eBay Chat: Stamps

Jaywild -
No need !?!?! )'>) Friendly, compliant citizenry realizes no commercial passenger shipping between islandds or the mainland. We rarely have problems, which makes the job less confrontational than many believe. Still, the greatest problem are those who don't know, or can't put two and two together, that water is a liquid and suntan lotion is a cream. My wife, a retired 6th grade science teacher, is convinced she could name every passenger attempting to carry water through the check point. They would not have been A or B students! For those of you who don't know, 6th grade science is for 11 year-olds and they learn about the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases. Not all should have been forwarded to 7th grade! I'm being nice, honestly. )'>) I'm off the next two days so I'm being very generous.

Roger

Posted by vinnysf ( 385

) on Mar-18-07 at 21:32:28 PDT

thanks peter C and stamps123456. i think i'll list the pennsylvania stamps. they are attached to a national bond and share corporation document.

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 20:48:11 PDT

billsey
MAHALO for the welcome.I will make a point to do this.
Some time in May would be nice.
I will E-mail you ahead of time and get all the info.
Thank you
Andy

Posted by billsey ( 842

) on Mar-18-07 at 20:41:19 PDT

Andy, you're certainly welcome to come by any of the meetings. Let me know ahead of time if it's going to be at a Saturday bourse and I'll make it a point to try and get in too. I don't usually make the Saturday shows, I tend to get too busy...

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-18-07 at 20:34:19 PDT

Roger… You get a sidearm to go with that official getup?!?!?

nomad55… Tell me! What’s wrong with that McKinley card. The scans were so miniscule it is hard to see any detail at all.

Jim

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-18-07 at 20:26:44 PDT

Aloha -
There was a request for a picture of tropical attire worn by a screeners in Kona. Herewith my winter uniform, which converts easily into summer uniform by the addition of 2 quarts of water in my lunch box. As was mentioned in a previous post, style is in! Notice the extra heavy belt buckle causing a sag to the belt line. It is only used on special occasions when travelers refuse to admit they are hiding philatelic souveniers. I check everyone for razors, which leads me on to a...........

philatelic note:
I’ve started rewriting my exhibit and it is going to be fun. I only have to get my mental images onto paper - thank the world for computer graphics. There is no excuse for anyone saying it is too difficult to lay out an exhibit since moving things arond on pages is easy to learn, and copy and paste save much time during the process. The most difficult aspect is keeping track and naming pages in such a manner that it is easy to find intermediate pages wher one knows changes must be made, but not “now”.

Roger

Posted by nomad55 ( 879

)

on Mar-18-07 at 19:31:40 PDT

Jaywild - that card has some serious problems with it, as I have explained to the purchaser.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-18-07 at 19:21:29 PDT

ANDY ----Greetings ,Its a noble cause to spent two years doing mission work,there is no higher calling .Wish you the best ......paul

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1266

)

on Mar-18-07 at 18:31:38 PDT

It's been a long day. The Funeral service looks like it's worked out. I'm heading home for some shuteye. "Bookmark posting"

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-18-07 at 18:11:24 PDT

NOIP… Oh my!

Jim

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 17:42:23 PDT

ALOHA Paul
My dad said that if your never wrong your not doing enough.
I miss my dad. He was a great teacher at Stanford. But he also was wrong just like you. You also are a great teacher
of info. You are paveing the way for others. No pun intended.
Lets see is that i before e except c. My spelling is not so good.
Andy

Posted by peterc8888 ( 306

) on Mar-18-07 at 17:39:28 PDT

VINNY

I hope that link is helpful since I was searching for the tax stamp information and then forgot to bid 118 . :-(

PC

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-18-07 at 17:31:52 PDT

ANDY ----Me wrong .........???????

Posted by peterc8888 ( 306

) on Mar-18-07 at 17:27:22 PDT

VINNY

The NY Stock Transfer stamps are not listed in Scott. I hope this is helpful: varieties of the State of New York Stock Transfer Tax stamp

PC

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-18-07 at 17:13:00 PDT

VINNY -----The New York stock transfers are very common .The Penn. are better and are collectible especially on the documents .

Posted by vinnysf ( 385

) on Mar-18-07 at 16:53:42 PDT

hi! i can't find these state of new york stamps or these commonwealth of pennsylvania stamps in the scott catalog. any info on these stamps would be greatly appreciated. they are all attached to stock transfer documents

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 16:15:43 PDT

Roly

Many thanks for that link to the Ruapehu lahar.

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 15:50:52 PDT

I'm a old guy.
So sorry about bold
Andy

Do I get a pass on that?

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 15:49:07 PDT

ALOHA
Alec
My family comes from Glasgow were you live I beleave.
One of my family members is Jack Carlaw.
I'm not sure if thats good or bad. He is some what radical
too some.
Andy

Posted by rolyrj ( 4 ) on Mar-18-07 at 15:45:10 PDT

IO

Have a look at this video clip of the Lahar on Mt Ruapehu (4 minutes long)

Cheers

Roly

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 15:36:01 PDT

ALOHA

Alec" Bottem Feeder " is a buyer who buys low end items and is cheepskate. Almost free.But I love paul and like most of what he says. It makes us think even thoe he
can be wrong.
Andy
Where is my spelling ck ?

Posted by dbenson ( 8008

)

on Mar-18-07 at 15:22:47 PDT

Alec, it was a miracle that kept those two 5d. stamps together, apart they would have been worth a fraction of the realisation and getting the full cds. over the 2 stamps is what a specialist dreams of. As IO says thre amount of mail despacthed from Ascension at that time was minimal but there were British navy ships that regularly visited there.

David B.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 15:13:55 PDT

David B Credit given where credit is due. It was yours and others sharing information that made me want to do the research on that Ascension cancel.
I mean so many here share snippets of information that I'm sure we all can learn something from. Ok we may not all collect area "x" or "y" but it is pays sometimes to just read and understand what people say here. Then occassionally we ourselves , by that I refer to the non specialist collector of those particular areas will spot a better item lurking and snap it up.
Admittedly I haven't found any good US items yet, slowly but surely I'm learning what to look for. I hasten to add I don't really care if I go to the many UK stamp shows and dealers and don't find anything. It's the fun of searching I enjoy more than anything. I'm not crazy enough to go spend big $ on anything either so no risk there really.

Andy Sorry but I don't understand the American expresion , "bottom feeder".

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 14:21:41 PDT

READ not reed.
I need a spell ck.
Andy

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 14:17:12 PDT

ALOHA from Junction City , Oregon

Just got back from Basketball church and " Oregon Duck "
sermon via the TV.
infrla-alec MAHALO for your kind remarks. I rember Paul calling me a " Bottom Feeder " I thought that was funney and used it as a complement. I reed the board every day and I love it.

billsey Will look your group and try to attend the
" bourse " that would be fun. I used to go to Eugene and AL's Stamp and Coin and hang out. Wish he was still around.
Andy

Posted by billsey ( 842

) on Mar-18-07 at 13:54:37 PDT

Our local club (Oregon Stamp Society) puts on a standard dealer bourse (Rose City Stamp Fair) once a month, and a 'collectors only' (Collector's Corner) bourse once a month. We've been doing it for a large number of years, though I believe Collector's Corner started within the last 30 years. We also put on an annual auction, and about once a quarter we have a general meeting where the topic is 'lots of kiloware to look through'. :-)

Posted by dbenson ( 8008

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:51:59 PDT

Alec,

no need thanking me, it was you that did your homework and it paid off.

There is a huge demand for better cancels on GB & Commonwealth stamps and the realisations on Ebay show that there are plenty of serious collectors chasing the better items.

No need for anyone to congratulate me on the 8k. There will be a BBQ at my place for the 10k. and all are invited (well almost all),

David B.

Posted by cobbie10 ( 6024

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:44:23 PDT

D2

Congrats on the 8k. I'm really going to have to go some to catch you. Still I think I have more chance doing that than England do at winning the world cricket cup.

Mark.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:41:06 PDT

Alec

Pity it wasn't a cover, no telling what it might have gone for. I'm assuming 10d was the correct rate to the UK at the time.
Ascension in 1901 was not exactly a hotbed of philatelic activity.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:21:23 PDT

Jim Yes I was very pleased with the Ascension item. Though thanks must go to David B who has talked here many times about cancels and so made me go look it up.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:19:35 PDT

Andy A small indiscretion will I think not be acted upon. It is the repeat offenders who mention their own auctions here that run the risk of having their items reported and auctions pulled.
The vast majority here are also sometimes sellers and you will hardly ever see anyone promoting their own auctions.
Though it is ok to ask questions about things before you list. The advice here is always free and mainly very accurate.

Posted by stampmad ( 1083

)

on Mar-18-07 at 13:06:04 PDT

Another ebay scammer bites the dust...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/ebay-thief-stole-42000/2007/03/18/1174152882305.html

Marius
BTW..who would ever want to coach an Indian or Pakistani cricket team? You could never pay enough.

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 12:53:31 PDT

ALOHA from Junction City , Oregon

saschjohn I will get my collections in 2 weeks and I
will save the list you have and let you know. I know I have a lot of items. SO STAY TUNE.

infla-alec MAHALO for the heads up on doing bussness
on here. I was not wanting to do that. ALSO I am going to keep up my US " Cut Squares " till I can no longer see or draw a breath. I do not want to quit. My life is starting to draw to a close and I want to center the rest of my days
on FAMILY and maby serve a 2 year mission with my wife for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Mormon )
I will keep going thoe on cut squares.
MAHALO and GO DUCKS
Andy

Posted by bjornmu ( 903

) on Mar-18-07 at 12:39:24 PDT

D2, congrats on the 8000!

Speaking of prices for forgeries: I'm watching an item now which I have decided *not* to inform the seller is a forgery. I have seen this forgery at auction sell for *more* than a similar quality genuine stamp...

Posted by dbenson ( 8008

)

on Mar-18-07 at 12:29:48 PDT

claghorn, luckily the seller wasn't coerced to handstamp " forgery on the backs. He has some " Official Reproductions " which may have helped the realisations but forgeries of Japanese Dragons have always realised good prices,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 11:57:28 PDT

Hmmm,

it seems that Ruapehu in New Zealand let loose a lahar (mud flow) yesterday.

Posted by bjornmu ( 903

) on Mar-18-07 at 11:53:45 PDT

Now here's something odd: Yesterday I looked at a Norwegian stamp which was listed (and still shows as having been listed) yesterday at 09:36:00 eBay time.

But on my search list today (sorted by listing time) it's on the list with a start time of today, 10:16 eBay time. I noticed because the link was in a different colour since I had "visited" it before.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-18-07 at 10:56:05 PDT

Jeff S… Thanks! That was very helpful. I have a couple other prexie mysteries that I will post links to later today.

deh3… Thanks also to you for the correct spelling of the authors of those books. I will Google them today and see if I can get hold of copies to study. It’s amazing how complicated the rate structures were, and still are actually.

Jim

Posted by claghorn1p ( 410

)

on Mar-18-07 at 10:53:30 PDT

Forgery Identification Site

Whomever says that forgeries are worthless has not checked the market.

Posted by bjornmu ( 903

) on Mar-18-07 at 10:37:52 PDT

Knuden, yes I sawc that. I've never heard of Czech slave workers in Norwy. There were lots of Russian and Yugoslavian ones, building roads etc. These were POW's, butI don't think there would be many Czech POW's since B&M was taken without fight.

A google of "Koch-Tiefbau" and Bergen turn up nothing where Bergen is the city in Norway.

It's been snowing continously since early morning here but now it's stopped. My skiing trip today was tough because the new show kept making hard lumps under my skis, such conditions are called "kladdeføre". :-)

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 09:56:32 PDT

Alec

Nice price on the Ascension.
Don't you just love snipers!!

Posted by deh3 ( 1498

)

on Mar-18-07 at 09:49:03 PDT

Jaywild Just in case you can't figure out the authors of the US rates book from Jeff's misremembered spelling, they are Beecher & Wawrukiewicz (Vavrukayvich is how the latter is pronounced). The international rates book has the authors listed in reverse. I think the most recent edition of the domestic rates one is the second, 1999.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 09:38:12 PDT

Sirrenepeter Sad to hear that you are giving up the collections. No matter how old I get so long as I can see, have use of my hands and have all my marbles I hope to continue collecting to my dying day. No idea how you get to check the free postage thing sorry. But stating here you have items for sale is considered a breach of ebay rules and so please to avoid ebay pulling your auctions or worse closing down this chat room try to avoid mentioning your own auctions when here.
To Ralph in the background I looked in on the chat site you gave me but that isn't what I was trying to find. Thanks though for the tip.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 09:14:03 PDT

D2

Congrats on the 8000.
Looks like Mark will have his work cut out in trying to catch up. :-)

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-18-07 at 08:30:05 PDT

Good day all.

12 x 1.

Posted by knuden ( 2226

)

on Mar-18-07 at 08:27:08 PDT

Bjornmu - I have just won this censored Air mail cover from Norway to Bohemia and Moravia 1942. I belive it's sent from a czech slaveworker in Norway - the sender is: "Karl Vesela, b.? Herm. Møller, Koch Tiefbau, Bergen Lakseväg 10, Norwegen. Do you know anything about Koch Teifbau in Bergen and if they had slaveworkers?

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by saschjohn ( 282

)

on Mar-18-07 at 08:25:59 PDT

sirrinepeter do you have by chance Covers or Postcards from my "missing" Countrys :-)
http://www.saschjohn.homepage.t-online.de/Fehlliste_Welt.htm

Posted by saschjohn ( 282

)

on Mar-18-07 at 08:22:12 PDT

thanks :-)

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3485

)

on Mar-18-07 at 08:09:43 PDT

saschjohn If mine I would list in US postal history

15c Prexies, double censored to Spain, 1944

Jeff

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:58:23 PDT

ALOHA from Junction City , Oregon

With my getting OLD and my kids not wanting to
collect stamps. I've ask for my world wide collection
back and will sell it off with my HAWAII collection.
I have up now some nice item that I am selling at .99 n/r
$1.00 post and handle.
I tryied to put free postage and it would not go. Can some
body tell me how to get " free postage " in the box.
MAHALO
Andy from nice and beautiful Oregon. Thoe not as nice as
Ewa Plantation where I'm from.

Posted by saschjohn ( 282

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:42:47 PDT

thanks alec :-) I'll wait

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:32:27 PDT

Sascha Welcome to the ebay.com stamp board. There are several US experts here who I hope can give you answers to your question. The Prexie series is one several here collect so please check back for answers every few hours.

Paul An instant chat room doesn't save the messages posted for hours after being posted. They are only available to view to those that are actually in the room at the time. Once the room is empty , ie people have logged out then the chat messages disappear. I am often in several European ones and never have I seen any personal attacks being made to anyone. Sure there are differing opinions but when two guys or more disagree on something they either agree to disagree or simply go open another chat window and beat the hell out of each other there :-)))
The time differences isn't really a factor as one may think as European, US, Asian and Australian time zones all at some point cross when most of us are awake.
Like I say maybe it is a non starter but thought I'd ask about it anyway.

Posted by knuden ( 2223

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:32:04 PDT

Sachjohn - The stamps on your covcer is Sc. 820. You could put it in both as it could have interest for both collectors of USA and Spain, I think mostly the first. But I would put it in WORLD POSTAL HISTORY with a titel which cover both as US cover to Spain 1944 w. dual censor SC. 820. :O)

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by knuden ( 2223

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:22:02 PDT

In Denmark we only have 2 stamp bourse a year but we have many exchange days, all made up by a local club. I'm proud to tell the one of my clubs make one of the largest exchange days in the region. Here it's nice to meet old friend, get a beer or a cup of coffee and a chat. Our club hold a public auction too with material from our members and it's allways well attended.

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:15:44 PDT

Paul Yes the exchange days are very popular though obviously some more so than others. I haven't given up on the idea of starting one up in my area but I can't do it alone. That is the problem in getting some other collectors to share their time.
The dealers I don't think would like it so much but if it works elsewhere I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work in the rest of the world. If I could get one going I'd have a space set aside where the youngsters could go and get help and advice. But that sadly in this day and age is tricky ground as any contact with children has to be vetted or very strictly controlled. So for it to work I'd really need to get a local school teacher involved, preferably one that already has a school stamp club running.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-18-07 at 07:14:22 PDT

ALEC----It would be harder ,because of all the different time zones and people's schedules.Also if its a rolling message system were the post is lost after a few minutes more nasty stuff would be said to each other, as this board what you wrote is read by many hours later.

Posted by saschjohn ( 282

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:13:14 PDT

or maybe in both ;-)

Posted by saschjohn ( 282

)

on Mar-18-07 at 07:10:58 PDT

Hi all
I have a question about selling this ithem hope you can help
http://www.saschjohn.homepage.t-online.de/US.jpg
http://www.saschjohn.homepage.t-online.de/US2.jpg
The Question is where to put...in US (whats the scott Number) or spanisch??? Thanks for help
Sascha

Posted by jackstay79 ( 0 ) on Mar-18-07 at 07:09:51 PDT

IO----Sorry, my Internet was down all day yesterday, so couldn't get back on til this morning. I should have remembered the Yellow Boxes. Not thinking clearly these days. Anyway, thanks for posting the link.

---Yes, Linda, I know my feedback went to zero. My FB on the old ID was only 180 or so, but my total FB was nearly 1000. That was because I bought a GREAT deal of stamps from one seller, Carolina Collections. I enjoyed dealing with her, a very nice and pleasant lady. We still exchange Xmas cards.

Bill B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-18-07 at 07:03:12 PDT

22028 and INFLA-ALEC Sounds like a interesting meeting at those German clubs to be able to trade material .The problem in the U.S.A is the lack of creativity by the different stamp organizations .Most seem to function on the old idea of "we didn't do it before so why change" .

After the huge sucess of E-BAY ,the APS try to start their own on line sale service to compete with e-bay but the rates were higher and only members could list on it that died quickly .Then they came up with stamp scan ID for people to pay around $4.00 or more to ID a stamp on the computer.That also fell down because people could come on this chat room and get it for free and much faster .

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 06:49:29 PDT

Instant chat room Does anyone know if there is a chat room anywhere where any regulars here could go to chat in instant talk time ? I don't mean one where the posts are saved or anything like this message board.

The only one I can think of is the Germany Philatelic Society one. There are others I know but they are in German and I'm not so sure many from here would find it so easy to find their way around.

Is it feasible for the Eusc to have one running on their web site ? Or is that cost prohibitive ? I say that because although the GPS one is free to use the actual running costs are not met by the GPS but by an individual member.

