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Post by philatelia on Oct 31, 2023 12:45:52 GMT
BOO! Today’s identification challenge has the country name trimmed off the right side of the stamp, but there are still other spooky clues to help you identify this one. So which one of our clever Sherlocks can identify this modern philatelic confection?
Happy Halloween and GOOD LUCK!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 1, 2023 10:26:06 GMT
That was FUN! A fair number of Sherlocks correctly identified this modern issue as;
BELGIUM Scott # 2044 (Jack o’lantern and bats)
A tip o’ the hat to; rednaxela Beryllium Guy djcmh
Here’s your trophy hat! I’m loaning you mine for the day. Teehee (witchy laugh!)
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Post by philatelia on Nov 1, 2023 10:35:46 GMT
Today’s challenge is a bit more elusive. Who can tell us a bit more about this stamp? What country and perhaps a catalog number?
GOOD LUCK, SHERLOCKS!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 2, 2023 11:34:37 GMT
I’m IMPRESSED! The Sherlocks were successful again - they ALWAYS get their stamp, eh?
Hugh hdm1950 , quickly provided this identification;
The stamp was issued in 1955 as a revenue stamp of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It features General Manuel Luis Osorio. The only catalogue number I could find was BR VM1955-34 from Colnect.
Similar answers were provided by these ace sleuths; jaysee and rednaxela .
CONGRATULATIONS to our three clever Sherlock’s; here’s your trophy hat for the day, a traditional Brazilian cowboy hat!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 2, 2023 11:42:49 GMT
Today’s challenge was provided by our own awesome médecin, Rene renden . Let’s see how many of our Sherlocks can tell us where this stamp is from, a catalog number and (optional) what’s with the shoes? Ut oh, the dude is holding a gun - at least I think that’s a gun - maybe I shouldn’t make fun of his slippers? LoL Bonus points for explaining the weird wiggly perfs for our newer members.
PLEASE SEND YOUR ANSWERS IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO ME - we don’t want to give away the answer! I’ll post the answer tomorrow. Thank you!
GOOD LUCK, SHERLOCKS!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 2, 2023 14:48:54 GMT
Please kindly keep the answer to the daily identification challenge a secret! Send me a private message with your answer and all the responses will be posted tomorrow. Please don’t post on the board. No spoilers pretty please! Shhhhhhh
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Post by rednaxela on Nov 2, 2023 15:10:07 GMT
Please kindly keep the answer to the daily identification challenge a secret! Send me a private message with your answer and all the responses will be posted tomorrow. Please don’t post on the board. No spoilers pretty please! Shhhhhhh At least the mystery of the funny shoes remains to be solved...
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Post by philatelia on Nov 3, 2023 9:32:12 GMT
Good work, Sherlocks, at identifying this mystery stamp which was provided by renden . You even solved the shoe mystery!
hdm1950 : “Epirus Scott 8 with serrate roulette also called zigzag roulette” The shoes are called Tsarouchi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarouchi salentin : “Epirus,Michel no.2,issued March 5th,1914” norsten swvl ; “What a fun challenge. I studied ancient Greek when I was younger, so I can see that this stamp was issued by Epirus - a region of Greece that I hadn’t realized was ever politically or postally independent. The denomination is 25 leptons. And Colnect tells me this has a Michel catalog number of 2.” rednaxela ; “Edition of the Provisional Government of Epirus, Scott # 8.As can be read in the Scott catalog: "This territory formerly belonged to Turkey but is now divided between Greece and Albania. The northern part of the Greek section, now a part of Albania, set up a provisional government during 1912-13 and issued postage stamps. The name "Epirus" is taken from the Greek word meaning "Mainland. The shoes are traditional Greek soldier shoes. The guards in front of the presidential palace in Athens still wear them“ today.
In addition to this wonderful trophy hat, you are all entered into the biweekly prize drawing. Well done, Sherlocks!
Your Phrygian trophy hat - check out that eagle on top - amazing. Technically not quite Greek, but dayam it’s a cool helmet!
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Post by rod222 on Nov 3, 2023 9:53:40 GMT
Nice touch revealing the shoe mystery, something newly learnt. Epirus : 1914 Steiner Page 2 cropped
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Post by philatelia on Nov 3, 2023 9:56:24 GMT
Today’s identification challenge is a bit more difficult and different as it’s an overprint mystery.
