The British are Britons, and the Irish are...Irish. I was tempted to say "Irons," but I digress. is there a single proper noun which covers everyone who lives on the British Isles, including the citizens of the Republic of Ireland? It seems so tedious to say "the populations of Great Britain...

ALDERNEY (Guernsey) 2005 02 03 26p The Bicentenary of H C Andersen /"The Little Mermaid". 2005 02 03 32p The Bicentenary of H C Andersen /"The Little Mermaid". 2005 02 03 36p The Bicentenary of H C Andersen /"The Little Mermaid". 2005 02 03 40p The Bicentenary of H C Andersen /"The Little...

Water Damage: I recently had a sump pump failure leading to a flooded basement. Some of my stamps in a plastic set of drawers that became buoyant because of the bottom drawer being similar to a tub making it tip over. Thousands of stamps in DK cards or glassiness were soaked. I was advice by the...

I am aware only two are listed, I was wondering how many may be in the complete set? 7? http://cjoint.com/data/irc2ismwZp.htm Thanks.

Back in 1994 the Chinese New Year stamps came on scene with Australia and Christmas Island on the stamps. These are Christmas Island stamps so I wonder why Australia has to appear on the stamp. The first two years the stamps were "modern" images, the following years they fall back into the...

In a recent shoebox-lot I found this nice stationery http://queries.heindorffhus.dk/rodin-hungary1981-card-TheKiss-small.jpg depicting the sculpture by Auguste Rodin "The Kiss". On the prepaid stamp it is clearly stated 1981, but I cannot find it in Michel, so I wonder whether it was issued as...

We've lost Rodney and now Tracy. Lose many more of the old-timers and there will be no newsgroup of any calibre left. I have only been here for a year and I have found it an inspiration and an ongoing interest and I fear that the atmosphere is in jeopardy. What is matter with good old courtesy ?...

To illustrate the rate of appreciation of the Brit Guiana 1856 the following image I am about to post, rates it at GBP 20,000 Interestingly, the "XLSR" (cough,cough Excelsior) booklet was printed in North Wales in 1953 It was an exact copy of the EH Harris booklet of the US and printed under...

Seek any info at all on this companies booklets on Airmail any images would be welcomed. Thanks Rodney

Some of us sensibly use anonymous. We do not want to be yet nother victim of gangsters who prowl all newsgroups. We just do not want to be robbed, burglarized, or even killed through a home invasion. That is sensible collectors try to use anonymous, if they do not know you. Just 2 cents of...

Hi I have a large amount of very good condition old Russian stamps (some unused and dating from the start of the 1900's), some in blocks, some collectable editions etc etc. I am looking at selling them, depending on their value. Is there any place (aside from ebay) that is recommended to sell such...

Need some help id'ing and pricing these 5 stamps. I am looking at a collection of Korea and Japan put together by a long time collector of Asia. The collection ranges from Kamigata forgeries to many multiples of C2 including several of the KORFA error. His widow can read the cancels and Korean...

Given the rather low traffic in the group, I've not had many cues from which to pick up the customs of the groups, so I'll ask: Is it appropriate to ask specific questions about certain stamps, or is this a more general forum? -Don Levey

1. eBay: Arrogant and/or unreachable staff, and they take all your money on small sales. 2. StampWants: Arrogant staff, and a founder who believes the United States deserves dozens of specialized categories and most other countries (e.g., Vietnam) zero (check out...

I am told by the SG catalogue that to find out if a stamp is 'chalk surfaced paper', I just need to use a silver wire. And it leaves a black spot. Simple. Problem is, where can i find a silver wire? Will the black spot be permanent? Is there any other way where i can check if a paper is...

Flying my armchair jet around, when I see an Interesting cancellation on my India issues, which, by the way is not that easy, I like to visit, walk around town, kick tyres, and visit the interesting sites. So up popped Fazilka, India. http://cjoint.com/data/gucZdAC2fe.htm A couple of interesting...

1911 The First Aerial UK Post. Windsor Castle ---------------------------------------------- A Report from The Windsor, Slough and Eton Express. Saturday, September 16th,...

1976 Census of Pitcairn Island 56 plus 5 foreigners Surnames............. 25 Christians 13 Youngs 11 Warrens 4 Clarks 3 Browns

How can I get hold of (buy) the Donald Duston Revenue Catalogue? Is there a website? Thank you.

I'll be traveling through the following cities in the near future and am looking for recommended stamp shops - and how to find them. Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm, Sweden Helsinki, Finland Gdansk, Poland St Petersburg, Russia Tallinn, Estonia