Forum: General Discussion
June 24th 09, 01:53 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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RCSD sources
"Blair" wrote in message
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On Jun 23, 3:37 pm, "Stan Fairchild"
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My...
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Forum: General Discussion
June 24th 09, 12:41 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 11
Views: 843
RCSD sources
"Stan Fairchild" wrote in message
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My ISP has announced that in some two or three weeks they are dropping all
Usenet...
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Forum: General Discussion
June 23rd 09, 08:37 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 11
Views: 843
RCSD sources
My ISP has announced that in some two or three weeks they are dropping all
Usenet groups from the service package. What sort of access exists when
one's ISP no longer provides access? I'd...
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Forum: General Discussion
June 11th 09, 09:28 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,483
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Forum: General Discussion
June 7th 09, 12:10 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 4
Views: 586
To degum or not to degum
"Tony Clayton" wrote in message
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I recently purchased a very scarce mint Italian
stamp that completes a difficult...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 23rd 09, 06:14 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,453
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Forum: General Discussion
May 23rd 09, 02:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,453
Hindenburg souvenir! Only 9 euros!
"Joshua McGee" wrote
Dontcha love faked covers? http://tr.im/mb10
Joshua
Joshua--OK, I'll bite. The Hindenburg crashed in 1937, so the July 14, 1936
flight date is...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 27th 09, 12:24 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 9
Views: 867
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Forum: General Discussion
April 23rd 09, 02:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 0
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Greece: small Hermes head differences
A couple of days at American Philatelic Society HQ gave the opportunity to
check the library for information on how to distinguish between the Belgian
and Athens printings of the 1886-1900 small...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 13th 09, 02:16 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 2
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Forum: General Discussion
April 12th 09, 02:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 4
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Forum: General Discussion
April 11th 09, 11:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 4
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Greece 25 L lilac Hermes
A friend has a 25 L lilac Hermes head that appears to be what Scott calls a
"clear" impression. Yet Scott only lists the 25 L lilac with a "poor"
impression.
The image of both a "poor" impression...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 6th 09, 01:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
Views: 775
Malaya Revenue Cancels
"Stan Fairchild" wrote in message
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A friend asked about revenue cancels on Federated Malay States stamps. I
told him...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 5th 09, 11:51 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
Views: 775
Malaya Revenue Cancels
A friend is doing an inventory of his collection and asked what I knew about
revenue cancels on Federated Malay States stamps. Opting for honesty, I
told him I knew very little. When asked to...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 09, 01:25 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,549
Mette and archiving exhibits
"Toke Nørby" wrote in message
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At 4 pm today Ann Mette Heindorff's step daughter phoned me with the
sad news that Mette...
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Forum: Marketplace
April 7th 08, 05:25 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 2
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SCOTT 205C Colors???
Hi--Glad to have you with us. We can help more if you tell us what country the stamp is from. By instinct, most of us
will individually decide it's from the country where we reside. That will be...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 25th 08, 12:48 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 14
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Forum: General Discussion
November 7th 07, 01:07 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 4
Views: 298
(RCSD) New Yvert France Specialized?
Dave--with confirmation from Jean-Paul's response, don't bother with the 2000 edition of Volume 1 if you have the 1975
edition. I was visiting APS HQ last month and had the librarians dig out my...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 28th 07, 11:18 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
Views: 505
(RCSD) Saar cataloguing answer
Rod--no plans for Exponet for this exhibit. This ine is aimed at giving local collectors some useful information on
specific stamps, as well as showing the value of spending some of one's stamp...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 27th 07, 06:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
Views: 505
(RCSD) Saar cataloguing answer
An RCSD regular answered privately, suggesting that the specific German words make the location of the dot on the green
stamp the probable printing flaw--corner of the vignette, not corner of the...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 23rd 07, 10:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 1
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Stamp atlas
Jan--I've had a hard copy for 15+ years and it remains both useful and just plain fun to browse through.
Stan
"Jan Doggen" wrote in message...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 20th 07, 03:08 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
Views: 505
(RCSD) Saar cataloguing help needed
Recently found two different pairs of stamps with printing flaws that might be described in Michel Saar-Spezial-Katalog
2002. I’m looking for help in deciding which of each pair is really the flaw....
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Forum: General Discussion
October 16th 07, 01:40 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 1
Views: 436
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Forum: General Discussion
October 14th 07, 10:41 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,872
Australia - Postmark Question
Having no specific knowledge of Australian postmarks or postal service practices, I'm unfettered by facts.
Yahoo search gives Cape Barren Island as a settlement off the Australian state of Tasmania....
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Forum: General Discussion
October 9th 07, 12:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 12
Views: 774
(RCSD) what's this RCSD; maybe complaining works
I'm still using a normal, commercial ISP, and there hasn't been any RCSD spam in a week or more. One of our regulars
suggested that repetitive complaints to abuser's ISPs would have eventual...
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