I am crushed my $100,000,000,000 Zimbabwe bill has expired. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained, How is the econony down there in the dark continent? Ralphael, the OLD one

Thank you, gentlemen. Other collectors I contacted concur with the paquebot explanation, and I now have a much clearer understanding of paquetbot mail. Bob

After taking a look at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/6.jpg (on my web site), please explain to me how a Haiphong, Tonkin cancellation might have ended up on what appears to be a Hong Kong #44 violet on red paper. I know that Tonkin (North Vietnam) was ruled by the Chinese prior to the Sino-French war...

I found a stamp I need but dealer only accepts Money Brokers. Any comments about Money Brokers? Is it better than Paypal? The stamp has a price 5x Scott cat and S&H is more than the stamp and yes, I will pay the price. The stamp was on sale for thirty days and was recalled because of...

Morning, All I want to extend my Scott International British Commonwealth pages to 1952 (a more logical place to stop than 1940). I will have to print them myself as nobody seems to do an appropriate supplement. Anyone know what fonts are used on the international pages, please (or have spare...

While searching for information in my ongoing battle with USPS I found this link that lists the 2008 stamps issued by USPS....

Sir Rodney, on my last dive in the dumpster I found a US Documentary stamp with a 1849 pen cancel. You want It??? Ralphae;, the OLD one

Has any of the group seen or received mail where a bvlock of stamps was used, part on the face of the envelope and folded over on the back? I sent Sir Rodney my only cover like this. I can remember a few years back I saw a cover where several stamps placed in a row overlapping leaving about half...

Hi, Can an yone tell me what the issue date (month and year) for the GB 4d red stamp, SG 62 (Watermark Small Garter). Thanks in anticipation. David

Hi folks, I'm the webmaster of AIDS on Stamps (www.aidsonstamps.com), a website that catalogues stamps about AIDS and the AIDS epidemic. Y'all have always been a fountain of knowledge when I have asked you about AIDS stamps in the past. Today I have a few more questions about two...

Today I went to the downtown post office and gave the clerk a 4" x 7" letter, postage attached and told him I wanted it insured at the minimum rate. After a blank look he told me the post office does not insure letters. ( Hello, where have you been? ) I left and went to Woods post office, same...

In the news today; Mail Routes May Change. Quote; "USPS is reviewing all its city routes nationwide and changing some of them to cut costs because mail volume is dropping during the recession." "Nationwide the changes are expected to affect as many as 50 million addresses on 85,000 urban...

I have often faulted Scott Catolog for one reason or another. Tonight while resting the easy chair scanning a Scott Catolog I realized that there is a massive amount of work poured into these catalogs. How they maintain a fairly good listing of many Nations new stamp issues is mind boggling,...

The battle with the post office rages on: Postal clerk refuses to accept Scott catalogs as Media Mail. Says they are catalogs and catalogs are not allowed as Media Mail. Well, there are sales catalogs and then there are just plain old catalogs. Ralphael, the OLD one

On Jan 6, 10:15*pm, Stephen Lorimor wrote: I totally understand. *I don't want to invest the money in those books as well. *Hence why I ask on here from time to time. *There's no real study group for AIDS stamps, and I although my website has some people that send in...

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I totally understand. I don't want to invest the money in those books as well. Hence why I ask on here from time to time. There's no real study group for AIDS stamps, and I although my website has some people that send in information from time to time, it's mostly me doing the work. Anyway,...

A few years ago, I began seeing cans of "archival mist" being offered: spray a piece of paper, and prevent acidic yellowing in the future. When it was introduced, it was $40. For 45 ml. For real. I had half a mind to start production and undercut them by 90%. I've been beaten to it. It...

Only today we add: DAS UNGLEICHE ZWILLINGSPAAR, DER AMERIKANISCHE UND DER SOWJETISCHE SPACE-SHUTTLE 1977 / 1989 FALK Dieter, SWITZERLAND http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0468/index0468a.htm THE 1964 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR COMMEMORATIVE AND ITS FIRST DAY COVERS KLIMLEY Ronald J., TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES...

I am rechecking my Canada defins. in conjunction with adminware.ca. This website shows stamps to use as control copies to compare with other stamps to determine level of flourescence. Regrettably these are only shown as scott/unitrade numbers. Can anyone furnish the equivalent SG numbers. The...