1) I've got a touch of catalogue-blindness - can anyone help ? In an old printed album for Turkey that I've just acquired it has spaces for 6 stamps dated 1909 (5pa, 10pa, 20pa, 1pi, 2pi & 2½pi) which appear to be for stamps of 1908 (Sultan Abdul-Hamid II) overprinted for the accession of...

I have a cover that was posted from General Montgomery's South Eastern Command on August 4, 1942, which was sealed with wax seals. You can see images at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/Montyscommandcover.jpg and http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/sealweb.jpg The seals each contain an impression of the Royal...

I have had the ocassion to meet Tracy Barber and would like to add my comment to the flap. I don't care about his religion, political position or sexual orientation. I don't dislike him, I hate his guts. All because his stamp budget is larger than mine. :-) adding to my disgust is the fact that he...

......Regarding Bhutan, and other judgements. Personally, I feel if the so called "Philatelists" can collect gum, then I can collect whatever I damn well like. :) I simply will leave the judgement to the people at auction when I pass on. They will either buy what I have been caretaker to, or...

I often buy used stamps that are attached to album pages with hinges. It's easy to separate the hinges from the pages, but separating the hinges from the stamps is often a pain. I tried using Supersafe Hinge Removal liquid, but it usually disfigures a stamp. :-( Of course, the easiest way is...

Since the top-posting and bottom-posting has become a minor battle, I decided to change up the subject. Well, which is it and why? Tracy Barber

I found an 1895 Danish 'coat of arms' type with a G.L. perfin and was advised by friends on the Danish group that this represents GUSTAV LOTZE, ODENSE (1899-1955). I was also given a link to an on-line catalogue of nordic perfins (by our Toke) which I thought would come handy to other perfin...

Hello Friends, Being at the origin of the publicity made here on this excellent site http://cjoint.com/ which permits to freely host images, I am pleased to announce that the limit of 500 Ko per image is now of 1024 Ko per image. (The image is still kept for a maximum of 21 days) HTH

Leiden, 26.08.2009 I hereby declare that - after my yet unforeseeable death - all my philatelic web-pages - www.galeoptix.nl/fila/ - may be freely copied and widely spread, the myriads of scans used in other philatelic studies in order to make sure that no philatelic knowledge will get...

Zimbabwe continues to suffer from hyper inflation. Less than a year ago, a local letter cost Z$100.00 to mail. Now I understand it costs Z$3,000.00 to mail that same local letter. On July 10, 2007 a new set of four stamps were issued, depictingwomen who each made a special contribution to...

From: Stamps4ra ) Subject: Omnibus Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss Date: 2004-09-21 12:54:31 PST What is the true meaning of Omnibus issues in the stamp collecting world? They are not accepted as joint issues by the IPS-JSIC,

Cherrystone Summer Auction - The August 13-14, 2003 Sale - of 2,600 lots includes Stamps and Postal History of the World, with excellent United States, British Commonwealth; Europe with specialized Germany; Russia; France; South America with Argentina; Paraguay; Aerophilately with Flight and...

Dear Friends From time to time a friend of mine puts letters aside for me - especially when he can see that they are worth nothing! :-) But - he found a nice one showing how the automatic spell checker can change an address: The name of the town should read "DK-8000 ÅRHUS...

Yeah, I know, its not the marketplace forum... Looking for a lot(s) of early US Precancels. Anyone have any they'd like to sell? Please contact me off list at Thanks, Grandpa John

Does anyone here have or has seen a complete collection of the Venezuelan 'Arms' of the 50s? I have been collecting Venezuela since the 70s and have never seen the complete series. Here is a Carabobo & Industry as an example: http://cjoint.com/data/iecsQNypxm.htm Just curious. TIA. -- Tony...

This question pertains to the castle type released in 1960, 1961, and 1964 What is the difference between the 4 Forint variety (Castle - Eger) released in 1961 and 1964 Scott # 1365, bright blue, 28x21mm, Perf 12 x 11.5 (March 3, 1961) Scott # 1644, bright blue, 28x21mm, Perf 12 x 11.5 (1964) Is...

An advert for a dog's refuge home. Check the Machins in the background :( http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm

I've posted a graphic here of two stamps identified as Canada Scott 37. http://yfrog.com/15canadascott37j Scott lists the basic catalog number as orange red with a value of $1.25. There are three varieties -- 37a is rose valued at $10, 37b is copper red valued at $50, 37c is dull red valued at...

Latest news; USPS may fall victim of the economy and wither away. Not really news to those thinkers who realize email has cut a serious chunk of USPS income. The recession is taking another big bite. Who knows what lies down the road. Ralphael, the OLd one

I'm in the process of developing another game for kids, based on US stamp history. I'd appreciate any comments and suggestions. If some of you have kids 5th grade or older, I'd especially appreciate suggestions from your kids. Also, if anyone has a better scan of the 1907 Jamestown stamp,...