Forum: General Discussion
March 17th 08, 10:51 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 12
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(RCSD) Inverted date slug
On Feb 21, 10:47 pm, Joshua McGee wrote:
P.S. I'm sending each one in for "official" first day cancels. Those
will be in the upper-right of the cover, on a fourth stamp.
If...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 17th 08, 05:12 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 7
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(RCSD) Advice on sourcing or creating missions
Hello,
My idea for a new project probably involves exerting far too much
effort for little return.
I want to acquire mission mixes, cherry-pick items for individual
resale, up-convert the remainder...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 15th 08, 06:49 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,115
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Forum: General Discussion
March 15th 08, 01:46 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,115
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Forum: General Discussion
March 14th 08, 07:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,115
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Forum: General Discussion
March 14th 08, 08:34 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,115
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Forum: Marketplace
March 13th 08, 11:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 1
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Stamp Trading Offers
I always have a selection of current stamp trading offers on my
website: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/
They include stamp trades, covers and stamps I am buying, airmail
etiquettes, and...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 13th 08, 05:30 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 2
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Forum: General Discussion
March 12th 08, 06:48 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 2
Views: 413
(RCSD) U.S. Federal Tax Stamp -- Liquor
Hello all,
Your assistance kindly requested:
I have the following U.S. Revenue stamp, intact, affixed to a 1/10
pint (47 ml) bottle of "Glayva" liqueur. It is approximately 13mm x
87 mm (or...
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Forum: Marketplace
February 28th 08, 05:26 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 1
Views: 351
Stamp Trading Offers
I always have a selection of current stamp trading offers on my
website: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/
They include stamp trades, covers and stamps I am buying, airmail
etiquettes, and...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 26th 08, 04:31 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 747
Pneumatic Mail Service
N.B. : I also duly appreciated your other post on the cat sent by
pneumatic mail and which arrived startled but alive ;-)
Poor nice kitten !
I agree completely. My cat is quaking at...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 26th 08, 03:29 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 2
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(maybe OT) Ethical issue
Do you think it is not ethical?
Unfortunately, the tendency (or the fear of the tendency) of people to
do this is why so many otherwise-collectible stamps end up in my
(U.S.) mailbox with horrible...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 24th 08, 10:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 24
Views: 825
Which countries have no CTO?
On Feb 24, 12:56 pm, malcolm wrote:
Cancelled stamps with gum need not be cto.
Indeed, apparently Australia Post allows gummed postage to be canceled
at the P.O....
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Forum: General Discussion
February 24th 08, 10:16 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 24
Views: 825
Which countries have no CTO?
Some collectors only include stamps which have a cancel
printed on them and are then sold cheaply to stamp dealers.
This is known as kiloware.
(eg East Germany, USSR, Romania,...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 06:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 12
Views: 509
(RCSD) Inverted date slug
My guess is that it's deliberate, so that the town name doesn't get
obscured in the dark stamp but the date is easy to read. See if they
do the same thing on other FDC issues with a stamp in...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 06:43 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 747
Pneumatic Mail Service
The author also writes : "Some are also in use in your local
super-market : open your eyes !"
Forgot to mention: for people who are interested in the topic, I can
recommend, as a light read, a...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 06:41 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 20
Views: 747
Pneumatic Mail Service
The author also writes : "Some are also in use in your local
super-market : open your eyes !"
In the United States, Home Depot stores (large "home center" hardware
stores) frequently use them,...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 05:58 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 12
Views: 509
(RCSD) Inverted date slug
http://www.mcgees.org/img/rawlings_uo.jpeg
Try http://www.mcgees.org/img/rawlings_uo.gif instead.
The MIME types on my server are being mangled, so you'd probably get a
"404 Not Found" error.
-...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 05:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 12
Views: 509
(RCSD) Inverted date slug
Hello,
The United States Postal Service have made it much easier to make
unofficial First Day Covers. It used to be that a stamp was available
in one city on the "first day", and then nationwide...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 04:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 5
Views: 440
(RCSD) FDC insert supplier?
On Feb 21, 7:47 pm, "rodney" wrote:
"Joshua McGee"
The solution for the acid-free envelopes, by the way, was *precisely
that* -- to get together with friends...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 03:25 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 5
Views: 440
(RCSD) FDC insert supplier?
Did you think of buying acid free card stock ,
at an art supply store, and having it cut to size?
Yes, and discarded the idea. Buying paper by anything short of a ream
(20-sheet packages at art...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 22nd 08, 01:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 5
Views: 440
(RCSD) FDC insert supplier?
Sorry for the double-post, but I realized I didn't prefix with
"(RCSD)", and some readers with filters are going to miss it. If you
don't have such a filter, please forgive me:
Does anyone know of...
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Forum: General Discussion
February 20th 08, 02:38 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 0
Views: 388
FDC insert supplier?
Hello,
Does anyone know of a commercial source for archival white envelope
stiffeners, sized to fit U.S. FDCs (#6 3/4)? Examples onto which I
could laser-print would be especially nice.
I've...
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Forum: Marketplace
January 29th 08, 01:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
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Replies: 0
Views: 283
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Forum: General Discussion
January 28th 08, 08:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Replies: 2
Views: 836
(RCSD) Help ID this Princess Diana / AIDS stamp
Your stamp is issued "by" Union Island of the St. Vincent Grenadines.
Your souvenir sheet is from 2003, and is Scott 269. The AIDS stamp is
269b. The nominal catalogue value in the 2007 edition for...
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