eBay chatboard archive: Oct-15-07 to Oct-21-07 week

Posted by 22028   ( 1660 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:35:05 PDT   Listings
David, I know Romania can be expensive but this is true for almost all countries. But the link to the exhibition in Romania is new to me...
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:16:20 PDT   Listings
22028,

It is no coincidence that the material is being sold now with an Exhibition coming up in Bucharest, Romania early next year. Each of those items will create interest in the judges eyes with the " OOH AHH " factor,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:10:43 PDT   Listings
22028,

Romania can be a expensive area,

The same seller sold this last month,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47169&item=230174360232

It went to Romania, paid strzight away and received within a week,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:07:45 PDT   Listings
rainer, but unique, imagine the realisation if it had been perfect,

David B.
Posted by 22028   ( 1660 ) on Oct-21-07 at 23:02:24 PDT   Listings
David, genuine, but rejoined, stained, soiled, creased
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-21-07 at 22:24:55 PDT   Listings
Billsey,

you missed out on a nice unique Romanian item,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSAA:US:11&item=230181846864

David B.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 21:21:26 PDT   Listings
billsey… The distance between the Balkans and Tanna Tuva is about the same as the distance between Newfoundland and Baja California.

Jim
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-21-07 at 20:54:47 PDT   Listings
I picked up a nice 'mostly Balkins' collection at yesterday's OSS Auction. Good selection of Bosnia & Herzegovina, including a few shade varieties of the first couple of designs (no perf studies however). Same thing goes for the B&H issues for SHS. Lots of Croatia isues for SHS, many of which look suspect as normal, quite a few examples from the WWII era that I'll have to get rid of. Sparse to full selection of Montenegro, including a few fiscal stamps. Good selection of Serbia, though a bit sparse for the earlies (one forgery of the first issue). Good selection of Slovenia SHS issues, though none of the key values. A weird one, for some reason the collector had a couple hundred different Tannu Tuva mounted in the middle of the album... How close is that to the Balkins? Finishes up with a reasonably good selection of Poland.

What reference material should I be looking for? I have Michel and Scott, don't think I have Gibbons for this area...
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:57:34 PDT   Listings
Paul,

re: Fake Hungary C1

I am keeping it for a reference.

Thanks,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:51:38 PDT   Listings
Finally I managed to list the items I linked yesterday.

It was my first encounter with the new "sell your item" system. First I found that my browser (Opera) turns crazy with the page. OK, I try with Firefox. After figuring out the new requirements and avoiding some bugs (every time the page assumed I was in Tennessee), I hit "submit" and got an nice

This feature is temporarily unavailable
Your selections have caused errors. Please click Continue below to go back and correct your errors.

Without a clue about what I did wrong, I started to change configurations here and there without success.

I though it was a temporal problem and left it for today.
Same result.

I searched for the problem in google.
A page said the gallery could generate the problem. No success.
Others suggested to clean the browser cache and history. Same result.

Finally found the problem in a forum: International shipping is causing problems! I had to set the list to "domestic shipping" and it goes OK. (I had to put a pretty note in the description indicating that I was shipping worldwide).

Now I found that the meaning of "domestic" isn't the same everywhere. I thought that "domestic" was "in the same country of the seller". but for ebay it's just "United States".

If I have to face so much trouble with 15 stinking lots, what happens to an international power seller? or someone that lives from ebay sales income?

end of rant,
Milenko (the new listing queen).
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:47:13 PDT   Listings
due2cents… Wow—I didn’t know that about soldier’s mail during the Civil War.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-21-07 at 19:09:11 PDT   Listings
Don't throw that fake Hungary airmail away. Its a good reference copy.Hungaryjim is correct its a poor overprint and blurry,here is a real copy ,notice the better quality of the overprint. From my collection .....paul
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 18:39:08 PDT   Listings
Art Photo Time!!!!

Here is a dusk shot down Sunset Blvd with the smoke from the Malibu fire in the sky and a jet contrail at upper right.

We now return you to your regular programming…

Jim
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 17:53:55 PDT   Listings
figmente

Nothing like MNH with fantastic looking cancels.

Do these people never read their own auctions?
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-21-07 at 17:35:08 PDT   Listings
22oman

Not Free Franking, But the right to send as DUE.
Unpenalized.
Posted by 220man   ( 161 ) on Oct-21-07 at 16:35:33 PDT   Listings
Did soldier's mail exist in the Civil War?
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:56:50 PDT   Listings
NOIP… This cover is interesting, but I can’t quite figure it out. Bank’s Division refers to the command of Nathaniel Banks, who was bedeviled in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War by Stonewall Jackson. (He later was given command of the armed forces at Union-occupied New Orleans.) What piques my curiosity is what was written in the upper right that has been covered by the stamp. And what’s that stamp doing there anyway? It seems to be covering up a “Soldier’s letter” notation, so postage would have been free, and if not, there should be a DUE 3 marking somewhere on the cover.

Do I sniff a fake here, or am I am just being hypersensitive?

Jim
Posted by figmente   ( 901 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:49:24 PDT   Listings
curious description
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 15:46:20 PDT   Listings
stamphick… Last I’ve heard Pepperdine is safe. The students who had been gathered into the gym for safety have been allowed to return to their dorms. The fire is burning away from the campus, although that can change if the wind shifts. Last night we had a ferocious windstorm here, but this morning there wasn’t a breath of wind while the wind was gusting up to 40-50 MPH twenty-five miles away in Malibu.

Jim
Posted by stamphick!   ( 338 ) on Oct-21-07 at 14:17:07 PDT   Listings
jaywild...We have a university preview day at Peperdine scheduled for early November. Hope the university is still there. I just heard that all students and faculty had been told to evacuate dorms and most other buildings.
Posted by kathmoon   ( 325 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:55:49 PDT   Listings
jfr: I have a 2008 Specialized. The $2.00 BEP is now $16.00 and the Civil War is now $35.00. If you have any other specifics you need , e-mail me: kathmoon at aol dot com
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:55:47 PDT   Listings
Jimbo,

re: Hungary C1

Thanks for the confirmation!

Matt in Arizona
Posted by hungaryjim   ( 945 ) on Oct-21-07 at 13:52:20 PDT   Listings
keleofa

Yes Matt, I would definitely call that one a forgery because of the poorly printed overprint amongst other reasons! It's best to relegate that one to the round filing basket, otherwise known as a wastebasket!


Thanks for showing it, Jimbo.
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:50:18 PDT   Listings
HungaryJim,

Hungary C1

The overprint and cancel both look fake to me.

Thanks,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by jfr   ( 707 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:30:18 PDT   Listings
Jim,

Thanks for the reply. I have basically a full set of 1994 and 2/3 of 1995. In the 1998 specialized, they are priced mostly at $15.00 with a few even more. I suspected that the price in the 1998 was artificially high! It did not seem to make sense! I heard from another Ebayer off line that they now range from $3 to $9 dollars.

Just trying to get some idea of actual value. Can't say why or I might be violating the red writing above!

JFR

Jon
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 12:09:10 PDT   Listings
jfr… Which souvenir sheets? As of 2006 Legends of the West is $15, $2 BEP is $15, Civil War $30.

Jim
Posted by hungaryjim   ( 945 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:55:36 PDT   Listings
keleofa Hi Matt, Show a scan of the C1 stamp from Hungary and I'll let you know if it's good or not!

Jimbo2
Posted by jfr   ( 707 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:52:35 PDT   Listings
Hello all,


I was hoping that someone could help me with current Scott catalog values for United States USPS issued souvenir pages. I have an older US Specialized (1998) and the values for the 1994 and 1995 souvenir pages are mostly in the $15 range. Can someone with a newer specialized tell me what the current values are? Thanks in advance.

JFR
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:48:51 PDT   Listings
NOIP… Big brushfire burning in Malibu today, about 25 miles up the coast from me...

Jim
Posted by balkania05   ( 518 ) on Oct-21-07 at 11:39:23 PDT   Listings
question ! Need help !
Can somebody tell me about Duck stamps? RW10 . Have one for sell and one margin is not perforated. That's the way to be ? or is an error? Thank you, balkania05
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Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 09:35:21 PDT   Listings
Matt in Arizona

Even as trial printings, they are still worth in the 10's of $.

You might want to try some of the publications by MEPSI.
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 09:00:55 PDT   Listings
Iomoon,

re: Mexico question

Thanks... Scott lists these as 93a, 95a and 96b as 'without moire on back, without overprint'

These were part of an auction lot I won a few weeks ago with better worldwide sets and singles. Although a few have been misidentified, so far I have come across only one questionable stamp -- Hungary C1 Used (the overprint looks very funky).

Just wondering if these are the real thing -- they are MNH.

Matt in Arizona
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:54:18 PDT   Listings
Matt in Arizona

According to Follansbee, the 1872 stamps unoverprinted and without moire are "generally considered trial printings. However, some were apparently issued (perhaps in error)".

Catalog Reina

K-E

James van der Linden is Belgian and a stamp expert, try searching to see if any of his publications matches your wants.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:47:38 PDT   Listings
Scott T… Nice to see you posting here. It’s surprising to me that anyone else would have heard of Ray Manley. He was pretty much a regional phenomenon, unless anyone is a collector of desert photo postcards or a consistent reader of Arizona Highways magazine.

Jim
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 08:39:32 PDT   Listings
Mexico...

Forgot to mention, stamps measure 24.1mm high, not the 24.5mm of the counterfeits.

Mexico 1872

Matt in Arizona
Posted by keleofa   ( 3567 ) on Oct-21-07 at 07:55:31 PDT   Listings
Mexico,

Can someone please tell me what I have here?

Mexico 1872

Stamps are imperf, no moire on back, no overprinting, fine details. Album Weeds reference talks about counterfeits with moire on back and varying curly-q's. I searched some eBay listings and websites but am still unsure of authenticity.

Opinions?

T I A,

Matt in Arizona
Posted by knuden   ( 2380 ) on Oct-21-07 at 07:54:12 PDT   Listings
After having recieved some interesting covers from Belgium, I consider to collect the prestamp period and the classic period. Is there some who collect Belgium here? What would be the best "bible" to get for this area?

So far I have found this:
A prestamp folded letter from Brugge to Gent 1668.
A folded letter from Florenne to Gosselies 1852 (stamp).
A folded letter from Bruxelles to Liege 1857 (stamp).
A folded letter from Bruxelles to Malines 1866.
A newspaper registration form (thanks Paolo!) from Bruxelles to Buillon 1879.
A postcard from Antwerpen to Germany 1913 - the tabs below indicate if you wanted the card to be delivered or not on a sunday. If you removed the tab the card would be delivered on a sunday.
I too have this stamp from 1858 as a start. :O)
At last I wonder if anyone (Paolo??) can give me a hint of what is written in the folded letter from 1668 (page 1) (page 2).

K.E  I'm a catalog queen - whoopee!!
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 500 ) on Oct-21-07 at 06:10:36 PDT   Listings
end of weekend bookmark.
Posted by philaweb   ( 308 ) on Oct-21-07 at 04:53:20 PDT   Listings
Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
Posted by sayasan   ( 732 ) on Oct-21-07 at 04:49:57 PDT   Listings
Has anyone referred here yet to the thread "Pirated album pages on eBay" on VSC? Under the "general" category. If yes, ignore this, if not, worth reading.
Posted by scottpel3   ( 846 ) on Oct-20-07 at 21:34:25 PDT   Listings
Jim:

You never know what you will learn on this board. I came across a photo of a general a few years back that I believe was autographed by Ray Manley and wondered why he signed it. Now I know who he is. In looking for it among my "stuff" I found several other items I had been looking for for a few years - a Eugene Klein autographed first philatelic congress book, a proof of the seals used for the 1947 Cipex and a couple of vending machine aquarium booklets. In a couple of years when I am looking for something else I will post the Manley pictures. In the meantime I will send a photocopy of the seal proof to a friend who asked me for it several years ago. Maybe I need a better system of organization.

Thank you for posting the Manley information.

