eBay chatboard archive: Mar-26-07 to Apr-01-07 week

Posted by rclwa   ( 962 ) on Apr-01-07 at 22:41:16 PDT   Listings
Follow-up, FWIW -- Turned out my find of the 19th c engraving was slightly diminished, as it wasn't my direct ancestor after all, but his son (same name, Jr.), whose sister is my ancestor, and he is a 3x great-uncle. Still, he connects into the family tree, and the engraving is MUCH more detailed than the low-res image seen in the description.

Having a baffling problem with my Mozilla email. All of a sudden it shows an unread message, indicated by ''Inbox'' printed bold with a (1) following, but a careful scroll through all messages finds none unread--all are unbold. Even weirder, the total number of messages DOUBLED, even though only the original number of headers shows! It seems like it started before last shutdown when I could see TWO of each header, but I hoped it was a glitch that would go away on restart. But now I ony see one of each, but the count shows double. Only diminished by one if I delete one. Anybody have any idea what's happening, or how I can fix it? I think it's hogging precious room on my HD.

Bob in WA
Posted by rclwa   ( 962 ) on Apr-01-07 at 22:21:30 PDT   Listings
Ironing -- Be careful with heat settings, or you may scorch the cover, as I did the left edge of THIS one! (Happy April 1 :-)

Bob in WA
Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Apr-01-07 at 22:13:16 PDT   Listings
infla-alec� Congratulations on the terrific find! That�s the kind of story I love to hear. If your friend hadn�t happened to come along at that flea market, that cover might have ended up in the trash as unsaleable.

Jim

? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
? US Stamp Identifiers: | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                    | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Apr-01-07 at 20:07:57 PDT   Listings
I'm getting an image of the Ice House cover being ironed onto a T shirt. Perhaps a new activity for philatelist birthday parties??


Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of Marius and trivia (good luck!), neat inflation covers, and wearable collections. Anne
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Apr-01-07 at 19:34:09 PDT   Listings
infla-alec
Re: Ironing covers
While I�ve not done it myself I�ve been given some warnings.
  • Make sure the cover is clean and everything erased you want removed. Once you apply the heat the dirt and markings become permanent.
  • Finish up any work on improving the cover (ie. removing foxing, mildew stains, paper repair, etc.) before you apply the iron.
  • Use a good cotton tee-shirt and place the cover inside it.
  • Use a warm setting on a steam iron.
  • Watch how much steam you use. You want very little.
  • Mess up a few worthless covers and practice on them before trying with anything you want to keep.


    Marius
    I wish you success with the quiz show. Keep up informed on how it developes.

    Jim L.
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    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Apr-01-07 at 19:21:27 PDT   Listings
    Five hours?

    No snakes (or elephants) in the garden today.
    Posted by stampmad   ( 1084 ) on Apr-01-07 at 14:17:03 PDT   Listings
    Lindy One of the "to do" things on my list is to be at a full capacity MCG for a sporting event and I may be in Melbourne on Anzac Day. Hopefully I may get a game of footy in.
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 343 ) on Apr-01-07 at 14:10:47 PDT   Listings
    Oh, Marius, well good luck with that. Hey its a quiz show, they like the contestants to not be as good looking as the Host. You think Barry Jones has a face for tv??? hahahaa

    Now if it was Dancing with the Stars, then perhaps you may not stand a chance. Bring your winter woolies, its getting chilly in Melbourne!

    Linda
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Apr-01-07 at 13:59:06 PDT   Listings
    WE DESCENDED FROM THE FREE THOUGHT AND FREE EXPRESSIONS OF THE VIKING PERIOD TO THE "DARK AGES".
    Posted by stampmad   ( 1084 ) on Apr-01-07 at 13:47:49 PDT   Listings
    Lindy...Jim..The show is "The Rich List" and I will know in 2 weeks if I have been selected to go down to Melbourne for a week for taping. My only concern is my age as I was one of the oldest there and I have a great face for radio.
    For those who don't know, I am a trivia buff and attend 3 trivia nights a week as part of a team. At one venue we have taken about $20,000 in cash prizes over 3 years.
    Marius
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Apr-01-07 at 13:33:03 PDT   Listings
    INFLA-ALEC-----Nice find on that cover
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Apr-01-07 at 13:31:21 PDT   Listings
    SAYASAN / INFLE-ALEC Your both right ,I should concede that the fiqure is high but not 90%.Also should state that not all experts are on the same level and a few could have the knowledge and resources to identify the right gum that a few regummers are using .But that doesn't take away from my view that most experts can be fooled.It should also be said that most sales and transactions are done not under ideal conditions and a purchase at a stamp show or auction house viewing room is not the best place to check gum .

    It is also a true statement that most forgers and fakers don't try to sell their work to know experts ......paul

    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 12:49:37 PDT   Listings
    Bjorn I have friends in the Hamburg area so if I hear of anything I'll mail you. There are of course a couple of dealers in Hamburg but over Easter I'd imagine most close down.
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Apr-01-07 at 12:48:43 PDT   Listings
    Roger, no it was clear from both the picture and the message that this was a civilian who was on a "skiing school" (I think those were the words). Nice winter scene from "Skistua" with parked cars and skiers.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Apr-01-07 at 12:20:15 PDT   Listings
    Bjorn -
    Well done this past year!

    I'll bet that German soldier was skiing in a white snow suit, and had a few friends with him. )'>) Not the bright colors of today's cross-country skiers.

    Roger
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Apr-01-07 at 11:50:38 PDT   Listings
    Alec, so new finds can still be made! Speaking of flea markets, does anyone know of such places in Hamburg where I might find philatelic stuff? I'm going there during Easter. I did find a market in Vienna in the dummer of '05 but there wasn't really much. Did pick up an interesting picture postcard sent home from a German who was on a skiing holiday in the hills outside Trondheim in the winter of 1942(!).
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Apr-01-07 at 11:50:26 PDT   Listings
    To match the 2 cent stamp, here is the 3d.
    Posted by philaweb   ( 203 ) on Apr-01-07 at 11:49:32 PDT   Listings
    Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!

    Received this picture postcard in the mail this week. It is just the third picture postcard I have seen with view of Riga, Latvia, on the picture side and postally used in Riga, Latvia from the period of Postgebiet Oberbefehlshaber Ost - the German postal administration of the occupied Baltics and Russia during World War I. The 7� pfennig Germania postage stamp is cancelled by a Riga postmark dated November 11, 1918, which is quite ironic since that day was the official end of the world war at eleven am.
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 11:34:42 PDT   Listings
    Bjorn Just had a reply from the Infla Prüfer and he informs me that my find is in all probability unique. He will check with the other Infla expertisers but he is pretty certain no other such multiples exist. The key of course being the Walzendruck print.

    Official welcome also to all new Eusc officers are in order as are sincere thanks to all the outgoing. Must admit Ant-Ra sound like some ancient Pharoe name. I'd like for incoming Presidents to put on a show of their own collection, or part thereof. But that is just a personal thing.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Apr-01-07 at 11:10:57 PDT   Listings
    Let me add my thanks to Bjorn who now joins the ranks of ex-eUSC presidents, for a job well-done.

    Welcome Mitchell and crew.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Apr-01-07 at 10:57:04 PDT   Listings
    Marius� Congratulations. Is this a radio or TV quiz program? Will it be available outside Australia? I never did get to hear your other radio program.

    Congratulations also to the Great and Powerful Ant-Ra and the other eUSC electees assuming office today.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Apr-01-07 at 10:28:38 PDT   Listings
    I also am staying out of the discussion at VSC. I have no objection to people "collecting what they want," as long as the material is presented honestly. That's what gets me most about the issue of illegals--individuals who have no connection to or authorization from the country in whose name they claim to be issuing stamps who are making money off the garbage that they create. That's fraud.

    Anne
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Apr-01-07 at 09:36:20 PDT   Listings
    Time to roll the dice and get a 3. SG 159 without much gum so can't be one of the 90% regummed:-)


    cheers

    Peter
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Apr-01-07 at 09:18:39 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    Richard...sayasan

    I have purposely kept out of the APS arguments on Lloyd's board, though do have a great deal of sympathy for their members like Dana who are unsure as to the legitimacy of certain "stamps". For those of us who have been involved with philately for close to half a century it is easy to assume that everyone should have the "common sense" to recognize what are and what are not valid items. Unfortunately, there are new and young collectors who must learn their mistakes the hard way. A publication, such as Earee's Album Weeds, but devoted to illegal stamps, would seem to be ideal in order to educate such individuals.
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Apr-01-07 at 09:12:59 PDT   Listings
    Afternoon/evening/Morning from a pre-rainy NJ.

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW EUSC OFFICERS AND THANKS TO THE OUTGOING OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE

    You never know what will turn up on ebay:

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/01/earhart.mystery.ap/index.html

    Anne
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6057 ) on Apr-01-07 at 08:59:45 PDT   Listings
    Morning all. I see the auction for the Victorian 1d has been ended by the seller. I know that others reported it, as did I a couple of times for different reasons. I've bookmarked the seller so will watch out for it to be listed again.
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 07:36:10 PDT   Listings
    I mentioned earlier that I think the creases on my friends find for me can be ironed out. Now this is not something I have ever done before so any good tips from anyone out there on the best way to approach this would be much appreciated.
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 07:29:17 PDT   Listings
    Bjorn My Briefe 2004 states as MEF Plattendruck ( Flat print) value is �280. Walzendruck as MEF is �750. So yes the newer version of the cover catalogue does distinguish betwen the printings. Those prices refer I believe to two copies being on a cover. The remainder of any multiple franking is usually calculated as being the normal prices of singles then added to the MEF price. However the Briefe does not take into account the value Infla collectors place on blocks of 4 or more. Usually blocks of 4 stamps off cover used are valued at 6 x singles price.
    In over 20 years of colecting just the OPD (Provisional stamps) on cover I have never before seen one used in December with such a mass franking. I'm not saying it is the only one known but that I will be speaking to one of the Infla Prüfers about. He and I are working together on a research project on these particular issues.

    Prices in the Spezial are always for MiF (mixed frankings). Though to be honest how Michel value some frankings is beyond me as they are hopelessly wrong. That said it is also understandable because only by knowing how scarce some rates are can any collector really know somethings true value. Then of course there is the cancel factor to be considered which can easily in some cases put the value way beyond what what most collectors would imagine possible.

    The popularity of small village and town cancels is extremely strong in Germany and when two serious , "Heimattsammler" want something many sellers are amazed at the final result.

    In answer to your cover yes the Michel value for your EF is only a few � but again they don't take into account how hard it is to get a correctly rated 4th weight printed matter cover. Congratulations on a nice find. So you see it isn't always about how long the stamps were in use for but what use they were made of.
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Apr-01-07 at 06:57:54 PDT   Listings
    Alec, congrats on a great find! But when I look this up in my Michel 1999 Brief-Katalog vs. the 2005 Special, I'm confused. The cover cataloge doesn't distinguish between the printings, and says 1500 DM for a single on cover, which I would presume is the cheapest variety. But the Special says just 50 Euros for the Plattendruck on cover, is that for mixed franking?

    Anyway, how would you rate this 100 Mark I just picked up? This stamp very common as single franking as this was the domestic letter rate for 4 months, but this appears to be for a 4th wight class (100-250g) printed matter. It's big and folded.
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 06:36:04 PDT   Listings
    Paul Reference to regumming yes many experts now will refuse to sign stamps as being unmonted mint.Without doubt the forgers of today do have the technological skills to reproduce the gum of older stamps. That said I think your quote of, "of all the high Value stamps in the auction catalogs are regummed if not 90%." is way off the mark. How do you come to such a figure ? I have no doubt some auctions do indeed have regummed stamps on offer as MNH which are regummed. Thankfully collecting mint stamps is not something I do.

    I know Paolo's native tongue isn't English but I took his posting to be simply a warning that dangerous regumming and paper type switches exist that would fool most if not all novice / medium collectors. If memory serves Paolo has a chemical/ mechanical engineering background and so is perhaps better qualified than most in being able to spot clever fakes and regumming.

    This isn't my having a go at Paul in any shape or form so don't anyone please go starting some argument over a simple difference of opinion. Should Paul or Paulo wish to explain anything further then they should be allowed to do so without prejudice. Or they correspond privately via e-mail.
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Apr-01-07 at 05:53:20 PDT   Listings
    NOIP Just to let all know that I am still active despite not being able to participate so much these past two weeks.
    Advantage of people knowing what you collect Today or rather a few hours ago I received a phone call from a friend in Germany who was very excited and asked me to hurry up and get online so he could talk to me. At first I thought somethimng had happened to either him or someone I knew. The excitement was caused by him discovering for sale at a local flea market This cover which also had some extra stamps on the reverse. For many years now he has been trying to find something in return for the many items I have found for him.
    Now agreed at first sight the cover looks rather tatty, but I feel the creases can be ironed out with some care. Is the cover anything special one may ask ? Yes in fact it is for two reasons. 1. The date is December 1923 and such a mass franking of that stamp is scarce in itself. 2 The stamp is known to be printed using the flate print and cylinder printing methods. These are all Cylinder printed and their use on cover is extremely scarce. Needless to say my friend has now bought this item for me and it will warrant a page of it's own in my collection.
    Moral of the story is one that could apply here to everyone. Share your collecting interests with us all here and one day you never know someone here may just be able to come across something special that fits your own collection perfectly.
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 343 ) on Apr-01-07 at 05:12:03 PDT   Listings

    Marius, good luck! which show? 1 v 100?
    Posted by sayasan   ( 640 ) on Apr-01-07 at 04:53:04 PDT   Listings
    Paul - Re regumming, I dare say you're right, but if the fakers are now so good that no expert can tell that they've done it, how do we know that they have done it? And how do we come up with a figure for the number/percentage of items that they've done?

    NOIP - Well, that boxing match over illegals on the VSC board certainly took off ...

    Posted by 19thcentpostal   ( 182 ) on Apr-01-07 at 04:43:13 PDT   Listings
    Good Morning and a Happy All Fools Day!
    Here is my 2c
    Lynn
    Posted by stampmad   ( 1084 ) on Apr-01-07 at 03:43:37 PDT   Listings
    All hail new President Mitch. 1st April is changeover date for EUSC executive. Thanks to those who served previously. Hopefully at the next meeting we will be able to ratify Matt as APS rep.
    Marius

    BTW Went to auditions for a nationally screened quiz type show and of the 250 people there I finished with the highest score in the 40 question quiz. Here's hoping.
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Apr-01-07 at 02:32:29 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all




    Jim L.
    Posted by sheryll*net   ( 91 ) on Mar-31-07 at 23:38:45 PDT   Listings
    Better late than never.....

    Here's my posting for 1, 1 1/2 and 2.
    This cover, which sold at auction in 2000 (for AU$600!!), shows 2 New Hebrides 2d stamps over which has been typed "ONE PENNY HALFPENNY" in red. No such overprint was offically used, and New Hebrides collectors have so far drawn a blank in finding out why the overprint was applied. Perhaps the sender had had one two many?

    S2
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-31-07 at 22:10:52 PDT   Listings
    Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of Strubels and chocolate, notable numbers and regumming of stamps (if Berlin Bear stamps were to be regummend, they could be called Gummy Bears). Anne
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-31-07 at 21:16:56 PDT   Listings
    just for ioJim.. panic in Duluth as fake volcano bursts into flames!
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17882423/?gt1=9145

    :o)
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-31-07 at 20:15:11 PDT   Listings
    Paolo -
    Your new cover has an example of the G�ller moveable wheel cancels first issued in late 1866. G�ller got a contract to provide these cancels to replace the slugs used in most cancelers. Your Z�rich example with 17 vertical lines above the bridge was in use between 10 July 1867 and 11 December 1868.

    If you have access to a philatelic library my information comes from an article "Les Cachet G�ller avec Texte Elzevir", by Pierre Guinand in the Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung, October/2006. In French so I can't give many details, sacr� blu!

    Roger

    BTW - I had that cover on my watch list.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-31-07 at 19:41:42 PDT   Listings
    PAOLO -----Your all wet when it comes to stamp gum.

    Your information is not correct about reguming stamps.First their are artist out there who have been doing it for years and they are very good in their art.

    They are so good that they can renew any stamp in the world to the point the experts can't tell .Some expert services no longer give opinions on gum ,that's how good they gotten.Not only they can duplicate the glues but the aging with it ,they also can put in the roller ridges on the stamp gum. Cleaning the edges is easy with a Dremel Drill to remove the gum from the perfs.

    They are so good they can take the gum off a low value or two or three half hinged stamp and reapply it to a higher value issue ,try to catch that with a spectrometer.The chemical makeup is the same .

    More than half of all the high Value stamps in the auction catalogs are regummed if not 90%.

    Get real its a chemical on the back of the stamps and those same chemical are sold everyday all over the world.

    Gum even on original mint never hinged stamps will show variations especially if in a humid climate,mounted in plastic and pressed in a envolpe.

    REGUMING STAMPS IS A ART FORM not some kid with a bottle of LaPage glue like in the fifties ,There is a living made doing excellent work .

    PAUL

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 19:36:23 PDT   Listings
    D1,

    Good Old Gary,

    It would be a lot of work to alter the printed catalogues,

    David B.
    Posted by duncan_doenitz   ( 115 ) on Mar-31-07 at 19:23:17 PDT   Listings
    dporter That seller's previous auction was an Apple McBook. When the auction ended the seller took away the PayPal option and asked for cash in an envelope. It was a Private Auction. Duh!

    -Dunc
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 19:03:28 PDT   Listings
    D2

    Reply from GW says he will change the on line catalogue

    D1
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:46:45 PDT   Listings
    Paolo -
    BTW - one of the primary reasons I got into Swiss material was the misdescription of so many items. When they are overdescribed, one skips them by. When they are "underdescribed" one snatches them up with glee. One of the beauties of Scott catalogue is how confusing are the descriptions of the early stuff. There is hidden value when one has some knowledge, not of shades, but of cancels! When you are ready to start Strubels, let me know. The Rayons are like a rocky road, some bumps are nice and solid, followed immediately by a soft hole.

    Roger
    Posted by figmente   ( 881 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:45:03 PDT   Listings
    dporter etc.


    notice the last line of fine print:


    PLEASE NOTE INPORTANT: This auction is for a link only not the stamp itself, with the link you will be able to find out where to purchase this stamp. We do not take responsibilty for the final bidders emotions and actions. all sales are deemed final after payment is cleared, This auction is totally legal and respects all ADA commities that wish to purchase it.

    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:40:05 PDT   Listings
    Paolo -
    I think you might find a copy of the Zumstein Specialized 1992 edition. It's a single volume, 1000+ pages, and has most of thei information you need at this point. The Specialized had to be expanded primarily to include newer issues (like all catalogues). I think somewhere on the American Helvetia site within the index of articles is a review of the original 1992 Specialized and later the 2 volume 200?. Maybe you can make an informed, price comparison, decision.

    To everyone else not collecting Switzerland - Nevermind! )'>) you are missing something wonderful.

    Roger
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:35:40 PDT   Listings
    Bill C.
    Not at all! Thank you for your kind reply.

    Paolo
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:23:32 PDT   Listings
    PS: on the unused/mint scetion I recently encountered some dangerous (for the novice-medium collector) fake gums.
    Be very careful and informed regarding the never hinged conditon of better postage or due stamps.
    I recently have found one rare Italian postage due with one layer of paper (the back, reverse side) switched with another one, with different watermark but with full original gum.
    It is the so- called ' sandwich technique'; it's absolutely not a new issue, but forgers are refining their methods thanks to the info. we give them for free on the internet or on philatelic magazines.
    If you can change the gum, you can also change the paper type, e.g . white paper against granite paper, or grilled paper which is a crucial issue with a some Swiss postage stamps Issues.

    Recently on eBay I saw some real big misdescrptions on the Swiss area... and I thought it only happened with Italian States!
    Be always wary, and inform yourself.
    Regarding the genuine gum and paper, you can easily gather info from accumulations of stamps on letter piece which were not firmly applied to the postal document.
    Once you ascertained the document is coheve to that of the Issue, try to lift one of the sides of the adhesive postage stamp to check pare type, thickness and gum type (if undisturbed).
    Man warned is half saved.

    All the best,
    Paolo


    Posted by claghorn1p   ( 410 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:13:45 PDT   Listings
    Paolo Thanks for the info. I made the correction.

    Alec Thanks for the prize. It goes in the album woth the other prizes.

