rod222
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Post by rod222 on Apr 23, 2024 23:31:35 GMT
Hey Rod Those 2x Chalon covers are very nice. Perhaps put a copy of that post into the Chalon thread as well. I think they would be appreciated there very much :-) All the best Dave Hi Dave, I get you, understandable, but I have a personal problem with that. I am old school, and cut my teeth on "Newsgroups" where data usage was always at a premium. I freak out when I see a huge quote (with images) and the reply is a one liner "Yeah nice one Felix!" that sort of thing I wonder who is paying for that ? Perhaps the moderators can chime in, if it's OK I shall happily replicate, usually I just write a short ID, and add a link to the post I am glad this has come up, it has worried me for some time. |
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DK
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Post by DK on Apr 24, 2024 0:26:25 GMT
I wouldn't put it in the Chalons thread as a quote per se. Just copy the text and start a new post in the Chalons thread, then paste the text and add the images to it. It's not a quote that way.  Anyway, I shall leave with you. Good luck Dave |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Apr 24, 2024 2:33:23 GMT
HOKIANGA Missionary Entire 1842 Auction John Woolfe Collection 2006 (Spink) Page 19  |
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2024 13:35:21 GMT
...I am old school, and cut my teeth on "Newsgroups" where data usage was always at a premium. I freak out when I see a huge quote (with images) and the reply is a one liner "Yeah nice one Felix!" that sort of thing I wonder who is paying for that ? Perhaps the moderators can chime in, if it's OK I shall happily replicate... Data usage on this Forum is not a concern as images are hosted on external servers. Any quote replicating the image is just including the link to that image on the server where it is hosted. I, too, cringe when I see unedited quotes being used to reply to a post in a thread. Tagging the individual, rather than using the quote function, is more considerate of the membership. |
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DK
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Post by DK on Apr 24, 2024 23:04:35 GMT
I, too, cringe when I see unedited quotes being used to reply to a post in a thread. Tagging the individual, rather than using the quote function, is more considerate of the membership. Agree 100%. Long quotes repeated immediately following the post is made, with just a few words reply, is annoying. Just a reply is needed, not the quote. However, using the quote when replying to posts made further back, and to maintain context, is appropriate. A quote can also be edited so that only the bit pertaining to your reply is maintained. But not everyone is as computer savvy as a 10yr old raised on this stuff. A little education, and thoughtfulness goes a long way Dave |
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Post by redkiwi on Apr 26, 2024 8:38:34 GMT
I purchased a group of 5 covers on eBay last week. Among them was this Penny Universal cover from 1902 with badly perforated stamps and an interesting US hand stamp 'Train Late - Mail Delayed'. I've not seen that on a NZ item.
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Post by redkiwi on May 20, 2024 19:17:29 GMT
Can anyone help with IDing this label? Thanks, RK |
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Post by daniel on May 20, 2024 19:39:49 GMT
redkiwi, it's a George V Cypher Label which would have been applied to the back of an escutcheoned revenue item. Daniel
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Post by redkiwi on May 20, 2024 20:00:20 GMT
Thanks, Daniel. Appreciated.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 20, 2024 20:08:47 GMT
Further to Daniel's advice, Google Mowbray's collectables (*pdf)  |
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Post by redkiwi on May 29, 2024 13:56:45 GMT
This should probably be in a separate thread on "back-of-book" issues, but setting that up will be for another day, perhaps.  I have a small, but developing collection of NZ Postage Dues. These seem to often be rather overlooked. In the past month, two PD issue items have come up on eBay which are of interest. First, this 1899 5d with large 'D' sold for £10.50: |
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Post by redkiwi on May 29, 2024 17:50:24 GMT
Just noticed the the 2d PD above also has a print flaw, a green dot in the middle. Will have to do some research ...
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Post by redkiwi on May 29, 2024 18:17:32 GMT
While I'm on the PDs, posting some other recent finds on eBay.  Quite a few 1899 PDs have partial or whole offsets on the back, as in the example of the ½d top left. The bottom 2d pair show the missing dot after 'N' in the lefthand stamp (nice to have in a pair with the selvage). And the 4d shows no dot after the 'Z', currently unlisted by CP.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on May 29, 2024 20:41:01 GMT
This should probably be in a separate thread on "back-of-book" issues, but setting that up will be for another day, perhaps. I have a small, but developing collection of NZ Postage Dues. These seem to often be rather overlooked. In the past month, two PD issue items have come up on eBay which are of interest. Acronym CP ? Any catalogue information on the ½d Postage Due of this issue please? |
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Post by jaysee on May 30, 2024 2:22:46 GMT
CP would be Campbell Paterson
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Post by redkiwi on May 30, 2024 5:43:28 GMT
This should probably be in a separate thread on "back-of-book" issues, but setting that up will be for another day, perhaps. I have a small, but developing collection of NZ Postage Dues. These seem to often be rather overlooked. In the past month, two PD issue items have come up on eBay which are of interest. Acronym CP ? Any catalogue information on the ½d Postage Due of this issue please? As Jaycee noted, CP is Campbell Paterson's Catalogue of NZ Stamps Here's the page on the 1899 PDs, with the listing on the ½d and all other denominations in the set: |
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Post by rod222 on May 30, 2024 7:25:17 GMT
Thank you RK Here is an ½d with No Dot after D Not mine, I can only think I had this, when researching an 1d PD in 2011 ? Source unknown. "Wide / narrow setting of frame" not understood.  |
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Post by redkiwi on May 30, 2024 13:46:02 GMT
A nice example without the red dot.
