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Post by rod222 on Jan 21, 2014 22:17:06 GMT
Rod, based upon the plate numbers (frame 24928, vignette 24927), your stamp is the rotary press printing (Scott 1041B; 9Apr1954; 2013 CV for a P# block of 4 - $3.50). So many knowledgeable people on this forum, Thanks. Information will be on my album Page. I wonder who sent them to me?
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 23, 2014 8:18:04 GMT
So it would have been perforated in the same operation on the same roll by an attached perforation machine. but I don't know if the "migrating perforations" can be made with this considering how it operates? almost makes me think it was perforated in sheets on a press style and laid in crooked but I'm certainly no authority in this area so more research could be done in this area. Rotary perforation wheels large rotary stamp press although I don't think the arrows are pointing to the perforation wheels though? Maybe? I believe Russ added this picture to an old post at SCF a while ago. (in the golden era)
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Post by lokos on Jan 24, 2014 2:55:17 GMT
I thought I had one kicking around here. They're actually pretty neat but I'm not sure how well you can tell from this poor scan. So you slide the stamp into the mount which is closed on three sides. The self adhesive strip is on the same edge as the opening but on the opposite side of the plastic. That way when you go to attach the mount to the page you actually start out with the mount upside down ( the strip will be to the bottom of the mount), place the strip where you want the very top of the mount to be say at the top of the box on an approval page, attach it, and then fold the mount over and put a crease in it. Now the stamp is sort of sealed on all four sides. When you want to remove the stamp you just flip the mount up so the stamp is upside down now and slide the stamp out. That sounds a lot more complicated than what it is, hopefully what I said makes sense. Rod.... I found out that White Ace supplies these mounts. Here's the link to the page they're on. Just scroll down close to the bottom of the page to the heading "HOLDERS & MOUNTS FOR APPROVAL PAGES AND COUNTER BOOKS".washpress.com/stampmount.jsp
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Post by rod222 on Jan 24, 2014 3:03:41 GMT
Well done you Lokos! I had given up. Is that price per each, do you think, or 10, ?
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Post by lokos on Jan 24, 2014 10:14:34 GMT
I think those prices are per 100. The APS sells the same mounts per 100 and per 500 and based on their prices (which are slightly lower than White Ace, probably because they buy in bulk)that leads me to believe White Ace's prices are per 100.
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Post by Zuzu on Feb 11, 2014 15:34:06 GMT
Look at the gorgeous little lady that showed up in my mailbox yesterday, courtesy of tomiseksj: Her escorts successfully kept the monkey markers at bay:
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Post by Zuzu on Feb 19, 2014 14:22:47 GMT
As many of you know, I work in a law office. We use a Pitney Bowes Postage by Phone machine, but I often send things out to be signed and returned with a SASE. On large envelopes, I've been using up some of the high-denomination stamps we have on hand, and I get to clip and keep what comes back. Yesterday, I received this late "valentine" from Carleton, Nebraska (2010 Census population of 91): ETA: I can't help thinking that the person at that P.O. is a collector.
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 19, 2014 17:49:44 GMT
Zuzu: It may not be possible, but if it is, it'd be nice to keep that as an entire.
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 19, 2014 18:19:18 GMT
I'll just add: The reason I say that is that someday it is likely that this PO will either be gone, or else their mail will be sent to a processing center elsewhere and postmarked from there. A standard circular date stamp is becoming a rarer and rarer siting.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 25, 2014 7:15:37 GMT
I'd like to lift these off for my album, any advice? My first choice is White Spirits, if they are self stick, but perhaps are water soluble self stick.? anyone lifted them off cover?
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 25, 2014 7:23:29 GMT
Rod: Not sure about the product to do this with, but I can tell from the perforations that they are self-adhesive stamps. (Nearly everything US is now.)
I'm sure others will chime in with suggested products and techniques.
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 25, 2014 7:30:30 GMT
I think somewhere on the web there is a rating system that evaluates degree of difficulty and whether to try to remove them at all. Someone here no doubt knows the link.
Also, Scott now says that their price for used modern self-adhesives assume that they are on their backing paper, so clearly some concessions have been made to the problem (especially with US stamps, that don't have a tiny little layer of paper(?) anymore that would help them release during soaking).
