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anyone collect used Poland??
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So excited to get this cover today!
http://adam-stamp-collection.blogspot.com/2017/04/so-i-got-this-cover-today-in-auction.html
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Very nice cover, Adam!! 
Doug,
Won't be adding the Poland stamps to my collection since I don't do WW;
anyone interested in them??
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Poland stamps have been claimed!
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Bad fuzzy photo, imagine some seller tried to sell an expensive piece like this that way? Centering is poor but average for the issue. Bought super cheap.
I have a few of these booklet panes but cannot resist putting in a low offer!
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I just received this 1888 imperf double print from North Borneo that will make you go dizzy. I can't remember a more profound double strike.
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I picked this up recently for my Stamp Show/Exposition ephemera collection. It's a show program/travel guide for the Third International Philatelic Exposition held in New York, 1936. It is printed in English, French, German and Spanish. The worlds's flags on the back cover caught my attention with Germany's swastika.
It discusses travel by steamer from Europe to the US. Neat little time capsule.
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Back
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I had not purchased any stamps off Ebay in over 5 years until last week. I followed a bookmark I had for an old favorite seller to find he was still going strong. I won a couple lots of about 20 pages for Portuguese colonies, paid around 3.5% and added many many stamps to that collection and was very happy. This week I checked his new lots and found many more country lots of around 10 pages each. I won 2 lots that were full of stamps I needed, one lot for 1.4% and another for less than 2.6%. It seems there are still great deals to be found on Ebay! Shown below are a couple of sets from the lot I paid 1.4% for. The first set (Manzoni Issue) is one of the most valuable sets for Italy and they also overprinted some of them for use in some of their colonies. This one is from Tripolitania and catalogs for $655.00 and I ended up paying around $9.50 for it. The second are parcel post sets from Somalia. They catalog for $1,688.00 and cost me around $23.00.
I just checked his recent lots that end next week and their are many many like lots which leaves me with the problem of which lots to go for and finding the money to buy them.
These types of lots are rare finds for me because it's hard for me to find just one stamp I need in a lot much less 30-50.
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I just received an awesome treasure hunt - well exceeds what I paid. Over 100 Approval Books - last touched in about 1970 or so. The books are in Chinese and English - makes me wonder where they originally were used. Beautiful mint green books in awesome condition.
Already found an error overprint of a British Occupation Batum stamp. I'm going to have lots of fun here!
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Grabbed this one from the 'bay over the weekend. I was amazed that I got it with a low bid. Plane is a little slow.. actually it's in the right place if the rest of the stamp was centered better. It's mint never hinged. I cannot wait to get it in the mail.
Filling in my early airmails, I have C1 as two stamps on a cover, I still need a C2, C4, C5 and C6. I think I want the rest as used on flown covers. That will complete my US airmails.
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The C3 block arrived in the mail and is everything I'd hoped it would be! A very nice piece and I'm very glad to have it for my collection. I went to put it in my album and found one of those happy things that happen when you have an older fading memory. In my last post I mentioned that I needed C2 and C4-6. I get to the album pages and find that I indeed have a nice mint C2! Then I flip the page and find a nice mint C4!
So now all I need is C5 and C6 to finish up my early airmails.
And as you can see from my scan of my album page above, my pages allow me to collect what ever I want for any stamp issue. And variety is the spice of life!
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I attended SCOPEX this past weekend in Bellefonte, PA, the home of the APS and Philatelic Library. I found some more of the "Tasco"education booklets.
This first booklet describes the US 3c large Banknote stamps. I already have a good understanding of this issue but like the booklets and added them to my collection. This booklet has actual stamps to use for reference.
This booklet is on the 1&2c 1890-1898 issues. This also has the actual stamps mounted. Another issue that I don't have a problem identifying, just like these booklets.
This last booklet is on the Confederate issues. My main interest in Confederate collecting is Adversity covers and the postal history related to Confederate covers. All the stamps in this booklet are facsimiles.
I picked up some new covers and stamps. Also added to my library with some auction catalogs for reference and reading material. When I get a chance I'll list the catalogs and post some scans of the new material I picked up.
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Cool stuff!
I should've gone Vince! For all the stuff I didn't get done around the house... power washer died after an hour.
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I added this French semi postal (B9) over the weekend. France is one of my favorites and is nearly complete still I have been able to add several items to it lately. Now there are only 10 regular stamps and sheets I need and this was 1 of three last semi postals I needed out of over 600 hundred. Looks like a very nice copy for under 10% of cat.
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It's binder day at my house! Here's 22 new 1" binders acquired this week for my USA collection. I had bought the pink and teal ones at Walmart last week because I hadn't seen those colors before.
I buy a lot of commercial printing etc at Staples so I had $50 in Staples Rewards coupons that expired today. So I loaded up with $50 worth of binders. I wanted more of the dark green to use for my Ben Franklins, but they only had one! I guess this should hold me for a while!
And here's my USA collection today. I keep everything in a hall closet. You can see how it lays out so far with the labeling. The 1940s binder needs to be relabeled since only 1940-45 are in there now, there are new 1946-47 and 48-49 binders that need to be labeled and put away. Color code wise, RED is airmail and I finished up Airmail 2 recently, so that is done. I have a third red binder that will be Special Delivery and Postage Dues. I may code the definitive books in a color too. Everything else is just colorful!
