eBay chatboard archive: Dec-21-06 to Dec-24-06 week (short)

Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-24-06 at 23:18:39 PST   Listings
Merry Christmas to all, unless Happy Hanukkah or some other winter solstice festival is appropriate. :-)

[anticipating midnight by a bit...]
Posted by magnoliastamps   ( 51 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:59:55 PST   Listings

Merry Christmas

Glad to see that some things never change! ( sosdd )

John

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:53:54 PST   Listings
Thanks all for the puppy and dog blessings. It's been a bad couple years for dog fatalities around here. I do hope this new little kid will last a long time. The gray cat is our buddy Cosmo, he really thinks he's a dog.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:44:20 PST   Listings
Paul Would you please inform us as to the time of D.B.'s post where he said "GOLD was robbered in 1855"
He makes some typing errors but I'm sure he would never ever say "robbered" I just can't seem to find that date (1855)?
I can only assume it's the same old story of not understanding what has been written.
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:24:48 PST   Listings
silent_films: Kiloware and mixtures can be a lot of fun. It's also a way of getting used copies of a lot of recent stamps. Not all mixtures are created equal, however. Here's a very good guide to buying mixtures on eBay. Enjoy!

Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of housebreaking hounds, querulous posters, and A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!. Anne

Posted by 85719   ( 2 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:00:52 PST   Listings
Wow! I took a nap this afternoon and had the strangest dream. I dreamt I saw this on the chatboard:














Posted by


stamps12345

  ( 222 )
on Dec-23-06
at 07:45:30 PST
 

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You know, I’m really sorry to everyone for being so rude and derogatory. My New Year’s resolutions include—
  1. Learning to spell
  2. Learning the rudiments of English grammar and punctuation
  3. I will not brag anymore.
  4. I will not be jealous or defensive when those who have studied subjects longer than I have offer opinions that differ from mine.
  5. I will not cadge information off the Internet and offer it up without understanding what is being said.
  6. I will not call people on the chatboard names.
  7. I will not insult what other people collect



Ah, but then I woke up…

Posted by not-the-stairs-man   ( 2 ) on Dec-24-06 at 22:00:29 PST   Listings
Quite a sand storm blowing out of Australia this Christmas: Must be that time of the month. Zip up tight tonight or seven months of the boorish Aussie postings may follow (along with the locusts, roos and other bad things.......)
Posted by de66   ( 1026 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:56:00 PST   Listings
Happy Holidays

Q for Queensland

http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/invited-displays/qld-bob/frame1.html

D1
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:24:40 PST   Listings
DAVID B. ----READ WHAT YOU POSTED ....GOLD was robbered in 1855
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:21:41 PST   Listings
SILENT FILMS ----Sorry about the distrubtion ,some regulars here only know how to bark........but back to your question ....Kilo ware and packets are a great way to start and learn the subject .This hobby is one were you can learn a lot and still keep cost down ,so buy what you can affort and enjoy it .If you need extra help stop in and better yet stop in let us all know how your doing ....paul
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:17:25 PST   Listings
ANOTHER----Lap dog barking can't believe these clowns ,when are they going to talk about Mail Tags and stop negative comments ......Do they know the subject or are they just barking .....please someone tell them if your not adding to the discussion stop the negative remarks
Posted by nomad55   ( 841 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:14:47 PST   Listings
The soft glow of electric sex
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/leglamp.jpg
--- Jean Shepherd

May the Christmas Bunny bring you plenty of tidbits and goodies
--- nomad

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night
--- C.C. Moore
Posted by silent_films   ( 131 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:07:29 PST   Listings
How do you feel about buying kiloware or mixed lots of mostly modern stamps? It's kind of fun for me, I was buying the Harris & Co grab bag 'Super Value', but thought I would buy some here. Obviously I enjoy stamps and am not a serious collector. I wish that I worked for a large company and clip stamps, but alas I work in the health care field. I have a couple of people who clip stamps and send them to me. :)
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 21:01:09 PST   Listings
ps. before I go, the British Great Train Robbery was in 1965 not 1855 and I never said that the attached parcel was a sack, it would have been something much more secure and most probably metal,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:59:23 PST   Listings
Paul, I agree, this argument is senseless, it is a shame that you brought it up in the first place when you said that only the paperwork was sent and not items of actual value.

Heading out,

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:56:44 PST   Listings
Paul… If you are interested in a new start, perhaps you could provide it yourself by dropping the subject.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:55:00 PST   Listings
NOIP----The sillyness of the arguement is that gold bars were place in sacks with a shipping tag on it .Sure trains carried gold and yes it could be shipped by mails but it would be in a strong box with seals and locks not sacks with MAIL TAGS attached .....Most gold if moved was done by armoured carriers not mail sacks geeee.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:44:49 PST   Listings
DAVID B. ---Read the article ,it says gold was stolen from the train in 1855,not from the mails and the Mail Tags that was shown here was from around 1940 ,for those lacking math thats 85 years later after the gold was stolen ........have a nice day .
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:43:30 PST   Listings
wrd3… Normally I can be bribed, provided the inducement is sweet enough, but no, you earned your gold star fair and square!

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:38:51 PST   Listings
ED845 ----Merry Christmas ,haven't seen your sarcastic statements to me for a while,your posting doesn't help explain the mail tags .Thought we were going into the new year with a new attitude here but guess not .
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:34:22 PST   Listings
Paul, it's not Xmas Eve, it's Xmas Day and I am going out in an hour for a birthday party,

did you get around to reading the article about the 1965 Great Train Robbery, you might have to retract some of your comments about the transportation of Gold Bullion in England, waiting for your apology but presume it will never come.

I also enjoyed your story about the transhipment, you have a good imagination and was a good way to try to make sense of your comments but you failed,

better luck next time,

DB 2 Paul zip, that makes for the year about DB 50 and Paul still zip.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:30:08 PST   Listings
Anne… They should make those Iraqi banknotes with perforations, so they can still be used after Iraq fragments into Sunni-, Shia- and Kurdish-controlled regions.

J

Mitch… Sorry to hear about Wolfgang. I know how it is. That is one super picture of him, with his little feline pal.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:28:19 PST   Listings
DAVID B. ---Thats a inappropriate remark its Christmas eve try not to start a fight . Gave my opinion and don't need the remarks biting back at me ........Hey my team won,took the wife out on a date,and my daughters gave me the best presents and finish a pile of S/S ,all mounted on album pages ,its a good day ....Merry Christmas
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3272 ) on Dec-24-06 at 20:26:47 PST   Listings
Hi Mitch That's a great time when they are all feet.

In 1971 we acquired a german shepherd at 6 months or so, owners were moving to an apartment. We named him Ludwig after the King of Bavaria.

I noticed the gray cat in the pic of Wolfgang. We currently have a similar gray, we named him Earl, after Earl of Greystoke, due to his color.

My first 1-cent purchase of the year and the shipping isn't a ripoff.

We had our Christmas dinner today, small family gathering, most are spread out all over the place. My contribution was a duckling.

Returned home today and found 4 newborn goats, 2 are twins with one iffy as the mother is only recognizing the first one born. We lost a newborn on Tuesday as the mother was a first timer, had never seen any others of the herd bear, and didn't have a clue what to do.

Jeff

Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-24-06 at 19:53:29 PST   Listings
Ant-ra: That's one sweet puppy you've got there. May the winter be mild enough for housebreaking.

Anne
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-24-06 at 19:31:32 PST   Listings

Jeff et al is for Pup, Pup2. He should turn out to look much like his predecessor wolfgang
He makes a great Xmas present.
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-24-06 at 19:08:02 PST   Listings
Power is back on and the web site has been updated with the corrections... :-)
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 18:55:00 PST   Listings
Paul, your reply confused me

simple answer ------No the goods were coming into England .A trading house/ mercantile company/commodity firm received the trans ocean shippment and then put the goods into the Royal Mail to go to the correct business/place .Thats why the addilitional info was crossed out so as not to confuse the mail clerks ,like it confused others here .

then I realised that you had left out " ton " after the word simple,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 18:52:59 PST   Listings
Anne, more interesting is the category it is in,

Stamps > United States > Back of Book > Duck Stamps

David B.
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-24-06 at 18:32:56 PST   Listings
Now that's interesting. The link says the listing's been removed. However I can still bring it up elsewhere. Let's try again: HERE Make some money investing in Iraqi Dinars, which will eventually go up. Yeah, right. Anne
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-24-06 at 18:29:11 PST   Listings
Anyone want to make a quick buck? This one's been clogging up my searches for awhile.

Anne
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:48:48 PST   Listings
Ed, no, that was for a different reason entirely, that was because there was no duty on cigars & cigarettes in Jersay & Guernsey & buying them from there evaded British Tobacco Tax.

Paul, I am waiting for your comments on the article I linked to which mentions the theft of Gold Bullion & insured mail in 1963.

I think this discussion has gone far enough, I will repeat my original comment which covered the important philatelic aspoects of the items,

" they are Parcel Tags which were attached to the heavy parcels. They were often used for extremely valuable items such as Gold bars and the high rate incorporated the postage & insurance charges ".

continuing this any further isn't going to get anywhere especially as the destination of the parcel tags is unknown,

David B.
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:46:47 PST   Listings
The discussion about mailing gold reminded me of an American Philatelist article by Ken Lawrence regarding shipment of gold from Alaska using the US mail system. The discussion prompted me to refresh my memory as to what Ken wrote (I finally found the article in the July 2004 issue). Gold was indeed shipped from Alaska using the US mail system - in fact there was a special rate established specifically for gold from Alaska (didn't include other commodities, nor other origination locations). Quoting a January 1, 1914 order: "The rate of postage on gold coin, gold bullion, and gold dust offered for mailing between any two points in Alaska, or between any point in Alaska and any point in the United States or its possessions...". So various forms of gold were covered by the order. Near the end of the article, Ken states "Approximately 30 million ounces of gold have been mined in Alaska since the 1880s, more than two thirds of the total from placer deposits. A large percentage of it, perhaps a majority, was shipped out by mail."

I know the previous discussion on the board isn't relative to shipments from Alaska, but I thought the article was interesting and wanted to share a bit of it.

Bill D.
Posted by ed845   ( 4235 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:43:04 PST   Listings
stamps12345:

If you knew anything about how goods were shipped around the UK at that time you would have known that it was not the post office that moved them but the railway companies.
Stick to what you know not what you think you know.

Ed
Posted by ed845   ( 4235 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:39:31 PST   Listings
infla-alec

Alec. David B is partly correct. Those labels were also used to move currency, say from banks in the Channel Islands back to England. One of the reasons why so many Seahorses are seen with CI postmarks. The procedure just continued with GVI.

Ed
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:39:01 PST   Listings
simple answer ------No the goods were coming into England .A trading house/ mercantile company/commodity firm received the trans ocean shippment and then put the goods into the Royal Mail to go to the correct business/place .Thats why the addilitional info was crossed out so as not to confuse the mail clerks ,like it confused others here .

