G'day my Pliocene partner, you are always sending me stuff, and you are so picky,picky. How about this, Old one? Any interest? would you like it? http://cjoint.com/data/cdihFtkDdI.htm Mind you, I don't like the way Keiran Kiwi has his arm around Kenny, It looks a bit Suss. rodney

For the thousands, whom have been patiently awaiting a glimpse, the very beautiful 1 Chuckram postal stationery in deep ultramarine. http://cjoint.com/data/fuiQDT4RcS.htm

Hello all, I love it here. I love most of the people I've met here. But I could easily handle 20 - 30 times as much traffic in one day. I used to be a member of stampboards.com, but had a rather nasty run-in with the enormous Aussie ego who runs the place, resulting in my calling him a crook...

The designer of this issue http://cjoint.com/data/grorhNVpsW.htm seems to have suffered from the bane of all draughtsmen in the ability to present any sort of real likeness of any lion I have seen, however, the "stylisation" seems to have worked, because the issue is particularly attractive. (...

I was considering doing some housekeeping on my collection of about 3000 pieces. I have the Yvert Catalogue and the task seems a little daunting. Could anyone suggest, If I seek out a Stanley Gibbons specialised catalogue, would the detail be of a similar complexity to Yvert? I would like the...

At long last I am in the process of making my own pages for Netherlands Indies. As I go along it is surprising me how many stamps I do have. Anyone else collect this former Netherlands colony and, if so, have you made your own pages? Dave

Perhaps you'd like to bid $1.75 for $1.69 of face value for some 30ish year old US commemoratives with hinge remnants? Maybe a decent deal if you want to fill some album spaces. The lot description even includes the caveat: 'sold as is final sale ask before bids'. So you place your bid and wait,...

Notice that the prestigious listing of stamp shows in Canada and the USA, is now omitting the Edmonton Stamp Show. Is this because there no longer is an Edmonton Stamps show? Or, is it because of too many complaints from dealers who had their stock stolen while...

To avoid another thread that included a story about how today's perveyers of porn were previously obsessive stamp collectors. Those of us here would certainly refute that argument. So what does stamp collecting lead to? A common theme among posts seems to be a development of interest in the...

I think I've gotten myself into a programming pickle. A stamp-club programming pickle. Recently, in an effort to avoid having our stamp club get into a bit of a rut, we took a poll to see what kind of activities members would like to have scheduled for our weekly meetings. I listed several...

On examining my copies of this VERY common definitive series under a long-wave lamp - it seems that this occurs on flourescent and non- flourescent paper. There is no mention of this in my SG Spain and Portugal catalogue. There are several copies of each ( but not on every value ) - and...

In today's mail I received two letters, each with a single 5 cent Seacoast coil stamp. One was a window legal size envelope and the other plain #10 envelope. Both came from the same political source and the contents was very similiar, seeking a donation. Enclosed in each envelope was a postage paid...

Hi, The users of this group have always been a font of knowledge, so I thought I'd tap your collective brainpower again. This time I have a few mysteries I want to solve. First -- just an FYI. I run www.aidsonstamps.com. It's a site about, you guessed it, AIDS/HIV on stamps. These questions...

I know we've discussed a little of this before, in dribs and drabs, no doubt. OK... Why would dealers or even collectors get mint copies of official stamps or postage due stamps - say, U.S. only for the moment. One may reply because the post office gave them sheets as receipts of something or...

The Group of Seven was an early-20th-century nationalist art group whose members set out to create a distinctly Canadian art that reflected the character of the land and the people. It would be hard to find a Canadian who has not been moved by the group's works. Their paintings -- displayed in...

I have several copies of the 15f red, 20f blue, and 25f red of this issue. As part of an ongoing investigation into all my world "common" definitives I have eaxamined these under a lw u/v lamp. To my surpsise I find all 3 on a paper with no reaction and also all 3 with various intensities of...

The US stamp that "commemorated" the Cinco de Mayo with a dancing couple was very inappropriate, since the Fifth of May commemorates a battle in 1862; clearly, its designer did not bother to research the origin and meaning of the occasion. What other similar stamp bloopers can you mention? En el...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/24Mar2005_news27.php] Munich, Germany _ The sale of Nazi-era stamps depicting swastikas is legal in Germany, but their display in shop windows is not, a Munich court ruled on Tuesday. The court found a stamp trader guilty of breaking the law by displaying...

There is a great number of various subjects of stamps (e.g. animals, cars, sports, etc.). I wonder what the total number of such subjects is and what is the most popular one. Furthermore, is there a subject/theme that has not become a stamp subject?

WhooHoo, I bought a nice big shoebox for $15US of on paper kiloware at our recent bourse, maybe 2 lbs+ and had a chance to dig deeply into it today. Found a lot of older nifty stuff and a bunch of $1 USA Seaplane transportation series I wanted (all cancelledsigh) but the best of all was noting...