Several threads have appeared in this newsgroup regarding the WW2 6d Australian revenue showing a spitfire. http://i20.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/6f/70/c5_1_b.JPG OR (Bottom Row - stamp 4) http://i6.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/09/01/e2_1_b.JPG Now I am happy to add a similar 25 cent Caanadian Revenue...

Early Postage Stamp Catalogs Since postage stamp catalogs occupy such an important part in the philatelic hobby, readers may be interested in learning something of their early origin, from a study made some years ago by the late Fred J. Melville. The first catalog of postage stamps was

Columbian Envelope Dies So much philatelic reading matter is published that many of us never digest it all and often times a valuable article is apt to be overlooked. I have just gotten around to a remarkable study of the die varieties of U. S., 1893, Columbian Envelopes, published by F. L....

I have been told that this item is of Yemenite origin (I doubt it). What is it then? http://cjoint.com/data/eeaWZ5Z2jf.htm Blair

KS wrote: I have made two album pages that pictures all the US Non-Denominated Stamps issued. It is a real time saver if you come across a US stamp with no amount on it and wonder "what's the value of this one?" If anyone would like a copy, send me an email at and...

Got a stamp that you cannot identify? Here are some links to free stamp...

Rod wrote: Could someone clarify what is meant by "stamp lifted remounted hinge" please. http://cjoint.com/data/bsnKSXAFZQ.htm Thanks Hello Rod:

Aéropostale (aviation) (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) http://aeroscripophile.hydroretro.net/titre.php?code=aeropostale_ver Aéropostale (formally, Compagnie générale aéropostale) was a pioneering French aviation company. It was founded in 1919 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère as "Société des...

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Measuring Grills Measuring grills on the earlier U.S. issues of 1867-70 will be somewhat easier by this method: Rub a lead pencil on a piece of paper, same as you would do to sharpen it. Lay the grilled stamp face up over this lead marking and pressing lightly on the copy pass the grilled area of...

One to a Customer Just as a passing observation, I am always intrigued by dealer advertising where a set of stamps, or a single item, is advertised, "Limited supply, restricted one to a customer." Perhaps collector- readers get the same reaction I do, -- or maybe they don't. But I have often...

================================================================ I recently came across a scan of an unusual 1930's Canadian Paquebot (Bahamas) cover. http://www.pennymead.com/images/1936LadyRodney.jpg It bore two 1 cent Canadian stamps and was cancelled at Nassau, Bahamas. It had been posted on...

"The Adidas management must have been very pleased when they saw the new sheet of Dutch reduced-rate stamps. Stamp no. 20 features a little boy on a sleigh wearing shoes with the famous Adidas logo: three vertical, slanting stripes." http://web.mit.edu/cms/bcc/blogpics/stamp_advertising.jpg

cover of the day: Canada Scott #37c. 3c Orange Red tied to Noxon Bros illustrated advertising cover by cut cork with G.W.R., July 12, 1883 cancel to Armadale, Ontario. http://stampauctionnetwork.com/g/0305/324.jpg July 12, 2004 US issues commemorative stamp to honour R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER - the...

Modern U. S. Covers The collector with limited means, if he has a particular liking for stamps on original covers and cannot afford the expensive earlier material, could well give attention to the U.S. covers used, say, in the 20th century. A really interesting collection of wide variety and...

Rodney wrote: Then I had a few from Venezuela that had no showing in Gibbons either. ==================================== Rodney: Post a scan and we'll take a shot at it.

Delivery More Certain If Unpaid In olden days when to prepay or not to prepay postage was optional with the writer of a letter, many felt that letters from distant points were more certain of delivery if the Post Office Department was obliged to collect postage from the addressee on delivery. A...

Crests vs. Stamp Collecting In the early days of stamp collecting, say ninety years ago, the hobby of "crest" collecting was a strong competitor for favor, particularly so in England. Many stamp dealers of the time also handled crests, cut square and in various forms, in sets and packets

The UK will issue a London 2012 - Host City miniature sheet of six stamps on 5th August 2005 http://cjoint.com/data/icqC6Owy4m.htm The London 2012 - Host City Miniature Sheet features six Special Stamps originally issued in 1996 to celebrate the Games held in Atlanta. These stamps were...

On Nov 2, 2:43*pm, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote: "rodney" They are indeed from Umm Al Qiwain. http://cjoint.com/data/lcuv2unn8a.htm HTH A curiosity piece. Amongst other bizarre offerings from Umm al Qiwain