http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/France-RedCross.jpg A lovely stamp. :) You can see i'm playing with my new scanner :) I won't put the andy warhol thing that the Franch recently issued. *urk* horrible looking thing it is.

After hearing good things about Dennison hinges and Subway Stamp Shop, I used their internet sales service on buy 5 packs of hinges. The total charge was $14.55. That was on November 7. Yesterday, December 12, I got an email "receipt" telling me that they had charged my credit card $0.90. I...

eBay seller: danphan Take his negative and neutral-bad feedback seriously. I hope this helps someone avoid a serious expensive problem with this 'antler button and stamp seller' on eBay. Jerry Warner

Can someone explain to me why the USPS would issue undenominated stamps? I reviewed www.usps.com, and they only thing I could find is a statement that such stamps are typically issued when a rate change is pending. Isn't that the time when a person would WANT to know value of a stamp? Thanks! ...

http://cjoint.com/data/kfgiuNMbn3.htm Any info on the "Chinkiang Postal service" please, bottom rhs Any comments on my cataloguing numbers of the other NW series, (SG) is that rough copy an actual $100 buff? Is the yellow "2" the 20c issue ? (2x10c pieces) Thanks for any assistance.

I know this is probably a very difficult question without any one answer, but is there any way to tie the catalogue value of stamps to a real world equivelant? It seems to be very much dependant on country, I usually expect to pay about 30-40% of catalogue for GB stamps, but I have obtained other...

I have been asked to relay this sad note about one of our group: A recent small stroke has left our friend Mette Heindorff somewhat impaired. Doctors have advised her to slow down considerably in most of her daily activities which must also include "stamping". She expects to recover fully but...

Sorry Off topic, but frankly I have no idea where to ask. I have come across a 2 minute film I wish to download from "You tube" The clip centres on a percussion video for my son, my internet computer here is not fast enough to play the clip, and would like to copy to a faster model in the garage.

Hi All, I found a stamp in a batch of kiloware that has a postmark from Barren Island, Australia. However, the postmark is in blue and the wavy lines are black. There's also a corner of a circular cancel (upper left) in black. So, what do you all think - is the postmark legit or...

Hi, I am having arguments with a friend who is a retired postmaster and he claims that technically, stamps are owned by the issuing post office who rendered the service of delivering the mail. He was comparing it to a soft drink bottle that is owned by the bottling company. The softdrink is...

In light of the recent thread on downloadable stamp databases, I thought I might give a try to get things going - perhaps something along the lines at http://www3.sympatico.ca/bobwatson10/stampcat/. The first thing is to see if anyone might find such data useful and if the format is convenient....

Golly, I've bumped into a real conumdrum - hope somebody here can help me. I'm a Scott person in the U.S. trying to buy some Russian issues from a Michel person in Australia. Up here, Down there - different catalogs - Aw Criminy! Anyway, I have a set of Russian issues from May 27th, 1957. They...

I am still having problems with Romanian Stamps and their gum removal. Dakota has suggested neat 100% alchohol which I have been unable to find. I recently read a post at Joe Luft's site, where TSP (Trisodium Phosphate) has been suggested. Any comments? and what sort of use would this be put to...

I have been using stamp hinges since about 1957. I know of no product whose quality has deteriorated so much in that time. 47 Years ago, one could buy for about 10 cents per thousand, hinges that lay flat, and were easily peeled off when needed, you may have had to fold them yourself, but so...

I have come across a 1983 SG869ca qe2 grey printed twice. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=376 Any readers have any background on how this occured Est Value? Thanks very much.

Here is an interesting link. http://azenion.tripod.com/index.htm "Step 7" I found surprising.

For lovers of Arts on Stamps here is a useful new site: http://www.artstamps.dk/ that works as a huge database where collectors can search for individual artists and various motifs, with stamp images and short descriptions of all items shown. The site is in English, with a link to a Danish...

What do you call the red, white and blue bars that indicate airmail? These are usually found on envelopes but are now also used on UK stamps intended for airmail use. Royal Mail call these stamps `Universal'. Some collectors call the bars `chevrons' but that is not strictly correct (they are...

Are stamps considered Tete-Beche even if they are divided by a center gutter or only if the are attached directly to each other ?. Thanks

I had some stamp images stored in 'My Documents' that had the size and brightness enhanced using Photoimpression and were in the form of Bitmap and JPG. I sent the folder to my new Flash Drive but when I checked the files they had changed to Paint and reverted to the original size and...