The middle shelf also has the New Jersey postmark collection which is up to 5 larger binders now. It will keep growing!
Top shelf is two old Minuteman collections and a bunch of empty binders, so I have some room for growth.
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Thanks for all the "Likes". A board member emailed me and asked why I needed albums for every few years and just what was included. So....
First I'll show some recent pages. As a kid I always loved the Cape Hatteras issue because it took 4 stamps to make the picture. All 4 together equaled the 8 cents postage rate. I thought that was just brilliant!
I bought a full sheet at less than face value. So I saved a multiple equaling three full frames, which included the plate block and the "Mail Early In The Day" block. It fit perfectly in my 5x8 pocket and I love it! So it is in my collection. Add in an Artcraft first day cover and I am complete for this issue!
Here's a page from my 1945-48 album. I always loved this Iwo Jima stamp. It's just so patriotic in an important era of American history. I had both a plate block and a single stamp. Then I came across this cool corner block of 15. It fit perfectly in my pocket so why not include it in my collection? So be it.
So what happens when I find more interesting stuff? It's as easy as adding a page in the loose leaf binder. I also had a nice first day cover for this issue, so here it is. And I still have a pocket open for another interesting item. If I find three interesting items I just add another page! And you'll notice I like nicely addressed first day covers. This stuff is worth nothing, so why not do what I desire? I'm having fun and indulging my childhood fantasies. I smile as I look through my books, what more can you want from a hobby?
And for those who think I'm just playing with pennies... yea, I also have the good stuff! Note for the first airmail issue I can collect any way I desire. For C1 I found a cool cover addressed to Alvin Filestrup! I had a nice mint copy of C2. Then I came across a cool plate block of 4 for C3 (yea, I know it should be 6 stamps) at the right price so I grabbed it. I love this page because it's interesting!
As long as I'm having fun.
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I'm a baseball fan (my wife adds the -atic part!);
as such, one of my interests is baseball on stamps and covers.
I was given these by a stamp collector/former dealer friend of mine!
Not worth much, but interesting!
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I love Pete Rose... he must however remain banished....
From Forbes magazine:
"There is no doubt that Rose has Hall of Fame numbers. With all his records, he should be able walk into the Hall and pick his spot. Maybe somewhere by a window. The problem, though, is he bet on baseball and that means that he must suffer the consequences of a very clear rule. This rule is not about Rose; it's about safeguarding the integrity of the game. Rose's ban isn't about Rose; it's about ensuring that fans have assurances that games are not fixed or predetermined. The want to have Rose in the Hall is understandable. However, the need to have him excluded is far more pressing and necessary. MLB's gambling deterrent is more important than any single person, including Rose. If players gamble on the game, they destroy it. There is no middle ground."
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I know this isn't the proper area to completely pursue this, but I have been known to make a great many arguments and steroid-era comparisons regarding Pete's situation.....and I am all for adhering to the rules.
But there IS a proper solution to this - one which will allow Pete into the Hall.
However, the MLB powers that be choose to ignore this and continue with their selective blindness.
Nuff said here....
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I finally got my ducks in a row. At least the ones I have managed to acquire thus far. I am only going to collect them up to 1969 for now (the year of my birth). I do prefer getting them signed as they actually have the chance of having gone on a duck hunt.
Right now I am just housing my US collection in Vario pages, but with the discovery of AlbumEasy I may one day make up my own specialized US pages one day.
This has got to be my favorite one that I own thus far.
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Not been buying much last few months but picked this MNH pair up.
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Treated myself to a 50 cent Columbian. Now I only need the $1 plus values to complete the set.
And just because.. I've had this ticket to the Columbian Exposition for a while. It's the quality of a bank note, and I've included it in my album.
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Hey Tom, I love those exposition tickets. I think there's several other types. I want to say Lincoln is on one and I think there's a native American on another. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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You are correct Ernie! Not too long ago I saw a set for sale. I would have liked to have them but the price was enormous. I think I paid like $5 for this one years ago.
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Yeah I was googling them and someone's got them on sale for a whopping $800! Makes me think the George one might be the most common. I like the Lincoln one too. I've toyed around with the idea of a Lincoln topical collection. I love honest Abe. Held the union together, self made man...awesome dude.
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Ernie,
There are eight Lincoln exhibits on this page.
http://www.rfrajola.com/exhibits.htm
Tom,
That ticket looks familiar, did you have it in a display in your coffee table?
Vince
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"Tom,
That ticket looks familiar, did you have it in a display in your coffee table?
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Vince, Yes! Good eye. That was in the coffee table display case until I got my 1890s album together.
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Hey Tom/Ben,
Here are my two Expo tickets along with an official souvenir postal card.
A good friend and fellow collector gifted them to me recently!
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Here's the other side of the postal card:
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Thanks Randy! I'll have to keep an eye out for this stuff at reasonable prices, not from Ernie's vendor!
I've always had a thing for the World's Fair, especially the earlier expositions. I do have postcards and the promotional cancels for a few of them that I will add to my albums as well.
The tickets were very well done, and the variety issued makes them great souvenirs and collectibles. There are enough around to indicate that they were saved. I'm wondering if those were turned in upon entry, or if there was some kind of ticket control that allowed people to keep the ticket... (maybe they scanned them? 
) There are no perforations or other indication of a two part ticket. Anyone know?
