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FORUM BUSINESS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & INTRODUCTIONS

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Please take a minute and familiarize yourself with the rules of this Forum.

3 6 Forum Staff
by tomiseksj
Aug 28, 2020 16:36:29 GMT
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Sub-boards: Gone But Not Forgotten, The Stamp Forum Newsletter , Member Feedback and/or Suggestions, FORUM MEETINGS

227 2,593 2023 Article of Distinction Selection
by TSF Admin
Sept 15, 2023 21:50:20 GMT
No New Posts THE FORUM LIBRARY

This "Read Only" board describes the Library holdings and procedures for checking out a title.

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No New Posts NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS

We ask all new members to introduce themselves here before making any other posts on the Forum. Please tell us a little about yourself, your general location, and your collecting interests.

824 14,099 Hello from Florida
by rex
Sept 22, 2023 18:37:57 GMT

GENERAL INFORMATION

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No New Posts STAMP COLLECTING FUNDAMENTALS

This area provides information for both the novice & experienced collector. If you don't find what you're looking for, post your question or send a forum personal message to either Admin or one of the Moderators.

Sub-board: Stamp Production Processes

110 2,164 Collecting Goals / Plan
by drblade
Sept 20, 2023 8:44:53 GMT
No New Posts FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT USING THE FORUM

Questions often asked about the forum and how to utilize its various functions. Here you will find questions and answers, plus many helpful hints on navigating the forum.

29 189 Why Join the Forum and Then Never Post an Intro?
by nick2302
Sept 18, 2023 20:13:42 GMT
No New Posts HAVE A QUESTION? POST IT HERE - 1 Viewing

Are you new to stamp collecting or returning to the fold after a long hiatus? Do you have questions or would you like to learn how others have approached the hobby? Are you new to the Forum and trying to figure out how or where to do something? If any of these applies, post your questions here so our members can lend a helping hand.

285 3,026 How post pics in a conversation
by tomiseksj
Sept 20, 2023 16:09:50 GMT

AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY (APS) CHAPTER INFORMATION

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No New Posts BENEFITS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ETHICAL STANDARDS

Provides a brief overview of APS Chapter benefits, organization, individual member responsibilities, and the philatelic code of ethics. Board is "information only" and not intended for member posts.

Sub-boards: CHAPTER BUSINESS, CHAPTER INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION

59 615 From the APS & APS Blog
by nick2302
Sept 17, 2023 18:02:06 GMT

TOPICAL/THEMATIC STAMP COLLECTING

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No New Posts NATURE

Topical areas/themes pertaining to things found in nature.

Sub-boards: Animals - Land, Air, Water, Minerals/Earth, Plants, Other

29 4,017 Butterflies
by salentin
Sept 22, 2023 13:15:00 GMT
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Topical areas/themes pertaining to culture.

Sub-boards: Art, Entertainment, Geography, Literature, Music, Religion, Society, Sports

104 5,164 Maximaphily, traditional and non-traditional
by dorincard
Sept 22, 2023 18:27:23 GMT
No New Posts TECHNOLOGY

Topical areas/themes pertaining to technology.

Sub-boards: Architecture, Exploration, Industry, Medicine, Military, Science, Space, Transportation

55 3,817 Johannes Gutenberg
by stampsmurf
Sept 21, 2023 10:29:57 GMT

NORTH AMERICA

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No New Posts CANADA - 2 Viewing

Canada & Canadian Provinces

Sub-boards: Classic, Modern, Canadian Provinces, Covers & Postal Stationery, Back-of-Book

463 6,259 Deportation of Acadians
by FDI
Sept 22, 2023 13:18:15 GMT
No New Posts UNITED STATES - 4 Viewing

United States

Sub-boards: Classics, Modern, Covers, Postmarks & Postal Stationery, Back-of-Book, Canal Zone

679 7,794 Dr Pepper stamp giveaway promotion, unmailed cover
by JeffS
Sept 22, 2023 21:29:59 GMT
No New Posts MEXICO

Mexico

10 97 Mexico : Stamps.
by angore
Apr 8, 2023 10:16:10 GMT
No New Posts BERMUDA

6 78 Bermuda: stamps
by nick2302
Sept 20, 2023 15:55:00 GMT
No New Posts GREENLAND

1 32 Greenland: Stamps
by Deleted
Mar 28, 2023 23:10:12 GMT
No New Posts SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON

3 100 Saint Pierre et Miquelon : Stamps
by hdm1950
Apr 12, 2023 16:07:05 GMT

EUROPE

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No New Posts GREAT BRITAIN - 1 Viewing

Sub-boards: Classics, Machin Series, Modern , England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British Offices Abroad

311 5,259 All you dog lovers
by drblade
Sept 22, 2023 11:51:18 GMT
No New Posts MAINLAND EUROPE - 2 Viewing

For European countries without sub-boards, please look or post in the "Europe (Other)" sub-board.

