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Post by antoniusra on Jan 9, 2014 6:02:19 GMT
jkjblue, Pretty much for all of the reasons you mention. I find the repetition of the same 7 stamps with different overprints boring. I also do not care for most overprinted stamps because of the ease of which they can be forged. There are several countries that have the same type of situation with their earliest stamps and I feel the same way about all of them that I can think of. For the most part these stamps are rather pricey and I would rather put my money elsewhere. That said, for today some pricey early overprints. Faroe Islands, a self governing part of Denmark
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 10, 2014 2:30:07 GMT
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Post by jkjblue on Jan 10, 2014 7:09:44 GMT
The hits just keep coming! Thanks Mitchell.
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 10, 2014 18:16:25 GMT
... Estonia and the other Balkans, Latvia and Lithuania are some of few countries that I have decided to collect from modern independence. I agree. I think the modern Estonia designs are usually very nice. I collected them for several years after modern independence, before I decided I had to focus more on other areas. But always enjoyed them. -- Dave
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 11, 2014 1:26:05 GMT
Phil, if you still have them perhaps we could work a trade. Today the stamps of FinlandI wish I had made better scans of the first few pages before we parted company. Shown are the first three pages
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 11, 2014 1:38:40 GMT
That's some rough perf technique Machine must have been caveman.
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Post by BC on Jan 11, 2014 2:09:59 GMT
Great page of Finland Mitch!
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Post by europe1840 on Jan 11, 2014 3:40:32 GMT
Working coincidently on my Finnish stamps. Magnificent perforations!
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 11, 2014 8:44:01 GMT
I love those serpentine/saw-tooth perforations on the Russian values! Great looking stuff!
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 12, 2014 5:37:38 GMT
Today the first couple pages of Fiume
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 12, 2014 9:18:23 GMT
I visited Finland a few years back and it's a beautiful country! Can't speak of Fiume except that I like their stamps.
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 13, 2014 0:39:37 GMT
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 13, 2014 16:54:53 GMT
Beautiful beautiful! If I ever jump into another country it would be early France almost certainly! Thank you for posting these Mitchell! Now I gotta go wipe up the drool on my keyboard...lol
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 15, 2014 6:17:47 GMT
Jeff You certainly cannot go wrong with collecting France, even if it was the only country you collected. They are probably responsible for the issuance of more stamps than any other country except, probably, Great Britain. All stamps of France proper and it's colonies are of high quality in both design and execution. While I mainly stick to just single stamps France is one of the countries that I have been adding some early Barre covers. They are quite abundant, common but interesting covers can be picked up for a few dollars each. Today a few pages from Back of the Book (B.O.B.) France Shown are the first couple pages of Semi Postals, first two Air Mails and a Revenue page. I collect revenues for most major countries. Most as France is, are not that well organized, not having suitable reference to do so. The first stamp on that page has one of my favorite cancels.
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 15, 2014 9:26:52 GMT
Mitch, Thank you I was actually debating on grabbing up a few but I want to do it with some education behind my purchases. Search Google using this search string ["BARRE France covers"+"stamp collecting"] is that a Barre Cover you refer to? What is a good resource for information about this type of cover? Thank you. -Jeff
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 16, 2014 3:28:20 GMT
Jeff, Barre was the designer of the first French issues of Ceres and Napoleon. Those are the types that I have a bit of an interest in on cover. The basic design was very popular and was adopted by Greece in 1861 for the large Hermes heads and Romania in 1872 with Prince Carol depicted. For today French Colonies. These stamps were used for any of Frances colonies which did not yet have their own stamps. Many of these are easily confused with the early regular issues of France. Shown are all the issues as listed by Scott.
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Post by europe1840 on Jan 16, 2014 3:31:25 GMT
Dazzling, once again. And humbling for someone with a special interest in France and everything French! Since my return to stamp collecting a year ago, I have been reluctant to acquire the early issues wanting first to develop my eye a little more. I did purchase recently two early stamps identified as France 13 (Scott) and French Colonies 13 (Scott) for modest sums. Scott recommends consulting an expert; the Yvert France (2013 compact 20E edition) and the Maury France (2010) offer no practical advice (field marks) on differentiating comparable France and French Colonies issues. I am wondering what resources exist, in English and in French, to assist in this parsing and also to differentiate authentic stamps from the plethora of forgeries.