The original Columbian Exposition building still exists, as do many others around the world such as the original building from the 1939 New York Worlds Fair that served as the first UN Building, as well as the 1964 Hemisphere. And of course the Eifel Tower!
A funny aside.. the Eiffel Tower was built for the worlds fair, and was supposed to be dismantled afterwards. Paris fell in love with it and of course it survives to this day. Fortunately it was engineered to last! In my facilities and construction career, I've been challenged many times with people (usually those in power) who wanted to build something shoddy with the excuse, "it's only temporary". That's when I'd flash a photo of the Eiffel Tower on the screen, calling it "The Original Temporary Structure". That pretty much got the point across. Some of that temporary work I've done in my career still stands today.
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I had great fun at the Minnesota Stamp Expo this past weekend.
And I picked up some unusual items for my collections.
This first is a postal card from New South Wales, and in my opinion one of the most stunning examples of postal stationery.
And here is a closeup of the franking.
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Another Minnesota Stamp Expo find.
Cover from Switzerland to Casper, WY USA.
And for someone who collects auxiliary markings on cover, a bonanza I just couldn't leave behind.
One stamp says, "Supposed Liable to United States Customs Duties"
Another says "Examined by U.S. Customs (Post?) of Denver Colorado, Collect Duty and Postal Fees Mail Entry # 51384"
Another says, "Collect 33 Cents Customs Clearance and Delivery Fees"
It seems at one point they opened it to verify whether customs duties were indeed required.
I find it interesting that a Postage Due meter is used to collect/pay the duty and delivery fee.
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It's day 3 of my Minnesota Stamp Expo show and tell. Only one more item to show after this (the belle of the ball).
One of my philatelic goals is to get a cover from every postal administration in the world. It is a pursuit that will last my lifetime as there are, depending on the level of granularity I choose, thousands of postal authorities.
This fits in my album under French India.
It was sent from Pondicherry (Pondichery), French India to Angers, France (Maine and Loire). Angers sits at the confluence of the Maine and Loire rivers.
First, the whole cover:
I have tried to put together the story of this cover, but if you know different/better I welcome being corrected/educated.
The originating postmark is from Pondicherry on the 19th of April, 1840.
I think it was at Pondicherry (open to correction) where it picked up this India marking in a balloon.
And this paquebot marking.
From there it travelled by boat to Madras, the major port closest to Pondicharry in British India (East India Company).
The Madras Post Office added it's transit cancel the next day.
Then it was promptly to the normal ship letter route to Europe (Gibraltar?).
There are three french cancels. One is Mou_. One is Orleans with a date of June 9, 1840 (part of which is viewable on the other end of the cover). One ends in _rs which I assume is the final received cancel in Angers.
My assumption is that it was receive on June 10, 1840 or thereabouts.
Somewhere along the way, two slits were opened in the front of the cover and it was fumigated as well.
Between 1830-1850's India suffered from plagues of smallpox, malaria and measles, so there were plenty of reasons to fumigate the cover.
Now that I am done I may end up considering this cover the belle of the ball of my purchases this past weekend. Still the last one is quite unusual as well. Until tomorrow.
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Those are pretty unique covers, especially the second one. Amazing how it's got such a story and somehow it made it's way to Minnesota! If only these covers could talk!
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Smauggie - enjoyed your presentation of that cover. Can't wait to see what you post tomorrow!
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I decided to investigate the addressee and came up with some info.
The addressee was Victor Pavie, lifetime resident of Angers, France.
Victor Pavie in Wikipedia (French)
It seems he was a writer and a printer credited with writing 10 books.
It is safe to assume the letter is written by his brother Theodore Pavie, a writer and explorer whose travel itinerary places him in Pondicherry in 1840.
Theodore Pavie in Wikipedia (French)
Here is a short biography in English. Theodore Pavie Biography
Apparently his writings on his travels in the orient was the basis for an opera called Lakme.
Lakmé
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fabulous, although my favorite is the Swiss piece with all those luscious auxillaries.
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The Grand Finale
This was the most expensive cover purchase (about 10% more than the French India cover). When I saw it though I had to get it as I knew I would not see its like for many moons.
North West Pacific Islands
Rabaul, New Britain
This is another cover that made a long sea voyage leaving Rabaul, New Britain on March 21, 1922.
New Britain was originally part of German New Guinea but which had been captured by Australian Troops as a part of military actions during World War I. In 1922. this territory was ceded to Australia. The island of New Britain is now part of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea which gained independence from Australia in 1975.
This registered commercial cover was mailed to Bueckerburg, Germany no doubt from a German citizen in New Britian. It arrived in Bueckerburg on May 17, 1922.
The back:
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Well done Antonio. You had a very successful time at Expo. I'm particularly jealous of that last cover from N. W. Pacific Islands.
Regards ... Tim
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"I picked this up recently for my Stamp Show/Exposition ephemera collection. It's a show program/travel guide for the Third International Philatelic Exposition held in New York, 1936. It is printed in English, French, German and Spanish. The worlds's flags on the back cover caught my attention with Germany's swastika.
It discusses travel by steamer from Europe to the US. Neat little time capsule."
Hi Vinman,
That's a really nice item!
I particularly like seeing the flag of Danzig flying amongst the European flags.
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Here is a cover that arrived yesterday. I forgot I placed a bid. Nice surprise.
