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I apologize to vikingeck for the curt response he received from Umberto I will investigate.

Edit - the issue here is that while the image was reported as a forgery, no alternative image was supplied. In general the editors have been instructed to only replace images if an alternative is supplied. (And the editor did say "please send the right picture" in his reply to the original comment) So vikingeck if you would be willing to upload an image of the item that is legitimate then we would be able to replace it (or send me images and I will replace them)

Colnect works on Wiki principle so all images we have are those supplied by contributors. If the contributor had a forgery and thought it was legitimate, then unless a user of the catalogue familiar enough to spot forgeries recognizes it and is willing to contribute a replacement image, the forged image will likely remain.  Very few of the editors at Colnect are specialists in anything,  most are generalists so the result is that unless images are pointed out as forgeries they will lay hidden and unrecognized until flagged and supplied with a replacement legitimate image.

I have been increasingly using Colnect for not only cataloging my collection but also now for selling. I have a lot of duplicate stamps and the process for selling individual stamps on Colnect is very easy. I have already done 3 transactions and received positive feedback on 2 of them so far. The only thing that keeps me from using it more is time.

I have also been increasingly using the stamp identifier app on my phone and it seems to be getting better or I am just getting better at using it. I still have my hard copy of the Scott Catalog nearby but increasingly I don't have to use it.

If you cannot see the varnish bars in a normal image, but they could if taken off angle, then the off angle image could be used like a watermark image.

djcmh , is there a way to renew listings that have closed directly from the My Listings page on Colnect? I know we get an email when a listing or listings close but I feel like I should be able to go to a list of my closed listings and simply renew my listings from there. I have learned to maximize the duration and renewal times for all of my listings but once that is finished and they close, they all tend to close at one time and it would be a lot easier if I could simply renew them from my page.

@darkomex I am not really familiar with the sales side of Colnect so not sure how listings work. Beat suggestion I can provide is to ask in the Support forum of Colnect where someone more experienced should be able to help.

Again I do not really have experience with the marketplace, but if you post your questions in Colnect Support forums someone with more experience should be able to assist you

colnect.com/en/forum/viewforum!f=46

Another one if it does not exist.

Traders listed that match your wants and your surplus so maximum trading for both parties

Thanks so much but I do not have the patience or time to do a Colnect wish list as my wishes change often and I find it s easier to go on a Country - Marketplace - see by year what is available and my Inventory is open so  easily see if I need stamp X or Y etc - My only problem and I did mention this is to go through my want stamps and end up with multiple sellers, from multiple Countries and each one has selling/mailing conditions that are not uniform - and to be frank with you, most of the stamps I need are not penny stamps and most sellers do not have what I need. I may loose valuable time doing wish lists but if the stamps are not in the Marketplace - another frustration - Easier to go to Hipstamps/Delcampe etc and find what I want - I loved buying from you for certain Countries and you know I only look for Classics - impossible for you to carry all the stamps and not asking that.
Thanks for wanting to help !!!!

René

When I started listing I thought that it was smart to list the stamp one week and set a renewal to 10. But that mean a lot of work every 10th week. So I started to list them for 30 days then renewal 10 times = 300 days as you say darkormex. But those that I already have listed for 7 days, don't change, I have to renew my listings before every 10th week. I do edit this '7days listings' when I see them, but I have a lot. 

So I think this must be your problem darkormex, you still have some '7days listings' out there. 

A major improvement for those who use the Colnect marketplace, the developers have now added a button that will allow you to directly add an item to your cart from the specific listing in the marketplace without leaving the listings page

New Colnect Marketplace Add To Cart Function

I have been working on Netherlands the last days. Now I'm at the Princess Wilhelmina series. To my knowledge (Michel) there where two printings. The first 1891-94 with nature ink, and the second with synthetic ink 1894-98. 

Colnect only list the first series with exception of 5 c - Dutch cent where thy have both, 35aa and 35b. (but 35ab dull blue is missing)

Here is a list of the missing stamps


So I ask djcmh  if there is something I can contribute with (on Colnect) to correct this? I don't have other catalogs for Netherlands, but Im sure all the big four + NVP list those 1894-98 stamps. 

1 NIF (11 items) uploaded to Colnect.

One of the images (Stamps I added. 
Nederland 1894 Michel 41b

Colnect seems to be sorting stamps inconsistently between Scott and Michel. 

In this example, I am viewing YAR (Yemen Arab Republic) and selected the 1815 stamps link so images are tiled. I have the sort set to Sn code.

For the stamp at end of the first row (Kennedy with rocket), this i Scott No. 216.  What is missing is the rest of the series (216A to 216G).  The same applies to the 1st stamp second row.  This is an image of Scott 217 with he images for 217A to 217H missing, The problem is that Colnect does not know 217A follows 217 in Scott. 

Now if I switch to Michel sort the stamps appear in proper order. Michel numbers them 432A, 432B (for imperf, not in Scott), 433A, 433B (for imperf, not in Scott), etc,  Interestingly, Colnect does a better job sorting Michel with letter suffix these. This would appear there is some sorting algorithm that is used on Michel that is not used with Scott in the software.  

View sorted by Scott - missing images


View Sorted by Michel - images present- 

I see you already made updates on some of my submissions.

There some issues surcharged (value) for the Luna IX but Scott (2017) makes no mention of surcharges - just overprints.