I went to the Stamp Store in our main PO yesterday and bought a few stamps. The lady there said I should store them in "acid free" sheet protectors, if I was going to use protectors at all. I told her I was going to make my own albums. Ok, so does that apply to the paper as well? I'm going to...

For my next question (hope I'm not annoying anyone) I'll use the Reptiles and Amphibians set as an example. Its in a 4x4 grid, total of 20 stamps on the sheet with 5 stamps repeating 4 times. I'd prefer to break the set and keep just one of 5. I read in one of the books where it spoke to...

About a London oval cancel with bars and 95 in a lozenge, the date is 1877. I think this is from central London. But which post office ? Is this kind of info available on the net ? http://cjoint.com/?feqRi3wJLv Thanks for any info !

Hello, My question is: When does either the OCB catalogue or the COB catalogue get released per year and if where is it possible to purchase a catalogue from either this or that producer? thanks in advance, Malte

Perhaps those of you from other countries can relate as well... ------------------------------------------------------ "THE YEAR 1903" The year is 1903, one hundred years ago... what a difference a century makes.. Here are the U. S. statistics for 1903.... The average life expectancy in the US...

When I checked the newsgroups I normally attend, including RCSD, this morning (Sunday 8th August), I realised that *all* posts from week 32 (beginning Monday 2nd August) had disappeared from my computer overnight. I have found everything on Google, so there is no real problem, but I wonder whether...

For years now most of us have been overwhelmed with "business offers" allegedly ending up with lucrative payments in return for a "small service". Also all kinds of "Winning Notifications" in doubtful lotteries have landed in our inboxes. The latest of the kind landed this morning in my mailbox by...

It was so warm I was outside in a 'T' shirt all afternoon. Thatched and mowed the front & back yards, drug out the hoses and watered them and garden area. I swear it was 60ºf or more today - just beautiful! Even the birds were happy and noisly asked me to fill their feeder. They were so happy...

Sorry for the off-topic post, but since my usenet usage is pretty limited, this is sort of my "home" group. Seems Comcast is going to drop its usenet access... great. I'm looking for recommendations of other (free would be nice) usenet providers. I've always had newsgroups direct from my ISP, so...

When reading another newsgroup I came across this link that may be of interest to collectors of the Faroe Islands. http://www.faroeislands.dk/index.htm The site is non-philatelic, but lists all cities and villages on the islands with fair descriptions of location, postal code, and a lot of other...

So I'm heading to our downtown library and what should I behold on the way? Why a 1967 Corvette convertible, Nassau Blue, white top, 427 4spd (I could see him shift) and redline tires. I don't know if she was the 435hp version or not but boy did she purr. Damn that brought back some awesome...

A question coming from a french speaking newsgroup on collections news:fr.rec.collections Somebody found this object : http://cjoint.com/?cjkSukEkQg Diameter 17 to 20 mm Thickness .8 to 1 mm The weight leads to think it is metallic (brass or bronze due to the colour)

the most devastating news in the Netherlands right now has nothing to do with the elections in the USA. At 9.00 am this morning the controversial journalist, cineast Theo van Gogh got murdered while cycling from his home in Amsterdam to his office where he was about to finish his latest film...

In the event someone may be interested the following links take you the a 6 minute animation (very impressive) of the Mars Rover http://www.maasdigital.com/gallery.html and the Lewis & Clark Exhibit (nicely done) http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/ I'd expect the US to have a Mars Rover stamp in...

Bonjour, Le site de vente Delcampe vient d'en inventer une bien bonne (en deux temps) : 1) instauration d'une balise "membre vérifié" qui moyennant 5 euros permet de certifier que le membre a une adresse réelle et vérifiée par le site. Bon. Sauf qu'à part les vendeurs, peu vont se payer cette...

This article claims that the highest PO is at Hikkim in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Height: 15500 ft. PIN: 172114 http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art20/hikkim.htm

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...

I can't vouch for this, I found it on another NG. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Should your dog be on a postage stamp? Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:21:31 -0400 From: Mike Sellers Organization: None Newsgroups:...

I had reason to visit the official USPS web site and in the box requesting my zip code only five numbers were accepted. I guess this means Zip4 is officially dead as far as USPS is concerned. Ralphael, the OLD one

I've received stamps in Kitchen "Zip-Loc" bags and store some common used stamps in them. How safe or how bad are Zip Loc bags for stamp storage of extras? Thank you, Steve