Forum: General Discussion
June 30th 09, 11:53 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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GB query~hex cancellations.
OK - I give up - that LH cancel almost looks like Greek though I can't think why you would get a Greek cancel on a Brit stamp.
John Mycroft
rodney wrote:
Anyone know anything about these,
I do...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 19th 09, 03:43 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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GB cancellation ID
My dollar would be on Middlesbrough as most other similar town names end with bOrough. Can't think of any others that don't have the O but there
are bound to be some.
John Mycroft
Ryan Davenport...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 19th 09, 11:46 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
March 10th 09, 12:51 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Some questions for your next stamp quiz.
"3 ) 1914 - Aistralia"
Aistralia? Is that Canada's new name, eh?
Blair wrote:
On Mar 9, 3:07 pm, "rodney" wrote:
1. Who is the man shown riding a bicycle on the...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 10th 09, 12:49 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Ripped and torn stamps.
Yup - that was the accepted way of cancelling early Afghan stamps.
On a similar topic, the only valid use for the high value 1897 Jubilee issue was on large parcels which meant they received what I...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 20th 09, 08:57 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Views: 427
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Forum: General Discussion
January 28th 09, 07:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Is Minkus acetate interleaving safe?
Hi! Digging around in my junk boxes, I have turned up about 100 Minkus acetate interleaving sheets. The price on the pack is $3.50 so I guess they
come from the mid-1980s. Are they safe to use or...
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Forum: General Discussion
January 12th 09, 03:17 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Fonts used in Scott Internationals
Interesting website - thanks!
Sir Hystrix wrote:
John Mycroft wrote:
Morning, All
I want to extend my Scott International British Commonwealth pages to
1952 (a more logical place to...
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Forum: General Discussion
January 8th 09, 01:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 3
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Fonts used in Scott Internationals
Morning, All
I want to extend my Scott International British Commonwealth pages to 1952 (a more logical place to stop than 1940). I will have to print them
myself as nobody seems to do an...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 30th 08, 08:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,579
part postmarks(again)
Houhora - just because it's not listed anywhere doesn't mean it doesn't exist! It is right up at the pointed end of the North Island of New
Zealand, roughly halfway between Kaitaia and Cape Reinga....
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Forum: General Discussion
October 24th 08, 01:12 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 740
Waxed sandwich bags - this is NOT off-topic!!!
Thanks, All, for your erudite comments, some of which even (gasp!) dealt with the original question. I will do what I usually do with stuff like
this - get my 9 year old son to put em on ebay with...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 22nd 08, 04:07 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 740
Waxed sandwich bags - this is NOT off-topic!!!
Gday
Some time ago I bought a large junk lot that includes thousands of stamps in hundreds of what I took to be old fashioned glassines but which turn
out to be, I think, waxed paper sandwich bags. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 22nd 08, 04:00 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 13
Views: 919
Rescue a falling apart miniature sheet
Parental warning - this picture should not be viewed by people of a nervous disposition. http://www.cobbsmill.com/ostropa.jpg
That little triangle in the bottom left shifted after I'd got it all in...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 21st 08, 02:07 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 13
Views: 919
Rescue a falling apart miniature sheet
OK - the dirty deed is done.
First a darn good soak in warm water, several changes thereof, which was a tricky op in itself as the sheet is SO fragile that any sloshing of the
water was likely to...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 9th 08, 08:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 13
Views: 919
Rescue a falling apart miniature sheet
By way of a PS, the glue I have here in the house (other than wildly inappropriate stuff like Gorilla Glue) includes a glue pen full of what looks
like watered down wallpaper paste, real wallpaper...
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Forum: General Discussion
October 9th 08, 07:36 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 13
Views: 919
Rescue a falling apart miniature sheet
Help! I recently acquired a Germany Ostropa 1935 miniature sheet that previous owners had failed to remove the gum from, despite it's pretty much
falling apart (it is now in 8 fragile pieces.) Any...
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Forum: General Discussion
June 4th 08, 01:40 PM Posted to alt.rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace,rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 6
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Ebay ID to block from your listings
Before I go banning that person, I'd need to see the lot & the feedback.
That "no negative feedback for buyers" is truly stupid. I'm lucky enough never to have got one (though I do still have a...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 30th 08, 02:16 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,040
More stamp chat?
Gday, Joshua
You're not the only one to cross swords with Mr Stephens and I won't waste bandwidth digging up my conversation with him. We could certainly make
this board more high traffic if we...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 21st 08, 07:17 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 5
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Beware of ebay's shipping calculator
I agree with everything anyone ever says about postage rates. When I schlepped the album to the post office, they charged me $23.10 so everyone is
happy. I think that, in future, I will add a...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 20th 08, 05:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 21
Views: 618
Stamp ID
To put you all out of your misery, the stamp I put in my post (as an attachment) is from Liberia 1924 - Scott # F32.
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Forum: General Discussion
May 16th 08, 01:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 10
Views: 383
OT Posting pictures
I'll agree that it is inconvenient to have to go somewhere else to see a picture and that there are less and less dial-up users out there.
But there are still a fair number. There does come a point...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 16th 08, 01:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 5
Views: 263
Beware of ebay's shipping calculator
Gday
I just sold an old album to someone in Canada and good ole ebay calculated the shipping cost of a flat rate international box as $24.95 but
the USPS actually charges $29.95. The purchaser, not...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 30th 08, 10:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 4
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Catalogues for UK, Germany, Belgium?
For Germany, you can't beat Michel who do a range - I find the Spezial-Katalog meets my requirements with plenty of detail about
plate differences, shades, watermarks etc but not too much to manage....
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Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 08, 12:56 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss,rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 2
Views: 821
How To Filter/Block Sellers On Ebay/
The problem with the "Advanced search" approach is that it is fine if you are always looking for, say "coils" from all but your
unfavorite 3 sellers but, if you change your mind what you want to buy...
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Forum: Marketplace
April 3rd 08, 12:56 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss,rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 7
Views: 943
How To Filter/Block Sellers On Ebay/
The problem with the "Advanced search" approach is that it is fine if you are always looking for, say "coils" from all but your
unfavorite 3 sellers but, if you change your mind what you want to buy...
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