guyana1230
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What I collect: GUYANA, Surinam, British Commonwealth, Aland, Denmark Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA, Scout Posts, Cinderellas
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Post by guyana1230 on Mar 9, 2020 16:50:05 GMT
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stainlessb
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qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
Posts: 4,909
What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Jan 23, 2021 19:51:03 GMT
This seemed the most appropriate place to post this- Found today re-arranging and consolidating (I still have a large amount of stamps (boxes, envelopes, albums, etc., that I've barely glanced at)- this reminded me of stamps I used to see in Reader's Digest-  |
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renden
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Posts: 9,163
What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Jan 23, 2021 20:04:49 GMT
Stan stainlessbTake a break from FRANCE - do an Auction with your USA stamps or other Country that you have put aside for years (I am certain you have quite an accumulation LOL) I do that when I am tired of a Country - I go to something easy and cheap, like Mongolia....(inventory finished with more than 400 stamps and did not buy any LOL)...which has no CV relationship with US stamps  ...why I am not speaking about "dups" giveaway..... René you see, we are the only ones active on TSF....you live - 4-5 hours in California and I live in the middle....from Europe -  Terri must be there as well as polarbear |
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Post by daniel on Oct 17, 2021 1:56:09 GMT
I think that if is probably worth spinning Savings Stamps (saving up money) into its own thread. I see then as quite distinct from Trading Stamps, saving on your shopping. Anyway, until then, here is a nice selection of related ephemera: Savings booklets and and advertising card.  |
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racatrien
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Fan of Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion (Indian Ocean more widely) but also everything else....
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Post by racatrien on Oct 17, 2021 7:59:06 GMT
I showed some Swedish Scout Savings Stamps in an earlier post. Now I can show the full sheet from 1934, which recently came into my collection ! Can anyone spot what looks like (at least) a couple of constant flaws ?  Presence of a small circle in the second a of "sparmärke" on the third stamp in the first line. Is it constant? |
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Feb 8, 2022 23:45:46 GMT
WEATHER-BIRD SHOE GIFT STAMP |
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Feb 9, 2022 0:31:04 GMT
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Feb 9, 2022 16:46:37 GMT
stainlessb Thanks for taking the time to delve further. The block is much more interesting to me for that 
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on May 20, 2022 9:13:15 GMT
I showed some Swedish Scout Savings Stamps in an earlier post. Now I can show the full sheet from 1934, which recently came into my collection ! Can anyone spot what looks like (at least) a couple of constant flaws ? Presence of a small circle in the second a of "sparmärke" on the third stamp in the first line. Is it constant? Wow ! I must have missed this and now I cannot recall what I was referring to. I hope I still have the sheets and singles to check again. I must be getting old.  |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on May 20, 2022 9:44:04 GMT
REDIFFUSION. British company Rediffusion were born out of the British Electric Traction Company (BET) who laid Electric cables for Trams during the Victorian era. They were formed in 1928 initially to run cables to households in the London area for better radio, and later television, reception. rediffusion.london/a-short-historyI remember the logo appearing on the TV set when I was a kid. One of my first memories of the old black & white TV's.  What I don't remember are the savings stamps. I cannot find any mention of them in my books, magazines or files and online the info is patchy at best. I have not seen any example of the stamps in a savings book but they must exist........if they were issued at all. Rushstamps were once selling the 'set' of stamps shown below and stated they were from 1971. I have same, supposedly from the Rediffusion archives, which I won at a CSC auction for considerably less than the Rushstamps offer. They include the 'issued' stamp in a pair, tete-beche pair, a miscut, an Imperf, a proof pair and a 'SPECIMEN' overprint (handstamp) I wonder if they ever made it into the homes of those TV and Radio users to help pay for their service ? Possibly not. Londonbus1  |
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 10, 2022 19:20:06 GMT
While looking for a box of modern mint stamps I use for postage I came across a box i don't remember ever looking in before! It once belonged to a co-worker of my uncle, who inhereited his sfriends tamps and I in turn inherited my uncles collection. There are some other items I will post elsewhere that piqued my interest enough to pull out. The box actually contained a number of letters from abroad with the letter included from people traveling (on vacation I suppose...all seem to be empoyee's at Bank of America) United Treading Stamp- i found an offered book of this oniline from 1953 Alameda California, The Lincoln Market, which was only a few blocks from my grandmothers house (so it is entirely possibly these may have been hers, however, at about that time my uncle worked for Bank of America (pretty much his entire career) and he was at the Alamdea branch on Webster Street... about 3 blocks down from the cross streets of Webster and Lincoln. This is stuck to what looks like a cartoon cut out from a magazine, which looks like it has to do with a gag from a drive-in in las Vegas.... I doubt I will try to separate as this sheet has much of the gum undisturbed so just for a smile!  |
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Post by daniel on Dec 13, 2022 9:23:46 GMT
Ok here is a sample of what is in "weird"   Hi jdtrue66 , those are an interesting lot for sure. In particular I like the Tropical Fish Laboratories Trading Stamps and I'm quoting those images here in the Trading Stamps thread. We need more examples here Thanks for showing, Daniel |
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Londonbus1
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Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 13, 2022 10:46:09 GMT
