On the 6th of October 2001 I have written on this NG, as follows: "The Liechtenstein stamps issued between 1967 and 1995 will loose their validity on the 1st of January 2001. This has nothing to do with the introduction of the Euro, being actually related to the earlier privatization of the...

I suppose that they have a stamp collector in the team :-) http://research.microsoft.com/research/sv/PennyBlack/ -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/

Because this subject is discussed quite often, I propose to complete the data about CTOs in this groups FAQ like follows: Legends about CTOs: - CTO's aren't new. They appeared in the beginning of the 20th century - They weren't invented in the so-called Eastern Europe - They aren't always...

And a new page that shows them and relate about what some French stamp collectors think on it: http://www.artonstamps.org/Countries/France/Impressionists/impressionists.htm -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art on Stamps:...

"New postage stamps issued by the Palestinian Authority following Arafat's death, honor French President Jacques Chirac - an acknowledgement of the tireless support that Chirac gave Arafat on the international stage. After Arafat's death, Chirac called him "a man of courage." "I bow...

"linxlvr" wrote in message ... Here is the e-dress of the image: http://cjoint.com/data/dDdSBCupPI.htm The blue background on the US flag star area almost non-existant, but the scanner does show some is there. I...

"Ann Mette Heindorff" wrote in message ... "bc92" skrev i en meddelelse ... Alan wrote: Ann Mette Heindorff wrote: Does anyone out there...

"The Postal Service, which does not receive tax revenues for its operations, is in the process of reducing its administrative staff by 7,500 people and is reviewing about 3,600 underused post offices across the country for closing. Over the last four years the Postal Service has cut its staff by...

"Sir F. A. Rien" wrote in message ... Billns found these unused words: On 9/2/2011 9:08 AM, Sir F. A. Rien wrote: Depends upon the 'level' of the catalogue. Simple basic Scutt type ...

I show and discuss three fragments of covers that were sent to me during the holiday season. They were sent by people who know that I'm a stamp collector, and who tried to make me happy. http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/covers/cancels-05.htm I think that now I better understand why living...

"Philatelic Investment, the investment of funds in collectible postage stamps for the purpose of realizing a profit, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Stamp collecting has long had the reputation of being an unprofitable hobby for most beginning collectors; nevertheless, investing in stamps is...

"Alan" wrote in message ... As part of SNA's Civil War historical personages series a 10000 fennec stamp commemorating the death of Serrano Suner, the brother-in law of Franco and Foreign Minister of Spain until...

Dr. Max Frenkel, now retired, was an editor of the renown Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). Here is an except of its last column, where he wrote about a Grenada stamp showing the German model Heidi Klum (see http://www.values.ch/images/heidi-klum-grenada.jpg) . "At Heidi Klum there is...

The folk singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited this fall, twenty years after their separation, for a concert tour of North America. I believe that the authors of unforgettable "El Condor Pasa", "The Sparrow", and "The Sound of Silence" deserve a stamp, and this *before* they pass by. The...

The SNAFPO (SNA Fennecs Protection Organization) is an association, financed by the SNA government, that fights for the protection of this endangered species. Under the SNA environment protection law, each SNA citizen is expected to breed at home at least one fennec each three...

I have added new images of FDCs, and I have improved the previously published images. http://www.values.ch/champs/ayn-rand.htm Victor Manta --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org Art on Stamps:...

The owners of the small island of Sanda have won a ten year battle with Royal Mail in order to have their postal service restored. They plan to resume printing their own stamps. The island is located at the convergence of the Irish Sea and the Firth of Clyde. Stamps were already produced by the...

Jawohl, Herr Kellogg, drei mal ist perfekt, da alle gute Dinge sind drei, wie bekannt! (Translation: Yes, Mr. Kellogg, three times is perfect, because all good things are three, as known). It's an old German proverb. A short notice: why shouldn't be the same postings repeated in their...

About 900 new records were recently added. The database contains over 8000 records, listing about 26,000 stamps and 2,800 sheets. It can be freely downloaded from: http://www.values.ch/db-en.htm Happy collecting,

The reason is the important increase of the Swiss Franc against de US Dollar. Many modern postage issues, beginning with stamps released in the mid-1960s, were increased to approx. double face value or a bit more for popular topical sets and some SS. Other increases are for Thailand and...