Forum: General Discussion
August 24th 12, 03:23 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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What do you collect?
After that 2d step, I will surely invest in a set of Brusden-Whites
or in one or 2 volumes to begin.
Which volumes would you suggest to acquire first ?
Get what you can - I have the single loose...
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Forum: General Discussion
August 21st 12, 03:44 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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What do you collect?
I also began sorting out a "shoe box" of about 8,000 stamps from
Australia that I bought 10 years ago. It took me nearly 2 months to
nearly complete the job.
If you are interested in minutae,...
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Forum: General Discussion
August 18th 12, 04:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Overproduction of stamps
This waste of stamps should be reduced in 2011 and future years as USPS
now releases virtually all first class one-ounce stamps in "Forever"
format. Customers don't want to buy 44-cent stamps...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 16th 12, 05:29 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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The importance of Stamp Shops
Thomas--welcome. It is nice to have new points of view. For those of us to whom "High Street" has no meaning, please explain the reference.
"high street" = main business street in town.
King's...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 7th 12, 03:28 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Good evening everybody!
Sassone is much the best Italian area catalogue, in my opinion. The others
you mention are not so detailed
Thanks Tony but your answer comes a little late, yesterday I ordered the...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 6th 12, 05:05 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Best software for archiving stamps.
With a scan record you don't have to mark the back of the stamp as
much. With software you can embed the description into the image
encoding [not visible - but as EXIF data]
I'm sure...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 5th 12, 04:02 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Best software for archiving stamps.
The only reason for scanning stamps that I own would be if I wanted to
sell them. Stamp images in a printed or online catalog, though, are
sometimes very helpful when trying to determine what...
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Forum: General Discussion
July 2nd 12, 04:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Best software for archiving stamps.
With today's market you should ignore anything under $25 as it won't
be 'counted' should you sell the collection.
If you're listing for a 'have' vs 'need', then log everything, but
make sure that...
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Forum: General Discussion
June 28th 12, 04:41 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
June 28th 12, 04:40 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
June 26th 12, 05:40 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
June 11th 12, 04:53 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Good evening everybody!
So I'd like to ask you, what do you think is the best catalogue to buy?
http://www.vaticanphilately.org/rs.htm
See near the end about books on Vatican Philately.
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Forum: General Discussion
May 27th 12, 03:57 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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USPS offers buyouts to 45K employees
In addition to the reduction in staffing, the USPS is also trimming
the small rural POs. Our PO will only operate 4 hours a day, five days
a week. Thus it will no longer have a postmaster and...
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Forum: General Discussion
May 4th 12, 05:55 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Identifying a british postmark
"British Postmarks - A Short History & Guide" - Alcock & Holland
Thank you for the information.
I'm going to try to find this book...
Not everything is covered. It's the 'basic' reference...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 30th 12, 04:24 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Identifying a british postmark
I've got 2 wrappers
http://cjoint.com/?0DDqcH9eBud
Alcock & Holland Type 1559
Foreign Section, Newspaper cancel
http://cjoint.com/?0DDqdtxCaw3
I think it's an Inland section Newspaper - but I...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 29th 12, 03:54 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Miniature Sheet...MNH or not MNH?...
'Mint' is 'as issued' - so the 'pre-cancel' or 'Cancelled to Order' is
a variant, though most prefer to place the CTO well below 'postally
used'.
Thanks!
So if for many, the CTO are...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 27th 12, 05:00 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Miniature Sheet...MNH or not MNH?...
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:27:52 +0300, "gogu"
sharpened a crayon and wrote:
There is a seller advertising a Mini Sheet which comprises 6 stamps in it.
In the item description he...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 25th 12, 04:39 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Separation of scanned images of several stamps
Photoshop does the job in one step rather than two, but as you points
out it is expensive. I have also tried separating images with Photoshop
Elements, a cheaper stripped-down version of...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 12th 12, 04:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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storing stamps
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:20 +0200, "Pedro"
sharpened a crayon and wrote:
Hello friends,
Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 11th 12, 04:15 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
April 10th 12, 04:01 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 12, 04:06 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Evaluation of Philatelic Websites Revisited
On 4/1/2012 11:29 PM, Victor Manta wrote:
http://www.pwmo.org/IPHLA/12-evaluation-websites.htm
Your feedback is welcomed.
Interesting that you write about yourself in the third...
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Forum: General Discussion
April 3rd 12, 04:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Evaluation of Philatelic Websites Revisited
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:32:26 -0400, Terry Reedy
sharpened a crayon and wrote:
With Javascript on, there is a floating "Front page .... Exhibitions"
bar which bobs up and down...
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Forum: General Discussion
March 24th 12, 03:44 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Forum: General Discussion
March 17th 12, 03:39 PM Posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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stamp counterfeits
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:33:41 -0400, Terry Reedy
sharpened a crayon and wrote:
Ungummed probably means that the stamp was glued down in an album (by a
naive collector, extreme...
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