It is a Scott #65 used in Philadelphia with a patent cancel. The center of the cancel scrapes/cuts the stamp so that the cancelling ink soaks in to prevent reuse. This is one of my cancel pursuits, patent cancels and the different methods the US Post Office used to prevent stamp reuse.
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What a striking name - Uriah Hair!
Google reveals that he was born in 1825, and that "he was a farmer and an extensive fruit grower, has twenty acres of grape vineyard, forty acres of raspberries, 2,600 peach trees, fourteen acres of apple orchard, 1,200 plum trees, five and a half acres of strawberries and two acres of blackberries. In the fall of 1890 he shipped thirty tons of grapes. Mr. Hair is a member of the Masonic order, Dundee Lodge, No. 123, and both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church."
This is from an 1892 history of Yates County.
Isn't the internet amazing!
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That is very interesting! When I saw the name, I thought it would be unique enough to find some information. I'm glad you took the time.
And didn't they name a Broadway show after him in the late 1960s??
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Commercial peach growing in NY state? And here I thought peach farmers down here in the SC and GA worried about cold snaps taking the buds in the spring.
Don
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Thanks Strider,
I checked the internet (after you) and copied the information concerning Uriah Hair. I'll put it with the cover. That's why i like cover collecting, there is so much more info than for just a stamp.
Vince
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USPS Body Bag from New York
This letter was found without an envelope in the USPS mail. It was placed in this envelope with a lovely auxiliary marking to explain the situation.
Here is the isolated marking:
And the back with it's ironic "We Care" in bold. I suspect neither the sender nor the recipient realized they were either cooperating or understanding the USPS.
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I couldn't say no to this combination of advertising cover and early machine cancel.
I am not trying to make you jealous, Tom. Honest.
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Nice cover Len. The cancel type is an American Cancellation. Trenton is the NJ state capitol and is one of the most common state postmarks. But that advertising really makes for a super cover, along with Columbian usage. It's a keeper!
I like the "body bag" cover too. You can't duplicate these, you just have to search them out! And what would it be like going through life as Peter Bang?!
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Not recently acquired, I've owned it since the day it was cancelled, but recently found doing a deep dive into some old boxes! And I have mentioned this before.
Back when these sorting dots came out I was interested in them. Note that one would only appear on the top piece of mail in a bundle. I collected postally used covers when I received them, I assume I'll find them sooner or later.
That day I was at the Hazlet post office having a conversation about these dots with the postmaster, a friend of mine. He went in the back and returned with this cover. Almost like a first day cover for the dots. No doubt unique!
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Grabbed this one this past week for my birthday! It showed up today.
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stamp club last night
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Picked up for less than face; engraver & designer autograph on block along with numbered print
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Tom I must have missed your post...love the high value Columbian! Is it unused? Nice centering on that beautiful stamp. Way to go! The Columbians have such gorgeous color.
"Isabela pledging her jewels" 
Ernie
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Thanks Ernie! I was surprised to win it with a low bid, and even more surprised when it arrived and it was as nice as the photos. It is mint hinged, with just a single hinge mark on the back.
Right now it's sitting in it's mount right on my computer so I can gaze at it! I'm really pleased to have it.
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By the way, I LOVE the idea of leaving an especially gratifying purchase out for a while to admire and reflect. Done that many times
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Tom and Ernie,
I do the very same thing with each favorite purchase or acquisition I make -
give it a highly viewable place on my desk so I can enjoy it regularly for a few days to a week it gets tucked away in its place in an album!
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I'm a big fan of the Iwo & armed forces issues of the 1940's, although it's not really a new collectable I would like to share this cover.
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Great Britain Scott# 7b Deep Violet
I have been wanting a 7 for a long time, but would not settle for anything less than VF centering. This one costs quite a bit more than a 7 but with perfect centering and jumbo margins.
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It is not a Scott 7b. It is a postal stationery cut-out. Suffice to say, time to have a talk with the auction house owner.
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I hope you get your money back without any hassle. The margins on this stamp looked too big to be real when I first saw it.
Linus
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For those interested in not making the same error, here is a side-by-side comparison:
Scott #7 on the left.
besides the paper difference.
Roy
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I know the owner of the auction house. I don't have any concerns. Thanks for the example Roy.
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The communist governments of East Germany sanctioned the issue of innumerable stamps and covers reminding its population of the misery it brought upon itself and other nations during WW2. Since all of these were self-serving propaganda and hardly amounted to a rounded view of any aspect of the war, there is a certain discomfort in displaying them alongside the philatelic commemorations of what we might term the victim nations.
Nevertheless, East German material is out there, and it sometimes achieves high standards in stamp printing and design. Here is a cover which, while the stamps themselves are not especially striking, features an embossed decoration which makes its point clearly. Some, on the other hand, might feel the image is too trite for what it commemorates. What do you think?
I hope I do not have to outline the significance of 'Lidice' - if the name is new to you, best look it up on the internet and see for yourself if this cover does the event justice.
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I don't know. Its rather stylized but not really an uncommon sort of theme for this type of memorialization. The cross on the stamp is an interesting design choice for DDR.
I collect all Germany except DDR and avoid East Europe in general not because of any political statement but simply because of the flood of wallpaper stamps and CTO.
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Just got these on a package from Krakow today -
anyone collect used Poland??