Here's the quote taken from the "Understanding the Listings" section of the Introduction:
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Post by rod222 on Feb 25, 2014 10:01:24 GMT
Cheers Dave, had not even considered on paper, I can use the paper trimmer for the large one, the others I'll try the white spirits. Cutting with scissors is not an option, looks poor on the page.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 26, 2014 4:52:47 GMT
I'd like to lift these off for my album, any advice? My first choice is White Spirits, if they are self stick, but perhaps are water soluble self stick.? anyone lifted them off cover? I've been keeping track of US self-adhesives for the purposes of finding which can be soaked in water and which need chemicals. Both of these issues require chemicals, they won't come off in water. It's getting to the point where virtually everything current is non-soluble in water. For example, consider the stamps issued since the 44 cent rate went into effect (2009) - among those issues I've tested so far (perhaps 60 different issues), only 6 will come off in water. Perhaps soon I'll stop testing new stamps in water and will just start right off with the chemicals. For those airmail stamps (with the little airplane next to the denomination), the 90 cent value is the last one to be water-soluble. Ryan
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Post by rod222 on Feb 26, 2014 12:19:17 GMT
I decided to take a punt, and disregarded the water soluble Air, these were all getting the chemical treatment. I assembled the instruments Surgeons scalpel for separating the Airs (scissors would be too dicey) “Diggers” white spirits, decanted into large mouth 400 mill Vegemite glass jar Prinz “Solingen” Long nose pointy tweezers / tongs 12” steel engineers ruler with keen edge on one end. Thick A4 note pad Clean cotton rag. If you think you can skimp on the above, think again, all are necessry. Separated the Airs, took one stamp in tongs, dipped into the spirits for 12 seconds, pulled it out, slipped one leg of the tongs between stamp and paper, and slid the tongs along the stamp it separated beautifully, Dipped the stamp again ( 1 second) Laid the stamp face down on the note pad and like a spatula, used the end of the steel rule to bulldoze the silvery gum off the back gently Dipped the stamp again (1 second) and finger in rag, gently wiped any remaining gum from the stamp Put the stamp aside, allow to dry to finish Total time for 3 stamps? about 4 minutes The little yellow mark on the air, is just a piece of fine lint from the chamois I used to clean the scanner. It fell off. The results. [Image links broken]
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Post by Ryan on Feb 26, 2014 12:36:28 GMT
I decided to take a punt, and disregarded the water soluble Air, these were all getting the chemical treatment. Those 98c airmails aren't water soluble, only the 90 cent and older issues are. Ryan
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Post by Zuzu on Feb 28, 2014 23:46:54 GMT
Just rescued Honest Abe (with a nice Osceola, NE, cancel) from the trash:
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Post by Jen B on Mar 1, 2014 1:43:39 GMT
You find the nicest covers in the trash, Zuzu!
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Post by rod222 on Mar 1, 2014 7:05:31 GMT
Just rescued Honest Abe (with a nice Osceola, NE, cancel) from the trash: You are hereby awarded, the "Dumpster Diver Class 1 " award, contact reception for your signed wall plaque paper (unframed), and your embroidered sleeve badge, of brightly coloured and chrome overflowing trash bin. Instructions included as to the correct sleeve position for badge to be sewn. Considerations for Class 2 awards will not be entered into within 6 months of Class 1 awards. ( attached images of looks of revulsion by colleagues go a long way to Class 2 awards) Selfies of associated diving is mandatory.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 1, 2014 7:42:38 GMT
Captain Kirk is the commander of his new Spacy Ship..... Any postage stamps of this destroyer ? USS Zumwalt. [Image link broken]
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Post by codeye on Mar 1, 2014 9:55:37 GMT
Someone read the blueprints upside down? lol, jokes aside, I done an entire search using various keywords and couldn't find anything Philatelic on that ship.
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 1, 2014 22:24:48 GMT
Any postage stamps of this destroyer ? The ship won 't be delivered to the Navy until later this year and isn't projected to become operational until sometime in 2016 -- it will be decades, if at all, before you see a USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) stamp.
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Post by Admin on Mar 1, 2014 23:09:32 GMT
I can remember when all the talk about that ship. At the time I was involved in manufacturing and we were using Carbon fiber, the us military ordered so much that there was a world wide shortage for about 1 year price almost quadruple over that year.
The whole deck house is carbon fiber. One ugly looking ship but different.
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 4, 2014 15:56:34 GMT
NOT trash this time: I just wish Helena Bonham Carter hadn't been attacked by the spray cancel.
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 7, 2014 22:57:36 GMT
In today's mail to my boss, so I didn't even have to dumpster dive! From the USPS.com store:
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 25, 2014 16:54:44 GMT
The stamps aren’t terribly exciting, but the West Point, NE, cancel is quite attractive. I received a flat from this sender about a week ago with uncancelled stamps, so this was a bit of a surprise, too.
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Post by Zuzu on Apr 9, 2014 19:33:30 GMT
I've been dumpster diving again... Viva Las Vegas! Rapid City: Oklahoma by way of Sacramento: I think this one is my favorite of the bunch - celebrating in the Rio Grande District of San Antonio:
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Post by Zuzu on Apr 9, 2014 19:47:52 GMT
This one came on some office mail a little over a week ago: Issued January 31, 2014. Information from the USPS.com store:
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 9, 2014 20:50:42 GMT
This one came on some office mail a little over a week ago: I think it's great that you see any commemoratives on office mail! It's encouraging. And as an aside about Shirley Chisholm, I saw her speak when I was in high school, at what was I think my first "university lecture" at a nearby college. Bear in mind this was in the Deep South, and there were many serious civil rights issues still to be addressed. It was probably around 1974. But the mood of the college auditorium (at a public university) was greatly supportive, and she was truly an electrifying speaker. That occasion obviously still stands out in my mind. -- Dave
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Post by Zuzu on Jul 7, 2014 18:36:27 GMT
It's been slim pickins around the dumpster here lately, but I did manage to snag this today from Crookston, Nebraska (population in 2010 - a whopping 69!) Unfortunately, none of the handstamps on this are clear. Thankfully, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge stamp is affixed on top of clear packing tape, but the ink from the postmark(s) has rubbed off. I'm wondering about the green handstamps. It's not necessarily clear in the scan, but the stamp to the left of the address label is on a cut-out piece of paper affixed with clear packing tape.
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