The US Look magazine (1937-71) produced these savings stamps (and other types) to use towards Magazine subscriptions. Probably 1950's. I will try to find a full sheet, it's around here somewhere ! "See the world through the pages of Look" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_(American_magazine) |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 13, 2022 11:08:26 GMT
I showed some Swedish Scout Savings Stamps in an earlier post. Now I can show the full sheet from 1934, which recently came into my collection ! Can anyone spot what looks like (at least) a couple of constant flaws ? Presence of a small circle in the second a of "sparmärke" on the third stamp in the first line. Is it constant? It's been a long time but I can say that it appears to be a constant flaw as I have now checked other copies of the same stamp. The same applies to the 'fat 'e'' loop of the last 'e' of sparmärke (bottom row). There might be others. All good fun. Londonbus1 |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 13, 2022 11:28:31 GMT
Examples of UK TV Licence savings stamps which have now been phased out in favour of a special savings account. But old savings stamps are still redeemable with TV Licencing.    |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 13, 2022 11:59:56 GMT
"When card is full take it to your grocer and collect 5/- in cash or goods" ! The good old days, when Savings Stamps were printed and perforated onto the sides of packets of Tea, in this case Brooke Bond. There are many different printings, most that I know of with similar design. Tea anyone ?  |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 13, 2022 12:12:16 GMT
Just like the British TV License Savings Stamps, so it was for the telephone too. BT (British Telecom) offered customers savings books which could be filled with savings stamps of various denominations to be redeemed for payment of their phone bill !! So, something else to collect for die-hard (Cinderella) Philatelists !! The good news is, they no longer exist but were phased out many years ago.  |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Oct 5, 2023 8:50:54 GMT
We've had S&H Green Stamps posted earlier in this thread - here are some S&H Pink Stamps (a British equivalent?).  Ryan Indeed, Great Britain Ryan, Pink Stamps Sperry and Hutchinson Limited Catalogue PNT-01 Type D1 33p 13.25mm x 22mm Ref Jan 5, 1998 6 Page "P" List 12 Deposit, rebate savings and Trading stamps Arthur J Mongan Generous gift from collector "Calstamp" Note: The large diameter perforation Pin, central Vetical line. |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Oct 10, 2023 22:47:14 GMT
Sweetcorn anyone ? 
Left hand
Catalogue KPC-D3 (KPC-03) Chicago Ilinois
1 Mill Green (orange brown pattern)
12mm x 19 mm
Perf 12.5
Right Hand
Calculated guess
Really need two adjoining stamps
to calculate the perforation style
(Puncturing pin diameters format)
Basic design appears to be a D5 (KPC-05)
1 Mill Green
CUP = Coupon? Not listed as an Opt
Source
Deposit, Rebate, Savings and Trading stamps
Arthur J Mongan 1999
Page 6-"K"-List-7
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Post by daniel on Apr 25, 2024 1:47:49 GMT
National Savings Stamps 1949 (British) A really nice set of progressive proofs for this issue including a Specimen version. Featuring the thrifty squirrel.  |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Apr 25, 2024 4:12:09 GMT
National Savings Stamps 1949 (British) A really nice set of progressive proofs for this issue including a Specimen version. Featuring the thrifty squirrel. An aside : Squirrels fail to find around 74% of their buried nuts. Upside? The lost buried nuts may go towards forest regeneration |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Apr 25, 2024 4:41:24 GMT
National Savings Stamps 1949 (British) A really nice set of progressive proofs for this issue including a Specimen version. Featuring the thrifty squirrel. Your set goes towards proof that the following catalogue ID is incorrect ? What say you? "Printing was in red-brown, green and black inks"........Incorrect They have missed out a colour pass........perhaps "Venetian red" or "Carmine", maybe "red" The Squirrel has two shades to his fur coat "Take 5" Unable to post images right now.
First multicoloured Savings stamp to be issued (Issue 15 ) Printed at H M S O press, at Alperton Perf 14 Watermark (a) sideways left W5 "SO and Crown" (b) sideways right Artist : Percy Metcalf (1895-1970) Stamp introduction : 3rd October 1949...Phase out 28th February 1953    Percy Metcalf at work (The Lion of Industry) link |
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Post by daniel on Apr 25, 2024 12:19:14 GMT
rod222, yes definitely 4 colours. As you have previously suggested in another thread the first 4 are actually colour separations. I'm not very good with colour names but stamp 5 must be a combination of the two colours used for the squirrel. Stamp 6 must be the stamp as issued. Elsewhere, someone is selling a similar set for 5 times the price that I paid but included stamps on bright white paper. The watermarks are interesting too. Thanks for the info, Daniel
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Post by jamesw on May 13, 2024 2:17:08 GMT
Interesting to see where this thread has gone more than ten years later! Here's an Irish Post Office Savings Stamp. From what I can find it was used in a program to help kids save money called Saving with Cyril. Cyril is a squirrel, and I guess squirrels are good at saving their nuts.  |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on May 13, 2024 3:05:07 GMT
Interesting to see where this thread has gone more than ten years later! Here's an Irish Post Office Savings Stamp. From what I can find it was used in a program to help kids save money called Saving with Cyril. Cyril is a squirrel, and I guess squirrels are good at saving their nuts. Any links James ? Unable to find any literature on Irish Savings Stamps. Google  Unlisted (naturally) in the UK savings stamps : Lionel D Jones Only Northern Ireland Ulster, and NIEC Northern Ireland Electricity Comm savings stamps Have not searched "The Revealer" Bulletins |
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Post by jamesw on May 13, 2024 3:22:16 GMT
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Post by jaysee on May 13, 2024 3:30:54 GMT
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on May 13, 2024 4:02:22 GMT
Quote: I think Cyril the Squirrel still owes me about 40p.... the thief!   |
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...why I am not speaking about "dups" giveaway.....
Terri must be there as well as polarbear