Sub-boards: Albania, Allenstein, Andorra (Spanish Administration), Andorra (French Administration), Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Central Lithuania, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Danzig, Denmark, Eastern Silesia, Spis and Orava, Epirus, Estonia, Europe (Other), Finland, Fiume, France, Germany, German Democratic Republic, German States, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italian Offices Abroad, Italian States, Italy, Karelia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Marienwerder, Memel, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Ingermanland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saar, San Marino, Schleswig, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasian Federated Republics, Ukraine, Upper Silesia, Vatican City, Western Ukraine, Yugoslavia

884 11,919 J A Sage Type I, II, and III
by gstamps
Sept 22, 2023 17:13:09 GMT
No New Posts INSULAR EUROPE (less Great Britain)

Sub-boards: Aland Islands, Angra, Azores, Crete, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Heligoland, Iceland, Ionian Islands, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Malta, Rouad, Ile, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

74 708 Storm off Lough Swilly Definitive Variety 2p Green Map ???
by philatelia
Aug 22, 2023 20:46:34 GMT

AFRICA

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For African countries without sub-boards, please look or post in the "Africa (Other)" sub-board.

Sub-boards: Afars and Issas, Africa (Other), Aguera, La, Algeria, Angola, Anjouan, Ascension, Basutoland, Bechuanaland (British Bechuanaland), Bechuanaland Protectorate, Belgian Congo , Benin, Botswana, British East Africa, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Burundi, Cameroun/Cameroons, Cape Juby , Cape of Good Hope , Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo, People's Republic of, Dahomey, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fernando Poo , French Equatorial Africa, French Guinea, French West Africa, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gold Coast , Griqualand West, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ifni, Inhambane, Italian Colonies, Ivory Coast, Katanga, Kenya, Lagos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lourenco Marques, Madagascar, Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Middle Congo, Moheli, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Company, Namibia, Natal, Niger, Niger Coast Protectorate, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland Protectorate, Nyassa, Obock, Oltre Giuba, Orange River Colony, Portuguese Africa, Portuguese Guinea, Reunion, Rhodesia (British South Africa), Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia (Southern), Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Saint Helena, St. Thomas & Prince Islands, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somali Coast, Somaliland Protectorate, South Africa, South West Africa, Southern Nigeria, Southern Rhodesia, South Kasai, Spanish Guinea, Spanish Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West Africa, Stellaland, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tete, Togo, Transvaal, Tristan Da Cunha, Tunisia, Ubangi-Shari, Uganda, Upper Senegal & Niger, Upper Volta, Zaire, Zambezia, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Zululand

324 3,922 Dahomey: Stamps
by daniel
Sept 22, 2023 2:35:13 GMT

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

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If we don't have a sub-board listed for a Central American country please post here.

Sub-boards: Belize, British Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

22 198 Anyone been to the Belize City post office?
by stamphinger
Sept 15, 2023 19:22:41 GMT
No New Posts CARIBBEAN - 1 Viewing

If we don't have a sub-board listed for a Caribbean country please post here.

Sub-boards: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean (Other), Cayman Islands, Cuba, Danish West Indies, Dominica, Dominican Republic , Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti , Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), Puerto Rico, Saint Christopher, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Saint Martin), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks Islands, Virgin Islands

91 846 Saint Lucia: Stamps
by hdm1950
Sept 5, 2023 23:27:59 GMT
No New Posts SOUTH AMERICA

If we don't have a sub-board listed for a South American country please post here.

Sub-boards: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, British Guiana, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands , French Guiana, Guyana, Inini, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

111 1,377 Superb Used Block of £5 Whale Stamps
by daveallw
Sept 18, 2023 8:37:16 GMT

CINDERELLAS, LOCAL POSTS AND EPHEMERA

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Cinderellas, Labels, Seals -- here is the place for you.
Please post photos of all those hidden gems.