HO HO HO --------THE CHICAGO BEARS WIN AGAIN ....HO HO HO ......got everything i wanted for Christmas ,can we show presents .....

Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:12:03 PST   Listings
Alec,

this may answer a few the queries about Post Office valuable insured mail,

http://www.btp.police.uk/History%20Society/Publications/History%20Society/Crime%20on%20line/The%20Great%20Train%20Robbery.htm

David B.
Posted by billsey   ( 838 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:01:13 PST   Listings
Bill D. I'll be happy to make those changes. Right at the moment, we're having power troubles down at the coast again (power's been out about an hour so far in Rockaway, Nehalem and Manzanita in northern Tillamook county) so I'll have to wait for a bit before I can post the changes.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 17:00:52 PST   Listings
Alec, unless there is a clue of where they were sent the actual usage will remain a mystery.

I wonder what trade there would have been between England & Westmann Islands.

The other interesting aspect is that none appear to have used perfins which would have been common usage from a large company, have any of the others in the horde have perfins, that may also give a clue. Another interesting aspect is that they may have been returned to the sender or they would have been dispersed worldwide,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:57:27 PST   Listings
Like I said no need to argue the point any further. I'm happy enough to know it was a valuable commodity of some sort and will leave it at that unless someone can prove different. I mean both points made by Paul and David have some logic to them. Who knows they both could be right.But unless someone actually has some literature on the subject or knows a specialist of such things I'd rather the subject was dropped for the time being.
I'll be off to bed now and see you all after Santa has been :-)
Merry Christmas and seasonal greetings to all.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:50:54 PST   Listings
Lucky enough non of the tags show Volcanoes, Bridges, Nudes, Putney, Triangles, Perfins, Pre-cancels or are dated Oct 5th so that is a few less arguments for the board to have :-)
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:44:18 PST   Listings
The bunch of tags I have which number about 30 are different. Some have the words like Columbia, Stockholm Norway, Cape Verde Islands, etc deleted and others have nothing at all. For sure the original use of the tags seems to have been for printed papers possibly going Airmail. But no idea why that part of the tag would have been what looks like having been inked out before the stamps were applied. I don't think there is a connection between the tags with place names on and those without.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:43:49 PST   Listings
Paul, do you believe in Coals to Newcastle ,

Britain sending heavy parcels of Coffee to Colombia, heavy parcels of ore to Iceland and heavy parcels of wool to French Congo,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:38:02 PST   Listings
commodities ,is the link coffee,wool and ore samples
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:35:00 PST   Listings
Before IO/Jim corrects me it should be definite. Sorry Jim no excuse on my part as you corrected me once before on that spelling.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:34:43 PST   Listings
Alec, it's OK, I made it out, it is Brazzaville which at that time was in the French Congo, I wonder what the link between the three are,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:33:16 PST   Listings
DAVID B. ---If its Columbia ,ask Juan Valdez
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:32:15 PST   Listings
Alec, what is the inscription on the 3rd. item,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:31:32 PST   Listings
Alec, Westmann Islands is off the coast of Iceland,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:30:15 PST   Listings
valuable commodity tag =====bulk commodity tag ??????????????????????? not the same
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:30:00 PST   Listings
Alec, I just noticed that your tags have an inscription on the stamp sides at the top, they have been deleted,

to Westmann Islands, to Colombia and another one that is illegible, that may give a clue to what the parcels contained,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:27:06 PST   Listings
David That is the trouble there is no address written on any of them. The only part of any cancel I can make out is London and 14 at the base with possibly the letters PB below that. I am guessing but I'd have thought some sort of customs cancellation.
I think we ALL agree it is a valuable commodity tag of some sort so lets leave it at that unless someone can throw more definate light on the subject.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:26:42 PST   Listings
Paul, wait until you have seen what is on the other side of the tag before making definite comments what the tag was used for. I doubt if large wool shipments sent goods by Parcel Post they would have gone by a freight company. Insured small valuable items were sent by the mail system which was more reliable and quicker,

David B.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:23:36 PST   Listings
DAVID B. ----Don't limit yourself to Australian Gold Parcel Tags ,try looking for both Wool Merchants and Mining Companies shipping samples and testing samples to customers or labitories ,remember its for bulk shipments .Maybe some others are a ware of samples being sent from outer reach Post Offices or small towns ....paul
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:16:58 PST   Listings
INFLA-ALEC-----The system of vault receipts was used in Europe for hundreds of years .Transfer of gold are done between central banks and large mercantile banks .No it was not moved in sacks thru the mail .Commodity merchants shipped sacks of items which had a postal tag attched ,possibily a group had only one tag ,not sure what the British system rules were .The U.S. P.O. required a seperate tag on each sack just in case of seperation .But back to your original question its a tag for a bulk shipment
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3272 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:15:19 PST   Listings
Alec & Paul - thanks for the tag posts I personally love things like this.

The alphabet listings have been a highlight of this board, there have been a lot of interesting and informative items posted, and a few which I could care less about, but that's the nature of a cross section of interests.

I have not had time to participate in all of them, but look forward to it continuing.

Mitch - did you get back with the new pup?

Best whishes to all in the spirit of Christmas

Jeff

Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:11:31 PST   Listings
Alec, the address on the other side may give a clue what the parcel contained,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 16:10:19 PST   Listings
Pul, I don't want to get into another useless argument with you but Gold Bullion was regularly shipped using the Post Office with the parcel tags attached to the carefully wrapped shipment. There is no way of knowing what those particular tags were attached to unless the address may give some clue to what it was. I will try to find some links to Australian Gold Parcel tags,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 15:57:34 PST   Listings
Paul Thanks for the input also. Though around the time of King George VI I'm pretty sure Gold and other valuable heavy objects were moved around the UK by train. I was thinking along the lines of Gold being brought back into the UK from overseas which I think was something we would have ben doing after the war .
If the parcel tags were indeed for items like Coffee then why no normal type of parcel or post office cancel ? I'm not saying you are wrong or anything like that. The whole thing is a mystery to me so all input is much appreciated.

I agree it is safe to say they are indeed some sort of valuable cargo parcel tag but I'd love to know for certain what they were used to carry. I mean nearly £5 postage in those days was one hell of a lot of money. I say those days but it could be anything from the mid 30's right up to the 50's as the stamps were valid up until then if I recall correctly.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 15:49:39 PST   Listings
OLATANO------Your question about which album to use would need more clearification before a answer can be given .What are you trying to collect ,if worldwide ,what time period ,are you collecting S/S ,do you want to make pages.

The Scott International are really a junior internationals.The printed set has all kinds of mistakes and interruptions.

Most collectors make their own pages ,this saves cost ,space and you can customize it to what you want ....paul

Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-24-06 at 15:29:35 PST   Listings
Ok,

the only other Q volcano I can find at the moment,
Q is for Quill.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-24-06 at 15:08:44 PST   Listings
prochute et al

I’ve enjoyed seeing what others are showing and showing of some of the oddments I’ve gathered over the years. What I’d suggest is that we do 0-9 and then begin with “A” again. This time attempting to not show repeat items.
Or, we could try and make every post a double letter “AA” as some have already done.

Either of these would be more difficult for me, as so far I’ve tried to include a scan of at least one item for the letter of the week for every post I put up on the board.



In keeping with the "Q" theme:
Indiana has a hand full of towns that start with the letter “Q.” But, this is the only one I’ve found.

Quincy
, Indiana. This one’s from a 2X4 :8^ (.

Jim L.

Blast those HTML errors :8^ (
Posted by stamps12345   ( 222 ) on Dec-24-06 at 15:06:23 PST   Listings
INFLA-ALEC ----Those tags you shown are for bulk mailing sacks. They are for large or bulk commodities that are shipped thru the mails .They are used by merchants like for shipping wool,coffee and tea. Those type of tags are also used for ore samples being shipped for testing .But its safe to say they are for bulk commodities ,here are sample from my collection MAIL TAGS.

Gold bars are not shipped in sacks thru regular mail ,all gold especially bars thru England are mover by Bearer Negotiatable Receipts {BNR}.The bars stay at the banks or depository and just the paper{BNR} moves around the world .Basicly the gold moves only a few feet or up and down the block between banks .....paul

Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:51:17 PST   Listings
David B Thanks. That is much more information than I had before. As per usual one day they'll get around to be being listed. Though if you do care to have one as an example feel free to ask. I have plenty and can spare one I'm sure
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:47:49 PST   Listings
jaywild I'm glad my post on perfins was interesting to some. Thank you for the honor of judging the "Q" entries. Hopefully my offer of the Oct 5, 1996 cover didn't influence your vote (by the way - it went in the mail Thursday, so should be there next week). Maybe my post will induce someone to get serious about perfins - I can always hope.


prochute I'm not sure what you have against the "A-Z" showing. I haven't seen any "mine is better than yours" postings - they've been interesting, informative postings, sometimes showing the poster's ingenuity in linking to the letter of the week. Nothing in my post was scarce or hard to acquire, other than the block of R116 / R116A which, although scarce (unique as far as I know), was picked up in a lot costing less than $8.00, I believe. The most expensive item in that post was the French cow, which I picked up for $20.00 from someone who specializes in French perfins. The postings have been infinitely more interesting than the bickering that goes on sometimes. And you can always skip the "A-Z" posts.

billsey there were 2 typos in my post. Could you edit it to correct (if not I can post a corrected version)? I'm missing two ")" ...... one in the paragraph following the table, where it should say "pattern doesn't matter))." and the other in the paragraph about the R116 / R116A block, where it should say "left two stamps have R116A)."

Bill D.


Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:43:18 PST   Listings
Alec, the cancels were made of rubber (at least the part that made the impression was). They were usually used on awkward parcels that normal steel cancels were difficult to decipher as the impression wasm't clear.

Unless it has the weight designated the rates would be impossible to calculate as part was for postage & part for other costs such as airmail & insurance

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:36:44 PST   Listings
David B Thanks for that snippet.So would the cancel be some sort of customs type ? Any idea how the rate was calculated ?
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:26:28 PST   Listings
Alec, they are Parcel Tags which were attached to the heavy parcels. They were often used for extremely valuable items such as Gold bars and the high rate incorporated the postage & insurance charges,

David B.
Posted by billsey   ( 837 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:18:59 PST   Listings
And my entry for the Qs has been seen here before. This Full Face Queen is one of the nicest I have... The rest are mostly here. Note the later pages with both First Side Face Queens and Second Side Face Queens.
Posted by billsey   ( 837 ) on Dec-24-06 at 14:09:52 PST   Listings
Thanks Bill C for that repost of the first week's winner. I've updated the web page to reflect the additional info.

