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Post by smauggie on Sept 4, 2023 17:12:57 GMT
I developed a number of such presentations and gave them to my fellow collectors a couple of years ago.
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Post by smauggie on Aug 19, 2023 17:45:36 GMT
It is a pure invention. If someone gave me one I would most likely sell it for about half of what they are asking.
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Post by smauggie on Aug 18, 2023 4:12:47 GMT
Kim to the rescue. Thanks.
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Post by smauggie on Aug 17, 2023 22:22:39 GMT
And I missed the watermark part, so I am probably wrong.
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Post by smauggie on Aug 17, 2023 20:47:09 GMT
It is a poor facsimilie but a very intriguing one. Why would someone make a facsimilie of that stamp? Maybe postal forgery?
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Post by smauggie on Aug 17, 2023 20:14:55 GMT
Sam Vimes is my favorite character.This is from a sheet of his stamps.
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Post by smauggie on May 9, 2023 23:55:13 GMT
Undperaid cover from Australia to the USA.
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Post by smauggie on May 4, 2023 22:26:33 GMT
Mailomat meter with train slogan.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 25, 2023 18:07:25 GMT
DPO: Osceola Mills, WI, known now as Osceola, WI.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 25, 2023 17:52:21 GMT
USA Scott# 291
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Post by smauggie on Apr 24, 2023 20:04:52 GMT
FAM 28 First Flight from Naba, Okinawa to Saint Paul, MN. Note the provisional postage marking.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 22, 2023 0:41:19 GMT
Cover mailed to Civil War officer.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 8, 2023 20:26:23 GMT
could you describe your set-up for this please? And just curious, did you first learn about this fromt he recent mention in a Kelleher's article? Thanks Stan Hi Stan, I came up with it on my own a few years ago. I put a small container of hydrogen peroxide inside a larger relatively airtight container. Then I put the stamp in the larger airtight container as well. Then I close the airtight container and check back on the stamp every 15 minutes or so. I first posted this technique over four years ago on another forum. The idea is as the hydrogen peroxide evaporates the peroxide vapor can react with the sulfur on the stamp. As the stamp is completely dry the whole time, this can be done with mint as well as used stamps though I have only tried it with used stamps.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 7, 2023 16:24:37 GMT
Do they soak stamps in: (container type)
Glass: No
Plastic: Yes
Metal: No At this point in my life I refuse to soak stamps. The last time I did it, it was in a plastic container.
Typically how long do you soak stamps:
0-15 minutes:
16-30 minutes: x
>30 minutes:
Do you use:
Tap water: X
Filtered water:
Distilled water:
Do you use:
Cold water:X
Warm water (can comfortably place your hand in):
Hot water:
Do you routinely follow soaking with a separate soaking in Hydrogen Peroxid?
No
Do they routinely use hydrogen peroxide separate?
No:
Yes: *
Full strength (3%):
Diluted (If so, approximately what ratio water to peroxide):
How long?
* I have only done this for a few stamps but I have allowed hydrogen peroxide (3%) to evaporate in an enclosed atmosphere with the stamp sharing in that atmosphere. The resulting vapor reacted with Sulphur on the stamp.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 6, 2023 0:15:20 GMT
It depends on the country and the era.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 5, 2023 21:05:16 GMT
USA OX41 Official Seal booklet pane. Roulette 9.5 and imperf
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Post by smauggie on Apr 3, 2023 17:18:52 GMT
USA Scott# LOX11 In addition to official seals provided by the US Post Office Department, some official seals were privately printed and sold to individual post office. Some privately printed seals are extremely rare with only one or a few known. LOX11 is the most common one. Most seals were imperf or die-cut. Only a few, like this one are rouletted. This is half of a sheet of four arranged tête-bêche.
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Post by smauggie on Apr 2, 2023 23:14:21 GMT
Oh, I do it all the time. See the design in the catalog and assume that is the stamp, not realizing the design was used again 10 years later.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 29, 2023 12:51:26 GMT
USA Scott# CE2 Air Mail Special Delivery
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Post by smauggie on Mar 28, 2023 17:54:50 GMT
I first started collecting with US plate number blocks. Was just looking through them, and finding a few I didn't know I had.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 28, 2023 15:59:24 GMT
USA CE1 Plate number block - Air mail special delivery stamps.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 28, 2023 15:04:16 GMT
USA Scott# 4355 (one in a set of five)
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Post by smauggie on Mar 26, 2023 15:24:27 GMT
USA OX39 Official Seal booklet panes. These were printed on two different types of papers, cream and white.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 25, 2023 20:47:44 GMT
Princely State of Orcha, Scott# 2 Half Anna Sheet
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Post by smauggie on Mar 24, 2023 20:23:45 GMT
Cayman Islands Scott# M5 Block of four
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Post by smauggie on Mar 24, 2023 19:02:53 GMT
HI Jeff, What exactly do you mean by "300 cards at 1c postage due and 1c business reply free." I don't quite understand what you mean by that. Cheers! That should be “business reply fee” not “free” Ahh. Cool.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 23, 2023 18:03:13 GMT
USA Scott# 2549a used booklet pane.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 17, 2023 21:39:04 GMT
Panama Scott# 750 corner block of four. These were printed with a picture of a fish that does not match the scientific name. Later additional stamps were printed with the correct picture.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 17, 2023 18:19:00 GMT
I think this is Scott# 125 Admiral coil pair.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 16, 2023 23:29:55 GMT
Canada Admirals Scott# 130 paste-up pair
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