stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 5, 2019 17:26:37 GMT
I didn't see anything, so I thought I'd start this. I came across these inside some manilla envelopes inside the envelope labeled Great Britain (i believe is the last batch of Great Britain stamps to be sorted!) 1947 Leipzig Fair Sc# 580 and 581   |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Apr 5, 2019 19:59:45 GMT
Sc 582 50p gray blue perf 13 - 3/2/1948 (edited on Oct 12, 2020)
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Oct 9, 2020 15:39:44 GMT
The better-than-usual Pforzheim got my initial attention. But what on Earth does she think she's doing?
I had to check. I know zilch about German semi-postals and fly blind without a German Michel. Good Wikipedia, albeit only auf Deutsch. This was part of a series that year honoring (in her case, exploiting!) farm workers. 1958 was another world. Apparently the series was a loser for the Bundespost. Maybe that's what she's about; desperation?
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Oct 12, 2020 9:39:52 GMT
GDR 10NB2 1948,Aug 29 50 + 25pf dl vio bl - GDR Semi-Postal Leipzig Fair Issues - For use in all Provinces in the Russian Zone
You got it completely wrong: the shown stamp is Michel no. 967 (Scott 582),issued March 2nd 1948. It is an ordinary commemorative,issued by the Allied Occupation Administration. It was valid for use in all zones,except of the French Zone.It was valid till June 22nd,1948,the day after the introduction of the DM (Deutsche Mark),in the American Zone and in the British Zone. In the Russian Zone and in Berlin (east and west) it was valid till July 31st,1948
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 12, 2020 12:34:40 GMT
This goes back to 2019, salentin - thanks and I have edited my error ! I do have 2 copies of this stamp (582) - Not a semi-Postal at all and not a 10NB2 (I do not even own one) René |
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Nov 29, 2021 0:14:55 GMT
A pretty—but damaged—philatelic cover sent from Pforzheim Germany on 29 December 1925. Received in Rosario Argentina a month later. The stamps are semi-postals from that year, for Deutsche Nothilfe (German Emergency Aid).
How to make sense of the of seemingly contradictory purple stamps: Printed Matter (Drucksachen.) and Registered (Einschreiben!). That caught me. If the letter was philatelic, this combination might click. That world of sin explains almost any weirdness, right? And yep, the sender, Carl Willadt, was a stamp dealer a century ago in Pforzheim.
As for the recipient, Carlos Frez (?) Guerra, hopeless.  |
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darkormex
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Mar 6, 2022 20:28:59 GMT
As part of my ongoing stamp swap with Roland ( cara ) I sorted out my German semi-postals so that I could get a handle on what I have. Around 7 or 8 years ago, I was gifted an accumulation of German stamps, mainly post-war items up to around the 1970s. The accumulation was both off-paper and on and also included a large number of covers. This has been an on-going project, like many of the countries I collect, and I had rough-sorted the semi-postals into a small stock book to sort and mount later.  n  |
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darkormex
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Jun 13, 2022 2:14:44 GMT
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Post by gstamps on Jun 13, 2022 11:15:31 GMT
Hi darkormexBeautiful album pages. I have been trying for several months to buy / exchange MNH Germany stamps from 1950 to 2000. Is the stamp you are missing the one in the picture? Do you only collect used stamps? My duplicates are all MNH.  Series B434 - 437 I think should be completed with the stamp "Pierre de Coubertin" (Scott 986) which is part of the series (see FDC)  I don't understand Scott's logic with semi-postage stamps - you end up in an unfortunate situation when you separate a series of stamps. |
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Post by brightonpete on Jun 13, 2022 12:15:51 GMT
I mounted my "West" German collection the Scott's way! I look at that now & just shake my head. East Germany is done the Michel way. Officials are at the back of the book, only because that's how they list them. Maybe I'll just stick a page in as when they were issued.
I like everything as issued now. When I re-mount Canada, that's how it will be too... no B-O-B!
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Jun 14, 2022 1:55:46 GMT
gstamps, except for South Korea, I only collect used stamps, so, thank you for the offer but Roland has already put one in the mail to me. As for the Coubertin stamps, I have it, and, in fact, it came with the same set of semi-postals above, however, Steiner, follows how the Scott Catalogue lists semi-postals and separates them out from regular postage stamps in a "back of the book" section. So Coubertin will be on the 60s pages for all other postage stamps.
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Post by gstamps on Aug 3, 2022 21:36:54 GMT
When I have more free time, I look more closely at the stamps in the collection. Yesterday I examined the German Allied Occupation stamp, Michel 941, Scott B296.  It is a difficult stamp: 5 types of perforation (A, B, C, D and E) and 2 printing methods.  I have translated the German terms: K = Kammzähnung = comb perforation Kreutzkammzähnung = cross comb perforation L = Linienzähnung = line perforation Stichtiefdruck = intaglio printing Kupfertiefdruck = copper gravure The measured perforation is 13 1/4 x 13 and as it shows in the bottom corners, I have come to the conclusion that it is line perforation. In the catalog, the stamp with this perforation L 13 ¼ x 13 (type E) is priced at 1400 Euro. The moments of joy passed quickly when I managed to translate the mention in the catalog: „Von 941 IIB und 942 IIB sind Bogen bekannt, die durch leicht verschoberen Kammschlag Linienzähnung vortäuschen.“ = Sheets are known from 941 IIB and 942 IIB that simulate line perforation by slightly shifted comb strokes. So the stamp could be K 13 1/4 x 13 (type B), of only 1.5 Euro. The only possibility to correctly identify the stamp was to determine the type of printing: copper engraving or intaglio. The difference between the stamps printed by the two is described in the catalog:  but when you have only one stamp it is difficult to determine if the lines are thin or thick. With the help of the collectors on the "stampsx" website, I came to the conclusion that it is an intaglio print and therefore the stamp is 941 IIB. I hope that I was clear enough in my explanations and that a member of the TSF can present us with a 941 IB stamp. Success. |
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renden
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Post by renden on Aug 10, 2023 19:23:20 GMT
Rarely will I report on my Germany Auction wins but this morning, was happy to learn I had won 10 lots (between 1932 and 1939) of Germany semi-postals and one Air Post of 1934. Will show after scanning when received. I like to collect Germany classics.
René
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