stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 14, 2019 9:04:45 GMT
The circus is in town...
From the US transportation series, here is the complete set of 5 cent circus wagon plate strips from the 1992 issue.
Scott No.2452 Red, Perf. 9¾ vertical Gravure printing and a FDC from the same series
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 20, 2020 2:31:33 GMT
JeffS has already shared a more legible copy of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day slogan cancel on that thread so I thought I'd highlight the stamp underneath the Austin, Texas, Rio Grande District postmark. The Battle of Lake Erie forever (46 cent) stamp, the second issuance in the War of 1812 Bicentennial series, was introduced at Put-in-Bay, Ohio on September 10, 2018 (Scott 4805). The stamp, featuring William Henry Powell's painting Battle of Lake Erie, was printed by Ashton Potter in sheets of 120 in six panes of 20.
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Post by jimjung on Jun 20, 2020 10:00:42 GMT
Not sure this is the right thread for this but this was in a recent issue of National Geographic. A woman was posted through the mail using stamps on her helmet. The U.S. Post Office Department launched airmail service in 1918. In this photo taken a year later, employees deliver a woman who traveled as cargo to San Diego, California. Later regulations prohibited sending people through the mail. Photograph by Underwood Archives, Getty
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 9, 2020 12:46:33 GMT
Most of the stamped mail I receive is commercial in nature and bears one of the non-denominated, presorted mail stamps. Yesterday, I received the latest presorted standard issuance, the "Presorted Star" shown below. Printed by the Banknote Corporation of America and sold in coils of 3,000, the 10 cent presorted standard stamp was issued in Kansas City, Missouri on February 3, 2020 (Scott 5433).
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Mr. H
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Post by Mr. H on Sept 28, 2020 15:23:47 GMT
Came across this last night as I was sorting through an accumulation of used US looking for plate number singles.
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 28, 2020 15:35:36 GMT
Good stuff Mr. H, but the Plate Coil Number (PNC) in this case, the n.º 2, should be at the bottom ;-)
Happy collecting!
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Londonbus1
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 28, 2020 15:42:57 GMT
Mr. H.....As stated previously (now deleted) a nice mis-cut !
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renden
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Post by renden on Sept 28, 2020 16:02:33 GMT
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Oct 9, 2020 11:36:12 GMT
Mr. H , thanks for the earlier posting :-)
From your sorting find and the image shared, I became aware of the miscut error with the Stanley Steamer issue and was able to find a matched pair of the same to add to my own collection of USA Transportation coils,
Scott n.º 2132 Miscut Stanley Steamer PNC5 Pl n.º 1 & 2
Happy collecting!
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angore
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Post by angore on Oct 9, 2020 14:57:23 GMT
Centering was an issue with some of the Transportation coils.
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Oct 9, 2020 16:23:25 GMT
Hmmm angore... miscut or centering, are the terms inter-changeable?
From the "Errors, Freaks & Oddities Collectors' Club" homepage and Mr. Hotchers definitions - Errors, Freaks and Oddities, I see the following for the term "miscut",
Most often this results from a misregistered color that puts an associated plate number somewhere into an issued stamp. Another group is miscut Transportation or Flag coils that leave plate numbers wholly on top instead of underneath the design.
I am curious to know more...
Happy collecting!
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angore
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Post by angore on Oct 9, 2020 20:03:46 GMT
I have no idea about the cause of centering variation. I just have some that are poorly centered but just not to the extreme. Maybe that is why they re-engraved some with smaller designs.
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cara
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Post by cara on Mar 9, 2021 17:25:23 GMT
Today I received an album with US stamps and the following cover and content and many stamps, for example I like these sheets and stamps very much! Now there is a lot to do cara
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REL1948
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Post by REL1948 on Apr 2, 2021 20:33:08 GMT
I ran across this 1936 TIPEX Souvenir Sheet this week in a box of Pan Americans I hadn't looked at in years. Captain Farley of the Good Ship "Folly" signed this one... Rob
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 14, 2021 15:12:01 GMT
Recently received this copy of Scott 5295 ($1 green and gold (the denomination), self-adhesive) postmarked at the North Texas Processing and Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas on August 5, 2021. The stamp, and its $2 and $5 counterparts, were printed by Banknote Corporation of America and issued in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania on June 27, 2018.
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 11, 2021 8:03:57 GMT
That's a keeper Steve ( tomiseksj ); the stamps from this series are quite attractive :-)
At the same time, that large-format format cancel, with its third and fourth line, is not a variant I have seen before and whilst looking at the last line of the cancel, "AESM 1/1 00:11:56", does anyone have an idea as to what the acronym might stand for? Just curious... Happy collecting!
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 11, 2021 11:26:01 GMT
My inexperienced guess would be "Automated Electronic Sorting Machine". Not sure of the 1/1, maybe the machine number? And then the time it went thought the machine.
But then that is just a guess...
Peter
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angore
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Post by angore on Sept 11, 2021 11:39:54 GMT
A mailing from APS
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Sept 11, 2021 13:01:53 GMT
That's a keeper Steve ( tomiseksj ); the stamps from this series are quite attractive :-)
At the same time, that large-format format cancel, with its third and fourth line, is not a variant I have seen before and whilst looking at the last line of the cancel, "AESM 1/1 00:11:56", does anyone have an idea as to what the acronym might stand for? Just curious... Happy collecting! Perhaps a misread AFSM, not AESM.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 11, 2021 19:26:11 GMT
I don't recall what was in the envelope but it very likely was a large envelope so Automated Flat Sorting Machine would be correct.
