firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 12, 2019 12:57:29 GMT
Pardon my delay in welcoming you to our forum.I truly hope you come visit us as often as time allows.Feel free to add to the wealth of information on the site.We hope to be a source of information to for future collectors put down for public viewing.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 10, 2019 13:17:33 GMT
I blew it up a bit on the scanner.Not throwing out the cancel idea but it is definitely weird.I already knew it was not a normal over stamp with the BF so had to investigate what the heck that other purple thing was. still looking for idea of what the watermark looks like.Not in any of my files.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 9, 2019 23:10:35 GMT
jamesw The purple matches exactly with the other hand stamps,which is why I set it aside for a second look some time ago.I'm going to put it under the microscope and see if it becomes clearer.For those of you that don't/haven't collected these there are over 100 law stamps just in this series from Manitoba,Not entirely sure why a sparsely populated Providence would need more law stamps than any other but that is the case.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 9, 2019 14:36:46 GMT
Okay anyone have the image of the watermark found on these?
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 9, 2019 14:08:46 GMT
Looking for help with this one.Manitoba Law ,The purple hand stamp should read BF or CF.It is a nine scallop design.I see a "D" what is that?
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 7, 2019 22:44:55 GMT
Glad to have you here luc.Well the gang's going to keep you hoping with questions on France.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 5, 2019 20:37:27 GMT
Sorry to hear that LB1.Too many leave us behind. I received four little lots today nothing terribly exciting but a few missing revenues.Most of my limited purchases this month were revenues.I still need to get back to the semi-airs and my five hole officials but progress being made in these as well.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 2, 2019 1:18:47 GMT
I'm slowly getting back in the swing of things here.I bid on this lot to get the 1864 British American College Stamp cc6030 a bogus issue by Allan Taylor.The rest of them are just a bonus ,some of them will go into the next mystery box. I contacted seller and offered to pay 25% of CV$ for the BC stamp. hidden behind the Nova Scotia stamp bottom row.I still need to sleep at night.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 30, 2019 20:54:07 GMT
Pleasant surprise behind that Nova Scotia stamp bottom row in yesterday scan was hiding a British Columbia #6 Maybe the seller lost track of it.I'm a happy stamper!
UPDATE I still need to sleep at night so I contacted seller and offered to send him 25% catalog for the BC stamp.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 30, 2019 18:19:05 GMT
My collection was /is a little light on #20's. I spotted this one that appeared alright and priced not bad so here it is.In louping it I spotted a line of ink at lower right corner.Upon investigation this seems to be the engraver's slip described in Unitrade.Not a big ticket item just something else to look for.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 30, 2019 13:45:41 GMT
My WW knowledge is limited but when I was helping Mom with her "dune states" much was not listed in catalogs.In answer to your question I feel they are postage stamps as they were Government printed.That being said they were apparently not intended as anything other than collector stamps which may be the reason they are not listed by catalog printers.A dilemma for the philatelist.Just my take on it all.I myself became discouraged with my Liberia much for the same reason many issues from there were questionable during ongoing civil war(s) and not "official ".
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 30, 2019 13:31:16 GMT
As received.This is probably one of my all time favorite "play around with" issue.Halifax Law Library issue.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 29, 2019 21:25:14 GMT
I'm slowly getting back in the swing of things here.I bid on this lot to get the 1864 British American College Stamp cc6030 a bogus issue by Allan Taylor.The rest of them are just a bonus ,some of them will go into the next mystery box.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 28, 2019 20:10:00 GMT
Well as promised upon receipt here is the scan of a lot I won at pennies on the dollar. Not much but wait is that a FX2a why yes it is farewell poems by famous poetsPays to know your material.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 26, 2019 13:13:48 GMT
dgdecker My scope is a cheap Chinese(actually most are) model without a brand name in sight.Cost to me w/shipping was right around $25.I'm still learning to use it as my hands shake a bit making focus for pictures a little rough.Just now looking for a brand name I noticed there are other little "tuning" controls,so still a learning curve.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 23, 2019 3:56:39 GMT
de61 The B trading Co. was owned by my friend Carl Bielenski my original stamp dealer with a brick and mortar store front on Quail St in Albany.This was back in the day before Ebay and other online sales.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 22, 2019 21:47:56 GMT
A lot of my earlier posts are now blurred.Unfortunately as most know my tech abilities are zilch so I have no idea how to fix them.I tried following Admin's tutorial but it's beyond my capabilities.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 22, 2019 20:57:10 GMT
I was so bored I dug out a stash of "mounties" I found hiding in a box.Now to warm up the loupe and get out the Billigs.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 22, 2019 20:50:27 GMT
I visit your site so many times it's bookmarked on my 'puter'.Welcome Ralph I hope we don't over work you here.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 21, 2019 23:44:48 GMT
I should probably empty the stamp room,dust and rearrange it all again.Seems I caught up everything but Turkey so until new purchases arrive I'm twiddling my thumbs.I'm at that point where if I buy to my budget it amounts to one or two stamps per month or at best one per week.Tough to stay active in stamps when you seem to have it all.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 16, 2019 20:07:09 GMT
Time to celebrate today I completed my first purchases in months and also bid on a few lots.Must be getting that stampy feeling.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 7, 2019 14:34:54 GMT
Well well here is Wert.Hey old friend glad your aboard.Camp closes next week and the job will probably shut down shortly after so I'll be around.Prepare some of those perfins scans so we can bore the rest of the gang.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jul 19, 2019 16:45:09 GMT
My stamping time has been limited to packing off mystery boxes to my friends.I did manage to find six more three inch d-ring binders yard sale-ing.The weather today says 100F and 90% humidity glad we finished that job.I'm heading back to camp to hide in the woods.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jul 13, 2019 12:15:35 GMT
WOW I loved BeeSee.Didn't know he had any health issues I'm deeply saddened by his passing.
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Post by firstfrog2013 on May 4, 2019 11:50:34 GMT
dgdecker it is you that deserves thanks.Your support to the forum eases the load Admin shoulders.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on May 2, 2019 12:54:48 GMT
abctoo Let me be the first to say been there done that.I have often found things I become obsessed with for a short time.It is how we learn and then move on,the continued process from our youth.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 28, 2019 4:24:37 GMT
well with less and less time on my hands right now it will just have to wait for further attention it does have a second stamp next to it for comparison labeled type 1a without the coils perfs so that may at some point become the true focus to it's correct identity.Only stopped home for the night so stamps are going to wait.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 22, 2019 20:58:53 GMT
Well mdroth there is no time now to seriously work on stamps so I guess we will not know possibly ever.I feel less than qualified to put an opinion on it.If anyone here thinks they can determine it's identity let me know and it can go see you.
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 21, 2019 18:47:47 GMT
No time to delve further right now.The weather is working weather and stamps are in the back seat.If you want I can send it to you for your hands on opinion. mdroth .
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 21, 2019 1:21:13 GMT
I bow to Mom's knowledge it was labeled type 1a and her handwritten number 482A.
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