World's commonest stamps?

You would be hard pressed to pick up a mixture
without one of these babies smiling back at you.

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=630

World's most commonest stamps?

.........followed by the Hungarian Postage dues.

"Rodney" wrote in message
...
You would be hard pressed to pick up a mixture
without one of these babies smiling back at you.

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=630

World's most commonest stamps?

........followed by the Hungarian Postage dues.

It depends on the definition of the "commonests".

As CTOs it could be possible that they are (too) abundant, but as postally
used or mint surely there aren't so many. For example the USPS processes
about 48% of the world postal traffic, so that probably in just one day in
the US there are used about so many definitive stamps that are used in
Romania in one year.

Some notes:

SG3934: Iasi-biserica means Iasi-church
3936: Hunedoara
3936: Brasov
3939: Atheneum
3948: Otopeni

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:13:40 +0100, "Victor Manta"
wrote:

World's most commonest stamps?

..snip

It depends on the definition of the "commonests".

As CTOs it could be possible that they are (too) abundant, but as postally
used or mint surely there aren't so many. For example the USPS processes
about 48% of the world postal traffic, so that probably in just one day in
the US there are used about so many definitive stamps that are used in
Romania in one year.
++++++++++++++++++
About 48%?
Perhaps then the 3-cent Jefferson (Scott number 807, Presidential
Series 1938-54) could be the most numerous, because the three-cent
rate was valid for so many years. Recent "flag" definitives are too
numnerous to collect, mostly consigned to wastebaskets, but the rate
changes give them a short lifespan, limiting their numbers.

Years ago, stamp stores sold pre-packaged "packets" which had been
assembled in central Europe, and these included Romanian stamps such
as Rodney showed us. They may be "commonest" available to collectors
via stamp dealers?

Most of the World's "commonest" stamps have already disappeared via
waste disposal as soon as they performed their duty. Collectors
already had a copy and did not want thousands more..

Worldwide, one of the "commonest" in my own accumulation is mainland
China's Fujian houses (Scott number 2061) on covers to a Pen-Pal
exchange. Apparently that covered postage from China to Minnesota.
There were boxes and boxes of letters from students seeking Pen-pals.
For local mail inside China, there must be lower-valued definitives
which never appear in "stamp stores", and those may be "commonest"?

India has a huge population also, and they send LOTS of mail, so
perhaps the "commonest" is an Indian stamp, perhaps with a picture of
Ghandi? It is difficult to purchase stamps from India in U.S. stamp
shops. Dealers say they are too common, no profit.

S.

Fair comment too, Victor.
I cannot remember ever seeing mint copies of these
or the 1974 buildings/ships def set.

As a collector of world-wide, I have this habit of buying
"world accumulations" at our auctions, they are usually around
$8 for a Chinese stockbook full. I pick out the stamps I want
and replace them with mint Australian and put them back through the
auction. I usually pay nothing for my stamps that way, except of course
the Auctioneers commission.
The Romanian CTO's are always well supported in these books

We don't seem to see much American used as "S" suggested, even
the mint US and blocks of 4, are hard to move at auction here, one
can pick up US for a song.

Thanks for the desription advice, I took mine from S Gibbons Simp Catalogue.




| As CTOs it could be possible that they are (too) abundant, but as postally
| used or mint surely there aren't so many. For example the USPS processes
| about 48% of the world postal traffic, so that probably in just one day in
| the US there are used about so many definitive stamps that are used in
| Romania in one year.
|
| Some notes:
|
| SG3934: Iasi-biserica means Iasi-church
| 3936: Hunedoara
| 3936: Brasov
| 3939: Atheneum
| 3948: Otopeni
|
| --
| Victor Manta
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India I'd say Maps, Family planning, and official Asokan Capital
are the most numerous.
The challenge with India, is to find clear precise cancellations
a near impossibility.


| India has a huge population also, and they send LOTS of mail, so
| perhaps the "commonest" is an Indian stamp, perhaps with a picture of
| Ghandi? It is difficult to purchase stamps from India in U.S. stamp
| shops. Dealers say they are too common, no profit.
|
| S.

"Victor Manta" skrev i en meddelelse
...
"Rodney" wrote in message
...
You would be hard pressed to pick up a mixture
without one of these babies smiling back at you.

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=630

World's most commonest stamps?

........followed by the Hungarian Postage dues.

It depends on the definition of the "commonests".

As CTOs it could be possible that they are (too) abundant, but as postally
used or mint surely there aren't so many. For example the USPS processes
about 48% of the world postal traffic, so that probably in just one day in
the US there are used about so many definitive stamps that are used in
Romania in one year.

Some notes:

SG3934: Iasi-biserica means Iasi-church

What is the difference between "biserica" and "cetatea" (e.g. Cetatea
Biertan)? I have the impression that both mean "church". Are there
different "classes" of churches in Romania?
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Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot dk
http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk
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3936: Hunedoara
3936: Brasov
3939: Atheneum
3948: Otopeni

You had me scrambling for the dictionary

Perhaps from "Basilica" ?
Oxf Concise. In ancient Rome
a rectangular building with colonnaded aisles.
A Christian church in this style.




| What is the difference between "biserica" and "cetatea" (e.g. Cetatea
| Biertan)? I have the impression that both mean "church". Are there
| different "classes" of churches in Romania?
| --
| Best regards
| Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
| heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot dk
| http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk
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| 3936: Hunedoara
| 3936: Brasov
| 3939: Atheneum
| 3948: Otopeni
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|

"Rodney" skrev i en meddelelse
...


You had me scrambling for the dictionary

Perhaps from "Basilica" ?
Oxf Concise. In ancient Rome
a rectangular building with colonnaded aisles.
A Christian church in this style.

That thought struck me too. Biserica = Basilica, and Cetatea = Chapel.
I'll have to dig further.

Thanks anyway :-)






| What is the difference between "biserica" and "cetatea" (e.g. Cetatea
| Biertan)? I have the impression that both mean "church". Are there
| different "classes" of churches in Romania?
| --
| Best regards
| Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
| heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot dk
| http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk
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| 3936: Hunedoara
| 3936: Brasov
| 3939: Atheneum
| 3948: Otopeni
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"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
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What is the difference between "biserica" and "cetatea" (e.g. Cetatea
Biertan)? I have the impression that both mean "church". Are there
different "classes" of churches in Romania?
--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)

Cetate (read: chetáte):
1. walled city, fortified town
2. stronghold, fortress
3. town, city

- Cetate de scaun: town of throne = residence of the prince = capital
- Cetatean (difficult pronunciation ): citizen

From Latin: civitas-civitatis.
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Victor Manta

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"Rodney" wrote in message
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You had me scrambling for the dictionary

Perhaps from "Basilica" ?
Oxf Concise. In ancient Rome
a rectangular building with colonnaded aisles.
A Christian church in this style.

Biserica (church - in Romanian) comes from the Latin "basilica" indeed.
Congratulations, Rodney!

Some Romanian monasteries and churches on:
http://www.marci-postale.com/Romania...dieval-art.htm
http://www.marci-postale.com/Romania...onasteries.htm
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