Forum: General Discussion
February 26th 11, 04:16 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 0
Views: 583
Tracy Barber
I am trying to contact Tracy Barber, but an email bounced back, and I
see that he hasn't posted anything on RCSD in recent years, which is
troubling. Can anyone tell me anything?
Bob...
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 5th 10, 04:04 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 18
Views: 883
Scott Russia no mentoin of CTO
My elderly Scott catalogue (1986) says this (page 300):
'Canceled to Order
'Canceled sets of new issues have long been sold by the government.
Prices in the second ("used") column are for these...
|
Forum: General Discussion
January 13th 09, 09:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 0
Views: 256
Tonkin cancellation on Hong Kong stamp
Thank you, gentlemen. Other collectors I contacted concur with the
paquebot explanation, and I now have a much clearer understanding of
paquetbot mail.
Bob
|
Forum: General Discussion
January 12th 09, 11:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 5
Views: 276
Tonkin cancellation on Hong Kong stamp
After taking a look at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/6.jpg (on my web
site), please explain to me how a Haiphong, Tonkin cancellation might
have ended up on what appears to be a Hong Kong #44 violet on...
|
Forum: General Discussion
December 23rd 08, 06:56 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 10
Views: 507
Delcampe
Me too. I've gotten some great items on Delcampe, especially postcards
that would probably never appear on eBay. I've had minor problems with
language differences, but have managed.
Bob
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 27th 08, 06:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 2
Views: 326
Mexico cancellation & rate query
A further question about the aforementioned cover: One of the
backstamps is that of El Paso del Norte (present-day Juarez). Was it
common practice to backstamp covers when they crossed...
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 27th 08, 01:53 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 2
Views: 326
Mexico cancellation & rate query
A P.S. to my previous post:
My apologies for that misleading thread title: I did have a question
about one of the backstamps, but I figured it out.
Bob
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 27th 08, 01:51 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 2
Views: 326
Mexico cancellation & rate query
Here is a link to an image of a cover in my collection, mailed from my
home town of Silver City, New Mexico to Mexico City in 1895:
http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/silver_city_cvr.jpg
My understanding is...
|
Forum: General Discussion
September 20th 08, 06:56 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 18
Views: 649
Tracy Barber
I notice that Tracy Barber hasn't made any posts in some time, and he
hasn't responded to an e-mail I sent. Has anyone heard from him? Hope
he's OK.
Bob
|
Forum: General Discussion
August 2nd 08, 11:02 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 0
Views: 188
Censorship "skips" (again — sorry!)
My first post on this topic got sidetracked when I realized that I had
made a boo-boo, writing "Dublin" instead of "Belfast." With your
indulgence I'd like to start again. Here is the question again,...
|
Forum: General Discussion
August 1st 08, 02:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 4
Views: 281
Censor "skips"
Well, OK, red face here in Vancouver. I intended to type "Belfast,"
but my fingers typed "Dublin". Yeesh! So, the original question still
stands. Why were some UK covers censored, and others...
|
Forum: General Discussion
July 31st 08, 03:10 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 4
Views: 281
Censor "skips"
I have a few international covers in my WWII collection, from varous
countries, which were not censored. In some cases, de facto censorship
was carried out via currency export control inspections,...
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 20th 08, 03:41 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 9
Views: 770
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 18th 08, 02:12 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 9
Views: 770
|
Forum: General Discussion
April 17th 08, 11:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 9
Views: 770
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 26th 08, 02:30 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 30
Views: 1,110
thematic collecting - scanning images of stamps
I'm unclear about your purpose, johnbf. When collectors talk about
"writing up" their collections they normally are referring to creating
album or exhibit pages, in which case you wouldn't need a...
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 23rd 08, 03:21 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 7
Views: 587
Dutch translation, airmail rate
Thanks very much, Jan. That's exactly the information I needed.
Bob
Bob, there's an extensive Dutch page athttp://www.po-en-po.nl/tarieven/tarnipws.html
You'd have to put it into a translation...
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 20th 08, 01:07 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 7
Views: 587
Dutch translation, airmail rate
One down, one to go. Many thanks, Peter.
Bob
Hi!
Translation is: "This paper weighs *5 grams, including the enclosed
envelope."
|
Forum: General Discussion
March 19th 08, 08:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 7
Views: 587
Dutch translation, airmail rate
Can anyone provide a translation for the Dutch phrase/sentence, "Dit
papier weegt met bijbehoorend omslag 5 gr." It's imprinted on a sheet
of airmail stationery mailed in 1934. I'm guessing that it's...
|
Forum: General Discussion
February 5th 08, 07:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 5
Views: 600
oldie but new
Thanks, Sir Rien. My page creation got a real boost with an Apple
program called Pages, part of the iWork suite. Formatting text and
graphics, including dragging, dropping, sizing and editing images,...
|
Forum: General Discussion
February 5th 08, 02:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 5
Views: 600
oldie but new
"Way back in the 70's...." :-) Seems just like yesterday to me. But,
oops, I'm falling into the trap of thinking that I'm getting old,
which of course is just a state of mind....
Tall order, for a...
|
Forum: General Discussion
December 26th 07, 07:59 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 0
Views: 464
Sgt. Joe Hicks' War -- Reading for your holidays
Many of you are familiar with my interest in -- obsession with? -- the
story Joe Hicks, a Canadian airman who was killed in the Second World
War during a mission to bomb the German city of Rostock. I...
|
Forum: General Discussion
December 24th 07, 04:21 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Post Office history (New Mexico)
On Dec 23, 1:46*pm, John Tollan wrote:
Hi Bob:
According to "Post Offices of New Mexico" (1981) by Richard W. Helbock,
Arenas Valley PO was opened on 1 January 1947....
|
Forum: General Discussion
December 24th 07, 04:18 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Post Office history (New Mexico)
Thank you, John. I think we can safely assume that the January 1, 1947
date is correct.
I have published a web page about the post office and some of my early
philatelic (and other) experiences in...
|
Forum: General Discussion
December 23rd 07, 07:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
|
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Post Office history (New Mexico)
I am continuing to do research on the post office in Arenas Valley,
New Mexico, but there are conflicting dates.
In a previous discussion here, in 2001, Ada Prill said she had found
the opening date...
|