Here's a knock-your-socks off customer service story, from the American Philatelic Society. I just joined the APS this year, and have been disappointed that the excellent journal, The American Philatelist, often arrives looking like it has just barely survived the journey from Pennsylvania (or...

I've some in-laws who resemble thoseG! Victor Manta wrote: The most frightful painting may be an Austrian one, on a equally "nice" official maxicard, and I show it as the last one on the page pointed by: http://www.values.ch/Countries/Spain/Picasso/horrible.htm I promise to show...

Before wandering around Google, I wonder if anyone can assist me to marry these Raphael details, to the paintings/frescoes they may have originated from please. I think the 15c has featured on a few US...

I have come across this imperf block of four from "The Moutawakilite Kingdom of Yemen." Needless to say, it does not appear in the Scott Catalogs. Is there a catalog reference to it somewhere (Gibbons, etc) and how much should would it be worth. My interest stems from the year I spent in Saudi...

Stamps arrived today sir, thank you so much! Please forgive the public post, Netscape (or I) burped and I lost your email address. These hidden images etc are going to be fun!

Could someone with a Scott catalog please provide the year of issue and catalog value for Switzerland 302 used. (2Fr. Peace Issue from set) Much thanks, Elma

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What does that term mean when related to stamp collecting? thank you

An history, illustrated by most prestigious painters, about a woman named Judith, who opposed to Holofernes, a Nebuchadnezzar's general (Nebuchadnezzar, about 630 - 562 B.C., king of Babylon, on the present territory of Iraq). http://www.values.ch/Countries/Austria/Klimt/judith-klimt.htm Victor...

During the last Football World Cup the PO planned a special miniature sheet in case we won, which of course we didn't. We have now won the Rugby World Cup. A magnificent result and achievement, but sadly there are NO plans to commemorate this victory. For once they are not going to fleece the...

I was recently given 4 Argentine "prostitution" stamps all from the city of Rosario. The story that came with them has it that between 1910 and 1935 all registered prostitutes in the cities of Rosario and Buenos Aires had to have a medical examination every Wednesday. If found healthy the...

A general question if you please. Last night as I was soaking more stamps I ran across a number of plate blocks of older stamps. I understand that MNH PBs are collectable by some folks and was curious if the same holds true for used? What got me wondering was as I picked up a set with tongs, the...

Because the inquiring minds want to know :-) , I have decided to verify the whole thing on a real case. So I have scanned an existing album page, at 100 dpi (!), and I have then composed the same page from scratch. In the composed page I have used the same images as those displayed by the scanned...

Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this? HEEEELP! John

They got him. One thing is su there will never be new Saddam stamp issues in Iraq. Victor Manta --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ Remove "um" from the e-mail address to...

Which is the best to buy for a new collector of U.S. stamps. I have been looking and they have several at several different prices. Thanks Patrick

Tom McFarland discovered a major printing variety on the 37c Double Sided Gosseart Madonna and Child double sided convertible booklet. I'll bet that it gets a Scott listing! Stop by at the PNC3 booklet web site and check out what all the buzz is about in stamp circles. Go to...

I've been looking left and right about information on stamp albums. I found quite a number of sites that sell printed pages for this or that collection, or pages where stamp has to be glued. I do not have a particular set of stamps, but a number of different partial sets that mean a lot to...

sigh I suppose it would be a problem if we had hundreds of messages daily, however....................

After long months of search the nature fans from the SNA could finally capture the most representative copy of a new fennec species. After the place of capture they have given to it the scientific name of Fennecus Tikriti. On the 16th of December 2003 the SNAPO has issued a sheet that...