Forum: General Discussion
June 6th 11, 08:40 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 11, 01:25 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Bahawalpur (india) Question
The left and right hand stamps are part of a revenue series of 1933-34
according to Gibbons. The middle stamp is SG O13, cat. £8.50 this
year. According to Isnani, The Amirate of Bahawalpur, Postal...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 7th 10, 08:59 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
July 3rd 10, 09:41 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
July 1st 10, 09:20 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Turkish Constantinople City post - help please
Of course, by posting a stamp boards link, you oblige any here to
register there and then login before seeing the answer. *wouldn't
it be simpler to copy and paste the reply here, as well?
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Forum: General Discussion
June 17th 10, 12:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
April 29th 10, 12:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Philatelists push the envelope
On Apr 28, 9:56*pm, Rein wrote:
Tony,
not likely ever! I probably would have to tackle every single stamp *
individually!
Thanks heavens, then! There is at least one...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 29th 10, 12:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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_ _ _ DAMNOT CDS
Perhaps we should be clear about the relationship between French and
'Vietnamese'. The French devised the present romanization of
Vietnamese. The Vietnamese used Chinese characters previously. ...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 2nd 10, 10:01 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Apr 2, 2:56*am, "Blair (TC)" wrote:
Looks like they are getting it in Scotland these days.
No sympathy they'll get from a Kerry man, to be sure
Tony
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Forum: General Discussion
April 1st 10, 08:36 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Apr 1, 1:05*am, "Blair (TC)" wrote:
Our idea of winter fun is 4.5 meters of snow. *LOLhttp://rlv.zazzle.com/let_it_snow_postage-p1729825478347536167goi_325...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 27th 10, 07:44 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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I am deeply, deeply shocked and disillusioned. I will never believe a
Canadian again.
Tony of the Antipodes
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Forum: General Discussion
March 26th 10, 07:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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What about chocolate moose? * 8*)
Blair
Are you defending chocolate, Blair? I thought all Canadians were
Scottish Presbyterians, and disapproved of fun.
Tony
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Forum: General Discussion
March 23rd 10, 07:35 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Print Error on Back
On Mar 23, 12:26*pm, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au
wrote:
US specialists may respond,
I refer to them as "offsets" where part print has adhered to the back,
Can attract a serious...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 21st 10, 07:55 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Stamp Errors
On Mar 21, 11:26*am, Ralphael1 wrote:
On Mar 20, 4:34*am, Asia-translation
wrote:
On Mar 20, 5:00*am, "phantomm_1"...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 20th 10, 08:34 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Stamp Errors
On Mar 20, 5:00*am, "phantomm_1" wrote:
Greetings,
What are the guidelines that all stamp collectors/dealers
go by to determine if a stamp has a error?
For...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 14th 10, 08:27 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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South Africa Bi-lingual pair question
The mark appears to span the two stamps.
Could this mean that it occurred at printing time?
Blair
That was my thought, too. A doctor blade flaw?
Tony
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Forum: General Discussion
March 14th 10, 08:19 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Identifying 2 stamps from Asia (China/Taipeh)
A small correction: the first character in the town name on the
revenue stamp is probably 'Ji' in Pinyin. (Apologies: I didn't learn
Pinyin originally, and I still slip up with it occasionally.)
T
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Forum: General Discussion
March 13th 10, 10:01 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Identifying 2 stamps from Asia (China/Taipeh)
On Mar 13, 11:04*am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au
wrote:
Goodness! I would be no good in a police recognition lineup,
I thought that was Mao.
"Blair (TC)"
The second looks...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 9th 10, 08:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Early Japan--telegraph and telephone cancels
Stan, I should have added that there are at least as many Chinese/
Japanese fonts as there are European. Warn your enquirer not to get
too hung up on exact similarities: as long as the general...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 8th 10, 09:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Early Japan--telegraph and telephone cancels
Not sure if the characters will display correctly, but telephone is ¹q¸Ü
and telegraph might be either ¹q«H or ¹q³ø. My Japanese gazetteer doesn't
show any current place names beginning with ¹q, so...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 7th 10, 01:04 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Scott Russia no mentoin of CTO
On Mar 7, 2:57*pm, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
That's surprising Tony,
I thought you could easily manage an upstart.
So, perhaps you need to engage and join a "health...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 6th 10, 09:39 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Scott Russia no mentoin of CTO
On Mar 6, 7:07*pm, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
Very nice Tony,
*I have purloined your scan for my records.
So how are the perfs recorded in Gibbons? *14 and 12 x 14 and...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 5th 10, 09:55 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Scott Russia no mentoin of CTO
I'm not sure that the Australian 5/- Bridge sells for more CTO than
for VFU. I'd be glad to swap a CTO copy for a VFU copy, if anyone has
one to offer ...
On the broader question of CTOs, though: ...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 2nd 10, 12:55 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Turkey 1865-76 "Duloz" issues
On Mar 2, 11:18*pm, Nick Bridgwater No@Spam wrote:
What was the language called before the Ottoman (Osman) Empire became
Turkey ?
Back to my original query - is the difference in the top...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 20th 10, 09:48 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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China Opt ID
On Feb 20, 2:13*am, "Blair (TC)" wrote:
On Feb 19, 4:57*am, Asia-translation
wrote:
On Feb 19, 12:53*pm, "Alfred Lee"...
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