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 12, 2021 7:50:50 GMT
I like the thinking Peter(@ brightonpete ); but having re-read my own article, I have to agree with both Jeff(@ JeffS ) & Steve(@ tomiseksj )
With memory like a steel-trap, albeit rusty, those are still some nice stamps....
Happy collecting!
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Oct 29, 2021 2:46:20 GMT
Y'all don't know this guy (the one without the mask on..the other is me) but we worked together almost 20 years, he was my boss, and that whole time as well as after he retired he has saved mail clippings for me from the mail that used to come into the office and also to his home. He still does. I was pleasantly surprised when he showed up at the stamp bourse this past weekend with an envelope stuffed with his mail clippings. We managed to spend some time together talking and he helped me look for FDCs for a new interest of mine for about an hour before he left. He doesn't collect stamps but I continue to appreciate his diligence in saving stamps for me. He follows my FB page and I also count him as a friend. I sorted through what he brought and close-clipped the stamps for the day when I am able to spend time removing them with Pure Citrus. Here is what he brought. I didn't sort them out yet but there are a number of PNC used singles in here, something I have collected for quite a while.
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Oct 30, 2021 15:20:05 GMT
Inquiring minds want to know and mine is amongst them; what might be the subject matter Darrin( darkormex) for that new interest of yours? As a fellow collector of FDCs, I will have my eyes open to see what has piqued your curiosity...
Happy collecting!
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Oct 30, 2021 18:12:46 GMT
stanley64, I am starting a topical collection but I don't want to limit it to just stamps. I am quite drawn to JeffS's way of collecting the theme/topic of oranges, so I want to explore not only stamps in this particular topic but also items like FDCs, fancy cancels, cinderellas, ephemera, etc...that all have to do with this topic/theme and will create an interesting and varied collection.
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Nov 17, 2021 13:04:25 GMT
Below are all four of the Scott listed varieties of the 2019 U.S. Flag stamp, 5342 to 5345. These are still pretty common on incoming mail and I have a pile of them on my desk right now that will need to be removed from paper including a plate number single. As you can see in the scan below the sky in the background is pretty uniformly blue or shades of blue with white clouds on the right behind the flag. But then, in yesterday's mail, I received an item I purchased from in eBay seller in California with this example of the above flag. This is Sc. no. 5343, the same as the 2nd stamp from the left in the above image, however, it is not blue, it is purple. When scanned and uploaded here the color difference is less distinct but to my eyes the difference is plain in the light of my office. Below is the same stamp, cut out from the envelope and placed side by side with another Sc. 5343 on the left. You can also see a distinct granular, rough around the edges pattern in the stamp image on the right as compared to the stamp on the left. So what am I looking at here? A less than good quality printing from the printer? The tell should be the micro-printed USPS to the right of the 5th red stripe which can be clearly seen on the stamp on the left but cannot be read on the stamp on the right. Am I looking at a forgery? Thoughts? Comments?
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Nov 18, 2021 2:02:44 GMT
Two suggestions I received on my FB page are to take a look at the dates on each stamp and check them out with a uv lamp. Here is a scan of the two stamps above with the dates, one above the other: And then, here are two photos I took of 9 of the flag stamps including the possible counterfeit. Ignoring the bright white paper, see if you can spot the stamp referenced in this thread when they are photographed under short wave uv light.
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REL1948
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Post by REL1948 on Nov 18, 2021 3:06:10 GMT
Hello darkormex, I've seen forgeries mentioned a few times recently on the Forum and it has me wondering about them. The stamps in your recent post are from 2019. I ask in complete naivete, are there people actually trying to forge US stamps at this time? I find it hard to wrap my brain around anyone going to the incredible trouble and risk to produce low value stamps. With the ability to buy postage below face on an eBay auction any day of the week, why would anyone create forgeries these days? I must be missing something which would be easy as I don't collect anything after the early 50s where my familiarity ends.
Rob
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 18, 2021 7:01:38 GMT
I agree the stamps looks like a forgery. The dead giveaway for me is that the printed area on the forged stamp is clearly a little smaller than on the genuine articles. As for why you would do it, there are people that never want to pay into the system and I suppose if you start selling sheets of them by the 100s, there's potential for some money. And on common definitives like that, the probability of them being noticed is rather small. There are such documented examples for French and German recent definitives too.
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Nov 18, 2021 11:51:32 GMT
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REL1948
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Post by REL1948 on Nov 18, 2021 12:43:16 GMT
Hello Darrin (darkormex), Thank you for the great Linns article, much appreciated. I truly had no idea that this was occurring. Quite an eyeopener to me. I couldn't imagine anyone taking such a risk. It seems to me that this would be a hard working, low return on investment version of thievery. I would think robbing banks would be easier and more profitable (LOL). Surely these forgeries could be traceable using modern forensics? In any case, I appreciate this new information, I had no idea.
I watched your YouTube presentation of Hong Kong definitives and enjoyed it very much. I'm really looking forward to any future presentations you put together.
Rob
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