daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 15:39:42 GMT
Anping...As I mentioned above, the GB collection is pretty new, so I haven't actively look for higher value stamps...or much else...yet! I picked up the lot I just finished sorting back in February at the local stamp show...thought it would be a good way to get my feet wet with this new avenue. And it was! My home-printed album is looking better now, but there's lots to fill. Yes, I'll look into Stamporama and check out what you are talking about.
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 14:59:49 GMT
tregeor...Thanks for the input. My GB collection is pretty new. Less than a year ago I decided to take it from a few pages in my WW album to it's own album. I'm just becoming more familiar with the stamps. I don't know if I'd bother offering up a list of stamps I need yet, as I need a lot at this point still! This lot I just finished sorting offered nothing newer than 1998, so the last 20 years or so in my album are pretty sparse. I am quite willing to trade the box of dupes I have left for more material I need. I guess I need to get to my 50 posts so I can do that here!
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 12:29:02 GMT
So I finally finished sorting through a box of Great Britain stamps I picked up back in February. Turned out to contain a LOT of duplicates, but I got a lot of stamps I didn't have yet, as my Great Britain collection is still in it's infancy. As I was going through my album adding the stamps, I began to notice that for the most part they issued stamps in groups of 3 to 5 stamps, usually not all the same face value. And I was realizing that what I got out of the assortment in the box was pretty much the first and lowest value stamp in almost every group. I got a few full sets, or maybe two from a set, but mainly the first stamp from almost every set from about 1970 to 1995.
My question is, for those of you better educated in Great Britain stamps than I, are the higher valued stamps in all of these sets harder to find? Are the lower value stamps in these sets the workhorse values at the time of their issuance, and that's why I have so many of those now? Is it going to be difficult to fill out many of these sets with used stamps?
Now that my GB stamp album is up to date, I can tackle my box of Canada material!
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 19, 2017 15:12:49 GMT
Good grief, I need to move my cursor around a little more. Thanks for that, Ryan. Now, where's my watermark tray...
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 19, 2017 14:10:51 GMT
Ryan...Thanks a lot! Question: StampWorld just gives a number for each different watermark. Is there a key somewhere I haven't found yet to what these numbers represent?
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 19, 2017 13:43:50 GMT
Awesome. I'll be watching for the additional info to help me. Much appreciated.
After over 40 years of concentrating on U.S. stamps, starting new collections for Canada and GB has been fun. I've collected WW material as it has come to me, but now I've devoted new albums to these two countries, and it reminds me of when I was 10 and starting out. Lots to learn. Just wish I had better ways to get more stamps for these countries.
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 19, 2017 12:48:28 GMT
So I've finished sorting through a small box of Great Britain stamps I picked up earlier this year, and I've come across a handful (tong-ful?) of postage due stamps. They are all horizontal format. The album I'm using has pages for postage due stamps, but it's similar to Steiner pages in that there are no images. These are the pages I'm using: gbstampalbums.co.uk/ And the on-line catalog I use...StampWorld...doesn't show any postage due stamps, at least not that I've found yet. I admit I may have missed it. So, I'm asking for help deciphering what the different versions are. They are grouped as such on my pages: 1914-1922: Wm Simple Cypher 1924-1931:Wm Block Cypher 1936-1937: Wm Block 'E8R' 1937-1938: Wm Block 'GviR' 1951-1952: Wm Block 'GviR' 1954-1955: Wm Tudor Crown and 'E2R' 1955-1957: Wm St. Edward's Crown and 'E2R' 1959-1963: Wm St. Edward's Crown 1968-1969: 22.5x19mm No Wm 1968-1969: 21.5x17.5 mm No Wm 1970-1975: Decimal Currency 1982 I've figured out that 'Wm' means 'watermark', E8R is Edward VIII, GviR is George VI, and E2R is obviously Elizabeth II. Am I correct so far? Are the designs actually all the same throughout all these different versions, and I'll have to check for these watermarks to figure out which is which? Or are there other tells to help me identify them? Remember, I only have the stamps in hand to go by, and there are no images on my album pages. Thanks for your help.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 14, 2017 19:17:18 GMT
I have not had any trouble using Pure Citrus. I've not had to use a second soaking, either. After the spray softens the glue so I can remove the stamp from the paper, I use a sharp razor blade to gently scrape the remaining adhesive from the back of the stamp. A rub of talc removes and remaining tackiness, and the stamp is ready for the album. Works really well so far for 90% of the stamps I've tried. I'm just wondering how it'll work when I get any Canada or Great Britain stamps to deal with.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 14, 2017 17:25:15 GMT
I'm working hard to get to my 50 posts so that I can participate, too. I have every intention of offering my own giveaways when I'm able. And hopefully winning a few for myself!
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 14, 2017 16:41:58 GMT
I wrote that subject line with sarcasm, of course. We all know they are a big deal. I enjoy reading threads started by someone that is absolutely positive that they found one, only to be shot down...usually because they simply don't know how to use a perforation gauge.
What's I'd like to discuss here is...what's so special about this stamp? Can someone share with us the particulars about the perforations (I think it's 11 all sides), and the waste paper used to create them? How many of them are there actually out there? Is it a small number and they are all accounted for? Do we even know how many? Am I mistaken, or don't they all have a Kansas City precancel on them? I'd like us to take a moment here to maybe educate those who are less knowledgeable about this rare stamp.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 14, 2017 16:35:43 GMT
I'm trying to come up with topics to help me get to my first 50 posts, and here's one I've thought about recently: We all know the issues with removing self-adhesive U.S. stamps from envelopes. They don't want to come off. We can't just soak a pile of stamps off paper in a bowl of water any more. I've had my best luck using Pure Citrus. My question is: is this a U.S. stamp thing, or is it typical of self-adhesive stamps world wide? I've recently started collecting Canada and Great Britain. I have yet to come across any stamps new enough from those countries that I've had to deal with this. I'd like to her everyone's experiences with this. Thanks.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 12, 2017 17:29:10 GMT
Wow! Never seen that one before. Spectacular looking sheet!