Private Message your answers to me and win the right to wear a trophy hat PLUS get entered into the prize drawing. Cool Beans!
GOOD LUCK!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 3, 2023 17:54:40 GMT
Wow! Looks like today’s Mystery stamp is, well, extremely mysterious and is the most difficult stamp so far. Tune in tomorrow to see if anyone figures it out.
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Post by philatelia on Nov 4, 2023 11:07:39 GMT
Good Morning Sherlocks. Today’s mystery stamp was “prescribed” by renden - thanks oodles, Dr. Rene! Everyone’s suggestions are most welcome, too. Good luck, clever sleuths, and don’t forget to send your answers in a private message to me. Shhhh keep it a secret.
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Post by philatelia on Nov 4, 2023 11:14:31 GMT
Yesterday’s mystery stamp was a toughie but our brilliant Sherlocks got their man - er - stamp! Correct answers were proved by; mberry rod222 JeffS rednaxela hdm1950
Tom wrote; Today's mystery stamp is a US Revenue Proprietary stamp, RB13. I can not tell from the picture what sub variety it is. The overprint is actually a precancel for the company E. F. & Co. in New York but I have no further information on the company. Interesting, my 2021 US Specialized Scott catalog does not have the correct illustration for this stamp but I found it in the 1976 US Specialized catalog. I do not have this stamp but I do have RB12b and RB15b. RB15b has the same design but it is a 4 cent stamp. These were released between 1875 and 1881, which fits the precancel date of November 3, 1879 on this stamp.
Jeff added; The overprint is actually a cancellation of the E. Fougera company of NYC, manufacturer of a product (likely an ointment or other pharmaceutical item) which required the payment of a tax as indicated by the US proprietary tax stamp
WELL DONE! Here is your trophy hat - plus you gained a giveaway prize entry!
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 4, 2023 11:31:30 GMT
I think I was confused by the assignment professor. I knew what the stamp was and like Tom I have an older Scott (1984) to verify it and have 4 other values from the set but not that one. I had no success finding out who the company was so did not reply because I thought that was the what the search was for. Jeff nailed it. Well done.
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Post by philatelia on Nov 4, 2023 12:39:54 GMT
I think I was confused by the assignment professor. I knew what the stamp was and like Tom I have an older Scott (1984) to verify it and have 4 other values from the set but not that one. I had no success finding out who the company was so did not reply because I thought that was the what the search was for. Jeff nailed it. Well done. Oh my bad! You deserve credit then.
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Post by philatelia on Nov 6, 2023 11:51:05 GMT
Sorry for the delay! Sundays a busy social day for me. In the future, I’m listing once for Saturday and Sunday and calling it the weekend challenge. I’ll make the weekend stamp more difficult like the Philatelic equivalent of the New York Times Sunday crossword.
And the answer to the weekend challenge was correctly supplied by;
jaysee salentin djcmh rednaxela JeffS rod222 hdm1950
jaysee provided this link for more info; www.stamp-collecting-world.com/germanoccupation_ost.html
salentin wrote: Postgebiet Ob. Ost Michel no.9,issued Jan.15th,1916. Postgebiet Ob. Ost = Postgebiet Oberbefehlshaber Ost = postal region (of the) commander in chief (in the ) East The region was made up parts of the Baltic Countries (then part of the Russian Empire),what were occupied by the german army during W.W. I.
djcmh provided this link to the Colnect data for this issue colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/330158-Overprint_on_Germania-Eastern_Postal_Territory-Russia_German_Occupation_in_WWI
rednaxela noted; German occupation area "Oberbefehlshaber Ost" (Ober Ost, Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East) during WWI, Michel # 9, Scott #N9.
The Oberbefehlshaber Ost area was the German occupation area on the eastern front of the First World War, administered by the General Staff of the Oberbefehlshaber Ost from November 1915 to July 1918. Covering an area of around 108,808 km², it extended over Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian), a historical area of present-day Latvia, Lithuania, some then still predominantly Lithuanian, now Polish districts such as Augustow and Suwalki and the western districts of Belarus
hdm1950 noted a catalog change, too; This one may be a bit confusing. I use an Scott 2000 catalogue and it is listed there under Lithuania under German Occupation as 1N9. On Colnect they say that it was moved to a listing under a Russia listing in 2021 numbered N9.