I'm not very clued up on computer technology so excuse the dumb questions. It's just an idea that it would be nice to try and have a general chat informally with many of the regulars here. It may even be a non starter for various reasons.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 06:35:53 PDT

Welcome to the eBay Stamps Chat Board!

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Here's how to post a LINK. Thanks.

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Posted by postalhysteria ( 3479

)

on Mar-18-07 at 06:01:13 PDT

jaywild good morning, will answer to best of recollection, references are at office and I am just starting first cup of coffee:

4c - surface rates were also available

4-1/2c - in spite of 4th class label, likely 3rd class, 1-1/2c first 2 oz, + 1-1/2c ea additional oz or fraction.(Incidentally, domestic mailings of such items are properly called third class, similar international is Printed Matter

5c - overfranked 3c rate, frequent mistake with 5c first half oz UPU international mail

7c - likely 2c third class + 5c insurance (I will double check at office today)

8c - double weight UPU, 5c first half oz + 3c additional half oz

12c - double 6c military service air rate, available to active duty military, civil contractors on military projects and military departments.

I think you will find a copy of the Beecher & Tony Waurukavieczs (butchered spelling) book on US Postal Rates 1870 - 1996, (Exact title and year span likely in error, again from memory) available from most philatelic booksellers. There is a similar book for international rates. They should google easily, I located one at the office online for a griend in England.

Thanks for sharing them,

Jeff

Posted by 22028 ( 1579

)

on Mar-18-07 at 05:26:53 PDT

As Alec mentioned, the exchange days are very popular in Germany and basically every stamp club holds at least one per year. Dealers can rent tables, also collectors can rent tables but there are always tables (not at the prime location in the hall of course) which are for free of charge for collectors.

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1262

)

on Mar-18-07 at 03:49:09 PDT

Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

I’ve another funeral to officiate at this week, so …

Jim L.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 03:11:17 PDT

Private auctions Yes one of the things many of us here hate and simply don't trust. However there is a way for the winning bidders identity to be known on such auctions. Thus revealing how often such private auction sellers are using other ebay nicks to push bids.
For obvious reasons I'm unwilling to state here openly how you can get to see this information but for those that know me feel free to contact me for a private e-mail in how it can be done.

Posted by cwhutch ( 643

)

on Mar-18-07 at 02:35:15 PDT

Good morning.

Hutch

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-18-07 at 02:05:03 PDT

Bourse dealers Here where I live we simply have too many local shows. On average there is one within a 20 mile radius nearly every 2-3 weeks. Yes the same old dealers and the same old stock.
I only go now as it gives me a chance to meet up with fellow collector friends. Hmm yes ok and a few hours peace and quiet away from my wife. Yet somehow she never believes me when I say I didn't spend any money :-)
Kidding aside it does seem as if the bourse dealers need to wake up to the fact that internet buying is where a massive number of collectors now search.
Rainer will be aware of the German system of Tauschtags / Exchange days which is something I have never seen run anywhere else. Basically it is a small bourse with a few dealers but individual collectors can also take a table and sell/ exchange their own duplicates. Of course not every Tauschtag is a large one but I really enjoyed going to those very much. Usually run by the local stamp club and they would provide catalogues for anyone to borrow and use as the exchange basis.
I have tried stimulating interest in a similar thing here but to no avail.

Posted by 22028 ( 1579

)

on Mar-17-07 at 22:30:42 PDT

Congratulation to the Irish.
Yesterday, On St. Patrick's Day, they beat Pakistan in one of the biggest surprises ever in Cricket World Cup history.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-17-07 at 22:04:20 PDT

NOIP…

PREXIE RATE QUESTIONS

I have some questions about the following prexie usages. Any help would be greatly appreciated.—

4¢ prexie on postcard from Hawaii. Although it doesn’t say so on the card, this pays the airmail postcard rate from Hawaii in effect at the time. Was it required that all mail going to and from Hawaii pay the airmail rate during this period?
4½¢ fourth class rate. Alas, this is undated. Anybody know what rate would correspond with this franking?
5¢—is this the correct first class rate per ounce for Canada in 1953?
7¢ on a tag attached to a bag sent parcel post. This was insured for $5. Any clue what the parcel post & insurance rates were at the time?
8¢ sent to Belgium. Was this the surface first class rate to Belgium in 1954?
12¢ airmail letter sent from APO in France, February 1945. What were the rates that controlled this type of mail?

Thanks everyone in advance.

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 21:33:45 PDT

CMARSHA

Have to agree with you that bourse dealers seem to carry the same old stuff.That was the limit most stamp collectors have had for many years .But with the e-bay market place they should be ajusting to the new reality .They need to turn over their old stock quicker and find new material to offer the collecting public.

Also agree about supporting the local guys who pay for the tables,but its hard to buy anything if all they got are basic collections and picked over material.Some of these guys were complainting about the high prices the auction houses are getting but refuse to fight for decent material.If they don't get it at a bargin then they don't have it.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-17-07 at 21:27:49 PDT

I thought they covered bad guys targeting bidders with fake offers when they eliminated showing email addresses and forced communications to go through eBay where they could be monitored. I see this latest step offering little additional comfort there, but it does make it much harder to research shill bidding, and of course bidders being ripped off have no hope of being warned. Additionally, it is a real nuisance if I wish to honor friends by not bidding against them, or giving them a heads up on items I know they would like, but I can't tell which they haven't already spotted and bid on. Plus I've occasionally found other bridge collectors after seeing them repeatedly show up on bridge item histories. I guess the ultimate form we may see is the item and the minimum bid, period. How many have already bid, if any, is none of our business, right? Bid the max you are willing to pay and forget any strategy. (I guess if all bidders used sniping, this would be the result anyway--no bids until the last 30 seconds!) All in all I see it helping more bad guys than it hinders.

Bob in WA

Posted by claghorn1p ( 410

)

on Mar-17-07 at 20:18:43 PDT

As the internet evolves, eBay continues to strike a balance between preserving transparency and protecting our Community of members. eBay has decided to change how bid history information is displayed so bad guys cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information. In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to view Bidder User IDs on the Bid History page. Your User ID will be shown only to you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, applied consistently to the Bid History page.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 19:17:29 PDT

Examples of not good stamps to put on eBay:

Princess Diana: currently 650 listings.
World cup: currently 930 listings
Elvis: 408 listings
Birds: 4,365 listings
Dogs 2,226 listings
Cats - almost as bad though you have to dismiss catalog, 541 listings.

Even the most dedicated thematic collector is not going to buy 100 auctions in one week (I may be wrong). And there are probably not 500 collectors of Princess Diana stamps worldwide to ensure that they will all be sold.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 18:40:29 PDT

Paul & cmarsha

Some interesting observations.
I think you are both possibly correct.
Dealers like Herrick and Bombay probably make a decent profit by buying new issues at face and applying a mark-up to cover expenses and a small profit.

Many eBay sellers have taken to buying into a new issue service or buy quantitities of stamps of their own countries to attempt to sell at outrageous prices on eBay.
They seem to forget that if a collector specializes in a specific country, they also will have signed up for a new issue service. Then their only customers remain the thematic collectors whose collecting habits require them to be more specific in what they purchase, rather than buying all issues of a country across the board, leaving many of the entrepeneurs stamps unsold.
As a consequence, if the thematic buyer has a copy of the stamp, they are not interested in buying more. There is a finite and often small clientele for a specific thematic.

The bourse dealers are generally speaking not buying into new issues, but rather collections. Usually collections that come onto the market because of the decease of a relative who died many years before and whose possessions have possibly been held in probate for a number of years.

Alternatively they are selling off crap illegal modern issues from places like Sao Tome, Malagasy Republic, Kyrgystan etc which they bought in bulk at a very samll percentage of face value from a manufacturer in Latvia or Lithuania or wherever.

Bourse dealers are not going to buy off eBay at prices above face and expect to make a profit. If they are honest, they are also not going to buy the illegal crap. Thus all they are left with is buying old collections which may have been picked over by several previous owners.

As a consequence, finding stamps from the mid 1980's to about 2000 when the internet took hold of the stamp business can often be quite difficult.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3479

)

on Mar-17-07 at 18:24:13 PDT

alpimom The Scott Specialized lists a 6c Washington like yours variety perf 10 at top or bottom, used CV is $3250. You might want to remeasure the perfs at bottom.

Whether or not it is that variety is another matter, the dated cancel of 1923 puts it at the right timeframe.

Jeff

Posted by cmarsha ( 918

) on Mar-17-07 at 18:02:17 PDT

stamps12345-
I went to a local stamp show myself today. Pretty much the same. Part of the problem is I've collected for so long. I have pretty much all the usual stuff you can find. Out of six dealers only one had foreign, the rest US. The dealer with the foreign had vey little after 1980, probably because he replentishes his stock with collection purchases and all he can get are older ones. I do always try to go, make some purchases because I want to support the guys who pout out the effort to attend. 90% of my purchases are on Ebay or from the APS sales service.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 17:31:57 PDT

Almost finished weedeating the back yard.
Definitely no elephants, pygmy or otherwise.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-17-07 at 16:47:09 PDT

Just lost a post I spent most of an hour composing. eBay is eating them again!!!! If they'd do it often enough I'd stay alert and remember to copy it before I hit ''save'' but I get complacent and forget, and then it wastes another--always a long one. Curse you, eBay!!

Bob in WA

Posted by alpimon ( 2742

)

on Mar-17-07 at 16:36:45 PDT

oops, it is just 9 1/2 across the bottom!!! almost left that out....

Posted by alpimon ( 2742

)

on Mar-17-07 at 16:35:50 PDT

Hi everyone, I came across a perf 11 x 9 1/2 6 cent washington in a bunch of stamps I had, has anybody ever seen this variety? 506

thanks, mike

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 16:30:18 PDT

NOIP----When to a stamp bourse today. This was the Grand Reopening of the local bourse,the same one that I use to take a table at.

The shame was that the material was total lacking depth.Every dealer had mixture lots or country lots and album or album pages .The material was all beginner material and picked over lots.I like to call it a forth or fifth generation lot .No material that research or specialised catalogs could be used on .

The few guys who had stamps or sets in dealer cards all had the half of catalog or above priceing .Do these people realize E-BAY prices ,a few even had modern junk at full catalog across their tables . There was a good group of older collectors and buyers but little money was changing hands but at the pennyland tables each chair was occupied .

So in summary of the show {if you want to call it that}the penny stuff sold but the lack of serious material kept sales low .BYE-THE-WAY I purchased 10 long black boxes to put all the cards that i made up and sorted in catalog order this past year .....

Next winter I plan to collate three different groupings of dealers boxes filled with 102 cards into one huge stock .Still a long way from the 160 boxes inventory that the west coast dealer A&D has which they claim is the largest inventory of stamps .....paul

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 16:09:34 PDT

KNUDEN-----Thanks for the additional info. on the Iceland Tax Stamp. Made up a page after Bjorn gave info ,so I added your info to it ....paul

Posted by flip138 ( 369

) on Mar-17-07 at 14:22:59 PDT

mini*lindy

You don't have to rate the seller in any of the four criteria; there's nothing stopping you from just leaving overall pos/neut/neg and your comment. Leaving them blank doesn't give the seller zeros!

What I don't like about the new system is that you have to let eBay set a permanent cookie in order to access it (or your own feedback) at all. So I've been leaving feedback the old way through the US site.

Phil

Posted by claghorn1p ( 410

)

on Mar-17-07 at 14:15:18 PDT

IO Jim Yes. According to PayPal, it is the seller's responsibility to assure that the item is received by the buyer in proper condition. That seems onerous to sellers who have no control of the buyer's environment.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 14:08:32 PDT

D2

I got the complaint of wet mail early on in my eBay career.
Twas true.
A book was left through an entire weekend in a mailbox that was subject to 2 inches of rain.
Now every item I send is not only prevented from being bent, but also waterproofed.
I cannot blame the receiver for having an exposed mailbox.
One cannot guess what a mail receptacle is going to be like, so you have to insure for the worse.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-17-07 at 13:55:26 PDT

David H,

thanks for all your help, it seems that it is a complicated system that Ebay is using.

Linda, there are other problems, when rating something a lot of people don't like giving top ratings even if it is perfect. The other part of the system I don't like is the rating that the seller can be rated poorly for something that has nothing to do with them, such as your comment rergarding postage charges or delays or damage in mail. I had a complaint that the mail was left in front of the house as the letter was too big to fit in the mailbox and it got wet.

David B.

Posted by 220man ( 147

) on Mar-17-07 at 13:27:14 PDT

rclwa: About 30 years ago I spent a great Winter weekend retreat at Holden -- in the deep snow, yet! Phil

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 13:14:53 PDT

OK Linda,

Here's another zero posting.

Posted by knuden ( 2223

)

on Mar-17-07 at 13:14:45 PDT

Just had a look at the Toolhouse and my score is 8836 feedback received and 11570 feedback left. Life aint easy. :O)

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by mini*lindy ( 333

)

on Mar-17-07 at 13:05:08 PDT

Ebay Australia is also running the new feedback system, and personally I think it will mean even fewer buyers leaving feedback than now. Instead of just clicking the Positive/Neutral/Negative box and typing in a short comment, you now do that..AND have to rate 1-5 FOUR different criteria.
Item as described
Communication
Postage time
Postage and handling charges

AND.... it is only the buyer who gets to leave this feedback, the poor old seller still just gets to leave the pos/neutral/neg with a comment !!

On my regular selling ID I'm already running at only 4½stars on postage and handling charges because some idiot does not like the high cost imposed by Australia Post on heavy parcels to America !!!!

So, Hutch, don't be in too much of a hurry to wish the old system away before you see how flawed the new system is.

NOIP not a lot of ZERO postings this week.. hope you all have some more ONE postings next week.

Linda

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-17-07 at 12:57:34 PDT

Io -- Hmmm, I wonder how many couples back in early October implemented a different type of booking to try for a lucky birthdate for the next kid?

Jim -- I just acquired a nice box of covers, including almost daily letters postmarked Holden WA, which is an interesting DPO located uplake on the shore of Lake Chelan, not accessible by road so would have traveled on the lake steamer! There was a group in early October 1942, and every date from Oct 2nd to 10th is there, EXCEPT the 5th! At first I thought it must be a Sunday, but my perpetual calendar says Monday, so go figure!

Bob in WA

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 12:13:33 PDT

Interesting.

It seems that there is a rush of bookings to get married on 07/07/07.
A "lucky" marriage.
At least they shouldn't have a problem remembering their wedding anniversaries.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3479

)

on Mar-17-07 at 12:01:31 PDT

http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs

Link for searching negative feedbacks I mentioned earlier, now at office and located it

Originally courtesy of IO

Posted by knuden ( 2223

)

on Mar-17-07 at 09:05:03 PDT

Bjorn & Paul

Re: Greidslumerki.
The only Icelandic stamps used as such was 65 øre and 75 øre overprinted 10 øre. The Michel catalog is wrong, when it states a 60 øre with overprint. As Bjorn say, they were replaced by special fiscals with a picture of a sheep. The fiscal, as they were, was used on receipts for more than 20 Kr.
Normal stamps could be used but should be written with a date and a signature or a cancel from the firm. 20 different Icelandic stamps are used as Greidslumerki fiscals with a signature or cancel.
The use of Greidslumerki fiscals run from April 1. 1935 to May 5. 1941.

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1262

)

on Mar-17-07 at 09:05:00 PDT

Happy
St. Patty's
Day!

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-17-07 at 07:45:50 PDT

Jaywild Not a newspaperman, but I was editor of BNA Topics for 6 years, until I was turfed out for (apparently---no intelligible reason was ever offered) offending the secretive cabal (I refer to this group as the kowardly kabal) behind the scenes at BNAPS.

David H

Posted by wrd3 ( 99

) on Mar-17-07 at 07:45:00 PDT

stamps12345 according to eBay's page Understanding Feedback Scores, a neutral is just that - it neither counts towards nor against a feedback score. I think in the past a neutral was counted as a negative in calculating the feedback percentage, but if so that has apparently changed.

Bill D.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-17-07 at 07:33:59 PDT

Good St. Patrick's Day to all.

From a much warmer west Texas.
Where today's daylight is now 12 hours long.

I also have a degree in geography.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-17-07 at 07:19:58 PDT

deh3… “-30-” Are you an old newspaperman by any chance?

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 07:12:30 PDT

A neutral feedback is also countered against a positive feedback percentage total ,same as a negative .Doesn't seem fair.

Posted by 19thcentpostal ( 174

)

on Mar-17-07 at 06:47:50 PDT

Good Morning and Happy St. Patricks Day!
Lynn

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-17-07 at 06:41:34 PDT

David B (My last contribution on this subject.) You wrote,

"...It is only to find out what the amount is that will make the extra piece of straw on the camel's back. There must be a mathematical way of working it out precisely,"

This is a slightly more general question than what you originally wrote, but I don't know what you mean by "precisely"---what I gave included the complete answer (which is a range of values for N).

To express it in different terms, let N and k be as before, N the total number of signed (sign refers to positive or negative) feedbacks from distinct users, and k the number of negative feedbacks from distinct users

(1) to have an e-Bay-computed feedback of 99.9% or more
you must have (N-k)/N = .9985; this is the same as
k/N = .0015, which amounts to k = .0015 N, or
N = (2000/3) k

(2) to have an e-Bay-computed feedback of 100%,
k/N = .0005, which is the same as k = .0005 N, or
N = 2000 k

Hence to have an e-Bay computed feedback of exactly 99.9%,

(2000/3) k = N < 2000 k

Thus if you have N total signed feedbacks of which k are negative, and the next feedback from a different person is negative, and this drops the e-Bay computed feedback percentage from 100% to 99.9%, then we must have both

N = 2000 k and (2000/3) (k+1) = N +1 < 2000 (k+1)

The = inequality is redundant if k = 1, and the resulting two inequalities together are equivalent to
2000 k = N < 2000 k + 1999.
Since N and k are integers, the precise condition is

2000 k = N = 2000 k + 1998.

When k = 4, this simply means that N can be any number in the range 8000--9998 (and no others), as I wrote earlier.

Finally, if k = 0 (the remaining case, and not relevant for you), the condition is
2000/3 = N < 2000, that is, 667 = N = 1999.

This is the complete answer. There is no single value for N, but a range of values.
(30)

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 06:37:55 PDT

DAVID B. -----There is two ways to get it precisely ....first ask E-BAY how the software is written ,the second would be to take a sampling of a few dozen high feedback sellers and work the numbers thru a calculator .