If anyone else can help to fill in those few missing entries early on, please let me know.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 13:47:17 PST   Listings
Congratulations also to wrd/Bill on being nominated as "Q" weeks judge jury and executioner :-). Thanks also to Jaywild/Jim for doing the honours last week.
Bill C Excellent material and rarely do you ever get to see so much of it in one collection.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 13:42:41 PST   Listings
Eureka I have a Queer But can anyone tell me please what they are ? Or even hazard a guess. I at first thought some sort of parcel card labels but the cancel is nothing like any parcel cancels I have ever seen before. I have a bundle of such labels and all seem to be franked with between 4 & 9 of the 10/- stamps, which would to me seem to be a very high franking for that period.
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:26:32 PST   Listings
Afternoon/evening/morning from on sunny, bright NJ where it is now Erev Xmas. ("Erev" is a Hebrew word meaning "eve of, the day before"). A very merry Christmas to all.

jaywild: Thanks for the honorable mention. wrd3 is indeed a good choice. I, for one, really appreciated the perfin primer.

Q is going to be a real challenge, as will Z.

prochute: Having a weekly theme is good for everyone. It prompts people to post stuff in areas that might not get a lot of discussion otherwise. The posts give a lot of insight into different ways of collecting too. Besides, what's wrong with showing off occasionally?

soggy: I'm still working on my interpostal seals and pulling my hair out in the process. They do show up occasionally on eBay, often as singles. Egypt wasn't the only country to use interpostal seals--Iran did too. I didn't know this until the auction turned up on one of my searches.

Anne (currently struggling with positioning circles and text boxes on pages in Print Shop.
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:23:29 PST   Listings
Billsey

ABC Show Infla-Alec

Here is some information about your beloved Germany whose name starts with the letter A at least in Spanish.

Here are some SCADTA stamps overprinted by handstamp to indicate that they were to be used in Germany. The handstamps are particularly uncommon.

Here are the machine overprints mint and here are some used and to make it complete is the three peso sheet for use in Germany.

SCADTA was a German air company providing contract air mail service within Colombia. THere was a need to allow foreign incoming mail to use the internal SCADTA service so stamps were provided to overseas customers to pre-pay for this service. The stamps of the foreign country provided carriage overseas to Colombia and the SCADTA stamps provided air mail service within Colombia. Here is an example of a cover from Germany showing this usage.

Forgery Identification Site

The German Michel catalog lists all the overprints and varieties. Different overprints were needed for each country as exchange rates for foreign countries varied and the country overprints were used to keep the speculators away.

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:22:49 PST   Listings
David, we all asked Santa for that rain... and he brought it in buckets last night, even some hail at 6am to make a white christmas!
Posted by olatano   ( 105 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:19:53 PST   Listings
Billsey, thanks for the info. I was looking at some of these site but theres just too much to choose from. Also ur never really sure with the internet....
olatano
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:18:18 PST   Listings
Lindy,

no wonder most Sydneysiders head north for Chrissie holidays and not south,

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94868.html

David B.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:16:50 PST   Listings
hahah Good Morning David !!
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:14:38 PST   Listings
Lindy, why would I say anything when a report can say it all for me,

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94767.html

20C. at 7AM,

David B.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:06:55 PST   Listings
JayJim..no 100F ---(I translated it into american for you!) today its 8C/46F at 7am - I just checked with the weather bureau. Oh David will be happy, its probably much warmer in Sydney and he'll be able to remind me how lovely Sydney is and how not-so-lovely Melbourne is. (big inter city rivalry between Melb and Sydney), and I don't need reminding, I was born and grew up there, only been in Melbourne for 26 years.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:06:06 PST   Listings
Q… is for Queen Creek, Arizona, featuring the 4c Lincoln precanceled with the same color ink.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-24-06 at 12:04:10 PST   Listings
olatano A good comprehensive album is the Scott Brown Album reprints. You can get the two volume set 1840-1900 and more for later years. The nice thing about those is that the pages are printed on only one side.
Posted by billsey   ( 837 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:57:45 PST   Listings
BTW, as always, I've captured this week's winner on the eUSC web site here. I liked the perfin post so much I saved it locally, not knowing it would be this week's winner! :-)
Posted by billsey   ( 837 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:53:24 PST   Listings
olatano, I assume you're talking about a worldwide album. The Scott International series is far from comprehensive, they tend to leave the more expensive issues out altogether and often leave stamps out of a set to make the page fit better. The best value by far is to join up with Bill Steiner's web site and print pages yourself. They are comprehensive and are significantly cheaper than any of the pre-printed options. Buy good paper (I use 70# text weight archival paper) and use a waterfast ink (like the HP inkjets use).

For my purposes, I start with Bill's PageMaker files then add my own border and add the varieties that Scott doesn't list seperately (such as paper or perforations) before printing on outsize paper with an HP 1220 wide carriage printer. You can see some examples here.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:51:28 PST   Listings
"Q's" are not easy to come by.
But here's Q is for Qatar (without a "u"), pronounced "cutter" by CNN news.
One of the notorious "sand dune" States.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:45:37 PST   Listings
Collectors of Linda… 100° Celsius???

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:40:37 PST   Listings

Merry Christmas, Froehe Weinachten and Happy Holidays to all our posters and readers
from a cold, rainy, slightly hail covered Melbourne, Australia

where the temperature reached over 100º last week ~~ what a change!

Linda (& Mr.Putney!)

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:17:24 PST   Listings
Collectors of India or UK… You’d never find this item buried in US postal history.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by olatano   ( 105 ) on Dec-24-06 at 11:15:17 PST   Listings
hey guys... I gotta question about albums. I,m looking for the most comprehensive album i can get. Would that be scott international. And if so... whats the cheapest and best place to buy a full set?
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:33:45 PST   Listings
So now that I have your interest, who is the winner? I judge it to be wrd3 a.k.a. Bill Dempwolf for a masterful job with his post about perfins. It was an amazing compilation and explanation of a field many collectors pursue avidly. And congrats again on proving that a catalog number was indeed superfluous, and having it deleted!

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:30:22 PST   Listings
“P” entries… Following is a list of some of the entries in the P competition, not meant to be complete by any means, or in any particular order or significance, other than being interesting and informative—
  • bwiphilately… for British agencies in Panama and Peru.
  • Anne… for Egyptian philately featuring pyramids, paras, piastres and Pennason.
  • Matt in AZ… for the Pago Pago to Paris cover.
  • Jim Lawler… for Indiana precancels, mailer’s marks et al. (& P.L.&R.)
  • mini*lindy… for Putney: Post Paid, postcards et al.
  • Roly & Sheryll… for Pohutu geyser.
  • taodave… for Tom von Prince, Pegasus mail & Parlamentärbrief.
  • Io… for Popocatepetl, and myriad other igneous formations on (and off) stamps.
  • wrd3… for everything involving perfins. Congrats on having a catalog sub-number delisted!
  • Ant-Ra… for Puerto Rico & the Philippines.
  • Jeff Switt… for the Panama Pacific precancel perfin (say that three times real fast).
  • infla-alec… for German provisional inflation covers.
  • D2… for unique eastbound Tonga to London via Panama cover.
  • due2cents… for outstanding P perfins, and eclectic P countries/stamps/items.
  • nomad55… for beautiful Panama-Pacific, Panama California & Pan-American items.
  • Bjorn… for Peking cancel on Germania.
  • greenwave4u… for some very nice British Central Africa provisionals.
  • jimbo2… for nice P precancels.
  • Bob in WA… squeaking in at the last minute (well, almost!) with a nice cover featuring a stamp with the Pint du Gard.
Not an easy job to judge these entries. I learned many things I did not know.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:27:24 PST   Listings
Claghorn… Lovely Queretaro stamps.

By the way, Queretaro is where the erstwhile Emperor Maximilian was executed in 1867, along with his faithful generals Mejía and Miramón, at a place called the Hill of the Bells. His last words were “Vive México!” Joan Haslip, in one of the most remarkable books I have ever read, The Crown of Mexico says this about the immediate aftermath of the execution—

”The three dead men lay on the cactus covered ground, their clothes still smoking from the shots. Already the zopilotes were hovering overhead, and the soldiers stood hushed in the presence of a death which had attained the sublime.”
Hard to beat the eloquence of those words, no matter what one might feel about Maximilian.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by sammlermax1   ( 777 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:22:30 PST   Listings
I wish all a blessed and a peaceful Christmas!
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:16:23 PST   Listings
Hutch… Nice to see you back.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:14:16 PST   Listings

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

to all who celebrate it,

SEASONS GREETINGS

to the rest of you.

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:10:09 PST   Listings
Hi Iceland Your English is getting better :-)
For those that don't know Dieter is a friend of mine from the ebay.de Cafe and we meet up every year in Germany together with many other collector friends from all over Europe.He and many others there are very willing to help me with my many questions about any aspect of German philately. I don't colelct it all of course but it is good to have things explained in simple terms when need be.
Posted by iceland10   ( 1225 ) on Dec-24-06 at 10:00:47 PST   Listings
Translate by Alec :-)
Posted by iceland10   ( 1225 ) on Dec-24-06 at 09:57:44 PST   Listings
Cheerier Christmas and one good new Year 2007 desires iceland10 outfield Hessen :-)

www.arge-krone-adler.de
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 09:39:22 PST   Listings
Does anyone else with a free "imagecave" web host account have problems logging in ? For some reason I can't access mine and even the password retrieval doesn't seem to be working.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 09:36:42 PST   Listings
Prochute From your last post I take it you don't think too highly about the ABC show & tell. You give the impression that it is only used by many to "show off".
I beg to differ and think you will find that the vast majority of the board has enjoyed the showings. It hasn't all been about rare items being shown. I'd say that most of the people who have posted something are simply trying to share their knowledge and material with the rest of us. The variety of material shown so far has been vast and very varied.
But if you don't like the thread or idea then how about putting forward some ideas yourself to at least try and promote an interest in philately ?
Posted by peetah   ( 450 ) on Dec-24-06 at 09:32:15 PST   Listings
infla-alec Look for an email from me regarding Michel Russian stamp values. Merry Christmas, to all!
Posted by prochute   ( 64 ) on Dec-24-06 at 09:00:53 PST   Listings
ed845 I love ya! You always tell it like it is!!

djs127 Why are you so bothered about listing and the Holidays? IT DOESN'T MATTER. eBay is nonStop 24/7 365/366 and will take your money anytime.

Now that "we're" up to Q, what happens after Z? Do "we" start with numbers. Since numbers seemingly never end, "we'll" never stop showing off "our" collections and "our" egos. "oooh. look what I have; look what I know (and you don't).

Have a happy whatever. Do we need these holidays to be happy. Happininess is a given. So is love, peace, etc, etc, etc. Go tell it on the mountain.
Posted by breffington   ( 332 ) on Dec-24-06 at 08:50:41 PST   Listings
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Frank/Breffington, New York.
Posted by djs127   ( 529 ) on Dec-24-06 at 08:19:38 PST   Listings
Ed I think some of the people on the board felt that listing near a major holiday would mean either they would get no bids or have less bids. I see your items on Ebay now have some bids but I have definately seen a reduction of listings.
David Snyder
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-24-06 at 07:58:56 PST   Listings
queretaro
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-24-06 at 07:57:53 PST   Listings
Q is for Quintana Roo and Queretaro
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-24-06 at 07:04:27 PST   Listings
Good day all.

Thanks Bill C

Q is for Quindio.

