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Post by daveg28 on Oct 11, 2019 12:14:26 GMT
I have read that thread. I'm so OCD that I'm constantly thinking of different ways to organize my collection. Then, after a while, I decide I don't like it and go back to what I had before. I'm still trying to settle on how to assemble my own WW album(s). It's always in a state of flux. It keeps me out of trouble, as my wife says.
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 11, 2019 2:02:33 GMT
I can't remember the last time I received any approvals, unrequested or otherwise. I suppose that I'd also send them back with a note stating not to send me any more. I do remember getting them as a kid when I started out. I'm not sure how I paid for the ones I kept. My mom must have helped me out.
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 8, 2019 19:01:56 GMT
How does Google Translate work on a pdf? Or does it just translate bits of text at a time?
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 8, 2019 14:28:06 GMT
Right now I'm just using stampworld.com to glance through the issues. I think they refer to the semi-postals as charity stamps? I do have a complete 2013 Scott set of catalogs in pdf form on my computer. And yes, I see the Ceres and Napoleons on there as well. Shoot, maybe I don't want to limit myself to 1930. I'm pretty sure the old collections I've accumulated have some of those. I gotta dig those out tonight!
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 8, 2019 14:10:52 GMT
It obviously depends on whether your are visualizing a 'complete' collection or a well-filled collection. The later is quite easy to achieve as most stamps of that period are rather easy to find and not expensive. However there are a few rather pricey semi postals and Air mails, blocks etc in that period that makes it a bit more of a struggle to achieve completion, if that is the goal. I salute the desire to collect France In my opinion it's the most interesting country to collect. I wouldn't be surprised if anyone starting to collect France 1930-80 will also quite quickly get curious about their classics. Actually I will find it more of a surprise not to fall in love with the Ceres and Napoleon issues - I find those iconic stamps irresistible C'est la vie! I don't know about the semi-postals yet. I've seen that they exist, and they have spaces on the Steiner pages I intend to use, but I do not know what they look like. Where can I see them? Frankly, I was going to not use those pages and just collect the regular issues. Same for the air mails. Which stamps are the Ceres and Napoleon issues?
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 7, 2019 18:51:05 GMT
Wow. Been doing a little recon of the USSR's stamps issued during the 50's thru the 70s. They weren't shy about issuing anything, were they? Maybe I'll stick to leaving the USSR among my space and sports topicals.
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 7, 2019 15:01:40 GMT
I've been working on my worldwide collection lately, and I've been starting to change my thinking about it. My 45 years of collecting has been mainly focused on U.S. stamps. About 15 years ago, I started a Canada collection, and in the past 5 years, I created albums for Great Britain. These have been fun to create. But then I go to work on my worldwide stamps, and I'm not so happy with them. I have a lot, and many of them I've had since I started collecting back in the early 70's and obtained through approvals. As I've pursued my main interests, I've continued to accumulate items from other countries, mainly when someone I know has traveled and brought me something interesting. And then there's the older collections I've obtained and started to adding stamps from those collections to my own. Now it all seems overwhelming. I have late 19th and early 20th century stamps, stamps from the 60's and 70's, and many random items from more recent years. It's all becoming too much to keep track of.
But I've developed a new interest lately. I think I want to make smaller albums from particular countries from particular eras that interest me. I think the older collections I've come into have opened my eyes to the possibilities. For instance, my newest interest has become France. I love the stamps I have from there from the 60's and 70's. I've posted on the French board about that topic. I also have a burgeoning interest in USSR/Soviet era stamps. So that's a possibility. Some South American countries are sparking my interest. Or maybe I'll go topical. I have a list of topics I give people when they travel and offer to pick up stamps for me (space, architecture, cars, aircraft, sports, JFK...in case you wondered).
Are my collecting interests finally maturing? if so, it took a while. lol If you made it this far, thanks for reading. I'm on an island as a collector...no one in my family or circle of friends collects, so while they are usually happy to bring me something for my collection, no one around me really wants to talk stamps with me. This forum is my outlet. Is anyone else in that same situation?
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 7, 2019 14:31:34 GMT
I've recently come to a new appreciation for the French stamps I have, meager as that accumulation may be. I have a handful from the 1960's and 1970's, and I love the multi-color printings and the engraving. After looking through catalogs, I'm starting to want to collect France from, maybe, 1930 to 1980, Mainly going after the commemoratives. After 1980, they seem to get away from the engraved stamps, and they start to lose me. This could be the first time I go after a country and actually limit the years I want to collect. I have a few stamps from French possessions from the same time period, and they are equally beautiful. I think those will be on my radar as well. I'm also considering a similar attack on USSR stamps, but that'll be a different discussion.
So, will such a French collection be easy to fill out? What can I expect to have trouble getting in that 1930-1980 time frame?
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 1, 2019 12:20:02 GMT
Early automobiles. Most have had or are having 100th anniversaries, so why not? Pro football heroes. We've had baseball, let's do football now. Let's start the United States Sestercentennial stamps. Historic buildings. National parks. A set of stamps about the Great Lakes. Just to name a few ideas.
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 26, 2019 12:26:19 GMT
I did not think of the APS connection, as I am not a member myself, but I'll keep that in mind.
As to your comment about what my challenge is, I absolutely agree. She doesn't know me from Adam, so I'm sure it will cross her mind that I might be trying to take advantage of her. I was just recommended to her by a good friend of mine that she trusts, because my friend knows I collect. I feel bad that she apparently doesn't have a family member to whom she could hand the collection off.