Randy
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So excited to get this cover today!
http://adam-stamp-collection.blogspot.com/2017/04/so-i-got-this-cover-today-in-auction.html
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Very nice cover, Adam!!
Doug,
Won't be adding the Poland stamps to my collection since I don't do WW;
anyone interested in them??
Randy
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Poland stamps have been claimed!
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Bad fuzzy photo, imagine some seller tried to sell an expensive piece like this that way? Centering is poor but average for the issue. Bought super cheap.
I have a few of these booklet panes but cannot resist putting in a low offer!
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I just received this 1888 imperf double print from North Borneo that will make you go dizzy. I can't remember a more profound double strike.
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I picked this up recently for my Stamp Show/Exposition ephemera collection. It's a show program/travel guide for the Third International Philatelic Exposition held in New York, 1936. It is printed in English, French, German and Spanish. The worlds's flags on the back cover caught my attention with Germany's swastika.
It discusses travel by steamer from Europe to the US. Neat little time capsule.
Front
Back
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I had not purchased any stamps off Ebay in over 5 years until last week. I followed a bookmark I had for an old favorite seller to find he was still going strong. I won a couple lots of about 20 pages for Portuguese colonies, paid around 3.5% and added many many stamps to that collection and was very happy. This week I checked his new lots and found many more country lots of around 10 pages each. I won 2 lots that were full of stamps I needed, one lot for 1.4% and another for less than 2.6%. It seems there are still great deals to be found on Ebay! Shown below are a couple of sets from the lot I paid 1.4% for. The first set (Manzoni Issue) is one of the most valuable sets for Italy and they also overprinted some of them for use in some of their colonies. This one is from Tripolitania and catalogs for $655.00 and I ended up paying around $9.50 for it. The second are parcel post sets from Somalia. They catalog for $1,688.00 and cost me around $23.00.
I just checked his recent lots that end next week and their are many many like lots which leaves me with the problem of which lots to go for and finding the money to buy them.
These types of lots are rare finds for me because it's hard for me to find just one stamp I need in a lot much less 30-50.
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I just received an awesome treasure hunt - well exceeds what I paid. Over 100 Approval Books - last touched in about 1970 or so. The books are in Chinese and English - makes me wonder where they originally were used. Beautiful mint green books in awesome condition.
Already found an error overprint of a British Occupation Batum stamp. I'm going to have lots of fun here!
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Grabbed this one from the 'bay over the weekend. I was amazed that I got it with a low bid. Plane is a little slow.. actually it's in the right place if the rest of the stamp was centered better. It's mint never hinged. I cannot wait to get it in the mail.
Filling in my early airmails, I have C1 as two stamps on a cover, I still need a C2, C4, C5 and C6. I think I want the rest as used on flown covers. That will complete my US airmails.
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The C3 block arrived in the mail and is everything I'd hoped it would be! A very nice piece and I'm very glad to have it for my collection. I went to put it in my album and found one of those happy things that happen when you have an older fading memory. In my last post I mentioned that I needed C2 and C4-6. I get to the album pages and find that I indeed have a nice mint C2! Then I flip the page and find a nice mint C4!
So now all I need is C5 and C6 to finish up my early airmails.
And as you can see from my scan of my album page above, my pages allow me to collect what ever I want for any stamp issue. And variety is the spice of life!
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I attended SCOPEX this past weekend in Bellefonte, PA, the home of the APS and Philatelic Library. I found some more of the "Tasco"education booklets.
This first booklet describes the US 3c large Banknote stamps. I already have a good understanding of this issue but like the booklets and added them to my collection. This booklet has actual stamps to use for reference.
This booklet is on the 1&2c 1890-1898 issues. This also has the actual stamps mounted. Another issue that I don't have a problem identifying, just like these booklets.
This last booklet is on the Confederate issues. My main interest in Confederate collecting is Adversity covers and the postal history related to Confederate covers. All the stamps in this booklet are facsimiles.
I picked up some new covers and stamps. Also added to my library with some auction catalogs for reference and reading material. When I get a chance I'll list the catalogs and post some scans of the new material I picked up.
Vince
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Cool stuff!
I should've gone Vince! For all the stuff I didn't get done around the house... power washer died after an hour.
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I added this French semi postal (B9) over the weekend. France is one of my favorites and is nearly complete still I have been able to add several items to it lately. Now there are only 10 regular stamps and sheets I need and this was 1 of three last semi postals I needed out of over 600 hundred. Looks like a very nice copy for under 10% of cat.
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It's binder day at my house! Here's 22 new 1" binders acquired this week for my USA collection. I had bought the pink and teal ones at Walmart last week because I hadn't seen those colors before.
I buy a lot of commercial printing etc at Staples so I had $50 in Staples Rewards coupons that expired today. So I loaded up with $50 worth of binders. I wanted more of the dark green to use for my Ben Franklins, but they only had one! I guess this should hold me for a while!
And here's my USA collection today. I keep everything in a hall closet. You can see how it lays out so far with the labeling. The 1940s binder needs to be relabeled since only 1940-45 are in there now, there are new 1946-47 and 48-49 binders that need to be labeled and put away. Color code wise, RED is airmail and I finished up Airmail 2 recently, so that is done. I have a third red binder that will be Special Delivery and Postage Dues. I may code the definitive books in a color too. Everything else is just colorful!