And, volcanoes don't stop for Christmas:

BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO: 55o58'N, 160o36'E; Elevation 2,895 m
CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: RED
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE: ORANGE

Seismic activity significantly increased. Series of ash explosions and ash avalanches began from 23:52 UTC on December 23. Ash plumes rose up to 6.0 km (19,700 ft) ASL and extended to the north-east from the volcano.
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-24-06 at 06:47:46 PST   Listings
IOmoon Jim I believe you were looking for this and also this
Posted by knuden   ( 2172 ) on Dec-24-06 at 05:52:27 PST   Listings
Dear friends - from Denmark

My family and I wish you all a

Happy Christmas and a joyful New Year.



K.E 

Posted by ed845   ( 4235 ) on Dec-24-06 at 05:33:38 PST   Listings
dsj127 and anyone else who can be bothered to read this

actually any of our holiday time is a good time to have items listed especially at Christmas and New Year. You can start auctions at anytime with T/Lister and plan to end them on non holiday days.

Many people forget that Christmas is not celebrated everywhere and that in some parts of the world it is considered a normal working day.

Anyway for those of you who do celebrate Christmas 'Have a good one!' and for those of you that don't, 'Get back to work and stop wasting time reading this board!.

Ed



Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-24-06 at 04:52:07 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all



FWIW: I’ve been selling off some duplicates. The reason I backed off listing is that I’ve not extra time for that right now and wanted to let what payments had not finished up getting to me time to do so before I started another batch. The weeks before Christmas require more work hours than normal for me, just as does Easter. :8^ )

In keeping with the "Q" theme here’s a Bureau, Liberty series, precancel from Quakertown, PA click here .
While it’s not a high value stamp, it’s the only Bureau town starting with “Q

Jim L.
Posted by cwhutch   ( 586 ) on Dec-24-06 at 03:14:45 PST   Listings
Merry Christmas to all those that celebrate it and good morning to everyone else .

Hutch
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-24-06 at 01:51:12 PST   Listings
Seasonal greetings to all those that celebrate Christmas. Last day of chaotic shopping here with many stores staying open until midnight.
Peetah If you can post a link to scans of the stamps you want identified with the year of issue, (if known) I can try looking up the information you need using Michel's online catalogue. Or e-mail me the scans. If you don't have my e-mail address write initially via ebay and I'll mail it to you.
Posted by rclwa   ( 942 ) on Dec-24-06 at 00:45:36 PST   Listings
Another Saturday and another week I couldn't locate some items I wanted to show for the alphabet project. Somewhere I have a One Penny Peru Paucartambo Bridge Plate Proof block of four, which I might have cropped to show a Pair, for a 6 P flush, but as usual, I have no idea where it is. Also have many Proofs of various descriptions, and a couple of Perfin items I thought might be interesting. One of these days I'll clean up and post a bunch of Too Late revisits.

Meantime, I did find this nice cover using a 20f Pont du Gard on a 1937 mailing from Paris to the GOVERNOR of French Guiana at Cayenne. These 20f stamps are somewhat scarce on cover, but one addressed to the head honcho of a country is even more dear. I assume the sliver of a handstamp near the ''A'' is nothing like a missing stamp, but simply a spill over from another item that was placed on top of it during a batch process.

Well, I started that in time to have posted it before midnight, but then got distracted again. So now we are in the week of ''Q''! Hmmm, Queensland and Quebec come to mind, and of course any queen from any country, I suppose. GB, Netherlands, and Hawaii immediately come to mind.

Guess I'll post this, albeit late.

Bob in WA
Posted by sammlermax1   ( 777 ) on Dec-23-06 at 23:05:31 PST   Listings
@wrd3: to 05:30:17, o yea Precancel Perfins from the USA is a verry interesting territory, thanks for the info.

@jim_lawler: to 04:05:04, yes unfortunately has the postal clerk a line with the black maker painting.
Posted by horadam1   ( 431 ) on Dec-23-06 at 21:21:00 PST   Listings
Jim - jaywild: {:0)
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 20:31:41 PST   Listings
To All,

A Merry Xmas & Compliments of the Season,

heading out for an Indonesian Christmas party,

David B.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-23-06 at 20:02:29 PST   Listings
... Christmas eve here too.....
so....

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-23-06 at 19:55:02 PST   Listings
And from New Zealand on our Christmas Eve……
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!!


Cheers

Roly
Posted by bettisperson   ( 6 ) on Dec-23-06 at 19:23:11 PST   Listings
didnt think so, thanks anyway
Posted by sneeky37   ( 232 ) on Dec-23-06 at 19:22:45 PST   Listings
Will be away from my computer for a couple of days, so would like to take this opportunity to wish
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!!
Posted by keleofa   ( 3320 ) on Dec-23-06 at 19:18:06 PST   Listings
Bettis,

Although your scan is really blurry, they look like cut outs from US postal stationary. Very common, no value in that condition.

Matt in Arizona
Posted by peetah   ( 450 ) on Dec-23-06 at 19:02:50 PST   Listings
iomoon P is for Peetah!
Sorry, I couldn't resist either!
Posted by bettisperson   ( 6 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:48:50 PST   Listings
hey ummm i collect us stamps but not these kinds and could someone tell me what these are and thier money worth, thanks http://usera.imagecave.com/noblesteed/noblepics/100_1476.jpg
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:40:49 PST   Listings
Ok.

I couldn't resist it.

P is for Pee!!
Posted by malolo   ( 830 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:22:55 PST   Listings
Danny -
Thanks for your input. Once I know the lot number of the cover, I’ll let you know and ask for information on where I may post the information. It’s been my experience that collectors of particular series of classic stamps look for rare destinations, as opposed to collectors looking for incoming mail. Like I wrote, I will be interested in seeing the opening price the auction house places on the cover

Roger
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:22:48 PST   Listings
Vic… ELEPHANTS!!! Bet you don’t have these.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:22:43 PST   Listings
ikanpusu you can also start here All World Catalogue

Forgery Identification Site

Posted by hungaryjim   ( 832 ) on Dec-23-06 at 18:08:50 PST   Listings
Greetings again all: For my final contribution to the letter of the week, I have what could be considered a small group of double P. Have a look here and see if you agree!

Jimbo2
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-23-06 at 17:49:35 PST   Listings
ikanpusu I suggest you have a look at the links in the yellow box just below your first posting. You will find a lot of helpful information there. Then you are able to come back here and ask more specific questions.....
The questions you have asked in your last four posts are far too wide ranging to expect a comprehensive answer.
cheers
Roly

Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:38:57 PST   Listings
Any guidelines on beginning a collection of world wide stamps for the period 1900 - 2000?
I have a small collection of Raja Brooke of Sarawak stamps and which book should I purchase to encompass Sarawak and the period above for world wide stamps?
TQ
Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:36:12 PST   Listings
Any info on German stamps 1900 - 2000?
Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:35:05 PST   Listings
Any info on American stamps 1900 - 2000?
Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:34:34 PST   Listings
Anyone interest in French stamps 1900 - 2000?
Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:33:38 PST   Listings
Anyone with info on British stamps from 1900 - 2000?
Posted by ikanpusu   ( 0 )   on Dec-23-06 at 17:27:57 PST   Listings
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
Elizabeth 11 Coronation Stamp 03/06/1953;
10 cents stamp issued in Sarawak, Borneo and stamped envelope.
Value?
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-23-06 at 17:12:06 PST   Listings
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Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-23-06 at 16:16:12 PST   Listings
djs

At the moment, it would be pretty difficult to miss anything within my main search criterion.
Here are the listings for the last week:

Sunday 3
Monday 5
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 1
Thursday 4
Friday 3 (one is mine)
Saturday (so far) 2

Total for the week = 21
Number with bids = 8
Number with my bid = 0
Number I might have bid on had S&H not been $6.57 = 1

And this is all eBay, not just eBay.com
Posted by pavos   ( 256 ) on Dec-23-06 at 15:39:45 PST   Listings
JIM,

Nah, it's a different one. I was looking at a couple months ago but haven't seen it in a while. I'll let you know when it turns up.

Monte





























Monte
Posted by djs127   ( 529 ) on Dec-23-06 at 15:31:20 PST   Listings
I agree with Iomoon most sellers have stopped posting stamp lots on Ebay and there are less bidders for many items. I think everyone is waiting for the after Xmas price reduction on listings. Who will be the first to see the announcement on Ebay this week?
David Snyder
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 15:14:45 PST   Listings
vinny… You are here.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-23-06 at 14:14:41 PST   Listings
David & Jim Yes that is the label from a stamp used to seal the actual postbox item which opens up to reveal a series of minature pictues of Lowestoft.
Posted by vinnysf   ( 247 ) on Dec-23-06 at 14:05:16 PST   Listings
we've had 2 more earthquakes since last night!! quake central here
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-23-06 at 14:04:44 PST   Listings
Oops Monte, sorry, I missed your earlier post.
I think you already sent me the Paricutin card - the one on my web site.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:56:59 PST   Listings
Lyndal, nah, it has hit about 20C. and it isn't even 9AM, looks like another fine Sydney Summer Scorcher,

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:55:41 PST   Listings
alec… I think D2 might have been referring to the small label with green border and tiny perforations on the mailbox itself, wrapped around the other side.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:54:22 PST   Listings
Alec, next to the Mailbox where it says " Lowestoft Mail, it may be the Jubilee lines from a KEVII 1/2d. Green,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:48:54 PST   Listings
David Nothing Swiss attached that I can see, it is just the address tag as can be seen better here.
Yes one day it will get listed or sold on. I tend to be lazy though when it comes to listing on ebay. I tend to scan things, save the image ok and then promptly put away the item and forget about it.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:37:42 PST   Listings
alec! thats a beauty!!!

David brrrr, cold here this morning, so different from our 37 during the week... and they are predicting 16 for Melbourne tomorrow,, with snow up in the alps where there were bushfires the last 3 weeks!
Hope you and Mrs.B and Miss.B have a wonderful day
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:28:11 PST   Listings
Alec, the Mailbox looks like it's got part of a Swiss PO instructional label attached, what does it say,

very interesting item, I am sure there are many Thematic & Social Philately collectors out there that would love to have it in their collection,

David B.
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:23:05 PST   Listings
Linda About four or five years ago one of the Scandanavian post offices, (Finland I think it was), were at the big stamp show in Germany, in October. There they allowed parents to write letters to Santa Claus and every single letter received a reply addressed to the parents child and each cover also received a special Santa Claus cancel. Of course the reply letter was written in advance by the parents but you can imagine the surprise many children got when they actually got what appeared to be a letter from Santa. I actually wrote a few for friends worldwide with small children and every child was amazed that Santa knew exactly where they lived and their first name. Best was there was no extra charge made for this service just the cost of actually sending a normal letter.

