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Post by PostmasterGS on Jan 18, 2024 3:03:59 GMT
rod222 , I suspect it was the case that Herr Bradtke simply wasn’t in the right place at the right time, because there were certaily colored postcards available not only in the colony, but at the three post offices (Herbertshöhe, Matupi, and Simpsonhafen/Rabaul) that were within close proximity to his homes on Kabakon and New Britain. His primary PO was Herbertshöhe, which was, at the time, among the largest, busiest POs in the colony. His postcard stating there were none available in DNG was from 1910. There were two types of colored postal stationery cards that were introduced in 1898 and 1902. If he was looking for postcards as opposed to postal stationery cards, there were numerous ones available. These are just a few I have in my postmark collection from approximately the same period. Postmarked in Kieta, which was a far more remote PO, and depicting Matupi, which was <40 km from his normal PO in Herbertshöhe. Postmarked in Simpsonhafen (later renamed Rabaul), which was <30 km from his normal PO in Herbertshöhe. Postmarked on a mail steamer, but depicting Simpsonhafen in color. Not to mention there being dozens, if not hundreds, of PPCs that were in a slightly color-toned grayscale. Postmarked on a ship of the German Navy visiting the colony.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jan 17, 2024 21:35:09 GMT
In the mail today, a couple additions to my coconut-worshippers collection (is that a thing?). The first follower of August Engelhardt was Wilhelm Bradtke. He came to Kabakon in 1905, and began serving as Engelhardt's plantation manager. He left some time later to work as a plantation manager on New Britain, but returned in 1909 to serve as a partner of Engelhardt's and plantation manger. This stint lasted only a year, with him leaving in 1910 to manage a plantation on New Mecklenburg. He also apparently a philatelist. This card contains the following text: This card contains no text, but contains an early photo of Matupi, which sits on a peninsula in Simpsonhafen Harbor, just a few kilometers from Rabaul.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jan 17, 2024 3:31:18 GMT
Not necessarily. Michel gives the used value as –.–, which means there's not enough information to set a price. That doesn't mean the price will be higher, just that there haven't been enough documented sales to set a price.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jan 16, 2024 20:09:39 GMT
Based on the date and location, it would be the first of these two.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Jan 15, 2024 19:51:22 GMT
That is correct.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 29, 2023 21:42:16 GMT
No idea. I don't use Scott.
But there was only one version of this design that was printed in a single color, and that's Sc. 185. The remaining versions (Sc. 150, 177) are two color.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 29, 2023 21:22:31 GMT
Take a look at Scott 185.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 17, 2023 4:47:39 GMT
Yes. I find that if you hold it at arms length or zoom way out on your screen, you get a much better idea of whether a page is balanced. This one is.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 16, 2023 19:27:35 GMT
You might try doubling the spacing between the end of one paragraph and the header of the next. And then make sure the distance between the top/bottom lines and the text matches that spacing.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 16, 2023 4:21:57 GMT
Are the images not centering correctly by default? I guess I need to go back and check my math. Every time they update Scribus, I have to re-do a good chunk of the math because the developers have terrible version control.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 14, 2023 21:01:22 GMT
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 14, 2023 0:26:31 GMT
I just Googled White Ace album pages. Yikes. Definitely not my cup of tea.
And this from someone who takes a lot of crap for having "too many photos" and "too much text" on my album pages.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 13, 2023 14:30:35 GMT
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 5, 2023 23:22:23 GMT
Not sure I would really value the opinions of graphic designers unless they had experience with stamp albums, since the purpose & demands of a stamp album are different than a traditional book, magazine, etc.
That being said, that Minuteman layout is, in fact, awful.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 3, 2023 18:38:59 GMT
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 1, 2023 23:49:25 GMT
IMHO...
Looks fine for the title, but not for the caption blocks as they're currently styled. Try increasing the line height in the caption blocks – as it is, the descenders of one line are interfering with the ascenders of the line below, and the whole block looks too compressed.
