Mention the name of Victor Hugo and immediately Jean Valjean or Quasimodo come to mind. We have come to know this famous French writer through two of his novels Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris. We have either read them as class exercises or have seen the motion pictures produced from these...

I have some old unexploded US booklets I'm thinking of selling. Can anyone tell me which auction house would be the premire venue to sell them in? thanks

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Whew! what an understatement :) This months "Australian Stamp News" reports on the sale of the Western Australian Lake Lefroy Cycle mail locals, at $25,000 The "Consumptive Homes" trio I passed up, are being requested "will buy" at $80 each. goodness. | Happy to convey Perfins and Cinderellas...

In recent years there have been five postal strikes in the UK. They were in 1962, 1964, 1971, 1988 and 1996. During the strikes, private carrier services were authorized to carry letters / parcels. Some services issued their own stamps. Salford (Manchester) post...

Hello, I have added March 11, 1911 issue of Meekel's Weekly Stamp News to the public domain stamp collecting web site. Meekel's Weekly Stamp News - March 11, 1911 issue - full text: http://www.geocities.com/pdstampinfo/1911_03_11_issue.htm

My incoming mailserver has serious problems, and has been down for now 48 hours. Some mails come dripping in, though, 1 at a time per 12 hours !! The redirect-service and send-function do not work, so I cannot respond, but can see most of the mails on the server as read-only. I know that...

I would like to create a cover using the upcoming US "Northeast Deciduous Forest" sheet, P/O the "Nature of Amarica" series. This will have a single design over the entire sheet, with 10 individual die-cut stamps scattered over it. All self-adhesive. Can people tell me what methods they have...

Is anyone able to offer an opinion on these holes please? The one in the middle kind of gives it away, but the other holes look so perfectly round, it made me wonder. http://cjoint.com/data/cApHmXzoxW.htm

Hallo all, I've discovered recently that there are circular souvenir sheets, which would perfectly fit into my collection of odd-shaped stamps. So far I know of two round sheets Portugal 2004 : European Socker Championships New Zealand 2001 : Childrens' health : Cycling

The exhibit prospectus for Cuy-LorPex2005 is available. The show will be October 15-16 at its usual site in Rocky River, Ohio (Cleveland area). As has been true for the past few years, we have a special category for youth exhibitors. Anyone who wants a copy of the prospectus can contact: The...

Does anyone hve any information on this Australian local post from Macquarie Island? http://cjoint.com/?cCcrlvI66Y Blair (TC)

Thinking of getting back into the hobby (at least to keep current in US collection) after not adding any new issues since 1987. Got two questions... 1) Does anyone still carry Liberty Album supplements that far back, or maybe it's worth simply buying a new album only for the pages from 1987...

Easter falls early this year, and in only three weeks Spring Holidays are there, this year roughly at the same time as Spring Equinox :-) My old page about Easter has been totally revised, and has now expanded to three pages about "traditions", "art", and...

Hello. It is the first time that I write in this forum. I am from Spain. I don´t write english very well, so I hope pardon to me and You can understand to me. I am not seal collector like you, but I am going to make some questions to yo, that I have to me intrigued, to see if they can...

This stamp was 16,000 pounds in my 1993 SG Brit Comm. Please enjoy the story of it's discovery : ) My narrative commences with the issue of the Falkland Islands 1964 "Battle" commemoratives; three warships were depicted - 2.5d HMS Glasgow:

Can anyone enlighten me on the phrase........... "........and gems of the first philatelic water going at Brummagem values." Bargains Browsing through a 1917 edition of the Stamp Collector's Fortnight

A friend has asked me about reference material for the use of stamp images to produce collages. Can any of my fellow collectors help me out with information I can relay to him? Always Elma.

Apparently my attempt at sending this message previously didn't work. Here it is again (sorry if it shows up twice). ;o) Ray There has been numerous activity on this already. There are a number of failed attempts at an online database. STAMPCATalog at www.stampcat.com has databases for...

The USPS issue of Feb. 9, 2005 and an earlier miniature sheet (12th anniversary of Grenada liberation) were included. http://www.values.ch/communism/USA/Reagan/reagan.htm -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communism on Stamps:...