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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 9, 2014 0:19:10 GMT
Yes, it's Siberian 4.  Electricity is shaky here, too. The President has declared us a disaster area, and our morning paper showed 100+ power trucks arriving from Alabama to put us right. The South has finally arisen. Shocking. |
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 3:33:58 GMT
I'd say we're due for another...  |
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Post by jamesw on Feb 9, 2014 3:42:28 GMT
Due, as in postage due? Belgium, I believe.
Sorry, more specifically J3 issued 1895-1909
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 4:21:37 GMT
You're getting warm.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 9, 2014 4:36:18 GMT
The other guess is J12, but it's hard to tell.
OK. I see the strong vertical lines now.
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 14:20:02 GMT
Yep. This is the redrawn version, J12 in Scott.
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Post by Jen B on Feb 9, 2014 16:30:39 GMT
Color was throwing me off. Couldn't decide if the stamp was yellow green or blue green. But you can also see the heavy, colored outline around the lions, which Scott lists as another identifying characteristic of the J12 redrawn issue.
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 18:32:13 GMT
The outline around the design, and then the heavier vertical lines down the left and right sides, are more noticeable once you know what to look for. The back of the lion's head is one good place to look:  |
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 9, 2014 18:49:13 GMT
Our power is back on after 20 hours. The Big Leaf Maple has been ice shorn of many of its branches and limbs.  From a Lion to a double headed eagle..... ?  |
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 19:11:51 GMT
We were due for another one.
Three paper choices, but the color (not pale) rules out one of them.
Looks like the first issue from 1895, on granite paper. Warm?
Sorry to hear about the tree.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 9, 2014 19:21:47 GMT
The paper looks laid; the blue looks pale.
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Post by Jen B on Feb 9, 2014 19:36:19 GMT
What are those red fibers in the paper? Would that indicate granite or laid paper?
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Post by cjd on Feb 9, 2014 19:53:41 GMT
Typically, thin parallel ridges indicate laid paper. (Think corduroy.)
Short little colored fibers are one indication of granite paper.
The third choice for this stamp, white wove, would have an overall even texture.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 9, 2014 22:42:22 GMT
Serbia Postage Due 1895 Scott J2 blue "Coat of Arms" The best clue was all the threads on the paper- granite paper.  Another clue could have been perf. Color certainly can be a clue. But, stamp color variations within an issue, scanners that alter color tint, or monitors that do not give true color,- all make color- especially similar color tints- a difficult variable to evaluate at times. cjd was first across the line.  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 10, 2014 0:11:44 GMT
Ok, here is one that is probably too easy. By the time I get back from dinner, I expect this to be solved. Theron.  |
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 10, 2014 2:03:09 GMT
Armenia 1922 Scott 304 1000r dull blue & pale blue "Peasant" What a wild looking stamp- I knew I had seen it before, and was flipping through the Scott (without success), and then, it came to me. |
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Post by stampgeezer on Feb 10, 2014 2:19:47 GMT
Right on. I dub thee Sir jkjblue, the All Knowing of Armenia!
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 10, 2014 2:34:52 GMT
Jim, the gracious creator of puzzles finally gets to solve one! հրաշալի!
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Post by cjd on Feb 10, 2014 3:20:41 GMT
Yay, Jim. Here's another:  Sorry they're not tougher. |
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 10, 2014 3:33:12 GMT
The hyperinflated double cross, J22, of Danzig.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 10, 2014 3:41:16 GMT
A while back, I found this one to be a pest. 
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Post by jamesw on Feb 10, 2014 3:53:28 GMT
No fair, it's up side down!
Hungary Newspaper stamp P2 1872
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Post by cjd on Feb 10, 2014 4:55:40 GMT
Nice cancel.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 10, 2014 12:37:05 GMT
Upside down? I thought it might give the Oz members an advantage. You got it anyway.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 10, 2014 15:05:46 GMT
 Might have been tough earlier, but we've had too much of this country this past 7 days. ? |
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Post by cjd on Feb 10, 2014 15:41:36 GMT
I'll sit this one out (for a bit), but I'll chime in to say that you've got a really nice scan there.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 10, 2014 16:17:22 GMT
I'll try Somali Coast, 1894, Scott 3 (1892 Obock Scott 32 with blue 50c value and red "Djibouti" overprints).
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 10, 2014 18:07:30 GMT
Right you are Tomiseksj! I dub thee Mentuhotep IV of the Land of Punt.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 10, 2014 21:25:17 GMT
I am humbled by that great honor and will do my utmost to prove myself worthy...
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