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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Colnect Image Search

 

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Jack

19 May 2021
07:56:43pm
I got an email today that indicated Colnect had improved their image search. Well, I had never tried the old one but decided it was worth giving this a whirl.

I tried a couple U.S large size banknotes and it found them without difficulty. So, I decided to try a hard one, heavily cancelled and not really clear whether it is a Sc.136 or an Sc.147 and that also looks a lot like an Sc.184 not to mention Sc.207. The example I used is included below -- heavily canceled but the important parts of the stamp are visible and it came back picking out Sc.136 and had Sc.147 as a next choice. Pretty neat.

Image Not Found

Here is a link to the image search:

https://colnect.com/en/stamps/identify


Jack
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20 May 2021
02:46:00am

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I got that mail too, but have not tried it yet. My experience with image recognition is not that great but now that I read your review, I may have to revise my opinion.

Still, it somehow takes away the charm of fanatically going through a catalogue in order to find that one stamp you have in front of you. But I also understand the practicality Big Grin

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Al
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20 May 2021
05:42:19am
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Did you do it using the phone app? I tried the phone app recently and if the stamp is cropped so only the design shows (no perfs) it did a decent job on identifying.

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20 May 2021
05:47:15am

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No, I have not installed it (yet)

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Jack

20 May 2021
06:49:56am
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Angore asked if I used the phone app. Nope, just my desktop with a huge screen. I have an iphone and like it but don't use it for everything but it could be interesting to see if it can id really obscure stuff. So, I may try it.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..

30 May 2021
01:01:28am
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As one of my grand fathers once said in 1908 when confronted with a Model T;
"It looks nice but takes all the fun out of handling the reins."

In a few years the vast amount of knowledge required to collect World
Wide or specialize in some obscure serieswill be taken over by
computers, catalogs will be online applications and the neat hinge folder will be equipped with a moistened tongue that sticks out when the robot fingers are
ready to insert the stamps into a moulded plastic page. HUZZAR! !
Have no fear, the plastic will be reprocessable, of course the stamps
will be ruined.
The damn thing may also have a cup holder for the coffee flavored
Soylent Green refreshment it brews on command.

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Brechinite

30 May 2021
05:09:37am
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"Soylent Green"



I thought I was the only one that saw that movie!!
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30 May 2021
07:47:32am
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"I thought I was the only one that saw that movie!!"



Nope!

That's the movie that got to me. What will happen when I turn 30? Nothing, as it turned out!
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APS #213005

30 May 2021
09:27:16am
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Soylent Green/Logan's Run



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30 May 2021
03:34:15pm
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And don't ever forget: The Six Million Dollar Man!

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30 May 2021
04:08:53pm
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Nope, not seen either of them.

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30 May 2021
04:36:33pm
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In the Logan's Run book the age for "retirement" was 21!

As wikipedia states "the novel depicts a dystopic ageist future society in which both

population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by requiring the

death of everyone reaching the age of 21. The story follows the actions of Logan, a

Sandman charged with enforcing the rule, as he tracks down and kills citizens who "run"

from society's lethal demand—only to end up "running" himself".

The book was published in 1967.

"Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep" made into one of the best science fiction films, (in

my opinion) ..."Bladerunner", was published in 1968 and one has to wonder how much Philip.

K. Dick was influenced by the earlier work.

Ah well back to the real world and sorting some more machins.

Best wishes,

Brian.


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Jack
19 May 2021
07:56:43pm

I got an email today that indicated Colnect had improved their image search. Well, I had never tried the old one but decided it was worth giving this a whirl.

I tried a couple U.S large size banknotes and it found them without difficulty. So, I decided to try a hard one, heavily cancelled and not really clear whether it is a Sc.136 or an Sc.147 and that also looks a lot like an Sc.184 not to mention Sc.207. The example I used is included below -- heavily canceled but the important parts of the stamp are visible and it came back picking out Sc.136 and had Sc.147 as a next choice. Pretty neat.

Image Not Found

Here is a link to the image search:

https://colnect.com/en/stamps/identify


Jack

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Jansimon

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20 May 2021
02:46:00am

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re: Colnect Image Search

I got that mail too, but have not tried it yet. My experience with image recognition is not that great but now that I read your review, I may have to revise my opinion.

Still, it somehow takes away the charm of fanatically going through a catalogue in order to find that one stamp you have in front of you. But I also understand the practicality Big Grin

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Al
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20 May 2021
05:42:19am

re: Colnect Image Search

Did you do it using the phone app? I tried the phone app recently and if the stamp is cropped so only the design shows (no perfs) it did a decent job on identifying.

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Jansimon

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20 May 2021
05:47:15am

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re: Colnect Image Search

No, I have not installed it (yet)

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Jack
20 May 2021
06:49:56am

re: Colnect Image Search

Angore asked if I used the phone app. Nope, just my desktop with a huge screen. I have an iphone and like it but don't use it for everything but it could be interesting to see if it can id really obscure stuff. So, I may try it.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
30 May 2021
01:01:28am

re: Colnect Image Search

As one of my grand fathers once said in 1908 when confronted with a Model T;
"It looks nice but takes all the fun out of handling the reins."

In a few years the vast amount of knowledge required to collect World
Wide or specialize in some obscure serieswill be taken over by
computers, catalogs will be online applications and the neat hinge folder will be equipped with a moistened tongue that sticks out when the robot fingers are
ready to insert the stamps into a moulded plastic page. HUZZAR! !
Have no fear, the plastic will be reprocessable, of course the stamps
will be ruined.
The damn thing may also have a cup holder for the coffee flavored
Soylent Green refreshment it brews on command.

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
Brechinite

30 May 2021
05:09:37am

re: Colnect Image Search

"Soylent Green"



I thought I was the only one that saw that movie!!
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BrightonPete

Praying for Ukraine
30 May 2021
07:47:32am

re: Colnect Image Search

"I thought I was the only one that saw that movie!!"



Nope!

That's the movie that got to me. What will happen when I turn 30? Nothing, as it turned out!
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musicman

APS #213005
30 May 2021
09:27:16am

re: Colnect Image Search

Soylent Green/Logan's Run



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30 May 2021
03:34:15pm

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And don't ever forget: The Six Million Dollar Man!

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sheepshanks

30 May 2021
04:08:53pm

re: Colnect Image Search

Nope, not seen either of them.

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AOP2B

30 May 2021
04:36:33pm

re: Colnect Image Search

In the Logan's Run book the age for "retirement" was 21!

As wikipedia states "the novel depicts a dystopic ageist future society in which both

population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by requiring the

death of everyone reaching the age of 21. The story follows the actions of Logan, a

Sandman charged with enforcing the rule, as he tracks down and kills citizens who "run"

from society's lethal demand—only to end up "running" himself".

The book was published in 1967.

"Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep" made into one of the best science fiction films, (in

my opinion) ..."Bladerunner", was published in 1968 and one has to wonder how much Philip.

K. Dick was influenced by the earlier work.

Ah well back to the real world and sorting some more machins.

Best wishes,

Brian.


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