Scott
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-20-07 at 19:39:06 PDT   Listings

FWIW eBay’s mail system is down, or “Page not working” right now. :8^(

Jim L.

member
Posted by uberstampcollector   ( 0 ) on Oct-20-07 at 17:16:01 PDT   Listings
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition. - Mercedes McCambridge

Some apparently opt for insanity.
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Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 16:06:52 PDT   Listings
D1 -----They still have a main hall with exhibits in it,walk thru just to look at a Zepplin display but the libary was what got my interest .
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 16:03:07 PDT   Listings
ABOUT EARLY SWISS-------Looked at and read many different studies with all types of plate and color variation over the past week .Much better than any philatelic show were the lighting is bad and its not touchable.Last week spent hours with a Zumstein catalog and a glass and tongs looking at and checking why and how it was written up on a page .Much of the first issues came with good certs and there were a few dozen of them .
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:53:46 PDT   Listings
Paul Just looked at the certificates, it was 20 years ago! makes me feel older now....
D1
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:51:23 PDT   Listings
Hmm Paul
The Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum rings a few bells I entered/donated a couple of my monographs must be 10 or 15 years ago now, into a few of there shows/exhibitions, I think it was just to get free literature but I have some very nice Certificates to show for my efforts. I wonder if they still run the ‘exhibitions'?
D1
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:45:50 PDT   Listings
when----went -----,got to built or is it build a better vocabulary but not today and tomorrow doesn't look good either.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 15:32:20 PDT   Listings
RICHARD / 1 COVERS Have to agree with you on your statement about Mr. Richmond ,a real gentleman and knowledge was evident when we were discussing a Roman States collection ,he told me to go after a Italian used collection because of the rarity and four margin states in the back,did get it ,on his opinion .

Also got to talk with Joel and we when out to get lunch together ,he also has one of your books which you signed for him .He had good things to say about you .It is a auction house were bargains can be found by a specialist .

During the first session which was U.S. ,I when upstairs to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum that alone was a treat to spent a few hours at.....paul

Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:34:48 PDT   Listings
Roger or anyone else with knowledge on Classic Swiss Items,
what do you think about those postage due stamps I linked earlier. I can provide the enlarged pictures the Sir just kindly sent me.
Should I phart out a relatively enormous amount for it or do you think it is a trick (fake or likewise).
Please advise.
Feel free to adivse me at
bagaglia@wanadoo.nl
(get tonns of spam emails, anyway, sometimes I reply to these spam e-mails in a disruptive way, but who, besides me, cares of giving out my e-mail address?
Thank You in advance, for Your opinion!
Paolo
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:18:33 PDT   Listings
IO

I know, I should get some white out!

Can we change the subject it's time for breakfast down here and I don't feel my stomach can take it.

D1
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:09:04 PDT   Listings
D1

It should be St George's Cross!!
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 14:00:04 PDT   Listings
My Union Jack is at half mast!
Posted by de66   ( 1147 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:59:29 PDT   Listings
Don't mention the Rugby!
D1
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:59:28 PDT   Listings
Boohoo

South Africa 15, England 6
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:37:20 PDT   Listings
OK< OK< I request forgiveness.

The last flight of the night, scheduled to arrive at 10:15pm and depart at 11:15pm, was late, requiring I stay until take-off at 2:15am this morning. When I left the airport there were at least 60-70 passengers still sitting on the curb waiting for taxis or rental car shuttles. Only two companies had stayed open at the request of American Airlines and they were obviously overwhelmed. We see this occassionally when a few standby passengers don't get on a plane, but for half a plane full, not pretty! For those snoozing on the walls and benches prior to their late departure, the automatic sprinkler system operated on time at 1:15am, getting quite a number wet before they could react and move. The delay was blamed on the vagaries of inclement weather in the Chicago area. )'>)

Roger
Not not work so good this morning
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-20-07 at 13:29:14 PDT   Listings
Aloha Paolo, and all who follow our repartee )'>) -

I like the items that are NOT listed as rare. Such as this auction which closed yesterday. Best I can determine there are fewer than five 19th century covers to Rhodesia, so this should have spirited bidding in a more appropriate venue where Standing Helvetia collectors are in the audience.

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 12:38:38 PDT   Listings
P.P.P.S.
for something completely different, to NOIP (= "no one in particular" just for the inebriated or shamefully forgetful):
   For the first time in History (my eBay experience), browsing through eBay feedbacks I witnessed a hereby properly arrogant "sellor" who left a negative feedback to a buyer after that the buyer paid and left a positive feedback for him upon receipt, but then complained for the item and got a refund.
Rule Nr.1: Avoid such arrogant clowns like the pest.
By my book, these are grounds to be thrown out on two feet from a philatelic club/association which is eBay related. I will keep it in consideration (can't be specifical for privacy reasons).

Paolo (Jack was outpowered)
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 12:05:59 PDT   Listings
P.P.S. the "eBay My World" feature can be reached by clicking on one's own eBay ID, once you are logged in.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:58:34 PDT   Listings
P.S.
"Dear Mr. XXXXXXX, [I actually know him)
I am very interested about these Swiss postage due stamps.
In order to calibrate an appropriate bid, I would appreciate to envision a higher definition picture of the 100 Rp stamp on second row, front and reverse when possible, the Michel 8IIk.

Best regards,
Paolo Bagaglia"
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:54:53 PDT   Listings
Roger,
Here is the 8IIK I am looking for.
Sent a question to seller for higher definition image of the stamp.

Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 11:36:35 PDT   Listings
Jim (Jaywild) nice quiz!
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:58:34 PDT   Listings
Most all patriotic covers are from 1861 or 1862 (90% probably). That cover is 1861 and neither stamp originated on it (wrong colors). They probably originated together on an 1868 cover that was forwarded with the stamp that has a target cancel. Speculative philately 101.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:14:13 PDT   Listings
Correction… Actually I think that cover is dated 1861 rather than 1864. The flag over the cannon shows 34 stars, the flag which was in use after January 1861 (Kansas’s admission to the Union) and before June 1863, when West Virginia was admitted.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 10:03:55 PDT   Listings
Matt & Io… The cancel on the cover is dated 1864, and points-down grilled stamps didn’t appear until 1868, so as Matt says, that’s some neat trick.

I think the two stamps originally appeared this way on some other cover, because the blue concentric ring cancel lines up so well and is exactly the same color.

It probably was a nice cover, once upon a time.

Jim
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-20-07 at 09:17:21 PDT   Listings
I agree with matt.
Posted by paperhistory   ( 1991 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:33:15 PDT   Listings
jim: the grill on the right stamp is a neat trick. It appears that the original stamp (which was cancelled with a circular grid cancel, a portion of which is still on the cover) was removed and the grilled stamp added. The left stamp, with the target cancel, may or may not be original. I'm not sure if the cover might originally had a pair of the 3 cent 1861 from a 5-second inspection of a scan.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:26:10 PDT   Listings
poppadawg… The Expo was advertised with Oakland cancels as early as 1911. It is common, alas.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:23:15 PDT   Listings
Milenko… Thanks, those are the Catalina Mountains right outside Tucson.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 08:22:04 PDT   Listings
Quiz Time!!!! Can anyone spot what’s wrong with this cover?

Jim
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:36:20 PDT   Listings
Jim
here is the back of that postcard.

Paolo
thank you for that!

off to a day trip to Valparaiso,
Milenko.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:29:54 PDT   Listings
Paul and Milenko
Congratulations on passing the 300 feedback level (both of your temporarily at quote 301, Paul at 303, but that doesn't show on the board yet!)!
Jack
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:19:18 PDT   Listings
Jaywild & Stamphick: Thanks for your help and links. Now my head hurts and my eyes are tired. Sigh...Now another question for all of you. I have a picture postcard dated 1912 from Oakland, CA. However the slogan cancel seems to advertise the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held in 1915. Is this not unusual...almost three years before an event? Card is here http://www.currenttechgroup.com/~dbosquet/new/picture%20545.JPG
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:16:45 PDT   Listings
Paul - Glad you had a good time in Boston at the Kelleher auction. In my opinion, Stanley Richmond is the most knowledgeable person in the US when it comes to the full spectrum of world-wide philatelic material. Many are good on US only. A pity really.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 07:10:12 PDT   Listings
ROFLMAO! Just found out the option 'eBay My World'!
In some way I managed to put a Jack picture of a couple of years ago that expresses its usefulness over the "me" page!

Drats, in fact, it looks like my registered sending has yet to reach Switzerland.
Now, I have to remain Jack at least until next Monday!
;-) Jack (sob, sob)
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-20-07 at 06:29:06 PDT   Listings
milenko… You are right, I find your US usages to Chile very interesting. And I was quite surprised to see this card among them. At bottom it says “Kodachrome by Ray Manley”. Ray Manley was a very well known photographer in Tucson, the town where I grew up, and I went to high school with his son Ray Jr. and knew him slightly.

It feels very weird to be reminded of someone I knew in Arizona by someone who lives half a world away in Chile!!

I imagine the face of the card features a desert scene, probably taken right in the area where I grew up.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 04:36:14 PDT   Listings
marking =marketing
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-20-07 at 04:34:56 PDT   Listings
RARE"-----It seems every cover is now rare whether its the cancel,the destention ,combination of stamps or something else .What it is ,is the latest marking term for sellers on e-bay --------from Paul, who has rare album pages{purchased from thr local supply store from the copy paper section}.....off to work
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-20-07 at 03:43:21 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-20-07 at 03:16:52 PDT   Listings
Milenko,
Not my field.
I see a linear cancel in gothic characters on two lines impressed in violet:
"Lind - - - - brück
(K - - ....... - -)"

I am sure of "Lind..." but not of the end of the word in the first line. I don't have a clue.

Paolo
Posted by knuden   ( 2380 ) on Oct-19-07 at 23:49:13 PDT   Listings
lluehhhb - First ... the 2 booklet stamps with A.H. is from the start of 1942 and as such the cover can't be from 1933.
Second ... the cancel (which I can't read) is a provisional cancel and looks like some rural cancels I have seen and it's not "RARE".
I would be happy if someone could tell us, where the cancel is from. :O)

K.E  I'm a catalog queen - whoopee!!
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-19-07 at 22:56:38 PDT   Listings
JWBirch,

any chance of seeing the German States item you found,

David B.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:11:20 PDT   Listings
Mitchell, I just used that box some minutes ago and it worked like the classic box at the bottom of the page.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:08:27 PDT   Listings
corrections:
- UC53 is not uprated
- right link to solo usage of 13c
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 21:05:21 PDT   Listings
And the last post:

I'm always looking for USA definitives usages for resale. Here is what I got. At least Jaywild will like this ones I guess..

Aerogrammes:
UC51 uprated
UC53 uprated

Presidential series:
3c and 1c and a 6c conmemorative

Liberty series:
combination of 1cx2, 3c and 6c
pair of 5c
solo usage of 11c

Prominent Americans series
from booklet pane 3 copies of 6c
pair a single 6cx2 and 1c
5c and 6c
solo usage of 13c

Americana series
two 4c combining with a 20c fossils fuels

good night to all
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:58:46 PDT   Listings
Milenko Nor one of mine.

What's up with the new "Your maximum bid" box right underneath the start bid? I've bid on several things in the last couple days and did not see that.

Any world collectors like to share what areas are the best for buyers right now (% of cat)?
I'll start it out with Sweden.
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:53:52 PDT   Listings
yesterday I was looking in a $2 box for items for resale, and came across a nice India aerogramme (about 150K for each image):
Front
Back
Inside

I don't know if this one is scarce or not (I didn't find one in ebay) altough it says 70.000 printed ones. Anyway, I guess the destination is scarce...
Posted by lluehhhb   ( 301 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:50:00 PDT   Listings
For a subject change...

I wonder what is this German cancel. I don't recall seeing one like that.

NobleSpirit has never been one of my favorite sellers (and I bet many more here feel the same). I wonder how they're so successful with clueless listings like this one, a postage stamp overprinted for revenue usage, and advertised as "specimen". way to go.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:40:53 PDT   Listings
FOR THOSE NORTHEASTERN STATES COLLECTORS You really got a nice auction firm in Boston .Material is first rate and people at the firm are easy to work with.The stamp dealers were friendly and welcomed a new guy into the group both at the auction house during viewing and also at night at the steak house .

