The November issue of Gibbons Stamp Monthly has been published and is now ready to view online at www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com. This month's special features include: - Napoleon I, Emperor of the French - Wood from HMS Victory used to print a Remarkable Souvenir of the Battle of Trafalgar

Scott lists an 1857 Queen Victoria two pence blue stamp, number 21, as type A2 (this is Gibbons type 3), perf 14 on white paper. I do not find this in Gibbons. Is it hidden there somewhere? If not, why is it not listed? (Maybe Gibbons 35 with no blue paper visible?) Please also reply by e-mail...

Since the original post was becoming a bit cluttered, a new post seems like a good idea. Japanese Prefectures: The information in the original post is correct. I would like to add that Scott catalog originally listed the Prefectures along with the commemoratives but having second thoughts they...

"It seems to me that the only reason for the catalogues not listing these in full is that they are not universally available throughout Japan. Yet the UK "regional" issues are not available throughout the UK (except at Philatelic Counters). I fail to see any significant difference - and I bet that...

The full 1991 Royal Birthdays set. A large b/w scan 330 Kb Notable for two reasons for myself. 1.Prior to this I would have bet Prince Philip had not appeared by himself on more than just a few issues, worldwide. 2. In 2-3 yrs collecting, the issuing authority " Zil Elwannyen Sesel" had never...

A friend has just pointed me to this link http://yushu.or.jp/english/e_sdate/index.html which I find rather interesting. As I know absolutely nothing about Japanese philately, I wonder what Prefectural stamps, as opposed to Commemoratives and Definitives, are? Could someone please explain the...

Does anyone know what this word means in French mailing addresses? Thanks -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

Hello, My question is: When does either the OCB catalogue or the COB catalogue get released per year and if where is it possible to purchase a catalogue from either this or that producer? thanks in advance, Malte

I myself have heard two possibilities for OHEMS. From the BNA Phil Soc web site: Bob asks: "This is a cover sent from Cairo to Treesbank, Manitoba in 1927. What does O.H.E.M.S. mean? Please elaborate rather than providing just the words the initials stand for." http://www.bnaps.org/cairo.jpg

I was wondering about the vast colour change in these 2 issues (The std version is on the LHS) http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=520 I would think they be chemically altered, but why on a cheap stamp? and the other colours remain quite strong and deep. I looks like...

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Sorry, but my previous reply was irrelevant. I wrote of the Egyptian Guerche instead if the Saudi Guerche. Both are the same, a relic of the old Turkish currency of 40 paras = 1 guerche. The Saudis did not use the para, but fractions of the guerche. The 1/8 (one eighth) was thus worth 5 paras. ...

SCULPTURES The Swedish EUROPA stamps issued on April 29, 1974, feature two sculptures, "Figure in a Storm" by Bror Marklund and the Picasso sculpture in Kristinehamn, a town in the south of Sweden. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=521 In an interview in 1962 the...

Further to the other thread, here are postal rates for Serbia (Hope I got it right. Source was in Serbian only) Note: 1 Euro = 64 Dinars; 1 US$ = 60 Dinars There are stamps denominated in Dinars only (Serbian use), in Euro only (Montenegran use), and in both currencies (use by both). Standard...

Hi, I have the following stamps, which I cannot identify: 1. It is from Serbia, but I would like to know what kind of stamp it is. I could not find it in the catalogues, maybe it is a revenue. http://home.t-online.de/home/manuel.praest/serbien2.jpg Please reply to me direct, or REPLY ALL on the...

Famous Artists Painting is the representation of shapes, perceived sensorially or imagined intellectually; it is the creation of an image by means of lines and colors. Paintings are fascinating, they lend themselves to many imaginative or speculative interpretations. Three artists who lived and...

Just bought a sheet of 20 at the post office yesterday. Judging by how many they still had it looks like they are selling fast, probably won't have any left next time I go to the P.O.

How to mail a truck with stamps http://www.posta.co.yu/slike/kombinet.jpg

In a lot received today I found these Egypt overprints http://shoebox.heindorffhus.dk/EgyptOvpt.jpg What does O.H.H.S. mean? Something with "On His ... Service"? What were they used for? Where do I look for them in the catalogues? I am really getting far and wide around the world these days :-)...

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=522 well, you did ask :) BTW, our "bits and pieces" Platypus continues to amaze. after recent dna mapping, the platypus is found to be more related to spiders than anything else.