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Post by jamesw on Nov 19, 2021 23:54:16 GMT
You may or may not know, but there was a set of coronation stamps printed but never issued, for obvious reasons. These are internet images Further to this, here is a link to a website about the King and his abdication. Toward the bottom they show two other British designs, as well as essays from Canada and Australia. stampaday.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/the-abdication-of-king-edward-viii/
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Post by jamesw on Nov 19, 2021 23:43:08 GMT
This is horrible news. I'm so sorry for his family at home and here on the forum.
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Post by jamesw on Nov 18, 2021 8:48:03 GMT
Another Admiral from the recently won auction lot. This 2¢ carmine unused NG puzzled me with its three straight edges. I wondered why anyone would trim the edges so carefully. But I checked my Marler's Admiral Issue of Canada book (the bible mentioned earlier in this thread) and found this paragraph. "The author found several stamps with the top imperforate, and concluded that in making up the rolls from this plate the printed sheets were trimmed close to the top row subjects, so that the pasteups could be over the bottom margin of the sheet in which there was no inscription." So my conclusion, based on this passage, is that this little stamp was destined to be part of coil a pasteup, but probably never made it. The entire stamp is very clean. The back is un-gummed but shows no sign of ever being hinged or pasted. There is some horizontal shrinkage, so I believe this to be a wet printing, which possibly was never gummed after printing. Conjecture I know, but it's an interesting little piece of paper.
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Post by jamesw on Nov 18, 2021 8:37:23 GMT
Revisiting this Admiral thread. Recently won a couple of lots of mint Canadian. A bunch of it will become postage, but some of the classics will fill holes and help to upgrade some of my Canadian mint collection. This mint NH 50¢ SC#120 was certainly the hi-light of the group. With a redrawn spandrel, I believe it to be a 1925 dry printing (there's no shrinkage)
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Post by jamesw on Nov 13, 2021 13:25:54 GMT
Interesting responses. About what I thought. I'd like to be able to hold it in my hot little tongs as well. Have to admit I have a brief (very brief) thought of the investment possibilities for my children. If an offer came up in coming years, after I'd shuffled off this mortal coil, they could vote to sell and reap the benefits. But what are the odds? Not very good. Some past owners have hung on to it for 20 to 30 years. And I'm doubtful an offer above what SG paid would ever materialize. So ya, not happening. Personally I think it belongs in the Royal Collection, but Her Majesty doesn't seem to want to pony up either.
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Post by jamesw on Nov 13, 2021 2:16:37 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Nov 4, 2021 3:18:59 GMT
Congratulations Angore! A milestone, without a doubt. Only 11 years for me since my return to philately (not sure how many years as a kid). I've been spending evenings of late mounting and remounting many of my American stamps. Updating a lot of pages (getting rid of the old Crystal Mounts) and i.d.'ing a lot of stamps that have been languishing in stockbooks, especially those pesky Washington/Franklins. On to the Canadian collection next. Pleasant way to spend a quiet evening.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 5, 2021 11:41:49 GMT
Spent last night sorting newly acquired (and already here) Washingtons and Franklins. Bottle of scotch, a little jazz on the turntable. Was very relaxing, though occasionally vexing (thank you George and Ben!). Weird combo. Now just need some mounts to get them in the book and all will be right with the world.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2021 12:18:22 GMT
Excellent gents! Keep it coming. I know the question was a little convoluted, and everyones wants will be a little different, but, YA! interesting to hear your opinions.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 3, 2021 23:35:15 GMT
Y'all know I recently acquired a USA #1. I often think (and I could be wrong) that the US 1847 #1, and the Penny Black are two of the must haves of many collectors. I no doubt there are those of you who will disagree with me, but these are two I hear about a lot. As a Canadian citizen AND collector of Canadian stamps, I'd happily add the 1851 beaver to that list. Today at an antique market I opened a binder of British stamps and immediately came to face with a Penny Black (as well as several Penny Blues and many Penny Reds). I don't collect Great Britain but would like a Black just to have one. However I wasn't willing to pay the dealers price for a binder full of mostly modern inexpensive material, just to have that one stamp, and he definitely was not coming down. But it got me wondering. What do you think is the scarcest #1 stamp out there? The Penny Black? The 1847 US Franklin? The lowly Canadian beaver? Maybe some of you have some other 'must have' #1s. So tell me, which do you think is the scarcest? And which would you rather have??