WOW - seven answers and EXCELLENT information - which is one of the main reasons I started this contest. Imagine how much we’ll all learn about these unusual issues! THANK YOU for playing and for sharing your philatelic knowledge with the group!
Today’s trophy hat and the stamp were suggested by Rene, renden . Thanks so much for the help - you’re a gem of a gent!
Your very own Pickelhaube. Sehr stilvohl!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 6, 2023 15:28:41 GMT
Ready Sherlocks? Here is your daily challenge! This one I hope will be a bit more accessible to our newer collectors - don’t be shy give it your best shot. Send your answer in a private message please - no spoilers! Good luck! I blacked out the country name but I’m sure our clever philatelists will figure this out!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 7, 2023 12:11:29 GMT
Wow! Well done everyone! We had a bunch of answers - way to go!
stamphinger rednaxela hdm1950 djcmh Statesman Stamper renden brookbam hrdoktorx
Dale Statesman Stamper wrote; Today's stamp is one of my favorite designs, the lion capital of Ashoka on an official stamp from India. SG O163, Michel 129, Scott O124. The carving sat atop a column. It commemorated the site of Gautama Buddha's first sermon, and was erected after the emperor Ashoka converted to Buddhism. After falling to the ground and being buried by time, both the capital and the column were rediscovered in the early 20th century.
djcmh shared the colnect link for more info; colnect.com/en/stamps/list/variant/386953
He also notes something important - sometimes you need to have the stamp in your hand to perf, watermark, etc: “Based on the shade in your image I'd say the 1950 issue, but would have to check watermark to be 100% since telling shades on computer screen is tough”
And djcmh also suggested this trophy hat: A “Mysore peta”
WELL DONE, SHERLOCKS! That’s eight answers - our best yet! To mark this achievement, I will be adding another prize!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 7, 2023 12:20:25 GMT
THE DAILY CHALLENGE: Boy oh boy would I love to own one of these - today’s mystery stamp! Lovely! Send your answers to me in a private message - no spoilers! Good luck Sherlocks!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 8, 2023 12:42:04 GMT
Today’s MYSTERY STAMP Identification challenge was graciously supplied by renden, (merci!). This is a dynamic duo of mystery - a twofer. What are these? Good luck everyone!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 9, 2023 11:36:44 GMT
Well it looks like Rene’s renden suggested stamps do not exist listed in a catalog - at least that is the conclusion of our very clever Sherlocks.
Hugh, hdm1950, deduced the following; I could not find a catalogue number but the cross at the top screamed Switzerland. I found lots of examples for sale on line. Ticino is one of the 26 cantons(provinces/states) that make up Switzerland. It would appear to be an Italian speaking canton. CONTROLO FORESTIERI translates to CONTROL OF FORESTS.
rednaxela added; These are revenue stamps issued by the foreigners authorities of the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Congrats to the following four members who sent information; vikingeck salentin rednaxela hdm1950
and a hat for your efforts!
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 9, 2023 11:48:39 GMT
Hugh, hdm1950 , deduced the following; I could not find a catalogue number but the cross at the top screamed Switzerland. I found lots of examples for sale on line. Ticino is one of the 26 cantons(provinces/states) that make up Switzerland. It would appear to be an Italian speaking canton. CONTROLO FORESTIERI translates to CONTROL OF FORESTS.
rednaxela added; These are revenue stamps issued by the foreigners authorities of the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
My translation may be questionable. I did also see Forestieri translated as foreigners when I just translated the one word on the stamp. When I used a translation site with the Controlo added it gave me the Control of Forests. The stamp was in use many years based on the date overprints I found on eBay.
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Post by philatelia on Nov 9, 2023 11:50:16 GMT
Today’s DAILY MYSTERY STAMP challenge requires a bit of historical knowledge. What country issued this stamp honoring this ship? Catalog #? GOOD LUCK, you clever Sherlocks! As always - no spoilers - send your answers in a private message.
