To the uninitiated, this is what the fuss is all about for one Mr. Robert Bateman. The "endearingly hideous" stamps of Bhor. My copy is thus: http://cjoint.com/data/kwlTSRmSda.htm This is what Mr. Bateman writes in 1971 http://cjoint.com/data/kwlZFiyDwJ.htm

A few years ago, the US Post Office issued a business-card size plastic stamp decoder. What was the purpose of the decoder? Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+...

Hello all I stumbled upon this 'stamp atlas' http://www.sandafayre.com/html/atlas.htm Concise background info on countries and their postal history. Very nice background info Jan

Exponet # 311: "The Departmental Stamps of South Australia 1868 - 1874" from Anthony Dean Presgrave, Australia Exponet # 312: "The Ten Numbered Expedition Offices of Imperial St. Petersburg" from René Hillesum, Netherland Wellcome on the Virtual International Philatelic Exhibition EXPONET -...

http://cjoint.com/data/knaMcKeWgD.htm Can anyone please identify these perfins for me? The stamps are Scott nos. 159 and 296. Thanks in advance. -- Tony Vella, Ottawa, Canada http://tv-stamps.shorturl.com

I hve a skeleton in my family closet: Some of my ancestors participated in the persecution of women and children in the infamous Salem Witch Trials. One of my relatives, by marriage, Sarah Good (also spelled Goode) was actually hanged, and her five-year-old daughter was briefly imprisoned with her...

Anyone aware of an L.E.F. overprint? Thanks.

1. the end of a "paquebot" impression? 2. Would the cognascenti agree with my ID of the Poonch? the apparent cancel stain, I have put down to mutilation due to mishandling. 3. Unknown http://cjoint.com/data/kulUuyIuBb.htm Thanks.

Looking at some Christmas Island stamps I see Australia followed by the face value in larger letters than CI, why? I know CI is a possession of Australia but do not see the need to have Australia on a CI stamp. Are the CI stamps valid for postage in Australia? Ralphael, the OLD one

Hello http://www.iklimt.com This is a state-of-the-art website about the life and work of Gustav Klimt with music by Eric Satie. Please take a look, enjoy, and comment. Thank you JD

A couple of days ago a visitor to my Repin-page asked a tricky question about this stamp, a portrait of the Russian painter W.A. Serov. http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/repin-ussr1965-PortraitSerov.jpg Michel 3082, Scott 3057. Michel mentions that it is a wood cut by A. Kalaschnikow. Scott gives...

If anyone has a genuine image of Dhar SG1 can they compare it to this one please. The frame design on all corner motifs have the arrow pointing towards the centre. I think the forger slipped up on mine on the top LHS. http://cjoint.com/data/kum51v5kTQ.htm

Anyone recognise this. The design is familiar somehow. http://cjoint.com/data/ktdb4L3uy2.htm

Hello http://www.iklimt.com This is a state-of-the-art website about the life and work of Gustav Klimt with music by Eric Satie. Please take a look, enjoy, and comment. Thank you JD

Mutilated floor sweeping, it will be nice to know what it is though. http://cjoint.com/data/ktnCHTwdmZ.htm King V Emmanuel3, looks like rev in two parts Thanks.

Ras Al Khaima : Japanese Locomotives. A really nice label set. http://cjoint.com/data/ktlql60XUQ.htm

Recently there were posts here about the Digital Blue microscope. I understand this machine magnifies only at 10x, 50x and 200x. Is there anything out there that magnifies from 2x to 10x more or less like a hand-held magnifying glass. Right now when I need such a magnification -...

When Arnold sculpted the profile of Her Majesty, as far as my memory permits, it was in something similar to plaster, and appeared twice life size and in relief. This has puzzled me for some time, why would this be so? If perhaps the image of him was just cleaning up a mould the question remains,...

http://www.pherber.com/stamps/image1.jpg Never seen these before. One of the Portuguese colonies, or a revenue? MTIA. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.sandrila.co.uk/

Hi All, I found a stamp in a batch of kiloware that has a postmark from Barren Island, Australia. However, the postmark is in blue and the wavy lines are black. There's also a corner of a circular cancel (upper left) in black. So, what do you all think - is the postmark legit or...