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Self-Adhesive problems already? by
Dave
Just as the 37c rate increase went into effect in the U.S. I bought a
number of sheets of the soon to be obsolete 34c stamps.
One sheet has become a problem. This is the 34c "Mentoring A Child"
stamp. This was issued in 2001. The stamps I have have become difficult to
peel off the backing and...
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Austria Stamps 1st issue 1850 - stamp by
Naja
I have an old stamp from Austria 1st issue 1850 1Kreuzer yellow. The stamp
on it is
......trzedohl....
does anyone know what the whole name of that town/village that is.
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January 11th 04 09:48 PM
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Austria Stamps 1st issue 1850 - strange stamp on it by
Naja
I have an old stamp from Austria 1st issue 1850 1Kreuzer yellow. The stamp
on it is
.....trzedohl....
does anyone know what the whole name of that town/village that is.
http://members.chello.at/topsecret/
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January 11th 04 09:51 PM
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Color-Blind Collectors by
A.E. Gelat
I have been reading this newsgroup for over five years, and I have never seen this subject discussed. How do color-blind collectors distinguish stamps with identical design and denomination when the color is changed? How do they distinguish shades of the same color? I am thinking about total...
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Advice needed on mounting and shipping stamps by
Barry Kramer
Hello, recently I posted to this newsgroup a request for advice on the
dispersal of an old stamp collection (US & Worldwide). I have decided to
break up the collection into lots divided by country.
I am new to stamp collecting, and now need advice on how to properly mount
and ship the stamps. ...
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Mounts for Stamps by
Grandpa
I've finally run across some stamps that do not fit real well into the
'standard' or 'popular' sized Showgard mounts I have. I need mounts for
6 of the US Liberty Series stamps. The stamps measure Hor-26mm x
Vert-22mm. I obviously need to purchase some strips and cut my own for
these. Looking...
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Wonderful Proprietary Die web page by
Bob Ingraham
A while back, Blair pointed me toward some great U.S. Private Die
Proprietary stamps featuring chickens in their designs. I went Googling for
more information tonight, and ran across this web page:
http://www.rdhinstl.com/mm/mmb1.htm. It's enough to 1)make me think about
collecting these...
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Any chicken stamps web site?? by
Lefty
Hi Ed, The only chicken on a US stamp may be SCOTT # 968, issued in 1948,
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Poultry Industry.
Gung Hay Fat Choy - Year of the Monkey (Real Ape Hangers!)
Lefty
On Wed, 7 May 2003, Edwin Chan wrote:
]Newsgroups:...
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Stamps of India by
S
Thanks to this RCSD newsgroup, I'm starting an interesting 2004 by
improving the INDIA sections of my Scott Interantional volumes.
That populous country appears between tiny Iceland and small Ireland
in each year's Volume, and it had become painfully obvious that I had
been collecting and mounting...
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January 12th 04 02:50 PM
by TC
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Green Shield stamps by
TC
http://141.20.245.46/~jmh/Stamps/greenshield.jpg
Green Shield Stamps were a sales promotion or
incentive scheme designed to encourage shopping.
Popular in the UK during the Sixties and Seventies,
shoppers were presented with stamps based on
the size of their purchase.
They then collected the...
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UK National Honour for Jeff Matthews by
Chris Doran
From our local 'paper (Jeff lives a couple of streets from me):-
"The designer behind some of the most famous stamps of the past four
decades has been appointed an MBE.
Beckenham resident Jeffrey Matthews was included in the New Year's
honours list for his services to graphic design.
The...
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Abuse of email address by
Mette
It appears that some jerk is abusing my very private email
address, that is not published anywhere on the Internet,
neither on websites nor in newsgroups, nor eBay, nor PayPal,
nor elsewhere. Thus, spam is now constantly generating on
that address!
This can only mean that I myself have given my...
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Winnipeg Class tagging - Canadian stamps 1962-1972 by
K. Patrick Laffin
Can anyone tell me what I am looking for on Canadian Christmas stamps
and assorted other issues. Are these phosphorescent like the British
stamps of the same period or are they fluorescent like Ottawa tagged
stamps from 1972 onwards?
Thanks,
Patrick
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Catalogues by
K. Patrick Laffin
1. Can anybody recommend any really good English language catalogues
for German stamps?
2. Can anybody recommend any really good catalogues that deal with
New Zealand stamps?
Thanks,
Patrick
(remove the xyz to email)
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Looking Through the Stamp Catalogues (2) by
Victor Manta
My regard felt this time on the US 1991, Feb. 22, Switzerland 700th
Anniversary. One of the reasons for my interest is obvious, anther one is
that I have somewhere a joint issue FDC with the both US and CH (Sc. 888)
stamps.
What puzzled me is the following text, cited from my Scott 1999 (where...
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January 13th 04 12:30 AM
by Albumen
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Q: Portuguese banknotes -- St. Benedict by
Mette
A visitor to my Slania-site has asked me a question about
the Portuguese banknotes engraved by Slania
http://slaniastamps.school.dk/frame_BanknotesPortugal.htm
if any of the ships featured are the Saint Benedict, sunk in
1554 off the coast of South Africa.
Having looked through my archives and...
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{US} More interesting themes to collect by
Grandpa
The USPS put out a free booklet in March 2002 (Pubication 512) thats
still floating around our Philatelic Center titled "Women on Stamps".
Its 56 pages in length and gives a really nice picture and writeup
about each of the 155 stamps it features.
Another free booklet in November 2002 (Publication...
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[OT] Is spring about here (US)? by
Grandpa
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...
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GB price increase by
Alan
Does anyone know if there will be new stamps issued to go with the rate
increase in the UK in April ?
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January 13th 04 11:01 PM
by tony
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