    Forgery Identification Site

    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 18:08:10 PDT   Listings
    If you give too much info. on postmarks, you risk it falls on the wrong hands.
    It is very easy, with the right equipment, to make a replica of any postal marking and/or cancel (used to obliterate adhesive postage stamps, in the philatelic period).
    The same is valid for overprints.
    With the advances in photo-etching ("zincografia") it can be done wonders as for dimensions and shape of a certain X cancel or overprint.
    The nastier ones -- I can assure you there are -- have the ingredients (chemical composition) and the preparation procedure scheme of the genuine pigments.
    It is a scary field!
    Fortunately there are the real stamp experts, those which are not merchants, to prevent the marcophily and postal history world from collapsing into a sea of doubtfullness.

    Fingers crossed!
    Good continuation,
    Paolo
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-31-07 at 17:51:51 PDT   Listings
    hungaryjim: aaahhhh, for the postmark..okay. wish i knew more about postmarks. they don't have a specific section for postal markings on ebay do they?
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 17:46:20 PDT   Listings
    P.S.
    "meroda, meroda friotta! ...sulla barba di chi l'ha scriotta":
    I have at least three forgeries of Switzerland "Kanton Z�rich" 4 and 6 (RP) purporting to be the Issue of 1843 -- certainly forgeries as they do not correspond to any of the issued types -- which appear to be engraved (recess printed, line engraved)! One of these is shown in your wonderful web-site (that one with 1, 8, 4, 3, at the four corners).
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 17:34:15 PDT   Listings
    Bill C. (Claghorn1p),

    Regarding this page (Belgium) out of your very usefule web-site:
    both genuine and forgery were lithographed (- not typographed -).
    My forgery (found it in a collection of Belgium) is very similar, if not identical, to the one you show; it is perforated 13.75 x 14.25, which is a different perforation gauge than that of the genuine.

    Greetings,
    Paolo
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-31-07 at 17:16:35 PDT   Listings
    Aloha all
    (but one or two ;-) with or without NABA blocks -- I don't need it anyways, I already have a couple, mint and... used... with genuine cancel and certificate!)!

    Roger,
    At your service, Your Majesty!
    As you can see I, too, am also a bit later than the conventional "academic delay of quarter of an hour". LOL
    Thank you very much for the images from Zumstein Special.
    I have the simplified version (2006) which is bilingual (German and French); I have Michel Schweiz Spezial 2007; but I still have to acquire a copy of the Zumstein Special; I understand it's in two volumes and I can order it from a local catalogue and philatelic literature dealer (Auf der Heide, near Zeist).
    Someone ventilated there is an Italian version of the specialised catalogue, but I couldn't find it on the internet. Anyway, German is fine, French a little better.

    I foresee some nice discussions on Swiss cancels, Strubeli and Rayons (I am beating my head on it right now, I took out some auction catalogues with large images cross checking with Serrane guide; in one collection there were also some Cantonals; all are fake (mine -- nevermind, they were not counted in, else I should have made another mortgage).
    Thank you for being there, Roger!


    I saved your image; I will print it out and show it to that nobjoker self propelled pseudo-expert with beardy overtones! ;-)

    David B.
    The boss told me they still could not sell that remainder of collection (includiong the PAX, C1 and C2); I saw he made some additions, spicey, with some blocks, but none fell for it, yet.

    Greetings,
    Paolo
    Posted by 1covers   ( 1309 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:32:19 PDT   Listings
    A lazy "2".
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:21:46 PDT   Listings
    Well, that didn't work.
    Posted by rclwa   ( 962 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:21:28 PDT   Listings
    OK, I think I found it.
    THESE
    and
    THESE

    Bob in WA
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:21:16 PDT   Listings
    Bob's stamps
    Posted by rclwa   ( 962 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:17:37 PDT   Listings
    Someone will have to explain to me why the links didn't work. They look correct to me.

    Bob in WA
    Posted by rclwa   ( 962 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:14:58 PDT   Listings
    Numbers -- I think I may have missed the rules--are we now going through each digit 0-9, following the A-Z series, one each week? May I post href=http://666kb.com/i/an3vm3hs7aqgcapuu.jpg>THESE all together now? (Any who wish may save and peek each week at the new number.)

    For those unfamiliar with the U.S. system, various numbers were assigned printing plates by different banknote companies from 1847 through the 1893 Columbians. In 1894 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a government entity, took over all stamp printing from these private companies, and for the next 90 years or so sequentially numbered every different plate, reaching the 40 thousands by the 1980s, after which printing reverted to other firms, and plate numbers abandoned the 5-digit numbers and started over with various forms we see today. These are the first nine of those more than 40 thousand numbers, on the First Bureau definitives, either of 1894 on unwatermarked paper, or 1895 on watermarked paper, when most early plates were still in use. Probably the latter, which are more plentiful and less expensive. I'll have to check some day. My father started a goal of collecting the first 100 numbers, and had about 40 of them when he died in 1972. I have added about 20 more. 19 numbers were never used, so 81 would be a complete collection. Among others I still need the dollar values, which are very pricey, and for one extremely rare one (#89) it is believed only a handful exist.

    Another catch up for numbers 1 and 2 would be href=http://666kb.com/i/aismlwji99fhm9bom.jpg>THESE, which please take note are the imperf varieties.

    Bob in WA
    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-31-07 at 16:06:28 PDT   Listings
    Here's an 1863 2 silbergreoschen numeral from T&T Northern District.

    It's an example of perce en lines rouletting, a process that has not been used for 100 years.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-31-07 at 15:53:03 PDT   Listings
    Linda

    In addition to the seller being apparently illiterate and assuming all customers are complete morons, I hope they enjoyed their loss on the purchase of the get-rich-quick scheme and on the eBay listing fee.

    Just finishing my mail-out for the "other club", 100 via postcards and 138 via email. Who says rednecks aren't going with the flow!
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-31-07 at 15:24:32 PDT   Listings
    GM from a sunny Melbourne, where we had a shower of rain overnight.
    ioJim ebay aussie also shows feedback as From Buyers, From Sellers, Left for Others. Of most interest is the last purchase of that seller, �8.99 for a 'GET RICH QUICK SCHEME', which was from an equally poor speller.
    Reporting the mis-use of the ASDA logo should get it pulled faster than anything else.
    However, I am sure putting this wording in miniscule font in light grey on white will not be legal on ebay.uk
    This auction is for a link only not the stamp itself, with the link you will be able to find out where to purchase this stamp.


    oh dear!!!!
    Linda
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-31-07 at 13:54:41 PDT   Listings
    For what it's worth I have reported that auction.
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-31-07 at 13:23:21 PDT   Listings
    Thanks. I don't normally use the UK site, so I'm unaware of its quirks. Nonetheless, the auction is wonky.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-31-07 at 13:13:13 PDT   Listings
    Anne

    Unlike the US site where feedback opens at total, the UK site opens feedback concomitant with the person's action.
    Thus a seller's feedback will show selling feedback, e.t.c.
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-31-07 at 13:03:36 PDT   Listings
    AFternoon/evening/morning from a gray but very slightly greener NJ. Spring is getting ready to spring.

    dporter Interesting auction. The seller's fiedback is interesting too--13 listed, 3 show up. And the ASDA stuff on the auction page.

    New acquisition time: Here's a Egypt-Luxembourg cover, sent from Mena in 1899 to Luxembourg-Gare, via Alexandria. Number two for my "twofers" collection.

    Anne
    Posted by jimbo   ( 390 ) on Mar-31-07 at 13:00:29 PDT   Listings
    Here are a couple of 2s from Today in Postal History:
    02/22/56 Galapagos to Canada
    02/22/71Great Britain to Denmark

    jimbo
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-31-07 at 12:37:18 PDT   Listings
    Ah, Dr. Who.

    I've been a fan since William Hartnell.
    That must be over forty years!!
    Unfortunately it normally appears on US TV on Friday at midnight.
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Mar-31-07 at 12:20:19 PDT   Listings
    dcderoo
    Thanks much for remembering. I�ve got that one, but if you�ve an extra to dispose of I�d be interested. Email me for my address.
    I suspect that the Dilbert cards will be harder to come by as they are sent to businesses where the Cathy cards go to residences.

    Jim L.
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-31-07 at 12:12:15 PDT   Listings
    Jim Guess you were asleep last Sunday when I posted a 2! So I will give you a second chance especially as you are a GB collector:-

    Missed the number 1 for the last week but thought I would double with plate numbers; a 1 and a 2. One of my favourite stamps and a little bit under-rated IMHO. QV surface printed SG126 in rose Plate 1 and nearly socked on the nose! and her sister a slightly grubby SG127 pale rose Plate 2.


    BTW Very good start to the new Doctor Who series tonight in UK, beats the hell out of Star Wars, Star Trek etc.....
    cheers
    Peter
    Posted by kathmoon   ( 245 ) on Mar-31-07 at 12:10:41 PDT   Listings
    peterc: the revenue stamp is Scott #R107 - the center is justvery faded
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-31-07 at 12:02:59 PDT   Listings
    Terry

    Thanks. Just curious about it.


    PC
    Posted by thines   ( 1465 ) on Mar-31-07 at 11:47:40 PDT   Listings
    Peter,

    It's R107. And there is an image of Washington's face. It's just very faded. Nothing special.

    Terry Hines

    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-31-07 at 11:37:51 PDT   Listings
    Does anyone know the Scott # of this US Internal Revenue 5c stamp?

    PC
    Posted by dcderoo   ( 1658 ) on Mar-31-07 at 11:37:11 PDT   Listings
    Wasn't someone here collecting the USPS "Cathy" cards?
    I just got one where Cathy was putting her mail on hold prior to going on vacation.
    Let me know if you want/need this one.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-31-07 at 11:18:37 PDT   Listings
    Matt in AZ� Yes, it actually threatened the HOLLYWOOD sign for a while, and a cemetery, of all places, but they attacked it with water-dropping choppers and put it out in about an hour.

    I made an operatic little movie of it that I posted on YouTube, here.

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by keleofa   ( 3405 ) on Mar-31-07 at 11:04:36 PDT   Listings
    Jim,

    I mis-read that line the first time! Glad you liked the 'Grain Quoatation' cover. Is the fire out in the Hollywood Hills?

    Matt in Arizona
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-31-07 at 10:48:10 PDT   Listings
    Matt in AZ� Another humorously quotable line from that lot� ��do not pass the chance to miss out on this auction.�

    OK, will do!

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Mar-31-07 at 10:12:16 PDT   Listings
    Yikes! The winner was was so eager to get this stamps that he entered a quadruple snipe! I know EZsniper will sometimes enter two bids, but four?

    BTW, since the item page does reveal the identity of "Bidder 14", who not do so in the bid history too?

    I think the folks at Ruby's got a bit of a surpise here! $860 for a $143 CV stamp isn't what you expect, but this is the "reengraved corner" plate flaw. Still a bit much IMHO.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-31-07 at 10:08:58 PDT   Listings
    dporter

    Apart from the appalling spelling, I doubt that the seller has an example of the 1840 "rainbow trial", but then again, you are bidding on a link as to where to obtain the stamp, rather than the stamp itself.
    Posted by keleofa   ( 3405 ) on Mar-31-07 at 09:58:53 PDT   Listings
    dporter,

    Other than remarks like 'massive rareness and fang' and the spelling, having to pick up the crap in Edinburgh may be fun. I've been there, nice town!

    Matt in Arizona
    Posted by dporter-stamps   ( 460 ) on Mar-31-07 at 09:51:18 PDT   Listings
    Anyone have any comments on this auction ?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Victorian-1penny-stamp-Alternatively-rare-collective_W0QQitemZ330102702888QQcategoryZ3503QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
    Posted by 22028   ( 1591 ) on Mar-31-07 at 09:02:47 PDT   Listings
    Talking about "2", now I have brother and sister...
    http://fuchs-online.com/nepal/postal_history/Nepal-1893-Cover.jpg
    http://fuchs-online.com/nepal/postal_history/Nepal-1887-Cover.jpg
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-31-07 at 07:58:38 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    I don't think anyone has posted a "2" this week, so here's a 2 cent stamp.
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    Posted by hungaryjim   ( 880 ) on Mar-31-07 at 06:11:24 PDT   Listings
    sammlermax1 Hi Max from Austria.
    I saw your earlier post and I have a question for you about your country that hopefully you can answer for me.

    One of my collecting interests is the first issues of Austria for town cancels and would like to know what would be the correct terminology for the different areas of this country.
    Would you consider the following places to be called; regions, provinces, districts, or some other term?
    Just some of the areas that I've come across are; Bohem, Mahren, Kustenland, Siliesia, Galacien, Oberossterrich and a few more. Sorry if I misspelled a few of these regions!
    Any help from you would be appreciated.
    Thanks in advance, Jimbo2
    Posted by hungaryjim   ( 880 ) on Mar-31-07 at 05:56:27 PDT   Listings
    vinnysf Hi Vinny, Just read your earlier post about some stamps being upside down, and as mini*lindy stated in her post, the main reason being for town cancel collectors to read them easily!
    It's very difficult sometimes to make out a town cancel on a stamp that is displayed right side up let alone try and decipher one that is upside down!

    Jimbo2
    Posted by sayasan   ( 640 ) on Mar-31-07 at 05:28:20 PDT   Listings
    rainer - A while ago I was informed by eBay (genuinely) that someone had used my seller id to offer their own items outside eBay auctions. This had been noticed, and the buyers concerned had been notified that the offers were not genuine and were not from me. Is that the sort of thing you mean? My eBay password had been obtained by a keystroke reader on an insecure pc at my place of work. I'm pretty sure the same people went into my yahoo email account as well. But my passwords had not been changed, so I was quickly able to change them myself and solve the problem. I don't think my esnipe account was affected, except that I had to remember to update my eBay password on esnipe. Don't understand why you shouldn't be able to do this ...
    Posted by cwhutch   ( 647 ) on Mar-31-07 at 04:39:06 PDT   Listings
    Good morning.

    Hutch
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-31-07 at 04:35:17 PDT   Listings
    vinny HungaryJim is selling them for the POSTMARK more than the stamp, so he illustrates them with the POSTMARK right way up for ease of reading!
    Posted by 22028   ( 1591 ) on Mar-31-07 at 03:57:18 PDT   Listings
    b>Jim, unfortunately, the emails I had received were genuine ones from ebay...
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Mar-31-07 at 03:25:04 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all


    RE: esnipe
    I won a lot using esnipe yesterday. Had no problems after I turned of the caps lock � I�d hit the key by mistake. The only messages I�ve gotten saying or implying my account has become compromised were phishing emails from crooks trying to get me to use their link so they could compromise my account.
    When I check the �Messages� folder in �My eBay� I found that eBay was not the source of the emails.

    Jim L.
    Posted by 22028   ( 1591 ) on Mar-31-07 at 02:33:41 PDT   Listings
    Has someone used esnipe recently? I can not update my ebay password on esnipe anymore, furthermore, i had been asked by ebay several times over the past weeks to change my ebay password as they feel my account has become compromised. I believe meanwhile that they detect esnipe as account compromise. Can it be?
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 02:11:14 PDT   Listings
    D2
    Good detective work.

    I have emailed gary, so we will see

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 02:06:39 PDT   Listings
    D1, looks closer again at yours, looks like 81 of Warwick gets the nod,

    David B.
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 02:04:05 PDT   Listings
    D2

    together they look even more like a pair, you can see the top margin of the lower copy

    http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/thepair.jpg

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 02:03:42 PDT   Listings
    D1, I was looking at the Prestige copy and can make out an 8 which could be 81 or Warwick, 85 of Drayton, 86 of Gayndah or 87 of Ipswich. I couldn't make out a cancel on yours but presume it would be the same. Closer scrutiny of the various examples extant should be able to tell which office used the imperf.

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:59:27 PDT   Listings
    D1, no problems, send the scan to Gary and see what he says about the description in the catalogue,

    David B.
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:56:28 PDT   Listings
    D2

    No thin just perfect

    D1
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:55:11 PDT   Listings
    D2

    My copy may even fit directly above the Prestige copy

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:53:06 PDT   Listings
    D1, marginwise, yes, but from the scan appears it may have a thin,

    David B.
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:48:30 PDT   Listings
    D2

    I would like to think my copy equals the Prestige copy

    http://www.revenuesociety.org.uk/imperf.jpg

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:43:09 PDT   Listings
    D1, thanks,

    it must have been sold somewhere, next time I see Geoff I will ask him,


    David B.
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:40:24 PDT   Listings
    D2

    Sorry Prestige gives it Jaffe provenance but Manning is the vendor. I have no record of where it was before.

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:35:12 PDT   Listings
    D1, are you sure it went direct to Peter and not through an auction. Geoff K. was handling the estate and I didn't think anything was sold directly, it all went through various auction houses in the UK and here,

    David B.
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:34:07 PDT   Listings
    hungary jim a lot of your stamps pictures are upside down. :)
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:27:41 PDT   Listings
    i felt the scan was good enough for people to see the countries on those KGVI stamps. i personally like to collect groups of stamps from different countries that all have the same design in common. this is a good lot for anyone else who shares that same interest. the ones i listed are my duplicates of that particular design.
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 01:27:38 PDT   Listings
    D2

    Jaffe to Bernie Manning to this Prestige sale

    D1
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-31-07 at 00:59:22 PDT   Listings
    D1,

    I can't see any reference to a certificate, it should be mandatory on that item as it looks like it has ironed out crease.

    RL states " only 2 or 3 copies are known and that was over 40 years ago.

    Did the item come direct from Peter Jaffe's estate or has it been sold since, if so, it would be interesting to see the description.

    David B.
    Posted by ed845   ( 4395 ) on Mar-31-07 at 00:56:19 PDT   Listings
    mini*lindy

    Does it really matter whether the seller has listed the names of the countries of that George VI lot. With the exception of one stamp they are all 1946 Peace Omnibus as you well know. Have you looked in SG to see what they are valued at. Not even worth the ink used to name them in the listing. The title could have been a bit more clear but whatever.



    Ed
    Posted by sammlermax1   ( 845 ) on Mar-31-07 at 00:26:59 PDT   Listings
    Hellooo lindy :-)
    Posted by de66   ( 1060 ) on Mar-31-07 at 00:26:57 PDT   Listings

    I do not know how Prestige auctions in oz gets away with using "Believed to be the only recorded example" etc when we all know of a few, one such item he has lot 257 I can place 3 copies I even have a good 4 margin copy. This is tantamount to fraud, the poor unsuspecting collector who buys thinking he has a unique item only to sell a few years later to find out he would have paid far in access of the correct price had the lot been described correctly. They obviously do not background checks on lots.

    http://www.prestigephilately.com/catlot.php?acode=235796&auctionnum=128&sortcode=bm1864&lim=

    Buy Beware should not have to apply at so called high end auction houses.

    In their last sale they even went so far as to quote my name as listing an item WRONG in one of my monographs when i pointed out this was total crap. All i could get was for them to remove it from the web site, [after several email reminders] not evan an apology.

    Just when does a code of ethics apply?

    D1
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-31-07 at 00:00:29 PDT   Listings
    Servos Max!
    Posted by sammlermax1   ( 845 ) on Mar-30-07 at 23:41:35 PDT   Listings
    Good morning all from nice Austria.
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-30-07 at 23:33:34 PDT   Listings
    Vin the grouping of British Commonwealth KGVI.. no mention of which countries etc?
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-30-07 at 22:48:36 PDT   Listings
    mini which listing did i cut back on?
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-30-07 at 22:26:38 PDT   Listings
    Roger--I will admit to looking more carefully at the cancel (which looks interesting) than the destination. I saw some of the Swiss items that the seller had listed and thought of you. Didn't see any razor cancels off-hand though.

    I came across another interesting and totally unrelated cover yesterday at the stamp store. The dealer was showing me a freak US stamped cover that had been heavily over-inked. Not my area, but I'm always intrigued by oddities. Then I noticed the return address--"The Burson Knitting Company" of Rockford, Illinois. Not only does the cover have name interest for me, but it also explains my current obsession with sock knitting. The Burson Knitting Company manufactured high quality womens' knit stockings. In other words, it's genetic. Needless to say, the cover now resides in my collection.

    Anne
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-30-07 at 21:48:19 PDT   Listings
    Aloha Anne -
    I hope you noticed the Bulgarian consular letter went from Cairo to Alexandria, not Bulgaria.

    I have bought a few 1900 and 1909 razor cancels from this seller to Sistor, Bulgaria. His "Store" has many interesting items.

