Hello! I was a sergeant in the Army artillery in Viet Nam. In 1970, I was wounded fairly badly and I am NOW STILL a 100% combat disabled veteran. I have been a stamp collector since third grade. When the "Little Recession" hit in 2008, I had to sell it...off it went to Mystic. I really miss it...

An Italian Artist and Stamp Designer Appears on His Own Stamp (which he designed) While researching an answer to one of Rodney's questions, I came across a name that I was not familiar with. For many years, I had seen the name C. Mezzana connected with the Italian State Printing Office and...

"A record 10% price rise in the U.S. Postal Service’s 50-cent “Forever� stamp was struck down by a federal appeals court, which sided with a San Francisco man who said the arbitrary boost set an improper benchmark for future increases in the cost of mailing a...

Here we go again. This time Rwanda is the victim. Blair --------------------------------------------------- Rwanda - Illegal postage stamp issues From the postal administration of RWANDA:

Has anyone knowledge of where I may obtain a scan of GB's Penny Red, Die II, Plate 51, Positions KB and KC in State 2? I have the Imprimatur Scan and a block from State 3. Yes it's a tall order, but surely somewhere someone holds a pair or block. Thanks!

Jawohl, Herr Kellogg, drei mal ist perfekt, da alle gute Dinge sind drei, wie bekannt! (Translation: Yes, Mr. Kellogg, three times is perfect, because all good things are three, as known). It's an old German proverb. A short notice: why shouldn't be the same postings repeated in their...

I have two copies of the 1 pence "red" from the subject issue. On each, the watermark is sideways (with no Scott comment about the watermark being sideways). But on one, the bottom of the crown (Scott watermark 3, multiple crown and CA) faces left; on the other stamp, the bottom of the crown...

Hi, through unpredictable happenstance, I happened to be in a position to "inherit" a sizeable collection of stamps, perhaps numbering about 3000-4000 items. I am not a regular collector, so all shorts of questions come up, at moments. As of now, there is no need or incentive to sell or exhibit...

I would be interested in said stamp and others, I am easily reached at I just happened across this site or page. So please contact me using my email either way if you have the stamp or not. Thank you

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6738055.stm "Tirana's streets had been cleaned, US flags were draped over buildings and a commemorative set of stamps had been issued for the occasion. " Any images of the stamps? Dag T. Hoelseth --

I would like to know what you think of mint & used stamps. In Scott (USA) & Yvert & Tellier (French) catalogue both mint & used stamps have the same value, ( more recent ones from 1980 to nowadays) & in Stanley Gibbons, it is the contrary, that is recent used stamps have more value than mint (in...

I have 9 Binders full on them. Both the sports an the bird and states. Anyone interested

Hi all! After I've asked a few months ago for your opinion on stamps catalogues and received useful info, now I'd like to ask what software you are using in order to archive your collection. I'm using for years Paul Dembowski's (Liberty Street Software) "CoinManage" program for my coin...

Nicaraguan 1890 loco and telegraph set. The master die impression must have been "enhanced" for all the Peso values. I note the 2 peso green is the only issue that missed shading in the value tablet, and the 1 peso has a different frame. Just thought I would share that with you :)

I sent away for the Mystic color catalog of US stamps recently. It arrived along with some old used US stamps (which I returned unopnened.) The catalog is really quite a work of art, with great photography. However, Mystic's prices seem to be very high. Far higher than I've been paying for stamps...

Howdy - Doo... Does anyone know if there were ever any hand stamped precancels? I have the precancel catalogs from the Society, but don't have them available at the moment. I see cancels that "look" like precancels, but they look more like parcel cancels - rectangular, with city and state...

Hi all! Since I've recently started collecting stamps (I've collected stamps as a young boy but randomly and most of them cancelled), I have a few dumb questions: 1) is there a guide for new collectors like the one for coins "Coin Collecting for Dummies" or similar? I want (mostly) to learn the...

There is a seller advertising a Mini Sheet which comprises 6 stamps in it. In the item description he says it's MNH but there are post office seals placed over the 6 stamps! Sure, the post office seals look very odonate and look like they are placed by a machine and not by hand. But they are...

Scented stamps include, but are not limited to: (1) Bhutan issued rose stamps on scented paper over 30 years ago, in 1973 (Scott 150-150E) (2) In 1999, Brazil opted for the smell of burnt wood on four of their stamps for forest-fire prevention. (Scott 2717a-d) (3) In 2000 South Korea issued four...

I have just received one of these endless scams, this time not from a "prince something" somewhere in Africa, but from a seemingly Dutch person, allegedly representing the Economic Society of Netherlands Chamber of Trade and Commerce, and sent from the British provider .tiscali.co.uk. I am amazed...