The middle shelf also has the New Jersey postmark collection which is up to 5 larger binders now. It will keep growing!
Top shelf is two old Minuteman collections and a bunch of empty binders, so I have some room for growth.
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Thanks for all the "Likes". A board member emailed me and asked why I needed albums for every few years and just what was included. So....
First I'll show some recent pages. As a kid I always loved the Cape Hatteras issue because it took 4 stamps to make the picture. All 4 together equaled the 8 cents postage rate. I thought that was just brilliant!
I bought a full sheet at less than face value. So I saved a multiple equaling three full frames, which included the plate block and the "Mail Early In The Day" block. It fit perfectly in my 5x8 pocket and I love it! So it is in my collection. Add in an Artcraft first day cover and I am complete for this issue!
Here's a page from my 1945-48 album. I always loved this Iwo Jima stamp. It's just so patriotic in an important era of American history. I had both a plate block and a single stamp. Then I came across this cool corner block of 15. It fit perfectly in my pocket so why not include it in my collection? So be it.
So what happens when I find more interesting stuff? It's as easy as adding a page in the loose leaf binder. I also had a nice first day cover for this issue, so here it is. And I still have a pocket open for another interesting item. If I find three interesting items I just add another page! And you'll notice I like nicely addressed first day covers. This stuff is worth nothing, so why not do what I desire? I'm having fun and indulging my childhood fantasies. I smile as I look through my books, what more can you want from a hobby?
And for those who think I'm just playing with pennies... yea, I also have the good stuff! Note for the first airmail issue I can collect any way I desire. For C1 I found a cool cover addressed to Alvin Filestrup! I had a nice mint copy of C2. Then I came across a cool plate block of 4 for C3 (yea, I know it should be 6 stamps) at the right price so I grabbed it. I love this page because it's interesting!
As long as I'm having fun.
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I'm a baseball fan (my wife adds the -atic part!);
as such, one of my interests is baseball on stamps and covers.
I was given these by a stamp collector/former dealer friend of mine!
Not worth much, but interesting!
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I love Pete Rose... he must however remain banished....
From Forbes magazine:
"There is no doubt that Rose has Hall of Fame numbers. With all his records, he should be able walk into the Hall and pick his spot. Maybe somewhere by a window. The problem, though, is he bet on baseball and that means that he must suffer the consequences of a very clear rule. This rule is not about Rose; it's about safeguarding the integrity of the game. Rose's ban isn't about Rose; it's about ensuring that fans have assurances that games are not fixed or predetermined. The want to have Rose in the Hall is understandable. However, the need to have him excluded is far more pressing and necessary. MLB's gambling deterrent is more important than any single person, including Rose. If players gamble on the game, they destroy it. There is no middle ground."
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I know this isn't the proper area to completely pursue this, but I have been known to make a great many arguments and steroid-era comparisons regarding Pete's situation.....and I am all for adhering to the rules.
But there IS a proper solution to this - one which will allow Pete into the Hall.
However, the MLB powers that be choose to ignore this and continue with their selective blindness.
Nuff said here....
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I finally got my ducks in a row. At least the ones I have managed to acquire thus far. I am only going to collect them up to 1969 for now (the year of my birth). I do prefer getting them signed as they actually have the chance of having gone on a duck hunt.
Right now I am just housing my US collection in Vario pages, but with the discovery of AlbumEasy I may one day make up my own specialized US pages one day.
This has got to be my favorite one that I own thus far.
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Not been buying much last few months but picked this MNH pair up.
Don
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Treated myself to a 50 cent Columbian. Now I only need the $1 plus values to complete the set.
And just because.. I've had this ticket to the Columbian Exposition for a while. It's the quality of a bank note, and I've included it in my album.
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Hey Tom, I love those exposition tickets. I think there's several other types. I want to say Lincoln is on one and I think there's a native American on another. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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You are correct Ernie! Not too long ago I saw a set for sale. I would have liked to have them but the price was enormous. I think I paid like $5 for this one years ago.
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Yeah I was googling them and someone's got them on sale for a whopping $800! Makes me think the George one might be the most common. I like the Lincoln one too. I've toyed around with the idea of a Lincoln topical collection. I love honest Abe. Held the union together, self made man...awesome dude.
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Ernie,
There are eight Lincoln exhibits on this page.
http://www.rfrajola.com/exhibits.htm
Tom,
That ticket looks familiar, did you have it in a display in your coffee table?
Vince
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"Tom,
That ticket looks familiar, did you have it in a display in your coffee table?
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Vince, Yes! Good eye. That was in the coffee table display case until I got my 1890s album together.
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Hey Tom/Ben,
Here are my two Expo tickets along with an official souvenir postal card.
A good friend and fellow collector gifted them to me recently!
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Here's the other side of the postal card:
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Thanks Randy! I'll have to keep an eye out for this stuff at reasonable prices, not from Ernie's vendor!
I've always had a thing for the World's Fair, especially the earlier expositions. I do have postcards and the promotional cancels for a few of them that I will add to my albums as well.
The tickets were very well done, and the variety issued makes them great souvenirs and collectibles. There are enough around to indicate that they were saved. I'm wondering if those were turned in upon entry, or if there was some kind of ticket control that allowed people to keep the ticket... (maybe they scanned them? ) There are no perforations or other indication of a two part ticket. Anyone know?