My guess would be 1 neg. to 1,000 is 99.9% rating .So 1 neg. to 1,100 positives would be 99.99% .there-by 1 neg. to 1,110 positives would be 100% feedback rating in the computer at e-bay .Can anyone see any fault with that ....... 1,110

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3479

)

on Mar-17-07 at 05:47:54 PDT

Cobbie10Your digital images with a camera are quite good.

Uncancelled stamps without gum are UNUSED not MINT.

Bob in WA IO knows a link where one can search out only negs or neutrals.

deh3Perhaps because geologists are more concise?

Jeff

Posted by cwhutch ( 643

)

on Mar-17-07 at 05:41:50 PDT

Ed - I like it. I hope they change to the new system on ebay.com too.

Hutch

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-17-07 at 05:18:10 PDT

Paul, looks like you've found an error in Michel then! I guess they don't have it as a top priority to get all information about non-postal issues correct. The other catalogues I have for Iceland (Danish AFA and Swedish Facit) don't mention these at all.

I know Iceland also issued "proper" fiscal stamps "Greiðslumerki" featuring sheep, as I've seen them in auction catalogues.

Posted by cobbie10 ( 6016

)

on Mar-17-07 at 05:13:56 PDT

Reperf

It is generally not very safe to buy from a seller who used a digital camera instead of a scanner to make an image of a single stamp. Stamps represented by digital camera images are generally keystoned making it very difficult to compare perforations or check for more subtle defects. Also, the images are frequently off color.

I've been using a digital camera to take all my pictures ( single stamps included ) for the past 4 years. I've not had one complaint of a bad picture, mis represented stamp because of bad picture.

In fact, I am more often than not, spotting flaws on a stamp that I've missed when doing my descriptions. All my pictures are taken at 1.8 megapixels and then sized down to be at a reasonable size so as not to put overdue burden on anyones internet connection.

I agree that SOME people who use a digital camera look as if they are standing across the other side of the room to take the picture. Most cameras nowadays have a macro feature on them which makes taking close up pictures a breeze.

Mark.

Posted by ed845 ( 4373

) on Mar-17-07 at 05:08:05 PDT

Just realised that if you are trying to see UK feedback score from the .com site it will not show the new feedback. I suppose you need to sign in from the UK site to view it.

Ed

Posted by ed845 ( 4373

) on Mar-17-07 at 05:06:09 PDT

cwhutch:

The new feedback system is used in the UK. All you have to do is click on my feedback score and you will see how the new system works.

I know it will upset a few people on this board me being a Powerseller and all.

Ed

Posted by cwhutch ( 643

)

on Mar-17-07 at 04:58:01 PDT

Good morning.

Feedback - I have left 1117 and recieved 992. As it is now its a very faulty system I hope the feedback 2.0 works out to be better . Anyone use the new feedback yet ? Its about time that shipping , product and overall performance were rated seperatly. JMHO

Hutch

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-17-07 at 04:13:03 PDT

Paul, it has nothing to do with wanting to retain 100%, I will be perfectly satisfied with 99.99%. It is only to find out what the amount is that will make the extra piece of straw on the camels back. There must be a mathematical way of working it out precisely,

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 03:57:47 PDT

DAVID B. -----Really don't understand your ability to maintain 100% .There are just too many people in life that you meet both on e-bay and at stamp shows that need a slap in the head {thats different than fighting in a cage but there's even people there who need a swift punch to get then straighten out} .

Negatives are a badge of not putting up with the nut crowd.-----

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1262

)

on Mar-17-07 at 03:48:03 PDT

Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-17-07 at 03:46:20 PDT

BJORNMUThanks for your help,here is a scan of my stamp .You can make a note that it exist on the 75 au . ICELAND......

Let me be the first to say ---You did a good job as President and you did a good job handling the few times that I try to nock you off your game -----WELL DONE ....

Its always a good day when i can make a new page in my collection {Iceland-Tax stamps}.....paul

Posted by greenwave4u ( 73

) on Mar-17-07 at 01:32:24 PDT

Bob If you go to www.toolhaus.org you can type in the name and it will search for negs, could take a while with big sellers like DB though!

Peter

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-17-07 at 01:22:52 PDT

Paul 12345, greidslumerki means "tax stamp", so this is a fiscal. Value: I don't know. Michel only mentions that this overprint exists on the 60 and 65 aur, not on the 75.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-17-07 at 01:03:31 PDT

deh,

yes, that is the question.

I don't think there are any variances for Power Sellers, it is just a computerised percentage for all feedback.

David B.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-17-07 at 00:33:14 PDT

It would be simple for eBay to show a complete feedback profile of any member, private or not, and independent of the rating that depends on different buyers or sellers, and also on special powerseller rules.

It would show the total number of completed transactions, both as a buyer and as a seller, and the total number of positive, negative, and neutral FBs, both given and received, again, as both buyer and seller. Also mutually withdrawn and administrative withdrawn FBs could be shown. The comparisons might better show who's a straight shooter and who's a jerk.

I also wish you could elect to see only negs, so you didn't have to wade through pages to find them.

Bob in WA

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-17-07 at 00:10:27 PDT

David B If your question is, at what feedback number (N) will going from 4 negatives to 5 negatives cause the e-Bay listed percentage to decrease from 100% to 99.9%, the answer appears as a corollary to my earlier calculation: anything in the range 8000 to 9998 (the total number of signed feedbacks from different people). [Exercise: why 9998, not 9999?] Otherwise, you'll have to pose the question in more detail, explaining exactly what you mean.

I don't think that how they compute the % feedback depends on whether the person is a powerseller, at least I haven't noticed any difference. (Of course, for the purpose of calculating the ridiculously low 98% for continued qualification as a power seller, they may use a different method, as in the case of the late, unlamented JD.)

And did you know that there is seller in the stamps section with a (different # of people) feedback over 1000, with a % of 92.8? This is the lowest I've seen for gross feedback over 100. [It doesn't help that if you pay by cash, he returns it; he used to give a negative feedback as well, I don't know whether he still does.] I'm surprised he hasn't been kicked out, especially since many of the negatives are for non-delivery. But my purchases from him were relatively satisfactory.

David H

(Just waiting till I hit 2000. And about 85% of my feedback is from sellers, not buyers.)

Posted by bradstonian ( 1198

)

on Mar-16-07 at 23:52:57 PDT

Hi Roger,

Wouldn't it be nice if eBay showed the ratio of feedbacks that sellers have given to their buyers?

By the way, does anyone know of an online resource that I could use to find the UX numbers for US postal cards?

Martin.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-16-07 at 23:23:29 PDT

Martin -
Consider it ignored, in fact, I'm going to bed now and sleep on it. Doubt I'll remember in the morning. LOL

It has been sellers who fail to give me feedback. I guess too busy and not productive to bottom line. I'm becoming more and more interested in how many stamp buyers and seller are reaching very high feedback numbers. It must be the low average cost of items that make up our collections when compared to dolls, trucks, and used clothes. Low shipping costs certainly help our hobby continue along. Cheap, junk, damaged by water goods are high end in other categories, but not here, we dooo have our standards!

Roger
I'm thinking of ironing my shirt for my picture. He, He!

Posted by bradstonian ( 1198

)

on Mar-16-07 at 23:11:54 PDT

Good morning,

Feedback discussion. I think that for non power sellers, a positive feedback score of 2000 per negative is enough to restore the 100%. This is enough to push the rounding above 99.95%.

One of the reason that sellers give more feedbacks than they receive is because feedback is left for all lots purchased, whereas buyers leave a feedback on only one lot purchased as this is enough to count towards the rating.

It is 6am in the UK, so please ignore my post if it is wrong!

Martin.

Posted by de66 ( 1053

) on Mar-16-07 at 22:27:26 PDT

Hmm

I left 4483 and only got 3191 back in return

D1

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:53:05 PDT

Interesting—I’ve received 1556 and left 1680.

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 21:48:10 PDT

my quess is 8101

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:46:24 PDT

Roger,

All positive feedback received: 31728
feedback left by dbenson 48008

David B.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:37:59 PDT

Aloha -
I personally think feedback should be based on number left to others, not feedback received. I have sent about 400 more than I've received!

oggilby -
Photos to come in near future. It will have to be after work as we can't photograph us working at checkpont. There may be spies sneaking around. Just for the record and as a teaser, I didn't wear long pants to work this winter. Attribute that to Global Warming and tough, hairy legs and a tough attitude! LOL. BTW- I hope it cools of a little tonight.
Roger

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:36:57 PDT

thanks however the question hasn't been answered.

At 8000 it will still be 100% if there are 3 or 4 negatives but it will decrease to 99.99 if there are 5. At what number will it decrease,

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 21:32:56 PDT

e-bay does go out another point so the number would be ----less than 1 in a 1,000 ....so 7 negatives in 8,000 would still be 100%

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:30:55 PDT

Oh my, at least a dozen new words added to the language today…p>Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 21:26:38 PDT

you can extend that out if you need to go out to another decesminal point ...like 99.9%

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 21:23:10 PDT

deh… Perfect! I figured that was the answer, but wasn’t able to contort the math to explain it.

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 21:22:22 PDT

DAVID B. ----I will try to answer your question ,but i took a kick to the head and a few blows to the head tonight . But think i answer your math problem .

First the varible is 99.5% ,you need to stay above that number . so 1 out of 100 is 1% ,then 1 in 1,000 is .1%

So if you got 4 negatives per 1,000 positives your above the 99.5% ....so the answer to stay at 100% is 4 negatives per 1,000 positives ......paul ,going to bed early in pain .

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-16-07 at 20:48:36 PDT

And I meant
"... strictly less than this would yield an actual percentage less than but not equal to 99.95"

I should have done that posting when I wasn't so tired.

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-16-07 at 20:31:22 PDT

Sorry, geologist.

David H

Posted by deh3 ( 1492

)

on Mar-16-07 at 20:28:59 PDT

David B Based purely on my limited observations about feedback percentages, it appears that e-Bay takes the actual percentage of (positive feedbacks from distinct users)/(positive and negative feedbacks from distinct users), and then rounds it. If the second digit after the decimal point is a 5 or more, it gets rounded up (this is the usual, but not necessarily the best way of rounding).

Thus if you have 8000 total signed (i.e., positive or negative, from different people) feedbacks (not counting neutrals, which don't make any difference to this) of which k are negative, then the actual percentage before rounding is (8000-k)/80. If k = 4, the percentage is 99.95 (divide by 8), which is rounded up to 100.

If this is correct (it might be that e-Bay alters this method if the total is smaller or larger, or my limited observations might not be accurate), then if you have five negative feedbacks, in order to have the percentage be 99.9,
the minimum actual percentage you could have would be 99.85, so if N is the number of signed feedbacks, (N-5)/N = .9985, which since N must be an integer forces N = 3334.

On the other hand, the supremum of the possible percentages you could have is 99.95 (that is, anything strictly less than this would yield 99%, but not 99.95 itself); this yields the inequality (N-5)/N < .9995, that is, N is 9999 or less.

The conclusion to the question I think you asked, assuming I really did figure out e-Bay's way of calculating feedback percentages, is that if the total signed feedback is between 3334 and 9999 (a large range, but that's because small changes are magnified enormously when small numbers are inverted) and five of those are negative (the remainder positive), then the percentage will appear as 99.5 ... gasp. (Notice, that unlike the usual convention, the numbers in range 3334--9999 is the total (not the difference) of the number of positive feedbacks plus the number of negative feedbacks (so 7537 pos fdbk and 5 negative means the relevant total number, N, is 7542.)

I don't know why you asked a geographer about this, when you could have asked a mathematician.:-)

David H

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Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 20:10:15 PDT

Bill Dempwolf… Thanks a million! I did pick up a Huachuca City this past week, so Jokake is the only one I lack, and it’s going to be very tough.

Jim

Posted by mini*lindy ( 333

)

on Mar-16-07 at 19:16:14 PDT

jakestay if you CHANGE your id, your feedback stays the same, and you get a funny little icon next to it for 30 days, but what you have done is OPENED A NEW ID, that starts back at a (0)

ioJIm I don't follow the Boat Race any more, not covered at all here in the media. We do however have some lovely old boat race postcards, prints and programmes.
Linda

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 18:25:18 PDT

D2

I have no idea as to how eBay's 100% works.
It appears that most sellers with less than 10 get them reduced and get back their 100% rating when they hit the 5,000 mark.
Maybe they allow 1 negative feedback per 1,000 thereafter to not qualify for a feedback reduction.
Or maybe it is 1 feedback per 10,000 total feedbacks.
If so, it is merely a matter of balancing between new feedbacks and total feedbacks.
If the latter is the case, you get 5 feedbacks reduced to zero, or 100% feedback after 50,000 feedbacks.

Who the hell cares anyway.
Five bad feedbacks in 50,000?

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 17:53:45 PDT

IO,

need some maths advice,

at the moment I have 7994 positives with 3 negs. which gives me a 100% feedback but if I get a negative before I hit 8000 then it will slide back to 99.9. If I get a negative after I hit 8000 it will still stay on 100%. The question is as what figure will it go back to 99.9 after the 2nd. negative.

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 17:48:40 PDT

Bill B

eUSC.

Posted by jackstay79 ( 0 ) on Mar-16-07 at 17:46:33 PDT

Hmmm, changing my ID made me lose all my feedback, too.

Posted by jackstay79 ( 0 ) on Mar-16-07 at 17:45:44 PDT

Io---Me??? I need to update? I guess I might, since I changed my eBay ID and password. I've forgotten how to get to EUSC.

Bill B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 17:08:11 PDT

Linda

It just bought to mind a childhood phrase of endearment:
You ain't arf a devil, ain't ya.
I could be quoting Dickens, though I don't think he ever lived in pad-in-ton.
BTW, who do you have for the boat race this year?
From Putney to Mortlake on April 2nd, day after new eUSC members take control.

Posted by wrd3 ( 99

) on Mar-16-07 at 17:02:39 PDT

jaywild I'm back from the Texas Precancel Club spring bourse. Unfortunately there were only 2 dealers who carried Town & Type precancels I hadn't already checked with. Fortunately one of the dealers had two copies of Inspiration, Az. I picked up "the best", which will be in the mail to you tomorrow. No Huachacha City nor Jokake.

Bill D.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 16:58:28 PDT

ICELAND SPECIALIST------Can you tell me what the overprint -----Greioslumerki -----means .,its on a 1931 75a gullfoss{golden falls} stamp,does it have a value?

Posted by mini*lindy ( 333

)

on Mar-16-07 at 16:51:51 PDT

no Jim, means I'm only showing the 'half' devil in me!

Posted by reperf ( 32

) on Mar-16-07 at 16:47:57 PDT

doverstamps and jaywild,

It is generally not very safe to buy from a seller who used a digital camera instead of a scanner to make an image of a single stamp. Stamps represented by digital camera images are generally keystoned making it very difficult to compare perforations or check for more subtle defects. Also, the images are frequently off color.

Potential buyers would do well to reward sellers with large, clear images and to avoid sellers with small, distorted or fuzzy images.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 16:45:56 PDT

CERTIFICATES Most auction house in the U.S. will state if a certificate accompaines the item and name the issuer,but don't comment on the cert.,they leave that to the buyer to make their own judgement.

Just for the record about philatelic certificates.....They are not admissible in court because they are opinions ,so they are hearsey. Since a certificate can't testify under oath and be subject to cross-examination .So the actual expert has to appear in court .....just a interest piece of information if a dispute goes to court .....paul

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 16:27:53 PDT

Linda

Looks like you now have half the evil number in feedback.
Does that make you half a devil?

Posted by mini*lindy ( 333

)

on Mar-16-07 at 15:45:19 PDT

Hello, everyone, lovely sunny day here for the Season Beginning to the Formula One Grand Prix Motor Racing in Melbourne.
HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY to ALL

I am actually attending a wedding at St.Patricks Cathedral on St.Pats day.

Mail-forwarding. While there are such schemes for Sth.American buyers/sellers, I would strongly warn against a very popular SCAM which happens over and over again on ebay with scammers assuring new sellers that if they pay with Western Union, eBay Security Warehouse will hold the goods and money until items are checked/cash transfered and sent on! of course its usually expensive Laptops or Home Entertainment systems (sometimes motorbikes!), and the new seller trusts the guy, gets his confirmation (read bogus) email from the eBay Security Cash Handling Department and ships the Laptop off to some vague address in Calif. and never sees any money or his goods again. This scam is reported over and over again in the eBay Cafe and Q&A Boards. so you have been Warned!

Kchrist you asked......" Do you expect people to buy because of your reputation? ",
DUH! that is the very, and only reason ebay introduced a feedback system, and have, in recent weeks even re-designed the feedback system.... so that people can choose to buy or not buy according to the sellers reputation !! (and now the sellers STAR RATING !!).
You just dont get it do you?

Linda

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 15:43:35 PDT

Well, who would have thunk it.
Of the 50 or so items from sellers who took advantage of eBay's cheap listing day and are contained in the search function "volc*", nary one has a bid.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 15:31:59 PDT

lluehhb,

I have had buyers in Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile use Miami Commercial Center,

David B.

Posted by hungaryjim ( 871

)

on Mar-16-07 at 15:30:20 PDT

rclwa Hi Bob, CYE please! Jimbo2

Posted by lluehhhb ( 251

) on Mar-16-07 at 14:56:18 PDT

David,
I once tried a Miami private box to receive stuff to Chile, but the customs problems were a nightmare. I almost lost my stamps!

I've had less than 5 losses in years, so it isn't a major problem. Other local collectors don't use foreign addresses for stamps. Electronic stuff is a different thing, in that case the Miami boxes are great.