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Post by jkjblue on Jan 16, 2014 16:43:45 GMT
George- I hope you don't mind me replying to Europe1840 with my 2c about his question. That's because there basically isn't any- they are printed from the same plates. (Unless there is a specific plate difference because of flaws etc) Europe1840- I ran into the same problem of how to identify similar French and French colonies stamps,as, I too, am a WW classical collector, not a French expert. I finally was able to glean two pieces of advice. * The color tints of the French Colonies stamps in the 1870s are the same as the color tints of the French stamps of the 1870s era, NOT the colors that the French stamps were earlier. And one is comparing earlier French stamps with 1870 issue French colony stamps, that is a helpful clue. * A postmark that defines usage as a French colony stamp. My blog has more about this.... bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2011/11/french-colonies.html
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 17, 2014 2:16:32 GMT
Mitchell: Those are beautiful France airmails. If I had a collection of "purty stamps I like", and a big wallet, I'd be collecting those for sure. In fact, I almost succumbed last year when a fellow collector was offering up some beautiful specimens for sale at a local stamp club, but, fortunately for my budget, my resolve held. (Barely.)
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Post by europe1840 on Jan 17, 2014 3:04:27 GMT
Jim, I have of course read and reread your blog entry. Funny, that I didn't recognize the significance of the paragraph concerning the color tints until now. MItchell's two posts above clearly show the change in hues over time. (Sorry for this momentary hijacking of the thread.)
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 17, 2014 6:00:34 GMT
Europe1840, Thanks France has always been one of my favorite countries. I have not added much to it in the last 20 years other than some more recent semi postals, covers and revenues. Excepting modern issues it is getting pretty hard to add anything else. I can't add anything more on distinguishing the early france from colony issues. Identifiable cancels are the best way to collect them if possible Phil, pretty hard to beat their airmails. The Blue 50fr on top of the second page of airs has always been one of my favorite airmails of the world. I hope to get C1 and 2 this year, those spaces have been vacant far to long and # 1's are always a priority. For Christmas I got myself a lot of Ireland first issues that arrived yesterday. Ireland has been my weakest Western European country. I had always avoided the first issues as the overprints were a bit confusing and I really did not care for them much in the first place. Before I only had maybe 20 stamps on the first 3 pages. The single lot completed all but the larger high values. They are quite pricey but hopefully someday I should be able to pick up a few to make a better showing.
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 18, 2014 3:26:11 GMT
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Post by BC on Jan 18, 2014 3:38:25 GMT
Great stuff once again Mitch. Thank you for showing.
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Post by europe1840 on Jan 19, 2014 2:11:42 GMT
Ireland has been my weakest Western European country. I had always avoided the first issues as the overprints were a bit confusing and I really did not care for them much in the first place. My sentiments precisely. Still, perhaps one day. Enjoyed the French Equatorial Africa stamps.
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 19, 2014 4:12:35 GMT
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 20, 2014 3:25:44 GMT
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Post by Jen B on Jan 21, 2014 3:56:22 GMT
Just wonderful! Thanks for posting these, plus the links to the full collections.
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Post by antoniusra on Jan 22, 2014 5:15:27 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Jan 23, 2014 2:17:11 GMT
I like seeing these French India stamps, that's one of the countries that is seriously lacking in my "piles of stuff" collection - I don't often come across any copies. The 1903 stamp has a very provisional look to it - I had a look at the catalogue and it says it was a revenue stamp with the bottom part cut off! That's a different way of handling a provisional need, I don't think I've heard of that before.
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Post by europe1840 on Jan 26, 2014 0:28:15 GMT
Embarrassment of riches these past three posts for those of us who prefer "off-centered" key plate stamps.
Frank
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