.......and did I hear someone "pooh pooh" Caveat Emptor? http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=348 (Remove gum to reply)

Returned Mail. It's a little like life. In 1875 one would get a pretty little label, nowadays, (if you are lucky) you get "the finger." http://cjoint.com/data/gnckRCdYi5.htm

Friday 21st November 1879 an advert in the Western Australian Newspaper http://cjoint.com/data/gokRvfNV36.htm I have a feeling he may have met with success, as this postcard turned up in my phossick box today in Perth. http://cjoint.com/data/gokTfwvlkB.htm http://cjoint.com/data/gokUfjksx6.htm

The Jubilee of the uniform penny postage. The filler http://cjoint.com/data/gopjwudKWf.htm The cover http://cjoint.com/data/goplNRGBBi.htm with sellotape ..erk!

A curiosity to pose over. Newspaper wrapper sent as "book post" Indian Embassy (Nepal) postage 1.1/2 annas to Western Australia. Indian stamps cancelled at the Embassy, with additional Nepalese strike to the left, which I have not attempted to ID as yet. http://cjoint.com/data/goqhCAdnai.htm

How teasing is this? some clod cut the postcard in half! I am a bit of a romantic, but this is how I see it. The Governor? of Nilgiris, Madras Presidency, India, is a stamp collector. He is well known to the stamp dealer WHITFIELD KING & CO of Ipswich England. The Manager of Whitfield King has...

Any recommendations? links? Thanks.

The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks.

An advert for a dog's refuge home. Check the Machins in the background :( http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm

Need SG number for this "politicians" sheetlet of 1969 please. http://cjoint.com/data/gmlK3JPuEC.htm The stamps were to be used on cover as a sheet or as individuals, but were not to be sold individually.

Just a couple of a more unusual shape/format, dispensing with the CDS. possibly a rail strike. http://cjoint.com/data/gleMPRn4jL.htm "Targoviste" (Home town of our friend, "Vlad the Impaler") Perhaps Dracula was sending off his remittance to the blood bank.

Any Aussie that has enjoyed Mette's Etruscan Posts, There is a documentary Sunday night 7:30 (perth time) Lost Worlds: Ancestors of Ancient Rome-The Etruscans SBS FYI --

The chronometer featured in this story was constructed in 1771 by Larcum Kendall (from a Harrrison original). It is six inches in diameter, with three dials on its face, one for the hours, one for minutes and one for the seconds. It has a massive outer silver case made in the style of pocket...

This article appeared in 1974, so the information may not be valid currently. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BY LAURENCE J. BRUECK (With acknowledgements to "Western Stamp Collector") In June, 1971, President Nixon lifted the ban on trading in non-strategic materials with the People's...

Anyone who may be interested in early Australian life, convicts, mans ruination, skulduggery and derring-do, may want to download an on-line copy of Australia's first ever novel published in book form. (from Tasmania) http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/p00101 After reading the preface,...

http://cjoint.com/data/eew1iNgSAg.htm Poss Russia derivative, 1919 looks like builders square over red cross symbol value 5 ?

Nicaraguan 1890 loco and telegraph set. The master die impression must have been "enhanced" for all the Peso values. I note the 2 peso green is the only issue that missed shading in the value tablet, and the 1 peso has a different frame. Just thought I would share that with you :)

Would anyone have decent scans (or links) of one or both of US 3c "Santa Maria" 1893 Columbus set and/or the Newfoundland 10c Cabot's ship "Mathew" 1897 please. I have the Mathew fron the very nice Canadian Issue (SG412 1949) and could probably scan the Canadian Catalogue for the others but,...

Unusual triangle strike, "bulant" seems to ring a bell, (but a bit muffled with the memory) Anyone recognise it? http://cjoint.com/data/gicw2aGNpd.htm

A postcard from Uruguay 1902 From Mercedes to Bremen. I just noticed a stamp missing, any guess as to what would have been its value? http://cjoint.com/data/grqewFiujT.htm Interesting note: Printed by Waterlow and Sons, address........."London Wall" London.