conditions allow retrospective nominations, then we could go back to say Roly and his Penny Universal thread or Colin and his South Africas or even Bob, and the where is he now.

If you continue to support old threads, then to some extent you do a dis-service to new threads. I think there needs to be some statement for eligibility, for a thread to be nominated, although it can nominated as much as possible in that month.

With many threads on this board, lasting a long time, is it fair to the new threads to keep going back to things that have had their chance ( or in some cases -never had a chance, since the award is only new.)?

Even to the extent that any thread not nominated previously may be nominated in one month only and compete with the other nominations of that month but once that month is up, can't be nominated again for say 12 months. Then if the thread continues for 50 years, it has had its chance.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Waroff,

Tony has added to his thread since the last nomination. I understand what you're saying; would it be better if we nominated a specific recent post from that thread?

Ewen

Agree with Ewen

The title of this thread is "most helpful tip/post" of the month (regardless of when the thread was started, I assume).
Nominations need to be more specific than a whole thread.

2c from Skippy

Well, in that case every post including the number crunchers, can be entered. The number crunchers keep this board in the eyes of Google much more than our specific topic beating the drums tutorials.

No single post on this board does anything without it's followers. From the King GeorgeV help please to Grumpy Old Men.

Each of us has our favourites and threads we rarely read.

Some of these threads have an immense viewing audience and number of posters ( which can only help keep this board in the eyes of Stampboarders and lurkers alike.), while others have a few posts and few lurkers.

As for the effort put-in, well I would suggest that Ron has put as much effort into his thread on Grumpy Old Men, as some of the more esoteric tutorials. Not that I haven't followed Roly's Penny Universals with interest and Colin's South Africa Definitives and even the Uglies.

My belief is that the thread should benefit a large number of stampboarders and be of general interest to most. It should involve a number of different posters and a wide viewing audience. It should encourage posters to keep this board high up in the eyes of the Google world, so that it may attract new members.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

I suppose if you find one of these posts to be the most helpful thread/post of the month you could vote for one?

I do agree, Bill. I really enjoy following the banter on the GOMC thread. You guys are much appreciated Waroff including Mr B, Philly, Parry and the others.

I would be surprised if the Grumpies weren't nominated as you guys do answer any queries helpfully!

Cheers,

Ewen

Maybe Admin can clarify what should/could be nominated, although I thought it was just for whatever we found most helpful?

O.K.

I might have gone off at a 90 degree tangent but a single post by itself, means little. There are exceptions of course, like the one post that suggested the enlargement lens, but it did not gain credence until it was taken up by other boarders. Until they had tried it and found how useful it was, it meant basically nothing.
Like Gavin's marker stamp, a brilliant idea but useless unless it is taken up by the Postal Authorities. BUT, if it was, would add thousands of dollars a year to many stamp accumulations.
That would definitely benefit all stampboarders.

I don't think any single post in any of the tutorials has a world shattering effect, but when you put several posts into a thread, then they do. So in that case are we looking at a post, series of posts or a thread. I know what the title says, but I think it has to be taken as an idea.

In our last two winners, one was a specific post and the other as I believe it, an idea which turned into, not a single post but a thread on exhibiting. Was any single post in that thread as world shattering as the Lens post, but the overall effect of the thread may have greater consequences for many collectors, and encourage them to exhibit, just like the old man in the Mac.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Quite wrong Bill, if you mean the many number counting type threads.

They attract posts, but score ZERO from google as there is nothing in them ... except numbers.

There are a BILLION web pages out there full of numbers.

There are NOT a million web pages out there on how to prepare a stamp exhibit. THAT is what google searches and indexes.

And that is what we do best of anyone on earth. And that is probably why it won last month.

Not ONE of the number threads even rates in our top 40 threads in terms of page views.

Number one? By over DOUBLE the nearest contender is:

Sticky: Hello All NEW Members - please briefly introduce yourself! - GlenStephens

Posts - 2766. Page views - 110,600
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Seems clear enough, ultimately it's up to the Mod Squad to choose, but anything can be nominated

Skippy

The reality is this award is only 2 months old, and like all new ideas, it evolves and improves with time.

The comments above help fine tune it!

I am adding a few more guidelines based on member comments.

1. Each member may nominate more than one thread or post if they wish.

2. Any member can recommend a thread or post in a month, even if that member (or others) have nominated it in a previous month. And even if it has won in a previous month.

3. ANY thread can be nominated that has had at least 2 posts on it, in the month of nomination - even if the thread is a year old.

4. Members can nominate either an entire thread - OR a very specific post by a member within any thread. You must be Crystal Clear when nominating which one it is - giving date and time of post if the latter. We will not guess or mind read - if you can't bother to make it clear, we will likewise be too lazy to bother to add your nomination to the list.

Glen

Thank you very much for those clarification guidelines Glen.

Thank you also for the information on how Google works. It sounds like the more adjectives and nouns you use in a post, the higher it rates. I'll try to remember that in my overused ramblings.

I am also glad to see that threads can be nominated, with a reasonable explanation as to why , you nominated them.

I would also like to see some mechanism available for the nomination of the "pleasure threads" as well as the studious tutorial type threads.

I would hate to see the serious threads winning month after month and the pleasure threads being ignored. In my opinion it is the mix of pleasure and learning that have made this board so great.

It is great to see so many of the experts venturing into the pleasure threads and the newbies posting in the serious threads. There is something for everyone and you can pick and choose what you will do today.

Enough rambling, off to look at some threads for nomination.
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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Here's the mechanism:

1. Take at least 2 fingers, and one keyboard.

2. Used the aforesaid, to tap on the latter

3. Press "SUBMIT".

I would like to nominate Roly's THREAD. N.Z. 1901-1909 "Penny Universal" detailed Tutorial as a THREAD.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2368
This thread had stood the test of time, with the first post being,"Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: N.Z. 1901-1909 "Penny Universal" detailed Tutorial and still going strong today.

I think this thread has done more to promote the study of New Zealand stamps than probably most exhibitions where the Penny Universal has been exhibited. It has got more people interested in the study of NZ stamps and this issue in particular. It was a ground breaker and an idea which has been used successfully by others.

It has involved people around the globe in looking , posting and understanding this issue.

The knowledge and detailed illustration of the fine details of this issue is astounding.

It has helped make stampboards what it is today and continues to attract new members to the intrigues of the issue.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

A reminder to ALL members of this wording on post one - you MUST add a link - it can take Margo an hour to round them all up otherwise to collate them:

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So - what we need is in all cases:

A thread link url, and the member (singular) nominated within that thread, if not the thread starter.

All to be posted below on THIS thread. You can nominate more than 1 thread, and more than 1 member if you so choose.
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Sorry margoZ.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2368

Nominated Member Roly.

Thanks Glen for the reminder, you do such a fabulous job keeping us miscreants in line.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

Many thanks Bill

I nominate Arthur Bain for his thread "Meaning of MUH":

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8995

With the 6 words: "Please tell me what MUH means." Arthur has started a most interesting and wide-ranging debate. This is a fundamental, not to mention controversial, question for many collectors of all levels, as can be seen from the responses so far

I nominate Tallanent for

GB 1937 Coronation Commemorative Labels - a study

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=9048

Great to see such an informative 'tutorial' on the Cinderella forum

I second, MargoZ's nomination for

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=904.


I think that this is so, interesting, even though I don't collect Cinderellas. The depths that people will search to, to find an answer, to solve a problem or to prove others incorrect.

This is a nomination for the thread and Tallanent.

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Waroff49

The last chapter of the Never_Ending Story is being written.

If it is an ongoing thread started earlier, I would like to nominate FromDownUnder (Norm) for his thread in the swap section for the chain letter. Look at how much response this has and still continues to get.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=5367

Great idea Norm. Members old and new are intrigued. Thumbs up.

Arlene

1937 Coronation commemorative labels has my vote as a nominee for thread of the month too!

Simon Dunkerley

My nomination for thread of the month is Tallanent's excellent handling of his labels.

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=9048

It is good to see a kindred spirit around I think he is just as passionate about his labels as i am about the Penny Universals !!

Great stuff and a thread which really does add value to Stampboards.com

Cheers

Roly