Material was very strong in U.S. especially covers.The foreign was my playground and had no trouble getting what I wanted with a few exceptions like China and the rest of Aisa .The British was weak so I had to stay with European material.But looking forward to the the lots arrive here .......paul

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:36:23 PDT   Listings
Paul "Boy what this chat room has become ".
You should be proud! What this chat board has become is more a reflection upon you than anyone else I can think of.
You bust the balls and exhibit your Neanderthal tactics better than anyone in the last 15,000 years.
You whine when anyone questions you but boast of things no sane person would, on a public venue.
Then chastise others for whinning.
You cannot kick anyone in the head and you are to old to follow the postman around to steal mail out of
boxes for the stamps. I cannot fathom the pain you feel, my what a world.
Pathetic does not describe you, it is a term throughly lacking.

The subject is always "all about you"! Scan some of the stuff you are so happy about and show us before you mount them on your all so famous pages.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 20:29:54 PDT   Listings
I am ashamed of the way you people present this board to a new poster. Welcome him and explain why the cover doesn't look right and whats wrong with it,instead of insulting him .

Try saving your hostile comments about me ,it gets boring to other readers.Time to stuff it and stay on the subject .......One happy stamp buyer .

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:55:35 PDT   Listings
Jeff Your credentials around here are only questioned by the moronics.
No worry there are lots of them about, but you already know that.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:53:39 PDT   Listings
Oh yes, that last post was offered to Paul the only person here that knows everything!!! Who needs catalogs?
Kind of hard to imagine anyone with a photographic memmory that can't remember the difference between "built" and "build" or many other commonly used words.

Can you spell WANKER correctly???
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3784 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:48:16 PDT   Listings

NOIP - I exhibited US Special Delivery nationally at the gold level.

For someone to state that "the jury is out" regarding the legitimacy of this cover is absurd.

I think it better stated that anyone thinking this fabrication is real is "out to lunch."

jeff-raff

Posted by antonius-ra   ( 643 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:47:08 PDT   Listings
WOW, I had better stay out of this........ As our most outspoken Neanderthal has deemed me (and most of you) a
Riff-Raff Catalog Queen. Geez I didn't even get a cool name like Knud did, (silly little man). All I got was "LIAR". Did you ever get that desk at court? So when you got sued (so often) they would not have to make room for your oversized Napolenaic arse?
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-19-07 at 19:07:29 PDT   Listings
JWBirch… The sender of your cover is in South Bend Indiana. If the date of 1898 is correct, it would have been a violation of postal laws to cancel the cover with anything other than a mute double-ring. Also, the regulations stipulate that the date the letter entered the mail stream shall be stamped along the sealed seam of the envelope at back, as well as a stamp indicating arrival at its destination. Yours has a non-descript cancel completely unknown (to my knowledge) among items postmarked at South Bend Indiana, particularly at that late date. It lacks the mute double-ringed as stated above, and also lacks sending and receipt cancels on the back. Equally disturbing is the disparity in issue dates of the stamps on this cover. Generally those Special Delivery stamps were applied at post offices from stock on hand—so why wouldn’t they also have 2¢ stamps to make up the entire rate, instead of having to rely on 20 year old stamps they had to cut in half?

In short, I find it ludicrous to think your cover is genuine.

An enterprising sleuth could easily do a search for when that cover of yours was bought on eBay, when it only had a 1¢ stamp on it. Would you like one of us to do that?

Jim
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-19-07 at 18:46:43 PDT   Listings
Shucks it's friday and my spelling goes downhill, fast.

Bedecked and rotten.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-19-07 at 18:41:06 PDT   Listings
Paul

Everybody is a self-made expert.
One does not become an expert by reading catalogs.
Expertise is more readily obtained by writing catalogs.
If your expertise is not up to par, it will be readily exposed.

In many cases it does not take an Einstein or a Newton to make a pronouncement as to the validity of a cover or stamp.
It is simply, in many cases a matter of common sense.
Either wrong rates, metallic verses rubber cancellers, overprints never used etc.
In such cases, it is the matter of experience, and more often than not, an experience which has appeared in the form of a written word.
Robson Lowe had probably more experience with British Commonwealth stamps at the time of his demise than any living person.
Was he infallible.
No.
There were items that had never crossed his path.

On ebay, there are many persons claiming to actually know something about which they really know very little, and these are prevalent.

Add to that the prevalence of tiny worthless ipix pictures, it is often difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff in the form of eBay auctions.

People such as d2 and postalhysteria freely offer their opinions based on decades of experience.

Most of the auctions featured on postings on this site do not involve difficult appraisals of stamps.
Most are "worthless" juvenile accumulations, appraisable by the "intermediate" stamp collector.

Board readers are often bedeecked by free appraisals of genuinely worth while material.
To the extent that if it appears (based on wrotten images to be possibly worthwhile) to get a verified certificate.
Posted by thines   ( 1512 ) on Oct-19-07 at 18:27:24 PDT   Listings
JWBirch did the right thing by ending his auction early after serious questions about the authenticity of the cover were raised here. If the cover comes back with an opinion of genuine, I promise to donate $100 to the APRL.

Terence Hines

Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-19-07 at 18:06:31 PDT   Listings
Some thanks are in order for October 5 covers—

thines, 19centurypostal & Jim Lawler

And poppadawg the link stamphick provided is the best I know of for identifying 10s and 11s. It is really not hard once you know what to look for. Also, follow the links on that site to Steve Ruecker’s incomparable site for plating the 3¢ Washington of 1851.

Jim
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 18:06:29 PDT   Listings
J.W. ----Your posting was made while I was still typeing mine.

We got all kinds of self-made experts here and people who can expertise off a thumbnail scan and a blurry scan .We even got experts here who never attended a major show or a stamp auction,also never spend more than $10.00 on a stamp But if you ask a question outside of the catalogs ,then they disappear.

Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 17:56:57 PDT   Listings
WHO CARES HOW HE FOUND THIS BOARD How come the members of this chat room can't just extend a welcome and why doesn't his fellow APS members extend a warm welcome .

Boy what this chat room has become

Just try and chop others outside the group up ....SHEES .

J.W. welcome .........from someone who is not welcome to post here...........paul

Posted by jwbirch   ( 4 ) on Oct-19-07 at 17:50:40 PDT   Listings

David,

Other members of the APS emailed me about the discussion. By the way the jury on the cover is out, and mixed. The "fraud police" are more vocal, but others find it a very curious cover worthy of a look. So we will see how it goes.

In any event, I would think the buyer would want to have it expertized, depending on the final price of course. I would not want their money unless they were satisfied.

P.S. I have a stamp in my German States collection that is Scott @ $1,500.00. Self proclaimed "experts" (some with nice resumes)told me it was fake, but it wasn't. Taught me a lesson.
Posted by thines   ( 1512 ) on Oct-19-07 at 17:29:46 PDT   Listings
David B.

Well, not so amazing if someone here pointed Birch to this board. Who could that have been???

Terence Hines

Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-19-07 at 17:27:06 PDT   Listings
Peter

Glad to see you got back safe and sound for the cup final.
If anyone knows what PPV channel it might be on, I'd like to know.

jwbirch

Suggest you read Jeff's postalhysteria's page.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8644 ) on Oct-19-07 at 16:51:42 PDT   Listings
J. W. Birch,

It is amazing how you found the discussion on the cover,

p.s. want to make a bet that the cover comes back from the expertisers with a negative result,

David B.
Posted by jwbirch   ( 4 ) on Oct-19-07 at 15:35:19 PDT   Listings
I posted the 1898 Special Delivery cover the dealer Jeff Switt "postalhysteria" commented upon earlier in the postings. I disagree with his "quick appraisel" of the cover being a "fake" and are making arrangements for the cover to be sent to Mercer Bristow at the experizing service of the APS to be examined.

Jeff, I did look over the "basics" before listing it and went to step two. A couple of your points are both incorect and quite wide sweeping in your conclusions. Config. of stamps is possible. Rate a ? and SD stamp curious, but is it really? Cancel is the same, or certainly appears to be, under magnification.

I do not think your "snap judgemant" explains it. Lets leave it to the experts to decide. Neither of us are, really. I'm a collector - not a dealer - so it is a hobby. If you want to do business as a dealer in the hobby please treat it like a hobby!

Expertizing is a slow process but I will post the results of the opinion when it is done for all to view.
Posted by stamps12345   ( 224 ) on Oct-19-07 at 15:32:14 PDT   Listings
PETER-----Sounds like you made a unusual purchase and a nice one at that .Also came home today ,flew in from Boston .Spent my whole stamp buget for a year at one stamp auction but very happy.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 15:01:56 PDT   Listings
Peter,
Welcome back! You are travelling a lot around the world.
Thank you for the very kind words of yours!

I just received the mail auction catalogue of Jean Fançois Brun (AIEP expert): here.
I checked some items, all seem to be alright, all offered with His re-known expertise.
I thought I had to do this nice thing for him, after the wonderful Swiss item they provided for me some months ago.

Good continuation,
Paolo (or Jack, the same)
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-19-07 at 14:48:37 PDT   Listings
Jaywild
Mailed you a letter today.

Leaving feedback today was a challenge. About every 5th or 6th one I have to enter the number because of eBay’s security. Don’t know what’s up, it was a first for me when I did have a transaction with the other eBay member.

Jim L.
Posted by stamphick!   ( 338 ) on Oct-19-07 at 14:18:49 PDT   Listings
poppadawg...Identifying US 10 and US 11
Posted by greenwave4u   ( 81 ) on Oct-19-07 at 13:02:49 PDT   Listings
Jack I love your prose,,,,good continuation:-)
Finally came back to earth after a long flight from Hong Kong, 12 hours and 40 minutes. Whilst there managed to drop into Yangs and picked up a nice silver Jubilee set in blocks of 4 NHM, something I have been after for a long time. Now in jet lag mode.....zzzzzzzzzzzz
Peter
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:56:48 PDT   Listings
"on Monday" = "on Tuesday"
Sorry, Jack
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:46:04 PDT   Listings
Oh well, guess I can forget using those covers to finance my winter cruise. Jaywild - I have learned much from your items on your "me" page. How about doing one on how to tell the difference between a US # 10 and 11? Thanks all.
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:45:25 PDT   Listings
Jeesh, I feel like Jack Schitt (father of Pisa Schitt).
On past Monday I sent a payment to Switzerland via registered mail.
Seller very kindly replied the same day that they would have sent the item immediately the day after, on Monday, trusting my word (and the registry number of the sending).
Well, yesterday, on Thursday, I receive the items from Switzerland, it only took TWO days from there to Holland, like in the good old times of about a century ago.
However, it appears that the seller has yet to receive my payment.
Funnily, at my local Post Office in Shoes (Potatoland), the Postal Clerk, besides being slow, is even very unfriendly (it's a young girly girl, with fake eyebrows)!
Maybe she has a degree in Law, but I couldn't give a schitt!

Will keep you informed,
Jack
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:44:38 PDT   Listings
poppadawg… If you list them, start them very low (99¢ or less) and list the date and city of each cancel. Sometimes you can get buyers looking for particular dates and or cities.

Maybe someone will be interested, maybe not. It's always a crap shoot on the 'Bay, but providing more information rather than less is always a good thing.

Jim
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3784 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:30:07 PDT   Listings
poppa - they are common covers, in less than collectible condition, often found in wholesale lots at less than 10 c each.
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:28:19 PDT   Listings
Jaywild: Thank you. Should I just forget listing them?
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3784 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:25:55 PDT   Listings

And the SPECIAL DEL. handstamp is a fake too.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3784 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:24:26 PDT   Listings

My nomination for contrived cover of the week far surpasing the obvious bisect of yesterday. It once was a perfectly good third class cover, 1c banknote neatly tied at UR.

Then special delivery stamp and "bisected" 210 added with totally different cancels, applied at diff angles (makes no sense) And the need for a bisected 210 was uncalled for when a whole 210 would have done.

Shameful listing.

jeff-raff
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:15:40 PDT   Listings
Ahem… AMPC = APMC.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1008 ) on Oct-19-07 at 12:14:40 PDT   Listings
poppadawg… Your cancels are, in top down order in your scan—

Flag cancel, American Postal Machines Company (AMPC)
Duplex hand cancel
Barry machine cancel
International machine cancel
AMPC military post station flag cancel

I believe they are all very common, unfortunately.

