G'day Blair, you are correct in your assumption, I have it from Joe Hahn that the original settlement at "New Australia" was in trouble idealistically at least, and some two years after the original settlement, some broke away from William Lane and formed their new Colony South of New Australia and...

News on the Exponet: 102.: ARGENTINA 1892: AMERICA'S FIRST COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS - WOLF SPILLE, USA. 101.: VARIABLE RATE STAMPS - CASTLE VEVERI - JIRI SEDLAK, KLADNO, CZECHIA http://www.japhila.cz/hof/

I'm trying to write-up a recent acquisition. The stamp is part of the 1892-1907 set from French Oceania/Polynesia. The only cancellation is a British killer, of which the A0 is clear. There is only room for one more number, and the few traces of it that exist force it to be a 5 (probably) or a...

Thanks for all replies. I now have the address I need. Regards. -- Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada

I am in the process of exchanging correspondence with Posten (Sweden)about possible future stamp issues and would like to forward a copy of one of my letters to someone living in Hägensten whose address I don't have. So if any member of the group has access to a Hägersten phone book (hopefully...

An info on this stamp would be helpful. A friend of mine found 3 in a large collection he inherited and thinksthey are valuable(according to US Stamp cataog). thanks for any help Al in NYC

I came across two shoe-box size boxes. One box is labeled U.S. Used 1 - 1080, and the other box is labeled U.S. 1081 -. Now I have learned that the #'s are Scott #'s. The first box actually has small wax paper envelopes starting at #704 and continues on through 1080. The second box has small...

Regarding the Afinsa Fraud - Is there a List Of All Associated Firms? If someone can post the list, then honest philatelists will know which firms to avoid.

Just came across this picture of the post office on Redonda Is., Antigua & Barbuda. Limited parking available. http://members.tripod.com/~Island_Art/Redonda.html and scroll to last picture on page. Bob Watson

If anyone would have images of these, I would love to have a copy. COSME COLONY: Paraguay bogus overprints for Australian settlement. If any Aussies are interested, in Saturdays West Australian (Cover Story) there is a five page article with numerous images of our Aussie descendents, who still...

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/stamps/index_01.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_more+of+today%27s+top+stories Headline: The Stamp-Sized Story of Computers

While searching a church mixture of stamps I found two of the Sea Coast stamps, perfed on all four sides with a plate number. This was new to me so I went to the best for an answer. Ms Donna of the Rhode Island Post Office promptly answered my query. I haven't checked her inventory to see if she is...

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http://cjoint.com/data/fieF3C6J1n.htm After 3 years of looking at this issue, I still cannot make out just what it is. A dove with long range fuel tank? This even beats Bob's vote of Canada's Marconi issue with the green face. Apologies for poor scan quality.

http://www.japhila.cz/exponet/pictures/Washington_letak.pdf All about Exponet. Bret

"Bobstamp" wrote in message ... Victor said, "TW, I have some doubts that a PA (in our case the Mexican one) would precisely show Icarus on a Correo Aereo stamp..." Bob replies: I think it *is* Icarus. Perhaps a...

Can anyone ID this stamp or its provenance? It is Scott C5 with an unlisted overprint. http://cjoint.com/data/flpf5JdQg6.htm Blair

A stamps shown here by Rodney helped me to guess what is represented on the Kandinsky stamp from France, issued in 2003. More on my new page: http://www.artonstamps.org/Countries/France/Kandinsky/art-forever.htm Will this kind of art ever die? -- Victor Manta

Blair, some interesting Cinderellas as above, and, may be some interest to Dominique Stephan as I spotted a cover on the Cinder with La Sameuse :) Hope this tiny URL works http://tinyurl.com/zt4gn

Thanks for looking http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ200QQsassZcmgg38 -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth