Forum: General Discussion
July 11th 09, 06:00 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 499
Braille stamps
The recent post 'stamps for blind poeple' reminded me of the beautiful
Braille stamps the Dutch post office issued...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
June 9th 09, 07:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,151
New Silver Marianne
Hi Raphael
Given that it is the second one they issue, I imagine they have recognized
the problem and sealed it properly this time. I have some of the Dutch
silver stamps that were issued years...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
June 9th 09, 07:15 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 1,113
La Philatelie Instructive ~Liberia.
Rodney I have tried to read it and translate/speak in English at the same
time. This works remarkable well. I miss some parts where I do not
understand the French words. It would take me 30 minutes...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
May 17th 09, 10:55 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 769
(RCSD) Our own Rock Group, now?
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=77477
They sure look suicidal:
http://www.geocities.com/nippleboi/picspage.htm
Bye
Jan
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
May 12th 09, 10:41 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 502
Ball of stamps
http://www.worldslargestthings.com/nebraska/ballofstamps.htm
Bye
Jan
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
May 11th 09, 08:25 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 492
John Heartfield...
.... was honored on a DDR stamp, see the bottom of this article.
http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Visual-Arts/The-Extraordinary-Anti-Nazi-Photomontages-of-John-Heartfield.702053
I had never heard of him...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 20th 09, 09:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 658
(RCSD) Mauritius : a philatelic play
That would be fun - NY is a bit too far away though...
I wonder how many of the audience notice the (appropriate) title beforehand
;-)
jan
"Blair (TC)" schreef in bericht...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 20th 09, 09:16 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,229
A slice of life ~ Venca ~ Fashion by post.
And when your running out of stamps for your wallpaper, you can always
switch to money bills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trilliondollarcampaign/
Note/question about wallpaper stamps:
I do...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 09, 08:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 35
Views: 1,549
Mette passed away last night.
Maybe there is the possibility that her pages can be preserved more
structurally? Anyone of us has a (web) place/opportunity for that?
Her family will surely read her personal email some time after...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 24th 09, 06:55 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 1,207
Yvert online?
That's a 575 MB PDF ;-)
Not much use I guess...
Jan
Oh, it would be *very* useful indeed. I'd just rather not steal
it. ;^)
Full disclosu I use cracked versions of Scott, because...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 23rd 09, 10:15 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 1,207
Yvert online?
That's a 575 MB PDF ;-)
Not much use I guess...
Jan
schreef in bericht
...
Hi Joshua
Just...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 16th 09, 08:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 336
Belgium cancel info
I stand corrected.
DENTS not CENTS
;-)
"Sir Hystrix" schreef in bericht
...
Tony Vella wrote:
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 16th 09, 08:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 336
Belgium cancel info
I have no idea, but that 'something' is 'CENTS'.
Looks like a red cross advert, but given that it talks about 'cents' maybe
people paid something extra for the Red Cross to have it canceled this...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 15th 09, 08:56 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 401
Another 'get rich quick' scheme
A few days ago we had the bogus invert, but this speaks more to my
imagination:
"Stamp collector fights council after binmen trash his 20m...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
October 18th 08, 07:54 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 21
Views: 708
stamps, wherenhell?
Abkhazia does not have 'official' stamps of course, since it is not
recognized as a country.
They *do* however issue stamps and they even have a catalogue!
A friend of my who's working in Georgia...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 26th 08, 08:37 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 586
Talk About Mail Theft...
You might want to report it to
http://www.snopes.com/
They don't have it yet as a hoax...
jan
"rodney" schreef in bericht...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 26th 08, 08:30 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 673
historic currency equivalence
Hi Mette
Turkey does not have the Euro, very strange.
Can you post a scan?
Thanks
Jan
"Mette" schreef in bericht
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 4th 08, 05:42 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 628
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 30th 08, 08:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 654
'Above' or 'Below' when replying to a post
Hi John
This is one of the hottest debates in all newsgroups. Like yours, this
perfectly valid question pops up from time to time.
I have never seen one of these discussions lead to a consensus. It...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 30th 08, 08:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 5
Views: 765
Counterfit stamps from Guinea-Bissau?
As per 2002 the adres of the philatelic service of GB is at
http://digilander.libero.it/fabioalarici/g.html
http://www.stampshows.com/philatelic-bureau.html
gives another address
Bye
Jan
"Aaron...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 30th 08, 08:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 565
Help with Flemish (Dutch) Word
A 'kas' is primarely a physical container for keeping money, a box.
It also has a more figurative sense, where it would describing an entity
(box, desk, cabinet, ledger) receiving or paying money,...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 27th 08, 04:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 36
Views: 1,145
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 15th 08, 07:02 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 11
Views: 698
OR: Auray , was: (RCSD) Italy Postage Due question
Auray, lovely place.
I once had a sea canoeing holiday on the South Brittany Coast (paddling from
island to island there, and into the Golfe de Morbihan) and one evening we
canoed with the upcoming...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 2nd 08, 09:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 785
Netherlands Indies 1935 ï¿^Sent via radioï¿
Palembang seems to be right, it was an large city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palembang
and it had a Chinese 'population'
http://www.antiquariaten.com/gemilang/catalogs/c00760.htm
(Study on the...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
June 7th 08, 03:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 413
|