Jim
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 11:07:06 PDT   Listings
Ok, that at least gets you to the scan. The top one is a flag cancel from Raleigh, NC 1909. Beneath that is one from West Raleigh - looks like 1915. The third is from Atlanta, Ga. 1899. The fourth one is from New York,1919 with the cancel reading Fort Slocum Military Branch. The fifth one is from New York, 1902 with 11 c in the wavy lines.
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 11:03:01 PDT   Listings
drats!!! Let's try this. The covers are here http://www.currenttechgroup.com/~dbosquet/new/picture%20543.JPG
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 10:59:12 PDT   Listings
Ok, messed up the html. Let's try again. < a href = http://http://www.currenttechgroup.com/~dbosquet/new/picture%20543.JPG>
Posted by poppadawg   ( 750 ) on Oct-19-07 at 10:57:51 PDT   Listings
US POSTAL HISTORY:Question concerning early 20th century machine cancels. Before I list these I would like to know a little about them. What type of cancels are these? Is there anything unusual about any of them? Should I list them as a lot? Any clue as to value? The covers are http://www.currenttechgroup.com/~dbosquet/new/picture%20543.JPG> here, I hope
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 08:13:14 PDT   Listings
P.S. you can imagine what I shouted out of the window! I am not Pavarotti (r.i.p.) but have a rather strong voice. ;-)
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 08:09:01 PDT   Listings
Hi Burt,
Here it's a bit chilly since the last two days.
Incredible how parents educate children on road safety matters: they can cross the road on foot or by bicycle without watching!
Very dangerous, sometimes I doubt whether it is Shoes or the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
And they normally come in couples: the day before yesterday one crossed the road by bike coming almost straight at me at me (by car), I used the brakes, without completely stopping and followed the guy with the side of my eye, just for seeing another passing shadow ahead, and step hard on the brakes for a full stop! This last was a much closer call!
Here, if one goes against a biker or a pedestrian for accident (fingers crossed), might end up in jail and lose the driver's license immediately, independently on whether the driver is right or not.
The insurance always has to pay the biker, even if it was an almost clear attempted suicide and he/she smashed your car.
On another topic, fortunately it's weekend!

Paolo
Posted by oggilby   ( 1236 ) on Oct-19-07 at 06:28:13 PDT   Listings
Free Time? Who the hell has any free time? I got a closet of stamp material that needs to be gone through. I might get two three hours late night on the weekends (not lately). Even days taken off from work intended to open a box or two fall by to wayside when a "honey-do" list appears with my name on it. Maybe by the time I retire (3+ years) I'll get to the closet, by then though it will be a double closet and a bigger "honey-do" list. It reeks of Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" End of rant.

Greetings from a soon to be stormy Central Maryland!

Ciao Paolo--How's lunchy shoes today?
Posted by philaweb   ( 308 ) on Oct-19-07 at 06:21:25 PDT   Listings
Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 06:15:01 PDT   Listings
ouch, I am back!

David S.,
Interesting article and proposition.
I think it has been already discussed in the past, however a repetition never hurts, and since then there sure are new board readers who would like to tell their experiences on the subject (;-)...even if this might result in a subsequent consumption of their free stamp time ;-))

Paolo
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-19-07 at 05:16:11 PDT   Listings
Thank G-d its Friday.
Did anyone see the article entitled "Finding Time" By John M. Hotchnerin the vsc
http://www.virtualstampclub.com/hotchner_8.html
I wonder if that would be an interesting topic for a club meeting? With maybe a twist of does Ebay help or hurt your finding time to work on your stamps?
David Snyder
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-19-07 at 04:56:41 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 04:12:46 PDT   Listings
P.S.
1Covers, recently I sold a little something to that old friend of yours in Milan. It will surely show in their sales catalogue, unless Mr.Vitale or Mr. Carraro have seen it first. I am curious to see what the 'new price' will be!

Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 204 ) on Oct-19-07 at 04:05:58 PDT   Listings
A very good day/evening/night to all!

Prometheus, sorry, neglected to thank you for the link!

Roger,
Congratulations on you 'second day of use' of the Bern rasier (type I, no?)!
I am still thinking about that St. Croix of 1898 (or was it 1893 -- I will never know for sure) on that 1 frank Stehende Helvetia that was lost in the ether (together with his neighbouring little rectangular friends on album pages); I can't recall the day/month, however we might see it popping up somewhere in the internet (for sale again or into an exhibit).

Happy Swiss collecting day to all, ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) I put some more smilies here as some should be distributed in some of my posts below.

Paolo (off to local dealer, will probably be back with a lighter wallet! Have something to check that costs 1750 euro, oh my!)
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-19-07 at 03:47:09 PDT   Listings
another day again-- good luck

i think there might be a pattern to this
life thing .Better check my notes.
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Posted by bjornmu   ( 946 ) on Oct-18-07 at 18:45:09 PDT   Listings
There was some talk on Auctiva here. Well, this irritating scrolling list of the seller's other items does NOT show up if you turn off JavaScript. I just confirmed this by looking at one of dbensons items which I happen to be watching.

I usually have JavaScript off in my Mozilla browser at home (but on in Opera). One case where I have to turn it back on is when paying with PayPal via the Pay Now button.

I guess most people use just one browser, and then it's probably impractical to turn JavaScript off because too many things won't work.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 18:22:13 PDT   Listings
Nice Razor Roger :-0
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 18:20:06 PDT   Listings
Thanks RF

It's amazing to me ,
when you think of the masses of absolute
Crap that are out there.

Mind-Boggling to me.
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-18-07 at 18:07:08 PDT   Listings
Richard -

Don't shoot me, but I can't keep it in...... I'm afraid to write it.... I've got to...
even I knew there was something fishy about that cover.

My newest addition - second day use of a razor cancel, $4 + S&H. Only need to go back one more day!

Roger, off to filet myself with Swiss Razors
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-18-07 at 17:30:16 PDT   Listings
PS - I am asked to look at about 10 items a day via scans/internet now. I would say about 6 of those have something wrong with them on average. I am getting sick of seeing the same item multiple times (such as the Fox US #1 fake Herringbone cancel cover that ebay/APS removed yesterday - I had seen that cover at least twice before in the marketplace).
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-18-07 at 17:14:59 PDT   Listings
2 a day average for 25 years (not evenly distributed)
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:49:17 PDT   Listings
BILLSEY

Oh I agree
as barney used to say
" NIP IT IN THE BUD"

I was just asking for a ball park number

He does it so succintly
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:13:27 PDT   Listings
Norvic

Build a test auction


http://shop.ebay.com/_World-Stamps__TEST-AUCTION_W0QQ_nkwZTESTQ20AUCTION


Put a high Reserve let you members Bid live
with no fear and learn how to enter bids.

Just do not cross /met reserve.

You can show them all the ins and outs to watch for
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:12:42 PDT   Listings
You preceded me!
If you look at 'source' ("bron" in the POTATO language of my computer-- yes, I have it all in Ducth, and that causes some delays... such language is just something like a linguistic weather perturbation, it is not born to last unchanged in their merchant oriented culture, you can take my word for it) on your internet page, you can find all of the hidden links in the page.
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:05:49 PDT   Listings
Due2Cents,
Sorry I just checked, you meant here.
Not yet!
Paolo
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:05:35 PDT   Listings
ALREADY DONE
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 500 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:02:54 PDT   Listings
Norvic, Ian, The eBay Site Map has several hundred links to informative pages on rules and regulations and how to's. Maybe you could print out a few of the relevant pages and have them as notes for your group to follow, it is hard to remember all the screens you looked at during a tutorial without Notes. It has been many years since I tried using them, but there are also Tutorials on Selling and Buying there on the Site Map. You used to be able to launch a TEST auction from there, but that was years ago, not sure now.
There is also a Cliffs Notes "Buying and Selling on eBay" - the edition I have is totally outdated now, but their format to teaching is an easy one to follow. My copy is priced on the back at £6.99 in the UK
Good luck, and how about coming back in here to tell us how it went!

Linda
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:01:45 PDT   Listings
http://www.bibliopoly-search.com/servlets/server?_config_=bibliopoly&_action_=MainFrameClear&_language_=it&
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 16:01:01 PDT   Listings
Prometheus,
Here, Where (sorry!)?
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 15:53:02 PDT   Listings
Sorry: Eight (8) little volumes (I do do have it here under my eyes, unfortunately - fortunately for the booklets! -it's in some kind of a "bank" in Italy, close to where my house is!( me and this 6 number!). Also "1785" is just an average. They were printed in different years, yet before 1789

Howdy Jeff!


Good continuation to you and all, Paolo
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 15:50:56 PDT   Listings
Paolo-

Have you looked Here

HERE
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-18-07 at 15:48:34 PDT   Listings
Better to crush their hopes right off, than to allow them to linger long enough to get infected. If Richard had been less than firm, rare*books*paper might have been stuck for several auction listings, and maybe a return with bad cert.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 15:21:16 PDT   Listings
Richard F -

I mean no harm or wist

I was just wonderin' any idea
how many "hopes you have crushed"

I like numbers
I know even I a wannabe novice in philatalic
Phinds have Burst one or two bubbles.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-18-07 at 14:41:26 PDT   Listings

Yea, I passed the bordello test!

Howdy Paolo!
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-18-07 at 14:40:16 PDT   Listings
bordello test
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 14:13:31 PDT   Listings
"de visu"= in the flesh
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 14:09:45 PDT   Listings
I have some Goldoni books of 1785 (before the French Revolution and, more importantly, before the author was dead), actually a collection of all of his works in 6 little volumes.
Some expert guy in Arezzo (Italy) made me an offer de visu, but it was almost pathetic, I refused.
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 13:45:57 PDT   Listings
Looks like it passed for now!!!

Hi Jim (IO), Jeff, Roger, Burton and all!

Nice to see You posting, Anne!

Rare*books*paper,
Welcome to the philately/stamp board!
We mostly speak about stamps, but I and several others here also collect pre-philatelic covers, in my case in my field of interest that does not include USA.

Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-18-07 at 13:36:47 PDT   Listings
Bood day all!

Test: bordello = casino

BRB!
Paolo
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:24:55 PDT   Listings
Thank you for your help - (and for dashing my dreams!) (just kidding) - Oh well, it's an OK cover letter, a little content anyway - appreciate the help. All the best!
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:18:59 PDT   Listings
Aw...It looked like it had potential. Darn. Shows you what I know.
Posted by 1covers   ( 1368 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:15:41 PDT   Listings
rbp - It is a fake bisect of no value. Notice that there is a shadow of the whole stamp visible to left, note that the ink that "ties" across the split is black instead of period gall ink that is brownish black. Further, the rate was 3 cents - physical evidence precludes it being genuine. Sorry.
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:12:37 PDT   Listings
I'm sorry - make that 1854 Letter.

:)
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:10:45 PDT   Listings
Here it is:
On a Rushville, Ill. 1852 two page letter with Manuscript Austoria, Ill postal cover: http://home.att.net/~rare_1/stamp11.jpg

Close up of the stamp: http://home.att.net/~rare_1/stamp2.jpg

Scan of the 1st page of the letter: http://home.att.net/~rare_1/stamp111.jpg

Thanks again - looking forward to the input.
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:03:25 PDT   Listings
Thank you antonius-ra. I will ftp some scans and be back with a link very shortly.
Posted by antonius-ra   ( 642 ) on Oct-18-07 at 09:00:14 PDT   Listings
Rare books & paper Welcome to the stamp board.
If you could please post a link to a scan of the item, I'm sure you will get much useful input.
Posted by rare*books*paper   ( 975 ) on Oct-18-07 at 08:50:22 PDT   Listings
Hi all! I wonder if this the right board - or if someone could direct me to where I might find an answer to a query.

I have what I believe is a very rare stamp on a Rushville, Illinois postal letter, 1854. It is an 1851 Bisected 3 cent stamp, and what I have culled so far - there are very few copies even known in the philatelic world. (Steven Bennet Auctions states only one of two 1851 3c Bisect usages known). But then again, I'm old enough to not get my hope up too high. Who knows?

I do not deal in stamps, more stampless covers, letters & rare books - so I want to make sure I know what I am talking about when / if I list this item.

Is there a kind soul who can direct me to where I might find some answers.

