rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 11, 2014 0:51:55 GMT
Naked archer - I had a look through my glassines of Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi, and was able to find these two, so I took a quick cell phone picture. No luck with the Ruanda Urundi, those are missing from my piles of stuff. Note the postmarks from Elisabethville, now known as Lubumbashi. This city is the capital of Katanga Province, known to stamp collectors from their issues during the brief breakaway State of Katanga period immediately after Congolese independence. While snooping through my catalogues the other day I came across a nice starfish on a star-shaped stamp. Find a starfish (doesn't have to be a star-shaped stamp, though). Ryan State of Katanga on The Stamp Forum thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1650/state-katanga |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 11, 2014 12:49:16 GMT
I don't have any star-shaped stamps, let alone any with starfish on them, so this will have to do.  In recognition of rod222's ongoing quest for the perfect stamping computer, show me a stamp with one or more microchips on it. |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 11, 2014 13:05:45 GMT
Here's the starfish stamp I saw in the Scott catalogue - it won't be anything I'm likely to find in my piles of stuff, stamps from Vanuatu are very uncommon for me.  Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 11, 2014 13:36:42 GMT
The quest is over Steve, the machine is running smooth as silk, still checking out the Mac, and now the Zorin Ubuntu, that looks totally sick. Microchips I don't collect Australia, but I know my images...  (Postcode Aust 5000 = Adelaide) BTW. That graphics card Ram recommended....it has 7.1 Billion transistors, I still can't get my head around that.  Target : A man smoking a pipe. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 11, 2014 23:50:44 GMT
 Let's see a Malayan Tapir. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 13, 2014 1:34:03 GMT
More than 24 hours have passed without a response so I present a Malayan Tapir.  Perhaps an easier task is in order...how about a man (or woman) riding a water buffalo? |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 13, 2014 3:03:37 GMT
For the record. The 1c Tapir , comes in 2 types, brown (not listed scott) , and chocolate brown (yours) Apologies for the scan, scanned about 12 years ago, when I was revelling in my new OS, Windows 98 Sabah.  Target : 1920 Fiat Fire Engine. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2014 13:53:47 GMT
I think I have found a stamp, that will not pop up with Google....
Find Tombola on a stamp.
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 20, 2014 23:10:23 GMT
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Sorry about the quality of the pic. |
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 20, 2014 23:20:27 GMT
I think I have found a stamp, that will not pop up with Google.... Find Tombola on a stamp. I found one that wouldn't pop up with Google, too, a few weeks ago. "Little Orphan Island." Trouble was, no one else could find it at all. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2014 23:34:13 GMT
Well found, Bud! I played Tombola as a recruit in the Navy, eons ago, and not seen or heard of it again until this stamp. To complete the triptych, the common perf variety...  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2014 23:36:46 GMT
I think I have found a stamp, that will not pop up with Google.... Find Tombola on a stamp. I found one that wouldn't pop up with Google, too, a few weeks ago. "Little Orphan Island." Trouble was, no one else could find it at all. I did find it Bud, but at the time, felt it was kinda cheating, using Google, since then have had a re appraisal, and accept some topics need a WW search. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2014 23:38:48 GMT
The Fiat Fire Engine. 4 other stamps exist with FIAT, 3 cars and a Flying Boat.  |
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 21, 2014 11:01:22 GMT
Ok, find a meal of chicken or crab ready to eat.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2014 0:37:26 GMT
Hong Kong 2012  Target : A skeleton on a stamp. (homo sapien) |
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 22, 2014 2:48:55 GMT
Delicacies seems to have been a theme recently.  |
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 22, 2014 3:02:43 GMT
Would a skull or Jolly Roger count?
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 22, 2014 3:12:17 GMT
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Post by stoltzpup on Aug 22, 2014 3:16:35 GMT
Too late to come up with another treasure tonight. Anyone who wants to can name the next object of search.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 22, 2014 8:07:09 GMT
Too late to come up with another treasure tonight. Anyone who wants to can name the next object of search. Stamp with bust of William Shakespeare, and the value of 10 Shylocks. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 23, 2014 3:11:43 GMT
Enough of this Hi-jinx A Stamp from Verona.  Another's turn for target. |
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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2014 3:59:50 GMT
The words Postage on a saddle bag
Hint
You need high power loupe to find it
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 24, 2014 0:10:52 GMT
I know this one but didn't get a scan done before heading out to the shop for work - so, the image will have to wait for a few more hours. Have a look at the rider on horseback on Canada E3,, the 1927 special delivery stamp, and you should see his saddle bag and the extremely tiny text.
Ryan
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 24, 2014 7:25:10 GMT
OK, maybe I'm off base on this one. I got out my album and my digital microscope and had a look at Canada E3. According to the Canadian Postal Archives Database, the mail bag says "CANADA P.O.". The actual stamp is fuzzy at the magnification required to see the text - plate proofs are printed on nicer paper, perhaps that shows the engraving more clearly, but on an actual stamp, I guess I'll have to take their word for it.   As an idea of how fuzzy paper actually is, have a look at these two scans of a random French engraved stamp. When I zoom in with maximum power on the "R" of "FRANCAISE", you can see all kinds of fibres and how poorly defined the edge of the printing actually is. No wonder chalk-coated paper was a popular thing with some countries like Switzerland, the coating smoothed out the surface of the paper so the printing was more crisp.   Ryan |
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(Postcode Aust 5000 = Adelaide)
