Ok, I have 2 questions that are annoying me so I'm turning to the experts here so I can learn myself and pass this onto my grandson should the occasion arise. Even though he'll be doing new US stuff initially, I'd like to give him a few old ones as a means of 'hooking' himG. I'd like to know...

On page 8 of the current (Sept. 15) issue of Linn's, there is a brief story of a 30 , maybe 35 year old package of 1000 hinges which originally sold for $.25 (ok, $1,25 or so in today's money) being sold on E-Bay for $15.50. My question is: Why couldn't someone "reverse engineer" the high quality...

Being that Australia Post now obliterates stamps in the top right hand corner with computer generated code, If one places the stamp about 1 inch down from the top when getting the counter CDS on mailing, the stamp will escape the computer pins? and the cover will look one jot better than the...

nnnn wrote: Hello all, I need a catalog for British stamps, with current-day values mint/stamped etc, where do I buy those, are there any online catalogs, which are the most realiable ? Tia Well, where to get a card-copy catalog depends upon where you live. If you live in the US, a...

I am kinda new to the stamp hobby but kinda intrested in the Jacques Minkus series of FDC'S....is there any refrence avaliable or any way to identify Minkus cachets from someone else's??...If this is a dumb question sorry....like I said I am new to this....Thank's. Greg

Eric, You are correct. They are glassine. I was fumbling around with avoiding the word "cellophane" and didn't get the right word. I didn't notice these mounts until today because they are surprisingly unnoticeable. They look too perfect to be homemade. I may have to remove one to see how it...

http://members.rogers.com/tony.vella/images/turkey.jpg The stamp with the red overprint is Scott Turkey #100. I can't seem to find listed the exact same stamp but with a black overprint. Any help will be appreciated. -- Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada

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In a moment of fancy, I wondered........... Has anyone figured out the stamps and cancellation shown on the cover lurking in Mr. Van Gogh's "Still Life" of 1890? From poor memory, I think there was a yellow and blue stamp with a circle 65 cancel. No doubt it was Paris to Arles??

Free Stamps Program: A regular poster in this newsgroup, Tracy Barber, has an ongoing project to supply packets of 100 U.S. or Worldwide stamps to beginning collectors of any age. His only requirement is that he must receive the request via regular mail rather than e-mail. There is no cost to the...

I used to follow two classical music newsgroups and found the posts very instructive particularly at the beginning when I first started putting together a collection of recordings. The knowledge and information on those NGs helped me a lot in avoiding expensive mistakes like buying CDs and...

Here, in the US, Certified mail is not the norm. It seems that in Spain, many, many, many letters / stamps are cancelled with "certificado". Is this certified mail? Sounds like it. Does anyone have any idea / reason why there would be soooooooo much mail posted this way? Seems like at least...

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:04:23 +0100, JMBCV found these unused words floating about: PARTNERS Tom Loepp Art Forger! Tracy Barber Stamp Forger! And Tom Loepp is in cahoots in the stamp forgery business with Tracy Barber. Lowlife subhuman trash!!!!! Barber has the gall to...

What are the Canadian collectors' view on Canadian semi-postal stamps? Canada has released 13 semi-postal stamps since 1974. Historically, the surcharge collected has been for the Olympics & Literacy. In favour? Against? No opinion either way. Any opinion would be appreciated? Cheers Post

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Censored mail (mark): a cover with a hand-stamp or label indicating that the contents have been opened, read and censored, handstamped markings were used during the Boer War, 1899-1902; special censored labels date from World War 1. Censorship: the examination of anything communicated to find and...

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Do any of you find yourself reading books because of stamps you collect? This seems to be happening to me constantly. Too constantly, perhaps. Susan and I are looking into buying yet more bookcases and shelves! Today I finished reading a book...

In writing up my booklets I use empty covers to show designs and text changes. I am looking for empty covers of the recent self adhesive booklets. If you have any of these and are throwing them away please don't. I can trade for recent used or mint Canada. Contact me at

Sure, such a box would loosen the stamp from the paper, but what abut the residual glue? You'll need to wash or soak that off. Tony "Steve" wrote in message ... About 20 years ago, I had this really cool device to remove ...

On 8 Sep 2003 19:01:05 -0700, (Dakota) wrote: Ok gang - help me here! Please!!!!! 'K... I'm at the point now in my collecting career where the only things left in my collecting area are some high dollar stamps. It's always been easy to ignore them beause I still lacked the...