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Forum: General Discussion February 26th 11, 05:16 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 0
Views: 566
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 05:04 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 18
Views: 876
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 10:22 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 0
Views: 256
Posted By Bobstamp
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 13th 09, 12:58 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 5
Views: 276
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 07:56 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 10
Views: 502
Posted By Bobstamp
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: 322
Posted By Bobstamp
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: 322
Posted By Bobstamp
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: 322
Posted By Bobstamp
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
Posted By Bobstamp
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
Posted By Bobstamp
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
Posted By Bobstamp
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
Posted By Bobstamp
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: 765
Posted By Bobstamp
Deadline approaches -- need French-English translation

Tony,

I've been wrong before -- on several occasions! -- but in this case
I'm not. Whoever wrote the description on the photograph was mistaken.
There was only one DC-2 in the MacRobertson race, the...
Forum: General Discussion April 18th 08, 02:12 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 9
Views: 765
Posted By Bobstamp
Deadline approaches -- need French-English translation

On Apr 17, 4:09*pm, "Blair (TC)" wrote:
On Apr 17, 6:38 pm, Bobstamp wrote:

A photograph apparently intended for use in a French-language
...
Forum: General Discussion April 17th 08, 11:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 9
Views: 765
Posted By Bobstamp
Deadline approaches -- need French-English translation

A photograph apparently intended for use in a French-language
newspaper shows the beginning of the MacRobertson International Air
Race. A “cutline” in longhand at the top of the photo...
Forum: General Discussion March 26th 08, 03:30 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 30
Views: 1,095
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 04:21 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 579
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 02:07 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 579
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 09:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 7
Views: 579
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 08:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 5
Views: 587
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 03:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 5
Views: 587
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 08:59 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 0
Views: 434
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 05:21 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 663
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 05:18 AM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 663
Posted By Bobstamp
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, 08:13 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Replies: 4
Views: 663
Posted By Bobstamp
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...
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