As I say, I'm not a specialist on these, but it's clear that there are varieties that are currently not recorded, which is potentially an area of interest to collectors of NZ material.
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skid
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Post by skid on Jun 28, 2024 23:24:40 GMT
Anyone know of a good place to look for NZ stamps in London? Thanks.
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Post by skid on Jul 9, 2024 17:06:41 GMT
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neilmac
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Post by neilmac on Jul 21, 2024 3:30:13 GMT
This should probably be in a separate thread on "back-of-book" issues, but setting that up will be for another day, perhaps. I have a small, but developing collection of NZ Postage Dues. These seem to often be rather overlooked. In the past month, two PD issue items have come up on eBay which are of interest. First, this 1899 5d with large 'D' sold for £10.50: Hi RK, I have a substantial collection of postage Dues and have spent quite a bit of time studying them during the accumulation phase. The 5D. above is a small D. and is listed. There are no large D. 5D stamps. In fact you can see the difference in the size of the D compared to your image of the 2D. below it. Nice stamp though and currently catalogued at $500 NZ used. I am happy of course to answer any questions that I can on postage dues.
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Thanks for having me - glad to be here. Looking forward to learning more in 2024! Cheers!
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Post by neilmac on Jul 21, 2024 3:48:26 GMT
Thank you RK Here is an ½d with No Dot after D Not mine, I can only think I had this, when researching an 1d PD in 2011 ? Source unknown. "Wide / narrow setting of frame" not understood. Hi Rod, Here's a couple more from my collection including one that was very off centre. Wide frame - narrow frame refers to the initial design being too wide and when printed the watermarks were slowly but surely out of place. The design was narrowed so the watermarks and the designs lined up (narrow frame). However the old frame was not scrapped. The new narrow frame was used for the 1/2d, 1d, 2d, 3d, and 4d. The original wide plate was used for the 5d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 1/- and 2/-. Differences are noted below. Wide Frame (Type 1) - Measured 18.75mm
- NZ large
- Inner circle has 14 ornaments
- 17 dots over NZ
- Last arc on right opens inwards
- Circle 16.5 mm dia.
- 24 dots over Postage Due
- Inner tramline at top broken
- OS of Postage spaced
Narrow Frame (Type 2) - Measured 17.25mm
- NZ small
- Inner circle has 13 ornaments
- 15 dots over NZ
- Last arc on right opens outwards
- Circle 15.25mm dia.
- 22 dots over Postage Due
- Inner tramline at top continuous
- OS of Postage close
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Post by redkiwi on Jul 23, 2024 14:39:29 GMT
This should probably be in a separate thread on "back-of-book" issues, but setting that up will be for another day, perhaps. I have a small, but developing collection of NZ Postage Dues. These seem to often be rather overlooked. In the past month, two PD issue items have come up on eBay which are of interest. First, this 1899 5d with large 'D' sold for £10.50: As can be readily seen, this is double perf. However, it is unusual as it is double perfs both vertically and horizontally, a variation currently unlisted in CP. I suspect this is fairly rare.The second item arrived today in a random accumulation of modern and early modern NZ. It appears that the seller did not note it and given the low quality of the other items in the lot, probably thought this was junk.This is listed in CP, but is seemingly very rare:Happy to have these together and properly recorded. Hi RK, I have a substantial collection of postage Dues and have spent quite a bit of time studying them during the accumulation phase. The 5D. above is a small D. and is listed. There are no large D. 5D stamps. In fact you can see the difference in the size of the D compared to your image of the 2D. below it. Nice stamp though and currently catalogued at $500 NZ used. I am happy of course to answer any questions that I can on postage dues.