    Roger
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-30-07 at 21:28:29 PDT   Listings
    My newest purchases--two covers from Egypt to Bulgaria.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=9506915554&rd=1&rd=1

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150095963995&rd=1&rd=1

    Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of Egypt-Bulgaria consular covers, APS elections, and Palace Collections (it's good to be the King--at least until you get overthrown). Anne
    Posted by billsey   ( 844 ) on Mar-30-07 at 20:32:10 PDT   Listings
    Roger you might find that starting with your original source document, then adding scans of the items in the exhibit will give you a much smaller pdf file. The bitmaps are space hogs, so limiting them as much as possible is always a good thing. And the scan of a cover is typically much smaller than the scan of a page.
    Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-30-07 at 19:08:13 PDT   Listings
    Blue Angels
    Here in Tampa this weekend
    Airshows are great.
    almost as good as stamps.
    Nothing like the " Sound of Freedom" in the Sky/Air.
    Afterall Tampa is an Air Base City.
    Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-30-07 at 19:00:40 PDT   Listings
    Kchrist99 Hawaii
    The first two have been used and washed (red cancels?)
    The last one looks like mine. Is my undereducated guess;
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-30-07 at 18:56:56 PDT   Listings
    Vinny to the British Commonwealth collector unused means they go NO GUM.
    cutting the price is one thing, cutting your descriptions is definately a no-no.
    Reminds me of a Realtor I used to work with, when asked if he would cut his commission, he would reply to the seller 'Sure, and which part of my services would you like me to cut back to match the cut commission?'
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-30-07 at 18:54:37 PDT   Listings
    ooops... i corrected all my used stamp listings where i said NH.. i knew that but i'm obviously still baffled with all the abbreviations. MNH, HR, etc...
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-30-07 at 18:53:28 PDT   Listings
    vinny, of course better scans may help or at least a list of WHICH countries and values are in your WW lot?
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-30-07 at 18:50:35 PDT   Listings
    vinny -
    You've fallen into the trap of a beginning seller where potential buyers will look at one or two auctions and move on. Used stamps are never "NH". You should change as many of your auctions as you can where you use the letters NH and write "Used". NH (I assume No Hinge") only applies to uncancelled stamps with gum.

    Roger
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 342 ) on Mar-30-07 at 18:50:21 PDT   Listings
    vinny, as long as selling them for 01c if you only have ONE bidder is ok with you, cant see the problem.
    Personally, I start every item at the price I WANT. AND usually someone else wants it at that price too !

    Linda
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 408 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:51:10 PDT   Listings
    i just decided to start all my auctions at .01 just to see if it makes any difference in bidding.
    Posted by kchrist499   ( 1103 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:33:18 PDT   Listings
    NOIP...do these three Hawaiian stamps represent different intensities of the same color, or are they different shades?
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:22:04 PDT   Listings
    NOIP� Big scary brushfire in the Hollywood Hills today. Not to worry though�it�s up where the rich folks live!!

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:19:45 PDT   Listings
    bookmark
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:13:04 PDT   Listings
    NOIP----Finally ,had my first week were the money i made exceeded the weekly payouts . Darn this not working in the winter can take its toll on ones savings account ,the bills don't stop coming .
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-30-07 at 16:08:45 PDT   Listings
    ANNE ---Thanks for the info on the airmail invert .
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-30-07 at 14:48:41 PDT   Listings
    Those of us who are veterans of philatarium's original StampChat board have vivid memories of postings by Ken Lawrence. The archive is here:

    http://www.pacificanalytics.com/stampchat/

    If you do a google site search on Ken, you can come up with some of the discussions.

    Anne
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-30-07 at 14:31:08 PDT   Listings
    I bought this about a couple of hours ago from Iceland stamps for $2.58 plus S&H (which was $2.27 as opposed to sellers' $2.50, but I bought some other stuff).
    Isn't a 250% mark-up a little extreme?

    BTW, neat image of eruption from under Vatnajokull.
    Iceland has some more neat volcano stamps being issued in May.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-30-07 at 14:28:01 PDT   Listings
    IO,

    that's hilarious,

    "to uphold the integrity of stamp collecting by energetically fighting fraud in the marketplace"

    Ken is energetically promoting it not fighting it,

    David B.
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Mar-30-07 at 14:10:09 PDT   Listings
    D2, yes I guess Athens is a natural route, there's a transit postmark from Berlin airport on the back.
    Posted by 1covers   ( 1309 ) on Mar-30-07 at 13:59:42 PDT   Listings
    David B - Thank you for the info.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-30-07 at 13:59:22 PDT   Listings
    Bjorn,

    that marking often turns up on covers routed by airmail through Athens,

    David B.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1047 ) on Mar-30-07 at 13:57:54 PDT   Listings
    Peter

    You may enjoy this(click on candidates name), but might have to first download adobe reader version 8.0.

    Just in case you can't read it, here is part of Ken Lawrence's answer to "Reasons for running for an APS Board position".

    "to uphold the integrity of stamp collecting by energetically fighting fraud in the marketplace"

    I guess, if you don't recognise fraud in the form of illegals, you don't have to fight it!!
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-30-07 at 13:56:39 PDT   Listings
    Richard,

    Gibbons cats. the missing value at 325 Pounds,

    Greenwave,

    I think (and hope) that Ken has shot himself in the foot with his ravings. He has been using the VCC as a platform to promote himself and often runs down the opposition every time he can get a chance. He sees this as a positive idea as there are many members of the APS who sees his stance on Illegals as a good idea as it is promoting the freedom of collectors to collect what they want without being told by anyone what they should and not have in their albums, on show at exhitions and what can be sold at exhibitions. This may be OK for the novice collector but advice and mentoring is the greatest advantage a newer collector can have and especially these days when most new collectors don't attend clubs and see what collecting is all about but want to do their own thing.

    David B.
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-30-07 at 12:10:48 PDT   Listings
    David/Richard Having read the post you are both refering to and subsequent ones, I would say they are uncalled for, provocative, insulting and above all plain childish. If that's a face of APS I think they should be asking some serious questions. I'm glad I am British and UK born!
    Knud You are doing a great job for raising the stakes but where are the commonwealth stamps??? I don't collect US:-( yet....
    Peter
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-30-07 at 11:40:38 PDT   Listings
    Afternoon/evening/morning from a sunny and vaguely greenish NJ.

    Paul Sorry about not seeing your overprint inquiry of 3/27 sooner. Yes, that is a legitimate variety. It's listed in The Nile Post catalog as C103d, with a cat of $400 mint. If legitimate, it comes from a sheet of 50 found in the Palace Collection. There are lots of forgeries. My suggestion would be to send it to Charlie Haas, who is THE authority on Egyptian overprints, and have him reexpertise it. His eBay ID is masr.

    Anne
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 908 ) on Mar-30-07 at 10:52:20 PDT   Listings
    NOIP: yesterday was the day for coincidences. I received three items in the mail, one was postmarked Hamilton, Ontario, and another was postmarked Hamilton, New Zealand.

    The latter was this cover to Bombay, paying the tripe weight airmail surcharge for India. The strange cancel on the front was unknown to me.

    Today I received some unsolicited catalogues from a large auction house in Thessaloniki (must have bought from them on eBay). I open it up at random, and lo and behold, there are three covers with the same cancel! Turns out this is from the Greek(!) "National Currency Protection".
    Posted by 1covers   ( 1309 ) on Mar-30-07 at 10:50:03 PDT   Listings
    Catalog Value Question - Does anybody have the current, or recent, Gibbons catalog value for the error chunk here. 19 copies with shifted "1/2c" and 3 with denomination omitted. Used to be Gibbons #170Ea,b. Thank you.
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-30-07 at 08:06:08 PDT   Listings
    hungaryjim - Thank you. :O)
    It's nice to see some few known faces, who have bid on the auctions. But let's see how many other who turns up - there is still time to bid as the first auctions ends 15:08:33 PDT today. :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Mar-30-07 at 07:40:30 PDT   Listings
    Roger
    Thanks much for the info.
    FWIW,, my old machine was x-rayed a couple of times when I'd graveled with no ill effect.
    But, I will contact VA and request verification in writing.
    Jim L.
    Posted by sayasan   ( 640 ) on Mar-30-07 at 07:34:32 PDT   Listings
    David - Having said that, I have, in the end, posted a response to KL. Can't say I have much appetite for a tussle, though.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-30-07 at 07:34:26 PDT   Listings
    Jim L -

    Ask the VA person who said your settings can be wiped out by x-ray to provide written documentation and scientific proof. To my knowledge this will be honored. The problem is that we run probably 30 of these machines a day through our x=ray machine, then have to swipe them for explosives per national SOP.

    We get people all the tiime asking whether x-ray will damage their camera. Our first question is - what speed film? They say it's digital. No problem, says we. The icing on th eunscietific/practical x-ray question is the passenger who presents a large envelope of x-rays (going to medical appointment in Honolulu) and says the radiological office said not to send through the x-ray machine. We honor that, BUT the film is processed and in effect is inert plastic which can no longer be affected by x-rays. If it could be affected by x-rays it could also be affected by light! There is a whole bunch of "unclear on the concept" science wihtin the public domain. Again, my wife the ex-6th grade science teacher is glad she doesn't have to participate in the education system any more.

    Roger
    Posted by hungaryjim   ( 880 ) on Mar-30-07 at 06:45:56 PDT   Listings
    knuden Good Luck on your "philatelic library auction items" ending today.
    I hope you reach your goal, Jimbo2
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    Posted by oggilby   ( 1195 ) on Mar-30-07 at 05:54:17 PDT   Listings
    Greetings to all from a cool (38 F) Central Md (but it will warm up fast). Up most of the night with my daughter who has the virus that comes around, goes around (my turn was last Monday and Tuesday. Wifey hasn't been so lucky, shes in CA but coming home tonight, we will welcome her with open arms so that she too can share (hee-hee).

    D2--thanks for the Aussie WTM info, useful to all. P.S. charge my account, I'm heading out of town tomorrow to SW MI tomorrow to check on father-in-laws property.
    Posted by cwhutch   ( 647 ) on Mar-30-07 at 05:35:59 PDT   Listings
    Good morning. I am SOOOOO glad its friday.

    Hutch
    Posted by sayasan   ( 640 ) on Mar-30-07 at 05:32:54 PDT   Listings
    David - Oh no, here we go again. I'm not sure that I have the patience to get dragged into yet another rambling slug-out with Ken. And his almost-racism is really irritating - "a cultural trait inherited from Victoria" .. Ho ho ho. The fact that I happen to have been born in the UK seems to be a killer put-down for him, for some bizarre reason. Talk about arguments ad hominem ....
    Posted by dcderoo   ( 1658 ) on Mar-30-07 at 04:49:36 PDT   Listings
    After several days of considering my concerns about shipping to non-US destinations, I decided not to worry about it anymore.
    I'm just going to post auctions open to all locations and ship in a normal manner.
    And I'll eliminate the Certificate of Mailing since it's useless, at least for PayPal purposes (that will save the winners 95 cents.)

    Let the chips fall where they may.

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8054 ) on Mar-30-07 at 04:39:39 PDT   Listings
    Stan,

    You should contact your national philatelic library and try to borrow some books on the subject of Peru cancellations. I am sure the info you seek would be available either in a separate book or in specialist magazines.

    David B.
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1277 ) on Mar-30-07 at 04:35:27 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all


    Roger(malolo)
    I�ve a screening question for you. If it�s improper for you to answer, just say so.
    In July I�ll be flying to Fort Worth Texas and I�ve a machine that I use for sleep apnea at night and the VA told me it should not be x-rayed as that could wipe out the settings. What is the best way for me to approach this issue with the screeners?

    Jim L.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-30-07 at 04:33:01 PDT   Listings
    ROGER ---Thanks for info. ,will write it up and mount the stamp on a page.

    On the same subject of varities ,notice that people who sell a few copies of the same stamp with different varities seem to always find buyers who are willing to pay more ,to added them to their collection or research them better .

    Posted by dutchman2006   ( 116 ) on Mar-30-07 at 03:36:14 PDT   Listings
    I want to thank all members who helped me out with information on GB used abroad, it was refreshing after not using the board for some years for help to find out how people would help out. Thankyou.

    I have one more favor to ask and that is the stamps of Peru with town cancellations, I would like to find a member who could supply me with drawings of the st line dots cancellation and the reason behind Peru using these cancellations. Any and all help will be appreciated.

    Thanks again.

    Ottawa Stan
    Posted by 22028   ( 1588 ) on Mar-29-07 at 22:47:25 PDT   Listings
    Roger, PDF's from JPG's are usually always large. However, there are PDF writers which let you choose the resolution of the embedded pictures. Do a google search for free/share ware for PDF writers...
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-29-07 at 22:30:32 PDT   Listings
    To anyone who has created .pdf files.
    How do you keep the file size down to a reasonable size? I scanned this full page creating a .jpg image - 160KB jpg test

    It seems the only way I can make a pdf file is to create the pages in my draw application (which is how I create my pages anyway), then import the images from the scanned jpg page, then �print�. At this time I�m given a chance to �Save as .PDF�, which I do to create this - 535KB pdf test

    The problem is that the page size jumps from 160 to 535KB. Text is now searchable on the page, and I assume it is searchable on the web - BUT 128 pages would be a huge folder. My previous 128 page jpg exhibit was 18.1MB, my 64 pages jpg exhibit was 11.1MB. Will a 128 page pdf exhibit calculate out to � 60MB? Or is there a way of reducing the size of pdf files?

    Thanks in advance, Roger
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-29-07 at 21:23:58 PDT   Listings

    Paul -
    Various defects of the number 5:

    google translation

    like defective 5; broken off flag with the 5: Crossbar somewhat shortens etc. - 10Frc instead of 5 francs.

    I think that is an optomistic value unless with a perfect CDS, and since machine cancels were �in�, town cancels are scarcer, thus increased value. Partial strikes don�t count.

    Roger
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 20:37:30 PDT   Listings
    Peetah, OS perfs. were for Federal Governmental use, other poerfs were used for State Government Departments,

    OS NSW for New South Wales, they are not catalogued except in specialist articles, there are many variations,

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 20:33:37 PDT   Listings
    Peetah,

    it is normal for Australian collectors to describe watermarks by type not by numbers.

    1st. watermark, Kangaroo's 1/2d., 1d. 4d. & 5d. were only issued with this watermark.

    2nd. watermark, produced for KGV Heads.

    3rd. watermark, thin Crown & A.

    Large Multiple,

    Small Multiple,

    C of A

    David B.
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 20:31:40 PDT   Listings
    One last question before I turn the lights out.
    this stamp has this O S punched holes with the letters NSW punched below them. Punched OS were for Official use, so what is the NSW for? Catalog number?
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:59:39 PDT   Listings
    51 is the number of 6p kangaroo stamps I have to look at. OK, so I guess the answer to my original question, (at least from those who have read my post this far) is that there is no comprehensive list of watermarks numbered and illustrated in one place using the watermark numbers that SG uses.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:52:48 PDT   Listings
    peetah, please talk stamps, not numbers, I haven't got a clue what you mean by 51. They are all perf. 12.

    The Small Multiple 6d. Chestnut was issued in 1929, it should be listed in Scott's around that date,

    David B.
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:45:36 PDT   Listings
    dbenson thanks. I have 51 (6p) and cannot discern one from another, except for 1 (perf 12) with "small multiple watermark". (Scott does not show a perf 12 with this "multiple watermark").The others all have a single A and crown, but as I said, too hard for me to discern the wmk number, though all are perfed 12.
    Posted by duncan_doenitz   ( 115 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:36:18 PDT   Listings
    "Three years ago the APS Board of Directors resolved not to oppose illegals, leaving the decision to individual collectors."

    Yeah, right. that's one person's spin, but not a true picture of the APS position as explained to me by a prominent APS official who was there.

    The real story is, the APS is opposed to illegals but felt they had too much on their plate already with the developing alliance with eBay, and so they chose to postpone pressing the issue.

    Not the neutral attitude one would get from the first quote at all, which I find to be quite dishonest in its careful wording.

    I'm just saying...

    -Dunc
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:18:50 PDT   Listings
    peetah,

    try this one on for size,

    http://reviews.ebay.com.au/Australian-Pre-Decimal-Kangaroo-Stamps-Watermark-Guide_W0QQugidZ10000000001997872

    The 2nd. watermark is usually very badlt placed on the Roos as it was produced specifically for use with the KGV design which is a different size & shape,

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:06:07 PDT   Listings
    ROGER ----Since you got your catalog out ,can you see if this variety of the overprint "5" is listed. OVERPRINT OF THE " 5 ".....paul
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:02:59 PDT   Listings
    awww geez sorry for the bold
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 19:02:28 PDT   Listings
    malolo Australia specifically. But, is there a site listing worldwide SG watermark numbers? I have a Buxton Encyclopedia of watermarks with Scott numbers worldwide from 1 through 377 So I just assume there must be a similar reference using SG numbers.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-29-07 at 18:46:15 PDT   Listings
    Paolo -
    "I won't comment on the validity of the overprint on the right stamp, I'm not sure. The left is surface scrape and damaged. Certainly not a listed variety."

    Not to confuse. This is in reference your stamp scan, not my scan from catalogue.

    Roger
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-29-07 at 18:43:58 PDT   Listings
    peetah -
    Which country?
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-29-07 at 18:42:50 PDT   Listings
    Your Esteemed Highness Paolo (all Swiss collectors are greeted in such a manner)-

    Here's ammunition (a picture) concerning the broken propeller variety from Zumstein Specialized 1992.

    I won't comment on the validity of the overprint on the right stamp, I'm not sure. The left is surface scrape and damaged. Certainly not a listed variety.

    Sir, always give me 24 hours to respond to any post where you are going into battle. I will do what I can to help!

    NOIP -
    Meanwhile life is good. Our checkpoint has finally been enclosed and the air-conditioning turned on for the very first time. It did rain yesterday morning and proved that when rain gutters are not installed on af lat roof, and no drainage experts are consulted, one gets rain water coming into a building! Luckily the other door, only 20 feet away acted as a spillway limiting the depth of Lake Checkpoint #2 to about 4 inches. Officials from various levels of administration sauntered by taking pictures. The rainy day revelations confirmed a number of faults that were previously pointed out by screeners, many of whom have built their own houses, etc. in Hawaii. One 24' wall has only a single double electrical outlet to use for our machine(s). We are now obviously limited in the placement of said machines. Code for residences requires a double outlet every 12' minimum, often 8' intervals. Remember this went through a two year planning period with architects and engineers consulting to give maximum value to the taxpayers of America. Not!

    Rant over. Nevermind!

    Roger
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-29-07 at 18:42:36 PDT   Listings
    Is there a site where all Watermarks are shown using S Gibbons numbers? I am looking for SG #7 and #15 but a full list would be most useful for future reference.
    Posted by thines   ( 1465 ) on Mar-29-07 at 18:31:59 PDT   Listings
    We're all familiar with the bar codes sprayed on envelopes by the USPS. These are usually applied by the office at which the mail piece enters the mailstream. All I've seen, until now, are just a simple bar code in black, sometimes sprayed directly onto the lower right part of the envelope, or onto a narrow adhesive strip that is applied to the same location.

    However, today I received an envelope with a bar codes strip which also had the corresponding 11 digit ZIP coe printed in red at the upper left area of the strip. My envelope had a NC return address but was actually mailed (as idicated by the meter imprint) from NYC. Has anyone else seen anything like this? Is this a new general type from the USPS? Or have I come across an experimental type?

    Terence Hines

    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-29-07 at 17:51:50 PDT   Listings
    There is now less than 24 hours before the end of the "In aid of the philatelic library" auctions.
    So far 2 (two) from here have made bids but there is still time. Please give it some support. :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-29-07 at 17:49:43 PDT   Listings
    Cobbie10

    Thanks for the information.

    PC
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-29-07 at 15:59:24 PDT   Listings
    When my weather gets on the radar screen it's too late.