Meanwhile I meant to ask if anyone knows what this and this are ? Something to do with Harrison printers I know but essays ?
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:09:39 PST   Listings
David B Thanks for the specimen help. I found with tyhe aid of those sellers descriptions what I have thank you. Mine are catalogued at €500 each which did surprise me.
I also had a tidy up and came across a nice GB item that must have been stashed away at least 25 years now. It is this rather unusual Postbox with Parcel card still attached. I really should clear out some of the old albums I have lying around that have not seen the light of day for many years.
Posted by sayasan   ( 532 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:07:51 PST   Listings
David - thanks! Much appreciated. No rush. This Youth Exhibition could be a good way for organised philately to come back into favour in Myanmar, and for collectors there to make contact with the outside philatelic world. (A few years ago, a Myanmar businessman travelling abroad made it, clandestinely, to an international. He was the first and last Burmese collector EVER to attend such an occasion.) There are knowledgeable collectors in Myanmar. But if the ASEAN youth competition is all left up to the generals and colonels, they will make a dog's dinner of it. The Singapore people can help here.

I promise to be tactful.

Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-23-06 at 13:03:14 PST   Listings
dcderoo Robertson was a Stamp Dealer in Durban, so he probably even got to cancel his own mail via the friendly clerk, just like Jaywild mentioned earlier in the week, when the chat was about Santa Letters.
Linda
Posted by pavos   ( 256 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:54:46 PST   Listings
IOMOON...

Did you see my post of 12-21-06, 21:15?

I anticipated you on Paricutin.

Monte
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:53:37 PST   Listings
Richard, I know a few of the bigwigs, will send you their email addresses to you after I have checked my wifes Xmas Card data base,

David B.
Posted by sayasan   ( 532 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:45:01 PST   Listings
David B - just fishing, but do you happen to know anyone at the Singapore Philatelic Museum? Or anyone in a position of influence within Singapore philately?

I ask because I'm becoming concerned about Myanmar's ability to respond to their obligations to the ASEAN Youth Stamp Exhibition, which SPM is hosting next August. I'd like to lobby someone about the need for the Myanmar authorities to make use of experienced collectors there, who would make good and willing consultants. The post office people know less than nothing about philately, and the whole thing could go belly up if they don't stop ignoring the few surviving older collectors.

Just wondered if you might know someone who knows someone etc.? You have my email address. No rush - it's Christmas after all!

Cheers, Richard W.

Posted by peetah   ( 450 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:37:22 PST   Listings
Anyone have a current Michel for Russia?
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:35:49 PST   Listings
dcderoo,

as it is a Philatelic cover and the internal airmail rate had been overpaid I doubt if the clerk was worried whether the ordinary rate was paid by ordinary or Official stamps and even if there were any regulations that precluded the usage of Official stamps on ordinary mail,

David B.
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 71 ) on Dec-23-06 at 12:04:32 PST   Listings
No P would be complete without the Provisionals of British Central Africa in 1898. The provisionals were only born because of late deliveries of new stock from London and then a consignment that disappeared from a barge on the way up the Zambesi. To fill the hole after the one penny overprint on the 3/-duty stamp started to run out, the local postmaster general, Mr Gosling adapted the oval embossed 3/- duty fiscal stamp for a 1d duty, put it in red inside an oblong blue hand frame with the words INTERNAL and POSTAGE at top and bottom and called it a postage stamp. However, the stamps could not be purchased directly by the public, they had to pay the postmaster and then he fixed the stamp on the letter.

Mitch Sorry to hear of the loss of your sheperd, hope the new one is OK. We got a new bassett called Ruby about 3 weeks ago who spends most of her time chasing our boy Baxter around. But its good for him he has lost about 4 pounds in weight with all the activity:-)

IO You are lucky to find something worth bidding on, seems to be a shortage of good material must be Xmas. All the sellers take a holiday when the buyers have plenty of time on their hands to buy:-)
cheers

Peter
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-23-06 at 11:25:49 PST   Listings
Oh boy!!

I won one.
The last of the big spenders!!
Posted by keleofa   ( 3320 ) on Dec-23-06 at 08:49:57 PST   Listings
DCderoo,

Hey - Happy Birthday & Good Luck on your Retirement!

Since no one has answered your South Africa question I'll take a shot at it.

It is posted to General Delivery, Capetown. Like so many covers passing through the mailstream this one was not rejected by the busy postal authorities of the RSA. See Jim's (Jaywild) label use (12.23.06 @07.26.31). Also, there's no indication one way or another that this is NOT an Official piece of mail. A government official may have handed it to the postal clerk in Durban, making it OK. Or, it may have been the only stamps available at the post office at that time. I am not familiar with the postal regulations of the RSA involving use of Official Stamps.

It would have been nice if it was on official government stationary, or handstamps rejecting use of the stamps. It is similar to registered mail covers with the proper franking but no registration labels or markings.

Matt in Arizona
Posted by dcderoo   ( 1636 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:45:30 PST   Listings
Bit of help, please.
This cover has its postage paid in part with two Springbok official stamps!
To me this does not appear to have been used for official purposes.
Would someone explain it to me.

So African Airmail Cover with Official stamps

Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:30:44 PST   Listings
Gone before you noted it. :-)
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:29:54 PST   Listings
due2cents… Never mind!!

J

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:29:14 PST   Listings
due2cents… Report your message of 7:25:02 am, it has messed up the board.

You have committed the cardinal sin of using quotes in your link, and failing to close them. Links never require the use of quotes.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:27:12 PST   Listings
Already Rported

try again I wish the postman had marked the date this got back to NEW Zeeland
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:26:31 PST   Listings
Someone was asleep down at the PO

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-23-06 at 07:10:36 PST   Listings
Another batch of P's

Linked in an album
I liked the Feb 29th 1884 the most I think.


PPPAlbum
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-23-06 at 06:44:18 PST   Listings
Good day everyone.

From a warmish, soggy, foggy Scarsdale.

P is for Paricutim.
Posted by kittyhaven02   ( 1992 ) on Dec-23-06 at 05:36:46 PST   Listings
wrd3 - thank you for responding - I will take your advise.
Posted by ik-postalhistory   ( 285 ) on Dec-23-06 at 05:33:43 PST   Listings
Roger,

In my perspective, the 50c Sitting Helvetia, registered, to the Yukon would likely realize far more at a Canadian auction than any other, as all of the serious collectors of Canadian arctic postal history are concentrated in North America.

Kittyhaven,
I believe the stamp has to be postmarked in the first year of issue (1861) for there to be an even remote chance of it being Scott #64b.

Danny
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-23-06 at 05:30:17 PST   Listings
kittyhaven02 welcome to the stamp chat board. If you haven't already found them, you might want to scroll down to the Yellow Boxes (currently about 1/3 down the board) and follow the Links for New and Non Collectors. There is a lot of good information in those links. I can't answer your question, and I'm sure someone who can will be on the board later, but you might also try Richard Frajola's Board, where a lot of US experts hang out.

sammlermax1 nice precancel perfin pair. You may already know, but that pattern is H170, an F-rated pattern, identified with Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co, Hartford, CT, and is found on stamp issues from 1926-1954.

Bill D.
Posted by kittyhaven02   ( 1992 ) on Dec-23-06 at 05:07:55 PST   Listings
Hi - I am relatively new to stamp collecting but have inherited a large collection from my father. One stamp I found is an A25 type on a letter cover post marked Feb 29, 1864. I believe it is rose pink which would make it a 64b. Two questions: 1. Where is a good place to reference or compare color? 2. Would the fact that it was cancelled in 1864 mean that there is no grill on the back? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-23-06 at 04:05:04 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


sammlermax1
I like the Precancel Perfin, to bad someone, probably a Postal clerk, ran the black crayon across it.


In keeping with the "P" theme here’s some Kokomo Stamp Club Cards showing a Painter
click here.

and a Piano
click here.

Jim L.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-23-06 at 01:08:24 PST   Listings
Thank you Rainer, Yes, there is a heap of information now that I have checked. I am quite amazed at the CV of some of these items !!
Cheers
Roly

Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-23-06 at 00:43:05 PST   Listings
Roly, Frame labels, check here, the definitive site for such labels, in German called Automatenmarken, the owner of the site is the author of the respective catalogue published by Michel. If yu do a search on the Internet for Frama Automakrenmakren you should find plenty of information.
http://www.atms.ch/
Posted by sammlermax1   ( 777 ) on Dec-23-06 at 00:11:32 PST   Listings
Hello all, here is a "P" Precancel error pair with Perfin,
666kb.com/i/akbwrepvg2p09pxsh.jpg
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-22-06 at 23:55:35 PST   Listings
A rhetorical question without a question mark in itself Stamphick :-)
Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-22-06 at 22:22:09 PST   Listings
I suppose the later example is actually a rhetorical question anyway.
Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-22-06 at 22:20:48 PST   Listings
Roger...Sorry, I thought you were making a little joke. There are two types of questions that don't require a question mark that I know of, a rhetorical question and a suggestion phrased as a question in order to be polite. An example of the latter would be when the teacher asks the student "Why don't you take your seat."
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-22-06 at 22:11:36 PST   Listings
Just curious …… do/did other countries around the world ever use These Labels called Frama Labels for postage? I know that “investment” can be a dirty word here at times but these Frama Labels are fetching a fortune here in NZ at the moment. I was fortunate to have a machine right outside my office when they were in vogue and so I would feed the machine loose change in my lunch hour. The “loose change” invested 13yrs ago has just given me a return of several 100’s %. Should have thrown more loose change into the machine :-O
Best of Christmas to all
Cheers
Roly
Posted by malolo   ( 830 ) on Dec-22-06 at 22:07:16 PST   Listings
stamphick! -
I gad actually been to the local library and found an old Scotts on the shelf but there was nothing I could find about rhetorical questions. That's why I asked here, there is always someone who has a correct answer to the question.

Roger
nodding off again
Posted by malolo   ( 830 ) on Dec-22-06 at 22:03:33 PST   Listings
Aloha Mitchell -
Strange - a large dog came running through our checkpoint exit yesterday (the wrong way) and went bounding through a construction area marked off with orange fencing. Dog went straight through into plane embarkation area. Long chase by security in carts and trucks led to capture of miscreant canine. I never saw it as we were too busy to participate. Do you think it possible your dog bought a ticket for one last fling in the sun? Check your credit card for an unauthorized purchase of a one-way cargo ticket to Kona.

David (stamphick!) -
No vacation I'm afraid. Passenger traffic's been highly irregular for the past two weeks leading to lulls followed by everyone arriving at the same time for two planes leaving within 5 minutes of each other, then repeat every hour or so....... Weather is beautiful, highs 82°, lows 68°, still shorts and short sleeve uniform shirts at work - well someone's got to do it! We're getting overtime, so thanks in advance to everyone who pays their taxes on time, and just to let you know when the President discusses raising taxes next year, I'll be writing letters so TSA gets raises. Amazing how one's politics changes in relation to one's source of income. LOL Now if I could figure out a way of selling half used 8oz tubes of sunblock, partially used 6oz tubes of toothpaste, and full bottles of water, I wouldn't need a raise!

