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Soon no new cancelled stamps? by
Victor Manta
New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail — at least
temporarily.
A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linn’s Sept. 18: “New Zealand Post is
currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the
accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the...
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Looking Back #60 - New (US) Stamp for Doctors by
Blair (TC)
New (US) Stamp for Doctors
The suddenly announced medical stamp
was first hinted in this column March 15th.
The new 3=A2 stamp to memorialize the
medical profession will be issued
June 9th to coincide with the American
Medical Association's Centenary
convention at Atlantic City, which
will likely...
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Bhutan article by
TC Blair
Why Is Everyone Going to Bhutan?
By JANE MARGOLIES
Published: New York Times - January 9, 2005
TWO years ago, Penny George ''couldn't have located Bhutan on a map.''
But after hearing friends rave about their trip to the tiny Buddhist
kingdom tucked in the Himalayas, Ms. George, president of a...
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More german postmarks by
malcolm
I have a number of further German postmarks to identify
1. Old 4-figure postcode 8045 on 100pf women. What is the town ?
2. ??????nz (Donau) 13. I cannot find a town ending with nz in the
present kreis of Donau. A large town ( 13 postal districts + ) ending
in nz would be Koblenz. however is this...
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GB 1935 Silver Jubilee Prussian Blue 2 1/2d by
rod joyce
Hello to all !
Hoping someone out there has an answer to this - i tried emailing
Gibbons with no reply, so here's hoping.
In the july 2004 edition of Gibbons stamp monthly magazine, there is
an article on the 1935 silver jubilee 2 1/2d prussian blue error, SG
456a , i believe.
I know of an example...
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June 29th 04 12:27 AM
by Alan
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Cleaning stamps, mint & used by
John Mycroft
Gday
What's the latest thinking on removing brown "rust" spots (aka foxing or
mould) from mint & used stamps, please? Some are worth a few bucks so I'd
rather preserve the gum if poss.
--
Cheers - John Mycroft
coryton_at_cobbsmill_dot_com
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Spain~Charity label. by
rodney
Can anybody offer any more in depth info other than "charity"?
Are there any catalogues or information about the Gadzillions of Spanish emmisions of similar nature?
(other than edifil)
(not my stamp)
http://cjoint.com/data/cxo2o3wtFL.htm
Between the Castle and the Lion (Castille & Leon)
there is...
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February 25th 10 09:01 PM
by rodney
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Stamps held by the public and USPS revenues by
Victor Manta
In Linn's Stamp News, August 10, 2016, from the article: "Why the U.S.
Postal Service’s net losses for the year are growing" by Bill McAllister, I
learned as follows:
"One of the changes USPS made in the quarter was a revision to how many
stamps are held by the public.
That revision added $1...
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Germany: AMG by
TL
I have these Germany AMG stamps. What I need are the present Michel
catalog values in Euros (or US$) assuming the ids are correct. What
I've written down to identify each stamp is what was written already
by someone else. I have an old Michel catalog and figured out what
some of it means but have...
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February 20th 09 10:50 PM
by Gazza
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Canada Precancels - Code Numbers + Reference works by
Blair (TC)
Here is a very brief summary list of Canadian cities
and their precancel codes:
Quebec
0592 - Lennoxville, Canada
0700 - Montreal, Canada
1050 - Quebec, Canada
1142 - Rock Island, Canada
1470 - Saint Hyacinthe, Canada
1810 - Sherbrooke, Canada
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Two Stamps, one Souvenir sheet by
Ralphael1
OK you guys have made it clear, the Norfolk Island Species at Risk
stamp in the Australia Souvenir Sheet stamp cannot be used in
Australia. Aussie Post sold a worthless stamp as far as the continent
is concerned.
There is another recent Souvenir Sheet with one Pitcairn Island $2.50
stamp and a...
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Stamp Collecting future? by
Dave
I just returned from a local stamp bourse. To be honest it looked
more like a gathering of the AARP (Assoc. of Retired People). I feel safe
to believe that the only person there under the age of 40 was a young girl
who was obviously with her stamp dealer dad (wether she collects... only dad
can...
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November 6th 03 04:50 AM
by Dave
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Abusive stamps and Coronavirus by
Victor Manta
There are two categories of countries that issue harmful stamps.
Some, on whose behalf postage stamps are issued by anonymous producers,
without the approval of the respective countries. These are (rarely)
denounced at the UPU by the damaged countries and appear in the UPU
Circulars of illegal...
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what does foxing mean? by
mike
Hi
A description on ebay of a set of stamps that I am interested in says
that there is a small amount of 'foxing' on one them. What does this
term mean?
Thanks
Mike
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Austria : seek cover comments. by
rodney
1872 Cover Vienna to Rothwasser Poland?
Handmade cover.
1. What is the written word above Josef Langhammer Senior?
2. Is it Rothwasser Poland? what is that last written word "Mrifran"?
3. Opening the flaps any idea what type of braodsheet the cover was made
from?
4. Seutter & Co?
5. No...
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April 21st 09 09:08 AM
by rodney
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