The lady did return my initial contact yesterday, and we exchanged a few texts. She told me that's she's a bit overwhelmed at the moment, but that she would get back to me in about a month. So, we'll see what happens if she calls me back. I'm hoping it's a mainly US collection. I can judge it better, and maybe make her an offer if it's material that I can add to my own collection. And I'll take along my Scott catalog, so she can see that I'm not trying to take her, and that the collection is probably not the windfall she or her family may think it is. I know my family thinks I'm sitting on a gold mine. lol
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 25, 2019 19:05:34 GMT
I was contacted by a friend of mine today. She is the acquaintance of an elderly lady who is looking to sell her late husband's stamp collection. My friend shared my name and my potential interest in the collection, and I was given the lady's phone number to contact her. I plan to reach out to the lady, but I'm a little unsure how to proceed should she respond to my call. I've come into older collection owned by the late parents of friends of mine, but in all of those cases I knew the owners well enough that they just gave me the collection, just happy to unload the collections. This is different. I do not know the lady, and I strongly expect that she'll want some compensation if I take it off her hands (maybe I'll luck out and I'm wrong, but for now I'll assume I'm not).
So, how do any of you proceed in such a situation? My first inclination is to see what is at the front of the US album...if it's indeed a US collection. If it's a worldwide collection, I may be out of my comfort zone a bit. Any other advice anyone cares to share?
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 10, 2019 13:44:51 GMT
vikingeck...You said it was made back in the 19th century. Is there a year...or a range of years...that it would have been from? Honestly, I just want to know how old it is.
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 10, 2019 12:25:35 GMT
Here's something new to me that I'm trying to get a better understanding of. So far, my research has told me that it's counterfeit or a reprint. Can anyone give me a little more info or help? How old is it? Is it junk or do I have something interesting? Is it even a postage stamp? You can't tell from the scan, but it does have gum on the back. image upload
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 8, 2019 0:08:27 GMT
I'll be happy to share and show them. If I ever figure out how to post pics on here. I've always struggled with that.
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 7, 2019 22:23:22 GMT
Frankly, I did not even think we were permitted to have stamps from Cuba. I've recently picked up an old collection, and I found amongst it an envelope of late 19th century and early 20trh century Cuba stamps. Can anyone enlighten me as to what I should be looking for as far as anything interesting? I'm assuming most of them are pretty common, as there are many duplicates. There's some in there the previous owner thought were Cuba, but apparently they are Spain. Any advice about Cuba is appreciated.
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Post by daveg28 on Aug 16, 2019 17:16:11 GMT
I do enjoy it. I consider it part and parcel of the hobby. It's my wife who watches me do it, shakes her head, and wonders why I do it all. I remind her that there are much less savory things I could be doing with my spare time, and she doesn't argue with that.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 31, 2019 12:20:54 GMT
So these are collectible? I have a bunch of them if anyone wants them. I just have to find them. They came with a collection I inherited.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 15, 2019 12:30:46 GMT
Wasn't there a joint issue with the U.S.? I think there was, but the stamp escapes me at the moment.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 12, 2019 11:51:09 GMT
I ordered mine (the sheet of 6) from Canada Post's website. Got it earlier this week. Looks great!
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 1, 2019 20:27:48 GMT
Is there a list? With images, maybe? Help a brother out! LOL
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 1, 2019 20:09:48 GMT
There's a 1946 victory Omnibus, too? Man, have I discovered a rabbit hole. I'm loving these Omnibus series.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 1, 2019 12:46:51 GMT
My stamping routine is whenever my wife is working or not home so she can't find something else for me to do. LOL
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 1, 2019 12:45:13 GMT
20 stamps for Sesame Street, and only two boring stamps for Apollo 11. I just don't get it. I get that they want to celebrate pop culture, but I think it's too much. I'd like more history called out on the stamps. Now, the Transcontinental Railroad stamps...that's a good one. And I think they could put out quite a bit fewer commemoratives. Why not only one per month?
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 1, 2019 12:02:53 GMT
Got it. Thanks for the heads up!
I finished combing through those old Big Blue albums for all of the Omnibus stamps they contain. It seems I have the low value stamp from almost each issuing country. So now I have a new stamp mission. Hopefully I can find the rest reasonably.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 17:05:11 GMT
Thank you! I'd already found those and they seem to be exactly what I'm looking for.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 15:49:52 GMT
The uniform omnibus series was produced for the then Colonies and territories of the Empire. It did not include the Dominions of Canada, SouthAfrica, Australia NewZealand or India . Each of which did their own separate issue. G.B. itself only produced a single stamp and Newfoundland had a different design. There were 3 values from each colony and the colours varied from one territory to another . There is a complete listing in Gibbons SG red catalogue.there may also be a complete listing at the front section of Scott but I haven’t checked recently. I don't have a Gibbons catalog, but I'll be checking out my Scott's this weekend while I harvest the stamps I have from those old collections. Thanks for the info!
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 14:55:16 GMT
I'll be checking out my Scott catalog tonight as well for more info.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 13:46:48 GMT
Thanks for the images. I've found album pages (with no images) to download for free, so now I have that. I'll be combing through those old Scott big blues this weekend gathering up what I already have so I have an idea of what I'll be looking for. If anyone is interest, I'll share the link to where I found the pages. It doesn't seem that I can add the link to this post.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 12:40:52 GMT
I think I've already found out that there are 202 stamps in the set. But I still welcome info and insight from anyone who can offer it.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2019 12:36:20 GMT
These stamps are a new topic to me, despite my years of collecting. In recent years, I've accumulated a couple of older collections full of 1930's and earlier stamps. I've come across a number of the 1937 Coronation stamps from different countries scatter throughout these albums. I'd kind of like to see how many of them I've obtained, and maybe try to get them all, if possible. How many are there? Did each issuing entity produce the same colors and values? Are some impossible to find and I can't reasonably hope to get them all? My curiosity is up on this one now.
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