Roger
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3270 ) on Dec-22-06 at 21:11:05 PST   Listings
Hi Mitch My condolences on the loss of your buddy. I am not familiar with the illness you mention. We have 6 large dogs here, 4 border collies, an australian shepherd, and an old grandma lab who copes with arthritis and the like. ( 5 cats too) In the winter she gets house privileges and spends the night in front of the gas heater. I have found that over the years, the joy of their company greatly exceeds the pain of their loss, especially when my love is passed on to a newcomer. I don't know if you have seen the pic on my ME page of me with a litter we had several years ago. Have a good trip tomorrow. Jeff
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-22-06 at 20:21:57 PST   Listings
infla-alec
Nice cover.

antonius-ra
Sorry to hear of the loss of your German Shepherd.


In keeping with the "P" theme here’s a space related piggy back ride click here .

and here’s a piggy bank click here .

Jim L.
Posted by stamphick!   ( 333 ) on Dec-22-06 at 20:16:33 PST   Listings
Roger..I thought maybe you were on vacation since all the plane are either grounded in Denver or Heathrow. No, rhetorical questions don't require question marks. If you are uncertain why don't you look it up. That's another example.
Posted by malolo   ( 830 ) on Dec-22-06 at 20:02:20 PST   Listings
Jaywild -
I've been reading the board every day, but not had time to make comments. I'm giving everyone a "Holiday Reprieve"! LOL. I've been buying some interesting items on eBay and will show a few later. Why do they all come up at the same time, they are even different sellers on different continents. Do rhetorical questions require question marks? Eh?

dcderoo - Congratulations on making it to "official" retirement. I wish you many years of healthy, active life. Enjoy!

David B -
It will be interesting to see how much the India-Swiss cover goes for in Switzerland. I couldn't believe it when I saw it on eBay. I've sent a number of items I bought in the past on eBay to Roelli for its February auction. Right now I'm waiting for the item descriptions to arrive in the mail for proof approval. They sent a few items back as not good enough quality, but I knew a few fit this category, I just didn't know if they fit into the not good enough , but great example. The most interesting in my mind will be the 1902 - 50 centimes Standing Helvetia registered to Dawson, Yukon, forwarded to Hootalinqua. I'm hoping a few Standing helvetia exhibitors want it for the solo usage to a great destination. I also sent a number of the post cards to the German soldier involved in the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1901. Some were forwarded back to Germany from Taku. I'll finally see if I should have bought a whole bunch more from the German seller 5 years ago!

In the mean time:
December 22, 1864

and for those of you who are a day ahead and DC. :
December 23, 1902, from Liverpool England to Geneve, forwarded within Geneve and receiving a razor cancel at the Rue Du Stand PO on Christmas Day. );>)

Next letter is "Q". I think I may find something, shouldn't be too difficult.

Roger
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-22-06 at 19:59:34 PST   Listings
Happy holidays to everyone and a special Happy Birthday to D.C.
Here are a few more P's

My favorite 19th century U.S. Proofs

Peru

Portugal

Poland

Jeff My Beautiful German Sheperd (Baron Von Wolfgang Fanghorn) developed wobblers Syndrome. He went down hill quickly this last couple weeks. A couple days ago I let him out "to do his business". Sadly, I reckon, he thought it was time to go into the woods to die. I've spent many hours looking for him but he has simply dissapeared. Tomorrow morning will be a (350 mile) road trip to get another pure bred Sheperd. I'm sure his soon-to-be big brother (Chaco-mo a chocolate Lab, 9 months old) will enjoy him as much as we will.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-22-06 at 19:42:22 PST   Listings
well
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE BRITISH POST OFFICE


this is the best they can do?


Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 19:27:04 PST   Listings
Linda

Yep, I've seen them but was so unimpressed I can't remember what they look like.
Except that they were designed along the lines of those silly Japanese cartoon stamps.

I think PO's haven't yet gotten the idea that the general public doesn't give a damn as to what is on the stamp, as long as its valid for posting their letter.

It is the collectors who care for what is illustrated and apart from coming out with all sorts of prestige booklets, miniature sheets, smilers sheets etc the PO doesn't care what they put on them. And they can make money off the collectors.

They are getting to be legal sellers of "illegals".
Maybe they can start having raffles for inverted images etc.
Posted by claghorn1p   ( 408 ) on Dec-22-06 at 18:42:03 PST   Listings
Potosi
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-22-06 at 17:39:45 PST   Listings
io Jim lucky you! I listed 2 items under my other id several hours ago and they are still no where to be seen!
eBay haven't had a free listing day for a few years, but last year the 10c listing day was on Dec. 27 I think.. Many ebayers seem to be holding back with their listings, and then you wont be able to find them in all the 'garbage'.
Gee there must be a paper shortage in England, have you seen the size of their Christmas stamps???

Linda
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 17:32:01 PST   Listings
Wow things are really slow.

It made it onto the search board in 10 minutes!!
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 17:22:43 PST   Listings
Saw that very few people have been listing on eBay the last few days, so decided to make the most of it and use it for unclustered advertizing.

With my luck they'll have a free listing day tomorrow.
Usually, though it's Boxing Day.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 16:49:38 PST   Listings
A wet evening in Scarsdale.

P is for Potosi.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-22-06 at 15:44:36 PST   Listings
Alec,

seeing it is used in Dublin, I think a more apt name for the item would be a " Donnybrook Cover ", that would encompass the Bridge, the Irish & Dublin aspect and also the competition for the acquisition,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-22-06 at 15:34:58 PST   Listings
Alec,

the overprint looks OK and not one of the Florida fantasies

these should give you some idea of the current value,
they are from completed sales & the face value you have should be about the same.

http://cgi.ebay.fr/France-3-x-semeuse-1924-neuf-av-Ch-surch-SPECIMEN-078_W0QQitemZ300055860880QQihZ020QQcategoryZ17745QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Timbre-SPECIMEN-NEUF-Gomme-luxe-FRANCE_W0QQitemZ300057751890QQihZ020QQcategoryZ17737QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

David B.

Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-22-06 at 15:12:40 PST   Listings
I recently came across a pair of French Sower stamps overprinted Specimen. Does anyone please have access to a catalogue value or listing number ? At present I can't find it in the Balle catalogue I have. Though my not being able to speak or understand any French may have something to do with that.
I also came across a nice GB cover that would be of interest to our resident Bridge and Ireland collectors. To make it fit into the theme of the week I'll call it the Pugalist Cover :-) It being a Balls Bridge cancel and of course used in Dublin.
Posted by rclwa   ( 942 ) on Dec-22-06 at 14:04:12 PST   Listings
dcderoo -- Add my Happy Birthday! I believe you share it with past president Greg, (g1). It's a tough date for collecting your birthday, as Christmas is a post office holiday in so many places. Much more elusive than Oct 5, I'm sure! I have a cousin with a Christmas Day birthday, and her father's is the day before! So they had Christmas and two birthdays all at once in their family.

Still haven't had time to look for my ''P'' items--off now to start my Christmas shopping.

Bob in WA
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-22-06 at 12:57:20 PST   Listings
JayJim your stationary item appears to also be a Volcano Alert. To me it looks like Mt Fuji, on one of those leather postcards, although it is difficult to tell from that pathetic photo.

nice label Rainer

happy retirement dcderoo and Happy Birthday for the 25th!

Postal Clerk was of course CORRECT that mail once in the system cannot be returned, however, a bit petty to not hand back a Santa letter!! My son was fortunate last week to get his daughters letter before it entered the system. She wrote and sealed it before he saw it and told him it was a 'secret' and NO he cannot read her mail... opps, she nearly didnt get any presents !! fortunately she took him up on his kind offer to post it in the city to get there quicker!

and thanks taodave for your interesting posts, a joy to read and look at while I have my first cup of tea!

Linda
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 12:45:46 PST   Listings
Where is Roger? Haven’t seen much of him lately.

Vinny… My “quake” was a false alarm, just the wind rattling the windows.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by vinnysf   ( 247 ) on Dec-22-06 at 12:37:20 PST   Listings
jaywild...its hard to tell here too sometimes...i'm right near the freeway and whenever a big truck goes by the house sways..but this time there was no truck..heheh
Posted by bjornmu   ( 854 ) on Dec-22-06 at 12:25:14 PST   Listings
P is for PEKING. I don't really collect these (only ordinary German stamps) but when I found this for sale "not on eBay" I was tempted. It ends on the 26th but since I'll be away I placed a bid now.
Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 11:56:10 PST   Listings
jimbo, thanks.., however, I knew this article already..., but keep on searching...
Posted by jimbo   ( 385 ) on Dec-22-06 at 11:44:03 PST   Listings
Rainer,
Nice item! Here's a good history of Nairn Transportation Company. Interesting transportation story.

As near as I can tell your label must have been used during the time the Company used Safeway buses - 1926-1927.

jimbo
Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 10:46:24 PST   Listings
Just won at ebay..., a nice and (by me) never seen before luggage label from the Overland Mail Baghdad-Haifa
http://fuchs-online.com/overlandmail/images/overland-luggage-label.jpg
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 09:32:32 PST   Listings
It’s a relief to learn that the US isn’t going anywhere

J

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 09:26:15 PST   Listings
soggy333… And yes, you are right about the placement of ROUAD. Scott will fit countries in to suit their needs, and don’t always follow a strict alphabetical order.

I stand corrected.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 09:20:49 PST   Listings
soggy… I read your anecdote about the Santa mail, and clerks at the PO, creatures of bureaucracy that they be, generally do things strictly by the book, or their interpretation of the book at any rate. (You will find as many opinions on any given subject as you will find clerks.) Anyway, once mail is “in the mailstream” it supposedly cannot be diverted until it reaches its destination, even though that may be a place in a fairy story. (Sorry, all you Santa believers.) The trick is to get to know your clerks personally, and then they will acquiesce to practically anything you ask for. I’ve sent bisects (totally illegal), demonetized Special Delivery stamps (ditto), and have personally hand cancelled many items over the years because I have a good rapport with the folks at my PO.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 08:54:14 PST   Listings
vinnysf… Very weird, but we just had a rattle here in Los Angeles, at least I think it was. (It’s hard to tell, because the wind is blowing today, and it could just have been a gust shaking the windows.) But that was around 8:45 am, long after the tremor you mentioned.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by taodave   ( 135 ) on Dec-22-06 at 08:25:16 PST   Listings
P is for "Parlamentärbrief" (Flag-of-Truce letter)

There was a sporadic interchange of mail between the armies in German East Africa under flags of truce. The majority of the surviving examples are from the 1916-17 Holiday Season mail exchange (predominantly between separated husbands and wives) permitted by the British.