Thank you in advance.
Posted by norvic   ( 939 ) on Oct-18-07 at 08:50:16 PDT   Listings
Thanks dcdero: I know it is a big topic, and one of the problems doing it on screen is that things move so quickly.
I think it will have to be for eBay beginners; or maybe split between buying and selling. But all tips and suggestions gratefully received!

We all started somewhere - it was 8 years ago for me and I can't remember the mistakes I made! (and things have moved on enormously.)
Posted by dcderoo   ( 1703 ) on Oct-18-07 at 08:38:56 PDT   Listings
norvic, your topic is so huge that you should consider doing it in parts over several meetings.
It will make it easier on you putting together a presentation.
Of course this is also dependent upon the depth you want to go into.

I'll defer to someone else concerning dummy runs.

Posted by norvic   ( 939 ) on Oct-18-07 at 07:50:54 PDT   Listings
Greetings all,
I foolishly volunteered to give my stamp club an afternoon seminar on "buying and selling on eBay": now, I really ought to get working on this!

I can give them screen shots, and handouts, but there's nothing quite like 'the real thing', assuming I can get a wireless signal in the church basement where we hold our meetings.

Question is, is there a facility on eBay to do dummy runs, where people can:
view and bid against each other - without committing to actually pay anything;
offer things for sale for other people to bid on without actually having anything to sell;
'ask the seller a question';
and so on?

The idea being that these people would then be able to see the results of their actions in a live situation - on the eBay listings - and maybe in actual emails.

The idea is NOT to teach people how to use a computer, and a familiarity with the internet and the www will be a pre-requisite for attendance.

Put yourself in my place and think how it could be done!
Oh, and I should add that I am UK based - this may be relevant.

Thanks
Private emails to wild1952@gmail.com - thanks,
Ian Billings, Norvic Philatelics.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-18-07 at 04:57:12 PDT   Listings
Roger
I was being Phunny about the Razors
They are part of Our Things and have their Own
Box where they reside .(her eagle eyes picked most of them out of the foriegn postcard boxes ,so she has claiming rights)
But after hundreds of comparisons
I do believe that selling on the sites where the stamps belong is theway to go. I noticed with a slight smile
that ebay has reinvented the cross site promotion of
UK and US items (back like olde days) .I bet the experiment cost some UK dealers dearly.



Little One is still Triangle Obsessed
BUT with only a couple left to get she should
be complete WW by the new year,
A birthday next Month , then Xmas should wrap it all up.
Thanks goodness she likes Used
But with a large extended family/friends circle it works out . (My family has always understood joint efforts)
She quickly responds when asked what do you want for xmas a Cape #7 and a better 15.
Thank the Stamp Goddesses she only wants 1 and not all the different colors. I hope to convince her that BOB
Triangles is next logical step . But as a Topical collector and only being 7 (almost) who knows .
We were at a flea market this summer and this guy had
a bunch of stamps for sale little one looking hard ,
seller says "You collect stamps honey"
Without missing a beat , she said Yes sir , " But not no Danged CTO's I like real Used Stamps."

She has been spending a lot of time lately getting
our Halloween Stamp bags ready for the Trick&Treaters.
Making little pages with notes IDing the stamps and countries you recieve.
Her little club has 43 active/semi active youngsters.
The number waxes and wains but is holding it's own
overall.

My interests lately has been more geared to th market place of philately.
and wondering Where the future is headed. With the
recent ideas of stamps as investment tools ( i think bad idea)
and of course I still cull boxes of cards for all my money makers.
But mainly I have lately been into, for me, the things
used by and history of Postal service.
I just picked up a beautiful little Postman's portable
post office has slots for PSE's to 10C
and niches for stamps to 90c
Dated 1866 .
Posted by oggilby   ( 1236 ) on Oct-18-07 at 04:56:40 PDT   Listings
Greetings to all from a hazy, pleasant (64 F) Central MD. Just off the train and into the home of Geodetic inquisitiveness!

Hey Paolo, Paul, Colin & Ed! What's for lunch?
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-18-07 at 04:16:42 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-17-07 at 22:53:05 PDT   Listings
Jeff, yes, $300ish isn't out of line by too much. The radio equipment that they install costs them about that, and it typically takes 2-3 hours to install a system. We charge $300, but include the first two month's service as part of the install. You'd be amazed at the number of people who pay the $300 up front, and then never make another payment. We eventually cut them off when they hit 90 days past due, so they get 5 months for the install fee, and we get stiffed for the cost of removing the hardware. :-(
Posted by stamphick!   ( 338 ) on Oct-17-07 at 20:34:22 PDT   Listings
postalhysteria...Around here an installation fee of $100 - $300 dollars for wireless is normal.
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 20:27:08 PDT   Listings
Goddess Anne -

I beg forgiveness, a mental lapse on my part.
I know a Queen when I see one.

Roger
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 20:24:56 PDT   Listings
Pro -
Remember the German word for razor cancel is "Rasierklingenstempel". I predict you will become an accomplished "copy and paster" if you list on eBay.de. You might also want to search completed auctions. You will save listing fees by just asking for help here! LOL

And, just so you don't get too optimistic about the growing interest in razor cancels, there is only one new interested party and he lives in Holland. Being a stamp collector he is extremely fussy about condition, on the other hand, flyspeck flaws are his specialty. He is currently researching stamps being offered that range in size from 50-90% of the MNH original. We will be honored in the near future with the results of his study.

Besides 2¢dues, what else are you collecting for yourself these days, and what is your daughter looking for besides valuable US machines cancels. )'>)

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by abt1950   ( 229 ) on Oct-17-07 at 19:27:01 PDT   Listings
I do the Egyptian UAR but that's about it. The Egyptian-Syrian merger only lasted a few years, but Egypt kept the name until around 1971. I started my first childhood collection around the time that the Syria-Egypt UAR was a bright, shiny new thing.

Pan-Arabism has always been an influential idea in the Middle East, except when they're fighting each other.



Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of Stampen Island, hot fudge sundaes, and lots of boxes of philatelia to browse through. Anne
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 19:01:31 PDT   Listings

UAR not YAR

Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 19:00:20 PDT   Listings

Billsey - thanks, will ask that specific question. I inquired about such a service when I had my office, they wanted a $300 or so installation/startup fee. Is that normal for this industry?

Isn't StampQueens a NYC borough or the like??

Hi Anne - is the YAR and SAR area too recent for you? I always thought it to be an interesting concept both historically and philatelically.

unfocused-raff
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 18:55:50 PDT   Listings
Jaywild Et AL

I am reading and researching many options here

If On Auctiva
I will not use the other auction scrolling things
except on the Books I need to unload (not philatelic)
I hate those too.But you can Uncheck that option it seems.
I'll do my own Billing etc.
Your thoughts on the window thing tho is ???

DJS Just the tip of the Iceberg as they say.
I am in the Hometown of the Best College Football team in America. TAMPA USF Go Bulls.
and before all you other fans jump in with your schools
Lets be honest the computers picked USF across the board #1.(O state was T-5) We play those guys from NJ tomorrow nite.
It;s just those writers and Coaches , Cronies all
who are not in the 21st century, and are afraid to admit that as "Experts" They really didn't know much.
Cause they use the same list year after year after year
But we here in the Cyber world know numbers don't lie
Computers Rock and so the Input of folks with
famalia ties to the Olde gaurd schools should be
ignored.
I am sure that my Auctions will get Panned Heavily
by many here . Some of the things/ways I plan on
listing my items will be sure to bring some squaks
But I am going for Minimalism
KEYWORDS I believe are what sells items.
That and really good scans.

Hysteria
I have never been lazy
My olde man taught me the value of giving my Full 1%
and then a Beer.
But after reading your post I am still doing some comparisons .
Might try more than 1 way just to see.



I am also thinking about listing on the other sites
Like DE
I am sure my Hundreds of East Germany Post Cards
lots of nice frankins and cancels will do better in the Homeland ,
And I am thinking my "Swiss Razors" might sell better
there then taking the Chance some guy in Hawaii
needs them . Besides it seems that a market is growing for those over there.;-}

I even have what IMHO are some eye poppin , Bid grabbing , must haves for many different types of collectors .

But we will see .......


NOIP "GET YOUR LISTINGS READY SELLERS, 33% OFF LISTING FEES STARS TOMORROW TILL 11-05"

I hope to be up and running afore it's expired .
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 18:49:52 PDT   Listings
Anne - enjoy your recent local stamp shop aquisition.

I try to let people know about my auctions so they can spot any mistakes I might make. Even after collecting since I was 8 and having a father who collected all his life, at almost 49 I am no expert and appreciate all the help the people on this board provide.
David Snyder
Posted by abt1950   ( 229 ) on Oct-17-07 at 18:34:04 PDT   Listings
Evening/morning/afternoon from a dark NJ.

Roger, don't know about any stamp queens, but at least one stamp goddess lives in NJ.

postal hysteria: speak for yourself about boxes of postal history and borde11os. A much more apt comparison in my mind is anchecked massive collection of Egyptian stamps and a hot fudge sundae made with coffe ice cream. Simple pleasures.

Speaking of which--my LSSO (LSS=local stamp shop; LSSO=local stamp shop owner) just acquired one such lot. Great fun was had pawing through the stockbooks and picking out cancels and a few varieties. This lot came from a specialist's collection, but it predated the publication of the most detailed and recent catalogs. I'm anticipating additional pleasure when I get to take the whole mess home to flyspeck against the Nile Post catalog. Unfortunately, the other local Egyptomaniac gets it first.


Anne
Posted by richintalent   ( 142 ) on Oct-17-07 at 18:17:05 PDT   Listings
I found a cancelled 5 penny Orange Free State stamp in a mix- worth anything?
Rich
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-17-07 at 17:55:21 PDT   Listings
Jeff, unless the ISP selling the wireless broadband access in your area is lazy, it should be as good or better than DSL or cable for security. All those radios have encryption built in, so the link between you and the radio on the tower is never sent clear text. The only way it'd be less secure would be if they just didn't bother to turn encryption on...

Disclaimer, my father owns a wireless broadband service provider, and I spend a lot of time helping him out.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:38:08 PDT   Listings
Jeff

The plumbing disaster ended up costing me $2,600 what with the city putting in a new tap.

BUT, I am now flush. :-)

Unfortunately, while all this was going on, I contracted the flu, which is why I have been relatively quiet the last few weeks.

I think there may be, at the most, 5 faculty who even ride bicycles. Though there is one (it isn't me) who participates in the following:

February 12 - 16, Mas-O-Menos 100K, Terlingua

This Chihuahuan Desert Mountain Bicycle Endurance Fest hosts hundreds of daring cyclist and enthusiastic dirt-lovers for three days of competition, fun rides, eating, dancing and partying late into the evening. Staged at the home of the famous C.A.S.I. Chili Cook Off, along FM 170, 4 miles west of the Historical Terlingua Ghostown, participants and spectators can camp on site and enjoy superb desert single-track, challenging distances, kids events, music, merrymaking and more. For information contact: Desert Sports, 432-371-2727, 888-989-6800.

I probably couldn't handle even this:

October 31 - Nov 3, Terlingua International Championship Chili Cook Off

41st annual Terlingua International Championship Chili Cook Off. Historic Terlingua is the spiritual center for all Chili Lovers, site of the first Chili Cook off ever in 1967. This granddaddy of all chili cook offs is held at Rancho CASI de los Chisos in Terlingua, Texas.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:33:54 PDT   Listings
djs - never been to a NJ show, I could really get spoiled in that area. Next weekend I have a table at Okpex in OKC, and judging as well. A friend is coming along to do table duty during the judging time.

multi-tasking-raff
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:25:29 PDT   Listings
I think eBay censored out a word negating a line of post,

"A new box of covers is like a borde11o of pleasure"


substituting 2 numeral 11 for letters ll
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:22:30 PDT   Listings

Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:20:43 PDT   Listings

Dave S. - all my listings are by hand, but I cut and paste in existing or closed auctions. I live in a rural location, unimproved road goes in front of our home, DSL is still out of the picture. There is some wireless setup available which requires a dish for reception, but is supposed to be quite unsecure, much like a cell phone connection.

jay-jim - I agree with your take on the no-biz rule and ditto your auctiva remarks.

While we seem to be having a good old fashioned gripe-fest, I wish that sellers who link their own images instead of using eBay pics would click the box that says to the effect "I have included a link to my image in the description" and eliminate an unnecessary second image which grinds away on my underground lines.