I've only known buyers/sellers from Argentina using these services for stamps.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:54:06 PDT

Jeff

Grumpff!!
We have been sitting under the very edge of cloud cover all day.
Yesterday it was 84F, today 48F. Two miles away it is 15F warmer.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:51:22 PDT

Alec, I think it is only a commercial arrangement with a company that must advertise in various South American magazines promoting their services. I presume they have a regular courier who actually transports the material to a pick up point in the various countries and handles the banking arrangements for payments that are received,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:46:08 PDT

Hmm, I don't think, as yet, I've had a single South American seller or buyer go through Miami. Though thinking about it, I can't remember buying from Argentina.
Ecuador, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, no problems with regular mail.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3479

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:46:06 PDT

alt="Click for Bowie, Texas Forecast" height=60 width=468>

Greetings from a beautiful day in Bowie Texas

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:40:53 PDT

Jaywild Come on be a devil and join the Eusc. You won't be elected to anything you don't want to do.
David B I figured other countries would have similar secure mail pick ups but wasn't sure as I have never used any of those others.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:21:27 PDT

Alec. & Jay, not only Argentina but virtually all the buyers & sellers in South America use an agent in Miami for payment and despatch of material. I have sent 100's and no problems. On the same note there is a similar system to Russia via New York,

David B.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:20:50 PDT

Io… That’s correct, I’m not a member. I still participate in the club meetings however, quite happily and enthusiastically, but if I join I run the risk of being elected to something, and I am the most terrible club officer you could ever imagine. Trust me on this one…

Jim

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:17:08 PDT

Argentina through Miami… I also have dealt with Argentine sellers through a Miami address, and it has always been perfectly legit and safe.

Jim

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:16:42 PDT

Jim

Speaking of eUSC, are you not a member?
Also, Bill B needs to update his membership info!
Likewise, names of former presidents could be added to their info.
Sorry if this means work billsey.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:15:02 PDT

peetah… LOL indeed.

When I was a teenager I used to think my father knew nothing about anything. It’s amazing how smart he got as I grew older…

Jim

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 14:08:48 PDT

jaywild you wrote... "in the dim distant past before I came to know everything." Now we all know who to call upon, for everything! LOL

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 14:06:53 PDT

infla-alec I use something similar for Japan. Item gets shipped to California. Bidder in California acts as a proxie for Japanese bidder. Payment comes from California. On arrival in California, item is inspected, feedback is left and item is shipped to Japan. I haven't used it yet, but I know a seller who has (not stamps though). One of these days I'll be selling some stamps of Japan. Anyway, the icon is always included in my listings.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 14:04:49 PDT

doverstamps… I have seen similar refusals to accept APS expertizing before. In fact, if I were selling a stamp I too would ban their opinion, but that’s just from my personal experience with them. I strongly suggest using PSE anyway—I have been very pleasantly surprised on a number of occasions where they knew the intricate details of a particular issue.

There’s another, more nefarious reason for banning a particularly expertizer, although I don’t wish to suggest that it is operating in this case, and that is when the seller knows that the stamp has already been through a particular firm and already got a bad cert. I was a victim of that scam myself once, in the dim distant past before I came to know everything.

Jim

Posted by 1covers ( 1301

)

on Mar-16-07 at 13:41:05 PDT

Many of the unused examples of the 3c 1861 issue, particularly those in pale shades of rose pink (impression often somewhat more mottled than issued stamps), are actually perforated and gummed trial color proofs on stamp paper rather than regularly issued stamps. I noticed that Scott's catalog doesn't mention those now in the trial color section. Probably because they are usually sold as regular stamps and often can't be distinguished from regular stamps.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-16-07 at 13:35:14 PDT

Bob in WA Not sure why but my reply to your e-mail bounced back. Hopefully the second attempt arrived ok.

Peter C Welcome to the Eusc.

Not sure i have mentioned this before but for those who sell to Argentina you may sometimes be asked by the buyers to ship to an address in Miami. If so don't panic as this is a mail pick up point which many Argentinian collectors there use to have valuable mail picked up and then delivered within Argentina via other means. Some sellers there will also ship items out via Miami so sometimes delays can be expected.
I don't know all the ins and outs of how it works but I have a friend in Argentina and that is how we send material to each other. I'm not saying that Argentina's postal system is corrupt but like any country with rampant inflation there will always be ones who may see registered mail as possibly containing something valuable.

Posted by doverstamps ( 19

)

on Mar-16-07 at 13:13:44 PDT

Jim and Peetah,

I also wondered about his prohibition of an APS certificate. In fact, that's what prompted me to tak a closer look at the stamp. Interesting....

Posted by doverstamps ( 19

)

on Mar-16-07 at 13:07:31 PDT

Jim--

Many thanks. It does appear to be a different color.

DoverStamps

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 13:07:10 PDT

Yes, Circuit book is the commmon term thanx again bjornmu

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 13:05:55 PDT

jaywild / doverstamps It's also interesting the seller has this in his description. APS (APEX) CERTIFICATES ARE NOT ACCEPTED OR RECOGNIZED WHICH IS A POLICY CONSISTENT WITH MANY MAJOR DEALERS & AUCTION HOUSES. Since when, I wonder?

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-16-07 at 13:00:37 PDT

Udvalgshefte is simply what this is: a Circuit book (is that the common English term)?

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 13:00:31 PDT

Bob in WA… Well, who cares if it ships UPS if shipping is free!

I think someone left the gate unlocked down at the state hospital…

Jim

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 12:57:53 PDT

doverstamps… I don’t think this has been reperfed, however I’m not sure it is a 64b. This is a certified 64b, rose pink.

Jim

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-16-07 at 12:42:13 PDT

buybob & Io -- Also note that seller ships stamps by UPS Ground! Jeesh!

Bob in WA

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 12:40:40 PDT

bjornmu Thank you. And the word "UDVALGSHEFTE"?

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-16-07 at 12:33:51 PDT

peetah, Yvert catalogue but then it says "prices from AFA 1945". AFA is a Danish catalogue, so those prices would be in Danish Kroner.

Posted by doverstamps ( 19

)

on Mar-16-07 at 12:06:06 PDT

Does item 280090846227 look like it might be a reperf?

Posted by 22028 ( 1579

)

on Mar-16-07 at 12:03:25 PDT

buybob, I use Firefox and for that browser there is a spell checker avaialbe. I believe for IE too...

Posted by peetah ( 467

) on Mar-16-07 at 11:46:32 PDT

Anyone able to translate the handwritten notes at the bottom of this old
Danish(?) Circuit Book cover of Russian stamps? I suspect Yvert catalog numbers and values in 1945.

Posted by buybob ( 1918

) on Mar-16-07 at 11:17:22 PDT

Yikes! Has anyone requested that eBay add a spell check function to this board?

Posted by buybob ( 1918

) on Mar-16-07 at 11:15:00 PDT

iomoon
That was my guess as well. I'm hyper-sensitive to to nonsense like that because I closed my eBay store in January when I found my average cost of sales creaping up over 20%. The new fee structure did me in... I've been away from eBay for the last several months except to lurk on this board ocassionaly.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 10:59:06 PDT

buybob

If I were a suspicious person, I would suspect the seller is trying to run up a high feedback number quickly.
Most of the items bought recently were won for less than $1.

Posted by buybob ( 1918

) on Mar-16-07 at 10:47:23 PDT

Listings like this make no sense to me. List fee + PayPal fee + free postage for a stamp that is not worth the US $0.01 the seller listed it for? I sure hope the buyer gives positive feedback!

Posted by soggy333 ( 55

) on Mar-16-07 at 10:15:22 PDT

You cannot even cheat a buyer with a fake if you make the starting price too high to begin with.
200087732200

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 08:11:34 PDT

Senator is a springback, don't know about Prangell.

Have been looking for some cheap 4-ring binders myself.

Posted by oggilby ( 1192

)

on Mar-16-07 at 08:00:32 PDT

What type of album covers to the Gibbons Senator and Prangnell Viking album leaves fit into? (I know, bad sentence structure!) Thanks!

Posted by oggilby ( 1192

)

on Mar-16-07 at 07:51:55 PDT

Malolo--we need a pix of you in your work gear! Is it like the summer USPS postal worker gear?

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-16-07 at 07:51:45 PDT

Good day from a wet west Texas.

Peter

Site is up and it has received hits from China before now.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-16-07 at 07:34:04 PDT

alt="Click for Kailua Kona, Hawaii Forecast" height=60 width=468>

Roger:
Please keep in mind I have to work outdoors in this stuff. )'>)

Posted by oggilby ( 1192

)

on Mar-16-07 at 07:10:24 PDT

Greetings from Central Maryland, where Old Man Winter is throwing his whole bag at us today, cold rain, sleet, & snow. I'm glad I'm not in Central Pa where upwrds to a foot of the white stuff is expected. Come on Malolo, Tell us how great Hawaii is!

jaywild--Great photo! Traffic must be wonderful!

Re-used hinges are the derigueur around here, better than the German hinges of steel!

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-16-07 at 06:37:21 PDT

NOIP… ’Tis a foggy morn in the City of Lost Angels…

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-16-07 at 06:15:11 PDT

BRIGUY----They have to be that funky mint green color to be Dennison stamp hinges .Unbelieveable stamp hinges going for .02 cents each, so much for cheap stamp collections .Linn's stamp news has a ad for a set of pre 1940 worlwide stamp albums for $1,000.00 .Great 2 cent hinges and thousand dollar albums then a few mounts for MNH and your talking a few thousand before you think about the cost of stamps .

Posted by greenwave4u ( 73

) on Mar-16-07 at 05:19:32 PDT

IO Either your web site is down or the Chinese Govt is blocking it! I guess it's the latter, must be too much political volcanic activity for their taste. Yes I am in BJ at the moment.
Peter

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1262

)

on Mar-16-07 at 04:20:42 PDT

Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

Posted by cwhutch ( 643

)

on Mar-16-07 at 02:06:38 PDT

Good morning.

Hutch

Posted by thebriguy1 ( 64

) on Mar-16-07 at 00:24:13 PDT

Paul How about I just sell you mutilated seconds by the pound, guarenteed to contain a certain percentage of hinge remnants?

You'll get your required hinges, AND the thrill of a treasure hunt to boot. :o)

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 21:39:29 PDT

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING--------Tonight i finished up my two open packages of Dennison stamp hinges.So instead of getting out my box of stamp supplies .I decided to search e-bay for a few more packets .

What a shock they are listed and bid up over $14.00 a packet of 1,000 which original sold for .29 .Now if the limited inventory is being purchased and used up .That begs the question in a year or two were is the price going?

My quess is that there is going to be a market in slightly used hinges ,thats a gross possisibilty .So to keep the chance down of catching a illness or a virius ,i reckowmend drinking Scotch or Tequelia straight from the bottle while working on mounting your stamps .

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-15-07 at 19:50:17 PDT

Io -
That sounds close, sort of like the distance a .45 flies through the air. I wonder about names of housing developments as well. How about one on a high hillside called "Thinaire", or down by the water's edge called "Thunder Bay", or a nice suburban development called "Lower Sunnyglen." here in Hawaii all the developments have Hawaiian names, which nobody understands, but sound pretty. The unpronounceable names are reserved for the roads, and that creates all sorts of problems with people telling where they live, so everything gets abbreviated such as our main highway Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway = Queen “K”. Or one of the favorite beaches at Anaeho'omalo Bay = “A” Bay.

Nice job on the grass!

Roger

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 18:52:53 PDT

Jim

Thanks, I like it.
House prices have doubled since we bought it, but it is nowhere near the Bel Air of Alpine.
That epiphet more closely describes the houses in Sunnyglen on the west side of town ( where do Real Estate developers come up with these names), where people like Robert Waller (Bridges of Madison County) live(d).

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 18:34:06 PDT

Iomoon… That’s quite a nice hacienda you’ve got there. You must be in the Bel Air of Alpine! Nice flowering trees too, whatever they are.

Jim

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 18:33:51 PDT

Paul

Thanks a lot, but the reporter seems to be overdramatizing it a little bit. The mantle is probably composed of lherzolite which is greenish resulting from the presence of the mineral olivine - i.e., olive green.
I suppose such a region could exist if a large section of the ocean floor was uplifted, exposing a portion of the upper mantle. Such a situation would be similar to that found at St.Peter-St.Paul rocks off the coast of Brazil. Remarked upon by Charles Darwin back in 1830 something during the voyage of the HMS Beagle (not the swimming dog).

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 18:17:42 PDT

JIM----You can make this article into one of your test questions on your exams ,NO EARTH CRUST .....paul

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:59:23 PDT

Paul

Their is posessive (belonging to someone), so, you think "their" has an I in it, it therefore belongs to I, or, in this case, Austria.
The poor folks there would have been OK. I missed you had two in one sentence.

Nope, I didn't see the article.
I'm still working my arse off weedeating last years elephant grass. 3/4 finished now. I think the pygmy elephants got eaten by the mountain lions.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:56:45 PDT

kchrist… Is that “Yank” as in yanking someone’s chain?

Jim

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 17:49:14 PDT

JIM----Did you see that recent article about the spot on earth with no Earth crust ?

Posted by peterc8888 ( 304

) on Mar-15-07 at 17:47:38 PDT

Bjorn, Bill, and David

Thanks. I see my name in the list now.

PC

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 17:47:36 PDT

JIM ----I learn that on this board

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:44:13 PDT

Paul

For once you got it right.
There = their.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 17:39:33 PDT

their =there ,,,, so much for spelling

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-15-07 at 17:38:32 PDT

TRIANGLE MARTIN ----You need to get the recent triangle stamp issued by Austria on 8-26-2006 .The poor souls their can't spell the name of their country right ....So much for spelling mistakes.....no! they are not going to correct it .So the bad spelling will be there for the ages ....paul

Posted by cjavine ( 368

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:17:17 PDT

Here is some information about the Star Wars stamp that may be released this year and the R2 D2 mailboxes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_en_mo/r2_d2_mail_2

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:12:22 PDT

Oh dear,

I have a UK passport.
I have lived in the US for almost 31 years (more than about 140 million US citizens were born).
Spent most of them in Texas where yankies do not have a good reputation!
I've always bought from D2 because I liked what he had for sale. I also think 100% feedback is a pretty good reputation after close to 50,000 sales.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:02:43 PDT

KChrist, the cover may have been from the time I was using my daughters scanner and the scan may have been over 3.99M. which means that it won't enlarge when I list on Vendio.

David B.

Posted by dbenson ( 7996

)

on Mar-15-07 at 17:00:30 PDT

kchrist, it appears that yu didn't read what I wrote, think before you wrote anything,

what the F do you mean

" however, your reputation among us Yanks could stand some improvement ".

Are you speaking for yourself or for all Americans,

David B.

Posted by kchrist499 ( 1100

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:49:51 PDT

dbenson

I am sure that you have an excellent reputation among collectors of your specialty; however, your reputation among us Yanks could stand some improvement.

Posted by ed845 ( 4373

) on Mar-15-07 at 16:48:32 PDT

D2

I too have looked at that stamp and find nothing wrong with the size.

io is correct, maybe 'what's his face' needs to click on the image to supersize it.

Posted by red-dog9 ( 2774

) on Mar-15-07 at 16:47:22 PDT

ALEC
Selling: Italy - 2 shipments gone astray
Argentina - 2 shipments gone astray
Russian Federation - 1 missing shipment

Buying: United States - 1 missing shipment
U.K.- 1 missing shipment
out of approximately 6000 shipments. Total loss from all lost shipments = +/- $150.00 Not too bad in the grand scheme of things.
Rick

Posted by kchrist499 ( 1100

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:47:15 PDT

Didn't mean to start a fight, but I saw what I saw. And there was no click on image for the cover. However, after looking at dbenson's other items, I will apologize for my remarks.
Ken C.

Posted by dbenson ( 7988

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:47:11 PDT

Ken,

this is plain insulting,

" Do you expect people to buy because of your reputation? ",

Next time think before you write anything,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:43:33 PDT

Ken

May I suggest that you read "click on image to supersize" and so do.
There is a difference between banter and insults.

Posted by dbenson ( 7988

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:42:41 PDT

kchrist, that item looks OK on my monitor and enlarges OK.

I can't remember ever making any insulting comments to anyone without them making insulting remarks to me first,

David B.

Posted by kchrist499 ( 1100

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:40:15 PDT

dbensonTsch, tsch...aren't we getting a little sensitive? The item I am referring to is a NSW 1888 20s. There was another on cover that I can't find at the moment.

By the way, if you are insulted by my comment, why is it that your insulting comments to others are exempt?

Posted by dbenson ( 7988

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:14:11 PDT

kchrist,

your comments are also insulting and you could have asked first without accusing me of anything,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:13:41 PDT

Oh, I forgot.
One CD that I mailed which arrived in 1,000 pieces. PO van must have driven over it, the buyer subsequently received a replacement at my expense.
One mint PO fresh mint stamp that arrived without gum.
One registered from Malaysia that took about a month of PO tracking to nail down its location.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:07:02 PDT

I've had one lot from the US that I suspect the seller did not send.
One lot from Italy that took four months to arrive.
One lot to Iceland that took three months to arrive.
One lot from Armenia that did the round trip twice because El Paso marked it as address unknown.
One lot returned as misdescribed. I had to get out my microscope and UV lamp to see that yes, it had been hinged.

Posted by dbenson ( 7988

)

on Mar-15-07 at 16:04:05 PDT

kchrist,

what was the item, normally my scans are OK although about 3 weeks ago I had a problem with my scanner and used my daughters scanner for a few days. That would not allow enlargements beacuse of the settings but I only listed about 20 or 30 items during that time.

David B.

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-15-07 at 15:31:30 PDT

As a buyer I have only not recieved 1 lot and I believe the seller never mailed it.
As a seller last year my 1st lot came up missing it was to Canada and just in January I had a lot to Malayasia that did not get recieved.

Hutch

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 15:29:02 PDT

Jeff

The one on the right has a trunk, the one on the left doesn't.
The stump in the foreground is the remains of my apricot tree.

While I was at it, I photographed the front of the house.
The big fir in the foreground has a split trunk because my stepson kept lawnmowing it while it was growing. The Yew is nearly bare at the base where the deer have been eating it.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-15-07 at 15:23:10 PDT

Blocking Bidders Can't say I have ever had any problems with any bidders worldwide. Yes the odd delay but never had anything go missing.
I understand why some may try to block bidders from certain countries but to block an entire continent does seem extreme to me. That isn't meant to be a ,"pop" at anyone who does it's just my personal opinion. If I was to block a country I'd simply state the fact in the item description and most importantly say why. Chances are that if someone from the blocked country really wants the item they will e-mail you anyway and state that they accept any risks of mail being lost etc.
Though I believe most sellers do already state uninsured mail is sent at buyers risk.
Out of curiousity though how many here have had mail go missing either as buyer or seller and which countries were involved ?

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 14:52:47 PDT

NOIP… Great excitement in the neighborhood today—some kind of escapee is on the loose, and the streets around here are all blocked off and are swarming with hundreds of sheriff’s deputies, while a helicopter circles overhead about forty feet off the ground. They have also brought in a K-9 unit, which makes my kittycat very nervous!

Jim

Posted by kchrist499 ( 1100

)

on Mar-15-07 at 14:50:35 PDT

dbenson

I was trying to identify a Victorian stamp today, and ended up in New South Wales, Australia, where I saw an item of yours for sale.

