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Post by rod222 on Apr 7, 2014 4:27:07 GMT
Thanks Dave, frankly, I am surprised so many collectors like early Czech, I began collecting because they were inexpensive. Later Czech seemed to be spurned, auction values are always low, but makes a good opportunity for people wanting a budget area interest. One can even "plate" the Mucha emmissions on the cheap. I hope members will indulge me, I don't want to overcrowd the Forum with Czech, but I'll get these last three pages off before putting the album away, and return to my Umm Al Quiwain, Sharjah and Fujeira.    |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 7, 2014 13:07:08 GMT
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 7, 2014 23:36:39 GMT
Rod: Those are both great links! Thanks for sharing them.
One would think that other countries might also have issued some stamps depicting Mucha's paintings...
-- Dave
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Post by rod222 on Apr 7, 2014 23:42:47 GMT
Rod: Those are both great links! Thanks for sharing them. One would think that other countries might also have issued some stamps depicting Mucha's paintings... -- Dave Hi Dave, well, Philately can make a fool of us all on occaisions, there might well be, I sent away for the Mucha Free stamp album, but the fellow has overun his email allotment ? so who knows how accurate the list is. Over time, as we bump into the Mucha stamps on our ramblings in random collecting, we can post here. |
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 8, 2014 0:06:11 GMT
I sent away for the Mucha Free stamp album, but the fellow has overun his email allotment ? That guy's email address looks like it's with a very old cable provider that I think has long been acquired by someone else, so I bet the address isn't even valid anymore. Rod, if you get to it before I do, I'm wondering if I haven't seen that name before (the one with the album), and I wonder if he hasn't helped out with the Czech philatelic society (the US-based one). He and/or his email address perhaps may be found there? (Sorry I don't have a chance to track this down at the moment ...) -- Dave |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 15, 2014 19:28:21 GMT
As you know I'm a bit of a perfin fan.This one is really well designed!!Amazing that the stamps survived the process and didn't fall apart over the years.Do you have any others?
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Post by rod222 on Apr 15, 2014 22:50:12 GMT
As you know I'm a bit of a perfin fan.This one is really well designed!!Amazing that the stamps survived the process and didn't fall apart over the years.Do you have any others? Hi Froggie, I have 1000's and 1000's, usually languishing in Hagner sheets, unloved. The liberating thing in the past 10 years or so, is the fact I can now print my own album pages, and those fabulous hard working philatelists behind the scenes have been more open to publishing their works online for free. I have never been against paying for information, but in the past perfin info was extremely expensive, not available or the Varlets would steal and circulate work underground. If the authors who work on perfins sold their information for $10-$30 a *.pdf, there would be some recompense for the author, in turn increasing the membership of the discipline, and the value of Perfins in general. Czechoslovakia we get all that work for free, not fair in a way. |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 15, 2014 23:11:41 GMT
Perhaps it is worth mentioning, to new stamp collectors, the image of the Perfin may look like a "B W" puncture.
We show perfins from the reverse of the stamp, as the punctures show clearly,
but perfins are read from the face of the stamp (ergo we get varieties punctured in reverse etc)
If the Czech stamp is read from the face, we can see the "BW" appear as "EW"
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 16, 2014 0:06:28 GMT
I see your point on info but, differ in my mind as some how the "selling" of information I find like someone holding knowledge hostage.I have often just needed that one little bit of explanation and found the price for the one bit beyond worth.If people do research not to share but to sell is that really the right thing?? That is one reason this forum and others are a great benefit to collectors we share our learned bits with out the commercial aspect.GREAT LOOKING STUFF Sir Rod.