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 10, 2017 20:45:03 GMT
londonbus1: I guess I better get working on my 50 posts so we can talk.
I'll have to look into the other sites besides Ebay. Can't hurt to look around.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 10, 2017 17:55:46 GMT
Man, I love these QEII era commemoratives. How the heck do I get my hands on more of them here in the States? I hate that I have to wait for the local stamp show in February to get more for my album. And please don't tell me Ebay. I've heard so many horror stories that I'll never buy anything from there.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 3, 2017 17:52:23 GMT
Good stuff! I don't have any of these hockey stamps yet. Canada collection is still growing. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 3, 2017 16:55:00 GMT
I stopped by the post office near my office just now to pick up the eclipse stamps and the Have a Ball stamps.. I usually just order from the website, but it was a nice day, so...
clerk: can I help you?
me: Looking for new stamps.
clerk: which ones?
me: the eclipse stamps.
clerk. We don't have them yet.
me: Really? They came out on the 20th.
clerk: We're lame.
No kidding. Actually conversation.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 30, 2017 13:12:16 GMT
LB1...Now I understand your complaint. Indeed, they were falsely advertised. A FDC is not a postally used item. However, If a stamp is needed for a spot in my collection, I would have no problem removing the stamp from the FDC. As for the stack of them that I have: I'd been hoping to just use those FDCs for trade fodder, but that seems unlikely. I do like that I have an entire set of Prexie FDCs...sans the $1, $2, and $5 ones...and I'll likely keep those. I may cherry pick some of the ones I like out of the rest, and try to dispose of the rest. I'd just toss them in the trash, but I have a hard time bringing myself to throw out stamps.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 29, 2017 16:32:49 GMT
This is considered a bad practice? I think I've come across a few of them and never thought twice about it. I don't see the harm, unless it's a valuable cover in the first place.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 29, 2017 16:08:33 GMT
Not familiar with FDC cut outs. What is this?
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 28, 2017 17:40:42 GMT
Ok, so where shall I start in this forum? This is my first thread start. Let's see what kind of answers I get to this question:
I've inherited a couple of collections somewhat recently. No, this is not a "I inherited dad's stamp collection, how do I sell it?" type of post. A couple of friends of mine knew that I was a long-time collector, and offered me their late parent's stamp collections to add to mine. Jackpot! Treasure hunt! My question is, what do I do with all the new material I've added to my own collection? I'm now the proud owner of 3 volumes of Big Blue. One friend's collection contained Volume I, the other contained Volume I and II. I've cherry-picked some of the U.S. stamps that I didn't have already and added them to my own albums. That was easy. Now I have 3 large albums with scatterings of worldwide stamps, with nothing newer than maybe 1950. Lots of neat stuff I'd never seen before. I have a worldwide album of my own...I'm making my own pages...and my first thought would be to pick what I like and just add them to my own collection. That would leave me with 3 old Scott albums with a few stamps left in them. What do I do with them? Is there a market for them? Is there a fun project I can do with them and keep them? What kind of things have you all done with something similar?
I also received a box full of old first day covers. My friend's mom must have collected them as a young girl. The majority of them are addressed to her, no cachets. There were a number of WWII covers...ship launches, "Win the War", patriotic stuff like that. Those I like very much and I've added them to my own collection in a small binder. I never got into FDCs, and I just don't know what the heck to do with the rest of them. I'm sure it's not worth much, but there was a huge FDC for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Had stamps from France, Great Britain, and the U.S. franked on it. I think it's a Fleetwood cover. I plan to frame that one and put it on the wall of my den.
So, what do any of you do with such a windfall? I'm curious to hear your stories.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 26, 2017 13:36:20 GMT
Thanks for all the good info, everyone. Madbaker...where do I find the DIY forum?
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 22, 2017 18:30:19 GMT
Thanks for the welcome. I'm been hunting around trying to get acclimated to the forum. Where will I find discussions about albums, pages, that kind of thing? I'm looking for ideas for my newly created Canada and Great Britain albums, plus my on-going worldwide album project. The stamp discussions have been easy enough to find so far, although there doesn't appear to be many Canada stamp threads. Perhaps I haven't looked far enough yet.
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Post by daveg28 on Jun 22, 2017 12:31:30 GMT
Hello! Doing the obligatory introduction here. My name is Dave, and I reside in Toledo, Ohio. I've been collecting since the early 70's, when I was about 10 years old. I started out collecting pretty much everything, but quickly focused on U.S. stamps. About 10 years ago, I started a Canada collection, that has been growing slowly in spurts. Those stamps aren't as easy to find here as you might think, being only a short drive to Canada through Detroit. Except for getting almost every stamp from 2005 to 2007 from a dealer subscription before he retired, I have virtually nothing since about 1990, but I have a pretty good collection before that back to about the mid 1930's. Last year, I started a Great Britain album. Once I started digging into them, I've developed a tremendous love of the QEII era commemoratives. I picked up a small unsorted box of stamps at a local stamp show back in February to get me started. I created my own albums for both of these countries using pages I downloaded. Canada is Steiner pages, although I only have pages up to 2011. Good thing I don't have any stamps for the last 5 years to speak of yet. I use the Mystic Heirloom album for my U.S. collection, and like many of you, I'm sure, I've expanded the original 3 binders to currently 5, and I'll probably take it to 6 once I get the 2017 supplement.
That's about it. Did I share too much?
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