All correct answers give you a chance to win one of two prizes - click here for the deets; thestampforum.boards.net/thread/11099/identification-challenge-prize-drawing-nov
PS - suggestions for mystery stamps or volunteering to host a day or two are most welcome!
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Post by daniel on Nov 9, 2023 13:04:31 GMT
Well it looks like Rene’s renden suggested stamps do not exist listed in a catalog - at least that is the conclusion of our very clever Sherlocks.
Hugh, hdm1950 , deduced the following; I could not find a catalogue number but the cross at the top screamed Switzerland. I found lots of examples for sale on line. Ticino is one of the 26 cantons(provinces/states) that make up Switzerland. It would appear to be an Italian speaking canton. CONTROLO FORESTIERI translates to CONTROL OF FORESTS.
rednaxela added; These are revenue stamps issued by the foreigners authorities of the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Congrats to the following four members who sent information; vikingeck salentin rednaxela hdm1950
It's always worth checking TSF first. Stan, stainlessb showed and identified these exact 2 stamps here on 9th September
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Post by philatelia on Nov 9, 2023 14:02:46 GMT
Oh that’s too funny - the answer was right in our “backyard.” Well, we are really going to be experts in this series, eh? Good catch daniel . Maybe Stan stainlessb gifted them to René?
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Post by renden on Nov 9, 2023 15:02:43 GMT
Oh that’s too funny - the answer was right in our “backyard.” Well, we are really going to be experts in this series, eh? Good catch daniel . Maybe Stan stainlessb gifted them to René? You are right, Terri and since I could not find a cat #, I passed it on (2 stamps) to this great Contest René
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 9, 2023 15:13:24 GMT
Yes, as i do not collect Switzerland (or parts there of) I sent these to René ( renden ) I was going to post a "I know, I know!", but that may have given it away!
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Post by renden on Nov 9, 2023 15:21:49 GMT
Yes, as i do not collect Switzerland (or parts there of) I sent these to René ( renden ) I was going to post a "I know, I know!", but that may have given it away! Stan - I had warned you I would send these "unknowns" to philatelia's Contest LOL !!
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Post by philatelia on Nov 10, 2023 11:36:24 GMT
Good work everyone sleuthing out that yesterday’s mystery stamp was from Pitcairn Island. Way to go; jaysee rod222 djcmh rednaxela
rednaxela shared the following historical write up and identification deets;
This is the plan of the ship Bounty, drawn in 1787. It is a stamp of the Pitcairn Islands from 1969, Scott and Michel each # 100, Stanley Gibbons # 97.
Historical context:
Due to the American War of Independence, grain shipments from England's North American colonies to the Caribbean failed. As a result, there were several famines there, which killed around 15,000 people.
The owners of large sugar cane plantations in Jamaica demanded cheap staple foods for their slaves.
The English scientist Joseph Banks recommended the vitamin-rich breadfruit, which he had discovered on his journey with Cook to the Pacific islands. Once planted, the breadfruit trees would require almost no care and could be harvested for a whole year.
The plantation owners obtained funding for the project from the Crown. The British Admiralty was commissioned to transport breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the Caribbean.
The coal carrier "Bethia" was acquired for this non-military voyage. A cargo ship was chosen because the main concern was its loading capacity.
The ship was converted into a "sailing greenhouse" and renamed "Bounty" (charity, donation, gracious gift).
On the Bounty's first voyage to the Pacific, which was fraught with numerous problems, the crew led by Fletcher Christian mutinied against Captain William Bligh southwest of Tofua (Tonga Islands) on April 28, 1789.
In the course of this mutiny, the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, reached the previously uninhabited island of Pitcairn on January 15, 1790, where the remaining mutineers and some natives from other islands (especially women), who had come along in the meantime, then settled.
It is therefore quite understandable that the mutiny on the Bounty is often the subject of stamp issues from the Pitcairn Islands...
This mutiny became world-famous - and also surrounded by myths - thanks to a novel about it by Charles B. Nordhoff and James N. Hall from 1932 and the two film adaptations of this book in 1935 (black and white) and 1963 (in color).
Here is your trophy hat for the day:
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