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Post by rod222 on Apr 16, 2014 0:31:36 GMT
I see your point on info but, differ in my mind as some how the "selling" of information I find like someone holding knowledge hostage.I have often just needed that one little bit of explanation and found the price for the one bit beyond worth.If people do research not to share but to sell is that really the right thing?? That is one reason this forum and others are a great benefit to collectors we share our learned bits with out the commercial aspect.GREAT LOOKING STUFF Sir Rod. I think the line is crossed Froggie, when you want to study something in depth, and need to reference a large quantity of information, collected by someone over years. A bit like the Scott Catalogue, OK to use information drawn from the catalogue for a reference to a stamp issue, share and quote the source, free, but for constant reference to a wide variety, then the purchase of the information is equitable. I like to think the "Field guide to Canadian Cinderellas" a pertinent example, at $40, just at the right price for reward for the author, and expense to the consumer. The ability to reference vast amounts of info that otherwise would leave issues back of book, is well worth the expense and the information will last for hundreds of years in book form. A great Legacy. I agree with the values of forums, we in turn, are probably a great source also for the budding authors of material for future catalogues. |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 16, 2014 12:03:10 GMT
Point taken and agreed it comes down to the volume of knowledge you require to determine the worth of investing money otherwise earmarked for actual stamps.I myself was a bit taken back being told I needed to purchase more reference books if I was going to delve into classic Canada recently.REALLY, might be a bit late with that advice maybe I should sell off and start right.( with reference books first)??There I go venting again,must be getting old.
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Post by BC on Apr 16, 2014 20:47:11 GMT
Rod, I like your Hradcany pages  . Did you measure the perfs on the perforated stamps? Some have more than one varieties. I am in the process of doing my perforated album page (imperf already shown in the Hradcany page), and discovered I have some of the different measurements. I will post in the Hradcany pages when I am done. |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 16, 2014 22:35:31 GMT
Rod, I like your Hradcany pages . Did you measure the perfs on the perforated stamps? Some have more than one varieties. I am in the process of doing my perforated album page (imperf already shown in the Hradcany page), and discovered I have some of the different measurements. I will post in the Hradcany pages when I am done. Not as yet Brian, Czechoslovakia is kind of mount the stamps, retain the postmarks, keep duplicates >1940 etc etc, I am beginning my 4th album, and I am only up to 1966, and it's weighing in at total over 5 kgs. When I have finished mounting then I can address the Hradcany. I have waved the white flag with perforations, they are a pain in the neck with the perf guage, so I am saving for "ezperf " software at $40 (hopefully the webmaster will offer TSF a discount) Identifying just one radical perf issue can pay for that. |
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Post by BC on Apr 17, 2014 13:22:36 GMT
Brno Philatelic Exhibition, 1946. A gorgeous engraved souvenir sheet. Scott B159. 1.00 catalog value.  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Apr 30, 2014 11:57:13 GMT
Nice pickup with the bowstring Ryan, although I did see Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory, at archery the other night, without a bowstring. Yes, Czechoslovakia, home of the Graphic Arts. You really saw "Sheldon" at archery? |
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Post by jamesw on Apr 30, 2014 15:31:12 GMT
Wow! Great research on that label Rod. And so fast too.
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Post by rod222 on May 23, 2014 2:52:10 GMT
Indians of North America Communist Party anniv Picasso's "Guernica" and tab.  |
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Post by Ryan on May 31, 2014 9:17:59 GMT
Czechoslovakia Semi Postals. 1925 Scott: These stamps were sold at double their face values, the excess being divided between a fund for post office clerks and the Olympic Games Committee. CV $150 / $75 Very interesting, the high catalogue value would certainly explain why I've never found them in my piles of stuff. What is that on the back, a backprint, or is it gum applied in such a manner that it produces the imagery? Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on May 31, 2014 11:22:47 GMT
Yes, I found that interesting as well, to be frank, I was hoping you would be the very person to advise me I was hoping you may have had a specialist catalogue. Your Library is so extensive. I'll have to go asking on other sites / blogs etc. I'll respond if I find anything. |
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Post by Ryan on May 31, 2014 13:18:51 GMT
Yes, I found that interesting as well, to be frank, I was hoping you would be the very person to advise me I was hoping you may have had a specialist catalogue. Your Library is so extensive. Ha ha - and I was being lazy, not wanting to dig them out and struggle with the translations! I'll have a look in more detail - not right now, though, watching England v. Sri Lanka ODI and wondering what to eat for breakfast. Ryan |
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Post by Ryan on May 31, 2014 14:44:23 GMT
OK, I didn't have to dig any deeper than Michel. Yes, the image is in the gum - "brown quadrilled gum with ČSP monogram". Those stamps were issued in low quantities, but the catalogue price is still quite high relative to the quantities. They must be in demand by Olympic topical collectors, I guess.
