Some useful sites when doing web research

Hi

www.dogpile.com/ 

is another great search tool. It submits your search criteria to all the other search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Yandex (new one on me) and others.

Jerry B 

was trying to research some mid thirties Canadian cancels.Bnap didn't have info.Does anyone know another??

Another site that requires membership which is fine if it was a steady visit site.same as Aps etc. if you put up the big bucks you can share their knowledge.Maybe we should do that? NOT

The question that must be answered is: Is it worth the $15 cost of e-membership to access the databases in hopes of finding the information that you're after?

IMHO it's all about the difference between running an organization / business vs. doing it just for fun.  

An organization / business strives to make some money so that they can pay their employees, organize their healthcare, have insurances etc. stuff. I took a quick look of APS financial records (publicly available), and they spend somewhere between 250-400,000$ a year on salaries & expenses alone.  So no wonder their membership fees are what they are. 

Forums like this... Well, they're a labor of love of their owners/admins/maintainers. There's no pay, no insurance, no sick leaves, nothing (except some expenses and piece of good mind)...  If they're having a good year, then the the admin/owners can buy a pizza slice or something (but only once a year, LOL).  Seriously speaking, I do have lots of tribute and understanding to all admins/mods (not just here, but on all stamp sites) to all the 'free' work they do. 

just my 5cents worth, 

-k-

Actually its a duplex cancel predates machines but after hammers.most P.O. still have these on hand if you need something dated right then.

Hi 

I should have mentioned a while back another useful function for anyone using Google's Chrome browser.

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines in the upper right of the browser page (latest browser version)

2. In the drop down menu click on Settings 

3. On the settings page go to the bottom of the page and click on Show advanced settings... 

4. Scroll down to Languages   

5. Check the box Offer to translate pages that aren't in a language I read.

6. Close Settings

After this is done, every web page that is not in your language (you could set this in the Languages setting) you will get a bar asking if you want to translate this page.  It works great!



Jerry B 

Frog, have you looked on the Canadian Postal Archive?  There is some basic information on issues from 1851 to 2010 including the provinces.

Canadian Postal Archive

Jerry,


Thanks for the corrections, I appreciate it.

Do you have any forgeries of Colombia? If so, I would be very interested in images for my reference library

classicalstamps, Thanks for bringing your website to my attention. Looking forward to reading through all the entries, especially for the core countries I collect. Would appreciate knowing if there are other resources in print or on the web that explore the world of forgeries: France, Italy, Japan, in particular.

Jen B, Interesting site. Thanks.

Marvelous stuff,  that is our wider genealogy "family" (Colnect),  the people who collect, tea bags, bottle tops, tram tickets.......
Hooray for collecting.

I recall a celebrated Philatelic Journalist, who was attending a stamp show in Switzerland, the exhibition had printed facsimiles of the Canton stamps on the Sugar Bags,
so here he is, whizzing around the tables, collecting the entire series.  

The collecting bug,  is a curious affliction.

Thanks for this thread. I have bookmarked it for future use.

I find the Library of congress can be a valuable and useful tool for stamp collecting.

www.loc.gov

Here is a sample search I done earlier-

www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/93505044/

www.loc.gov/search/?q=Guide+to+United+States+classic+postage+Stamps&fa=original-format%3Aphoto%2C+print%2C+drawing

www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2004668951/

www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hlb/item/2010635875/