Neil Yes, correct on the large D, Neil. That's me typing while half concentrating. On the listing, CP often list variations with double perfs & double perfs on two axes, separately. See, for example the 1898 pictorial 1d which lists the perf variations at E2a (Z) & E2a (T) respectively. As with the Pictorials, I believe such a distinction could/should also be made with the Postage Dues, but ultimately CP decides. |
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Post by fazeman on Sept 4, 2024 4:34:27 GMT
Centennial issue 1840-1940 of gold mining in 1861 and 1940 modern gold dredge. Official overprint in black. The left stamp is slightly lighter than the right. Scott: 240 A91 and 085 A91  |
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Post by redkiwi on Oct 18, 2024 12:45:15 GMT
I wanted to gauge your views on a philatelic dilemma. I recently purchased (cheaply) an assortment of NZ odds and ends which contained this 1915 KGV 3d block (CP K4a)  As can be seen, the block has sustained some water damage that has stained the gum and at least two of the fronts of the stamps. Now for the dilemma - these blocks with the plate number, mint, have a CV of $1600 (which this clearly is not). The CV for the plate number with a single stamp is $375. As I see it, I have three options: 1. Do nothing and add it as is to my KGV collection
2. Soak the block, removing the gum, in an effort to reduce the staining and preserve the block
3. I separate the two (or three) most affected stamps, turning the block into a plate single leaving the - largely unaffected - row 1/1 stamp
What to do ...?RK
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Post by Hugh on Oct 18, 2024 13:24:38 GMT
If it was mine … I’d do 1. I wouldn’t be selling it so I wouldn't care about the CV. It also has the advantage of preserving my options. I could always do the other two things in the future.
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Post by rod222 on Oct 19, 2024 3:33:38 GMT
Personally, only 1 option Number 1 all the rest is vandalism. Noting 1. Row 1 stamp 2 has splendid "N" from Sheet watermark 2. Probably not water damage, (excepting the spot near the perfs) just humidity, common gum browning on older stamps Of course, personal opinions aside, you own it, you are free to burn it, bin it, rip it, whatever, just don't tell us |
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Post by DK on Oct 19, 2024 7:08:06 GMT
I wouldn't be brave enough to do anything with it really. As others have stated, option 1 would be my go.
Interesting that if you had to separate it it looks like 1/1 & 2/1 are both looking pretty clean. Perhaps a corner plate pair!
But I would leave it alone I think, mounting it into a Hawid mount to protect the album, in case that 'brown' stain is a living organism!
Dave
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Post by redkiwi on Oct 31, 2024 9:04:01 GMT
For information:
SERGENT’S NEW ZEALAND STAMP BOOKLETS
Members will be familiar with, and many have already bought, Bruce Sergent’s excellent book on New Zealand Stamp Errors and Varieties that he published in September 2023. This remains available direct from Bruce. For members in the UK the price is £40 plus £25 postage. Further details are on his website (see below). At the Society’s Zoom meeting on 19 October Bruce told us that he had just completed version 1 of his next project – a book on New Zealand Stamp Booklets – and that he was considering how best to publish it. Bruce has now decided that he will make this available to download as a pdf file from his website without charge. This is a most generous gesture for which the many of us who are interested in NZ booklets will be extremely grateful. Sergent’s New Zealand Stamp Booklets can be downloaded at nzbooklets.sergent.com.au The book runs to 380 pages and the file size is 123MB. Bruce notes that, whilst version 1 is complete, there are still areas that can be improved on, especially in the Edward VII and George V periods. With this in mind, Bruce hopes that those who download the book can help him with any additional information or images that they may have in their collections, to be considered for inclusion in future versions of the book.
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Post by redkiwi on Nov 19, 2024 16:08:48 GMT
I took a punt on this rather humble little flight cover that really paid off. For those who don't know, these East Coast Airways FFC covers are fairly common. There was quite an industry in commemorative flight covers by 1935 in NZ, and these Gisborne - Napier flights were well documented with hundreds of printed covers. Bob Clark's wonderful site does a great job of illustrating this: www.nzstamps.org.uk/air/regular/apr16.html The vast majority of the covers featuring the 3d brown airmail stamp are perf 14 x 14½ (CP V1a) and have a CV of $50 NZD. However, a few covers with the 3d (I don't know the number, but it is seemingly very low) are perf 14 x 15 (CP V1b). On cover with a clear date these have a CV of $2500. Happy to add this example to my small flight cover collection. It's a little rough, but can't complain for £5 off eBay. 
I did a little more digging and found the discussion of the 3d perforation 14 x 15 in the PSoNZ vol.1:
 Robin Gwynn believes that the estimate of 150 to 200 total sold is likely an underestimate, nevertheless everyone concurs that it is a great rarity, particularly on a cover.
The dates mentioned by PSoNZ don't quite align with the issue of these stamps as Campbell Patterson lists that the dates of use for perf 14 x 15 were 'April and May 1935', as on the cover.
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