Here is an undated letter to the International Peace Bureau in Switzerland. The front is stamped with the official Schutztruppe seal overwritten "Zensiert." The back bears an affixed "Opened under Martial Law" label and a "Passed Censor/C.T. Dsm" handstamp applied by the British censor in occupied Dar-es-Salaam. Later someone (at the Peace Bureau?) scribbled a very misleading "from P. of W. Egypt" on the back.:

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Parlamentarbrief1A.jpg

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Parlamentarbrief1B.jpg


Here is a January 1917 letter from Feldwebel Paul Devers with the Schutztruppe in the South, to his wife Ella interned at the Schliesen mission station outside Morogoro. It was censored by government adjutant Dr. Dietrich before being passed across the lines. The British censor in Dar-es-Salaam affixed his stamp on front and back. Devers, a prominent businessman in Dar-es-Salaam before the War, was killed on patrol later that month:

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Parlamentarbrief2A.jpg

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Parlamentarbrief2B.jpg

Finally, a November 1916 letter from his wife, interned at the Schliesen mission station, to Leutnant A. Batzner, a company commander in the Schutztruppe. It bears the somewhat naive routing direction "To the Front" as well as the handstamps of the German and British censors. Lt. Batzner was killed during the battle of Lukuledi in October 1917:


http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Parlamentarbrief3.jpg

taodave


Posted by vinnysf   ( 247 ) on Dec-22-06 at 08:13:37 PST   Listings
hey- did anyone feel that earthquake?
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-22-06 at 08:05:51 PST   Listings
Jay and DCderoo
In the really old albums Roumania was the spelling. Scott also needs to fit those little countries in where it can to save paper--the hard bound binder was the cheap one and had no wasted space.
Nobody commented on that Santa letter fiasco. I thought counter cancels were forbidden in the postal manual. If you want to see a postal clerk have a fit grab his counter canceller before he can stop you and start slapping red socked on the nose cancels on all those old mint US you have plastered on a parcel.
I once put about 50 different stamps front and back on a large envelope. It came to a couple $ over what was needed to send to Nicaragua. I asked for what extra service I could get and the clerk said certified mail. An hour later he called me at home and said he had mistaken Nicaragua CA(Central America) for some town in California and that certified was not available so please tear up my receipt. He tore the label off my envelope. A month later my friend in Nicaragua wrote that those bastard Sandinistas had stolen some stamps off the envelope and would I please replace. He was looking at the spot where the certified label had been.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:52:51 PST   Listings
dcderoo… Wow, born on December 25—the worst bummer for any kid!

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:51:23 PST   Listings
dcderoo… The position of ROUAD is probably due to the fact that ROMANIA is frequently spelled ROUMANIA. The guy who designed the pages thought it should be ROUMANIA, the guy that typeset the pages thought it should be ROMANIA, and nobody has ever bothered to double-check the correct alphabetical order.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:47:30 PST   Listings
rainer

See if this works
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:45:47 PST   Listings
Rainer… Beautiful sheet. I remember you linking that sheet earlier, was it on Richard F’s board? Anyway, great find, congratulations.

dcderoo… Talk about congratulations!! Now you are in your golden years, LOL. Hope your retirement years are fine and dandy.

I was prompted by nomad55 to remember these items of mine, which bracket McKinley’s unfortunate time in Buffalo. First is this card, postmarked in Buffalo September 5, 1901, and then again Washington D.C. September 6, the day of the shooting. Then there is this cover, sent from Buffalo on September 15, 1901 to the Portland Oregon Evening Telegram, no doubt with news or information relating to McKinley’s death the previous day. Unfortunately the contents have been lost.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by horadam1   ( 431 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:36:43 PST   Listings
DC: Congratulations on the final retirement, and the upcoming 65th BD.
Posted by dcderoo   ( 1636 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:30:08 PST   Listings
helmar, I found Il Rouad in my old blue Scott album located in the R's.
That's because Scott calls it just Rouad.
AND it is positioned BEFORE Romania in my album.
Posted by evrytania   ( 92 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:20:37 PST   Listings
I thought I would share what just happened to me this morning at the post office.

My son wrote a letter to Santa Claus and we created a nice envelope and put a nice stamp on it and I told my son that I would mail it for him this morning so it gets to Santa Claus on time. I go to my local post office and ask the clerk if he can please cancel the letter. He does so and then when I ask him for the letter back, he says to me that he can't give it back since it's in the mail system and that my son would get a reply from Santa Claus. I tell him that I don't want a reply from Sanata Claus and that I only want the letter back so I can keep it as a souvenir for my son. He tells me that once he has cacelled the letter, it's in the mail system and he can't give it back. In the meantime, the other patrons at the post office are laughing (I hope at the postal clerk).

I never did manage to get the letter back and I didn't want to cause any more commotion, so I just left. But, this whole attitutde pissed me off especially since I told the clerk that I could always request a "cancel to order"...he didn't know what that is.

Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:13:53 PST   Listings
helmar, check here...
http://www.allworldstamps.com/results.asp?cid=608&sid=1441&range=N&pg=1
Posted by helmar   ( 334 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:10:23 PST   Listings
Il Rouad?

I've acquired some stamps from Il Rouad, and although I can find them in the Scott catalog, I can't find Il Rouad in my 16 volume Scott's International stamp album.

Can anyone help me find it? Thanks!

HBH
Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 07:03:00 PST   Listings
marybrooks, I would have loved to have a look at the image but the domain http://www.pierrelebel.com is blocked by my ISP here...
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-22-06 at 06:52:10 PST   Listings
God day everyone.

marybrooks

Have never seen your "essay".
At a guess, it's a computer creation.
CS & E standing for Computational Science and Engineering.
I could be wrong.
Posted by marybrooks   ( 74 ) on Dec-22-06 at 06:37:14 PST   Listings
I need your help again to identify a stamp/essay/specimen.

This one came in a recent large accumulation and ws described as Great Britain Rare Essay/Specimen unwatermarked "possibly unique" with a "cost" price of US$500.00

The imperforated item is on unwatermarked paper. However, the portrait (bust) does not appear to be Queen Victoria and the corner letters C S & E imply a printer or stamp dealer fantasy. I have checked everywhere I could think of without success.

Can you help identifying this "stamp"?

Thank you.


Posted by dcderoo   ( 1636 ) on Dec-22-06 at 06:09:31 PST   Listings
Today is the first day of my official retirement.

The one 5 years ago was unofficial since I shortly went back to work.
But the unofficial one is the one that pays the bills.

Monday will be another significant day.
My birthday. I'll be 65.

Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3270 ) on Dec-22-06 at 05:57:29 PST   Listings
MitchP is for PHILA NATIONAL EXPORT EXPO closing in about 12 hours (not mine)

Jeff

Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 05:35:27 PST   Listings
Bill, thanks for the correction..., that word is one of the words were I ALWAYS get confused.
The color (colour) shade was actually easy to distinguish since it is completely different then the other shades known.
Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-22-06 at 05:03:46 PST   Listings
22028 nice sheet discovery. Since I have a very tough time differentiating colors I'm sure I'd never recognize a new color variety. One small correction: instead of "miner" you mean to use "minor".

Bill D.
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-22-06 at 03:25:51 PST   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all


In keeping with the "P" theme here’s a few miscellaneous Kokomo Club Card cancels

Parasol card 26-6.

Paquebot card 43-2.

Postman (Mail carrier is the current PC term)
card 46-2.

Jim L.
Posted by 22028   ( 1532 ) on Dec-22-06 at 02:53:10 PST   Listings
I have once again updated my ME Page, this time a nice and rare Tibet sheet in a newly discovered colour shade is shown.
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Posted by rclwa   ( 942 ) on Dec-22-06 at 00:36:53 PST   Listings
roly -- I'll keep an eye out, thanks! No mail for three days now, very unusual any time of year.

Been too busy to find my P's! Maybe tomorrow.

Bob in WA
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 615 ) on Dec-21-06 at 23:02:21 PST   Listings
hopkinsinvestments That is the second time you've "spammed" this board in a few days. Curious, as you don't even have any stamps listed. It is comforting to know, if the combined knowledge of the morons here cannot figure something out, we can always ask you (must be the stamp God). LOL
Posted by nomad55   ( 841 ) on Dec-21-06 at 22:30:11 PST   Listings
P is for Panama-Pacific:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/1915SF15-09-02Xmasseal.jpg
A San Francisco International machine slogan cancel, also tying a Christmas seal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/1915SF15-13CGrinnell.jpg
A Los Angeles International slogan tying a Chile 2-centavos stamp. Created by George Grinnell, of "Hawaiian Missionary Fame" and other such philatelic phoolishness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/1911Bakersfield.jpg
The very scarce Bakersfield Doremus machine cancel, of which there are 13 recorded examples.

P is for Panama-California:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/1916SD16-08Redlands01.jpg
A nice clear impression of the Redlands slogan printed by a Columbia machine.

P is for Pan-American:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nomad55/McKinley/1901PanAm14Sept.jpg
A Barry machine slogan dated the day President McKinley died. These covers are believed to have been created by Buffalo stamp dealer Raynor Hubbell. The portrait cachet is a later add-on, done sometime in the 1930's.
Posted by pavos   ( 256 ) on Dec-21-06 at 22:15:27 PST   Listings
IOMOON,

"P" is for Paricutin!

Speaking of which, I came across a p/c of it in it's active phase. If I can still find it do you want it?

If so get me your address and I'll try to round it up and send it to you.

Monte
Posted by abt1950   ( 221 ) on Dec-21-06 at 21:37:14 PST   Listings
due2cents: Nice Potpurri. But you know which ones I like best.

Interesting stories about collecting countries you've visited.

Lindy: When I started collecting as a child, I loved the idea of stamps from all sorts of exotic countries--at that age, anything outside the US was exotic to me. There's a large part of me that's still responds that way to stamps from faraway places that I don't know a whole lot about. Still a romantic I guess.

I'm not so sure that it's tougher to find unusual stuff in its country of origin, but it certainly is tougher to find it cheaply. Stamps and postal history may have a worldwide market, but some things are more sought after in some places than in others. Also, what's seems unusual in one part of the world may seem much more unusual in another. It's probably much easier, for example, to find Egypt to Argentina covers in Argentina than in the US or in China.

The language issue can be a big problem. For me, it's more of a problem for Luxembourg than Egypt. Most of the literature for Luxembourg is in French or German. I'm ok with the French, but my antique graduate student German doesn't cut it. The major works are harder to find in the US too.

For Egypt, on the other hand, most of the relevant literature is in English and more readily available. Probably a natural outgrowth of the 19th & early 20th century British influence in Egypt. Knowing Arabic would be helpful for translating covers and cancels, but for the moment I can do a lot without it. That's one of the reasons my Egyptian collection is stronger than my Luxembourg one.

At any rate, enough ramblings for tonight. Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of philatelic phancies, postal peregrinations, and paypal pretenders. Anne
Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-21-06 at 20:49:43 PST   Listings
Seems slow here here are some Novice P

Perfins stamps
STAMP-SIDE Nice range of years

Perfin-side

Stampless-Philly-1845

Various-P-Countries

PYRAMIDS-On-Pieces

PEKING

Precancells-Lynn-Olde

Pouch-Mail-Pakistan
Upclose

Precancel-Cinderella

http://usera.imagecave.com/Prometheus/scan0021.jpg">PILEoPhilately

Paid

Parcel-tag

Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1153 ) on Dec-21-06 at 19:45:31 PST   Listings
hungaryjim
That belongs in my collection!!! :8^ ) I’m glad that you’ve got such a really nice piece.
There are a good number of doubles from South Bend, but I’ve not seen many high values. I’ve been collecting Indiana Generally for years and do keep every Perfined Precancel I find. That’s probably a split Studebaker perfin. If you ever find a duplicate …..