I was surprised/disappointed with your scan. I would have thought that an expert like you would have taken more time to offer an enlarged image. Your scan was very small, not sharp. Do you expect people to buy because of your reputation?

Ken C.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 14:47:41 PDT

220man… I’m glad I was of some help. Another thing to remember about the different types of look-alike stamps is that the differences, while perhaps small, are always discernable with enough practice. If the differences were so small as to be negligible there would never have been a consensus to establish a new type in the first place.

Jim

Posted by stampmad ( 1083

)

on Mar-15-07 at 14:31:30 PDT

Rose It is highly unlikely that their would be anything of value there as 1945 is relatively young in stamp terms HOWEVER I would not just "chuck" them. I would ring up a local stamp club and donate them or hand them down to a youngster who would be happy to have them. It may be junk to you but a treasure to others.
Marius

Posted by 220man ( 147

) on Mar-15-07 at 14:08:56 PDT

jaywild: Yes, I'd already checked your "large banknotes" display before asking. I just looked at a 206 and see what you're talking about, a certain "pattern" look to the paper. I guess this is what makes the hobby so interesting. I _am_ familiar enough with the secret marks to have noticed that a dealer sent me a 188 instead of the 187 I ordered! He made good on it. Phil

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3471

)

on Mar-15-07 at 13:58:52 PDT

IO Looks to be some trunkless variety.

Jeff

Posted by extraordinaryrose ( 2 ) on Mar-15-07 at 13:46:45 PDT

My mother of 94 years passed away recently and while going through "things" I find that she saved cancelled stamps from 1945 on. Would they be of any value or should I just chuck them. Thanks for any help.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 13:44:17 PDT

220man… Yes, essentially it’s the paper type that is the difference. A small difference in appearance is that the 187 seems to have a better impression, i.e. slightly richer, because the softer paper took ink better than the earlier harder paper. Check my link below—“Large Banknotes”—which shows what soft paper looks like. The texture is best seen looking through the paper with a bright light behind it. A foolproof way is to compare the paper with a stamp that was unquestionably printed on soft paper, such as this 206, the “redesigned” 1¢ banknote.

Jim

Posted by sayasan ( 638

)

on Mar-15-07 at 12:58:35 PDT

db & dcd - My only bad experiences as a seller with postage have both been with items sent to the New World. One to Mexico and one (registered) to Texas that took weeks and weeks (air mail) and had sellers frantically demanding to know where their stuff was. Both eventually arrived after unacceptable delays. I tracked the bar code on the Texas registered item. It has been promptly delivered to the USPS who then took an eternity to pass it down south. I'm thinking of banning buyers from the Americas.

R.I.P. Johnno.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 12:38:55 PDT

OK all you gardners.

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is.
I think it is a fruit but I don't know which.

Posted by 220man ( 147

) on Mar-15-07 at 12:28:39 PDT

jaywild: Struggling a bit with differentiating the Sc. 150 NBN & the 187 ABN. Both appear identitical with the exception of the paper type. Is this so? Am I missing something? Phil

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3471

)

on Mar-15-07 at 12:20:17 PDT

Regarding the 11c Prexie on Life Magazine, my wife works for Addressograph, the machines are still around, it would be an easy item to create.

Not saying that it was without examining the real thing.

Jeff

Posted by dbenson ( 7988

)

on Mar-15-07 at 12:17:15 PDT

dcderoo,

I have only ever had problems with a few countries in Europe & South America, never with any in Asia. It would be silly if I blocked all of Europe. If you want to block buyers from a particular country, state it in the description,

David B.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 11:01:20 PDT

taodave… No, there’s only one address on the LIFE magazine, and as Lindy pointed out yesterday, that address was printed on top of the stamp, so the stamp was on the magazine before it was even addressed, so it can’t have paid for forwarding. I have looked for information on the web today for any sort of code that would decipher that one mystery line in the address, but to no avail. Someone out there knows, I’m sure.

It’s mildly interesting that LIFE magazine’s headquarters were in Chicago, while Time Inc. to my knowledge has always been headquartered in New York.

Io… Perhaps you’ll find one of these…

Jim

Posted by greenwave4u ( 73

) on Mar-15-07 at 10:16:36 PDT

Jim You need to getter bigger elephants!
Peter

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 09:42:07 PDT

1/2 back garden done and still no elephant sighting.
They must be hiding!!

Posted by taodave ( 137

) on Mar-15-07 at 08:09:42 PDT

In my Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exhibit, there is a 1909 copy of the Literary Digest with an attached Scott #370. Second class printed matter was not forwarded free in 1909. The addressee was notified to send postage to the office holding the magazine should he want it delivered to his new address. In 1909, two cents postage was required to forward a periodical weighing more than 2 ounces.

Is there evidence of another address on the 1942 Life magazine? If so, perhaps it was forwarded by the PO (or a third party?) at the then-prevalent full rate.

taodave

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-15-07 at 07:49:21 PDT

Good day all.

From a sunny west Texas.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-15-07 at 05:36:51 PDT

NOIP… Well, I went through the entire LIFE magazine and there are no furniture ads of any kind. Lots of ads for pipe tobacco and booze, and most frequently suggested Christmas gifts are ties for men and perfume for women. The articles include the British victories over the Afrika Korps, and the rescue of Eddie Rickenbacker who had been marooned with his crew on two rafts for about a month. Lots of references to Japs, complete with buck teeth and leering eyes behind thick glasses. Poor Aunt Jemima makes an appearance, talking in an embarrassing “Mammy” dialect.

Via Google I found an email address for someone named Razook at Wichita State University, and have emailed her asking if she has any connection or knowledge of Imell Razook. A stab in the dark, surely, and who knows what, if anything, will come of it.

Jim

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-15-07 at 05:05:51 PDT

dbenson, I block areas where I've had difficulties with the postal system.
Blocking Asia covers several of those areas; China and the Middle-East are the main ones.
I weigh the number of problems against the number of bidders, and then make a judgement as to which has the most impact, lost bidders or avoided problems.
In the case of Asia there's no indication that I'm losing a significant number of bidders, but I'm avoiding a disproportionate number of problems.

Europe is just the opposite.
I don't block them because I'd lose a significant number of bidders which would have a greater impact than the number of problems encountered.

And here's eBay's response to Africa problem I encountered:

"Unfortunately there is no way to specify everywhere accept all bids except the one from Asia. I suggest that you add in you description that you will not sell to Asia. I apologize for the inconvenience."

That is the EXACT wording.
And they didn't tell me something that I didn't already know.
I was hoping they'd indicate that they'd look into a fix.

Posted by cobbie10 ( 6005

)

on Mar-15-07 at 05:01:33 PDT

Sirrinepeter

Andy, just to elaborate slightly on why your BIN disappeared. If you have a BIN but no reserve, as soon as the first bid is placed the BIN will disappear. However, if you have a BIN with a reserve, the BIN will not disappear until the reserve has been reached.

Mark.

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1261

)

on Mar-15-07 at 04:47:06 PDT

Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

Posted by dove3ducks ( 452

)

on Mar-15-07 at 04:23:40 PDT

Morning Folks.........

Posted by greenwave4u ( 73

) on Mar-15-07 at 02:17:04 PDT

Billsey Can you update my email address, I guess that got lost in your junk box:-) First part still the same, last part ISP change to waitrose.com.

Well done to those that sent Jonno to the WPB, or lost at sea! Have a feeling he will be back.

cheers

Peter

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-15-07 at 00:07:39 PDT

Yes, received a copy of the email to Peter now, it had been stuck in the mail system for 2+ hours.

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 23:44:44 PDT

Jay & Bob,

I think you will find that a major magazine like Life had different adverts. in different areas, some would have been national but some would have been for local areas. The ADV would have been for Advertiser and the other codes for the different distribution areas.

David B.

Posted by billsey ( 842

) on Mar-14-07 at 23:23:11 PDT

Actually, Peter's application went directly into my SPAM bin, instead of the inbox as it should have. I have recovered it, sent him his welcome letter, CCed that to the officers and placed his info on the web page. And I finally got caught up with the board! :-)

Roly, I wasn't watching at the right time, or I would have tried to beat Rich out on your puzzle... Of course, he's right in all particulars. On another note, one of our local club members gave us a nice talk last night on his trip to your fine country. He stayed there with his wife for three months, from October to January. He filled five or six tables up with philatelic goodies he'd picked up during the trip. :-)

Posted by bjornmu ( 901

) on Mar-14-07 at 23:18:26 PDT

peterc8888, admission to the eUSC is not automatic, it's administered bi billsey who should have received an email. He should reply with a copy to me but since he hasn't, I suppose he hasn't read his email yet.

NOIP: let's hope our "friend" doesn't show up again with covers marked "MISSENT TO NARULAND"...

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)

on Mar-14-07 at 22:24:31 PDT

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Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 21:56:43 PDT

Jay, thanks, can't take all the credit on Johnno's trip to Naruland. I had been infromed privately that there has been some investigations regarding handstamps on some South African prestamp covers,

David B.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 21:23:03 PDT

Lindy… You are correct. That proves the stamp was on the magazine before it was addressed, so it couldn’t have been added later on. Nice sleuthing, Sherlock!!!

ps Shouldn’t you be at work now, instead of wasting time on eBay??

Jim

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 21:17:29 PDT

D2… Congratulations on this NARU! Nice work.

Jeff Switt… Thanks! I am trying to put together solo uses of the whole set. All I lack from the regular issues is the 19¢ stamp. The coils are proving harder to find. I lack most of them. I think the toughest to locate might be the 4½¢ coil, or perhaps the 10¢ coil.

Jim

Posted by mini*lindy ( 329

)

on Mar-14-07 at 21:15:55 PDT

OH now that really is ~~REPUTATION~~ DAMAGED BY SEA WATER.

JayJim looks like that stamp is tied to the magazine by the Addressograph imprint.
If the seller took it from a 'binding' then perhaps ask him it the covers indicated who they were bound for (sometimes Libraries or such have an imprint on cover) Or Maybe Miss Razook just had them bound herself. I have 2 runs of magazines that I had bound each year for several years.
Linda

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3470

)

on Mar-14-07 at 21:00:00 PDT

DavidB That is great news, good riddance to him.

jaywild Congratulations on your find, that is a fantastic Prexie item, I would estimate its value to be in the mid-3-figures on up to a serious Prexie exhibitor.

Jeff

Posted by stamphick! ( 336

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:53:01 PDT

iomoon...Yea, we've got rules but so far I don't think anyone has been turned down. If they were it was during the two years when I was absent. I think those likely to be turned down would not likely to want to join.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:49:16 PDT

What a shame!! :-)

Posted by 19thcentpostal ( 171

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:47:25 PDT

antonius-ra
Thank you for the proof reading and the kind word.
lynn

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:39:06 PDT

I know that this will come as a surprise to some of you but I have to report that our friend Jonathandean8 in Israel has been declared a NARU, hopefully he will stay there,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:31:57 PDT

Bob in WA

The dates are given for persons for whom there are no obituaries.
The number after Razzook corresponds to the month of death and an obituary.
However, you have to pay to obtain the information.
At least, that is what I figure out from the web site.

David

We do have rules.
I think a certain "damaged by tap water" seller might have a difficult time joining.

Posted by stamphick! ( 336

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:14:32 PDT

peterc8888...Well, I've never known anyone to be denied membership. I'm pretty sure approval is automatic. You can consider yourself a member. I think you will get a confirming email but it isn't automated.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:07:39 PDT

Also, after I purchased the LIFE magazine on eBay, I saw several others from the same seller, usually with a 9¢ stamp on them. It makes sense that my issue—close to Christmas—would be heavier since it likely contained more advertising than it would at other times of year. I know it’s true of present day magazines. The December New Yorkers, for instance, are always crammed with ads.

The magazine was bound into a volume at one point, another reason to think Miss Razook was a librarian.

Bob in WA… I’ve also tried to puzzle out what that address line means. I thought ADV might mean “advance”, as in advance copy. But I agree 100%, that line is the key.

Jim

Posted by vinnysf ( 375

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:05:19 PDT

thanks dcderoo and claghorn for your help!

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:05:13 PDT

Hmmm, any furniture ads in the magazine?

Bob in WA

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:03:49 PDT

Election over? I thought it was to be in April! I want my vote for Mitch to count.

Jaywild--Io -- I don't see that that history site establishes a death date in 1979. Many others are other years, and there is no date given for Razook. It would be interesting to find she was a librarian, but wouldn't a sample copy be addressed to the library, rather than an individual employee? Perhaps an email to the current furniture business might yield some interesting information.

Bob in WA

Posted by peterc8888 ( 304

) on Mar-14-07 at 20:03:34 PDT

stamphick

I think everyone can submit the application by filling the membership form on the EUSC's website. So, does it mean everyone is approved automatically?

PC

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 20:01:37 PDT

bob, possibly ADV was sent to the various ADVERTISERS,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 19:56:57 PDT

Bob in WA

I'm guessing also.

ADV = advanced
NHP = Not home payment
GR = possibly gratis

Posted by stamphick! ( 336

) on Mar-14-07 at 19:56:45 PDT

peterc8888...If you were able to submit your application you are approved. No, the election isn't over. Last I heard it is scheduled for the 24-25 of this month.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-14-07 at 19:50:23 PDT

Thanks, Paul. Those labels all have similar last lines, whereas the one on the stamped copy does seem to be something special. I wonder what ADV-NHP-GR means? ADVertising? GRatis? No idea.

Bob in WA

Posted by peterc8888 ( 304

) on Mar-14-07 at 19:46:55 PDT

I finally went to the EUSC and submitted my membership today. I wonder when I will know whether my membership is approved or not. Anyway, is the election of the EUSC's officers over?

PC

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 19:31:04 PDT

Io, D2, Bob in WA… Thanks for the info on the label. Yes, that line on the Addressograph would be the key. The fact that Miss Razook died a Miss suggests, although it certainly doesn’t prove, that she was a librarian. Great line of reasoning. I tried following the address, and could only discover that there’s a cheapo looking mini-mall there at present, but might have been apartments or dwellings at one point in the past. The Razooks were in the furniture business, still have a location not far away from Hydraulic Avenue.

I think the cancel did originate after the stamp was applied. Here’s a closeup. It’s a parcel cancel, from Chicago Ill. Since the surface of the magazine is slick the canceler slid at that point, but one can barely make out the G in Chicago where it should be, plus the smeared ink is exactly the same color and consistency as the portion of the cancel on the stamp.

I’m still satisfied it’s legit.

Jim

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 19:09:32 PDT

dcderoo,

it wasn't a potential bidder, it was a bidderr.

Why did you block Asia, there are plenty of top buyers in Singapore, Hong Kong & Japan all of which have Paypal availabity and very good postal services.

David B.

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 19:05:06 PDT

formmat = format
fond = found

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 19:03:44 PDT

NOIP: Found a problem with the new "Sell Your Item" formmat.
I wanted to block Asia from bidding on my items.
In the appropriate area I unchecked Asia and completed the listing.
I get a message from a potential bidder in South Africa says he couldn't bid because he was blocked.
After checking everything I fond out that there is NO checkbox for Africa in the geographic shipping listings.
By changing from Ship Worldwide to specific geographic areas so that I could block Asia, Africa got caught up in the blocking also.
I've got a message into eBay about it. I assume they'll figure out Africa is part of Earth too.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-14-07 at 18:46:13 PDT

DJS----Good to hear that the job situation has worked out .

Posted by djs127 ( 577

)

on Mar-14-07 at 18:41:36 PDT

I have been so busy with my new job tonight has been the first chance I have gotten to check the board in weeks. I got the email about the 20 cent listing day today and re-listed some lots which were unsold. Already got one bid.

I have to drive to New Jersey tomorrow for an 11AM meeting for work and Sunday I have a wedding so I won't be able to go to the Mega event this weekend. Maybe I will make the Fall one.
Hopefully I will make NOJEX in May as it wasn't held last year because of Washington and I missed NOJEX. They always have great exhibits on Israel and Palestine and usually have some nice stamps and covers.
David Snyder

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-14-07 at 18:24:05 PDT

BOB IN WASH. ----Here is the info you need on the addresses during the early 40's on life magzines . LIFE MAGZINE ADDRESSES....paul

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 18:16:48 PDT

At least you can't ask Miss Imell Razook, it seems that she died in 1979, presumably still a Miss.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-14-07 at 18:05:39 PDT

BOB in WA ---I will scan them for you in 10 minutes .

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-14-07 at 18:02:59 PDT

Jaywild -- I think the 4th line of the address would tell the story, if you could find someone to decipher it. It appears to expire in July 1942, which doesn't jibe with a single freebie. Very curious. My brother has our old copies from that time period (my parents subscribed from about 1939 to sometime in the 1960s), so maybe I can check a few labels some time.

Bob in WA

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:49:42 PDT

Jay, the Stenograph Addressing Machine (I think that is that they are called) seems to tie it perfectly and the cancel on the stamp was most probably precancelled before applying,

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-14-07 at 17:28:28 PDT

NOIP----That stamp cancelation didn't originate on that magzine.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:18:57 PDT

NOIP… I was able to verify today that this is a correct solo usage of a Scott 816. It is affixed to the back of the December 7, 1942 issue of LIFE magazine. The second class (periodical) rate at the time was 1¢ per each two ounces or fraction thereof, and today at the Post Office I discovered that this issue weighs 1 pound, 5.5 ounces, a total of 21.5 ounces, so 11¢ is indeed the correct rate.

A little further explanation is in order. As a rule I don’t think magazines such as LIFE were sent using postage stamps. There was probably the sort of bulk arrangement that exists today, where stamps and canceling machines are bypassed, involving a mass-mailing discount from the regular periodical rate. This seems mandatory in the case of this issue of LIFE, when you consider that each copy of the magazine was 10¢ at the newsstand, so it would surely cost less via subscription, and if LIFE paid 11¢ to mail a copy that brought in less than 10¢ in subscriber fees, this is a business model predestined for bankruptcy. So this was obviously a “favor” copy, a freebie sent to a librarian or perhaps as a sample to entice a would-be subscriber. In any event, the rate for a single periodical is correct, so I’m happy.

Jim

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:16:51 PDT

Mahalo
Always good to hear from you.
Andy

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:10:36 PDT

Andy

Change that to a no, someone has bid already.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:08:08 PDT

Jim

No elephants yet, but still 3/4 of garden to go.

Andy

Yet, go to edit listing and then to selling format and add BIN price.

