butterflystamp

Stamps show the culture and history of the world
28 Aug 2013
10:04:31pm

Hi All,
Recently I got a bonanza of several used stamps from Thailand.In this instance you will see only circle stamps.Later I will post on another thread about the the rest of the stamps.

Here is your chance to see a preview.These stamps have a Golden glow sadly not seen in a scan.
While you see sixteen of them for year 2007, there are four more.
You might not get those last four.
Further on there are stamps of year 2008.

Also for other stamps of Asia please see this blog.
http://butterflypostcardandstamps.blogspot.com


thank you

butterflystamp



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re: New Circle Stamps Bonanza of Thailand

Charlie, you say, "Good grief," and you collect Machins??

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cdj1122

re: New Circle Stamps Bonanza of Thailand

Well,Michael, there are many Machins and to some collectors they may look similar, but they have been issued continually since 1967. And that will continue as long as the Queen survives and remains healthy. The different values and colors almost all reflect a genuine postal usage of one kind or another that reflect the inflation over those forty-six years and the changing postal needs. The subtle differences that intrigue those who collect them are mostly caused by the exceeding high volume of actual mail used in the UK and the need for different printers to produce enough to service a vastly literate population.
Even the recent security codes have been added for a purpose, to be able to trace mis-printings to a source when different printers are involved over a period of time. Or to be able to trace illegally obtained sheets or panes to their source.

Furthermore, to understand the Machin variations in depth requires a substantial accumulation of philatelic knowledge as to the printing process, the reasons for various coatings that facilitate the modern automatic facing and cancelling machines and how the distribution process works and the methodology used.
The most up to date version of the Deegam Handbook contains over 3,200 pages and very few are less than completely full. Half of the handbook is a series of chapters and appendices that cover all aspects of stamp production most of which is information that applies to all of philately and all serious collectors would benefit from reading, carefully. The other pages are a series of tabulations of the different color/ values, the simple varieties of each color/value as well as the very minor varieties that can often be easily found in bulk kiloware. There are detailed illustrations of almost all variations spaced throughout the tables so that with a little research the more complex concepts can be understood.

But to do that one needs to know and understand what one is looking for.
I don't know what Thailand is trying to achieve with these issues but off hand they look like unnecessary varieties designed to bilk the collector, thus my reaction,"Good Grief !!!"

 
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