Last night it dawned on me that the eBay listing process has become a lot smoother with fewer pages to wade thru. I still grimace when the eBay page of "don't forget these bells and whistles that you can waste your money on"

Howdy IO, you are not on the faculty bicycle racing team??? How did the plumbing disaster end up?

Paolo - to me a nice cancel is like a naughty woman.

gruff-raff
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 15:08:55 PDT   Listings
Mastoyshop,
Welcome to the board!

The Swedish Chef, ja? ;-)
with special Menu of the day:
1. antipasti: fried stamps circumvoluted in fresh ham;
carpaccio in old stamp gum sauce.
1a. primi: tortellini with rare used stamps filling,
tortellacci à la Chef (secret recipe);
spaghetti of Chinese stamps depicting noodles, with spicy garlic and inverted Jenny's sauce (advised).
2. main courses (secondi) or curses: large grilled stamp sheet (of your choice, choose them in the aquarium where they live!) in basilicum aromatised oil (free French Cérès frites with it);
ribollita of old Tuscany covers with parmigiano reggiano and parma ham stamps in equal quantities (advised);
fantasy of 3 skilling in yellow zapheran sauce, one entire sheet of the 3 skilling in the right colour, served cold with absinthe sauce.
Dessert: only one dish, sorry: the chocolate moose.
Drinks are for free.
;-)


Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:54:12 PDT   Listings
Hi Paolo

Glad to read that the 30m "mountain" was no problem.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:52:39 PDT   Listings
Roger… I would beg to disagree with your last post in one tiny respect—the “no business” rule is designed to keep people from buying or trading using the chatboards, thus cutting eBay out of the profit loop. I am sure they don’t have any problems with people mentioning their own eBay lots on the board, although I have to agree it is at least mildly irritating to have posters constantly refer to their lots merely so people will go look at them and perhaps find something worth buying. It is common courtesy rather than eBay policy that is being violated IMO.

Jim
Posted by mastoyshop   ( 3970 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:44:46 PDT   Listings
The cafe was quiet so I just picked a chat, lol. Ill go now and leave you to your stamps
Posted by mastoyshop   ( 3970 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:43:59 PDT   Listings
Im sorry, I usually use firefox when doing auctiva and I always clear my cache many times a day and use spy ware remover to take the bugs out
Posted by mastoyshop   ( 3970 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:43:15 PDT   Listings
jim oh dear
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:40:27 PDT   Listings
NOIP… My 2¢ on Auctiva…

I hate them, for two principal reasons.

1. Their “crawl” which loads the seller’s other auctions always gums up the loading of the auction I am interested in. If you do five of these in a row, so much background crap has been looped into your browser that you have to shut down the browser and reload it. Not a happy thing to have to do in the middle of a long search. Frankly, there are many days when I add “-auctiva” to my searches because I just don’t want to be bothered with their crap.

2. On some auctions you cannot load a larger image from a thumbnail without forcing an override of your pop-up blocker. I usually right click on thumbnails then select “Open in new window”, but Auctiva will frequently show an irritating message instead—“Image protected! Sign up at auctiva.com!” Overriding my pop-up blocker then allows Auctiva to load spyware onto my computer, which is one of the last things in the universe I want to do, and no image that comes up on a computer is safe from me saving via a screen capture anyway, so the whole purpose of Auctiva’s shenanigans is merely to insinuate itself into my computer. (I know this is true because I can run my spyware catcher right afterward and find it.) With such an attitude, saying I “hate” Auctiva is expressing it far too mildly.

I can perfectly well understand why sellers use Auctiva because of its benefits in terms of processing sales etc., but they are not helpful to buyers, in fact the things they do actively discourage people from bidding. If I were a seller using Auctiva I would exert whatever pressure I could on them to merely show the lot in question and junk all that other crap. They behave very much like Microsoft, and if that isn’t a damning indictment I don’t know what is.

Jim
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:33:39 PDT   Listings
P.S. maybe Whisky already asked to Lima about it?
I guess we'll read about it in the press, if so.
Next step: *The conversion of Preziosi into stamp collecting*. That is a tough one, I admit, we would need an exorcist, but I think I have some good ones of J. Saarinen & R. Pasolini to give away!
LOL (just kidding, guys!)
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 14:10:43 PDT   Listings
Roger,
Thanks anyway!

Due2cents,
I am a stamp collector, adhesive stamps exert a particular attraction on me, but I also like postal history.
A nice cancel is comparable to a nice woman, for me.
Maybe we should ask to Dr. James Watson (Nobel prize some decades ago for discovering the DNA structure) to examine DNA of stamp collectors and of postal history collectors to see which of the two is lower in the scale of evolution. ;-)

Paolo (a developed Cro-magnon, but still very nasty)
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 13:48:19 PDT   Listings
Jeff -
)'>)


DJS -
You've been on this chat for a long time and we all know you sell on eBay, but your suggestion to Pro:
"Let us know when you put up your lots on Ebay so the experts here can give you some useful advise."

is contrary to the statements above. The time to ask for advice is prior to listing, not after listing requiring readers here to view your auctions. You are most welcome to ask questions and post links to items you plan on selling, but to always list auctions, then ask us to look is close to the edge of Live World's policy:
The use of this discussion board for buying, selling or trading will not be tolerated.

I would not like to see every person who uses this Board to post, "see my new auctions and tell me if I've made any mistakes." That is promoting one's sales; i.e. using this Board for selling.

I'll add that is have cable and also hate the slow loading of these alternative listin services, especially as has been pointed out, when other auctions are promoted above the item I wish to see. I clicked on a "Title" that appeared to be something interesting to my Swiss collection. I have no interest in viewing itmes from 99% of "the rest of the world". Obviously the worst scenarios are the Swiss sellers who list world-wide items and also insert their mailing address in the item description box. I can't tell you how many Swiss dealers are given a (-) in my searches because they list 500 auctions, each showing in my searches, until I delete them!

Good luck in your search for someone who admits to living in New Jersey. )'>) (Stamp Queens excepted.)

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 13:25:40 PDT   Listings
due2cents- Wow-what an accumulation. I think you will be happy using vendio and if you have any questions feel free to email me. Let us know when you put up your lots on Ebay so the experts here can give you some useful advise.
I myself have learnt a lot from them and it has improved my sales.
You don't live in New York or New Jersey do you?
David Snyder
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 13:15:45 PDT   Listings
DJS
Just about all of them I think.

I am not a Stamp collector , I am a novice Postal history accumulator.
But over the course of the last few years I have aquired massive quantities of loose stamps due2 my
desire for other things. IE To get 4 covers I wanted
I had to buy 4 boxes of material .
It was mostly Antartic material and the left over dealer stock of that area. All contries.
Glassines full of stuff, envelopes full of stuff
The estate type auctions I attend , the dealers tend to put everything that is not an FDC in a huge pile.
Those fdc's normally sell in seperate groups (why I'll never know But I am glad)
I have 20-25 Old (pre 1920) albums mostly adult type colections lacking of course
as most of us do the Key, Rare , really expensive stamps.
But lots of good runs and as Stamps12345
has pointed out Sets seem to do pretty well here.
I also have a few hundred thousand postcards
I need to divest myself of
Almost all purcahsed for the cancel or stamp affixed to it. All part of my Immersion Learning style. I've been luvky so far in this hobby
I have sold enuf of my semi-rare pickings
( using the theory that even a Blind squirrel finds a nut on occassion)
that
I have really no out of pocket so far.
( at least I think I'm close to even, That could be just
me not looking hard enuf BUT)
I have boxes of Mounts showgard, scott etc
Packages of hinges
even some MIB Crystal mounts (SOME STILL LIKE THESE)
just lots of the Philatelic Dross that any serious
collecter would have multiplied by the 20 or so
lots I have purchased.

I have been picking out things in 25C and 5 for a dollar boxes for years That I learned from reading This and Other Boards.
I think one of the things I picked up from you was
Isreali Material with the Selvedge Parts.
I also have Stockbooks full of Perfinns and Pre cancels . And Have found some really good ones,
value wise. And have sold a couple of better pieces again that have made all them free.
The time to move some of this material has arrived
I have a 10x12 room with 9.5 foot cieling heights
that is down to a small rabbit path in.
Best part is some of the things I just stored a few years ago
Now makes sense to me why the previous owner had it.
It has taken a few years Lots of books, Hours on line
thousands of questions at forums like this one.
As I ststed the other day there are some Dealers here that I have used a Cyber perfessors studing their lots and results.
I also have a ton of other items to list from Depression glass to hot wheel Zowies.
Most left over from the households of family who have left this plane of existence.
Another advantage I also think I have is that
I also have hundreds of dollars of face Stamps that are nothing more than postage so my shipping/handling
is relativly low cost to me.

So at this point I have nothing to lose but some time
and I have lots of that available . And I hope to gain some space.

_
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:58:50 PDT   Listings
Jeff- I feel bad that you are still on dialup. I can understand your feelings about the sellers other items scrolling across which is why I don't have that feature set for my auctions. You are 100% correct that vendio uses a special payment procedure which links to their site and makes it much easier for the buyers address information to get into their database and therebuy the invoices and packing slips generated from them.
Do you list all your items by hand on the web or do you use ebay supplied software?
By the way have you ever been at a stamp show in New Jersey?
David Snyder
Posted by dbenson   ( 8636 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:52:56 PDT   Listings
postal, yes, there is a problem paying if the seller uses Auctiva checkout but if not using it then there are no problems.


David B.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:48:48 PDT   Listings

As an eBay buyer on dialup with no choice I cringe when I come across a seller using either Vendio or Activa. I find both slower to load than traditional listings, and it is a personal irritation to watch sellers other listings scroll across while I am waiting for the item I WANT to see pop up.

And if I recall correctly to pay a seller using either one, I must go through their special billing procedure.

I consider both of them to be a sign of a lazy eBay seller. (Almost as irritating as one seller who continues to use this forum lightly veiled to promote new listings)

jeff-raff
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:45:56 PDT   Listings
David- What vendio plan where you using where you were charged so much money?? What software do you use for invoices? About how many items do you sell a month?
David Snyder
Posted by dbenson   ( 8636 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:40:59 PDT   Listings
djs, if you are using Vendio to make it easier to send invoices & emails to old buyers then stay where you are. I don't know if Auctiva can do that or not and don't care as I send my own invoices, track my own details and print my own invoices,

David B.
Posted by dbenson   ( 8636 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:37:33 PDT   Listings
djs, I didn't say a LONG TIME, I said a LONGER time, maybe 20 or 30 seconds longer to upload the scans.

There are many advantages especially for those that list a lot of material, Vendio was costing me about $75-100 a month. Some of the free advantages are large scans, multiple scans and saved listings which make it easy to list similar material with the same description but just change the scan.

I don't know how they can do it for free but that's there problem not mine. The main problem I have is that go offline every Friday afternoon (my time) for 4 hours between 4pm. & 8pm.. Some of the oldtimers will remember when Ebay did that however the advantages outweigh that problem,

David B.
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 12:19:14 PDT   Listings
Due - I have used vendio for a few years now and like it very much. I use their pc software to create listings and automatically upload multiple pictures for an item. It handles all the emails, tracking, invoice printing for me.
It also collects the email addresses of high bidders and enables me to send them an email once every 2 weeks.
All that for about $9 a month for the number of auctions I put up. What countries are you going to be selling on Ebay?

David B- Why did you switch to Auctiva? What are the advantages over Vendio and what do you mean by it taking a long time to list?
David Snyder
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 11:53:44 PDT   Listings
Thanks for your Thoughts DBenson.

Will go look at them .
Posted by dbenson   ( 8636 ) on Oct-17-07 at 11:47:33 PDT   Listings
Due, I have switched to Auctiva, much better than Vendio and it is FREE although it takes a little longer to list there are many advantages,

David B.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 10:45:44 PDT   Listings
DJS

Has your experience with Vendio been a good one

I too am going to jump into the sellers fray
and have been wondering how well the services
stack up.
Posted by philaweb   ( 301 ) on Oct-17-07 at 10:45:08 PDT   Listings
Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 10:43:41 PDT   Listings
Paolo -
There is no mention of any flaws in my 1992 Spezialized, so I’m unable to help.