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-14-07 at 17:00:32 PDT

You think I would check my spelling.
postcard
MAHALO
Andy

Posted by sirrinepeter ( 181

)

on Mar-14-07 at 16:56:07 PDT

ALOHA from Junction City, Oregon
I'm new at selling and had posted a postcsrd for sale.
I just looked at it and the "Buy it now is gone or
I some how did not get it posted correctly. My question
to ya all is, can I go back and add it?
MAHALO
Andy

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-14-07 at 16:37:09 PDT

Does anyone know if it is legal to list something so ridiculous that no one could possibly believe it?
I was looking at this, I think Jim posted it the other day. I wrote the seller questioning the item and his listing of it. I'm not sure if he happens to think it's real or not, but it hasn't been removed. Perhaps he is the one person stupid enough to believe it is real, of course there is the chance that someone in the ebay complaint department might be his equal.
If it's not against the rules to list something so incredibly unbelievable, then I think it might be fun to start doing so. My first postcard will be from God telling Moses where to pickup a couple stone tablets. As long as the postmark is good, shouldn't be a problem.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-14-07 at 16:10:14 PDT

Io… Did you find any elephants?? If so, call Vic!

Jim

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-14-07 at 16:02:50 PDT

Lynn First line, your = you're. Cute baby!

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 15:48:10 PDT

Dang, managed to finish about a quarter of the back yard when the cap flew off the weedeater.
Spent the next hour looking for it in the elephant grass.

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 15:31:26 PDT

dcderoo, that is most probably correct, I doubt if any office in Basutoland was issued with the 1925 airmails and if they had they would have been used up at the time. There was speculation in them and to get them back cancelled in Maseru would be a bonus.

TVL is a common abbreviation for Transvaal and there is a possibility that the sender may have posted the item himself, no way of knowing.

David B.

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 15:20:50 PDT

Oh, and that could also explain the use of the South African definitives.

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 15:19:01 PDT

CONJECTURE: Mr. Beck prepared the cover, sent it to Maseru inside another envelope so that it could be canceled and flown back to himself. That could explain the lack of a return address.

Also, what is the abbreviated country name after Premier Mine?
Looks like Tal, Trl or Tvl (dbenson mentioned Transvaal.)

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 13:28:57 PDT

prochute, you mentioned " issued by the Crown Agents. The Crown Agents would have only acted on behalf of the Basutoland High Commissioner for the preparation of the stamps.

David B.

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 13:26:57 PDT

It was the inference " late usage ". South African stamps were commonly used in Basutoland up to the end of 1934.

The cover has the appearance of being sent from one collector to another. I recall seeing other covers addressed to the same addressee. It is also unusual that even though sent registered there is no return address on the envelope.

David B.

Posted by prochute ( 65

) on Mar-14-07 at 13:14:05 PDT

Benson I never wrote anything regarding regulations. If the SA stamps were valid for postage then they were valid. Premier Mine was a diamond mine in the Transvaal and I would wager the contents of the letter had to do with money, not stamps. But who knows? See here:

http://www.answers.com/topic/cullinan-diamond

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 12:33:58 PDT

prochute, there was no regulations that South African stamps could not be used after the issuance of Basutoland stamps. The interesting aspect if that they were used on the 1st. day of Basutoland stamps and sent to Transvaal. The envelope most probably contained some of the new issue.

David B.

Posted by 19thcentpostal ( 171

)

on Mar-14-07 at 12:22:49 PDT

NOIP
I have just posted my 'me' page and would very much appreciate any critiques on spelling, punctuation and/or grammatical errors.
Thanks Lynn

Posted by prochute ( 65

) on Mar-14-07 at 12:17:13 PDT

An additional observation regarding dcderoo's Basutoland cover is the Basutoland GV definitives were issued by the Crown Agents 1 Dec, 1933. I wonder if they hadn't arrived as yet hence the "late" usage of GV South African stamps in Maseru.

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3470

)

on Mar-14-07 at 12:06:43 PDT

NOIP Interesting Lot

Jeff

Posted by dbenson ( 7982

)

on Mar-14-07 at 11:59:22 PDT

dcderoo, forget the catalogue value of the stamps when evaluating a cover just add a premium to the cover if better stamps are used. The main item of importance is the usage and South Africa stamps of that period used in Basutoland are scarce on cover and would be in very high demand for serious collectors of South African airmails.

I would estimate the cover at around $100,

David B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 09:23:36 PDT

globalguide

Yes, they normally depict Ice Hockey players. :-)

Posted by globalguide ( 1103

) on Mar-14-07 at 09:04:09 PDT

Has Canada Post ever issued stamps featuring the theme of love ?

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 09:00:55 PDT

Hutch, nope.
Just checked and I went right in.

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-14-07 at 08:51:58 PDT

Anyone else having trouble logging into their paypal account?

Hutch

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 07:43:15 PDT

vinnysf, Higgins & Gage shows those two cut squares as coming from envelopes issued in 1866.
The 1¼ Sch is the pale purple variety (H&G Hamburg B-2); the 7 Sch is lilac red (H&G Hamburg B-7).
An entire mint B-2 envelope catalogued as $100 in 1980, and an entire mint B-7 envelope catalogued as $12.
What they're worth as cut squares I don't know.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-14-07 at 07:30:14 PDT

Good day all.

Oh crap, it's a 20 cent listing day.

Posted by dcderoo ( 1655

) on Mar-14-07 at 07:26:36 PDT

Covers like this one give me a LOT of trouble when trying to put a reasonable value on them.
On one hand there's the used set of airmails (Scott says $75) and the tête bêche pair of the 1920 1½d issue (Scott says $15).
On the other hand it's obviously philatelic.

It would be very helpful to me if someone would put an approximate value on it.

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1261

)

on Mar-14-07 at 06:23:47 PDT

Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Bill D. (wrd3)
Thanks, I’ll send the links to my friend. He wanted to look at all the postings to see what others had found.

I’ve been out of town to help officiate at a funeral. So, this week I’ll be short on time for stamps an postings to the chat board.

Jim L.

Posted by claghorn1p ( 410

)

on Mar-14-07 at 06:20:06 PDT

Villy The first is a private local. The other two are envelope cut squares. Scott does not list those.

Posted by vinnysf ( 375

) on Mar-14-07 at 05:44:23 PDT

these hamburg stamps are not all listed in my scott catalog. can anyone help identify them? infla-alec maybe? :)

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-14-07 at 02:44:02 PDT

Good morning.

Hutch

Posted by 22028 ( 1575

)

on Mar-14-07 at 01:08:29 PDT

I also had given several times 2nd chance offers and never had problems...

Posted by dragonstamps ( 454

) on Mar-13-07 at 23:30:03 PDT

Hmm, before I let that stand, perhaps I offered a 2nd chance to a winner of a similar item, for another item that was non paying that they were the 2nd bidder on.
It was 2 years ago, so I can't recall exactly...

Posted by dragonstamps ( 454

) on Mar-13-07 at 23:27:26 PDT

Roger: I've given 2nd chance offers to the winner.
That works.
I was happy, and I got good feedback, so I guess they were happy also.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-13-07 at 23:08:13 PDT

dragonstamps -
It's tough to report a company endorsed con game, isn't it?

Roger
I see Rich posted while I was writing my previous post. I hope he's right, that would make me feel real good. I must be learning something here and on Richard's Board. Of course if we're wrong, Rich and I will just have to agree on our enthusiasm for Kona coffee.

Roger\Poof

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-13-07 at 23:03:17 PDT

Dunc -
I'm not sure scammers have time to read our erudite conversations. They don't really need to think twice once eBay starts some of its incredible programs. Second Chance never was a good idea from the start. We knew it, and I can't understand to whose advantage this is. The least eBay would lose is a "free" relisting. (It's been a while since I sold, and I never relisted unsold items anyway.)

Bidder #1, Bidder #2 was discussed when it first came out and everyone here wonder again, "What is eBay thinking?" EBay does such a great job of policing its auctions, I guess someone inside headquarters actually believes eBay's own propaganda. There is only a tiny amount of fraud on eBay, a miniscule amount according to press releases. I wonder what new idea the marketeers are currently refining, based on their assumption everyone is honest and feedback numbers protect the public.

Isn't it interesting to know Power Sellers have a different method of tallying feedback? This another cover-up of scammers such as we've seen recently.

Oops! I just spilled some water on my keyboard, but that's OK because I should get a premium for "Damaged by Water" when I sell it.

roly -
My opinion is that the stamp on the left is the fake. The stamp is too narrow, and missing the fine red engraved vertical line which conects the ornaments on the left of right stamp. It also was not available to the public on March 26. Other than that, it just looks wrong! I made all this up, but am still interested in any prize. LOL

Roger
Off to sleep and maybe I can dream up a scam of my own, then ...............

Posted by dragonstamps ( 454

) on Mar-13-07 at 22:57:04 PDT

Roger: You are right on the money.
My top bid would be the most I'm willing to pay.
Why should I pay that if the bid that drove the price to that bid was no good?
I shouldn't. I should pay one bid over the 3rd bid as you've said, and that has already happened to me once before.
I got a second chance offer for my top bid.
I offered to pay one bid over #3 bidder and btw, I never heard from the seller again.
I suspected a shill game, but all I did was to avoid the seller from then on.

Posted by richwong ( 437

) on Mar-13-07 at 22:50:15 PDT

rolyrj,

I like puzzles.

OK - you show 2 Dickie machine coils. Which is fake?

Per your new page the Dickie coils were first sold in June, 1905.

The left stamp is the Dot plate with 4 o-clock flaw, but you website says that towards the end of 1905 the dot plates had become very worn. The stamp is not worn.

Also, your machine coils page shows a Dickie dot plate coil which is worn.

Dickie had used currently available sheets of stamps to make his coils. Therefore, the left stamp is a fake coil because it is made from an earlier printing of the dot plate.

Also, the stamp is dated March which would have to be 1906 or later since the coils were first sold in June, 1905. The plates would have been very worn by then. So this shows the stamp used tomake the fake coil stamp must have been used in 1904 or earlier.

How's that?

Posted by rolyrj ( 3 ) on Mar-13-07 at 21:58:55 PDT

Competition for the board (assuming you are interested)
A little background first. As most of you know I have been working on a website dedicated to the New Zealand Penny Universal. Well it seems to have attracted the attention of many of the dealers both here in New Zealand and abroad. So much attention in fact that one of our largest dealers has asked me to look at an example which has been sent into them for my opinion. The question is, which of these two stamps is the fake?
OK, so here is the competition (and yes there is a prize) can you determine which is the fake simply by referring to the pages on my New Zealand Penny Universal site?
In order to win you must identify the fake and give at least one reference from my site as to why you think your choice is the fake. Seems like fun? I will give it a week and then announce the winner and also give details on the identification. First in with the correct answer and good deductions wins :)

Cheers

Roly

ps. I have added a new page to HELP
While you are trying to solve this one you may also ask yourself "What philatelic device was New Zealand the inventor of?"

Posted by duncan_doenitz ( 114

) on Mar-13-07 at 21:58:54 PDT

Okay, the cat is out of the bag.

Roger is right, when it comes to Second Chance Offers if the top bidder has driven up the second bidder's offer, that rise in cost has to be thrown out and the next increment above the third bidder should be the winning bid.

We've already busted sellers who have been shilling and offering Second Chances when shills accidentally win. With the new "Bidder 1, Bidder 2, Bidder 3" system now set up by eBay which conceals the actions of shills, the problem becomes much worse, and shilling is already the normal way of doing business for some sellers.

Anyway, I thought seriously about mentioning this problem earlier but didn't think we should be running a crime school here - so I plan on Reporting my own post later, and recommend that anyone else who has accidentally offered the same tip to potential scammers should report their posts as well. This probably should've been discussed via "secret e-mail".

Dunc

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 21:19:18 PDT

So, ignoring shills for the moment, if the seller has more than one of the item, after I outbid someone for it, he is going to offer another one to the underbidder for less than I paid? Whatever happened to Dutch auctions? I thought that was the way multiple items were supposed to be handled. Seems unfair to me to be penalized for winning a bid war by having to pay more than the other guy.

Bob in WA

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 20:48:13 PDT

Roger
There are two types of second chance bids

1) The winner does not pay
2) THe seller has more than one similar item.

I would like to write I normally bid once and that is my final bid.
However I like to keep the competition guessing, so vary my bidding technique.
When I do make a zero second bid (and nowadays that is very rare), obviously it is my only bid.
If the seller wants to offer me a second chance at that amount, I have no problem.

Obviously, if you have a shill who runs up the bid and the shillee follows only to lose to an excessive bid which is reversed, then the whole scenario changes.
But with the 12 hour rule, the chances of that happening have been reduced.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 20:42:41 PDT

Io -- Yes, I know that is how it is done, but don't you agree that eBay is helping shill practices? At least it used to be they took the risk of outbidding legit bidders and losing a sale. Now they can just drop out the shill and try a second chance offer if they goof and bid a bit too much.

Jaywild -- Seems too thin to me. I suppose any change at this point would be met with howls of protest, but I'd think they should get a physical address, phone number, maybe a DOB, and cross check ALL to cut down on multiple ID's. They could always just start it without making it retroactive, and hopefully attrition would whittle down already established multiple ID's held by scammers, as soon as they picked up their next complaints.

Bob in WA

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-13-07 at 19:40:08 PDT

IO -
I hate to disagree with you, but presumably this is an auction format where the winner wins at one increment over the underbidder. If for any reason the "winner" doesn't meet his/her obligations, then the auction should be offered at one increment over the "second underbidder". It doesn't matter what I was willing to pay, what matters is that my winning bid would have been one increment over the third bid. I agree with Bob if the "winner" is no longer part of the equation, then the auction should end as if he/she didn't exist.

Roger

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-13-07 at 18:59:01 PDT

Yes and congrats are due for cobbie10 and bjorn for your new numerical achievements.

Jim

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-13-07 at 18:57:15 PDT

Bob in WA… All you need for a separate eBay ID is a separate email address. Everything else can be the same—phone number, street address etc. The only cross-check eBay does is email address, and nowadays when you sign up for any personal web space they give you hundreds of potential email addresses.

Jim

Posted by 19thcentpostal ( 170

) on Mar-13-07 at 18:32:24 PDT

malolo,rclwa
I have also noticed a marked increase in the number of spoof emails lately, but, nothing like the onslaught of crackpots, ding dongs and weirdos I had to endure when I made the mistake of listing a pair of subwoofers in the car stereo section. I was made all sorts of nefarious and underhanded propositions. Some of it was actually quite scary when ebay contacted me to see if I had done any business with some of the people who had contacted me. Finally, a conscience may have paid off.
Lynn

Posted by cobbie10 ( 6002

)

on Mar-13-07 at 18:11:32 PDT

Thanks Jim !

I'm trying to catch up DB first and maybe reach the 10,000 before him.

I also want to do it with my members who left a negative in single figures.

Mark.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 18:07:10 PDT

Mark

Congrats on the 6,000, only 4,000 more to go to the shooting star.

Posted by cobbie10 ( 6002

)

on Mar-13-07 at 17:50:10 PDT

Re: Ebay Hacking

Yes, apparently it is true that a Russian calling himself Vladuz has hacked into Ebay. He has actually been posting on the thread linked to below on the T & S board ( all his posts have been removed, but there is reference to them ). He also made a post displaying someones personal information including address, s/s number, phone number etc to prove he had hacked into Ebay. Of course, they seem to be doing little if anything to address the matter.

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000442423&start=0

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 16:53:40 PDT

Bob in WA

If you do get a real second chance offer, it is at the amount of your non-winning bid, not the winning bid.
If you bid $20 and the winner bids $21, your offer is at $20.
Presumably you were willing to buy it at $20.

I finally finished rebuilding the garden fence.
Tomorrow, the back lawn.

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 16:27:19 PDT

Roger -- I also faithfully show all headers and forward to spoof. Even if they are only acquiring evidence for a future bust, it's easy enough to do. Haven't noticed any recent increase, though.

As for Second Chance, I like the basic idea, but it should be offered to the underbidder at what he would have gotten it for (one raise over the THIRD bidder) if all of the original winner's bids are cancelled! Instead, it is offered at your bid, which may be much higher. For instance, if the top three bids were $21, my $20, and $7, and the $21 turns out to be a welsher or a shill, why should I get an offer to buy it for $20 instead of $7.50 or whatever? Disappointing to the seller, yes, but he has the option of not offering second chance. Just my opinion.

Bob in WA

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 16:15:06 PDT

I still don't understand how someone can acquire dozens or hundreds of different eBay IDs. What does eBay require in the form of identification in order to register? (I registered in 1998 and have no idea how it is today.) Does the person also have to establish hundreds of mailing addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers? Sure, I can see getting 4 or 5 such, but it seems like there ought to be a way to establish a registration protocol that practically limits a single individual's ability to register willy-nilly as often as he wants. Maybe they should require a mailing address where they send a postcard with a temp password necessary to complete the registration.

Bob in WA

Posted by mini*lindy ( 328

)

on Mar-13-07 at 16:13:47 PDT

Knud, that person does not, cannot understand that you can have a feedback of say 2200 and have around 9,000 transactions! he/she thinks thats shill bidding!!!! believe me I have seen those postings for a year now in the Cafe, they are BORING, but thats about all !!
I myself was his target once!!

L.

Posted by knuden ( 2220

)

on Mar-13-07 at 16:09:50 PDT

Linda - I belive what you wrote but the contents af that message looks like it come from inside eBay (secret file) on spoof and shill bidding.

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by mini*lindy ( 328

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:53:12 PDT

Knud fortunately, you are very wrong. That ~~IDIOT~~ PERSON, has been posting messages like that for over a year now on the ebay Cafe board, and a few other boards. Changes to a new account every day, sometimes twice a day, and hits as many times as they can before ebay stops them. (or before they run out of their 10 posts in 24 hours, which is one of the reasons ebay brought in that new rule) ! They/It is commonly referred to as the EBAY AVENGER, and is a right royal pain in the... to ebay and the many Board Users.

Linda

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:45:36 PDT

NOIP -
Re: eBay hack. Someone posted a link last week to an article about a Roumanian who seems to have got into eBay and is sending many of the second chance emails. It would be very easy for eBay to stop, since second-chance never was a good idea anyway. Heck, the object of selling has always been to complete a transaction with the highest bidder, not the second. Why the corporate emphasis on a second chance I'll never know.

