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Post by Ryan on Feb 12, 2016 4:02:34 GMT
Please let us know how your bleach treatment works out, I'm very curious to see the results.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 9, 2016 15:13:40 GMT
I would bet a full set of these stamps is something much more commonly seen mint rather than used - accumulating all 50 different stamps is tough to do. There's a real good start, 48 of them. And one with the purple ink cancellation you sometimes see!
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:23:08 GMT
I'm a fan of the geometric lathe work (the type of ornamental stuff seen on banknotes, intended to make them difficult to copy), so these issues are right up my alley.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:12:51 GMT
These older back of the book stamps are nice to see, they're seldom to be found in the "pile of stuff" mixtures that I like to accumulate. The Special Handling issues, especially - I once bought an old collection of US stamps that had a few of them but I bet those are the only ones I've ever come across.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:02:39 GMT
That's quite the sorting station shown on the 1 cent "Post office clerk" issue. I bet those guys were like basketball stars after a few months on the job, able to hit the correct pouch all day every day .... but for my first few days on the job, I'd be continually leaving my station to fix my mistakes (and to pick up the letters that flew off into the starry distance when trying to hit the back row).
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Post by Ryan on Feb 7, 2016 9:03:03 GMT
Cook Islands: Scott #1038 Very nice! The lower right stamp in your block is relevant to my interests ... many, many years ago I made a fitful start on a topical collection of Albrecht Dürer stamps. I was an exchange student once upon a time in Nuremberg, Dürer's home town. I've been enthralled by his work ever since. Ryan (who is always eager to add in a classic LOLcat image ....)
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Post by Ryan on Feb 7, 2016 8:41:41 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Feb 6, 2016 11:52:07 GMT
That's a category header - you need to click on the article title in order to bring up the full article. Here's the link to the article (note, still no listing of individual stamps in that article) - www.szyk.org/arthur-szyks-stamp-designs/Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Feb 1, 2016 21:21:06 GMT
We need PostmasterGS to weigh in on this .... the precision of the socked-on-nose aspect leads me to think it's a philatelic usage / favour cancel, but I'm certainly no expert. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jan 29, 2016 22:44:34 GMT
Welcome! We have a healthy interest here in "non-stamp stamps". Some, like Londonbus1 or cindycan2, have extensive knowledge in the area. Others, like me, have extensive piles of dross and act like the proverbial blind chipmunk finding the proverbial acorn as I dig through the stuff (which I then pack up in a garbage box for shipment elsewhere .... ha ha). I can tell from your avatar that you'll have things that interest many of us! Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jan 11, 2016 23:02:28 GMT
Well, here is the cover page and then the first three pages of the album. I'm sure you will "get" the idea after that. I'll check into Michel's book and see what I can find. The Michel Europa catalogue (they call it the CEPT-Katalog) is, as of 2004 anyway, in German only, but other than learning the German names for various countries, I don't think the English reader would have too many problems with it. Apart from all of the Europa stamps, it also lists various other stamps with a common Europe theme - European Parliament stamps, European Free Trade Association stamps, Scandinavian common design issues, etc.. There is also a fairly large section on Europe themed stamps that don't fit in elsewhere, for example the stamps from various countries that celebrated the introduction of the Euro, stamps that celebrated various pan-European conferences, European Wildlife Conservation Year, Rhein-Main-Danube canal commemoratives, etc etc etc. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jan 3, 2016 20:00:52 GMT
Hmmm, can't read your link, Zipper - I think I would probably have to be logged in to your e-mail account to make it work!
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Post by Ryan on Jan 3, 2016 19:38:51 GMT
"Sleighing head first" - oops, I'm in trouble .... Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 29, 2015 16:36:46 GMT
Be sure to check your $2 Kluane stamps under a loupe, Rodney - there's a huge catalogue price for doubled black printing ($500?? I forget) and if my luck is any indication, they aren't really that rare (nor are they worth that much, in that case). I've found 4 of them already! Here are the two with the strongest doubled impressions - perhaps the catalogue is referring to something else, I don't know, but as I read it, this is what to look for. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 27, 2015 14:19:44 GMT
Ryan,I have another strip of the eight cent if you would like it.Just say yes and I'll send it along. I'm already set up with the Caricature coil pairs, thanks very much - it's the Centennial pair that I was ogling! ha ha For those wondering about the mix of perf and imperf on Frog's 8 cent strip, the perforator for modern Canadian coil stamps would hit 12 stamps at a time. On occasion, it would fail to fire and you'd end up with a strip of 13 imperf between stamps. Dealers / collectors like imperf pairs so almost all of them have been cut up, but once in a long while you'll see an intact strip of 13, and once in an equally long while you'll see something like Frog has, from the end of the imperf strip - a nice mix of perf and imperf. Here's an image nabbed from a Sparks Auctions listing showing a still-intact strip of 13. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 26, 2015 19:43:07 GMT
Here's a couple nice items I'm adding to my own collection out of that big lot.You'll notice the dealer was looking to retail them $175.This lot is the gift that keeps giving. That's a good one, Frog - I have a fair-sized collection of MNH Canada imperf pairs, over 70 of them, but that Centennial pair is one I haven't come across yet. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 24, 2015 21:04:35 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Dec 21, 2015 19:00:36 GMT
Query : Canadian tagged stamps, often show up as yellowed lines, does this detract in any way, price or collectability ? It's the Winnipeg Tagging (phosphorescent, not fluorescent) that sometimes can be seen as kind of a light straw colouring. I've always thought that strong colouring was sort of like toning, a clue that there has been some "weathering" of the stamp. The taggant is sometimes applied fairly thickly and it can sort of obscure the stamp's design beneath it, making the colour of the ink appear a bit faded. I note that your 1965 5 cent Christmas stamp has shifted tagging. The standard rule for shifted tagging on Canadian stamps is that it must be fully clear of the perf teeth to be considered an error. If there is no hint of taggant on the perf teeth on the left side of the stamp, then congrats, you have a winner! Check out this Canadian tagged error listing on Robin Harris' website, you'll find that it has a value of CAN $60. Tagging errors are lots of fun, I put my UV light through quite the workout when I look through my stamps. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 20, 2015 8:04:31 GMT
Yes, it's amazing how low the prices can be on the microscopes from China. I've bought many different types over the years, enough to have given away three of them while still having three kicking around the house (yeesh). I just look at them as inexpensive test drives. If I like the latest purchase, I turn it into the current one in use - and sometimes a change is necessary as operating systems are updated. I think the last one cost me $0.99 plus shipping.
