hello all, I'm trying to get a decent digital image of a watermark with my scanner. My method is still not perfect although I manage to see the watermark but not very clear. I'd appreciate very much if anyone could help me or provide directions in achieving this goal in a better...

Gday Some time ago I bought a large junk lot that includes thousands of stamps in hundreds of what I took to be old fashioned glassines but which turn out to be, I think, waxed paper sandwich bags. They are about 7 x 5" and have a 1" gusset in the side so you can get a decent size chip buttie in...

Yesterday I was using the computer to compile a list of stamps. I went into a bit of detail making the list and was quite proud I had finished my task. I hit the save button and exactly 1/10 of a second later there was a power interruption. Oh Happy day, God has smiled on me. I ran across the...

I need the 2007 Moldova Fish Joint Issue pair. Found on ebay: Item 1 - Sheet of five pairs.$10.50, S&H free. Item 3 - Sheet of five pairs $8.40, S&H free - Both from same Canadian seller. Same sheet, seller #3, in Moldova: $12.54, S&H $1.65 Same sheet, seller #4. in Moldova. $ 8.35, S&H...

The number of 100% feedback sellers being removed from eBay is now tearing at my soul.. If Walmart discharges just 500 workers then it becomes front page news, but these workers do get the benefit of at least un-employment insurance .. Since the shake up at eBay with the CEO's new disruptive...

Hello, During my stamp searching adventures, I often came across old ads on paper for various things offered for sale thru the mail. Some of these ads state: Do not send Stamps for payment, or something similar. So stamps were used as money for some things it seems.

http://cjoint.com/data/kDxF44qxC5.htm Would someone tell me what this is, please. Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/

I'm a long time lurker, who'd like some help - mainly because I don't trust my eyes. The stamp in question is the mint Bosnia Herzegovina SG 160 in the middle. Gibbons refers to a reprint of the 40h (made in 1911) "which can be recognised by their duller colours, white paper and colourless gum. ...

Here is a pair that I'm not sure about the Scott #, can anyone give me a guesstimate? http://cjoint.com/?cksl0jNDvm These 2 below look like different shades to me, anyone else think so?

I have these Germany AMG stamps. What I need are the present Michel catalog values in Euros (or US$) assuming the ids are correct. What I've written down to identify each stamp is what was written already by someone else. I have an old Michel catalog and figured out what some of it means but have...

The Scott Specialized Catalog provides the Earliest Documented Use for many stamps. What should a collector do if they have a cover or postcard showing a date earlier than the Earliest Documented Use? Are these dates constantly being revised, or would this indicate some special availability or...

I recently obtained a very nice 1907-canceled International Reply Coupon from Wivenhoe for 10 GBP: http://www.mcgees.org/img/wivenhoe.jpeg I take this to be the Wivenhoe in Essex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wivenhoe -- am I wrong? Modern population is approximately 9,000. Does anyone know what...

Those of you who don't subscribe to the Stamps of Distinction blog might have missed my current post on Pneumatic Mail Service (using air/ vacuums to transfer mail). It is at http://stampsofdistinction.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/pneumatic-mail-service/ Thanks, Tony S. Stamps of Distinction Blog

How big a problem is counterfeiting of stamps? I'm thinking of those sold in the collector market and not the common ones used everyday for postage. I notice there is a "buyer beware" notice about stamps on Ebay. Was this the result of a lot of complaining from stamp collectors seeing...

It was shown on Fox News cable channel late this afternoon, with President Bush's launching of a corresponding government sponsored month long "period of attention". It was mentioned that the proceeds from the surcharge would go to some unnamed family value protecting entities somewhere. Len...

Hi - I've been sorting out piles of Spain lately. Maybe about 15 #10 enevelopes, pretty full. I've been accumulating them for about 10 years. I have some mixed feelings about their entire history, but wanted to share about what I've seen. Spain seems to have a mixed bag of really decent and...

The 30th issue of Greenland's Christmas Seals is now online: http://danish-christmasseals.school.dk/frame_Greenland2003.htm See the full collection of Danish Christmas Seals through 100 years, Greenland through 30 years, The Faeroe Islands through 28 years, and former Danish West Indies through 10...

Hi there! I need to ask some of the big wigs (please put on tin hats, grab a T-square and your pocket protectors) here a question about catalog values and a cool way to calculate them - since I know of no other way. We have, in the past year, talked about the Forbin Catalog for Revenue Stamps. ...

The recent Belgium Kilopost self adhesves have arrived at my supplier and I am not buying them nor any more Belgium stamps. There were two issues; 7/1/04, three stamps, 0,5kg, 1kg and 2kg. my dealer is offering this three stamp set for $19.34 USD. The second set, Kilopost II self adhesives consists...

Watched the Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson movie 'Shanghai Knights' last night. In it, a man in China (the Forbidden City) receives a letter from Chan, who is out west in the US. The year is 1887. I froze the frame and zoomed in on the envelope, and it APPEARED to have a 5c Zachary Taylor plus 3...