254 7,329 Great Britain: Cinderellas
by daniel
Sept 22, 2023 1:32:09 GMT
No New Posts EPHEMERA

Ephemera

49 733 Notgeld (Emergency Money) - Germany & Austria
by hdm1950
Sept 13, 2023 17:19:13 GMT
No New Posts LOCAL POSTS & CARRIER SERVICES

71 503 Morocco local
by banknoteguy
Aug 20, 2023 11:41:56 GMT

LINKS AND RESOURCES

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Sub-boards: Member Blogs, Websites and YouTube Channels, Members Reviews, Philately Links @ Useful Tools , Stamp Clubs/Societies

133 1,873 Internet Philatelic Dealers Association - IPDA
by reena
Sept 21, 2023 13:15:35 GMT
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Questions or recommendations regarding computers, operating systems, software, or peripheral devices. Post questions about Forum software on the FORUM HELP DESK board.

95 1,412 AlbumEasy V4.5 released - Free custom stamp album software
by angore
Jun 30, 2023 11:08:03 GMT
No New Posts FORUM HELP DESK

Having a problem with some aspect of the Forum? Check the Frequently Asked Questions board and, if that doesn't help, post it here and one of the staff or another member will help find a solution.

34 331 Webinar thread
by Ryan
Mar 16, 2023 0:33:52 GMT

MEMBERS BUY, SELL AND TRADE: You must have been a member for at least 14 days and have made 50 quality posts to participate

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No New Posts FORUM AUCTIONS, SALES AND GIVEAWAYS

Forum-sponsored auctions, sales and giveaways are posted on this board.

Sub-boards: FORUM GIVEAWAYS, ENDED FORUM AUCTIONS, SALES AND GIVEAWAYS

9 117 U.S. Famous Americans Giveaway Ending Sep 18th
by Admin
Sept 20, 2023 18:55:56 GMT
No New Posts MEMBER AUCTIONS

Listings must specify the ending date/time, bid increments, and payment methods. Members posting auctions must notify Admin when their auction has ended.

Sub-board: Ended Member Auctions

79 976 Tunisia lot mostly mint
by hrdoktorx
Sept 22, 2023 17:38:05 GMT
No New Posts MYSTERY CIRCUIT

A packet of stamps circulates among participating members who take those they want and replace them with stamps of equal or greater quality.

3 437 Mystery Circuit 3
by stainlessb
May 25, 2023 14:23:26 GMT
No New Posts MEMBER GIVEAWAYS - 4 Viewing

Members posting giveaways must notify Admin when their giveaway has ended.

Sub-board: Ended Giveaways and Contests

712 12,862 Giveaway: small GB issue MNH-VF + Bonus covers/stamps KGVI
by renden
Sept 22, 2023 18:35:53 GMT
No New Posts MEMBER SALES

Sellers must notify Admin when their listing has ended.

Sub-board: Ended Member Sales

82 583 ENDED: For Sale: 2020 Canadian Stamp Catalogue $25CAD
by polarbear
Jul 29, 2023 11:03:15 GMT
No New Posts MEMBER TRADES, WANTS AND EXTERNAL SALES - 2 Viewing

Members posting trades, wants and/or external sales must notify Admin when those are no longer valid.

Sub-boards: Trading Post, Member Want Lists, Members' Offsite Sales (e.g.,eBay/HipStamp/etc.), Ended Member Trades, Wants, Offsite Sales

142 720 My eBay listings
by hdm1950
Sept 22, 2023 19:16:35 GMT
No New Posts MEMBER APPRECIATION & FEEDBACK

If you receive some nice items, a nice cover or a freebie from another member, tell us about it here

52 1,075 Stamps Received from Forum Members
by Beryllium Guy
Sept 20, 2023 13:02:09 GMT
No New Posts ENDED AUCTIONS/SALES/TRADES - 1 Viewing

This is where all the ended auction and sales threads go. Images previously loaded as attachments have been deleted to preclude having to purchase additional storage space.

Sub-boards: FORUM DONATION AUCTION - CLOSED MARCH 3, 2017, LIVE AUCTION - CLOSED MARCH 15, 2015 4pm NY, LIVE AUCTION - CLOSED MARCH 20, 2016 12pm NY

460 3,055 ENDED: Auction 50/50 Pakistan+ Bonus !!
by renden
Jan 23, 2021 13:42:01 GMT

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