    Maybe they should employ the Marfa DEA radar blimp to provide a weather service, rather than just looking for illicit aircraft. We'd at least get a few hours warning of severe weather. If you look at the little map under the big map you'll see there is no coverage for most of west Texas and spotty coverage for New Mexico. At least we get a little advance warning of rare hurricanes that make it in off the Gulf of Mexico. But most of the weather comes from the west.
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6052 ) on Mar-29-07 at 15:32:37 PDT   Listings
    I use the new weather maps on Weather.com for my radar images as they now overlay the current precipitation on the Virtual Earth image. This can be zoomed in and out at the scroll of a mouse button. A little slow at times but once loaded and the map is moving it's a very good way to see rain/storms etc.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-29-07 at 15:31:31 PDT   Listings
    I think "teamcat" is missing the point.
    Both Richard and I enjoy fantasy stamps where the "issuer" is trying to make a point or provide light banter.
    They are no more harmful than charity stamps which were produced for a good cause rather than the pockets of the issuers.
    Illegals are where the owner/printer is "issuing" stamps for a valid country when the country has no say in the subject matter of the stamps, recieves none of the stamps for valid postal usage, and pockets all the proceeds from their sale.

    To quote, Scott will not list in listing policy #2

    "Also, stamps "issued" in the names of legitimate, stamp-issuing countries that are not authorized by those countries."
    Even in those cases where the postal service is in turmoil and two different sides may claim to be the issuing authority, it is often neither side which claims authorship of the illegals.

    And from Scott #6

    "Intentional varieties, such as imperforate stamps that look like their perforate counterparts and are usually issued in very small quantities. Also, other egrariously exploitive issues such as stamps sold for far more than face value, stamps purposely issued in artificially small quantities or only against advanced orders, stamps awarded only to a selected audience such as a philatelic bureau's standing order customers, or stamps sold only in conjunction with other products. All of these kinds of items are usually controlled issues and/or are intended for speculation. These items will normally be included in a footnote.

    I wonder if the US Polar Year souvenir sheet falls under restriction #6 since it is only available online and not at a post office.
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-29-07 at 15:20:52 PDT   Listings
    J.D. The first wave totally missed my county and have not had a drop of rain today, 75 and partly sunny.
    The second band looks to be about 700 miles long, might be a really wet and noisy night.
    I also have that radar set to come up as 1280 X 960 which is much handier for local.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 14:50:50 PDT   Listings
    Sayasan,

    Richard,

    we have been mentioned in despatches,

    "
    Three years ago the APS Board of Directors resolved not to oppose illegals, leaving the decision to individual collectors. This disappointed non-members Richard Warren and David Benson who had bombarded APS leaders with rants against them.

    In Janet Klug's President's Message in the AP explaining the decision, she gave the Clinton-Lewinsky parody as an example of the genre, and to show why collectors enjoy such cinderellas regardless of their fantasy status and outlaw origin. Humorless readers such as Richard Warren, who claims to be an anarchist caricaturist, were not amused. I think it may be a cultural trait inherited from Victoria.

    Another of the satire souvenir sheets, showing Groucho Marx and John Lennon, doesn't work except as an ostensible product of a Marxist-Leninist government.
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-29-07 at 14:06:01 PDT   Listings
    P.S. I could start the "education program" from tomorrow, telling him that 'Dolfuss' shouold read 'Big Dufus' (for the enormous printing) and that the WIPA block is indeed as common as a quick wipp (f***k)! (semi-serious! Though, I can get a tad nastier than this).
    I was so stupid to show him my Italian Postage Due collection 1863-1890 (in three albums) and my heart, the plate fault study on the 100 lire 'family' with about 10000 used pieces plated (the gem of the collection being a block of 17 of plate 2, from which all started), about 100 pieces unused (some mint with no hinge trace... market details!) including the extremely rare watermark 1st type, and about 50 covers from 1946 to 1950. He wasn't impressed, and I think I know why (what would you expect reagrding Italy from an Austrain collector, anyways?????????????????)!
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-29-07 at 14:04:14 PDT   Listings
    Mitch� Wow, cool radar link. Looks like some fearful weather heading into Kansas from Oklahoma.

    I was able to figure out the �code� to get Los Angeles to display.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 14:01:35 PDT   Listings
    Paolo, yes, you should have told him as he will just try to offload the item on the next sucker.

    Sayasan,

    in case your interested, our mate is involved in a discussion on Virtual Stamp Chat regarding the collecting of illegals. He is trying to prove his case that illegals are a must for serious collectors. There has also been some comments that some of the modern illegals are catalogued in Scotts.

    David B.

    David B.
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6052 ) on Mar-29-07 at 13:48:21 PDT   Listings
    PeterC

    For domestic mail you must have delivery confirmation for any item under $250. Over that value then you must have signature confirmation - both must be viewable on the USPS website, which is sometimes hit and miss as they do not alway scan the package at delivery.
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-29-07 at 13:37:08 PDT   Listings
    David B.,
    For your eyes only ;-)
    I had some kind of a discussion with one of the collegues of the stamp firm to which I returned the lot with the fake Swiss "C1" and "C2" and the common 10 Franks PAX in mint never hinged condition, but defective for having a short perforation; he is the """"expert"""" of the firm, whereas I normally do business with the (much friendlier) boss of the company.
    He, quite arrongantly, argued I have missed a GREAT chance with these Swiss airmail stamps, here.
    He said he looked in Michel Special catalogue (neglecting I also have it, and have studied it) and said that the first stamp (in the image) is the variety at which number Michel 152I:
    "mittelst�ck des Propeller ausgebrochen"
    (middle piece of the propeller broken).

    I didn't feel like to argue, it was three against one and, anyway, I already got my refund, amply;
    but I think he needs to be labelled as a total imbecile for two reasons:
    1. that is not an overprint fault, it is just alien material over the overprint in that area.
    2. being Dutch (the Dutch idiom is similar to German), he cannot read and properly understand German... he collects Austria 1930-45, therefore he has not got any excusation.

    Please tell me what you think.
    Should I "educate" him? ;-)

    Thank you in adavance,
    Paolo
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-29-07 at 13:31:24 PDT   Listings
    Here is a great radar site, it is #3 in my I.E. "favorites". You can bring up your part of the country
    by changing the letter/number at the end of the URL (after radar). The one shown is b3 which is Central U.S. a1=NW, d5=Florida etc. Very handy site that I believe went pay several years ago, but these URLs still work.
    Posted by oggilby   ( 1195 ) on Mar-29-07 at 12:02:17 PDT   Listings
    postalhysteria--Auntie Em, Auntie Em! Hold on Toto, we're going for a ride!

    BTW, nice commas idicating violent twister activity.

    Hello everybody! Bright, sunny skies here in Central MD (58 F), where the Poplar trees and Plum trees are a bloomin'.
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-29-07 at 11:48:15 PDT   Listings
    Does anyone ship items using Priority Mail Flat Rate Box? Since the rate will go up in May, do companies like FedEx and UPS offer any similar product which has a cheap flat rate regardless of distance/weight(sort of)?

    PC
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-29-07 at 11:41:58 PDT   Listings
    Cobbie10

    For domestic mails, which USPS service will be acceptable for paypal as a proof for dispute purpose?


    PC
    Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3500 ) on Mar-29-07 at 11:39:35 PDT   Listings

    CURRENT BOWIE WEATHER
    Posted by philaweb   ( 203 ) on Mar-29-07 at 11:13:02 PDT   Listings
    Perhaps this is old news, but have you seen the USPS - Jedi Shipping and Mailing Master?
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 907 ) on Mar-29-07 at 08:43:08 PDT   Listings
    In my experience, many US sellers who are not used to shipping abroad, e.g. those selling US postcards, will quote Global Priority when I ask for shipment to Norway. I will often grudgingly accept, only to find out that the item is sent as ordinary airmail for 84c or $1.70. %#$%$#%$!

    I've had only two or three shipments actually sent G.P., one was a lot of 23 covers and a handful of other items worth over $200 total.
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6052 ) on Mar-29-07 at 08:10:07 PDT   Listings
    Correct, there are certain countries that will not accept Global Priority.

    Also, as said before, Paypal will NOT accept anything that is not viewable online and that HAS to show that the package was delivered to the confirmed address ( only available to certain addresses in the UK and Canada ).

    Any proof of mailing is completely worthless in Paypal's eyes as it only shows you have sent something, not that something has been received.
    Posted by dragonstamps   ( 456 ) on Mar-29-07 at 07:46:49 PDT   Listings
    Global priority is not accepted by every country it looks like...
    Even with a parcel, USA to the United Arab Emirates doesn't offer that option at usps.com
    Posted by dragonstamps   ( 456 ) on Mar-29-07 at 07:39:06 PDT   Listings
    Linda: You can get a certificate of mailing with global priority mail. I've used it twice in the last month or so and it's pretty fast. It took less than a week to Ireland from the U.S.A. I hope paypal would accept the certificate of mailing in a dispute, but maybe not...

    22028: You can't use it for letters, but airmail letter post is very cheap, only 84 cents or so for under 28 grams.
    Global express would be $35.75, if you really wanted to pay for that. The estimate changes from airmail 4-7 days, to express being 1-3 days. That's from U.S.A. to United Arab Emirates.
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6052 ) on Mar-29-07 at 07:35:43 PDT   Listings
    Overseas Mailing

    Paypal will only recognise overseas mail that can be viewed online as being received by the buyer. This service is only available with Global Express ( minimum $26.25 ) and ONLY to certain confirmed addresses in the UK and Canada. All other overseas addresses are sent at the senders risk.

    I use Global Priority on any package valued over $50 except for Italy and Russia where this is not available. Here I will only use Registered mail for any package of any value. Italy - I will only use Global Express for items over $50 as their postal service is one of the worse in the world ( along with Argentina ).

    Global Priority costs vary from $4.25 - $9.50 for flat rate envelopes ( same size as Priority Mail ). Larger parcels are worked out on weight.

    I've been mailing overseas since I started selling on Ebay and accepting Paypal for all these payments. So far I have only had a couple of registered packages go missing to Italy and one to Argentina. A few smaller airmail letters also have not arrived, but only a handful. Obviously all were refunded as I had no proof of receipt for them and, even if I did, Paypal would not cover me.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-29-07 at 06:39:36 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    A Caldera cancel is on my list of "to-get".
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-29-07 at 06:35:27 PDT   Listings
    dcderoo - Did you read my message at 09:48:11 PDT??

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 341 ) on Mar-29-07 at 06:32:07 PDT   Listings
    dcderoo... Global Priority does not get signed for when it reaches its destination. Or certainly not on the one or two I have received. Will PayPal accept Global Priority as a recognised form of posting?

    Linda
    Posted by 22028   ( 1588 ) on Mar-29-07 at 05:37:09 PDT   Listings
    dcderoo, sorry I do not get your point. How can you loose non-US Buyers if you do have any item for sale nor have ever sold one (on ebay). At least you have not left any feedback for buyers.
    How much is global priority mail for a ordinary letter (range till 20 grams) from USA?
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-29-07 at 05:19:38 PDT   Listings
    NOIP----This is the subject we are talking about and the information needed on duplex cancels. DUPLEX CANCELS from Gibraltar......paul
    Posted by dcderoo   ( 1656 ) on Mar-29-07 at 05:03:32 PDT   Listings
    Looks like my shipping dilemma may have a solution.
    As with so many solutions it's a compromise position.
    I'll be checking into and testing Global Priority Mail.
    The up side appears to be a more reliability.
    The down side is it costs more.

    Probably means I'll lose a significant share of my non-US buyers, but for the moment I'll live with that.

    Posted by cwhutch   ( 645 ) on Mar-29-07 at 04:58:59 PDT   Listings
    Good morning.

    Hutch
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 04:45:44 PDT   Listings
    lk,

    Gibbons doesn't differentiate between the used abroad catalogue values for either killers or duplexes which could be either a killer or a cds. depending on where it was struck on the stamp. Personally if I collected duplexes on stamps I would like to get them in pairs with the both types of cancel.

    Caldera is a scarce marking and exceedingly so on cover however it only exists as separate cancels, killer & cds. and does not exist as a duplex. Like I said before virtually all offices that had duplexes were larger offices and covers from most offices that used duplexes can been acquired within the budget of most collectors,

    David B.
    Posted by ik-postalhistory   ( 332 ) on Mar-29-07 at 04:21:28 PDT   Listings
    David B,

    The higher catalogue values for GB used in GB than GB used abroad is due to the fact that the former is for examples with dated cancels, while the latter is for the numeral (obliterator) portion.
    And I disagree that GB used abroad covers require wealthy collectors to purchase. For example, a 2s. blue on cover (a few cover faults, but still presentable) from Caldera, Chile, was offered at auction. A dealer bought it for approximately double what it catalogues off-cover, who subsequently successfully sold it at their own auction for quadruple catalogue value off-cover. However, one would expect it would realize 10 times the off-cover value (no matter what the condition is), if indeed "very scarce" (more likely, that there is little demand for covers compared to stamps).

    Danny
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1276 ) on Mar-29-07 at 04:08:52 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all



    Jim (jaywild)
    :8^ )
    Well, I guess my fingers did not understand what my mind was thinking. FWIW, I have been known to raise my voice, my brother and sisters can verify that, as well as our High School Band Director.

    And thanks for the info on the propaganda piece, every little bit of information helps.

    saphilatelics
    Thanks much, the area of propaganda material gives me quite the learning curve.

    Jim L.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-29-07 at 00:09:05 PDT   Listings
    Paul, I had a closer look at that auction lot you referred to at $1000 estimate. That mainly includes the better basic stamp such as 9d., 10d. & 5s. values which was the reason for the high estimate. If the study is the cancels then the lower face values would be adequate,

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 23:59:06 PDT   Listings
    Paul,

    there is plenty of material available on cover or on a large enough piece that shows the whole cancel at prices that most collectors can afford. I wouldn't call them " Blue Chip " material and like I said a nice collection can be formed with an outlay of under a few thousand dollars. If it is the rare offices and combination covers then it would need a wealthy collector but most of those would not include duplex markings but the earlier types of cancel with killers & cds. separate.

    The other point is that there is no need to own material to be able to study it, reading literature, auction catalogues and perusing other collections will also allow a collector to study material.

    There is also no need to purchase expensive literature as most books are available from philatelic libararies and these can be borrowed and notes taken or copied,

    I repeat, I think the idea of studying GB used abroad duplexes is an extremely good subject and I wish Stan all the best in his chosen field and I recoomend this dealer who may be able to help him,

    http://www.berman.co.uk/acatalog/Postal_History_COVERS_BY_COUNTRY_11.html

    (I have no affiliation with him but I know him and he has a very good reputation)

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 23:38:00 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ---Here is what i found STAMP LOT ....as you can see this is about $10.00 per stamp and they are not show quality stamps .So if I read my S.G. correctly the covers are considerably more in price
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 23:08:47 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ----Since I have a limited amount of the common Great Britian stamps used abroad ,which are most likely the same ones floating around E-bay. The S.G. which i have show very health prices for the better stamps from each location.

    But this discussion is about the duplex cancels and those need to be collected on cover ......here is what my S.G. says about the subject ...."GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS USED ABROAD----Prices quoted are for single stamps not on cover unless otherwise stated.Stamps on cover are worth considerably more in most cases."

    Thats what they say ,thats why i said its a "BLUE CHIP" area.They are like the Zepplins sure you can buy a few covers reasonbily but to show anything you need the better stuff and that is why i said it takes a person with money ....just my opinion ......paul

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-28-07 at 21:39:57 PDT   Listings
    Reverend Jim� The gist is �Eisenhower is against Himmler because Himmler is against Germany�.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 21:35:48 PDT   Listings
    Paul, just had a look through a few of the British dealers web pages, there is plenty of covers from the main offices with clear duplex cancels available from about 15 Pounds, that should be within the realm of most collectors.

    The strange thing about Gibbons catalogue values is that they catalogue most used abroads at much less than they do for normal British use. The reason for that is they have updated the GB sections with the rising prices of GB stamps but never got around to changing the catalogue value of used abroads.

    some examples

    1867 2s. Blue GB usage 175 Pounds.

    Buenos Ayres B32 150 Pounds
    Rio De Janeiro C83 130 Pounds
    Caldera Chile C37 225 Pounds (very scarce)
    Coquimbo Chile C40 190 Pounds (very scarce)
    Valparaiso Chile C30 120 Pounds
    Colon Colombia E88 150 Pounds
    Cartagena Col. C56 275 Pounds
    Panama C35 130 Pounds
    Alexandria B01 100 Pounds
    Suez B02 130 Pounds

    1880 2 1/2d. Blue, Plate 22, GB usage 28 Pounds,

    Malta A25 7.50 Pounds.
    Gibraltar A26 10 Pounds

    etc., etc., etc.,

    David B.
    Posted by saphilatelics   ( 422 ) on Mar-28-07 at 20:42:04 PDT   Listings
    jim lawler
    not sure of origin, could be of German origin or of Allied origin masquerading as a German resistance leaflet. But that is basically the content, calling on all Germans to resist the unnecessary lengthening of a war all know to be lost already, giving instructions what to do to resist Nazi attempts to keep fighting the war, etc. Interesting!
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 20:38:22 PDT   Listings
    Paul, will repeat after correcting,

    Paul,

    Stan said he was interested in the duplex markings of GB used abroad. They were used at the larger offices and are within the reach of collectors who do not have unlimited funds.

    Every collector should aim for some sort of specialisation as it gives them an aim and collecting GB used abroad duplexes is a fantastic area of specialisation. There are many aspects that have never been deeply studied of most of the areas even the popular areas such as Gibraltar, Malta, Constantinople, Beyrouth, Smyrna, Alexandria, Suez as well as West Indies & Central & South America. The various types of duplexes from the horizontal bars onto the vertical bars, the various code letters, earliest & late dates of each cancel. It would only take a few years for a nice 1 or 2 frame display to be assembled and the outlay wouldn't be huge and most of the material is occasionally available on Ebay.

    David B.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-28-07 at 20:12:56 PDT   Listings
    Reverend Jim� Did the email accuse you of shrill bidding? Why, I can�t even imagine you raising your voice�

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 17:24:25 PDT   Listings
    PAOLO ------It wasn't the items in that Italian States lot that brought the high price but it was good marketing and sales presentation.

    A experience collector wouldn't touch that lot but there are lots of inexperience "HOPERS" who will buy that lot with the idea that the seller is wrong or doesn't know the material and its their path to riches ,Its the treasure hunt mentally that e-bay and the regular press has shown over the years that made the price of that lot what it got .....paul

    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1276 ) on Mar-28-07 at 17:17:15 PDT   Listings

    I vote for Matt!!!


    While looking for some Dilbert cards I hope that I�ve packed away (not found it yet) I came across this propaganda piece. My German is so far gone that I�m asking for help. I�d like the general idea of what�s being said here. So, I�d like to impose on someone with reasonable German skills. I�m not looking for a translation, just a general idea of what they are saying. My impression is that it�s of American origin and that Eisenhower is after Himmler while Himmler is after Germany.
    This is outside of my areas of knowledge. I�d also hope to learn about when this might have been used in the war.

    Front - click here .

    Reverse - click here .

    On another note, the phishers are out there still. Today I got another fake email saying my eBay account had been suspended for shrill bidding. No copy in my eBay mail box, so, it must be from someone who wants to do me harm.

    dcderoo
    One thing I�ve considered, but not done, is to charge higher shipping and handling for PayPal payment for non-US addresses, to cover the Overseas Registration & Insurance expenses. I suspect it would simply stop the overseas bidders or end up being overlooked and result in negative feedback from the buyer. So far I�ve just mailed items global priority and they�ve got there just fine. I consider the risk one well worth taking.

    Jim L.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 17:03:46 PDT   Listings
    JIM----It must be that e-bay has found out that scammers and rip-off artist were using the Bid History page to harvest suckers for their scams .
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 17:00:17 PDT   Listings
    lluehhhb Excellent! I'm looking forward to the scan.

    Paolo As I said, I was looking through some material
    I thought I had gone thru before when I found that stamp.
    I was quite pleased to also find another 20 or so Italian stamps I needed. It help to greatly narrow done my needlist <:~`))
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:58:32 PDT   Listings
    D2 & Paolo

    I must be missing something, but why call the winner bidder #3 when his ebay ID is listed as the winner?
    Someone at eBay really needs to rethink this strategy.
    Basically, it sucks.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:45:09 PDT   Listings
    DAVID----Right , i agree with you
    Posted by lluehhhb   ( 254 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:43:51 PDT   Listings
    Mitch
    Today I was able to work on your Venezuela wantlist.

    I found 9 stamps, not much but better than nothing.

    Everything here is sorted with Yvert. I thought the scott conversion would be easy to follow but I was wrong. Strong differences in the grouping of common series and in the chronological order of the issues.

    I'll email tomorrow with a scan and the details.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:22:54 PDT   Listings
    Paul,

    Stan said he was interested in the duplex markings of GB used abroad. They were used at the larger offices and are within the reach of collectors who do have have unlimited funds.