The original Columbian Exposition building still exists, as do many others around the world such as the original building from the 1939 New York Worlds Fair that served as the first UN Building, as well as the 1964 Hemisphere. And of course the Eifel Tower!
A funny aside.. the Eiffel Tower was built for the worlds fair, and was supposed to be dismantled afterwards. Paris fell in love with it and of course it survives to this day. Fortunately it was engineered to last! In my facilities and construction career, I've been challenged many times with people (usually those in power) who wanted to build something shoddy with the excuse, "it's only temporary". That's when I'd flash a photo of the Eiffel Tower on the screen, calling it "The Original Temporary Structure". That pretty much got the point across. Some of that temporary work I've done in my career still stands today.
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I had great fun at the Minnesota Stamp Expo this past weekend.
And I picked up some unusual items for my collections.
This first is a postal card from New South Wales, and in my opinion one of the most stunning examples of postal stationery.
And here is a closeup of the franking.
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Another Minnesota Stamp Expo find.
Cover from Switzerland to Casper, WY USA.
And for someone who collects auxiliary markings on cover, a bonanza I just couldn't leave behind.
One stamp says, "Supposed Liable to United States Customs Duties"
Another says "Examined by U.S. Customs (Post?) of Denver Colorado, Collect Duty and Postal Fees Mail Entry # 51384"
Another says, "Collect 33 Cents Customs Clearance and Delivery Fees"
It seems at one point they opened it to verify whether customs duties were indeed required.
I find it interesting that a Postage Due meter is used to collect/pay the duty and delivery fee.
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It's day 3 of my Minnesota Stamp Expo show and tell. Only one more item to show after this (the belle of the ball).
One of my philatelic goals is to get a cover from every postal administration in the world. It is a pursuit that will last my lifetime as there are, depending on the level of granularity I choose, thousands of postal authorities.
This fits in my album under French India.
It was sent from Pondicherry (Pondichery), French India to Angers, France (Maine and Loire). Angers sits at the confluence of the Maine and Loire rivers.
First, the whole cover:
I have tried to put together the story of this cover, but if you know different/better I welcome being corrected/educated.
The originating postmark is from Pondicherry on the 19th of April, 1840.
I think it was at Pondicherry (open to correction) where it picked up this India marking in a balloon.
And this paquebot marking.
From there it travelled by boat to Madras, the major port closest to Pondicharry in British India (East India Company).
The Madras Post Office added it's transit cancel the next day.
Then it was promptly to the normal ship letter route to Europe (Gibraltar?).
There are three french cancels. One is Mou_. One is Orleans with a date of June 9, 1840 (part of which is viewable on the other end of the cover). One ends in _rs which I assume is the final received cancel in Angers.
My assumption is that it was receive on June 10, 1840 or thereabouts.
Somewhere along the way, two slits were opened in the front of the cover and it was fumigated as well.
Between 1830-1850's India suffered from plagues of smallpox, malaria and measles, so there were plenty of reasons to fumigate the cover.
Now that I am done I may end up considering this cover the belle of the ball of my purchases this past weekend. Still the last one is quite unusual as well. Until tomorrow.
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Those are pretty unique covers, especially the second one. Amazing how it's got such a story and somehow it made it's way to Minnesota! If only these covers could talk!
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Smauggie - enjoyed your presentation of that cover. Can't wait to see what you post tomorrow!
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I decided to investigate the addressee and came up with some info.
The addressee was Victor Pavie, lifetime resident of Angers, France.
Victor Pavie in Wikipedia (French)
It seems he was a writer and a printer credited with writing 10 books.
It is safe to assume the letter is written by his brother Theodore Pavie, a writer and explorer whose travel itinerary places him in Pondicherry in 1840.
Theodore Pavie in Wikipedia (French)
Here is a short biography in English. Theodore Pavie Biography
Apparently his writings on his travels in the orient was the basis for an opera called Lakme.
Lakmé
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fabulous, although my favorite is the Swiss piece with all those luscious auxillaries.
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The Grand Finale
This was the most expensive cover purchase (about 10% more than the French India cover). When I saw it though I had to get it as I knew I would not see its like for many moons.
North West Pacific Islands
Rabaul, New Britain
This is another cover that made a long sea voyage leaving Rabaul, New Britain on March 21, 1922.
New Britain was originally part of German New Guinea but which had been captured by Australian Troops as a part of military actions during World War I. In 1922. this territory was ceded to Australia. The island of New Britain is now part of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea which gained independence from Australia in 1975.
This registered commercial cover was mailed to Bueckerburg, Germany no doubt from a German citizen in New Britian. It arrived in Bueckerburg on May 17, 1922.
The back:
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Well done Antonio. You had a very successful time at Expo. I'm particularly jealous of that last cover from N. W. Pacific Islands.
Regards ... Tim
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"I picked this up recently for my Stamp Show/Exposition ephemera collection. It's a show program/travel guide for the Third International Philatelic Exposition held in New York, 1936. It is printed in English, French, German and Spanish. The worlds's flags on the back cover caught my attention with Germany's swastika.
It discusses travel by steamer from Europe to the US. Neat little time capsule."
Hi Vinman,
That's a really nice item!
I particularly like seeing the flag of Danzig flying amongst the European flags.
