Our town will be celebrating its 300th anniversary in September, 2004 and we are invstigating the possibility of having a special postmark. Does anyone in the NG know how to go about obtaining such a thing. Thanks. -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

I can't vouch for this, I found it on another NG. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Should your dog be on a postage stamp? Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:21:31 -0400 From: Mike Sellers Organization: None Newsgroups:...

Can anyone identify the source of the computer generated "stamps" in this link? Thanks. http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/comp_stamps.tif --

Came accross this puzzler from venezuela. Some sort of revenue stamp, I suppose. Anyone have further info? Thanks. http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/venez.jpg -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

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

In 1898, the UPU required that the postage stamps representing typical Union rates be printed in blue for letters, red for postcards, green for printed matter. In 1898, the US rates were 5, 2,and 1 cents respectively. In 1925, the card rate was raised to 3 cents. In 1932, the printed matter rate...

Today I received a solicitation from DAV. The return envelope had NO STAMPS on it. Don't they send out those envelopes with multiple low-denomination coil stamps any more?

The article on page 1054 of the November, 2005 issue of the American Philatelist refers to a "five-pound adhesive featuring Queen Elizabeth II." According to the Scott catalog no such stamp was issued until 1988 (Scott #1283), and the article pertains to 1956. An £5 stamp was hardly necessary at...

The gold and (various colors) eagle stamps persumably exist with the year date 2004. Why has every one I've ever seen been dated 2003?

I have what appears to be a cut square from a Canadian postcard. It pictures King George V and is similar to Scott type A43, the 1912-25 definitives. The denomination is one-half cent. Question: Was the postcard rate ever that low; If so, when? It appears that Canada issued no adhesive stamp of...

Just for fun can anyone identify this old fragment of a piece of postal stationery? One could scarcely call it a cut square. It is in German, Reads “city trade’ or words to that effect, and is denominated 3 (pfennigs). The cancellation appears to be dated September 6,...

Could anyone in the NG please give me a Scott number for this stamp: http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/czecho_ID012704.jpg Thanks. -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

Could someone in the newsgroup please give me a Scott number for this stamp. Thanks. http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/Czecho_ID012704.jpg -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

Australia Scott #319 ( a minimum value stamp issued in 1959) comes in two types which differ only in the number of engraving lines within the numeral of value. One needs a microscope to see the difference. Question: how did the existence of these varieties first come to be noticed? Also, the stamp...

A new US slogan cancel seen from Philadelphia, PA April 5, 2004. GREETINGS/FROM/Far Far Away and some cartoon characters (one is a donkey and I can't tell what the others are because they are on the stamp :-)) Can anyone explain this? -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

I have a couple of early 20th century Hungarian stamps with red overprints. They don't appear to be Scott listed. Can anybody in the NG help? Thanks. http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/Hungary_0404.jpg -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

Remember when the US had one definitive series at a time? Today I bought $1.75 in stamps to mail a package. Here’s what I got: $1 Wisdom 40 cent Claire Chennault 23 cent bust of Washington 10 cent clock 2 cent woodpecker one package, five stamps all definitives, five series all more or...

Does anyone know a PO in Southeastern PA where this item is on sale? Thanks. -- To e-mail me get rid of the cats and dogs.

I have a stamp (see this link) that has me stumped. All I can tell is that it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet and denominated in dinars. Can anyone help? Thanks. http://users.rcn.com/jnobrien/cyrillic.jpg --

It might be interesting to see what stamps weere used on holiday cards this season. Our total (excluding a few meters and foreign stamps): Antique toys 1 Snowy egret 2 Flowers (2004) 3 Love 1 Small Cookies ('05) 2 Large cookies ('05) 16 Small...