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:15:46 PDT   Listings
    STAN in OTTAWA ---Welcome to the board

    Congratulations on rearching and planning on your retirement.Your interest in Great Britian used aboard is to be commended. But as you say with limited funds and cannot afford the expensive books need.May I suggest starting in a new area of interest.

    That area {G.B. used abroad} has become one of the "Blue Chip" area of philately and is limited to some very deep pocket collectors .Try finding a area were you have a good chance of putting together a decent showing of material and maybe with research and knowledge make a discovery or two.......best of luck,which ever way you go ...paul

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 16:03:10 PDT   Listings
    Paolo,

    Barnum was wrong. there is more than one born every minute,


    I have sold a lot of material to Bulgaria and recently sent off some high priced material there, no problems & I was delighted in the realisations of the early Bulgaria.


    Peter,

    hopefully it will and he can shed some light on what the test is all about and what selling US stamps to US proves.

    David B.
    David B.
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:59:02 PDT   Listings
    P.P.S. I am rich!!! LOL
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:58:35 PDT   Listings
    P.S.. while I was typing the auction closed... at above 900 dollars!
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:55:20 PDT   Listings
    The right link is here
    (it's not a tactical error)
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:52:17 PDT   Listings
    Mitchell,
    Not at all! I am glad all of yours appear to be genuine after your check!

    Knud-Erik,
    you wrote: "Sometimes I feel that if someone have had ONE bad experience with a seller from, let us say Bulagaria, then all Bulgarian bidders are crooks!!"
    I totally agree; generalisation, along with nuclearisation, is the weapon of the ignorant; but it's very diffused because it is powerful and makes the beholder feel powerful, especially if supported by its buddies, and I am not immune of it myself, unfortunately.

    For instance, ;-)
    I wonder who in their right mind would bid above 700 dollars for any such .
    Most 2nd to 3rd choice items, with at least one forgery (the Roman States 80 cents perfd.) and at least three rather obvious fake cancels on relatively "better" items in used condition (in the 'PARMA' section).

    Paolo


    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:47:09 PDT   Listings
    David

    I have just emailed to [email protected]. I hope this won't bounce back.


    PC
    Posted by postanskemarke   ( 0 )   on Mar-28-07 at 15:35:48 PDT   Listings
    ANybody interested in Serbian stamps complete sets 2004 - 2006 :)

    2000 HNM stamps extra quality :)

    Pay Pal used to allow Serbian citizens to register with another country. But now when you enter first Visa card numbers PAy Pal recognizes the REAL country of origin. And doesn't allow account oppening with those cards. So it is not possible to buy anything from Serbia. But not only Serbia but a lot of other countries.

    Money booker doesn't have the problem. Has a nice verification system. Money booker works with our bank system so it is not the bank fault but Pay Pal. If MB can then PP can too, but doesn't want to.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:32:28 PDT   Listings
    bjorn,

    http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside

    David B.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:32:27 PDT   Listings
    Matt in AZ� Thanks for the terrific �Oct 5 1936� cover which arrived today, with the �Grain Quotations� handstamp. I thought at first the address was typed, but it looks to have been printed from some sort of Addressograph or mimeograph plate�the type does not sink into the surface of the paper, and there�s a faint embossed rectangle around it. Lovely!!

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:29:47 PDT   Listings
    JWS Io, you might notice that I nominated Matt last night. I think this would affirm my wholehearted acceptance.


    Vinny You wrote:
    "So i have a bunch of unused very sound stamps with original gum that have a hinge or hinge remnant. they would be considered mint post office fresh if it weren't for the hinge/remnant. is it appropriate to call these MHR?"

    I would say you have a bunch of MINT very sound stamps with original gum that have a hinge remnant. They would be considered Post Office fresh or MNH if they had absolutely no mark or disturbance of any kind! The stamps you have actually have remnants then you would say Mint HR (or possibly HHR if multiple remnants) MHR would be ok also. If the hinge has been removed then Mint VLH, LH etc.

    If they do not have a remnant but a mark from a hinge they would be VLH, LH or HH depending on the size of the mark the hinge left.

    Many sellers and most auction houses will state up front what their abbreviations mean so you will have no doubt what they are describing.
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 907 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:27:37 PDT   Listings
    postanskemarke, I don't have any experience as a seller, but I've used it as a buyer on another auction site and it works fine. Are you sure PayPal isn't possible? I bought an item from a seller in Serbia three weeks ago and paid with PayPal, but maybe he had arranged it via another country.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:26:29 PDT   Listings
    postan,

    why are you insulting Paypal when virtually all sellers use it and have no problems. It is not Paypal's fault that your country does not allow it to be used their, it is your banking system that refuses it,

    Most sellers have never heard of Moneybookers.

    David B.
    Posted by postanskemarke   ( 0 )   on Mar-28-07 at 15:10:33 PDT   Listings
    What is the oppinion of sellers about paying with moneybooker?

    I am new in here and from Serbia so the freakin Pay Pal is not working with my country...
    Posted by cjavine   ( 376 ) on Mar-28-07 at 15:04:16 PDT   Listings
    images of the Star Wars stamps are out now if anyone has not seen them. Does this count as showing actual people on stamps that are not deceased since the actors are not?
    http://news.yahoo.com/photo/ydownload_ap/20070328/photos_net_ap_bs/1175109493&g=events/en/101502starwars;_ylt=AlNnwP4G5MuY7vIsa7fVgdGmG78C
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:56:49 PDT   Listings
    Stan,

    try Vera Trinder,

    if it still available,

    Robson Lowe: Auction: The Glassco British Post Offices Abroad Collection. 25-27.11.1969. S/B & P/R. �15.00

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:52:36 PDT   Listings
    lluehhb,

    the collection was exceptionally strong in South & Central America and also West Africa.

    I remember receiving the catalogue and bidding on some Niger Coast, never got any as they all went to the British Gentlemen dealers (I am being polite) and were reoffered to me at multiples of the realisations,

    David B.
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:43:03 PDT   Listings
    Stan Sent you a couple of pages, let me know if it gets through OK my outlook is misbehaving.

    Jim Even more ingenious I sent a mail off to SG asking if they can list our meeting topics on their event pages. Well if you don't try.... Does anyone have a good contact with Linns?
    Posted by lluehhhb   ( 254 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:32:40 PDT   Listings
    That Cobija (Bolivia) cover in the Glassco front page is amazing. I'd never imagine something like that existed.

    The cover is from 1875. in 1879 Chilean troops took over the city and eventually all bolivian coast was annexed.

    the second and third cancels in the cover (the "cancelado" (cancelled) in oval with branches, and the "franca" (free) in oval) were used during the war in chilean mail. Take a look here for examples (types B12 and B14)
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:26:27 PDT   Listings
    IO,

    PB has it (or maybe had it)

    British Post Offices Abroad, The Glassco Collection, Robson Lowe This auction catalog is virtually a handbook, quite useful. 1969, 260 pages, card, with prices realized, only one copy available, $85.00

    it isn't leather bound like the one at double the price but will do for the purpose required,

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:22:57 PDT   Listings
    IO, he should be able to borrow it from a philatelic library,

    David B.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:20:13 PDT   Listings
    Peter
    An ingenious start to your new role.

    D2

    Somewhat overkill and probably overpriced!
    I hate ipix so bad there ought to be a law against using it.
    Posted by dutchman2006   ( 116 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:19:49 PDT   Listings
    Hello dbenson, thanks.

    Ottawa Stan
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 398 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:17:59 PDT   Listings
    paperhistory and antonius thanks for the help. so i have a bunch of unused very sound stamps with original gum that have a hinge or hinge remnant. they would be considered mint post office fresh if it weren't for the hinge/remnant. is it appropriate to call these MHR?
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:09:27 PDT   Listings
    Ottawa Stan


    Here is what the Glassco Catalogue looks like,

    http://cgi.ebay.com/BRITAIN-POST-OFFICES-ABROAD-GLASSCO-COLLECTION-leather_W0QQitemZ300084439813QQcategoryZ701QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

    no salivating over the pictures please,

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 14:05:39 PDT   Listings
    Peetah, the medium were used on the later commems & 3d. Air,

    1927 Canberra 1 1/2d.
    1929 3d. Air
    1929 WA 1 1/2d.

    David B.
    Posted by peetah   ( 467 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:59:33 PDT   Listings
    Australia Officials (perforated OS) help needed. Before I go looking in my SG 1995, I'd like to ask a Scott question first. I have the 2007, hardcover Classic.It refers to 3 types of perfed OS... Large Medium and Small. I see the listings for Large and Small, but only 3 Medium.
    I have about 100 Kangeroo / KGV (Illustrations A1 A2 A3).
    Where do I find the listings for all these Medium (O = 12 holes and S = 11 holes)?
    Now I'll check out my 1995 SG.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:47:29 PDT   Listings
    Ottawa Stan,

    try to beg borrow or steal a copy of the " Glassco Used Abroad " sale, that should have all you will need,

    David B.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:42:15 PDT   Listings
    Stan from Ottawa

    There are numerous duplexes of the Victorian era cancelled for British use abroad, only differing in the number and letter combination. All you really need is one book; Heins' Numeral Cancellations of the British Empire
    Leonard Hartmann it appears is sold out of the latest edition, but you should be able to pick it up for under $20.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:32:43 PDT   Listings
    NOIP� Before jonathandean8 went the way of the passenger pigeon he bought an awful lot of covers on eBay, such as this, and also literature illustrating postmarks, such as this. My guess is that he is planning to resurface in a new ID and offer the same sort of impossible crap handstamps��DROPPED IN TOILET�; �SAT ON BY FAT PERSON��etc. I hope those that found him the first time will be vigilant to spot any new incarnations.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:30:04 PDT   Listings
    dutchman2006 Send me an email and I will scan some pages for you. You will find my email address here:-
    http://www.iusc.org/members.html under G.

    cheers

    Peter
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:18:14 PDT   Listings
    Even though Matt...paperhistory is wiling to serve, I think that means that he will. :-)

    Therefore, if there are no objections from the other officially elected officers, particularly the president-elect, I think he will make an outstanding APS representative.

    There are now three past presidents (stampmad, abt1950 and I) of eUSC making the recommendation.
    Posted by dutchman2006   ( 116 ) on Mar-28-07 at 13:16:42 PDT   Listings
    Hello Fellow Stamp Collectors. I am seeking collectors who can help complete my Great Britain used Abroad collection. Now that I am retired I have time to set up this collection and I am looking for a fellow collector who can supply me with line drawings of the Duplex Cancellations that were used on the Great Britain Queen Victoria stamps that were cancelled for use abroad. I find now that I am retired I have limited funds and cannot afford the expense of books. So I am relying on a kind collector who can supply these drawings of the Duplex Cancellations used abroad, for example Constantinople, Malta, Gibraltar, and others. Thankyou in advance for any and all help.

    Stan from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Posted by abt1950   ( 224 ) on Mar-28-07 at 12:42:24 PDT   Listings
    If it hasn't already been done, I officially nominate Matt to be our APS rep. Whether or not he can actually get to meetings is less relevant than his ability to network with the APS board.

    BTW, I never expected my comments of several days ago to stir the waters as much as they seem to have.

    Anne
    Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-28-07 at 12:23:16 PDT   Listings
    Roger
    Not necessary (search)
    It was more of an informational post for the balconeers who may be unaware of the recent changes.
    The only bay site i have trouble working thru is Nippon
    :-)
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-28-07 at 12:07:53 PDT   Listings
    Oooops - sorry for the bold! :O(br>
    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-28-07 at 12:06:45 PDT   Listings
    Antonius - All the auctions I have up for the aid of the library, is a noble donation of someone from R.F's board. They had all the certificates, which are shown but I don't know the reason why.
    I look forward to recieve your donation. :O) (very happy)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 11:44:25 PDT   Listings
    Oops, HR should be hinge remnant as in small piece of hinge sstuck to stamp. HH I consider as multiple old hinge remnants stuck to stamp.
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 11:07:32 PDT   Listings
    lighty=lightly
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 11:05:45 PDT   Listings
    Vinny I believe most people in the U.S. consider unused as not canceled without gum. Mint has gum. Many different types of mint such as MNH (mint never hinged) VLH (very lighty hinged) LH (lighty hinged) HH (heavy hinged) HR (hinge removed) then of course there is disturbed gum, partial gum etc etc.
    Something that has been hinged that has gum is still mint just not Post Office Fresh aka MNH.
    At least that's the way I look at it.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-28-07 at 10:57:28 PDT   Listings
    NOIP� Nice of them to provide a nice big scan

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-28-07 at 10:53:46 PDT   Listings
    Paolo Thanks so much for the info. I have rechecked all three stamps with regard to your specs and find they all pass the test for being genuine. I will just assume that they are good. Expertizing on these sounds unreliable and of course costly. I do think the ovpt color on the 3rd is the more valuable Vermillion color. I have a few of the 50 cent with Vermillion ovpt and they seem to match the 3rd 35 center.

    Knuden I was wondering where you came up with all the inexpensive U.S. stamps with certs, in your auctions.
    I can't understand why someone would have a stamp certified
    when certification would cost many times what the stamp would be worth.
    I making progress with the package I'm sending you. I hope it will be of some use. Probably a couple thousand stamps but nothing of much value.
    Posted by paperhistory   ( 1974 ) on Mar-28-07 at 10:49:23 PDT   Listings
    vinny: "mint hinged" is a common American philatelic term. (the other would be "mint never hinged"). To most of the rest of the world, it would be "unused", I suppose.
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-28-07 at 09:48:11 PDT   Listings
    I simply don't get it.
    Since 1998 I have had more than 10.000 auctions on eBay and less than 10 has been lost in the mail. In the first years many sent payment by registered mail but today many pay via Paypal or in a regular letter. I have buyers from all ower the world including many from both Italy, Russia and China and have, as you can see, nearly no problems.
    Sometimes I feel that if someone have had ONE bad experience with a seller from, let us say Bulagaria, then all Bulgarian bidders are crooks!!
    Try to find out how large the problem really are and don't single a nation out, due to one or two bad buyers.
    As to Paypal - absolutely no problems here - most pay shortly after the end of the auctions, get their lots and that's that.
    The few times some of my auctions was lost in the mail, the buyer accepted it and I belive this are as most buyer are. They look at our reputation (the feedbacks) and if it's fine they know the fault (missing letter) isn't ours but in the mail and I don't get blamed or they try to get a reund either by me or Paypal.
    In other words, I don't see the problem or might just have been very lucky. :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by bjornmu   ( 907 ) on Mar-28-07 at 09:07:18 PDT   Listings
    In case anyone wondered, no I didn't get lost on my mountain skiing trip on Monday. Picture is taken at around 1150m altitue. The weather was perfect but skiing conditions were not; the track was very icy. I was out for 7 hours and met nobody, including no musk ox or raindeer.

    Congrats to antonius-ra and the others! I see that we don't seem to have settled the case for our APS representative, maybe we need to do another round of nominations and votes?
    Posted by prochute   ( 65 ) on Mar-28-07 at 09:05:35 PDT   Listings
    DC First, why do you say you sell yet never give your seller ID? I know that's your perogative but I would like to peruse your offerings!

    PAYPAL Many stamp sellers in the US will NOT ship above a certain amount unless the buyer pays for registration and/or Global Priority Mail. Both are very secure and ALWAYS arrive. Others will not ship to Italy or Russia, regardless of amount, unless registered.

    What PAYPAL doesn't understamd (or perhaps care about) is that stamp sellers sell LIGHTWEIGHT items. If you suffer losses that are few & far between, issue a refund simply as a cost of doing business. You cam also purchase insurance from Hugh Wood or CIA which will cover your USPS losses.
    Posted by dcderoo   ( 1656 ) on Mar-28-07 at 08:22:28 PDT   Listings
    Looks like I'm caught between a rock and a hard place as a seller.
    Since Delivery Confirmation is not available to non-US destinations, if something gets lost in the mail I'm responsible.
    I'm talking about low value items for which Registered Mail doesn't make sense ($7.90 to most places.)
    PayPal is going to side with the buyer
    even though I have a Certificate of Mailing.
    And even with Registered Mail for more expensive items the liability by the USPS is generally less than than the value of the item.

    Moreover if I make good on a lost item (which I would), there's nothing to say that the associated feedback wouldn't be neutral, or worse.

    Not surprisingly I've got a problem going on right now.
    Fortunately it's an inexpensive item and the buyer (in Germany) has high quality feedback, so it's not a scam.
    But at my level of selling even inexpensive items have a measurable effect on my bottom line.

    I don't know how to protect myself from this "non-US buyer/PayPal/lost item" dilemma EXCEPT to sell to US addresses only.

    Constructive comments VERY welcome.

    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 07:19:34 PDT   Listings
    It could be hinged on the selvedge... ;-)
    IMO the correct procedure/terminology is as follows:
    unused (first step, check if the stamp is really *not cancelled*, which can be quite challenging especially in the case of light pen cancels) with original gum (check if the gum is original and for the biggest part undisturbed, in order to ascertain whther the postage stamp was or was not ever applied on a postal object; the postage stamps applied on postal documents which went through the mail system, but, this notwithstanding, that missed the obliteration, are known to have been soaked off the covers with differnt methods: in this case I do not say 'gomma originale' but 'gomma recuperata' -- salvadged gum) hinged or not hinged.
    In the case of 'not hinged' it must be distinguished between 'post office fresh' (mint) and disturbed gum.
    An unused stamp with full original gum without hinge trace but with alien material on reverse, such as an adhesion from another stamp, a finger print, a spot, etc. cannot be considered as 'unhinged' and much less as 'post office fresh' (postfrisch, postfris).

    Paolo
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 398 ) on Mar-28-07 at 07:01:14 PDT   Listings
    i know this is a dumb question but is there such a thing as "mint hinged"? if something is hinged does that mean it is not mint?
    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 06:52:39 PDT   Listings
    PS: 'offset photo lithography'.

    I just found on another source that the gum of the genuine overprinted 35c. blue should be white; that on the other two values should be, instead, the war time gum (yellowish with or w/out brownish stripes).
    I briefly checked my stamps: I admit I know less than before!
    These ovpts. are tough for me... but not challenging as I do not collect it! ;-)

    As a between brackets, even at my stamp club auction I have seen a set offered for genuine even though it showed indentation of the overprint on reverse; the "better" printing of the 35c. was included, that with the ovpt. in orange (orange vermillion).

    As a subsequent between brackets, a friend of mine, who is an Italian expertiser, refuses to judge on any Italian Area overprinted stamps when mint or used not on cover.

    Paolo
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-28-07 at 06:34:00 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    Thanks for the info Alec, it normally takes an extra week to get to me in the US.

    Congrats Rainer.

    Matt you have my vote.

    Good to see you posting Colin.
    Posted by sayasan   ( 639 ) on Mar-28-07 at 06:31:30 PDT   Listings
    Roger - you wrote ...


    "It's going to be a tough job to get any "ear" at APS if Ken Lawrence is elected President. He blew off this club and chat many years ago and thinks we're all below his standards. We're all goofballs, as well, who only criticize never having constructive ideas to improve the stamp business."

    Don't worry - Ken L thinks that about everybody.

    Posted by vonbag   ( 170 ) on Mar-28-07 at 06:24:48 PDT   Listings
    Good day all!

    Thanks All for your thoughts on my deceased aunt in Rome.
    The story of her disease is puzzling: after a routine surgical operation, she experienced lots of complications -- which required several different medications -- including, as last, a sort of septicemia, an infection of the blood caused by an unknown virus... anyway, nothing the doctors of the "Fate bene fratelli" clinic could do to heal.

    David B., Thanks for your comments on my Swiss 50 (C)!

    Mitchell,
    Regarding your three 35 c. blue ovpt. "GOVERNO / MILITARE / ALLEATO" (here) in carmine read (II printing in 50000 pieces, eventually -- the I printing in 20000 units bears the ovpts. in orange), it is difficult to say something definitive from the image for me, especially because, even though I have a few pieces, I do not collect that Issue (also not GNR and 'Social Republic' overprints, for that matter).
    Besides what Alec wrote, which finds confirmation in the book "Italian Stamps" of Roy A. Dehn of 1973, that the watermark crown of the genuine ovpt.d copies is always inverted, it is to be remembered that the ovpt. was printed in offset (no indentation of the ovtp. is to be visible on stamp reverse).
    Some nasty imitations of the overprint, in brownish red, were printed in typography, that is to say that on reverse of the forgeries you can see a slight indentation of the overprint (by viewing obliquely with light).
    As a last note, the Imperial Issue of 1929, to which these unoverprinted 35 c. rotary press postage stamps belong, had several different printings, with different raster and gum types: the printings of the years 1940s bear shiny dark yellow gum with or w/o brownish stripes (war time gum).
    Conversely, the gum on the stamps of the first printings of 1929 is white, not shiny and faintly grilled in the vertical sense:
    I have a forgery of the 35c. with the same overprint bearing this 'wrong' gum type and the watermark crown upright. It shows indentation of the overprint on reverse.
    The shape of the letters of the overprint appears to be *identical* in the genuine and the best forgery.
    At this regard, before that I knew the solution, I had posed a question on this board in the year 2000 if I recall correctly.