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-17-07 at 10:32:27 PDT   Listings
Paolo - Thanks for noticing the typos in my auction. I have corrected it. One of these days I will learn how to correctly spell "Souvenir"
David Snyder
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 10:14:57 PDT   Listings
Billsey
House of Good Collection ?
Posted by oggilby   ( 1236 ) on Oct-17-07 at 09:32:59 PDT   Listings
Greetings to all, lunch time in Beautiful, Central Maryland, where the leaves are falling, but not turning color!
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 09:06:43 PDT   Listings
David S.,
One minor correction on this item of yours.
Both in title and description, it's maybe useful for auction outcome to change "Madira" into the correct diction "Madeira".
Also, "Souvineer" into "Souvenir".

Paolo
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-17-07 at 08:35:10 PDT   Listings
Well, according to Systransoft.com, This should translate well.

你好集邮家!
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 08:34:18 PDT   Listings
P.S. trip by bike was uneventful.
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 08:33:48 PDT   Listings
Roger or anybody else with a "Zumstein Spezial" catalogue pre-2000,
I have the most recent version of the catalogue, bought mint, but it looks like they have omitted many printing varieties, especially in the section 'abarten' (occasional printing, paper and perforation flaws).
This one here (warning, 164Kb: sorry for large pic, I couldn't reduce it for lack of this damned 'RAM memory' in my PC), airmail 40 cent violet, appears to bear the variety ' left glass broken at bottom'.
Michel also lists this variety as 'teilauflage' (only present on a part of the printing). I am not sure the stamp I show bears the printing flaw, though.
My question: would you be so kind as to check whether in your early versions of the Zumstein Spezial there is a picture of this tiny printing flaw?
TIA!
Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 06:27:25 PDT   Listings
Obviuosly,
with a Very good day to all, and that was: Hi IO!

Paolo
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-17-07 at 06:14:30 PDT   Listings
Jim (IO), or simply io ;-),
I hope all is well!
I just have to go to pick up my automobile in a nearby village by bicycle.
Not far, but about 20km of road. Easy ride, I hope, because where I live is ~30m above mean sea level (it's a "mountain" in these low lands).
Last time I made a relatively long trip by bicycle, my front wheel jammed and I was projected ahead (safe landing on asphalt).


Paolo
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-17-07 at 03:23:52 PDT   Listings
Time to start another day

Hoping yours is full of

Philatelic Phun...........
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-17-07 at 01:50:21 PDT   Listings
Roger… I should be asleep, but can’t calm down from pool playing tonight. Three times in a row I scratched on the 8 ball after playing very good games! Very bad!!!

I’m eating chocolate fudge ice cream with fresh strawberries cut up into it, and am slowly recovering…



Jim
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 01:30:54 PDT   Listings
Jim -
You should be asleep and not paying any attention to this late night ramblings from the Mid-Pacific. How can you expect to be up and ready to answer East Coast questions, if you are spoofing me now about China?

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-17-07 at 01:06:43 PDT   Listings
Pro & Malolo… eBay is contemplating selling the whole ball of wax to China, and they’re just trying it out first…

☺

Jim
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 00:54:26 PDT   Listings
Pro -
You are not the only one with a funny greeting at the top of the page. I've been in and out of here this evening and finally I'm ___

Hi, XXX (malolo)!

(Strange! Nothing would stick in the post after the funny symbols. I wrote what is below in each of the previous posts. Go figure! MUST BE A TSA INFLUENCE, I'M ON MY "SATURDAY". And eBay must have tracked my days off. )

I must say I'm highly insulted and think eBay executives should their mouths washed with soap.

Roger
Swiss F螬 Razor Cancels
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 00:49:50 PDT   Listings
Pro -
You are not the only one with a funny greeting at the top of the page. I've been in and out of here this evening and finally I'm ___

Hi, F螬
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-17-07 at 00:48:27 PDT   Listings
Pro -
You are not the only one with a funny greeting at the top of the page. I've been in and out of here this evening and finally I'm ___

Hi, F螬
Posted by mini*lindy   ( 500 ) on Oct-16-07 at 23:32:56 PDT   Listings
Bookmark
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-16-07 at 19:48:57 PDT   Listings
member
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 19:02:10 PDT   Listings
Most Items Like this are sold to unknowing
hate to use this word But Suckers

Unless the coins from some other countries are real
silver etc I do not think they will return his "investment "

It is a shame to see ( and I do ) so much over hyped , sold to the unknowing by the Flim Flam guys
Carp

WiTh the State ment that the medallions are silver
There might be some hope
Silver has really risen in Value lately

Why not go
HERE

and ask the Coin Medal type guys.

They might have experience with at least the Silver content aspect.

Good luck
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:50:43 PDT   Listings
I have another one that is in commemoration of the United States of America's Bicentennial of Independence from 1976
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:49:18 PDT   Listings
They are from Japan, Monaco, Sri lanka, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, many more they are from the 70's
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:44:29 PDT   Listings
Yes, I have a book of these and the person I got it from says that they paid $180 for it about 5 years ago. They don't care what they get for it as long as it is a reasonable amount.

Would this do good if I put it on in the book of 36
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:42:20 PDT   Listings
Thanks


This is just a partial of what the back of the envelope reads: We hereby certify that this Medallic First Day cover is an official commemorative issue of the International Society of Postmasters that it contains a limited edition sterling silver proof medal and a specimen of the stamp
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:42:10 PDT   Listings
Like these kinda

Coinfdc
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:40:23 PDT   Listings
one moment please
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:38:36 PDT   Listings
Hi I hope you are still here.

I have a book full of these first day issues that also include coins. On the envelopes reads: International Society of Postmasters official commemorative issue. They all are from different countries. I believe there are 36 of them. How do I exactly find these on ebay to sell. I don't know where to list them at. Thanks. Hope
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:27:59 PDT   Listings
Hope
What's Up?
9 27 EDST
Posted by auctionhope   ( 101 ) on Oct-16-07 at 18:25:07 PDT   Listings
Hi, is there anyone in here at this time? It is about 9:20 eastern standard time.
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-16-07 at 17:51:48 PDT   Listings
that should have read all but 2 I started at 99 cents.
David Snyder
Posted by djs127   ( 613 ) on Oct-16-07 at 17:50:54 PDT   Listings
On Sunday I listed 11 stamp items all but
I started at 99 cents per what a number of members suggested.
Hopefully they will all get bids and I can start consolidating my sales stock and make room in my stamp den.
David Snyder
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-16-07 at 16:47:54 PDT   Listings
Hi Paolo

It welcomes me by both name and ID.

Though I don't like to be called James.
To avoid confusion it's best to refer to me as io.

bjorn

If you win, maybe you can pick it up personally.
Should give the seller quite a shock!
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-16-07 at 16:44:48 PDT   Listings
Due2cents,
My computer is quite f..., ehm messed up, reaching virtual memory limit every hour or so,
but I still do not get that!
Looks like viciuos oriental spyware! (;-))
Funnily, it welcomes me by my name, not by my eBay ID...

Should these manifestations be cause of concern?

Paolo
Posted by bjornmu   ( 946 ) on Oct-16-07 at 16:39:30 PDT   Listings
Greetings to all from Nashua, NH! My job has sent me here for a week, and I'm now sitting in my hotel room enjoying a bottle of Sam Adams Octoberfest (yes with c). Weather is much nicer than home in Norway.

I feel a bit stupid not having posted here earlier that I was traveling, and also spending Sunday as a tourist in Boston, in case I could meet up with some regular of this board. I can't remember anyone being located around here, but anyway...

In about an hour the only item I've bid on this week is ending, and guess where the seller is located? Nashua, NH! It's a small world. :-)
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 16:39:13 PDT   Listings
Is anyone else getting the oriental version of the greeetings at top of pages
Or is it just me
"
Hi, 2'!i退 (due2cents)! Not you "

Is what I see at top of pages right now
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-16-07 at 16:19:20 PDT   Listings
I am glad that the seller I mentioned yesterday night changed the description. Well done! (err. "Switzerland", corr. "Italy).

On a different topic, I like this way of showing the dimensions of a tear in a stamp (be careful with those Razors, Roger scissor hands! ;-)).
This being right on the middle top portion of the stamp, it could have been easily camouflaged with a small hinge.
Beware of what's under hinges (also on covers, sometimes).

It reminds me of an auction linked several months ago where the seller used a simple paper clip to fix the stamp in the right position onto an odontometer so to show the perfs gauge.

Paolo
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 15:44:35 PDT   Listings
Thanks Hysteria
That is the problem I was having I have a rate table

Was from the percusor to the Tobacco Export Company
Now Universal
I liked this cover Censored , to Denmark, Odd Sized,
Mulitiple Franking

Maybe K.E. Can Explain " pakhaus C. Dampfaergevy" Yes I got the Packhouse part.
As soon as I get my new scanner moved to my new
Stamp Room I'll Scan it in.


I.O. - That was in both my local papers sunday
Grandpa playing Football, really playiong Not just holding down the bench.

Maybe he will get a Movie of the Week like the Olde Dude who played a couple of years ago for the Devil rays here in the Bay area. Made money on a book deal also.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-16-07 at 15:27:16 PDT   Listings

Does that mean I have to remove my Purina Feed gimmee cap?

raff-raff
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-16-07 at 15:22:03 PDT   Listings
It seems our 59-year old line backer played last saturday.

Making him the oldest college football player by about 18 years.

Damn, I can barely cycle to the stadium!
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-16-07 at 14:45:58 PDT   Listings

due2 - at that time the international sample rate was the same as general printed matter, 1 cent per 2 ounces, thus your example would be for a 54 ounce package.

However in W&B there is a footnote indicating a weight limit of 1000 grams, or 2 lbs, 3 oz, or 35 oz, and if so then what I first wrote makes no sense.

puzzled-raff
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 14:23:26 PDT   Listings
Jaywild or anyone

Could you tell me what the weight of a sample parcel
from US to Denmark in 1918
It's franked with 27 cents worth of stamps.
Posted by 220man   ( 161 ) on Oct-16-07 at 13:50:40 PDT   Listings
Almost rare? Nearly rare?
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-16-07 at 13:12:18 PDT   Listings
Only policed by those that take affront.

If The use of words was policed
a ton of "rare" Items would join
the circular file.
Posted by pgletsmom   ( 1129 ) on Oct-16-07 at 12:54:06 PDT   Listings
What is acceptable practice on description of stamp items? I have noticed many items where the description reads "looks nh", or "almost vf" - and I suppose you could just consider that to be "puffery", or advertising - but it seems deceptive to me. Are there any guidelines as to what is and is not misleading descriptions? Is this policed in any way by Ebay?
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-16-07 at 12:24:52 PDT   Listings
Aloha JIm -
Old news. Heh, heh.
The situation used to be "covered" by selecting the individual for additional screening, which meant they were taken off to the side and had their headwear checked. They were offered a "private screening" at that time, if they were uncomfortable being screened in public. The only chamge is that now the screener at the walk through metal detector can give the option ot the passenger of going back to the screening area or having their headwear checked at the metal detector. The headwear will be checked, but the passenger is given the option of where the screening will take place. They are still given the option of a "private screening" in which case they are required to go to the additional screening area.

BTW - the current fashionable crinkled and rolled up "cowboy" hats don't make it through the metal detectors because they have a wire around the brim which alarms. Remember stamp tongs will alarm the metal detector so pplace them in your bag, Heh, heh. Last night we got a 6" blade, and a number of pocket knives, one of which was in the guys pocket who tried twice to walk through the metal detector and each time said his pockets were empty. I don't know how you feel, but I am more comfortable flying knowing some guy doesn't have a 6" blade knife in his carry-on. It sometimes makes one incredulous that passengers don't remember they have three cans of soda, or 2 large bottles of water in their bags. The contents of heavy carryons fit into three categories - laptops in the bag, books, or water! We waste a lot of time rerunning the bags with laptops, and taking water out of bags. The books are OK. We are hoping American travelers get smarter by reading the contentsof the books. They don't read or digest the information on the provided signs. End of rant. Thank you for offering the opportunity. )'>)

Roger
PS - Try wearing your MC helmet through checkpoint and see if you a are asked to remove it. LOL
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-16-07 at 11:02:07 PDT   Listings
Roger in Paradise… Breaking news on the airport security front…
WASHINGTON (AP)--Air passengers will no longer have to remove bulky headwear such as turbans at screening checkpoints if doing so makes them uncomfortable.

