On other alt and rec groups I have more than once seen pictures posted together with text without any problems. It would be so easy to post a scan and under it say: can anyone help me id this stamp? instead of going to cjoint, creating a link, and providing a url. Someone in a classical music...

What are *the* country catalogues to use for these countries? I'm thinking of swicthing to the 'local' catalogue instead of using my Yverts Europe. Next time I'm there I can buy them. The German catalogue should cover the German city issues, regions like Bayern and the constantly "occupation...

Any information about these two cancellations would be appreciated. http://cjoint.com/data/ffpBEBJrxx.htm TIA. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://amedialuz.shorturl.com

Good morning. I sell a complete leaf on Ebay (type mail) of 75 stamps of 1908-17 of Madagascar. Transport in filanzane. Number of the object on Ebay Franch: 170219351486 http://cjoint.com/?fpsRY6cuIT seen from 50 of 75 stamps http://cjoint.com/?FpsSLVxHi8 The catalogue Yvert and Tellier not...

Has anyone had dealings with Marlen Stamps? I tried to buy a much wanted sheet of stamps and advised him that I had problems with PayPal and would have to use my credit card. He replied that he was putting aside a sheet for me and credit card was OK. I sent credit card information twice but got no...

Well...I see the new US State Flag stamps are ou, $21.00 for the sheet. 42 cents each is quite a difference than the first set of State Flags. Just the reason so many collectors are abandoning country collecting. There is also a set of four US Flags at 42 cents each. Ralphael, the OLD one

While working on my Europa collection I ventured into the 50th Anniversary issues. Holy Cow, what a can of worms I got into. My search brought up Stamp Scandal.com. According to this site Michel lists illegal stamps of Afghanistan and Benin of the 50th Europa. Much more information is on the...

Did you fund your payment with your credit card ? If so, call them up and dispute the charge, let them know you have returned the package and have proof that you have done so. If you didn't then you'll know that next time you use Paypal, always fund with your credit card.

I am sure we all know how one interesting item in a collection can lead to a second, then a third, then, promptly, to an obsession.... The foregoing has been true of late regarding worldwide complete booklets. I have limited my attention only to moisture-activated stamps, but believe I have...

Here are the entries for last week on Stamps of Distinction Blog. Stamp Issuers - Algeria http://www.stampsofdistinction.com/2008/05/stamp-issuers-algeria.html Spotlight - Philatelic Mineralogy http://www.stampsofdistinction.com/2008/05/spotlight-philatelic-mineralogy.html U.N.'s Endangered...

Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between these 2 stamps? They look the same in the cat.

I think that someone, some time ago, explained how to block certain sellers from showing up when browsing through Ebay, as a registered bidder. if someone could kindly repost, it will be appreciated. TIA

To follow up on my post of a year ago (before I was a regular contributor) I would like to update the newsgroup on the state of the Penguins on Stamps Study Unit. We are now publishing a newsletter, we have a website with a forum at http://www.penguinstamps.org, and we will hold an annual...

"ElCheapo" wrote in message ... In March I was another victim of Ebay and one of Ebay's regular crooks. I paid nearly $200 for a lot of supposed stamps, from a crook now living in Spain. When his rubbish...

The following letter comes from a current edition of the Financial Gazette (FinGaz) . -------------- Is there a ‘Bermuda Triangle’ at Zimpost? EDITOR — I wonder if I may encroach on the space in your correspondence columns to raise an issue, which is very dear to my heart and which I...

Anyone know of a web-page where I can look up some German perfins? Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://amedialuz.shorturl.com

Thanks for spreading the word. With the addition of the new domain, readership has been very high, especially for last week's topic on RMS Titanic. Here are the articles you might have missed. Stamp Issuer -...

Tracy--let's get this topic out of the depths of Rodney's thread on French paper. At: http://cjoint.com/?ffsphtBwd2 there is Ruth and Gardner Brown's sketch from The Bordeaux Issue of 1870-1871, page 7. The 1975 Yvert Specialise points out that the letters are "imperceptible" which means the...

I'm putting together a new topical checklist for Mustelidae (mustelids). These are the carnivorous mammals -- otters, sables, weasels, minks, wolverines, martens, badgers, etc. -- that all have that "slinky" quality. The initial list that I've constructed contains 272 stamps and souvenir...

Does anyone know what has happened to Greg Deeter's Philatelic List today? It seems to be out of service, and can not post to it. Correct info will be much appreciated. Perhaps Greg can reply?