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Post by rod222 on May 31, 2014 20:47:14 GMT
OK, I didn't have to dig any deeper than Michel. Yes, the image is in the gum - "brown quadrilled gum with ČSP monogram". Those stamps were issued in low quantities, but the catalogue price is still quite high relative to the quantities. They must be in demand by Olympic topical collectors, I guess. Ryan Fabulous! Thanks Ryan. I must be getting old, I was frustrated last evening trying to recall the word "quadrille", all I could think of was "hatching" but the design reminded me of the blue France Stamp with Quadrille wmk. I tend to agree with your suggestion of Thematics collectors, when I shop for late Cambodian issues / sheets, I can pay just pennies, but if they are birds or butterflies or trains, the the price often quadruples. I had some "head scratching" with "CSPT" monogram before with some Czech seals......... |
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Post by jimjung on Dec 29, 2015 17:58:42 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Dec 29, 2015 21:59:31 GMT
I found these in a large lot of Czech Covers. These look like specialty items sold at the Post Office. If anyone knows what these are, please let me know. When you open these up, there are Minisheet or Stamps stuck inside. Guess: Whilst I havn't studied your set as yet, it appears to me to be a release from Czech post of some commemoration. It comes in a booklet produced for collectors I would think. The old chestnut : "If the item is made for collectors, then it is not worth collecting" comes to mind. As a Czech collector, I do like it, but the item defies any sort of meaningful storage, how does one mount a hard cover booklet ? They generally end up in a shoebox or drawer somewhere, the method I use is to scan and forget. Lots of these types of hard cover "booklets" appear in Russian Philately. This is my appraisal, not meant as hard criticism. |
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Post by jimjung on Dec 30, 2015 11:28:14 GMT
Hard to say. Most times, I think you're right but then you look at the 1974 Annual Yearbook for Canada and that's worth $200 in Unitrade. It's the odd one from the earlier Post Office items that seem to have some value. These look early to me but then the Post Office even had special books made to sell off the Queen Victoria Jubilee stamps. That book has a great value in the $3000-$5000 range.
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Post by jaysee on Dec 31, 2015 7:37:22 GMT
Your first one was issued by Mlada fronta, a Czech daily newspaper. From the 1960s to 1991 it ran an annual international poll, to find the best Czechoslovakian stamp from the previous year. It put out a folder including the actual winning stamp or sometimes a black print (as in this case). You can see an exhibition of these winning stamps at: www.japhila.cz/hof/0785/index0785a.htm |
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2015 11:37:46 GMT
Your first one was issued by Mlada fronta, a Czech daily newspaper. From the 1960s to 1991 it ran an annual international poll, to find the best Czechoslovakian stamp from the previous year. It put out a folder including the actual winning stamp or sometimes a black print (as in this case). You can see an exhibition of these winning stamps at: www.japhila.cz/hof/0785/index0785a.htmOur Jaysee is an absolute Wizardess |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 29, 2016 7:08:37 GMT
1968 Praga '68 Special Souvenir Sheet, and Admission Ticket. CV : $25 Sc# 1554 No Steiner page Available.  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 3, 2016 3:39:48 GMT
Any members have a Czech Specialist Catalogue ? Ryan ? Info sought. Czechoslovakia 1974 Brno '74 Stamp Expo Emissions: At last 8,000 BLACK PRINTS Note : Embossed die, at bottom of article.  Black Prints  Ryan and Rod's discussion 7 years ago before image Forums.   |
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Post by Ryan on Mar 3, 2016 15:52:20 GMT
Any members have a Czech Specialist Catalogue ? Ryan ? Info sought. Czechoslovakia 1974 Brno '74 Stamp Expo Emissions: At last 8,000 BLACK PRINTS This is listed in two of my specialized catalogues but neither of them show the size of the edition. My 1996 Trojan catalogue does show some numbers printed for a few of the other blackprints (there haven't been all that many issued). In 1974, one other stamp was issued as a blackprint, in an edition of 7000 - catalogue price for that was 200 Korunas, whereas the blackprint you show has a value of 40 Korunas. I'd have to guess the number of copies was a fair bit higher than 7000, judging by the relative values. Something I learned while looking through the catalogues is that this stamp was issued in 2 formats - a sheet of 25, and a sheet of 16 + 9 labels. The issue with the se-tenant labels is less common, there were about 3 times as many sheets printed with only stamps and no labels. My copy shown here has a serial number fairly close to yours - the piece shown in the Trojan catalogue bears number 00007! Ryan |
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