A revised federal guideline, effective Oct. 27, gives airport screeners the option to pat down headwear at the metal detector if a passenger doesn't want to remove it for personal reasons.

In August, the Transportation Security Administration changed its guidelines and subjected travelers to secondary screening at security checkpoints if they were wearing head coverings, such as cowboy hats, berets or turbans. The screenings could have included a pat-down search of the head covering, if the screener found it necessary.

But some religious organizations were outraged at the new rule and felt it was a form of racial profiling. For instance, in the Sikh religion, the turban is considered private, and removing a turban would be like removing a woman's blouse, according to the New York-based Sikh Coalition. Since 2001, federal policy has required screeners to search turbans only if they don't clear a metal detector.

TSA officials listened to these concerns, and now passengers wearing bulky clothing - including bulky headwear - can be subjected to a mix of screening, such as pat-downs, X-ray devices and portal machines that check for explosives. If an item still cannot be ruled out as a potential threat, the screener still has the option to request that the passenger remove it in a private screening area.

Experts say mixing up the screening techniques is good security. "We must use security measures that are unpredictable, agile," TSA Administrator Kip Hawley told a Senate panel Tuesday.
Oh my!

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-16-07 at 10:34:20 PDT   Listings
Burton… We’re on the moving plate, so sometime in the next few million years I should wake up and find San Francisco in my side yard…

☺

Yep, the old SCTV shows were beyond hilarious. Remember Earl Canenbert? Edith Prickley? Mrs. Falbo’s Tiny Town? Tex and Edna Boyle’s Curio Emporium and Prairie Dog Town? The Great White North? (Koo-roo-koo-koo-koo-roo-koo-koo, you hoser, eh)? SCTV was one of those amazing occurrences in history where an incredible amount of talent is inexplicably concentrated in a very small place. (Think also of the Scottish Enlightenment and the great philosophers of ancient Greece, though perhaps the comparison is a little too extreme...)

Jim
Posted by xzephyr   ( 989 ) on Oct-16-07 at 10:00:15 PDT   Listings
Royal Mail in the UK

Someone was asking about the mail strike. I today received stamps from Italy which took 9 days. The news seems to suggest that the strike is over but some wildcat disruption is continuing in Liverpool and Leeds. I have been getting post most days during the strike – presumably our postlady is in one of the unions that came to agreement with Royal Mail. It reminds me of the printing strikes some 25 or more years ago when the print workers were trying to resist modern technology (and failed). Most with eMail use that for all normal correspondence, only sending by snail mail if the is an enclosure – eg stamps.

Colin, trying to keep up with technology –

I have just had to go onto Broadband as Orange have ended Dial up. They said it was easy. It only took my wife and me an hour and a quarter with the help of my computer genius son on the phone – we had to take out the Dial Up to prevent Broadband constantly closing and trying to dial up! Orange didn’t tell us we had to do that.

Colin, who is very grateful for all the help I get.

Posted by oggilby   ( 1236 ) on Oct-16-07 at 09:42:31 PDT   Listings
jaywild--Are you attached to the plate that moving up the coast, or the continental plate that's waving good bye?
BTW--Count Floyd was a fave from SCTV also, I miss that show, but they are out on DVD. I spent many a college late night watching the extended show on NBC after Carson and Midnight Special!

Io--The Sunday Washington Post had a story of a Mexican High School football team from the Monterey area that came into TX and won against the local team.
Posted by iomoon   ( 1055 ) on Oct-16-07 at 09:22:28 PDT   Listings
Jim

It seems that the inhabitants self-evacuated a few weeks back.
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-16-07 at 08:53:37 PDT   Listings
Good day/evening/night all from normal Shoes!

Roger,
Ah, that is why! And the seller doesn't know it, thinking it's a defect. How trivial!
In those times, much after the fall of the Roman Empire (when who send an unpaid for letter was crucified), they were already thinking of small blades to accomplish that job; the idea was that from the original cancel device the preposed postal clerck could extract a sharp blade, later patented by Gillette, and fraction the postage dues at his will. It was large enough to cut stamps but too small to inflict mortal injuries to the unknowing man waiting at his door for the mail.

By the way, what do you think are the chances that in this lot there is a Razor cancel?
(this lot could be of your interest).

Paolo
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-16-07 at 07:50:33 PDT   Listings
Iomoon… News stories today say that Indonesia’s Mt. Kelud is about to pop.

Jim
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-16-07 at 07:24:05 PDT   Listings
NOIP… Earthquakes moving closer and closer to yours truly… That green line is the San Andreas fault.

“Scary, scary boys and girls!”

—Dr. Tongue and Bruno, SCTV
Jim
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Posted by srailkb   ( 3117 ) on Oct-16-07 at 04:05:18 PDT   Listings
nosweat4me, can you post a scan of your altered 334?
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-16-07 at 03:06:52 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by malolo   ( 856 ) on Oct-16-07 at 02:42:57 PDT   Listings
Paolo -
The Swiss were very crreative when it came to using up differnt postage due values. Once they started using due stamps in 1878, they discovered it was easier to tear a corner off a stamp, than to take the time to count up how many stamps it would take for large amount to collect. The stamp you showed actually paid 467 centimes postage due for a printed matter circular weighting 4837.6 grams. That letter probably originated from the Basel Philatelic Society offices announcing the next auction of fake Cantonals. That is a very heavy area to collect, thus the large postage due. Stamps you should look for are those with all four corner removed indicating the postman was having a beginner and had not been trained yet to bisect stamps. That class required a waiver since scissors are sharp object, and not all post clerks qualified to use deadly weapons. Background checks were required even in the early 1880's. That's pretty much the story of Swiss dues having missing corners, though not many today know the story, or the hidden historic value of the stamps.

Roger
Swiss Razor Cancels
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-15-07 at 19:46:03 PDT   Listings
They should typically look smooth, rough edges often show the stamp came from the edge of the sheet and had the perfs trimmed opposite.
Posted by nosweat4me   ( 103 ) on Oct-15-07 at 19:08:47 PDT   Listings
If anyone can give me some insight I would appreciate it.
On Washington/Franklin coils (vert or horz) under 15x mag. should the coil edges look smooth or should it look rough. Rough meaning paper fibers sticking out in random fasion,smooth meaning clean cut. I recently submitted a scott 350 and it came back as an altered 334 with perfs trimmed off. one side is smooth and one is rough. I have a couple of books by Paul Schmid explaining sides should be parallel to the design, look for perfs not fully trimmed off and standard width 21.5mm for vert and 25.0mm for horz + or - .30mm but nothibg is said about what the side should really look like. I'm confused!!
Posted by billsey   ( 852 ) on Oct-15-07 at 18:23:04 PDT   Listings
Paolo, why not ask Suzuki instead? Their RE-5 model from the middle 70s had a Wankel engine...
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-15-07 at 18:03:51 PDT   Listings
P.P.S.: a philatelic case denial of the evidence of the facts? If the 5 stamps summed up to 25.- CHF of nominal value it would have been a bargain. Alas, it just sums up to 2500 of the old lire, practically just a bit above 1 euro.
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-15-07 at 17:58:52 PDT   Listings
I was thinking of bidding on this letter
But They do Not show the Cover/envelope

Then it broke 50 grand and I said never mind

No_Envelope_Drats ;-{
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-15-07 at 17:53:16 PDT   Listings
P.S. what could come out of a twin counter-rotating Wankel on a two-wheeler?
Maybe, we could ask to Mazda. ;-)
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-15-07 at 17:36:02 PDT   Listings
Good day/evevning/night from sleepy Shoes!

Of the serie "corner perfs damaged! ;-)

Jim (Jay),
Nice scheme!

Good continuation,
Paolo
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 17:22:16 PDT   Listings

Jay-Raff - thanks, they are neatly struck. When I finally came to my senses I probably had 7500 machine cancels, still do for the most part, now to find time to flogg them back on eBay.

About 8 years ago on eBayu I bought a hand-driven universal machine. I think the cost was $60, freight was $40. The wavy line killer remained but no dater dial or type. At meetings we would run envelopes through it, never could keep it from jamming after about 10 impressions. I was fortunate to lay it off on a friend at a stamp meeting for what I had in it. I am fortunate that he is still my friend.

willbuyanythingonce-raff
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 17:18:00 PDT   Listings

2cents - thank you for the kind comment

humble-raff
Posted by crystalrivercollectibles   ( 715 ) on Oct-15-07 at 15:31:39 PDT   Listings
Thank you for the direction.
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 15:14:50 PDT   Listings

crystal...

take a peek at US, ... Covers, event, naval on eBay, you might find what you have there. There are usually hundreds listed especially in stores. Generally a nominal value for what you have would be around $3 each, collecting them was quite a fad in the late 1930s thru WWII.

swabbie-raff
Posted by crystalrivercollectibles   ( 715 ) on Oct-15-07 at 15:00:13 PDT   Listings
Hi everyone,

I have aquired a collection of 18 covers. All in the set are postmarked 1942 and one is marked from 1943. The envelopes each reflect the launching of a different Naval Destroyer. Inside they each have a piece of blank stationary with a letterhead that reads "Do your share for fredom and Victory will be ours". I have only seen the letterhead inside of one envelope, I assume the rest have the same piece of stationary. They have all been postmarked and have different 3 cent stamps.

Is anyone familiar with this set? Is there a website that can offer me more information about these?

Thanks for any help.
Posted by jaywild   ( 1007 ) on Oct-15-07 at 12:54:02 PDT   Listings
Jeff-Raff… FYI in case you didn’t know, the top left card here is an International HD-2 (hand-driven) machine. It can be distinguished from the similar Columbia by the comma after the town name, which Columbias never have.

They’re not scarce by any means, I just think they are a very neat, trim looking cancel.

Jim
Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-15-07 at 12:38:03 PDT   Listings
Thanks for Clearing that up
Hysteria.

What a deal for those modern cover collectors.
I stop at 1925 or so.

I always like your listings
One of my e schools
along with several others here.

USF- Raff

Go Bulls BTW
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 12:01:08 PDT   Listings

2cents - actually there are 110 covers. I have clarified the description, thanks.

ambiguous-raff

Posted by due2cents   ( 26 ) on Oct-15-07 at 11:32:54 PDT   Listings
Hysteria

You might want to FIX the one Tenn listing that Reads as 110 instead of 10 .Would not want a confused buyer.
Nice Small cover by the way
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 10:37:40 PDT   Listings

Such matters being dealing with the Royal Pain
Posted by postalhysteria   ( 3783 ) on Oct-15-07 at 10:36:30 PDT   Listings

perhaps we should elect an official catalog queen QUEEN to handle such matters?

royal-raff
Posted by vonbag   ( 203 ) on Oct-15-07 at 09:45:35 PDT   Listings
Hi Knud-Erik,
It's a receipt of payment for a publicity (advertisement) insertion, or something like this.
The hand written text reads:

"Reçu de M.e Ozeray, Notaire
la somme de quarante-huit francs
60 C.ms pour insertions Suivant
facture remise ce jour.
Bruxelles Le 13/11 1879
...........(two signatures)"

~ "Received from Mister (?) Ozeray, Notary
the sum of fourty-eight Francs
60 cents for insertions like from
the invoice deposited today.
[...]"

Mr. Ozeray was indeed a notary in Bouillon in that period.

Paolo (off to make some bouillon for dinner ;-) -- BBL
Posted by knuden   ( 2377 ) on Oct-15-07 at 09:09:35 PDT   Listings
What do I have here? (Back) I have an idea but am not sure. It's from Belgium and the stamps are canceled Bruxelles Dec. 13, 1879 and it has an receiver from Bouillon Dec. 14, 1879 on the back.
Can anyone read what's written by hand on the front??

K.E  I'm a catalog queen - whoopee!!
Posted by jim_lawler   ( 1395 ) on Oct-15-07 at 03:24:23 PDT   Listings
Greetings
and an Indiana "Good Morning"
to you all

Jim L.

member
Posted by saipanislandboy   ( 969 ) on Oct-15-07 at 00:27:48 PDT   Listings
Bargain of the Week! Such a Deal!