On ebay............ Faroes 1979 Sheep-rearing MNH #a0843 I guess it gets lonely in the Faroes..................

I see a lot of these on ebay. What are they ?? ( Mette would know I think ). Alan

Classic image of Queen honoured A classic image of the Queen which has featured on some 200 billion stamps is being celebrated in an exhibition. The British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA) show opens at the Royal College of Art in London on Thursday. Arnold Machin's headshot of Queen Elizabeth...

Man buys $8,000 worth of US Forever stamps May 2007 Pennsylvania resident not taking any chances A man has purchased $8,000 (around £4,000) worth of the new Forever stamps recently issued by the US Postal Service. The stamps are 41c each and are valid forever despite any increases in postage...

My first message here, trying to understand how the discussion list works. Been a collector for 33 years , and wishing to continue exchanging, what I have stopped for some years.Used to trade trough stamp traders list from Denmark, anybody knows of a list similar to that nowadays ? Best...

This is a question that has been puzzling me. We all know that there are many modern countries which at some point in their existence were either occupied or under the protectorate of another country especially during the colonial times. Does anyone know,however, which country has had the most...

Hello! I'm from germany and I'm collecting modern military mail from all over the world. Until today I got letters and cards from missions like ISAF (AFG), KFOR (Kosovo), UNIFIL, UNAMSIL... If someone is interested and has contact to any military mail, I would be glad to get in contact... To my...

My critique of the US Specialist article on China Clay papers can be found at: http://www.ajvalente.com/pages/entry_17.html This is my 1st major critique, and is what blogging is really all about. Hopefully if things work out and readers are pleased, this will be a coming trend in the hobby....

Mr. Stephen Estrati, who would never stoop to posting on a public newsgroup as this, has a fine series of works on this 1980s series. Good job Stephen, I look forward to reading the entire series. By the way, my collecting interest is (off-cover) town and year-date cancels, colored cancels,...

Greetings, In this edition are articles on "The Eleven Cent Prexy", and IRC (International Reply Coupon). The regular feature is the cover of the month, which are modern covers with challenging problems. The featured 'Album Page' is one page from the winning exhibit at Metro 2003. This is a...

Greetings, I"ve just updated the club webpage with listing and photos for our annual auction. All proceeds go to the club building fund. (http://www.oregonstampsociety.org/thealbumpage_3.htm) This year I've included a search file where you can use keywords to quickly find the listings your...

Oregon became a state in 1859, but the mail system isn't running much faster than in the pioneer days. See: http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=64319 To bad Wells Fargo doesn't serve this part of the country any more. -a

Hi gang. To make a long story short, I was going through a large accumulation of stamps and found one with a double impression. A double impression is a rare condition where the sheet of paper is run through the press twice and printed on the same side. My discovery is of a stamp from 1883 with...

I have a small parcel store and copy store. Yesterday a customer comes in with a sheetlet of the new clouds (?) issue and asks for a 5x7 color copy that she wants to frame. Being a stamp collector (it does come in handy in these situations) I instantly report that I am not allowed to make exact...

Hi, Can someone tell me what the source was for the portrait on the first Lincoln stamp issued by the US in 1866 (painting or photograph, and artist)? Thanks in advance, - al --

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Hi group: The Southern Oregon Phaletelic Society of Medford, Oregon will be presenting its annual SOPEX Stamp Show at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Central Point, Oregon (off of Interstate 5 at Exit 33) on Saturday, April 1st (10:00 am to 5:30 pm) and Sunday, April 2nd (10:00 am to 4:00...

Hello, Ron Millard's Cherryland Postcard Company has a new website at www.cherrylandpostcards.com He has over 30 years experience selling antique postcards to both collectors and dealers. I hope that you will come check it out. Thanks!

As a stamp dealer living in Rockville, MD, I am available to purchase or appraise stamp collections in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD areas. I'm interested in U.S., Foreign, and Worldwide collections, FDCs, postal history- anything philatelic, and also buy autographs. I'm a long-standing...

As a stamp dealer living in Rockville, MD, I am available to appraise or purchase stamp collections in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD areas. I'll handle anything philatelic- U.S., Foreign, and Worldwide collections, covers, FDCs, regular issues and back-of-book, etc.. I'm a long-standing...