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Forum: General Discussion January 8th 07, 06:49 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 267
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Softpro Images question

Peter J wrote:
I was thinking of getting a CD of stamp images but I want ones scanned at a
reasonable resolution.

Does anyone know what size these folk scan at?

TIA

Pete
Forum: General Discussion December 28th 06, 05:12 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 28
Views: 842
Posted By Bill Sharpe
When to soak a stamp?

hvschaik wrote:
Never soak stamps!
The stamps are more valuable on cover !
Happy 2007
Hans

A few stamps are more valuable on cover; most are not.
Never say "never"

Also, be careful about...
Forum: General Discussion December 23rd 06, 09:42 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 2
Views: 385
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Where Does Every Share their Collections & Discuss?

wrote:
Usenet is excellent, but I also like the ability to post photos and
have club-like services. I've found Collectica.com
(http://www.collectica.com) to be excellent....
Forum: General Discussion November 8th 06, 04:54 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 10
Views: 790
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Continue APS membership?

Ken Knecht wrote:
I'm looking at the $35 APS invoice I got the other day and wondering why I
should renew. I'm about a year behind in reading the magazine which I find
mostly uninteresting. I...
Forum: General Discussion October 19th 06, 07:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 328
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Great new wbsite with an awesome display of stamps

duga wrote:
Check out http://www.stampsandphotos.com for an awesome display of
stamps...
Really great collection fom various periods...

Awesome?
Really great?
I don't think so...

Bill
Forum: General Discussion October 9th 06, 08:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 6
Views: 553
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Philatelic fiction

Michael Meadowcroft wrote:
Following on from a thread of aeons ago regarding novels which have a
philatelic interest - some more tenuous than others - I have a list
of sixty-five titles, most...
Forum: General Discussion October 1st 06, 06:45 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 522
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Gibbons numbering

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:

You'll find this in Scutt, Sg, Michel and most others - just a fact of lack
of cooperation from the PO officials.


Scutt???

Bill
Forum: General Discussion September 21st 06, 11:26 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 808
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Scott v Gibbons

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:


Gibbons also has a financial interest in keeping prices moving up, scutt
just throws darts IMHO.

Scutt?
Most of those darts land at 20 cents...

Bill
Forum: General Discussion September 21st 06, 04:59 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 808
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Scott v Gibbons

Alan wrote:
I would imagine that Stanley Gibbons call on their retail and auction
business plus many other sources to produce the price values in their
catalogues. Is anyone aware how ...
Forum: General Discussion August 27th 06, 07:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 25
Views: 1,164
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Image Thief

The Stamp Dad wrote:
My IE6 also would not allow the images either. I use Rogers Cable for
the internent so I don't think it is ISP related. Opera and Firefox did
load just fine.

Very...
Forum: General Discussion August 24th 06, 03:07 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 245
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Snail Mail

Ralphael1 wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has noticed that snail mail is much slower in
recent weeks. Two weeks from Florida to Canada is really slow.
I receive mail from other places in the...
Forum: General Discussion August 13th 06, 06:35 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 9
Views: 393
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Seeking guidance on collecting CDs

myPins.com wrote:
Greetings. I would like to catalogue my U.S. collection and the only
software I have found is StampManage2006 (for windows only) and Scott's
2007 catalogue on CD. Is the...
Forum: General Discussion August 11th 06, 08:30 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 1
Views: 590
Posted By Bill Sharpe
What Happened?

A.E. Gelat wrote:
What happened to this newsgroup? The number of postings has been minimal
recently. Is there another newsgroup to which the regulars have migrated?

Tony


1. It's...
Forum: General Discussion August 1st 06, 04:50 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 484
Posted By Bill Sharpe
exchange rate

Argguy wrote:
I'm trying to find the exchange rate between US$ and Japan Yen in
1950-1951. I tried to find the oldest rate in older scott catalogs
but can't get that far back. Does anyone...
Forum: General Discussion July 17th 06, 04:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 1
Views: 322
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Resource for Coin and Stamp information

wrote:
http://rare-old-coins.com/

huge site with lots of links...

Maybe I didn't scroll enough, but I didn't notice any stamp links here.

Bill
Forum: General Discussion July 3rd 06, 08:50 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 17
Views: 986
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Map of Denmark

Mette wrote:
"Bill Sharpe" skrev i en meddelelse
...

- snip -


There are much more detailed maps of...
Forum: General Discussion July 1st 06, 07:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 17
Views: 986
Posted By Bill Sharpe
Map of Denmark

Ralphael1 wrote:
Mette wrote:


Thanks for the map. It is true that it is not very detailed, and it seems
that both Bob (and Viktor Sten) are thinking of a rather accurate...
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