For example look at "Tiger" and "Dog" in the first caption, or any of the last 4 lines of the Tiffany Lamp caption.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 24, 2023 22:43:55 GMT
You mentioned using 'pockets' for some of your covers, do you have any further details as I like the idea for larger items including large blocks of postage stamps. Sorry for the delay. Didn't see your response initially. The pockets are Smead self-adhesive poly pockets. This size is good for postcards and smaller covers, while this size is good for larger items. They're acid free and PVC free. I've never used them for stamps, so can't speak to whether it's a good idea to place gummed items in them, but they work great for postcards and small covers.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 23, 2023 4:44:39 GMT
If it’s doing it on two different browsers (Chrome and Brave), it’s likely not a browser or cache issue. Since you’re on Win10, I’m assuming you also have Edge and maybe IE browsers. Try those and see if they’re any better.
It’s odd that you can see the images I posted above, but not others. Those images are hosted by three different sources (Proboards, imgbb, and my site), two of which are likely the sources for most of the images on this forum. The forum banner one is the exact same file that’s not loading for you at the top of the page.
Couple additional things you can try if you haven’t already -
Logging out of the forum, clearing cookies, and logging back in.
If you have a smartphone, try loading TSF on it, preferably not from the same Internet connection (meaning that if your desktop is on WiFi, try from the cell phone using a cell connection)
If you still have your old Win computer, try it as well. That’ll help us see if it’s the computer or something external to you.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 23, 2023 2:38:36 GMT
rod222 , Let's troubleshoot. Can you see any of these images? #1 #2 #3
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 16, 2023 0:14:50 GMT
Those are from the British Occupation of Kamerun. If all are genuine, there's some pretty good catalog value there. Here are an older (2015/2016) Michel listing in English. There haven't really been any changes in value since then,
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 14, 2023 3:44:38 GMT
Rod,
If you don’t have PowerPoint, the LibreOffice suite of applications, which I seem to remember someone recommending to you on another thread somewhere, has an equivalent program included.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 14, 2023 0:47:56 GMT
The Flags over the Foc'sle, read (you guessed it) GUINE BISSAU The real question, rod222 , is did you remember the flags from memory or have to look them up?
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 4:38:03 GMT
rod222 , As far as I can tell, the only differences in the licenses is that Standard version comes with 1 year of upgrades, while the Lifetime lets you upgrade to the latest version for life. Your upgrade period with your current license has expired, so if you wanted to upgrade, you'd have to buy a new license. I don't see an option to upgrade the license, so you'd likely have to pay the full price for a lifetime license to get one. I've only been able to test with the latest version, since I just downloaded it as a trial to try to answer your question. But I was able to get it to work after changing the setting I mentioned above, which apparently isn't an option with your current version. This screenshot shows a folder with 6 PDFs. I searched for the word "Steamer", and it returned the two in the upper window, which is correct.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 4:14:23 GMT
What version of XYPlorer are you using?
Also, if you go to Help / About XYplorer, does it say you have a Standard or Lifetime license?
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 3:59:37 GMT
Also, make sure you're using the Find Files function (Ctrl-F), which opens a search area at the bottom of the screen, then click on the Content tab.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 3:57:17 GMT
rod222, I downloaded the trial version of XYPlorer to take a look a what could be wrong. There's a checkbox you need to check to make it work. Go to Tools/Configuration (or press F9). In the left-hand column, go down to Other/Shell Integration. Check the box to use 64-bit iFilters for content search. Let me know if that does/doesn't work.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 2:52:39 GMT
According to their website, XYPlorer will search within the files.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 12, 2023 1:10:23 GMT
rod222, Windows Explorer should do this by default. If you go to a folder containing multiple PDFs and type a term into Explorer's search box, it should search the file names and contents of the files for that word.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 10, 2023 13:16:20 GMT
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Post by PostmasterGS on Nov 7, 2023 13:44:45 GMT
rod222 , Here's a good scan of one of those packet cards. Also, one correction to H&G – there are a few used copies known, but $$$. This one is not from my collection (hence the crappy, overexposed scan) - I last saw it sell at auction in May 2019 for €4,080 (€3,400 hammer + 20% buyer's premium). It was described as follows:
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