It seems the game is already afoot without any to do. Now that it is a growing possibility that mine is bogus I will have to come up with a new one. So who hosts the main link page? -- Tom

If a block has "Use Zip Code" where a plate number is usally found, but there is no plate number, is it considered a plate block?

From: Rodney ) Subject: Curiosity Corner #176 Gypsy Rose Lee Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss Date: 2005-01-15 17:01:35 PST Certainly, that was her income, after all :). What amazes me, is how people find out about these closet collectors? How did the NSW...

In 1966, the BBC opened a short wave radio relay station on Ascension Island. This event was marked by the issue of a series of three stamps. According to SG, the date of issue was 1st Dec. 1966, and the stamp (in my catalogue) is clearly marked "BBC Relay Station 1966". My Scott (1999) gives...

In my collections I have literally zousands of covers, naturally some better than others, and some of absolutely no importance. Here is a nice one of less importance, but still meaningful to me: http://shoebox.heindorffhus.dk/shoebox-uscover-50star.jpg It is a commercially used FDC, sent on 4th...

Afternoon all, Some time ago a dealer in switzerland on ebay, was offering a item which he believed was a proof for a stamp prepared in 1914 for the liberation of Alsace in 1914. Does anyone know if such a thing was ever prepared? The dealer himself was uncertain of the item and was going off...

From: Rodney ) Subject: Curiosity Corner #177 "Champagne Charlie" on a stamp. This is the only article in this thread View: Original Format Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss Date: 2005-01-15 05:24:41...

Yes lads, the stripper was a keen stamp collector, read on, for the naughty bits. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=586

I was looking at my covers and I was trying to choose as an option the most visually arresting covers, the wildest or most beautiful visually. But it seemed difficult to separate historical content from the impact of the visual sensation. So I thought '...no rules.' I chose a few and put them at...

I have an English-language North Vietnam catalogue published in 1995. It does not list the stamps on Tom's cover. Similar stamps were issued for Friendship Month I and Friendship Month II in 1954-55, but the portraits (of Ho Chi Minh, Malenkov, and Mao Tse-tung) face forward. I suspect that the...

In a recent message ThibauT wrote: Pour participer à nos (d)ébats, "Roger Smith" sussurait le Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:04:26 GMT : "Dave Kent" wrote in message ...

Tom: http://tloepp.home.mindspring.com/covers/viet.jpg I cannot find your stamps precisely. However, they are denominated in grams of rice (THOC), rather than in XU or DONG.. The only other VN stamps that I have seen denominated in grams of rice are

Can someone tell me why some stamps are worth more cancelled than in mint condition? Example; Hamburg 21, $24 mint, $1500 used. Gordon

The Famous Algerian Semi-Postal Stamp of 1962 ------------------------------------------------- Below you will find a scan of a supposed Algerian semi-postal stamp from 1962. It is NOT listed in my 2004 Scott catlogue, but I have been told that it is Yvert...

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=588 Thematics? this can go under music, place names, or alchohol :)

I have quality MNH Japan stamps to trade for mint Japan Coke phonecards

Reply-To: "bc92" From: "bc92" Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss References: Subject: The Famous Algerian Semi-Postal Stamp of 1962 Lines:...

Hi, This is my first post on this NG so i'll do a little intoduction.. I'm a newbie of stamps collecting, living in Italy and very curious about philatelic world my (very small) collection has 3 main directions: Old Italian States (this is though!) Cats and Music/Musical instruments here we go with...

Leonidas Sampanis Scarce withdrawn Olympic Games 2004 stamp ----------------------------------------------------------- Leonidas Sampanis won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 62kg weightlifting category on the 16th of August 2004. This Greek stamp was issued in his honour on the 17th of August but...

Many thanx, Rod : never heard of this movie, neither of Dominique Pinon and Marie-Laure Dougnac ! But I appreciated a lot (from Jean-Pierre Jeunet) "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" aka "Amélie" or "Amelie of Montmartre". Also seen his latest movie : "Un long dimanche de fiancailles" aka...