On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:15:37 -0400 (EDT), (Herb F.) wrote: Sometimes you have to remind the person about feedback. Remember, they do not owe you feedback, it is voluntary. I usually followup a purchase or a sale with something like "I have just submitted positive feedback, I...

You all knew this was coming, right? I'm not asking what the 'best' is as that is always open to opinions and besides, I despise those "best" threads. I expect each album has it's own yea's and nay's, but I am interested in your thoughts of an album type/mfgr (if I decide not to make my own which...

Is there a proper term for when a perferation is made, but not all the way through? I have a few pairs inwhich the the whole perferation lines are there, it's just indented and the holes are complete? So I know it's not an imperferation. Is there a good term? Thanks Steve

You seem to have every conceivable issue of the Naked Maja Perhaps you would be interested in this 500 poil issue from Ile Barbe? Perhaps this the Island where the legendary US couple, Ken and...

Have a number of Concorde First Day Covers :- "First Flight" ,"British Airways Inaugral", "Queen's First Flight" ... etc. Has anyone any idea whether they are worth anything, would anyone be interested and how can we let them know we have them if they would be? Apologies for our ignorance but...

Hello All, I inherited two large stamp albums (cardboard pages, mostly no plastic covers) with stamps from various countries, most of which are 40-100 years old. Do you suggest I remove the stamps from their original books (many are simple attached with stamp hinges) and put them in newer albums,...

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After nearly 5 years online it's time for a change. My old site "Travelling the World on Art Stamps" will not be continued (but will remain online for a little while before being taken down for good). It has reincarnated as "Art History on Stamps". The first beginning is available...

QEII Wildings ... GB's definitives are notorious for varieties. Many different perfs, watermarks, printers and so forth for any particular issue. The Machins will speak for themselves. They have been talked about here and are represented heavily - so I leave that to the Machin Maniacs. (Of...

Greetings, I"ve just updated the club webpage with listing and photos for our annual auction. All proceeds go to the club building fund. (http://www.oregonstampsociety.org/thealbumpage_3.htm) This year I've included a search file where you can use keywords to quickly find the listings your...

I have a cover postmarked from Atlantis October 23rd 1933. The stamp is an upside down triangle with a Neptune like character holding a trident in the amount of 7 Skaloj and 75 Skaloj. Were these postmarked above ocean, on a ship, or seaside? Any help is appreciated. Merman Hellville

I have some "let out clause" with my latest effort. I knew the stamp in question was a newspaper stamp and so looked back of book. The overprint was not a surcharge but regarded by Gibbons as a plebiscite issue, and consequently placed in issue order. Hence, I think I can wriggle out of my mistake...

I have a stamp that has all the appearance of being an Essay type E1. Big problem it is perf'd 10 1/2 and blue and looks like a relatively recent printing. The two fives at the bottom of the stamp are overprinted with a rectangular that contains the number 50 with two dashes on the left and...

Complete mint from start of post office in 1960s, anyone any idea of value? Thanks Mike

I've published a new web page, based on my "find" a few years ago of an old Jamestown Stamp Company approval glassine, sans stamps. I found an r.c.s.d. member who could supply two sets of the stamps that were originally in the envelope, and I now have them in my album, and on the internet. See...

I have a WWI "Feldpostbrief" cover which I understand in general, but not in detail. would appreciate help with the address -- it appears to be addressed to a soldier (officer?) in a "machine rifle" (machine gun) unit of the army. I've tried using Babelfish, but it does not translate most of the...

For years, Flying magazine has published a feature titled "I Learned About Flying from That!" Each has been a first-person account of a lesson about flying, learned the hard way when flights went bad and the pilots narrowly escaped disaster. Their stories have even been published as collections...

Heroes... Not! "Early Footbal Stars"... better title. I hate this hero this and hero that. The word is misused to make a person who is a genuine hero dimished and neglible. I bet Bob Ingram would second that. Dave (not a hero either) "JSTONE9352" wrote in...

Since posting late yesterday about Mette's Grimm/Andersen stories, I have now received 19 spams on my latest throw-away email address. The following: pabutler from netconnect.com.au pratsc from terra.es antonio_ferrara from palazzosasso.com trigsbt from adelphia.net karen.hooper from btclick.com

What happens to the old stamp dies/plates, or whatever the proper term is, once the run is completed, be they engraved or computer generated or however they are done on recent stamps? What about the old stamps, early US? Are/were they kept for archival purposes or routinely destroyed? Just...