i had not come here for a long time as i am not authorise to post mail here through the free newsgroup server (i can only post through a paid poor service provider newsgroup server, and i think some of the reader may not read this post) after reading some posts, it seems to me that somebody...

We are proud to announce the launch of a new service to the readers of Gibbons Stamp Monthly. We have a huge archive of magazine articles stretching back to the 19th century and because it is such a time consuming process to add them to www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com, we have decided to take a...

jim ellsworth wrote: LINN'S no longer publishes circulation figures. Not true, as required by USPS they publish them in the first issue in October each year. --

BTW Grandpa, (Hope I am not telling you how to suck eggs here) but just as a FYI if you paste Niuafo'ou into your Google browser, then select the "Images" options you will get 246 images of Niuafo'ou stamps, photos, people having bbq's and all sorts of things. HTH

From The June 2004 Collector's Series Sale - Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. - June 11-12, 2004 http://stampauctionnetwork.com/F/63/1454.jpg Lot 1454 - USA Scott #261, $1.00 Black, Type. I, a stunning and incredibly well centered mint example of this scarce Bureau issue, possessing amazingly...

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The rooster crows The dog barks The horse neighs The donkey brays The bird sings The wolf howls The bear roars What do other animals do in English? -- Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)

Any ideas if these were produced for anything in particular? http://www.geocities.com/stamppna/FIP-01.jpg -- It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing

Hi stamp collectors. I am interested in used stamps from China, Fiji, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and UK. In return, I can offer used stamps from the Philippines, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, UK and US. Preferred exchanges in packets of 50-100 stamps. Interested...

Need help identifying 2 sets of ship stamps please. Two unidentified sets out of 50+ isn't too badsigh. I used a on-line identifier, no luck. I used my Unitrade stamp identifier, no luck. 3 passes thru my 2002 Scotts for the Korean ones, no luck. Old, tired or blind???????????????? 1). Need...

A couple of weeks ago I read an article in a Danish newspaper about the assumed identity of Mona Lisa, the model for Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting at the Louvre. The Danish article reads in short: For years art historians and researchers have disputed who the lady with the enigmatic smile...

In relation to the armed robbery today of Munch's famous painting "The Scream" from the Munch Museum in Oslo, I find it appropriate to show a page with some of his paintings on stamps, also giving the story about the robbery, such as broadcasted today on the...

Clipped from alt.collecting stamps. Is this who I think it is? Blair ===================================== Posted by "Grosvenor International" Path:

Hi I have a standing order with the UK Royal Mail to send me presentation packs as they are issued. About one in three that I get are damaged in some (often minor) way that makes me consider them uncollectable and so I send them back for a replacement. After this months issue came to me slightly...

I'm happy to announce the availablity of the new Alabama Precancel Catalog & Guidebook. You can download it from: http://www.precancels.com/literature/Alabama.pdf This is a change from the previously announced website which was very unreliable. This is version 1.3. It is free for interested...

I have just received an e-mail, claiming to have come from Stampstore.org, asking me to log in to a website and verify my account details. It's in the same form, and with the same sort of grammatical errors, as the others which I have had recently which purport to have come from US Bank, Citibank,...

The Number one fellow of the Oz collection. He created quite an impression. The Master Die of the Kangaroo and map (with 9d Plug) http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=436 enjoy! (Large scan 356Kb)

"First day of use luminescent tagging" 1st August 1963 http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=435 -- (Remove gum to reply)

The life and work of Amadeo Modigliani has always fascinated me, so I have set up a modest page about him in the Expressionist section of my site. http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Modigliani.htm Only four stamps from so-called "serious" postal administrations have been issued, but together...

It's Australias turn for the "Dig in the ribs diary" What we see here is the SS Fram, the vessel that carried the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to the Antarctic, and, of course, on to his successful race to the South Pole. Did the brave Norwegian have too many Schnapps that evening? then why...