    Greetings to all,
    Paolo
    Posted by paperhistory   ( 1974 ) on Mar-28-07 at 06:06:43 PDT   Listings
    re APS: I am wiling to serve, but the problem is that I am unlikely to be able to attend the major shows where there are public forums. That would not preclude other EUSC members who do attend those shows from asking questions....my strong point would be the ability to contact APS leadership directly (I know a good chunk of the current board too).
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 04:54:55 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. -----Im going to get a hold of a recent stocholders annual report for E-BAY ,It will give more detail as to who to contact and who is in charge of E-BAY U.K. .There is no info on any website other than consolidated financial reports that are S.E.C. filings .They are notorious misleading and vauge .Wait until i get the report .....paul
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-28-07 at 04:46:51 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ----Thanks for the recent S.G. info.

    COLIN ---Good to see you posting .

    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1276 ) on Mar-28-07 at 04:42:06 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all



    Jim L.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 03:43:14 PDT   Listings
    Peter,

    I did some searching and it appears that Richard is still there but his email has changed,

    try, [email protected]

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 03:10:02 PDT   Listings
    The other link makes it stranger and stranger,

    UK buyers, meanwhile, may wonder why some electrical items are being included in this test, when the US and UK electrical systems are not compatible. If you think transAtlantic DVD deals are problematic, you ain�t seen nothing yet!

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 03:07:22 PDT   Listings
    Why does this remind me of Ebay.US


    I found this site which comments on the UK changes and gives the thread of the Ebay site to discuss but lo & behold that category chat has been sent to the ether,

    http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m03/i09/s01

    http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1200095850

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-28-07 at 02:46:19 PDT   Listings
    Peter,

    On the UK site stamps are part of the domain of the collectible manager and it looks like the current manager's email is [email protected]. Try that one and possibly it should work. Finding out who to contact is one of the mysteries of Ebay.

    Alec, I don't know what the overall plan is but there must be some reason why those particular categories were chosen and why would any organisation suggest that listing on the US site would solve the problem. If it was a money making scheme they would have suggested a surcharge for world wide listing which would have put money in their coffers. I presume it has something to do cutting down on numbers because of overloading not for financial gain,

    David B.
    Posted by xzephyr   ( 980 ) on Mar-28-07 at 02:06:57 PDT   Listings
    Good Morning Io, Ed, D2 et al�

    I have not listed (or bought for that matter) on eBay for a while now, but am still alive and kicking! I usually drop in from the balcony every few days and thanks to you all who have alerted me to the channigins of ebay.uk which will be useful if and when I start selling again. Please keep up the good work � I will be interested to know if the current �experiment/trial� becomes permanent.

    Best wishes to the new EUSC officers.

    I am as active as ever, loading medical aid going to Romania, doing grandparent duties and acting as my better half�s administrative support and using my digital camera for all and sundry. My wife has now discovered that Shipley has no Town Council (apparently it was abolished in Local Government reorganization some years back) and as she is at present Shipley�s answer to Mrs Pankhurst (of suffragette fame), and nearly all the smaller villages and districts round us have their own Rural or Town Council (A Town Council is apparently a Rural Council that has chosen to call itself a Town Council) I anticipate stirrings to create a Town Council for Shipley.

    All the old defunct woolen mills here are being turned into luxury apartments, the builders giving Bradford Council millions of �� to exempt them from building affordable housing for ordinary folk, and Shipley has seen not a penny of it!

    I am seriously considering changing my eMail address, as everything she sends goes under my name. I think I may be getting an undeserved reputation!

    Ah well, back to the balcony and repairing/painting our garage.

    Colin the patient.

    PS, I always have the last word in our household �Yes dear�!

    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Mar-28-07 at 00:09:16 PDT   Listings
    IO /Jim I hear on the grapevine that in the latest issue of the London Philatelist in the literature review section a certain CD on "Volcanic Features on Stamps 2007" by J.L. Whitford-Stark has taken place. No idea what has been said about it though as I'm not a member of the RPSL. Though I do eventually get a copy from a friend as he and his wife are both members and they get two.

    22028/Rainer Congratulations on becoming a MRPSL also. I hope one day to see you submit an article or two into the LP, perhaps on the Nepal issues and the Iraq Overland Mail system. Though I know you collect other interesting areas also those are the ones I find most interesting.
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 341 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:56:38 PDT   Listings
    JayJim, thats five star motor mouthing! :) L.
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:51:06 PDT   Listings
    Sniped!! :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:50:34 PDT   Listings
    Infla-alec - It used to be [email protected] but it may have changed.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 308 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:49:08 PDT   Listings
    David

    I have tried to email my complaint to [email protected] but email cannot be delivered. It seems that email address is not a valid (or existing) one.


    PC
    Posted by knuden   ( 2232 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:47:40 PDT   Listings
    Jaywild - I don't get it. Why write (or copy and paste) so much? Nobody reads it and many get so irritated that they go to another seller. In other worths - it seems to me it's a disadvantage to have such a lenghty presentation.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:46:40 PDT   Listings
    Ebay UK listings Am I correct in understanding then that it is only UK based sellers who have US stamps for sale that will not have their listings shown to ebayers using .com as their search ebay ? But the listings would be seen if the search is done using the advanced search worldwide feature ?
    I sometimes list in three different currencies and I think at the moment it is only ebay.uk that has gone ahead with this damn confusing trial.
    Now if I knew who in the UK was the stamp manager I'd try making contact and try making them see exactly how philatelic minded people like to buy and sell. So if anyone does know that persons name and e-mail address please let me know.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:39:43 PDT   Listings
    NOIP� Is this keyword spamming or just motor-mouthing?

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:28:20 PDT   Listings
    vinnysf� You�re welcome. To make italics, subtitute �i� instead of �b�, for underlining substitute �u�. Single line break put �br� between brackets, double line insert �p�. To center something put �center� between the brackets. Don�t forget to add the �/center� at the end, to �close� the operation.

    Bjorn� Here�s an upside-down date metering that might interest you.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Mar-27-07 at 23:14:07 PDT   Listings
    Welcome to the eBay Stamps Chat Board!

    It would be greatly appreciated if chat board participants
    provide LINKS to pictures
    rather than posting them directly to this board.
    Here's how to post a LINK. Thanks.



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    Posted by vinnysf   ( 398 ) on Mar-27-07 at 22:37:59 PDT   Listings
    i mean:
    jaywild thanks!
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 398 ) on Mar-27-07 at 22:37:23 PDT   Listings
    thanks jaywild!
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 341 ) on Mar-27-07 at 21:44:18 PDT   Listings
    ROGER
    Please enter the numbers shown below and click Send.

    Refresh the image | Listen to the verification code


    IF you cannot read the verification numbers you should click the Listen to the Code link!!

    Linda
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 20:21:36 PDT   Listings
    vinnysf� If you type this�

    �it will look like this�

    Yipes!

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-27-07 at 20:06:14 PDT   Listings
    Geez, I just had a fun encounter. There was a pack of coyotes a couple hundred yards down from the house. The dogs were getting all excited and seemed to want to check it out. I got out the 12 gauge and went down to the front pond where they were, and popped off a couple rounds, to scare them away. Well holly Moses it must have been a breach of national security! 3 sheriffs cars soon came down the road in search of the perpetrator. After 30 minutes of (watching them running around) they finally appeared at my doorstep. Officer said they had a report of a couple gun shots and wondered if I knew anything about it. I said yep, I did it. Told him the story and he said he would do the same thing and left. The funny thing is that I live out in the country in a county that only has 2 sheriff deputies on duty at night but 3 showed up.
    Posted by vinnysf   ( 398 ) on Mar-27-07 at 19:59:37 PDT   Listings
    how do you make the letters in bold type?
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 19:35:44 PDT   Listings
    Vic� Nice to see you here. Let�s hope your workload and schedule allows you to keep up with your stamp pursuits. Don�t want to be knee deep in elephants!! We depend on you to keep them in check.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 19:20:28 PDT   Listings
    Mitchell -
    For this Board, I type into my regular word processing application and copy and paste. No HTML required unless I want bold, italic, or links, etc. No need for line breaks or double line breaks. I htink you are correct, HTML is a dying language unless you really need it, then you're up ...... creek.

    I agree paperhistory would be a great representative. Current contact with APS folks will be a great benefit for input about eBay concerns. I certainly got the impression David S will be busy and I wouldn't wish to have him compromised between his various commitments. Personal life always comes before hobbies and volunteering.

    NOIP -
    Has anyone sent messages via eBay "contact a member" link. Wow! Not only is it difficult for computers to read the funny numbers, apparently my eyes don't see every number correctly either. So much for National Security!

    Pro -
    CYE

    Roger
    Posted by cobbie10   ( 6052 ) on Mar-27-07 at 19:17:13 PDT   Listings
    Anyone know anything about this a**e ? I have him on my BBL but I can't for the life of me remember why.

    Question from kenpossum
    kenpossum( 889)
    Positive feedback: 99.8%
    Member since: Mar-19-99
    Location: British Columbia, Canada
    Registered on: www.ebay.com


    Item: GUATEMALA #11-14 SPIRO FORGERY USED BLOCKS OF 6 (180098762211)
    This message was sent after the listing closed.




    Blocking bids only means I bid by proxy. It does red-flag you to our group that watches sellers for eBay fraud - like a hawk. Make that several hawks. Good luck - and best be squeeky clean on here. VERY clean. kenpossum
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-27-07 at 19:00:45 PDT   Listings
    I really need to figure out how to make the sentences break correctly, after ebay changed the board a ways back.
    It's kinda like when you got use to DOS and then, wham, you didn't need it anymore (or couldn't even find it on your computer).
    I reckon HTML is also becomming a dead language.
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 620 ) on Mar-27-07 at 18:54:49 PDT   Listings
    Marius A most excellent suggestion!
    I think Matt aka Paperhistory would be the perfect
    APS rep!
    Since the two people who were voted on cannot or choose not to respond in affirmation, I assume the position is still up for nomination. Actually, I cannot remenber either being nominated in the first place (or even accepting)? Jaywild declined because he is not a member. DJS was unclear and vaque about accepting.

    I would like to nominate Matt (paperhistory) for APS representative.

    Another consideration that can not be ignored, is that we are an international club! APS is not the only philatelic entity on the planet. We need to incorporate relationships
    between all the world philatelic bodies.
    We perhaps would do well to have representatives in other organizations besides the U.S.
    Ebay (like it or not) is a world force in our hobby, even though they seem to have other alterer designs (without conscience to our hobby/passion).
    If the EUSC really wants to make an impact for our hobby we need to increase membership and take a stand for honesty in dealing with philatelic matters (on the web) World-Wide!
    Only by shear numbers can we expect to be listened to.
    I hope all members will think of ways to increase membership and help to reverse a diminishing "high degree of respect" to our hobby.
    Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-27-07 at 18:47:20 PDT   Listings
    Razor Roger
    Thanks for the Links to your excellent exhibit

    UK Sellers and searches

    I know the Olde hands here use fancy searches
    Most folks I know and myself in most cases just plug into the standard search bar located at the top of this page.
    If it had Not been for complaints I read on other boards I would not have known that I was not getting the UK material as an option.
    Posted by horadam1   ( 435 ) on Mar-27-07 at 18:23:43 PDT   Listings
    Roger, Linda, Io-Jim, and Jaywild-Jim: Thanks for the reply. I should have known, but this was the first I have received actually making a physical threat. Thanks for the reassurance. Glad to see all of the regulars on the board, and that Mitch was elected. Work has been all-consuming lately, and gives me little time for enjoyable things in life.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 17:45:02 PDT   Listings
    Paul,

    not listed in my Gibbons, Anne should know whether it was sold over the PO counter or at the back door of the printing works,

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-27-07 at 17:02:38 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ---Can you check your S.G. on this inverted overprint and see if it is now listed,it is listed and priced in Scott's old opinion ....paul
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-27-07 at 16:08:22 PDT   Listings
    Jim

    Ann has presumably not read the legend of Loowit whereby Mt.St. Helens hurled rocks into Oregon.

    "Northwest Indians told early explorers about the firey Mount St. Helens. In fact, an Indian name for the mountain, Louwala-Clough, means "smoking mountain". According to one legend, the mountain was once a beautiful maiden, "Loowit". When two sons of the Great Spirit "Sahale" fell in love with her, she could not choose between them. The two braves, Wyeast and Klickitat fought over her, burying villages and forests in the process. Sahale was furious. He smote the three lovers and erected a mighty mountain peak where each fell. Because Loowit was beautiful, her mountain (Mount St. Helens) was a beautiful, symmetrical cone of dazzling white. Wyeast (Mount Hood) lifts his head in pride, but Klickitat (Mount Adams) wept to see the beautiful maiden wrapped in snow, so he bends his head as he gazes on St. Helens."

    "In their legends, a female spirit (Mount St. Helens) tried to make peace between two sons (Mounts Adams and Hood) of the Great Spirit who fought over her, throwing fiery rocks at each other and causing earthquakes. The warring of the sons destroyed the Bridge of the Gods that once crossed the Columbia River."
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-27-07 at 16:06:59 PDT   Listings
    Had to laugh about the daily discussion--------while others here were banging nails into wood for years,Paul was signing and submitting 1-FR reports to the federal government for many years {1FR reports are financial reports of a brokerage house submitted to the government on the financial condition of the firm }.
    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-27-07 at 16:04:11 PDT   Listings
    jaywild...I do understand what the exchange account is and I still maintain that many things can be done that are not reflected directly in the exchange account. No, I surrender, you win.

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 16:03:23 PDT   Listings
    The discussion got more confused by mentioning things that have nothing to do with the problem,

    could someone explain why these are being used as test items to see if items listed on Ebay.UK should be available to viewers on Ebay.Com as that is the key to the problem,

    * Business, Office & Industrial: Medical/ Lab Equipment
    * Clothes, Shoes & Accessories: Women�s Accessories
    * Collectables: Clocks
    * Collectables: Disneyana
    * Collectables: Knives/ Swords
    * Consumer Electronics: MP3 Players
    * Jewellery & Watches: Watches
    * Stamps: United States
    * Toys & Games: Games

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:57:28 PDT   Listings
    Had a good day at work today -------wow-----missed a confusing discussion .Not going to add to it .
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:56:40 PDT   Listings
    stamphick� I asked the question about the G/L exchange account in order to see if you understood how a G/L works. If you don�t understand what the exchange account is, I have no hope of making headway with your point of view, and I will now happily surrender you to it.

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:53:43 PDT   Listings
    Vic� I got an email very similar yesterday, and forwarded it to spoof@ebay .com with the explanation that I had had no dealings whatsoever with this person, and that the message was obviously a phishing expedition. So today I got a message back form eBay cautioning me not to trade outside eBay because it is against eBay policy and it may be unsafe�

    Io� A couple days ago I got the latest issue of Natural History magazine, in which was this hilarious volcano-related letter to the editor�

    �Contrary to what Robert Anderson states in his column �New Tubes� [March 2007 issue] Mount St. Helens is in Washington State. The volcano is still active, but not active enough to have moved to Oregon.�

    Ann Bjork
    Seattle Washington

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:48:41 PDT   Listings
    jaywild...I knos squat about the government of Norway. I do know that there are things that eBay.uk could do that would improve the bottom line of their particular profit center cost center and be deleterious to the corporate bottom line and would have nothing to do with shuffling numbers between income statements. How much they could do would depend on the constraints that the corporation imposes o them and on how tightly corporate keeps control of the various entities.

    Cost center is a well understood term. You ould look it up.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:48:22 PDT   Listings
    Interesting addition for a topical collection.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:05:09 PDT   Listings
    Vic

    Here is another version.

    When I will receive my item??!!

    Please Respond me Now because I had a little problem in the paste
    and I am worry about this delay.
    If you don't Respond Now I will contact eBay and if
    nothing will be done untill tommorow
    I wil go to police!

    It would help if they learnt to spell.
    BTW, if they turn up, don't blow them off, blow them somewhere else. :-)
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-27-07 at 15:02:38 PDT   Listings
    Regarding the debate going on about cost centres/listings etc this may well be related to tax on profit "in country". I also work for a multi-national and will say no more!
    Posted by mini*lindy   ( 341 ) on Mar-27-07 at 14:31:01 PDT   Listings
    Vic, yes that email, and similar versions of it, have been around for several months now. Thing is some ebayers, immediate reaction is what the L... I'll tell him a thing or 2 and they click the link, respond !!
    I would have seen at least a dozen such emails this year.

    Linda
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 14:29:00 PDT   Listings
    BTW - eBay UK Stamps
    in Switzerland category - 297
    using (Switzerland,swiss,schweiz,suisse,svizzera) search in Stamps category - 577
    advanced search worldwide using (Switzerland,swiss,schweiz,suisse,svizzera) - 4061
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 14:27:57 PDT   Listings
    claghorn,

    lobotomize, now that is a word that I thought would never be used here.

    A proper discussion, one to one with an Ebay Stamp manager by a competent person who understands the problems may solve most of the problems regarding worldwide categories coordination, worldwide viewing of items and possibly the other queries such as listing of forgeries etc.

    David B.
    Posted by claghorn1p   ( 410 ) on Mar-27-07 at 14:19:35 PDT   Listings
    David B. The problem is more insidious that that.

    Originally eBay left categories to individual country stamp managers rather than generate a worldwide policy. Therefore the eBay UK categories are incompatible and do not translate to the US eBay categories.

    Therefore it is impossible for ebay.com users to search ebay.co.uk categories.

    Unless eBay has a manageable category tree structure for stamps, eBay has created an impossible search criteria anywhere other than the root stamps category.

    The problem stems from the original eBay management decision to lobotomize the category tree and separate the tree structure according to country site.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 14:10:54 PDT   Listings
    the volume of items listed on eBay.co.uk that appear on eBay.com can make it difficult for US-based buyers to find and buy the items they want.

    1200 - eBay.com listings in Switzerland category
    1661 - eBay.com items found in Stamps category using search keyword �Switzerland� (title& description)
    1966 - eBay.com in Stamps using �(Switzerland,swiss,schweiz,suisse,svizzera)� (title& description)
    5658 -eBay.com advanced search using �(switzerland,swiss,schweiz) (title& description)

    eBay Germany:
    2539 - in Schweiz category
    3366 - in Briefmarken category using keywords (Schweiz,Switzerland,suisse,svizzera) in (title& description)
    6905 - advanced search worldwide using keywords �(Schweiz, Switzerland, suisse, svizzera)�

    Now I would propose to the brains who have developed the policy being discussed, what is so complicated about searching for items internationally? There are more items available when searching internationally, and it is obvious that sellers will attract buyers if they go that extra step and use the Item Description Box for its purpose, rather than just list an item in a named category. Many times the items listed in a named category aren�t even found in searches because the name of the country is not mentioned in the Title or description.

    As a buyer of esoteric items it is discouraging to discover that �world-wide� searches aren�t going to be world-wide! I have real trouble navigating through instructions on each �foreign language� site, so it is probable I�ll miss items for my collection.

    Forget accounting procedures, this debate is about access for buyers, and markets for sellers. Glad I�m not in the UK right now.

    Roger

    Vic - Blow him off. LOL
    Posted by horadam1   ( 435 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:39:41 PDT   Listings
    Well, now the ebay spoofers are getting more desparate, and downright mean. I just received the following email from a nobody, and forwarded it to ebay spoof center.

    "Hey man, this is your last chance, if i don`t received your response today i will report you to ebay and police.
    I will also make you a visit along with my friends, so this is my first and last warning !
    Peter Collin
    P.s: You messed with the wrong guy!"

    I guess this could be a real threat, but I did no business with this person, and imagine it is just a more 'sincere' sounding attempt to get my ebay information. I can't imagine the police doing anything with this threat except to file it. Has anyone else received a similar threat yet, or just the pleasant requests for ebay information?