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Here is a cover that arrived yesterday. I forgot I placed a bid. Nice surprise.
It is a Scott #65 used in Philadelphia with a patent cancel. The center of the cancel scrapes/cuts the stamp so that the cancelling ink soaks in to prevent reuse. This is one of my cancel pursuits, patent cancels and the different methods the US Post Office used to prevent stamp reuse.
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What a striking name - Uriah Hair!
Google reveals that he was born in 1825, and that "he was a farmer and an extensive fruit grower, has twenty acres of grape vineyard, forty acres of raspberries, 2,600 peach trees, fourteen acres of apple orchard, 1,200 plum trees, five and a half acres of strawberries and two acres of blackberries. In the fall of 1890 he shipped thirty tons of grapes. Mr. Hair is a member of the Masonic order, Dundee Lodge, No. 123, and both himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church."
This is from an 1892 history of Yates County.
Isn't the internet amazing!
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That is very interesting! When I saw the name, I thought it would be unique enough to find some information. I'm glad you took the time.
And didn't they name a Broadway show after him in the late 1960s??
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Commercial peach growing in NY state? And here I thought peach farmers down here in the SC and GA worried about cold snaps taking the buds in the spring.
Don
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Thanks Strider,
I checked the internet (after you) and copied the information concerning Uriah Hair. I'll put it with the cover. That's why i like cover collecting, there is so much more info than for just a stamp.
Vince
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USPS Body Bag from New York
This letter was found without an envelope in the USPS mail. It was placed in this envelope with a lovely auxiliary marking to explain the situation.
Here is the isolated marking:
And the back with it's ironic "We Care" in bold. I suspect neither the sender nor the recipient realized they were either cooperating or understanding the USPS.
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I couldn't say no to this combination of advertising cover and early machine cancel.
I am not trying to make you jealous, Tom. Honest.
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Nice cover Len. The cancel type is an American Cancellation. Trenton is the NJ state capitol and is one of the most common state postmarks. But that advertising really makes for a super cover, along with Columbian usage. It's a keeper!
I like the "body bag" cover too. You can't duplicate these, you just have to search them out! And what would it be like going through life as Peter Bang?!
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Not recently acquired, I've owned it since the day it was cancelled, but recently found doing a deep dive into some old boxes! And I have mentioned this before.
Back when these sorting dots came out I was interested in them. Note that one would only appear on the top piece of mail in a bundle. I collected postally used covers when I received them, I assume I'll find them sooner or later.
That day I was at the Hazlet post office having a conversation about these dots with the postmaster, a friend of mine. He went in the back and returned with this cover. Almost like a first day cover for the dots. No doubt unique!
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Grabbed this one this past week for my birthday! It showed up today.
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stamp club last night
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Picked up for less than face; engraver & designer autograph on block along with numbered print
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Tom I must have missed your post...love the high value Columbian! Is it unused? Nice centering on that beautiful stamp. Way to go! The Columbians have such gorgeous color.
"Isabela pledging her jewels"
Ernie
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Thanks Ernie! I was surprised to win it with a low bid, and even more surprised when it arrived and it was as nice as the photos. It is mint hinged, with just a single hinge mark on the back.
Right now it's sitting in it's mount right on my computer so I can gaze at it! I'm really pleased to have it.
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By the way, I LOVE the idea of leaving an especially gratifying purchase out for a while to admire and reflect. Done that many times
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Tom and Ernie,
I do the very same thing with each favorite purchase or acquisition I make -
give it a highly viewable place on my desk so I can enjoy it regularly for a few days to a week it gets tucked away in its place in an album!
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I'm a big fan of the Iwo & armed forces issues of the 1940's, although it's not really a new collectable I would like to share this cover.
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Great Britain Scott# 7b Deep Violet
I have been wanting a 7 for a long time, but would not settle for anything less than VF centering. This one costs quite a bit more than a 7 but with perfect centering and jumbo margins.
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It is not a Scott 7b. It is a postal stationery cut-out. Suffice to say, time to have a talk with the auction house owner.
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I hope you get your money back without any hassle. The margins on this stamp looked too big to be real when I first saw it.
Linus
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For those interested in not making the same error, here is a side-by-side comparison:
Scott #7 on the left.
besides the paper difference.
Roy
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I know the owner of the auction house. I don't have any concerns. Thanks for the example Roy.
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The communist governments of East Germany sanctioned the issue of innumerable stamps and covers reminding its population of the misery it brought upon itself and other nations during WW2. Since all of these were self-serving propaganda and hardly amounted to a rounded view of any aspect of the war, there is a certain discomfort in displaying them alongside the philatelic commemorations of what we might term the victim nations.
Nevertheless, East German material is out there, and it sometimes achieves high standards in stamp printing and design. Here is a cover which, while the stamps themselves are not especially striking, features an embossed decoration which makes its point clearly. Some, on the other hand, might feel the image is too trite for what it commemorates. What do you think?
I hope I do not have to outline the significance of 'Lidice' - if the name is new to you, best look it up on the internet and see for yourself if this cover does the event justice.
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I don't know. Its rather stylized but not really an uncommon sort of theme for this type of memorialization. The cross on the stamp is an interesting design choice for DDR.
I collect all Germany except DDR and avoid East Europe in general not because of any political statement but simply because of the flood of wallpaper stamps and CTO.
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