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Post by Ryan on Dec 9, 2015 0:12:56 GMT
I'm sure many are familiar with the Nicaraguan volcano stamp that purportedly helped determine the eventual location of the Panama Canal (as opposed to the Nicaragua Canal - supposedly politicians were afraid of this smoking volcano as shown on the stamp so they chose to put the canal through Panama instead). There's a good article in Linn's that gives you the story. The story is pertinent now because last week, Momotombo erupted for the first time since 1905. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 8, 2015 1:29:08 GMT
There's a small item of interest to add to Steve's cover. The top left corner indicates that the selling price for the envelope was 2.90 Zł - this particular envelope came into service at a time when the price was lowered, and there is also a version that shows a selling price of 3.00 Zł.
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Post by Ryan on Dec 7, 2015 16:53:53 GMT
That's a "stamp" from a pre-stamped envelope - we have a thread for what Rod likes to call " mutilated postal stationery" which contains many similar examples, all cutouts from pre-stamped envelopes and postcards and aerograms and so on. According to my Michel Eastern Europe postal stationery catalogue, your example was issued on April 15, 1981. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 3, 2015 7:39:09 GMT
Sc#190 Cartier Does this Postmark attract a descriptor? (Parcel?) This one Toronto #93 That's a roller cancellation. Those roller wheels were quite small and they repeat the image frequently. Even on the narrow side of a small definitive, you can see "Toronto" twice. Here's an image nabbed from the Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions site that shows an older use of a roller cancellation. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Nov 26, 2015 23:53:28 GMT
1,800 stamp issuing entities - wow!!
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Post by Ryan on Nov 16, 2015 0:40:32 GMT
It means that a stamp (or cover, I suppose) cancelled with a complete and readable cancellation is worth 50 times as much as just the stamp (or cover) with a normal cancellation. In relative terms, it's in the middle - real common RPO cancellations might only have a rarity factor of 5 - rare ones are 150 or more.
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Post by Ryan on Nov 15, 2015 22:10:14 GMT
It has the train number would this be a RPO Cancel? That cancellation is listed in Shaw's catalogue for RPO postmarks as # O-225, with a rarity factor of 50. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Nov 15, 2015 0:49:41 GMT
I had trouble with the 1992 "Canada in Space" and the partner Hologram tab. I soaked a brace of them in water, the hologram area prevented the water releasing the gum, and the two parts separated under stress. I'll try Fuelite next time, (Not sure if they are self stick or WAG only) Those stamps have water activated gum. They come clean without a problem, they just need to soak longer because of the thickness of the hologram. I've soaked plenty of them and have never had the hologram come loose, but my normal sink full of stamps will take about 75 minutes or so to clean, plus I allow 20 or 30 minutes of soaking before I start working. All that time means I have no problems with this hologram stamp. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Nov 14, 2015 15:02:52 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Nov 14, 2015 14:08:47 GMT
Well, that's odd. The Canadian 2010 Christmas issue, came off in water fine, left a glue film on the mother piece. That would suggest it is a "sandwich" , ie film of WAG, then self stick gum. Yes, all Canadian self-adhesive stamps are made that way, with a water-soluble layer between the stamp and the adhesive, similar to many of the old US self-adhesives. The US self-adhesives that don't soak off in water no longer have that water-soluble layer. (I should note, I would imagine that the lenticular lens Montreal Canadiens stamps won't soak off in water - those are made in New Zealand and the other examples I've seen from NZ, Austria & Switzerland won't soak off in water.) Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Nov 14, 2015 11:35:49 GMT
Notes: When the stamps overlap, they need to be left in the Fuelite for some time >4-5 minutes. The stamp Paper (Is it wood pulp?) feels like plastic, if it is paper, then it has been "calendered" like Glassine The fuelite takes some time to penetrate the material to loosen the stamp. I'll carry out the process for the rarer stamps, and high values, but for the commons, it consumes some time, Note that the Fuelite method won't work with the water-activated gum stamps (unless there's some sort of mystery chemical breakdown in Fuelite with Canada's water-activated polyvinyl alcohol gum that doesn't happen with other solvents like the paint thinner that I use). The stamps I sent that you show are almost all WAG - 4 of the 5 wouldn't come off with Fuelite, only the littlest one (and the two etiquettes). When I soak self-adhesives in the paint thinner that I use, both the stamp paper and the envelope paper get much harder and tougher than when they are soaked in water. That's actually a real advantage, it helps to remove the stamp from the envelope for those types of self-adhesive gum that are difficult to loosen (for example, some from Brazil). Ryan
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