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:38:53 PDT   Listings
    The important statement is this,

    " The categories in which this test will run are:

    * Business, Office & Industrial: Medical/ Lab Equipment
    * Clothes, Shoes & Accessories: Women�s Accessories
    * Collectables: Clocks
    * Collectables: Disneyana
    * Collectables: Knives/ Swords
    * Consumer Electronics: MP3 Players
    * Jewellery & Watches: Watches
    * Stamps: United States
    * Toys & Games: Games

    This test will run for around two months, during which time we will measure the impact on UK sellers, US sellers and the behaviour of UK buyers. We will be running similar tests in the future in which we show UK listings by default on other eBay sites, with the aim of giving them the most appropriate visibility worldwide. ".

    Why would they test US stamps listed on Ebay.UK unless some penpusher thought they would sell only on Ebay.US and not Ebay.UK.

    If enough people contacted the manager of stamps at Ebay.UK may convince him that all stamps would be better listed worldwide and not just US stamps listed on Ebay.UK possibly he can has some input into what the outcome of the test will be.

    David B.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:30:03 PDT   Listings
    Thank you Ed, thank you D2

    Whew...

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:27:09 PDT   Listings
    Jaywild,

    I read the comments to mean that if a British seller wants his items to show on Ebay US then he would have to list them on Ebay.US and not Ebay.UK. that would defeat the purpose of increasing it's own figures but would increase the others figures.

    It also mentions that some sellers can automatically list on certain other specific sites if they are Paypal registered but cannot list on all. It is very involved and needs clarification on that point as well. I doubt if most sellers are even aware of the limitations.

    David B.

    David B.
    Posted by ed845   ( 4388 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:21:25 PDT   Listings
    If any of you had bothered to read David Benson's original post you would have seen the reasons why ebay.uk have introduced this feature.

    This is the orginal announcement made by ebay.uk and contrary to what has been written on this board, many UK based sellers have known about this since it was published. It is not news to us.

    ***Original: ***Changes to the display of eBay.co.uk listings on eBay.com******

    16 February, 2007 | 06:18PM GMT

    We want to tell you about tests affecting the display of eBay.co.uk listings on eBay.com.
    For several years, items listed on eBay.co.uk have also appeared in the default search results on eBay.com, our US site. As eBay.co.uk has grown over time, the volume of items listed on eBay.co.uk that appear on eBay.com can make it difficult for US-based buyers to find and buy the items they want.
    We are currently testing different options for displaying UK-listed items on eBay.com, with the aim of balancing the needs of buyers with the visibility of items listed on eBay.co.uk. As a result, items listed on eBay.co.uk will no longer be guaranteed to appear within the default search results on eBay.com. This is consistent with the current search settings on eBay.co.uk, which do not show items listed on other eBay sites by default.
    Any seller who wishes to ensure that their listings appear in the default search results on eBay.com will need to list those items directly on the eBay.com site. Please note that such listings will not be eligible for any pricing promotions run on eBay.co.uk.
    We thank you for your understanding and we appreciate your support in helping to make eBay a great place to buy and sell.
    Regards,
    The eBay.co.uk Team

    If you want to see the follow up announcements I suggest you log into ebay.uk and click on the announcements.

    I doubt if many of you will as most here seem to believe all the hot air coming out of the windy city. Woof, Woof
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:17:57 PDT   Listings
    stamphick� Also, to help me understand your position a little more clearly, what is your concept of a G/L exchange account?

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:12:58 PDT   Listings
    stamphick� If you have several equivalent entities within a larger entity, such as exists with eBay, they are referred to as �cost centers�. I didn�t develop the terminology, nor make the rules.

    What was proposed was that eBay UK was attempting to inflate its income at the expense of eBay US, and while I have no idea how your farm business was set up, it is just not possible to shuffle income or expenses around different cost centers. Otherwise the concept makes no sense�why bother having cost centers if their boundaries aren�t really boundaries?

    I can understand your desire to jump to Paul�s defense, but in this case, as in many others on this board, pouring misinformation into a discussion that is trying to arrive at a truth is the exact opposite of being helpful.

    Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about the government of Norway?

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by stampmad   ( 1083 ) on Mar-27-07 at 13:08:25 PDT   Listings
    Re APS rep I might add that we do not yet have an acceptance of nomination for the APS rep position. How about it Matt??
    Marius
    Posted by paperhistory   ( 1974 ) on Mar-27-07 at 12:33:45 PDT   Listings
    Roger: I think there will be ears at the APS, regardless of how the elections turn out. I say this personally knowing many of the candidates (including Tom Allen and Denise Stotts, who are fellow officers with me in the Ohio Postal History Society and are also fellow members of the Garfield-Perry Stamp Club and show committee members for the Garfield-Perry March Party).
    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-27-07 at 12:22:36 PDT   Listings
    jaywild...I did read your post which seemed to be mostly a slam at paul for using a perfectly acceptable and well understood financial term. You might google ["profit center" GAAP]. If eBay.uk keeps a separate income statement that is in the end combined into the corporate income statement it is, by definition, a profit center.


    wrd3's suggestion of what might be happening fits exactly what I saw happening when I did accounting for a large corporate farm that was part of a much bigger corporation. The farm manager was much more interested in increasing the profits for his entity than in enhancing total corporate profits.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 12:20:28 PDT   Listings
    Roger� Dilbert hits the nail exactly on the head. The artist who draws it must have worked in such an environment to know it so exactly and intimately. Another of my favorites is (or was�are they still being made?) the Life in Hell strip by Matt Groening. Hilarious, and also right on the money.

    D2� Yes, it just doesn�t make sense.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 12:07:10 PDT   Listings
    Jaywild,

    I totally agree, bringing in profit motives for each branch is a red herring and has nothing to do with the problem.

    The question is whether the change was motivated by one branch (Ebay.UK) or if it is an overall change that all the various branches intend to use or even if Ebay.US has any knowledge of it whatsoever.

    David B.

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:50:20 PDT   Listings
    Bill D� Sorry. The only point I was trying to make is that divisions within an entity such as eBay cannot spar with each other as was said here. True, middle managers will always engage in turf wars, but income and expenses are determined by budgets that are crafted far above the level of such jostling, and it only serves to muddy the waters further for blanket statements to be made that, to me, fly in the face of reality.

    I certainly don�t know what prompted the change under discussion, nor can I even describe it exactly (the various versions don�t gibe) but perhaps I should merely have said that things don�t add up to me and left it at that.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:44:37 PDT   Listings
    Jaywild-

    Since working for the government my favorite comic strip is now Dilbert. Prior to this job I'd worked for myself and didn't understand corporate behavior. Now I do. eBay must be filled with people who are trying to justify their jobs in creative ways. If an idea is accepted, what can happen to the person? Fired, moves on, and blames Power Sellers for not buying in! LOL

    Roger
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8047 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:40:21 PDT   Listings
    I can't see what the profit making schemes of each international office of Ebay has anything to do with asking the various managers of stamps has to do with the tea in China. That has nothing to do with the problem and why would Ebay.UK state that listing on anoter site is required instead of increasing fees for it's own site which would be more advantageous for it's own branch instead of increasing the turnover of another, it doesn't make financial sense and is none of our business anyway. The problem is the to try to make all stamp listing show up when someone is looking at one site and this can be resolved only by contacting the various stamp managers and stating how foolish the idea is for stamp sellers that sell internationally,

    David B.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:37:10 PDT   Listings
    I have to agree with Roger. Whenever eBay �suits� sit down to solve a �problem� you can bet there wasn�t a problem until they all sat down at the table.

    J

    Rainer, yes, that�s it exactly. I�m glad my posts made some sort of sense.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:33:00 PDT   Listings
    jaywild this will be my last post on the topic, as speculation regarding eBay internal measurements and motivations is fruitless. I understand the description you provided. My observation has to do with management behavior and how behavior is often driven by measurements. These measurements do not have to necessarily have anything to do with externally-measured items.

    I don't know the eBay corporate structure. But it's entirely possible eBay.uk could be measured separately in terms of expense and revenue. If so, they could well set up measurements for their managers that drive behavior that suboptimizes overall corporate results. I know where I work there is a US entity and non-US entities, which have different expense and revenue measurements. These roll up to the corporation's world-wide performance Entirely legal, all fitting within GAAP, and guaranteed to confuse any non-accountant who encounters it (I'm an engineer, so I fit into that category, although I've been around long enough to understand much of it).

    The point I was trying to make is ..... don't pick apart Paul's wording and how he chose to express the concept. It is entirely possible there are internal measurements that are driving eBay's behavior.

    Bill D.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:23:05 PDT   Listings
    NOIP -

    Re: APS rep responsibilites

    It's going to be a tough job to get any "ear" at APS if Ken Ken Lawrence is elected President. He blew off this club and chat many years ago and thinks we're all below his standards. We're all goofballs, as well, who only criticize never having constructive ideas to improve the stamp business. All I can say is good luck getting a response from APS concerning any eBay issues.

    Roger
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:16:12 PDT   Listings
    NOIP -
    Everything I've seen concerning eBay international relations is that they act almost as franchises. The stamp forgery issue was somewhat resolved on eBay.uk due to an interested manager, which did not carry over to eBay.com. It is obvious that methods used by ebay bookkeepers to enhance revenue are often thwarted by other goings-on by software engineers in their quest to make ebay more complicated. I'm not sure how many people currently view eBay using the "new" search return format that some of had thrust on us, but there was no apparent response by eBay to clear up the pages and end a miscalculated Beta test.

    We will probably discover that the brains behind this new idea have never bought internationally, nor could they find on a map all locations of the other international site. Specialization leads to missing the big picture and sitting in an office in San Jose all day may not be ideal for determining the problems of UK sellers paying additional fees. Tough cookies!

    Roger
    Posted by 22028   ( 1588 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:12:39 PDT   Listings
    Jim, in the same way I book the expenses on my projects here.
    xxxx-yyyy, the xxxx identifies the project and the yyyy the sub item on which the costs will be booked.
    Very simple commercial terms.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:12:21 PDT   Listings
    Bill D� Further, at the end of every year corporations undergo audits, and if there has been any monkeying with or nudging of any figures the auditors will find it. If a very sophisticated crew managed to shuffle income or expenses illegally between costs centers it will have show up in the G/L of both as exchange account transactions, otherwise the G/Ls would not balance. (This is the beauty of double-entry bookkeeping.) All an auditor would have to do is sample the exchange account throughout the year, and the juggling would pop out like dead rats.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 11:04:32 PDT   Listings
    stamphick� Please read what I wrote to Bill D. below, then if it�s not clear, look up [�cost center� GAAP] on Google for an explanation of your question.

    Bill D� All cost centers within a corporation operate according to a budget, divided into months, which is implemented at the first of every fiscal year,. It is simply not possible to appropriate income or relegate expenses that do not belong to your cost center. You can�t rob Peter to pay Paul�if you don�t meet your numbers on the income or the expense side there is simply no way to twist the figures by grabbing numbers from somewhere else. Believe me, I have done this for years, and I know!

    For example, eBay�s structure might resemble this�eBay US might be designated 5001, eBay UK 5002, eBay Outer Mongolia 5003. These would be cost centers within a large structure that might be identified as P50. However each cost center is given its own G/L (general ledger) which matches exactly the G/L of every other cost center, but does not interact with it in any way. Thus for example income for eBay US might be identified as 5001-4000, where the first four numbers identify the cost center, the last four the G/L code (in this case, income). Income for eBay UK is 5002-4000�totally unrelated to 5001-4000 except at the P50 level, which is wholly inaccessible to the managers, accountants et al of the cost centers.

    Confused yet???

    J

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-27-07 at 10:42:31 PDT   Listings
    jaywild...Are you saying that there is no separate accounting for revenues, costs and profits for eBay.uk and other sites?
    Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Mar-27-07 at 10:36:21 PDT   Listings
    jaywild don't be so quick to dismiss stamps12345's suggestions as to the cause of the eBay behavior seen. It is incredibly difficult to set measurements across different organizations within a large corporation so you drive the behavior you want. You will often end up with unintended and undesired consequences.

    Managers will tend to drive their piece of the corporation to maximize the results of their organization based on how they are measured. eBay could very easily (intentionally or otherwise) set measurements that drives behavior causing the various eBay sites to not play well together.

    This may not be what's behind what we're seeing, but it could be.

    Bill D.
    Posted by stamphick!   ( 336 ) on Mar-27-07 at 10:30:11 PDT   Listings
    jaywild...Are you saying that costs, revenues and profits are not calculated separately for the UK and other sites?
    Posted by jaywild   ( 930 ) on Mar-27-07 at 10:10:30 PDT   Listings
    eBay US/eBay UK� Before this discussion is entirely waylaid by people without the first shred of knowledge about corporate structure, in GAAP there is no such thing as a �profit center�, however there are �cost centers�, which are how corporations isolate income and expenses for different branches within their enterprise. These all hew to the same general ledger, and all are subject to the same corporate rules and structure. EBay�s business model applies across the board�the company is not fragmented into warring divisions as the WCW has indicated here, otherwise they would never secure financing from any bank. WCW seems to understand how a Brownie troop might be organized, but is completely at sea with anything more complicated. What I see happening that garbled information has been loosed into the world. Probably before long it will become clear to everybody (with one exception, perhaps) what the policy change actually means.

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by 22028   ( 1588 ) on Mar-27-07 at 06:39:58 PDT   Listings
    iomoon, thanks.
    The question was related to this cover:
    http://fuchs-online.com/overlandmail/images/england-iraq-overland.jpg
    That cover is franked with 5 1/2 d and does not appear to be more heave then 2 oz. In that case the Overland Mail surcharge would have been 4 d.
    Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Mar-27-07 at 06:27:27 PDT   Listings
    jaywild I'm glad the precancel made it. Now you will just have that one hole to haunt you! A-rated precancels are tough to find.

    I don't need anything in return .... unless you get a lead on a nice, sound US 77 for a good price : - )

    Bill D.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-27-07 at 06:25:44 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    Rainer

    From 1923 to 1940, letter rate was 1�d for the first 2oz then �d for each additional 2oz.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-27-07 at 04:33:08 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ---From reading your posting from the Virtual Stamp Club ,it reads like E-bay U.K. wants sellers to do business in their divison .The crossover into other E-BAY operations may mean they share the fees collected .

    The headquarters may say all the e-bay's have to be linked but each division doesn't have to make it easy like you want .......each division wants all the profits for the bottom line of their division .

    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-27-07 at 04:10:53 PDT   Listings
    PETER and DAVID B. hold on about fees paid by e-bay sellers .

    First you got to understand how major firms and corporations are structured. Mostly likely the stamp divison manager has no say in the rate structure that the division collects .These rate increases most likely come from somewhere else in the corporation.

    Also you got to understand that E-BAY United Kingdom as oppose to E-bay .com may be a different profit center and E-bay U.K. may be getting a fee from E-bay .com for each purchase made across the big pond .Your getting into a area that can only be answered by looking at detail financial statements because the group managers may not know the answer on fee agreements ........paul

    Posted by cwhutch   ( 645 ) on Mar-27-07 at 03:53:20 PDT   Listings
    Good morning.

    Hutch
    Posted by 22028   ( 1585 ) on Mar-27-07 at 02:39:23 PDT   Listings
    What was the postage rate for a letter (land mail, NOT Air Mail) from UK to Iraq in 1927?
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-27-07 at 00:35:45 PDT   Listings
    aj-gory - I'm not sure this is the information you want but foreign surface postage rate FROM Denmark was from May 15. 1965 to July 3. 1967 - 80 �re for the first 20 gr. and 50 �re for each subsequently 20 gr.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 307 ) on Mar-26-07 at 23:03:59 PDT   Listings
    David

    Thanks for the email. I will email a complaint and see what happen.


    PC
    Posted by aj-gory   ( 171 ) on Mar-26-07 at 22:54:51 PDT   Listings
    For a postage due calculation can any of your "readers" please tell me the -foreign surface postage rate- for Denmark, July 1966. Thanks Allan
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 22:51:02 PDT   Listings
    Peter, it used to be [email protected] but it may have changed,

    David B.
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 307 ) on Mar-26-07 at 22:48:55 PDT   Listings
    David

    Is there a direct email address available for ebayers to contact manager of Stamps.Ebay.UK? If yes, is there one for Stamps.ebay.com or ebay.com?

    PC
    Posted by peterc8888   ( 307 ) on Mar-26-07 at 22:44:47 PDT   Listings
    David

    I think eBay will not listen to complaints. If eBay really wants to make the search better, I'm sure that it can make this kind of changes without making anyone upset. eBay should allow us to control the search whether to show listings listed in other ebay sites. Of course, eBay has no intention to do this since it means no extra revenue. By taking away existing free features and then offer them as payable options, ebay makes more revenue and seller makes less and/or buyers pay more.


    PC
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 22:21:27 PDT   Listings
    Jim, the only people you can complain to the manager of Stamps.Ebay.UK or at Ebay.Com. You can try and he may answer you and hopefully will do something about it.

    If there are any shows that you will attend that has an Ebay rep. you could have a discussion with them,

    David B.
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1275 ) on Mar-26-07 at 21:41:32 PDT   Listings
    dbenson
    As just one of many US located colletors of most everything in Irish philately and the 1971 British Strike Mail labels, do you have any suggestions on where one can go to complain to eBay that they are blocking us from bidding on lots that are listed on the UK site?

    eBays access to the British market had revived some collecting activities grown dormant due to lack of material available locally. Now it looks like they are going to reduce that access and reduce, if not restrict that trade.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:46:40 PDT   Listings
    Sorry to make this a long posting but it is impossible to find on Virtual Stamp Chat

    I have deleted some posts that compleyely strayed from the subject,

    Feb-18 8:30 am
    eBay have announced a change in policy regarding how items for sale will show on other eBay sites. This was discussed recently either here or on another forum that I participate in.
    16 February, 2007 | 06:18PM GMT
    We want to tell you about tests affecting the display of eBay.co.uk listings on eBay.com.
    For several years, items listed on eBay.co.uk have also appeared in the default search results on eBay.com, our US site. As eBay.co.uk has grown over time, the volume of items listed on eBay.co.uk that appear on eBay.com can make it difficult for US-based buyers to find and buy the items they want.

    We are currently testing different options for displaying UK-listed items on eBay.com, with the aim of balancing the needs of buyers with the visibility of items listed on eBay.co.uk. As a result, items listed on eBay.co.uk will no longer be guaranteed to appear within the default search results on eBay.com. This is consistent with the current search settings on eBay.co.uk, which do not show items listed on other eBay sites by default.

    Any seller who wishes to ensure that their listings appear in the default search results on eBay.com will need to list those items directly on the eBay.com site. Please note that such listings will not be eligible for any pricing promotions run on eBay.co.uk.

    We thank you for your understanding and we appreciate your support in helping to make eBay a great place to buy and sell.

    Regards,
    The eBay.co.uk Team
    =====================================================

    And thank YOU ebay for implying that we now have to pay twice to have our items appear in both places.

    I'm not sure whether that will be the outcome or whether we can still see worldwide listings by choosing a 'worldwide' option on search results or browses. Time will, doubtless, tell: but if anybody wants to check this out with the insders at eBay Inc I'd be pleased to see the results.

    Options Reply

    reply to 25078.1

    This is very bad. Half the stuff I buy on eBay is from UK sellers. Now my searches will be more complicated.
    reply to 25078.2

    It is bloody ridiculous. So much for globalisation!

    5078.4 in reply to 25078.3
    All the stamps I have bought over the past 1-1/2 years have been from England via e-bay. (Some other items too, covers etc.) Talk about "shooting yourself in the foot", I have an easy solution for e-bay -- I won't buy from them! I NEED to buy from dealers in the U.K. as i need sg numbers, scott just doesn't cut it when dealing with G. B., I've tried it and end up with duplicates galore. Here's a thought -- why don't I just WRITE them and POST it ? I'll still get the stamps, from good dealers, eh?


    As you may be aware, we have recently removed items that are listed on eBay.co.uk from default search results on eBay.com in the US.

    Over the coming months, we will be testing different ways of displaying international listings on various eBay sites worldwide, with the aim of appropriately balancing the needs of domestic sellers in each market with those of exporting sellers from other countries.

    The first of these tests, which will begin at the end of this week, will display items listed by US sellers on eBay.com by default in a few selected categories on eBay.co.uk. We have selected categories where imports from the US to the UK already represent a significant proportion of trade in the category. US listings will be displayed by default on eBay.co.uk in these categories if a seller offers PayPal, has at least 100 feedback with at least 98% positive, and has set a postage price to the UK. SIF listings will not be displayed.

