I'm trying to tell the difference between wet and dry printing of some machins. My Scott cat does not go into this in any depth. Can someone give me some pointers? JW

Unusual discolouration on this Australian KGV 1d. http://members.iinet.net.au/~rk/stamps/kgv.htm

Something I just realized about the chicken stamps subject: next year is the Chinese Year of the Rooster. I don't know who was asking about them but whomever you were, hold on tight - they'sa comin'. - Ron G

For the more common and general stamps, is there a general rule of thumb for assigning a value or selling price to a stamp, like some percentage of Scott? As I accumulate at some point I'd like to offer some on either SOR or at auction for our local club, or to trade for others I need but...

Hi gang: I asked this question in another NG - and it melted into segues that had nothing to do with the question. I know that never happens here! ;-)) Scott in pretty thorough - certainly not complete, but it's what I use in conjunctionn with my Specialty albums. I find that Scott Catalogs...

I recently came across this. An seller on eBay boldly put a large collection up for auction at a starting bid of $.01 and no reserve. After 10 days the auction was cancelled and all bids were cancelled. This is dispite the claim within the auction that "Once this is gone to the lucky highest...

I've spent the past few hours scouring AskPhil and a few other choice sites in a desperate attempt not to flood RCSD with millions of newbie questions but, well, here comes another one. Is there a term for the process of pasting one stamp on another stamp to make a new stamp? example: ...

Hello, you may probably find ships of the line from the Napoleonic area issued by UK, but you can find them on stamps issued by former British colonies. There are many series of HMS ships. For France, you can find only stamps of modern ships, and as UK, the stamps are issued by overseas territories...

Mette, I can't seem to run down your personal address, which I know has been changed from the one I have. Would you please send me an e-mail so I can let you know about an auction you might be interested in? Bob

Perhaps those of you from other countries can relate as well... ------------------------------------------------------ "THE YEAR 1903" The year is 1903, one hundred years ago... what a difference a century makes.. Here are the U. S. statistics for 1903.... The average life expectancy in the US...

Awhile back in a thread "The Encyclopedia of Colors of U. S. Postage" was mentioned and inspired by that I tracked down a set. Now it has come to my attention that a companion book "The Papers and Gums of United States Postage Stamps, 1847 - 1909" by the same R. H. White (1983) exists. Does anyone...

I posted a this last week, except for a few minor changes I made this evening. I don't think there was any response to the first post. I'd like to know what ideas you have. ----- I found quite a remarkable Japanese stamp a couple of years ago in an approval package. I was convinced that I had a...

Just posted on eBay: Old Liberia postage stamps, 21 stamps, from the early 1920's to the late 1950's. 17 stamps are hinged onto a catalog page, the remaining 4 are loose, stored in glassine envelopes. 10 are used, 11 are new. Please refer to the following...

Evening/Morning/Afternoon All On the Austrian Stamp Yahoo group, we're having a discussion about various forms of software in particular, the Michel Perfoscope and Ez Grader. I can't see either replacing the perf gauge, But do others have any experience with using this sort of software?

I am new to collecting and have been offered stamps sometimes that are unused and have no gum. What are these stamp all about? Do they hold the same value as the same stamp with gum? What causes a stamp to have no gum? Any info will be appreciated.

Without going into detail, the latest edition of Linn's Stamp News has a most interesting article on the US Postal Museum and what it intendes to do with millions of old (some quite valuable) revenue stamps given them by the Internal Revenue Service (the proverbial taxman) years ago. Although...

Just for the fun of it (and that's what stamp collecting is to me - fun) I collect used Great Britain Christmas issues (among many other non-topical stamps). I need to know what stamps are considered THE Christmas Issue(s) for the year 2000. I think that it would be Scott 1930 thru 1937. ...

Hello, I need help with some old Mexico stamps. When I look at Scott's 2003 catalog, there are 5 or 6 varieties of this same stamp, with values ranging from 40c to $800 !!! To make matters worse, I am new at this. I have scanned the stamps and uploaded the image file, please check out...

As I was surfing the web tonight I googled for 'postage stamp quiz' which popped up a number of links. Being a newbie to stamp collecting I don't know much about them, and after taking several of these quiz's and snooping at postage stamp trivia, I learned I knew far less than I thought I did...

If anyone is interested in collecting 'rowing' on stamps, this person has assembled an inpressive web site with WW stamp pics dedicated to this topic. http://www.rowinghistory.net/Collecting/stamps.htm