"A record 10% price rise in the U.S. Postal Service’s 50-cent “Forever� stamp was struck down by a federal appeals court, which sided with a San Francisco man who said the arbitrary boost set an improper benchmark for future increases in the cost of mailing a...

I would like to know whether the way stamps have been stuck to an envelope give different values to the cover? That is if the stamp/s have been stuck to the top right corner gives more value to the envelope compared to having been stuck to the top left corner or bottom right/left corner or even...

I would be interested in said stamp and others, I am easily reached at I just happened across this site or page. So please contact me using my email either way if you have the stamp or not. Thank you

Hi, through unpredictable happenstance, I happened to be in a position to "inherit" a sizeable collection of stamps, perhaps numbering about 3000-4000 items. I am not a regular collector, so all shorts of questions come up, at moments. As of now, there is no need or incentive to sell or exhibit...

I sent away for the Mystic color catalog of US stamps recently. It arrived along with some old used US stamps (which I returned unopnened.) The catalog is really quite a work of art, with great photography. However, Mystic's prices seem to be very high. Far higher than I've been paying for stamps...

Nicaraguan 1890 loco and telegraph set. The master die impression must have been "enhanced" for all the Peso values. I note the 2 peso green is the only issue that missed shading in the value tablet, and the 1 peso has a different frame. Just thought I would share that with you :)

Scented stamps include, but are not limited to: (1) Bhutan issued rose stamps on scented paper over 30 years ago, in 1973 (Scott 150-150E) (2) In 1999, Brazil opted for the smell of burnt wood on four of their stamps for forest-fire prevention. (Scott 2717a-d) (3) In 2000 South Korea issued four...

I would like to know what you think of mint & used stamps. In Scott (USA) & Yvert & Tellier (French) catalogue both mint & used stamps have the same value, ( more recent ones from 1980 to nowadays) & in Stanley Gibbons, it is the contrary, that is recent used stamps have more value than mint (in...

Hi all! Since I've recently started collecting stamps (I've collected stamps as a young boy but randomly and most of them cancelled), I have a few dumb questions: 1) is there a guide for new collectors like the one for coins "Coin Collecting for Dummies" or similar? I want (mostly) to learn the...

Hi all! After I've asked a few months ago for your opinion on stamps catalogues and received useful info, now I'd like to ask what software you are using in order to archive your collection. I'm using for years Paul Dembowski's (Liberty Street Software) "CoinManage" program for my coin...

I have just received one of these endless scams, this time not from a "prince something" somewhere in Africa, but from a seemingly Dutch person, allegedly representing the Economic Society of Netherlands Chamber of Trade and Commerce, and sent from the British provider .tiscali.co.uk. I am amazed...

Howdy - Doo... Does anyone know if there were ever any hand stamped precancels? I have the precancel catalogs from the Society, but don't have them available at the moment. I see cancels that "look" like precancels, but they look more like parcel cancels - rectangular, with city and state...

I know that some of you are interested in WW2 covers and a member of our stamp club brought in one tonight that even caught my attention! It was an Australian airmail cover with a Japanese stamp surrounded by Australian stamps and postmarked "HMAS Hobart". Posted on the day of the signing of the...

Jawohl, Herr Kellogg, drei mal ist perfekt, da alle gute Dinge sind drei, wie bekannt! (Translation: Yes, Mr. Kellogg, three times is perfect, because all good things are three, as known). It's an old German proverb. A short notice: why shouldn't be the same postings repeated in their...

There is a seller advertising a Mini Sheet which comprises 6 stamps in it. In the item description he says it's MNH but there are post office seals placed over the 6 stamps! Sure, the post office seals look very odonate and look like they are placed by a machine and not by hand. But they are...

================================================================ I recently came across a scan of an unusual 1930's Canadian Paquebot (Bahamas) cover. http://www.pennymead.com/images/1936LadyRodney.jpg It bore two 1 cent Canadian stamps and was cancelled at Nassau, Bahamas. It had been posted on...

Please label your postings correctly. If you change the subject, please give it a new label. Very often, interesting items are posted as a reply to a posting, but the subject is entirely different. The new subject will be lost for those people that were not interested in he original...

Ooops, That should read Tom Kruse. If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, don't miss it. Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world.

Here is a photo from the Long Island Railroad in the USA. http://www.bradcoweb.com/trains/lirrprr1.JPG The photo shows a locomotive followed by the mail car. Th e colours are same as those of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Blair

Greetings group. I have just set up a new account using my Verizon addy. I no longer have AOL in my system. I also cleaned the system of things slowing my computer. Desk top has only ten icons. Task bar five and start up 15 items. No Norton, Firewall or other speed bumps. I only do minimal email,...