    The categories in which this test will run are:

    * Business, Office & Industrial: Medical/ Lab Equipment
    * Clothes, Shoes & Accessories: Women�s Accessories
    * Collectables: Clocks
    * Collectables: Disneyana
    * Collectables: Knives/ Swords
    * Consumer Electronics: MP3 Players
    * Jewellery & Watches: Watches
    * Stamps: United States
    * Toys & Games: Games

    This test will run for around two months, during which time we will measure the impact on UK sellers, US sellers and the behaviour of UK buyers. We will be running similar tests in the future in which we show UK listings by default on other eBay sites, with the aim of giving them the most appropriate visibility worldwide.

    Regards,
    The eBay.co.uk Team

    =================================
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:25:58 PDT   Listings
    Today I was about to throw in the towel after it was announced that a class would be run to explain the use of the comma.

    lem500

    Learn to ask a question that can be meaningfully answered.
    The answer is, yes, but that will probably not satisfy you.

    Turn off the caps lock, it is shouting.
    Without going to your listings we have no idea where you are located.
    And therefore cannot supply even a remotely relevant answer.
    Posted by boomersoonerbarry   ( 1535 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:18:44 PDT   Listings
    Hellooooooooo
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:10:35 PDT   Listings
    D2

    From that thread, it would seem that I am one of the few US stamp buyers that actually checks all the non ebay.com sites.
    If so, I feel a sense of loss for the non ebay.com sellers who are losing a large share of their market through not having their auctions accessed by the US buyers.
    Especially if they have to pay extra to make an appearance in the US market.
    Other than stamps and coins, it is probably no problem since heavier items such as books wouldn't make for a heavy international trade anyway.
    Having said that, I have sold a lot of books to non US customers despite the heavy postal charges.
    In the past it was just specialized country listings that ended up in "world-->stamps-->other" and no one outside of the listing country could find them.

    It looks like another ploy by eBay to make extra money off unsuspecting sellers.

    Use the search all ebay sites option and thwart ebay attempts to make extra money.
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1275 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:07:58 PDT   Listings
    I did get a few things listed, finally. At first I was pleased, I got a good pone line and connected at 26,400 bps. But the transfer rate wasn�t much better than usual, generally around 2.3 to 3 K per sec. Plus I kept getting the message that eBay�s feature (selling with a template) was unavailable. Don�t know what�s up, but it was not much fun. Had to keep hitting the back button and them re-clicking on the submit button to get eBay to accept the lot. :8^(

    Any of you know where I might find some of the Cathy cards or Dilbert cards that the US Post Office is using to promote their services? I�d like to work up a bit of a display. So far all of the Cathy cards and all but one of the Dilbert card have come my way. I�d really like to find two copies of both so I could show both sides without having to scan one side.

    Jim L.
    Posted by lem500   ( 500 ) on Mar-26-07 at 19:04:48 PDT   Listings
    HELLO, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO I CAN GO TO TO FIND THE VALUE OF A STAMP COLLECTION LEFT TO ME. NEED HELP, JEFF
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 18:49:15 PDT   Listings
    Roger & IO, I couldn't find the query on Virtual Stamp Chat but it did say that UK sellers would have to list on both sites if they wanted material to show on both. I went through the UK listing form and couldn't find anything about it but I am sure that some of the UK sellers would know,

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 18:42:31 PDT   Listings
    IO,

    this is better, it mentions the problems,

    http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1100074469&tstart=0&mod=1174912725519

    David B.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-26-07 at 18:30:01 PDT   Listings
    Doesn't look like UK sellers have any problem using .com site.
    "6. How does Cross-Border Trade Seller Verification impact me as a UK seller?

    UK sellers will be required to be PayPal Verified in order to list on any other eBay site apart from eBay.com. UK sellers who have at least 25 total feedback with 98% positive, and who have listed and sold at least one item on another site in the last 90 days as of December 1, 2006 will be exempt from this verification requirement"

    Unless there is a new unwritten policy!

    Roger
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 18:20:54 PDT   Listings
    IO, this may have something to do with the query,

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/selling-cbt-faqs.html

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:51:39 PDT   Listings
    IO, I don't know the full story but it was mentioned a few weeks ago on Virtual Chat that UK sellers would have to pay an extra listing fee to allow their material to be on Ebay.US. You would have to check the UK sales page to get the full details.

    David B.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:49:14 PDT   Listings
    Paul, just found it the same place you did on Google,

    http://ezinearticles.com/?Copyright-Theft----Internet-Highway-Robbery&id=296326

    can't see any references to Ebay,

    David B.
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:47:34 PDT   Listings
    Sounds like those sellers are being "E-BATTERED" by e-bay
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:47:19 PDT   Listings
    Paul,

    never heard of either, was it decribing Ebay,

    David B.
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:36:45 PDT   Listings
    D2

    If true, that is mind boggling.
    Why?
    All you have to do on the US site is to search all the non-US sites.
    A link at the bottom of the search page.
    Nestled there along with do you want to search the stores?
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:35:33 PDT   Listings
    DAVID B. ----The phrase "INTERNET HIGHWAY ROBBERY" is from a article written by Jane Mundy in a EZINE article .
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:27:37 PDT   Listings
    Roger

    It's called a lapse rate.
    There are several of them, wet, dry, environmental.
    In simplistic terms, for every 1,000 feet of altitude gained, the air temperature drops by about 3 F.
    Soooo, if the dew point and air temperature are the same, it precipitates.
    As you rise to Palani it gets cooler and rains.
    as you go back down, it warms up and doesn't rain.

    So, in spite of having rain forest near sea-level, once the air has risen up the side of the Big Island it has lost all its moisture and the Kau desert results.
    It must be one of the shortest distances that one can travel from rain forest to desert, anywhere in the world.
    Posted by dbenson   ( 8025 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:26:12 PDT   Listings
    due,

    the query regarding the UK listing is of extreme importance to UK stamp sellers as I doubt most of them realise that they are now expected to pay double for the privelige of having their material being shown on the US site.

    This is " internet highway robbery " (please make note that I was the 1st. to use this term but I will allow it to be used to describe anything that Ebay does that is aimed to screw users.

    David B.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:12:38 PDT   Listings
    Pro -
    By PO:
    http://www.ilhawaii.net/~rheath/razorexhibit/frame1.html

    By time-line 1898-1938
    http://www.ilhawaii.net/~rheath/razorexhibit2006/frame1.html

    Roger
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-26-07 at 17:09:35 PDT   Listings
    IO -
    Correcto! One of the most interesting features here is the effect of elevation on rainfall. Invariably, during the summer, my car is dry in the mornings and dry all day at work (except special circumstances), then I drive up to Palani Junction into rain, then go down Hoa Kuni into dry. Then later in the evening or at night when the atmosphere cools, rain at home! In summer my car gets a daily wash & dry, so I never bother to get the hose out. Like I wrote once before, do not collect MNH here!

    Roger
    Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Mar-26-07 at 16:59:13 PDT   Listings
    Razor Roger
    Lost my link to your exhibit another when you get the chance pls

    Election
    Glad it is over all you candidates rememeber to take your signage down ( the mark of a good politician)

    KE
    I am sure many of your items will realize higher bids
    I really like a few of those Early precancels
    and a couple of those covers are very very nice.

    bayandaps
    I guess we need to "feel their pain" as billy used to say,
    and just like him I guess that LIP service is better than none at all.

    If I really know what Is IS

    Shilling Happens all the time every where .

    UK material
    as I do not search the bay very often anymore,
    I was wondering if the folks have noticed that a lot of items listed there do not show up here,
    I have seen sellers and buyers complaining about this
    in a bunch of different areas.
    If U R a UK sllr has this affctd ur Sales
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 16:09:59 PDT   Listings
    Jim

    Yours is the old Kona Airport which is now a State Park.

    Roger probably Does a turn on Hao Kuni St to Palani Drive, north to Palani Junction, west along Hina Lani Street, north of the Queen Kaahuman HWY, west on Keahole Airport road. Then parks the car.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 928 ) on Mar-26-07 at 15:53:59 PDT   Listings
    Bill Dempwolf� Thank you my friend for the Inspiration AZ precancel. What can I send you in return?

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by jaywild   ( 928 ) on Mar-26-07 at 15:52:42 PDT   Listings
    Roger� I see�

    Jim

    ? How to do a �flip-comparison� test on perforations
    ? US Stamp Identifiers:     | 10c Issue of 1855-57 | First 3� Stamped Envelopes | Grilled Stamps | Large �Banknotes� | First Bureau Issues | Abe Lincoln�s �tiny eye�
                                        | Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908-22 | 2nd & 3rd Issue Revenue Designs | Colors, Scott 70/78, 24� Washington

    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:55:28 PDT   Listings
    paperhistory - I admit there is many auctions but these (and a few more which are sold) was a kind donation and I found it was better to put them all up in one group. Maybe it was a mistake as some still haven't a bid but time will tell how it goes. I hope the best. :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:33:35 PDT   Listings
    On the day of the google earth image the was one plane waiting to take off and three at the terminus. Plus I can see your car in the parking lot. :-)
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:25:23 PDT   Listings
    Roger

    Not "a lava rock shore line" but the shoreline created by the 1801 flow from Hualalai, on which the Keahole airport is also built. Flow is famous for its peridotite nodules.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:13:11 PDT   Listings
    jaywild -
    If you are able to use Google earth, open up and search for "kona airport". Due south of the airport is a picture icon "close to kona airport". It gives a general idea of the shoreline in this neighborhood. Click on any of the other picture icons and you see inside the "sterile area" where passengers end up after going through checkpoint. Many pictures are taken in front of the statues.

    Roger
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 618 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:09:30 PDT   Listings
    Alec Thanks, I just checked the watermarks and all 3 are inverted.
    Rainier Yes, I had a post removed because it was no longer relevant ot made much sense to those who had not seen the 10,000 word tirade. It appears that it has just happened again.


    Peter Thank you and congratulations to you as well.

    One small way each seller of stamps can help is to put a standard invite to the board and the EUSC on all their auctions. It would require nearlt zero effort and would probably help to boost both entities. This could also be done on their billings.
    Posted by wrd3   ( 99 ) on Mar-26-07 at 14:07:30 PDT   Listings
    malolo maps.google continues to work fine for me. I use it almost daily.

    Bill D.
    Posted by malolo   ( 836 ) on Mar-26-07 at 13:54:05 PDT   Listings
    Jaywild -
    How close is close? Across a busy runway on a scooter would be fine, but only 1/2hr lunch makes it impractical. It is a lava rock shoreline so surfing is very dangerous, not to say getting arrested for trespassing while crossing the runway.
    Roger

    BTW -
    Is anyone having trouble using Google Maps? I was doing fine then it just stopped last week. The page appears, but no map, only the left side ruler and direction buttons.
    Posted by soggy333   ( 55 ) on Mar-26-07 at 13:32:42 PDT   Listings
    Whooey ,what was that post about?
    Its gone already.
    Even if he is right, where does he find the time. He was probably right, but all that shilling takes place on other than the stamp sales. Stick with stamps and rarely be cheated!
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-26-07 at 13:02:16 PDT   Listings
    Alec Agree with what both you and Anne are saying completely. From my perspective this is not an easy site to find for the average collector and I will admit I only stumbled in here by chance through Google a few years ago. I don't know about the US site but from the Ebay UK site it is a fairly tortous route to get to the link to this site. One idea would be to ask Ebay if they could place links to the stamp chat boards directly on the stamp category pages. I think growth of members with new ideas is important to avoid stagnation. Of course the question will come how many more can this board support, we only have 200 postings before scroll off?
    As to fees this might sound very easy in a normal club but this is entirely virtual and who is going to collect and ensure dues are paid??? Might not be any nominations for treasurer unless Paul......:-)
    Peter
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Mar-26-07 at 12:58:25 PDT   Listings
    Mitch Not sure about the better colour but Michel state forgeries exist and the way to tell is that genuine stamps have the watermark always as inverted.
    Posted by antonius-ra   ( 618 ) on Mar-26-07 at 12:45:41 PDT   Listings
    Paolo or anyone I found the third stamp pictured here this weekend in some extras I had. It appears to be the better color of overprint? Can you verify that and possibly whether or not the cancel is good.
    Posted by duncan_doenitz   ( 114 ) on Mar-26-07 at 12:36:22 PDT   Listings
    Griguy, Wisconsin sort of went a better way with their trout stamps - the first one, in 1978, was self adhesive. Then they switched to lick and stick. Also, in 1980, they were rouletted instead of perforated.

    Now they don't require one on the license any more, but since most people just get the computer printed license and don't ask for the stamp, I think the number issued would be low each year.

    They also added a separate trout stamp for the Great Lakes.

    One of my favorite trout stamp designs is this one from Minnesota...

    steelhead

    They're called steelhead or chromers due to the metallic shine.

    The water on the stamp looks perfect, and I like the detail on the trout, including a few missing scales from the efforts to migrate upstream.

    -Dunc

    "If a vacuum cleaner really sucks is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
    Posted by greenwave4u   ( 73 ) on Mar-26-07 at 12:28:06 PDT   Listings
    Mitch Congratulations we will do our best to support you!:-)

    For my position can I thank all who voted for me, I had not expected to be nominated at all but I am certainly happy to give it a go, come what may.

    cheers

    Peter
    Posted by infla-alec   ( 518 ) on Mar-26-07 at 11:50:19 PDT   Listings
    Eusc elected officers Congratulations to all those elected. Hopefully you will all enjoy your term in office and the board can continue to be somewhere where all are welcome and the vast array of expertise and material shown continues.
    I for one enjoy the online tutorials if you can call them that when others show their material and give explanations.

    Fresh ideas are always needed and that brings me back to Anne's post yesterday. I for one would have no objection to paying a small yearly dues fee if it enabled the Eusc to become more widely known and perhaps enable the web site to become bigger and better. Publicity is the key. Hopefully this can be discussed further again and in more detail soon.
    I know there are and will be difficulties but if enough are willing to volunteer their services then from the small acorn grows the mighty Oak.
    Posted by sirrinepeter   ( 181 ) on Mar-26-07 at 11:43:35 PDT   Listings
    ALOHA;
    LOOKS LIKE I made an error in listing a stamp. It has 4 bids left. How would you handel the error. Its has about 4 bids of apx. $4.50 in bids. Do I pull the item.
    Andy
    Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Mar-26-07 at 11:40:25 PDT   Listings
    Dunc Ireland? rats. I blew it again.

    I'm also sad to report that IL has done away with the trout stamp. Oh, you still have to buy one, but now its just a bit of generated chaff printed out on glossy DNR paper. The days of the beautiful traditional stamp, which we'd religiously keep (or try to) in pristine condition, despite wading around in rivers with it.....are gone!

    First self adhesives, then computer generated PVI's, now the death of one of the last revenue stamps. We are fast becoming curators of an extinct art form. :o(
    Posted by paperhistory   ( 1974 ) on Mar-26-07 at 11:38:14 PDT   Listings
    knuden: it may simply be the sheer volume of the available lots.
    Posted by duncan_doenitz   ( 114 ) on Mar-26-07 at 10:26:05 PDT   Listings
    Briguy, for the last few years now the best running #5 and #7 floating Rapalas have been the ones made in Ireland!

    They run with the nice tight wiggle that really attracts. Look for "IRELAND" on the lip of the lure.

    (Ask the ladies on this site - catching a man is like catching a fish, it helps to wiggle the bait.)

    To keep it philatelic - I collect Trout Stamps from fishing licenses.

    -Dunc

    -------->{{{*> Trout season opens Saturday!
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 09:43:09 PDT   Listings
    What have I done wrong?

    On this board we have a long tradition of charity or in Aid Of auctions.
    I made a lot of auctions last friday and so far only one from the board had bid on them. Normaly these auctions get a lot of cheer up and symphaty but this time it have been mostly silence (eccept Mich's kind offer of a donation of Danish stamps).
    I honestly don't get it - I thought this time the issue was a good one, as it was in the philatelic area but it seems I'm wrong.
    I Possible some will be bidding later (or sniping) but it's the nearly total lack of interest, which puzzle me. How come??

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by thebriguy1   ( 64 ) on Mar-26-07 at 09:12:32 PDT   Listings
    I too did my part for the economy of Scandinavia this weekend. I bought a new floating Rapala bass lure. A REAL one. :o)

    You see there are two kinds of Rapala lures now. There are the cheap Chinese made pieces of plastic crap, that look like they'll explode into tiny bits, if you dare to try casting one,...or the real ones.

    The real ones are still made of balsa, and come with a little card introducing you to the very Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish craftsman who whittled it by hand into an art form, sitting at their stone fireplace, during the long, cold, & dark Scandinavian winter. :o)

    Ironically, you're just as petrified at casting one of these out over the waters too.....for they cost so damn much.
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 08:00:17 PDT   Listings
    Ooooops - sorry!

    To my Sudetenland exhibit it has been difficult to find items sent outside Europe but this time I have been lucky. :O)
    This cover is sent from Zuckmantel October 9, 1938 to Singapore at this time Strait Settlement and is so far the only item I have seen to this destination.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 07:58:15 PDT   Listings
    To my Sudetenland exhibit it has been difficult to find items sent outside Europe but this time I have been lucky. :O)
    This cover is sent from Zuckmantel October 9, 1938 to Singapore, at this time Strait Settlement and is so far the only item I have seen to this destination.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1275 ) on Mar-26-07 at 07:56:53 PDT   Listings
    Hey AmyJones101,

    First, Welcome to the Stamp Chat Board.

    Second, it looks like your lots have been pulled. When using the link to your listing eBay says you have nothing listed.
    Posted by amyjones101   ( 2 ) on Mar-26-07 at 07:48:23 PDT   Listings
    hey. please pleeeeeeeease check out my product i am sellint is 4 benham stamp albums [filled] with first day covers. recently valued high. info on page. thank you. please take a look !
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 07:19:23 PDT   Listings
    Rats! Prisidential = Presidential.

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by iomoon   ( 1046 ) on Mar-26-07 at 06:22:51 PDT   Listings
    Good day all.

    We had the west Texas version of the ironman last weekend.
    Posted by knuden   ( 2229 ) on Mar-26-07 at 05:50:36 PDT   Listings
    Congratulations Mitch. - when do you issue a pricidential stamp??

    There is still time to make bids a the In aid of the Library auctions - many lots only have 1 bids (and a few 0). :O)

    K.E   Remember the Philatelic High School !!  :O)
    Posted by stamps12345   ( 223 ) on Mar-26-07 at 05:22:52 PDT   Listings
    STOP THE WHINING------I support the Norwegien ecomony more that any of you ,I eat sardines from Norway .Besides I like Bjornmu ,he doesn't need lap dogs ,he handles himself with class

    Mitch great subject matter for the first meeting .See that Anne got a few good ideas ,new direction is needed .

    David is right more pressure needs to be applied to the APS ,but affraid that its a financial deal between them and E-bay so nobody is talking .E-bay is smart they are not going to let anybody have a say in their business ,which is more successful than the APS sales dept. .The APS has to find their own share of the beginner collector market to have any influence in the growing collectible market place on the internet .In town hall meetings that the APS has on a regular basis the biggest problem ,they claim is their non-profit status stops them from running any kind of profitible business handling sales outside of their membership ,thats the reason for some of the restrictions on listing and selling on their website .

    David B. also has the right idea to join up with other national{outside the U.S.} groups and get the other e-bay sites changed and then tackile the big one last after the others correct some of the problems .

    JAY ------I don't want any pals here that would only cause problems for them ,as long as the truth comes out somewhere in my postings , the balcony has something to laugh about.

    Posted by claghorn1p   ( 410 ) on Mar-26-07 at 05:17:10 PDT   Listings
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    Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1275 ) on Mar-26-07 at 05:02:24 PDT   Listings
    Greetings
    and an Indiana "Good Morning"
    to you all



    Hopefully some time this week I�ll be able to go looking for numbers to post.

    Jim L.
    Posted by jaywild   ( 928 ) on Mar-26-07 at 05:01:50 PDT   Listings
    Roger� Are you close enough to the ocean to go surfing on your lunch break?

    J

    Jim

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    Posted by cwhutch   ( 645 ) on Mar-26-07 at 02:45:59 PDT   Listings
    Good morning.

    Congrats to Mitch , Billsey , Djs , Greenwave.

    Hutch