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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. |
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"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 -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania by Stamps: http://www.marci-postale.com/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://www.pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/ Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/communism/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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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. |
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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 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Romania by Stamps: http://www.marci-postale.com/ | Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://www.pwmo.org/ | Art on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/ | Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/communism/ | Spanish North Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
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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. |
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"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? -- Best regards Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette) heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot dk http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk ------ Outgoing messages.checked with Norton AV 3936: Hunedoara 3936: Brasov 3939: Atheneum 3948: Otopeni |
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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. | 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 | ------ | Outgoing messages.checked with Norton AV | | | | | | 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 | ------ | Outgoing messages.checked with Norton AV | | | | | | 3936: Hunedoara | 3936: Brasov | 3939: Atheneum | 3948: Otopeni | | | |
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"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
... 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. -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://www.pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/ Romania by Stamps: http://www.marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/communism/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Rodney" wrote in message
... 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 -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania by Stamps: http://www.marci-postale.com/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://www.pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/ Communism on Stamps: http://www.values.ch/communism/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.values.ch/sna-site/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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