I've had a significant increase in eBay and Paypal spoof spams (which is different from Hawaiian musabi spicy spams) recently. I just click my email menu bar to view all the routing information, then forward to eBay or Paypal. spoof@ebay.com or spoof@Paypl.com. It's my understanding they can trace the routing of these if they have all the information. After a few million spoofs maybe they can get the buggers!

Roger

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:42:43 PDT

Bjorn

Congrats on the 900.
Only 100 more to the red star.

Posted by bjornmu ( 900

) on Mar-13-07 at 15:33:03 PDT

Yes, and I think we should hold the March meeting on the weekend of the 24th and 25th. I guess we can open for official nominations the weekend before.

BTW I mailed in my registration for the national one-frame exhibit in June today. So now I have to do it!

Posted by knuden ( 2220

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:31:33 PDT

As far I could see (I have a copy) of that wierd message, it was a copy of eBay's intern shill biddig report and someone had hacked into it and added nasty comments.
I hope I'm wrong but if I'm not, Ebay are in serious trouble.

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:29:07 PDT

Jim Thanks I wasn't sure what the procedure was. Not even sure who is running for what position. But no doubt all will become clear in the due course of time.

Paul If the defaced $ bills are real and can't be used now I'll take them off your hands :-) Personally I think Mitch will be a good President if elected. Yes he is often outspoken but then again aren't we all at times ? No matter who is elected I look forward to seeing what ideas whoever is elected comes up with for the monthly meetings.

By the way I never did receive that article you were going to look out for me. But no real hurry.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:17:59 PDT

alec

Whenever Bjorn announces the March meeting.
Voting is undertaken during the meeting.
Someone keeps track of the votes.
Generally the outgoing president has kept track of the voting.

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:14:08 PDT

Eusc Vote When exactly does the voting take place and who announces what ?

Posted by sayasan ( 637

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:09:50 PDT

Who is this airhead? Hopefully, this will get zapped quickly ..

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 15:09:21 PDT

K-E

Nope, just some @#$^@# idiot.

Posted by knuden ( 2220

)

on Mar-13-07 at 14:59:44 PDT

Is it full moon or is eBay been hacked??

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by mini*lindy ( 328

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:57:31 PDT

Danny, no. When listing on ebay you can ONLY list in the currency of that particular ebay site.
so US$ on ebay.com
Aussie$ on ebay.com.au
Can$ on ebay.com.ca

etc

Posted by leds806 ( 15

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:51:18 PDT

roger Bob and chris

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 13:46:00 PDT

cjavine -- Rebus puzzles aren't my strong suit, I'm afraid. All I can think of is it's a common epithet likely to be uttered in such a situation. I'll send the pic to a friend who is a champ at rebus puzzles, and let you know if that elicits anything more.

Bob in WA

Posted by ik-postalhistory ( 322

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:44:23 PDT

NOIP, Is it possible to list items on American eBay in a currency other than US$, either by using Turbo Lister or by manually list each item? I contacted eBay, and unsurprisingly, their response was what I expected (i.e., explaining how to change the billing currency).

thanks,
Danny

Posted by mini*lindy ( 328

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:40:26 PDT

NOIP - but for any English Postal History buffs, I have just received a notice for the funeral of well know British postal historian and author BARRIE JAY. To be held on Mar.15 in London (at the Putney Vale Crematorium). Barrie was the co-author of the series of British County Catalogues of Postal History, and his work, together with that of R.M.WILLCOCKS is the definitive word on British Postal Markings.

R.I.P. BARRIE JAY

Posted by leds806 ( 15

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:30:47 PDT

Damn! lol
You guys are great I expected directness and the article there jomoon helps. I do know nothing about these things and I do not plan on selling these items regularly.
I am a history buff and it is interesting to see if the stamps are wothless or not.

Posted by leds806 ( 15

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:19:58 PDT

Hey I appreciate your help!
I just went through an entire box of stamps that are either cut from an envelope or have a postage stamp covering them. I did look for the rarety in them and found a few interesting stamps. I didn't know they made 1/2 centers.
I will go and change the lots I have for sale. I just wanted to see if they were worth keeping. My uncle was killed in a stock car race and grama kept letter and cut the stamps off from all over.
There are many canada, mexico, thailand, singapore, and others too.

Posted by cjavine ( 368

)

on Mar-13-07 at 13:09:46 PDT

Bob in WA ..........
Would you mind taking a look at my post at :
Mar-12-07 at 14:31:10 PDT
and see if you can figure out the last word. IO says you are the man who can figure it out if anyone can.
Thank you
Chris

Posted by rclwa ( 961

) on Mar-13-07 at 12:39:18 PDT

leds806 -- It's hard to tell from the blurry camera image (you need a SCANNER to show stamps!) but it almost looks like some of your stamps may be still on paper, close trimmed with scissors. If so, and the perfs are cut into, they are truly worthless, which is close to the truth if they are sound. All are common and the whole lot is penny box material. Or two for a penny. Still, it always pays to check--better you do so and learn the truth than assume they are worthless and discard something of value. For your other items, perhaps you can locate a local stamp club and find someone knowledgable to show them to. If there are any complete envelopes, leave them intact until you check them out. You also may find catalogs at your local library, but that can be time consuming and daunting to a first timer. The other comments about duplicate pics and excessive postage should be heeded. I wish you luck in finding something of value in your hoard, but the odds are strongly against it.

Bob in WA

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-13-07 at 12:13:07 PDT

Iomoon -
Sure looks like a lot of work preparing stamp auctions. I don't know if it is worht the effort.

leds806 -
I looked at your auctions and even if you had 300 stamps in your lot, you would probably be lucky to get $5.00. Remember customers include the price of shipping when they bid on items. The stamps you show could be put in an envelope and mailed for 39¢, $3.99 makes the lot unsellable.
Sorry

Roger

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 11:42:33 PDT

leds806

At the moment you have the same image for two separate auctions, one of them needs to be changed.
People expect to buy what they see and two people cannot buy the same stamps.
You can also try reading this

Posted by leds806 ( 15

)

on Mar-13-07 at 11:31:05 PDT

hello I have a large collection of stamps that I am selling. My uncle was killed in 1960 and my mother inlaw passed away and left a couple books and a box full of stamps. They contain many foriegn stamps such as indonesia, and Thailand. I know most are very common but I am listing some of them as lots. I has a 1/2 cent Nathan Hale and several commemerative usa stamps.
If anyone can help me here I would appreciate on information on how to go about selling these.

Posted by 1covers ( 1299

)

on Mar-13-07 at 10:14:40 PDT

Jim - Thanks. I meant Russia #1 used from what is now Lithuania but I suppose they don't list such things. Bye.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 10:11:54 PDT

Richard

In the 2007 Scott it is listed at $800 without pen cancellation. Prices for used Lithuania are essentially the same as mint.

Posted by soggy333 ( 54

) on Mar-13-07 at 10:09:04 PDT

uppercanadian
Your Japanese items at 17:34:12 Mar 12 are classic era revenue stamps listed in Shimomura's catalog at very minimal value, i.e. very common.

Posted by 1covers ( 1299

)

on Mar-13-07 at 09:58:32 PDT

Can anyone tell be what the new 2006 Scott's Classic Specialized catalog value is for Russia #1 used with only townmark? They don't list prices for used from Lithuania do they?

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 07:53:28 PDT

captainsimosreturns

Try ghost town with DPO (Dead Post Office).

Posted by captainsimosreturns ( 4119

)

on Mar-13-07 at 07:45:50 PDT

I have a cancelled envelope from an east Texas town that does not exist anymore. I know these are collectable, but don't know exactly what to call it. Can someone give me some ideas. Thanks in advance.

Posted by jackstay79 ( 0 ) on Mar-13-07 at 07:25:47 PDT

Of course, that doesn't explain why the typing "Air Mail to USA" beside the stamp. Certainly hasn't got air mail postage on it.

Posted by jackstay79 ( 0 ) on Mar-13-07 at 07:23:03 PDT

Lavar, your letter has a Chinese return address, but has been stamped below as the Chinese Embassy, Washington, DC. So it appears to me that the letter was mailed from Washington, and requested to be registered, and stamped "Removed from Ordinary Mail and registered". They must not have wanted to go to the post office and register it themselves.

Bill B.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-13-07 at 07:22:25 PDT

Good day all.

From a warming west Texas.

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Posted by mini*lindy ( 328

)

on Mar-13-07 at 04:51:13 PDT

wmralph Bill, looks like he's getting ready to scam another collector !. Thanks for keeping the board informed, happy hunting!
Linda

Posted by jonathandean8 ( 619

) on Mar-13-07 at 04:38:45 PDT

thebriguy1

Nobody in our family are Israeli or ever have been. We all are Swiss and remain Swiss and don't give a hoot what bad publicity Israel gets. We have maintained a Business presence in Israel for over 3 decades. Our business is 8 decade old Private Hedgefunds and Private Venture Capital Funds. Israel is second only to Silicon Valley in terms of start ups. I spend no more than 2 days in Israel a week during which time I usually manage to post sold lots. It has its fair share of scandals both internally (The President is up on rape charges)and externally political intrique. All over Israel thousands of posters were plastered over the weekend calling on the PM to step down in favour of the Foreign Minister, his number one supporter. But from a public relations point of view I don't give a hoot.Swiss not Israeli.PERIOD

Posted by laumpc ( 2866

)

on Mar-13-07 at 00:38:18 PDT

Not sure if this is a new feature. But one can get a feel of past purchases by going to "My eBay" and clicking the "Won" link. Scroll down a little until one sees "past purchases". Clicking on that gives a list of one's past purchases on eBay.

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 23:42:03 PDT

Lavar, has to be ORDINARY,

David B.

Posted by lavart ( 1330

)

on Mar-12-07 at 23:07:23 PDT

Question--

I just acquired this item. I can't read the complete auxiliary marking, which reads "Removed From ????y Mail(??) and Registered. Collect 15 Cents on Delivery". It appears that the cover originated in Chungking, China and was transmitted to Washingon DC either under separate cover or via diplomatic pouch, where the cover was mailed on July 24, 1942 to NY city. The earliest registration marking on the reverse is one day later, July 25, 1942 from Washington, DC. I wish I could decipher the auxiliary marking, but it looks like the PO noticed that it was marked "registered", pulled out the letter from the regular mail and added both the auxiliary marking and the registration etiquette. The contents must have been quite important to have traveled as they did. I'll do some research on that aspect of the cover later. Anyone know what the auxiliary marking says?

For those of you who are into leather, I have a treat for you. Here is an example of a leather postcard mailed to Germany from Quincy, IL in 1906. Leather post cards did not conform to UPU specifications on post cards, so they were treated as letters. This particular card was thus underpaid and assessed postage due, evidenced by the marking at the lower left.

Here is an example of leather post card mailed from New York to Germany in 1905, this one correctly franked with a 5c stamp to pay the letter rate.

And last, but certainly not least, here is my favorite leather item, mailed from Friend, NE in 1911 to Germany. (A lengthy message is on reverse.) This card was properly franked with a 2c stamp because of the treaty rate in effect for mail going from the US directly to Germany via ship. After searching for a while, I finally found the last one in Washington DC last year.

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-12-07 at 22:08:21 PDT

Roger Thank you for clearing that up. All is well with the universe for U & I.
CYE

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-12-07 at 21:42:28 PDT

Aloha Mitchell -
email off to abac.com. I hope that is still your email address.

Roger

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-12-07 at 21:12:26 PDT

Paul Did you know that defacing currency is a federal offense?

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-12-07 at 21:09:23 PDT

Paul Really the point is , is that it is none of your business. You are not a member of the EUSC. You have also stated that you are not a member because you want to be able to say anything you want, to jerk peoples chains around here.
Hey, go ahead and sign up, I will nominate you!

By the way, I know you are rather selfish with showing the better parts of your collection. But maybe if I say pretty please, could you show your first few pages of the U.S.?
It usually goes that a person who collects stamps concentrates on their own country first. I'm sure we would all be amazed and totally impressed.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 21:04:52 PDT

MITCH----I just had these ballots made up for the people who are going to vote for you .Kind of to help them remember to vote for you . Notice the lettering "to vote for Mitch"....what do you think Ballots for Mitch ....smart ....paul

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 20:56:40 PDT

We must have a few communist here who still like to call this a election .Yea its like Castro in Cuba runs for election every few years but no ones run against him .Its for the peace on this board that no ones against him .THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST ---im taking bets on who the next president will be .

If nobody runs agaist Mitch then i 'll throw my hat in ,then it will be 275 for mitch and 1 for paul aleast we can call it a election and he won ,5 for Mitch with no other person running will look bad ....paul

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-12-07 at 20:56:28 PDT

Paul I wonder if there is some way of sueing you by you saying that you're are my campaign manager?

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 20:45:14 PDT

MITCH As your campaign manager as I told you before with the elections {thats what some call it }so close ,don't start fights or start spats on this chat board .You got this coronation in April in the bag.Nobody is going to run against you seriously.Only you can blow it .Try to reframe yourself .

Posted by antonius-ra ( 616

)

on Mar-12-07 at 20:19:24 PDT

Hiya all!
Paolo Thank you. The PAX set is of course one that you do not just find in an average collection. I cannot remember where I even got my mint set but I was quite happy with the centering. The used ones, especially the high values are very much in suspect to me. Rather like bad overprints. I do collect either mint or used (normally) but do have a (sometimes used) rule: If the used is much more valuable than mint, then go for the mint. I am not an expert or even a collector (as there can be only ONE, heheh). Just a meager hole filler, thats me.

As Bill M. would say: NEW RULE If you can count to five, it does not necessarily mean you are good at math.

Surfer King You said: "Even Mitchell isn’t that far out! )’>)" Please explain, email might be best.
I have no problem with being "far out" but I don't get your meaning?

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 20:14:58 PDT

Paul, he is only getting a minor mark against his name, he is not getting a life sentence. He most probably shrugged it off and wrote a long report to hand to the exhibitor.

By coincidence the Commissioner is a legal judge in his own country and would have known the rules.

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 20:09:35 PDT

OK -David ,my view is that the commissioner is trying to represent his country and the security of the exhibits from his home country .The person is doing it for little reward.Why he should know more than his home country judges who awarded medals ,is beyond me.

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 20:01:49 PDT

Paul, when a Commissioner is appointed by his Federation he accepts a lot of responsibilities. If an entry gets disqualified for any reason then it is the Commissioner that gets a small black mark. It is only a warning to him that in future to ensure that it doesn't happen again.

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 19:44:14 PDT

We got off the subject of how one commissioner is responsible to take a few award winning exhibits of different diverse subjects and be able to give a authenticity to all the stamps and covers he is bring to the show .No one person has the knowledge to do that and if a opinion is in conflict in the home country should he refuse to bring the exhibit to a show because it will reflect badly on him .....thats my point of view ....

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 19:25:57 PDT

DAVID B. ------LOT TO LEARN , gee were did that come from

I have too many other things going on to get invouled in working a stamp show .I got a stamp collection to work on that takes a lot of my free time {its my quiet time away from people }.Family,business,buying another sport car this year {my wife says no more,act my age}and trading the financial markets keeps my hands full.Then there is two of my students/friends who are going professional to fight in the cage for full contact fighting .So i think any stamp show work will have to wait.

I like to think my stamp time and moneies spent was for relaxation and piece of mind .Really don't like the idea that stamp shows are just trophy exhibits and dollars do the talking during the awards giving .Don't get me wrong I still like original research and new discovers and well written studies but how many rare stamps do you need to look at before you puke and roll your eyes ....paul

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 19:22:08 PDT

FIP General Rules Exhibitions,

Responsibilities of Commissioners

25.1 The Commissioners are obliged:

to publicise the exhibition among philatelists of their countries;to accept applications for participation, to review the details contained therein, confirm that a draft introductory sheet is attached and bearing in mind the stringent requirements with respect to qualification, to forward them to the Exhibition Management; they shall sign the application form confirming that the details are correct to accept applications only from exhibitors who are within their jurisdiction in accordance with Article 10.1, 21.3 and 22.1.25.2 When a Commissioner is in attendance at an exhibition and receives the privileges provided under Article 28, he is further obliged:to accept full responsibility for the display of the exhibits and to check that they have been mounted correctly;to attend all Commissioners meetings and to be ready to attend on the Expert Group if requested.to be available at the exhibition during the duration of the judging to answer questions, should the need arise;to be present at official activities (mounting, opening ceremony, judging, dismounting etc.)occurring during his stay. to collect from the Exhibition Management, at such time as is determined by them, any awards, special prizes, etc. which are intended for their exhibitors Commissioners are entitled to request that the above be sent to their home address.

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 19:12:52 PDT

Paul, disqualifications are almost unheard of at FIP level and they should not occur. Even though the Commissioner got a slight slap I think that when he returned home and met the exhibitor he multiplied the strength at least 100 fold.

David B.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-12-07 at 19:07:00 PDT

David and Paul -
Interesting points being brought up. I helped mount some exhibits when I was at Wstpex last year. I was there, they needed help, etc. I didn't realize anyone other than the exhibitor was responsible for the authenticity of the items. Maybe that's because my exhibit isn't based on anything that requires certificates, unless I get a few just to verify the obvious. I'm in a situation where I pretty much tell a judge what my exhibit contains. I have tried to obtain certain info from Switzerland and it's not forthcoming, therefore, I must generalize sometimes as I don't have specific data which is only in thehands of a couple of collector/dealers. Very disapponting actually!

Roger

Posted by dbenson ( 7979

)

on Mar-12-07 at 18:45:24 PDT

Paul, you have a lot to learn about the way that exhibitions function.

It has nothing to do with the show committee or balancing a show as there is a strict system about what gets into an exhibition. The Commissioner has a lot of responsibilities and he is the representative of the exhibitors and has to ensure that the material he is taking is of the highest standard and has to answer queries that may be put to him on behalf of the exhibitor. Whether or not the material had passed the local judges and attained the necessary qualifications to take the entry internationally does not preclude Commissioners from getting a slight slap on the wrist if an entry gets disqualified. The entrant got a major slap and apart from losing his frame fees which would have been over $400 lost a lot more.

