Hello there :) Can someone with some real background in stamps, tell me what the actual difference in color from the regular issue Scott 205 and the 205C is? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the special printing and the regular, is it color alone??? I've seen images on the internet showing...

Whats new on the EXPONET http://www.exponet.info THE LIBERATION OF YUGOSLAVIA from CARRIGAN Jay T., HENDERSONVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0378/index0378a.htm ÖSTERREICH 1850 - 1858, FRANKATUREN UND POSTSTEMPEL from ZRONEK Jindrich, CHOMUTOV,...

Some days ago I obtained a "I am quite well" pow card, from the pow camp Ahmednagar, dated Dec 16 1914. Not very remarkable so far - but, it is addressed to Germany. Can somebody give me a hint, why a german soldier is a pow in a indian camp during WW I? Peter

Hi folks, just now I was surfing the web for some philatelic info on East Timor. Quite a "discovery", I found an article in the website of the Chinese Postage Stamp Printing Bureau of State Postal Bureau claiming the Bureau has printed stamps for East Timor in...

I consulted my favorite local USPS Customer Relations Specialist and she informs me that the permits for stamp collectors to use bulk mail stamps are good only at the post office that issued them. However, with permission from the bulk mail unit they can be presented to any post office in the same...

I have a 1961 Pakistan Service overprint which appears to have an additional "overprint" or perhaps a cancellation applied in blue ink by a rubber stamp (?). The stamp is off-paper but the op reads AFFARABA - but there may be additional letters before or after as the word extends over...

.. Here are last week's entries at Stamps of Distinction blog. Once again, thanks for all the many exciting comments that you have made. It is very encouraging to hear from my readers. Stamp Issuers - La Aguera http://stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com/2008/03/stamp-issuers-la-aquera.html

Here is an example of an envelope I picked up in a lot of EFO (Errors, Freaks, Oddities). The lot contained nothing but US postal stationery examples with albinos, overinking, miscut and misfolded items. http://www.georgestamps.org/images/gp_u468k_1.jpg My question is: Is this the listed Scott...

.. Here are last week's posts at Stamps of Distinction blog (http:// stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com). Website Spotlight - StampBoards.com http://stampsofdistinction.blogspot.com/2008/04/spotlight-stampboardscom.html Technique - How to Find Stamps in a Catalog

Last night at stamp club one of the members mentioned there was a new permit to use precancelled stamps that was good at any post office. If true I could apply and throw away the 27 permits I have collected. Since nearly all post office's bulk mail has been consolidated to main sortuing faciliry in...

For years police have done crimes. If a lot of people look at my video the truth might be exposed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_RaVVGrt8 Kurt Stocklmeir

How does one block/filter listings by undesirable sellers when browsing through listings on Ebay? I think someone said it can be done, so kindly advise. TIA

Can we not get rid of that prefix, until such time as we are seriously worried by trolls/spam etc. It performed a temporarily useful service that is no longer necessary. I have only put it in my header as otherwise someone will no doubt killfile it. --

Hi just as a matter of interest, how much are you paying for GB machin kiloware stateside please and anyone interested in some ( well lots really ) David

Had a serendipitous find in my mailbox today! Five Japanese International Reply Coupons I had purchased on eBay, which had taken a rather long time to get to me, had the reason betrayed on the enclosing cover. Hand-stamped in violet-blue, in the lower right, is "MISENT TO JAKARTA MPC". MPC...

I had to visit one of the local Post Offices last week to mail some letters with Bulk Mail postage affixed. Window Clerk #3 refused the letters. After my insistence that I had a permit and was allowed to use the stamps she went to call the Bulk Mail unit. I never had a problem before, maybe because...

I am a bit of a general collector, however I have small collection of reasonably good quality stamps in Japan and George VI areas. I am attempting to write up my collection thematically and would like to know if anyone has a recommendation for a portable (small) scanner which I could use for this...

From all the rumours abounding, attendance this year, starting April Fool's Day, will be the worst ever. It seems that enough dealers decided to avoid Edmonton, so that the hucksters should have a sizable loss this year, but honest dealers will not be having their stock stolen by insiders...

A couple of pet peeves about dealing with Ebay sellers: Sellers having so-called "private bidders" One never knows whether these are shills for the seller Unknown Reserved Price by the seller. One never knows what it is and one can bid a reasonable offer but not get the lot. For both of the...

One for Tracy. http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/mar19_2008.html#Z22 I wonder what postal rates are. Blair