Londonbus1
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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 Jan 6, 2015 10:17:05 GMT
Yes, I have just scrolled up to check the whole of page 2 of this topic and only two pics are showing.
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firstfrog2013
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What I collect: BNA Liberia St Pierre U.S. Bolivia Turkey
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 6, 2015 13:42:54 GMT
LB1 any free info on small queens is a welcome thing.More information to cloud my old brain.If no one else chimes in I'd be interested.If any of the younger crew needs it I'll bow out.I believe it's my turn though,I have not forgotten that.I think you expressed interest in a SS I posted some time ago.When I get to posting that page it will instead be posted to the Busman.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 16, 2015 1:08:21 GMT
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 20, 2015 15:12:00 GMT
This lot arrived today.I blew up the scan before bidding and saw something I figure no one else bothered.Not to impressive but obviously an older collection  |
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 20, 2015 15:13:49 GMT
....But wait what is that...  |
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firstfrog2013
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What I collect: BNA Liberia St Pierre U.S. Bolivia Turkey
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 20, 2015 15:15:41 GMT
This lot purchased for less than $10 with shipping.
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BC
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What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Mar 21, 2015 2:40:11 GMT
Check the perfs Froggy!
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 21, 2015 3:15:24 GMT
Guide dot visible.definitely over 12.25 all round
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BC
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Vancouver, BC Canada
Posts: 836
What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Mar 21, 2015 15:36:34 GMT
Can you post a high res of the Indian Red Queen Frog? One thing about this rare stamp is the perf has to be 12.5, no lower.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 21, 2015 16:05:02 GMT
Bc I'm tech challenged or I'd comply.Please bear with us old timers we used to use actual letters to each other.With out us none of those nice covers eh?? Sometimes I feel like I don't belong in this age. People speak a totally different language when it comes to tech stuff.I often just pretend I know what they are talking about when really I have absolutely no clue.Sorry....
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Mar 21, 2015 18:45:52 GMT
After some thought in relation to my tech abilities or lack thereof,I can equate it to this: Next time your at the local home improvement outlet look at 4 inch sewer fittings.To look at them it seems simple just stick them together now I'm not talking fittings to pipe,I'm talking fitting to fitting.Trust me you will never be able to put one inside the other.I tried for almost a year and I still have some guns on me.It requires a knowledge that I'll not explain.I can do that just as some of you can do computer stuff.We all have some ability that others will lack.
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Post by jimjung on May 23, 2015 22:10:45 GMT
Let me try to take care of the scanning for you frog. That 3c Perf 12 1/2 is one very hard stamp to find. It eluded me for many years. I found this one hiding in a collection of Small Queens in England. I bought the collection for about £500, kept a few stamps and resold the rest. So frog, I think you have the right idea in trying to find one. That's how I got one. In looking at your copy, I can see that that cancel is a Halifax Grid, which is correct for that stamp. SO there's a definite possibility that's the 37d.  Wow - What a find ! I read somewhere that there were at most about 1000 of these, possibly less. And they were used in Halifax. And it is the most expensive of the Small Queens. Here's my copy. And mine has a very small thin but it's still quite valuable, even with the fault.  |
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on May 26, 2015 2:04:12 GMT
Jimjung I now have three copies of 37d two I found sifting through old collections, one I purchased at auction back in the seventies.None are perfect but it doesn't matter that much to me.Someone one day will be thrilled to find how complete my stuff is.
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Post by jimjung on May 30, 2015 23:31:45 GMT
frog, that's amazing. Most collector's are fortunate to have one copy. But three, that's definitely quite an achievement.  |
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Post by hs2oca on Jun 9, 2015 1:33:02 GMT
Thanks for this informative thread. I've just started acquiring Admirals and Queens. I bought some Queens at the local dealers, got home and found out I had neglected to write down what I bought, so am lost and have to re-identify them. Will not make that mistake again!
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Post by jimjung on Jun 13, 2015 12:51:34 GMT
Thanks for this informative thread. I've just started acquiring Admirals and Queens. I bought some Queens at the local dealers, got home and found out I had neglected to write down what I bought, so am lost and have to re-identify them. Will not make that mistake again! If you post scans of the stamps here, I'm sure we can identify them in detail for you. |
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Post by jimjung on Jun 28, 2015 12:25:55 GMT
Someone just asked me about the Vampire Bite variety so I though I would post a few scans here of some varying degrees of the variety. This first one is a great example of how oxidization can be cleaned off of a stamp. Here is the before picture and below is the after.  Fine centering with nice cds from TORONTO JUNCTION NO 7 92  Very Fine centering but grid cancel covers a bit of the variety  Rounded corner and only one Bite mark  |
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 4, 2017 15:35:17 GMT
My guess is people doubted the possiblity this was genuine but indeed it is an Indian Red #37d perf 12 1/2 by 12 1/2 picked up for less than $15.Current Cv for fine is $1500.  |
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Post by jimjung on Jan 5, 2017 2:20:34 GMT
frog,
the reason being that all genuine 37d stamps found were sold in Halifax or Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The postmark here doesn't appear to come from Nova Scotia at all.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 5, 2017 14:24:19 GMT
jimjung,It will be retained even though.It may be a re-perfed extra large stamp but the possibility exists it was mailed in a different location than purchased.More stuff my heirs will have to sort out.
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watermark
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What I collect: My main collecting area is focused on Canadian stamps printed from steel engraved plates. Specifically re-entries and constant plate varieties.
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Post by watermark on Jan 7, 2017 15:57:56 GMT
Here is my copy of 37d. Double struck postmark "MA 3 70 N.S." but can't make out the town name. This is a certified copy. I bought it from an APS circuit book years ago for fifteen cents.
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