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Post by jamesw on Sept 30, 2021 12:13:05 GMT
Just a few other items from the auction. I paid twice as much as I'd intended (got caught up in the bidding!) but I think worth it in the end. Also managed to fill some holes and upgrade some stamps as well. This grouping low values from the 1851 to 1862. Will take some close examination and sorting.
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Post by jamesw on Sept 30, 2021 11:56:39 GMT
That is a really nice $1 Columbian!
Mine pales by comparison:
I disagree banknoteguy. I collect used and mint, so I try to get examples of both. I'm always thrilled to see a great stamp that's served it's purpose...done its job! Yours fits the bill perfectly.
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Post by jamesw on Sept 27, 2021 1:30:35 GMT
And these are the last of the lovelies from last weeks win. Unused Pan American series from 1901. 8¢ is MH, the rest are NG I LOVE this series!!!!
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Post by jamesw on Sept 27, 2021 1:23:53 GMT
Also from the auction. Five unused stamps from the 1898 Tran Mississippi issue 4 and 8¢ are hinged with gum, rest are NG Actually, now I see these on the screen I see the 1¢ has slight traces of a very light cancel. Oh well...
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Post by jamesw on Sept 26, 2021 22:01:00 GMT
Another excellent acquisition from last weeks auction is this short set of unused Columbian Expo stamps, all NG, except the 4¢ which is hinged. The 1 and 4¢ are also damaged, but easily replaced. The prize of course is the nicely centered $1. Unfortunate there's no gum but things could be worse! Who knows what these have been through the last nearly 130 years!
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Post by jamesw on Sept 26, 2021 20:13:26 GMT
I'm glad you brought up the 3¢ Washington, Robert, great segue! The auction lot I won had these 9 un-grilled Washingtons. The previous owner was pretty good a i.d'ing and labelling the stamps on the back in pencil The top three here are unlabelled, the middle three he as as #64 and the bottom three $65 ( the farthest right in this row obviously very oxidized). I understand the problems with identifying colour on our computers - scanners, monitors blah blah blah. But by scanning these together I think you can get a pretty good comparison I think the top three are quite pink, especially the first two. I leave it for your expert eyes to give opinions if you wish. I won't hold you to anything.
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Post by jamesw on Sept 25, 2021 22:24:06 GMT
Hi everyone! As I mentioned the other day I've not been around for a while, life has been topsy turvy. I won't bore you with details. Instead....I'll bore you recent purchases. I've not bought a lot the last couple of years, not even done that much stamping, to be honest. But last week I won an online auction lot of classic US. Here's the first item I saw that caught my eye. USA SC#1 1847 Sorry the image is so big. I seem to have forgotten how to upload images properly. Anyway, plenty of other surprises in this auction lot, so you'll be seeing more the next few days. Nice to see you all!
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Post by jamesw on Jul 4, 2021 21:32:45 GMT
Now that you mention it, khj, it does look like they wrote Glenwood, and crossed out the last bit.
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Post by jamesw on Jul 4, 2021 20:52:47 GMT
Their address is 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The town is, I think, deliberately botched. Glen*****. Google tells us they lived in the fictional city of Mockingbird Heights, California, but as this was the first episode after the pilot, perhaps the producers hadn't developed that part of the story yet. Who knows.
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Post by jamesw on Jul 4, 2021 14:55:41 GMT
Hello gang. Been a while. Life! Huh! Was watching old episodes of the Munsters this morning (an oxymoron, since there are no NEW episodes), and saw this in the first show from 1964. Lilly and Herman are invited to a masquerade party to try to impress Marilyn's new boyfriend (Poor Marilyn, she's not like us!) and receive their invite in the mail. I was struck by the stamp of course, a 1937 Canadian George VI mufti (cat#233). A nod to Yvonne de Carlo's Canadian roots? She was from Vancouver. Anyway, nice to see you all. I'll try to pop in more often.
