Hi, I've seen some vintage postcards and letters from Russia around 1917 and WWII US that have had censored marked on the envelope. Typically how were letters and postcards censored? Did the offensive material get blacked out or where the letters just not delivered? Thanks!

Hello, My idea for a new project probably involves exerting far too much effort for little return. I want to acquire mission mixes, cherry-pick items for individual resale, up-convert the remainder to packets, and sell through trade papers. I was wondering if anyone had information, general...

I've discovered an error in the sheet of Scott 3750, the 4-cent Chippendale Chair, with the background consistently a lighter colour of brown and shifted down so there is a white space between it and the border. Has anyone seen this, or does anyone have any further information?

I recently obtained a very nice 1907-canceled International Reply Coupon from Wivenhoe for 10 GBP: http://www.mcgees.org/img/wivenhoe.jpeg I take this to be the Wivenhoe in Essex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wivenhoe -- am I wrong? Modern population is approximately 9,000. Does anyone know what...

Hello, The United States Postal Service have made it much easier to make unofficial First Day Covers. It used to be that a stamp was available in one city on the "first day", and then nationwide the next day. Now, the stamp is available everywhere on the first day. In running around town(s)...

.. Last week at Stamps of Distinction Blog, the following topics were discussed. Be sure to visit and leave your comments on these and next week's entries: Stamp Issuer - Afghanistan http://stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com/2008/03/stamp-issuers-afghanistan.html

I am looking for large lots/Collections of the 1850 sets of both Austria & Lombardy-Venetia. I will consider both stamps and also F/L and Covers with these stamps. I prefer large lots and collections, rather than single stamps. Nice cancels and top condition is preferred. I can pay at once, by...

Hello all, Your assistance kindly requested: I have the following U.S. Revenue stamp, intact, affixed to a 1/10 pint (47 ml) bottle of "Glayva" liqueur. It is approximately 13mm x 87 mm (or reversed; I don't know which direction should be considered horizontal), carmine (?) in color, and is...

Hey All, I picked up this 1937 Scott Stamp Album at a book sale and it is loaded with stamp. Afraid I am all new to stamps so I thought you could help me identify some of them. I only photographed the ones I think are interesting: http://picasaweb.google.com/christiansaccount/Stamps I have...

Screwed up again...wrong title. Actually the JSIS is the new Joint Stamp Issues Society, no president or officers, no membership fee, and no password requitrd. The official name of the dead joint issues collector society is: IPS-JSIC or International Philatelic Society of Joint Stamp...

I think I have fallen heir to the widest stamp of all. As near as I can tell it is 6.125 inches. It is the 2007 French Antarctic Territory beauty, Race of the Sun. http://www.bombaystamps.com/full_pic.asp?img_id=40928 Ralphael, the OLD one

Just a quick review of this past week's posts in Stamps of Distinction Blog. Please be sure to visit and leave comments on the site. Your ideas/suggestions are welcomed: R.I.P., Dead Letter http://stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com/2008/03/rip-letter.html Norway's Post Horn...

The Joint Stamp Issues Society is dead. Same story as many organizations, not enough volunteer help. Richard Zimmermann is responsible for the start up and nearly all the work since the beginning. There were a couple of others that did contribute to the success of the Society but with the flood of...

Visiting Houston the weekend of March 22nd, any stamps shows????

I have 2 x 1942 King definitives with ( different ) Thorshavn postmarks, and 2 x 1961 defs with ( similar)Torshvan pmks. Is this Torshavn, the capital of the Faeroes or is there another Torshavn in Denmark "proper"? When did the spelling change, and following on from this are Danish stamps with...

Well, the move to a new domain is finally over. You can now find the Stamps of Distinction blog at http://stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com Thanks for all of the comments for the blog. Let's hope it continues to help re-establish the stamp collecting hobby. If you haven't been online in the...

Well, it's time for the once a year posting concerning the Quad City Stamp Club's annual "Stamp Out Cancer Auction." The QCSC has sponsored this auction for 31 years now and has raised over $199,000 for the American Cancer Society. All of the items have been donated by philatelists throughout the...

(RCSD) GB Perfin Query From a FRP request. Can anyone identify the company / agency for a Victorian era perfin (1883-4) letters are HIO or OIH , Thanks Blair

Hi. does anybody know something about such a letter: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290210904894 Regards Thomas

would ne1b kind enough2 tell me if the"Scott"is "buy or sell",is a prestamped enp. worth more intact(mint)or is it no more so than if stamp is cut off,&if a mint stamp that was "hinged" loses value?? w/profoundest thnx4 ne help,"fast" Crowkiller a.k.a.___the knight of the fearful countenance...the...