In keeping with the "P" theme here’s a few Kokomo Club Cards that depict punkins:

card 19-11.

card 29-9.

Jim L.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-21-06 at 19:32:29 PST   Listings
Bob in WA Sent you a Chrissie present... let me know when you get it ok..
Cheers
Roly
Posted by prochute   ( 64 ) on Dec-21-06 at 18:41:24 PST   Listings
hopkinsinvestments Wanna buy a duck? Used duck stamps that is.
Se la vie
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-21-06 at 18:33:24 PST   Listings
Nomad that scammers email, pretending to be paypal has been going around for at least a year. NEVER EVER Click on a link or try to respond, all information about your paypal account will be on their site, only access paypal thru www.paypal.com - never a link in an email. *Oh and paypal alway address you by your name, not dear customer.
Linda
Posted by taodave   ( 135 ) on Dec-21-06 at 18:32:00 PST   Listings
P is for "Pegasus mail."

Under a gentlemen's agreement, for a period of about four weeks beginning in mid-August 1914, a small quantity of mail was taken out of German East Africa by the British light cruiser H.M.S. Pegasus, one of the ships of the British squadron blockading the coast. This mail was delivered in Germany and other European destinations in late September. It was limited to "open mail" (postcards, unsealed letters, printed matter) written in clear (i.e. unencrypted) German to faciliate censorship. The Pegasus was sunk in Zanzibar harbor by SMS Koenigsberg the following month.

Here is a postcard written in Morogoro which was carried from Dar-es-Salaam to Zanzibar by the Pegasus. The message side bears the impression of the triangular violet Zanzibar censor's seal (faint, as always--- it would have been nice had they issued him a new ink-pad). The sender, probably doubting that the German imperial postcard rate would be valid in this situation, added a 4 heller stamp to make the UPU international rate:

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/taodave/?action=view¤t=Pegasusmail.jpg

taodave
Posted by rclwa   ( 942 ) on Dec-21-06 at 18:24:00 PST   Listings
Nomad -- I got one too, probably the 10th or 15th in the last 3 or 4 months. PAYPAL ALWAYS GREETS YOU BY NAME, so anything to ''paypal customer'' or with no salutation at all is usually bogus. I click on ''show all headers'', then forward to spoof AT paypal DOT com, then either delete it or chuck it in a file for future reference, but of course NEVER click on any links.

Bob in WA
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-21-06 at 18:06:37 PST   Listings
nomad

I'd wanr uantity 4 at that price!
Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-21-06 at 17:41:38 PST   Listings
Perfin P
Came-typed-like-this
Posted by nomad55   ( 841 ) on Dec-21-06 at 17:38:19 PST   Listings
P is for the latest PayPal scam....

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Posted by hopkinsinvestments   ( 3599 ) on Dec-21-06 at 17:33:24 PST   Listings
If you have any questions concerning Stamps feel free to ask us.
Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-21-06 at 17:32:43 PST   Listings
jAYWILD
2000 MARK rATE tO-cLEVELAND

AND FOR postalhysteria lOFTIS

Lof-tis
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-21-06 at 17:05:30 PST   Listings
Bill D

I'd guess they were Cindy's - no value on the stamps.
Probably issued for an exhibition.

Similar to US stamp of Commander Perry of the same date.
Posted by jaywild   ( 893 ) on Dec-21-06 at 16:47:25 PST   Listings
Roly… Believe it or not, most Americans would be dumbfounded to learn that they speak with an accent. I have had more than one laughable argument with people over here who insist that American English is unaccented, while everyone else in the world who speaks English does so in an accent. Even dumber are those Californians who think their brand of English (i.e., American television English) is unaccented, while New Yorkers, Bostonians, Southerners and Westerners all speak in accents.

Jim

? How to do a “flip-comparison” test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers:
| 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3¢ Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large “Banknotes” | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln’s “tiny eye”
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs

Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Dec-21-06 at 16:43:28 PST   Listings
monicahr102 welcome to the stamp chat board. If you scroll down about half way you will find a post with Yellow Boxes. In that post is a Links for New and Non Collectors. There is a lot of good information there to help answer your question. You could read that information and come back with any questions. due2cents question is a good first start - the value of a collection can often (but not always) be estimated based on the type of albums used and the very earliest stamps.

Volcano alert. I don't recognize the sheets - I don't believe they are in Scott. Can anyone give information about them? Are they cinderellas? Regular issues? And what does the (Japanese) text say?

Bill D.
Posted by due2cents   ( 23 ) on Dec-21-06 at 15:34:41 PST   Listings
monicahr102
Open the oldest album and tell what the first stamps is in the book .
Posted by monicahr102   ( 15 ) on Dec-21-06 at 15:31:12 PST   Listings
Hi, I have a collection of stamps given to me by my father. He had collected them over the years. All they are doing is collecting dust in my hope chest. I was wondering how I would go about selling them on ebay? Thanks so much for the help.

Monica
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-21-06 at 15:08:19 PST   Listings
Jim The first time I took my children to the States my daughter was 12yrs at the time and my son 14yrs. My daughter bought an item in JC Pennys and the girl on the checkout said "oh, what a cute accent you have the sweetheart". My daughter was absolutely horrified and as soon as we got out of the store she said with tears in her little eyes, "Daddy, I don't have an accent. It is all the other people who speak funny not me"
After a few more visits to various countries she (now 35yrs and Mother of 2) has come to enjoy making people guess where she is from by her "accent". Incidently, Kiwi's can easily mimic an Australian accent. Simply put a peg on your nose and say "mate" a lot :-O
cheers
Roly
ps. Ozzies and Kiwis should never use the word "six" between them. It always sounds like "sex" no matter who is speaking :)
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:54:38 PST   Listings
Roly

I put the Pitcairn up today especially for you.
Though I have a lot more but have not been able to add them to my site until last week. Maybe sometime in the New Year.

Normally when I teach the intro Geology class I begin by asking students how many States they've been to.
By a hold-up hands technique.
In Texas it's usually two to four on average. I then proceed to countries - rarely more than two - US and Mexico.

Except one semester, a "mature" student who had spent 30 years in the military. All 50 States and close to 100 countries.
Posted by rolyrj   ( 2 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:45:43 PST   Listings
Anne I got interested in Pitcairn Is the first time I went there in 1975 and decided to get a few stamps and was given a whole heap of covers that the Christian family had at the time. Likewise I have gotten stamps from various islands I have been too throughout the Pacific eg. Fiji, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Rotuma, Wallis & Futuna, Cooks (Nth & Sth), Norfolk Island and a heap of others. Then the more exotic stuff such as Kermadec Islands, Auckland Islands, Chatham Islands etc I have made my own covers and cancelled them locally. My main interest has always been just stamps and it is only of recent times that I have become a little more interested in Postal History. The biggest problem I have found in all the countries I have visited ( 87 last count) has been finding older stamps and Postal History within the country I am visiting. That is probably due to the lack of time spent in those countries at any one time however. My main focus is still pre 1900's New Zealand :-O The rest of my albums are really little more than a momento of the countries I have been in.
Cheers
Roly

Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:34:53 PST   Listings
Maybe I can make it eighteen - "Texas, it's a whole other country".

Judging by my feedback, mailing just arrived in Iceland.
Not bad, mailed October 16th, arrived December 21st!!
I wonder where it's been?
Posted by dbenson   ( 7659 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:30:38 PST   Listings
IO,

The Panama date should have been 21st. September, I had already altered it on the actual page but that was an old scan taken before the alteration,

p.s. you have alert eyes for the pre Xmas period,

David B.
Posted by soggy333   ( 52 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:27:10 PST   Listings
Ann
Did you ever notice how infrequently those Interpostals show up on eBay? I once got a nice lot of them from Rainer Fuchs which made my collection such as it is.
I collect the whole world before 1940 and intend to visit every country. Tried to get a visa once for Oltre Giuba but could not find their embassy.Seriously though, I have been stamp hunting in 30 or so countries but doubt that I'll ever get to them all.I am planning a trip to Iran this summer. You do not hear many stories of stamp finds being made in the countries of origin. I remember reading how collectors absolutely tormented the population of British Giuana by going door to door for years asking fro old letters from the atticcs.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1036 ) on Dec-21-06 at 14:21:53 PST   Listings
D2

I hate to seem credulous but, how did your missive leave Tonga on the 22nd of June 1850 and do the Panama transit on the 21st of June.
Did it hitch a ride in Dr Who's time machine?

Anne

Being a thematic collector, there is no way I have been to all of the countries I collect. In fact, I think I have only been to about seventeen of them. I must admit to China - Manchuria being one of my favorites since there are few stamps, they are relatively cheap, and I can translate the language.

Sheryll

Many thanks for the Christmas card and postcard.

Alec

It is amazing to see how the British concept of travel has changed since my youth.
As a youngster, a weeks planning went into a trip from London to Southend, Brighton, Margate etc.
Now Brits think nothing of travelling to Spain, Germany, Cyprus whatever. Though most still confine themselves to places where English is understood. A case of "bloody foreigners should learn how to speak English" in their own countries).
Posted by infla-alec   ( 486 ) on Dec-21-06 at 13:11:28 PST   Listings
Anne I have worked and lived in Germany and I'd say that since meeting collectors from that country my knowledge of everything increased ten fold. Much of the information passed on to me at first was translated from German into English. It was only after I'd picked up the basics of the language I decided to specialise and join the relevant study group. Later on I found an inflation study group in the US and now I sometimes translate German articles for them to publish. That way others may find the area I collect of interest also and take up the challenge.
Any collector wanting to specialise in a non English speaking countries area would I feel benefit far more from understanding the language. Yes literature is often available in English but more often than not you will learn far more from literature usually written in the native tongue of the country you wish to collect.
I'm lucky enough to live within easy travelling distance of the country I collect and so yes travelling regularly to Germany has made a vast difference to the way I collect and also to the amount of material I am able to obtain.
More importantly though from my viewpoint is the fact that I get to meet many more like minded collectors of the same area as I collect & so can easily share information, ask questions and share the hobby I love so much with friends.

Good question you asked and I'll be interested to hear what others think on this subject.
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 303 ) on Dec-21-06 at 13:06:21 PST   Listings
Hello Anne I used to think the idea of collecting stamps was to learn about other places, so it would be more romantic to collect countries you knew nothing of. (which is what I did as a kid). Of course, in reality, if you speak the language and know the country, collecting is easier, particularly if you include postal history.
Vic collects Putney because he was born and grew up there. His best friend was curator at the local history museum and they both had an interest in the History of Putney. Our collection comprises more than just postal history. He left Putney to live in Australia in 1979 but we still have contacts there, and I must admit I shed a tear the first time I crossed Putney Bridge (on foot) and just stood and looked across at the High Street and St.Mary's church (oh so familiar from the hundreds of postcards in his collection!).

Linda