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Post by jamesw on Mar 2, 2021 17:38:10 GMT
djcmhDon't see that anyone answered it, so regarding your photoshop question of December 4 (better late than never), when you open your pdf in photoshop make sure to open it cropping to Media Box or Art Box. That should crop it to the entire page. If you are opening cropped to Bounding Box, it will crop it to where the actual artwork is on the page, and that may give you distortion when you inport it back to a full page. Also, impressive early Canadian collection. Especially in awe of your Albert and Victoria (SG2 and SG4)
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Post by jamesw on Mar 2, 2021 16:46:48 GMT
Hi Gang. I know I haven't been here in a while. Life has been a blender. Saw this story on CNN website this morning, and thought it was pretty cool. Using a highly sensitive X-ray scanner and algorithms, scientists have found a way to opened locked 17th century letters to read and research, WITHOUT physically opening them. www.cnn.com/style/article/opening-sealed-letters-study-scn/index.htmlApologies if this has already been shared. I did search, but didn't find it. Hope you are all well!
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Post by jamesw on Jan 14, 2021 15:03:44 GMT
Here's an interesting little update. Got an email the other day that the article posted above for the Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society, has won a prize at the Sarasota National Stamp Expo & Writers Unit 30 / LITERATURE PALMARES. Large Vermeil, which is just down one from Gold. I was told last year they were going to enter it, but then something happened and it didn't get in. I guess it did after all.
A nice surprise on a gloomy day.
Stay safe everybody!
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Post by jamesw on Dec 6, 2020 13:37:49 GMT
Not a problem. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 30, 2020 3:11:32 GMT
Surprised we haven't seen Fishing revenue stamps. Here are some on licenses from New Jersey (trout) and Washington State (salmon).
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Post by jamesw on Oct 25, 2020 1:00:36 GMT
I agree Cursus, it is great to spend an hour, face to face with friends and enjoy our hobby. Lately, in these quiet evenings, I've been doing a lot of reorganizing. I've not bought a lot of anything lately. Life has gotten in the way of my stamping. And you all know my focus the last few years has been covers, and postal history, so those little pieces of paper have been neglected! But I have been able to spend quiet time putting stamps that have been languishing in stock books into their albums. And I've even been adding binders, as many were becoming over crowded (now the bookshelf is getting over crowded!) I'm about to update a number of my Canadian pages which have old Crystal Mounts on them...turns out there's a LOT more than I thought. I've also spent a lot of time reorganizing binders which utilize Vario pages - cinderellas, back of book and extra stuff - adding labels and rearranging. It satisfies my ODC side.
I've been finding myself in the evenings looking at the clock and realizing it's waaaaaaay past my bedtime (2:30 last night!). But I go to bed rested and fall asleep a lot easier, having zen'd out over these little darlings. Tonight I open a fresh bottle of Glenmorangie (scotch) and dive in again. Don't come knocking in the morning!
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Post by jamesw on Oct 12, 2020 4:27:40 GMT
It occurred to me suddenly, that mikeclevenger uploaded state beer stamps in August of last year. Shows you how observant I am! So I thought I'd show a few of my own. However, unlike every other stamp on this thread, these are case stamps, not barrel stamps. Some of us prefer our beer in easy to carry packages. Indiana Illinois Texas dated July 6 1936
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Post by jamesw on Oct 12, 2020 2:09:09 GMT
Complete set x2 of the 1929 series of Power Commission stamps. These were used on electrical inspection documents. These definitely have some condition issued, but I'd never seen them before, so couldn't pass them up. 1929 #SE9, SE10 and SE11
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Post by jamesw on Oct 12, 2020 2:03:22 GMT
Some law stamp additions from todays journey to an antique market. Some condition issues, but had at a good price, so I'm happy. Ontario 1864 #OL3 (same as cjd's shown above) Quebec 1864 QL5 Saskatchewan 1907 SL3 Yukon 1902 YL8 YL9 and YL10 (the day has come cjd!) And just for good measure, though not provincial... Canada 1915 FSC17
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Post by jamesw on Oct 11, 2020 20:30:00 GMT
Collection of philatelc club shows, picked up today Baltimore Philatelic Society 1938 BIPEX (the Bronx) 1939 OPS - Omaha Philatelic Society edit: just a note, I was curious what the number 46 was for in the star. I had an idea, and sure enough my assumption was correct. Oklahoma was the 46th state admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907. SOJEX - Association of South Jersey Stamp Clubs Indiana Stamp Club 1948
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