Why don't you volunteer to do some work in the bin room at the next show and see how Commissioners do their work, I am sure you would never want the work and responsibities they have,

David B.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 18:24:55 PDT

DAVID B. ----I thought the exhibits are first reviewed by a show committee to balance the show and to see that they won locally before a commissioner is handed and takes them to a major show .It sounds like too much respondibility to expect them to know the authenticity of the material ,but thats just my point of view

Posted by jonathandean8 ( 619

) on Mar-12-07 at 18:20:54 PDT

Thank you.All of the Free Franks we purchased. about 8000 over 6 decades are identified on the back by the the aristocrat who once collected them in albums.Thousands of others are identified by dealers who probably guessed sometimes based on illigible signatures. As for who was entitled to use the Free Frank hand stamp, there is a reference Herewith My Fank... by J.W. Lovegrove FRSL. Very messy catalogue.. Hundreds of Illustrations but difficult to use as a catalogue. He does however list who was entitled to use them in the UK and British Commonweath from the late 18th Century to 1840.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 18:05:38 PDT

Sorry!!

But I'm not an expert.
Just a geologist with a slight interest in remote sensing.
It seems that prolonged exposure of the red end of the visible spectrum by light at the blue end (UV) of the visible spectrum tends to degrade the color.
A cheaper opinion than you'll get from the Royal! :-)

Off to dinner.

Posted by prochute ( 65

) on Mar-12-07 at 18:04:53 PDT

uppercanadiaI have what I believe to be Scott 334a which has no map at all. The map on your "334a" seems faded or possibly chemically treated to resemble the scarcer variety. If you email me through eBay and leave your email address, I will send you a scan of my 334a.
Phil

Posted by cjavine ( 366

)

on Mar-12-07 at 18:00:33 PDT

Iomoon
Thank you for the information. Missed it by 2 years. If Bob in WA does happen along later hopefully he will let me know because this one is just bugging me.
Chris

Posted by uppercanadian ( 943

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:53:16 PDT

Thanks Iomoon - not the answer I was looking for though.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:45:20 PDT

Color fade.

Red is notorious when exposed to UV.

Posted by uppercanadian ( 943

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:40:01 PDT

Greetings all,

I have two copies of the 10s "Palms and Map of Greater East Asia", from the 1942-1945 issue from Japan.

Scott# 334 - 10s Crimson & Dull Rose
Scott# 334a - 10s Dull Rose (map omitted).

In the scan below, I have two stamps, one of which seems to be missing Crimson colour, making the map barely visible. Is this just a faded colour, or is this the missing Crimson variety?

Please note, I think I have 334a on the left and 334 on the right.

Japanese Colour Fade or Rare Variety??

Many thanks,

Brad

Posted by uppercanadian ( 943

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:34:12 PDT

Greetings all,

Can I assume that these are Japanese Revenue or Fiscal Stamps. I can seem to find them in my Simplified JSDA Catalogue.

Unknown Japanese Stamps

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:26:05 PDT

I didn't mean to do it, but chalk up another 0 (zero, hand done) second bid.
It turned out well for me as a second chance.

Seeing as we are closing in on April, I'd like to propose Antonius-ra.... (Mitchell) as the next president of eUSC.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 17:04:37 PDT

Chris

The last word in the puzzle is probably an acronym for whatever the roller skater is doing. The eye, well and bee on the flower are pretty obvious.
I'm sure Bob in WA will know the answer immediately.
Actually, according to Helbock, Bigheart changed its name in 1921 not 1923. Pedantically, it is therefore not a DPO.

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-12-07 at 16:50:36 PDT

cobbie10 - Thanks , I'll list them as a lot then.

Hutch

Posted by wmralph ( 4 ) on Mar-12-07 at 16:07:42 PDT

Re the $15,100 Scam

Wow! M. Dubasso of 'Rarities International'(?) has a new collection for sale! I wonder whether the stamps are real? His words:

"... I work on commision so it's very hard to take a collection back after I pay the consignor. Here is my proposal: I'm putting an incredable collection up either today or late Monday if I don't finish scans. ... Before you say no or post a nasty chat, kidding , just take a look. ...if you like it I'll credit you for the 19th century. ...Michael DuBasso"

Is this Email from a person with a clear conscience? Matters are ongoing.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 15:55:26 PDT

I decided to give my new stamp pride of place on its own web page.
Now only about 300 Manchukuo locals to go.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-12-07 at 15:43:45 PDT

As long as it’s not holy pee water…

Posted by cobbie10 ( 5992

)

on Mar-12-07 at 15:18:41 PDT

Hutch You would probably be best to list the French Colonies as a whole lot. Try and show as many pictures as possible and you will probably be pleasantly surprised by the result.

Posted by knuden ( 2220

)

on Mar-12-07 at 15:04:00 PDT

Holy See or Sea water?

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:54:46 PDT

Er, Roger

I think it would be Holy See water.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:38:22 PDT

I guess the next cover will be from an Archbishop and be:

"DAMAGED BY HOLY WATER"

You saw it here first.

I'll let on that wet ink smeared does not yield the same effect as ink soaked in water. When I was very young and a 6-9 year old student in England I learned how to write using a pen and ink well. I know smears when I see them, I know smudges when I see then, etc. Today, I can't imagine having an ink monitor walk around a 3rd - 7th grade classroom pouring ink into inkwells for those who used their's up. How many children today have ever used blotting paper when they finish their lesson? BTW - I never have been able to use a ball point, moves too freely on the paper with no friction, and the line is always the same width. How boring!

Roger

Posted by cjavine ( 366

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:31:10 PDT

Alright everyone I need help. I just purchased this puzzle postcard for my father because he is from Barnsdall OK. Barnsdall changed its name from Bigheart in 1923. I can't figure out the last word in the puzzle. Where is it. I just don't see it. Also, would this actually be a DPO since they only changed names and a post office still existed at the site?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Chris

http://members.cox.net/cjavine/Postcard%20front.jpg
http://members.cox.net/cjavine/Postcard%20back.jpg

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:14:30 PDT

Richard

You are right. First time I knew that. There are currently 24 Bishops and Archbishops in the House Of Lords. I guess the British never had a problem with separation of church and state.

Posted by sayasan ( 636

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:04:44 PDT

OK, I've finished being fair to him now.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-12-07 at 14:03:29 PDT

Then joke's on me I guess...

Posted by mini*lindy ( 327

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:59:08 PDT

Yes dcderoo that is a correct interpretation. There are several early South West African flight covers with special cancels similar to that.

Posted by sayasan ( 636

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:58:30 PDT

Hey, I might even bid on it ...

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:57:21 PDT

Jim

To which you can add the town of Peterborough has no "s" in it and the free frank is actually dated the 19th. At the time (1830) it was Herbert Marsh who occupied the bishopric.

Posted by sayasan ( 636

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:56:54 PDT

jaywild - to be fair to Johnno (for once), it is signed "A. Peterborough" at lower left, which seems right to me. He's put "1830" elsewhere in the description. So the "1850" is just a typo. I don't see a problem with this one, as it happens.

Posted by sayasan ( 636

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:50:52 PDT

io - Bishops sit in the House of Lords (though maybe not for much longer!). So the Bishop of St Albans, as a member of parliament, would be entitled to free postage, I presume.

Posted by knuden ( 2220

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:47:58 PDT

Today I recieved this registered cover with a nice provisional registration label. It's sent from Podersam November 18. 1938 to Teplitz Schönau, both in Sudetenland.
This leads to a small article I have written in Richard Frajola's Mercury journal.

K.E

I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!

Posted by dcderoo ( 1654

) on Mar-12-07 at 13:45:34 PDT

Do I interpret this cancel correctly?
It's for an airmail route from Windhoek, SWA, to Kimberly, SA, and return(?).
And "LUGPOS" is Afrikaans for airmail?

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:40:13 PDT

Joke o’ the Day… Johnno managed to goof up this listing entirely. It’s not 1850 but 1830, and there’s no Bishop March involved. What Johnno was looking at was the dateline. Somehow he read “Hastings, March eighteen” and manufactured a bishop from it.

Jim

Posted by infla-alec ( 514

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:22:11 PDT

It's been interesting to follow the discussion on expertisers. For some collectors in some countries it is almost mandatory that the better items be expertised.Yet in other countries like the UK expertization is very rare indeed. How some collectors will take a dealers or sellers for that matter description of something being stamp "x" and colour "y" at face value is beyond me. I refer of course to items that could be one of several.

For many years now the German system of expertising has worked very well. The costs are nothing like £25 ($50) a pop.(highly inflated charge in my opinion)
Even the cheaper items can be authenticated quite cheaply. For example if I sent in an inflation stamp used and it is known to exist in more than one colour then I can expect to pay the following,
€0,50 ($0,65)for cancellation authenticity.
€0,50 ($0,65)for colour verification.
If the same stamp was also known in say a plate or cylinder printing then that would also be an additional €0,50.
However, for the expensive material over a certain amount then each expertiser can charge up to 4% of the catalogue value. Though many expertisers do not charge that much to regular customers. The high value items then according to condition, value and rarity usually receive one of three types of certificate. There is usually a minimum charge of €10 per sending so ones tend to submit material in larger lots. But compared to some quotes I have seen the fees to me seem quite reasonable.
I personally have all my postal history items expertised that are in my own collection for two reasons.
1. When exhibiting as has already been pointed out showing forged material is a big no no and can cost you points.
2. When the time comes for me to push up the daisies should my wife or whover inherits my material want to sell, then without such expertisation they would never sell for anything like their true value.

Roger My 100,000 post was meant to tie into the numeral 0. Five zero's being the lowest value in my collecting area.
But further to the topic I was under the impression that we would no longer be asking anyone to judge or vote on anything after the non English letters round. I thought it was a simple show what you like or did I miss something being posted ?

Posted by dbenson ( 7971

)

on Mar-12-07 at 13:03:15 PDT

Paul,

it is part of a Commissioners duty to ensure that all entries are up to the standard required,

David B.

Posted by mini*lindy ( 327

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:59:53 PDT

....or a Bishop who later became a member of Parliament, or was related to Winnie!! (Churchill not the Pooh)

Of cousre, it is really quite obvious, even through the 'haze' of Johnno's poor images, that the Y was added to that St Albans with the same grey-black smudgy ink so prevalent in many DAMAGED BY ~~TAP~~ SEA WATER markings found recently on this fraudulent sellers items.

Linda

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:50:33 PDT

Richard

It seems that jonathan is also confused as to the distinction between Bishops marks and free franks. As far as I am aware, only members of parliament had free franking priviliges (and a few high ranking government and postal officials), not members of the clergy (unless they were also members of parliament).

Posted by sayasan ( 636

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:36:06 PDT

To anyone except the wilfully blind it's obvious that the 1831 free frank was inscribed "St Albans" at lower left. The first letter is not an "H". But the final "s" has been altered to a "y" in another hand.

Still, at least it's not from the Winston Churchill collection. Or is it?

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:34:48 PDT

Woohoo, my latest acquisition arrived in todays mail.
This is one volcano stamp I've been after for a long while.
It was only the second time that I've seen it on eBay.
The first time it was up, I was grossly outbid.

Posted by thebriguy1 ( 64

) on Mar-12-07 at 12:15:55 PDT

Cool, our Israeli forger is back to make a bigger ass of himself.
At least it leads to an entertaining read.

We don't know where our errant powerseller is heading,
but we know where he's been.
20 minutes ago Tel-Aviv announced,
that their ambassador to El Salvador is being recalled and fired.
Seems he was discovered passed out drunk, gagged with a ball, naked, and surrounded by various sex toys in his back yard.

Now THAT is a party!

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:07:24 PDT

NOIP… One man’s blessing is everyone else’s curse…

Jim

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-12-07 at 12:03:23 PDT

I have a candy box full of French colonies lower value stamps - Would it be better to sort by country and list or just put the whole box up?

Did I hear gardening!
I have been planting my tomatoes, cucumbers and pole beans all morning. We had such an unseasonably cold winter that I started them inside my little greenhouse and then we got the earliest spring I ever remember and what a jungle it all grew into. It was either plant it or weed wack it LOL. I can't believe is been so warm I have morning glory's and moon flowers that are coming up. Stinking deer ate the roses all the way to the brown woody stems.Next month its watermelons and cantalopes.

Hutch

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 11:04:30 PDT

Jonathan

I'm sure Stanley Gibbons will be more than happy to recompence any mistakes they may have made. Especially since they had a 33% increase in profits last year.

Normally I would be outside gardening since it is my Spring break. However, with the threat of an impending thunderstorm, I have been wasting my time by looking at your preposterous internet listings. Let's just say that I find it amusing to peruse your unresearched attempts at rewriting history. The fact that you can find ~~suckers~~ clients who believe such drivel is a sad commentary on the modern educational system.

Posted by jaywild ( 927

)

on Mar-12-07 at 10:53:47 PDT

j-dean8… How do you remain a

when your feedback has dropped below 98%? That’s the cutoff below which that status is not supposed to exist.

By the way, that’s a pretty bad record—of the 635 people you’ve dealt with on eBay, 17 complained.

Jim

Posted by jonathandean8 ( 619

) on Mar-12-07 at 10:37:17 PDT

Didn't hear a squeak out of you when someone listed two Damaged by Water Payment Made in small AND capital letter in bright red on the same cover.Enjoy yourselves. Wish I had so much time free. But certainly not now.

Posted by jonathandean8 ( 619

) on Mar-12-07 at 10:32:14 PDT

While we are not prepared to be your live bait.We do look at your comments. I will be in London next week .We still have the receipt of Stanley Gibbons for the item and will take up the issue with them. As for signing his name in full. Sorry "crap".We have a at least 30 documents where he does not.But if he was 12 and I take your word for it. Unlikely,to be his signature on the Free Front. Thannk you. Lot has been removed. Any others you have and issue with?.It will have to be tomorrow morning sometime when I have find a break in my schedule. We are open to your comments.As for Powerseller status. Who really gives a damn.

Posted by soggy333 ( 54

) on Mar-12-07 at 09:45:30 PDT

That cover front is ridiculous. Everyone knows that Prince Albert always signed his name "Albert Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha / Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, except when he was in the can. Johnno can make the necessary corrections and list it next week.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-12-07 at 09:43:11 PDT

Sometimes it's all in the message for psotal historians.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Greeting-Card-From-Switzerland-to-Saddam-Hussein-Iraq_W0QQitemZ230103175877

Posted by knackshack ( 1783

)

on Mar-12-07 at 09:29:34 PDT

hello!

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 08:59:51 PDT

You have to give it to him, he sure has a vivid imagination.

This free frank from Prince Albert in "1831". In 1831, Prince Albert would have been 12 years old and, in fact, first set foot on British soil in 1836, five years after the letter was written. There is no way that a 12 year old Prince Albert of Saxe Coberg Gotha would have possessed a free frank.

Posted by malolo ( 836

)

on Mar-12-07 at 08:59:03 PDT

Whatevers!

Not much of a response pertaining to the fake informational marks.

Roger

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 08:33:02 PDT

Oops, my finger slipped, that should have been 7 violations.

Posted by iomoon ( 1045

)

on Mar-12-07 at 08:31:34 PDT

Good day all.

Jeff,

I can't believe eBay allows 8 violations by power sellers.

Posted by djsolddaddy ( 255

) on Mar-12-07 at 08:08:22 PDT

HELLO EVERYBODY

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 06:40:59 PDT

I've been blessed------There is so much broken asphalt out there that Paul gets calls on Sunday for work at home even when the company line is on answer service and his mobile phone is off .The Weather Gods have open up the heavens with rain,freezing temps,and continued that cycle to give a rich award to his stamp collection----off to work ....paul

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)

on Mar-12-07 at 06:40:36 PDT

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Posted by wrd3 ( 99

) on Mar-12-07 at 06:37:59 PDT

jim_lawler although I don't believe the winning entries are all captured, I do have q, s, t, u, v still uploaded:
Q
S
T
U
V

I have R on my computer at home, and the posts for X, Y, Z and the non-roman letters at home, but not pulled into one file.

Bill D.

Posted by wrd3 ( 99

) on Mar-12-07 at 06:26:06 PDT

jim_lawler you mean the winning A-Z entries, as posted on this page? Or do you mean all the entries? I do not believe all the entries have been captured anywhere.

postalhysteria the difference between the rating calculated "normally" and the rating calculated for qualification as a power seller was mentioned on the board sometime within the last year, I believe. I guess it doesn't have to make sense ..... eBay can have whatever qualifications they choose.

Bill D.

Posted by stamps12345 ( 223

) on Mar-12-07 at 05:38:06 PDT

DAVID B. ----PUZZLED BY YOUR POSTING-"small mark against the commissioner" Why is he held responsible.I thought he represents the home philatelic organizations.He/she is given the job to bring the exhibits not judge them back in his own country were the different organizations and local judges give out the awards .

Posted by postalhysteria ( 3461

)

on Mar-12-07 at 05:38:04 PDT

I sent this message to the eBay Powerseller contact link last week:

Jonathandean8 no longer meets your feedback requirements for a powerseller.

Moreso he continues to offer faked items and needs to be kicked off eBay.

But you really don't care do you?

Jeff Switt
POSTALHYSTERIA

I received the following reply:

Dear Jeff,

Thank you for writing eBay in regard to another sellers feedback ratings.

The new Feedback page is causing some confusion about a seller's feedback percentage, as it calculates positive feedback percentage in a different way than the PowerSeller program always has. The feedback page counts only unique positive comments when calculating a member's positive feedback. In other words, multiple positive feedbacks left by the same member will count only as one positive feedback.

On the other hand, the PowerSeller program has always counted each positive and negative feedback comment, even multiple comments from the same member, when calculating a PowerSeller's positive feedback rating. If there are multiple negatives, this would bring the overall rating
lower than the feedback page, and if there are multiple positives the PowerSeller rating would be higher than the feedback page.

Using all of Jonathandean8's positives and negatives they are currently at 98.70% (1446/1446+19). However, I do want to let you know that we have instituted additional Trust and Safety PowerSeller requirements which we feel will be beneficial for both buyers and honest PowerSellers. You can review the changes here:

http://pages.ebay.com/services/buyandsell/powerseller/criteria.html

If there is a particular issue that needs to be reported to the Trustand Safety team in regard to this seller, please report to them directly at the following URL:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index.html

Thank you for using eBay for your online trading needs.

Sincerely,
Rob C. H.

eBay Customer Support

Hmmmmmm . . .

Posted by mini*lindy ( 327

)

on Mar-12-07 at 04:53:28 PDT

Morning Hutch and Jim L. Well, I have searched here and there and cannot find a ZERO to post this week. There must be one here somewhere.
You did very well on finding the non-roman alphabets Jim!

Linda

Posted by cwhutch ( 642

)

on Mar-12-07 at 04:44:25 PDT

Good morning.

Hutch

Posted by jim_lawler ( 1261

)

on Mar-12-07 at 03:12:45 PDT