Growing up in Malta in a British education system , an English teacher prepared us for our O level English (composition and précis) through some very interesting exercises. One of my favorite exercises consisted in Mr. Sycamore giving us a picture of a stamp from his collection and each student...

http://cjoint.com/data/dDdlbxFVEq.htm Advert: US "Globe" Stamp Album (Dell Publishing) 1938

For anyone who wants a squiz. http://cjoint.com/data/dBbSyMbN4f.htm Curious design changes evident. The Spanish arms (that's a pomegranate down the bottom of the shields) Some times the top crown is replaced by a 4 towered castle. Other times the 4 "gules" shield at bottom left is...

Can anybody throw any further information about this stamp? http://cjoint.com/?dCab3jixze Pedro

Who is the man on the stamp? http://cjoint.com/data/dClZ7ngPHB.htm

The great Australian stamp cartoonist, Monty Wedd creator of the legendary "Captain Justice", and "The Scorpion" has turned up again in this lovely 4 stamp Cinderella set, of the Australian 1956 Olympics http://cjoint.com/data/dCcCTZ8buV.htm Monty whetted the imagination of many a schoolboy with...

Handstamp on a Columbian air mail cover - wonder what that could be? I found a possible explanation on a spanish site - hope someone in here is able to translate? " "Úsase o termo man común para referirse a unha unión de persoas, esforzos, intereses, institucións ou cousas para acadar un...

I've had this one of Lenin sitting in my unknown for some years, thinking I would run across it. No luck yet, can you supply year please? http://cjoint.com/data/dBaFiiz2jN.htm Thanks.

In starting to sell on Delcampe, it becomes quickly apparent that the lingua franca is French avec Yvert. One might be able to get by with Michel, but Gibbons and Scott? Way out of luck. I read French well enough to use Yvert -- I think -- but I don't want to kill all those trees and then send...

Somewhere in currency land I seem to recall that the 100 Billion Z$ was the largest note ever officially placed in circulation showing the full set of zeroes. Is this still true? I see Blair's 100 Trillion as well as 10, 20 and 50 Trillion notes for sale on ebay. I assume these were printed but...

http://cjoint.com/data/dAxB1PSrUU.htm Hungary, probably revenue. Any gossip welcome and appreciated. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://www.amedialuz.ca/

http://cjoint.com/data/dAxK7MU1AG.htm This looks like the September 24, 1959 issue but without the overprint. I cannot find it in my Scott. Thanks in advance for all help. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://www.amedialuz.ca/

Hello friends, I am building up a webpage (non-commercial) with images and a little information about my stamps. I use Scott catalogues to identify and find some info about the stamps to be placed on the webpage, but there are some stamps I can't find in Scott catalogues so I need some...

Zimbabwe dollar pronounced dead http://www.upi.com HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 20 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti told members of parliament that the country's currency was essentially dead. "The death of the Zimbabwe dollar is a reality we have to live with," he said. "Since...

Further to the thread last fall on new Obama stamps, here are an assortment issued to date. http://www.stampcenter.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=obama+&x=0&y=0 It looks like the usual offenders are all lining up. Blair

Last five on line exhibits on EXPONET: http://www.exponet.info/ Traditional philately: THE PENNY DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND AND ITS USAGE from Paul H. TYLER, USA

http://cjoint.com/data/dyrtW56Usf.htm I found these two examples of a 1913 Brasil postage due - the first is on ordinary white paper while the other is darker and on thinner paper with some kind of bureaulage that I cannot find listed in Scott. Any gossip appreciated. -- Tony Vella Ottawa,...

Wow! I'm full of questions today. As you can tell, I'm working on my Spain. Here are a couple Souvenir sheets that I can't seem to find listed. I have had them laying about for a few years and just don't know what to do with them. I think they are cool. Any ideas as to their proper place in...

http://casacudor.googlepages.com/50pf Michel cat. no.? and estimated value on the market. I do not find on internet in MNH condition. thanks, Anton

Hello group: Thanks once more for the warm invite, and I have to say we are a old breed that without us saying something about stamp collecting, it will go the way of carbon paper and rotary dialed phones ! I enjoy taking my collection out almost daily to look at all the history and time I spent...