When I began collecting stamps many years back it meant looking for postage stamps. Then I would mount them in an album. It was fun and not too costly. Crikey, how things have changed. I refuse to allow my fun to be interferred with by the little purple light, printing methods, designer, paper...

Susan, While that's a very impressive site - thanks Rod. stick to Canada - and you won't have to bother! It's not even on the list ;-) Good luck

Van Dieman's Land Hobart Town (If Her Majesty had seen this one, I would suggest "she may not be amused") http://cjoint.com/data/ckxUmPN1Sf.htm

"Didier Cuidet" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Mais vous avez préféré comme à votre habitude faire votre coup en douce, sans me prévenir que vous vouliez une nouvelle fois lancer une polémique stérile. Vous...

New Zealand postage was a global bargain. (as of July 2005) http://cjoint.com/data/cjeer4R3fY.htm acknowledgement: http://www.nalc.org/news/precord/ArticlesPDF/0705-foreign.pdf

Unused hinged set of two airmail semi-postal franchise stamps issued for the French "Volunteer" Legion on the Russian Front. This set bears an addioional Eastern Front overprint in French and German. Michel # IV-V. http://cjoint.com/?chnc0ZuOEa Blair

http://cjoint.com/data/chmmFMl0Cj.htm Enjoy! Blair

Continuing the Charles Babbage seam, like all geniuses, and humans, they are fallible. Take for example, Babbage's variation on a theme closely aligned to the pneumatic post, by suggesting wires and drums to carry the mail, (main desire to reduce the then, "tuppenny post") ..... and from the top of...

A similar frustration, was voiced 175 years ago, by the first computer geek, Charles Babbage, but with more of a Philatelic flavour, when he outlined the problems with hiding postboxes from the general public. He may have,along with the first counting machine, also gave us the first recognisable...

Germany - Anti Hitler labels 3 se-tenant pairs and a full-margin single (all of unknown origin) commemorating the passage of the so-called "enabling acts" by the German Reichstag on March 23, 1933 which transformed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich. http://cjoint.com/data/chn4hwIdJn.htm

Just for the information, my site about the Vikings is now finished for the moment. The final update includes - More information on the individual pages. - New page about the Isle of Man. - Downloadable checklist, absolutely free. --- but more information and constructive critics are always...

Hello: I have tried to buy stamps in Royal mail on line shop but system does not allow to me. I live in Europe but not in GB. So my adress, zipcode, telephone number and credit card are not from GB. Does anyone have experience in buying in Royal Mail on line shop (and living outside GB).

Vintage cartoon vignette that depicts the sandaled (Italian) foot of the Swiss federal government stepping on the back of the sausage eating (German) majority. http://cjoint.com/data/chnAJAllOm.htm Issued by the Swiss Action Committee for National Council of Proportional Representation. This...

The Principality of Mustang (a Nepalese corruption of sMan-thang - pronounced Moo-stang) sits within the Kingdom of Nepal, along the border with China. When the modern state of Nepal was taking form in the 1780s, Mustang managed to maintain its autonomy. After the Nepalese revolution of 1951,...

Is there any literature, or links on the web concerning in-depth production of the penny black printing plates? I am particularly interested in the employment of the "rose engine" in the delicate filagree work on the mandrels. I wonder if the engine turning is consistent across all stamps of the...

Graham Gooch: Amongst a stellar career, he scored a record 456 runs in the Lord's Test against India in 1990, 333 in the first innings and 123 in the second. As of 2006, this is the only instance in any first-class cricket, of a batsman scoring 300 and 100 in two innings of the same match, and...

I bumped into these on the web. Are they Phantasies? Joint Issues? Revenues? I cannot locate them in my catalogues. http://cjoint.com/data/cgfLDO4ePA.htm Thanks

G'day Susan, perhaps this link may be of interest. http://www.pgacon.com/tips_on_scanning.htm#Scanning%20Watermarks HTH

I apologize if this is a repeat to some of you; I oroginally posted this to Google Groups and I have no evidence that it ever propogated. I got a letter in the mail recently with a two-color postmark. Most of the postmark is black. But the date is in red. This caught my eye - I have never seen a...

http://cjoint.com/data/cgdRUhXOCG.htm Instructions: count how many "chirps" in 15 seconds, add 37 there is the temperature in Farenheit. Their body temp is regulated below 32 degrees C, and are unable to fly below 20 degrees C.