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Post by jkjblue on Jul 31, 2013 3:20:26 GMT
A is for Aden and Z is for Zanzibar... Now what is between? For the world wide classical era philatelist and stamp collector, a country specific philatelic survey is offered with two albums: Big Blue, aka Scott International Part 1 (checklists available), and Deep Blue, aka William Steiner's Stamp Album Web PDF pages.
Interested? So into the Blues...
bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/
Jim Jackson
aka jkjblue
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Post by Philatarium on Jul 31, 2013 3:28:31 GMT
This is such an outstanding effort, Jim! I've relied on it in several situations of classical confusion! (Greece Large Hermes Heads springs to mind most recently ...)
Two thumbs up!
-- Dave
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Post by jkjblue on Jul 31, 2013 5:34:45 GMT
Philatarium/Dave - You have been a vocal supporter for some time now, and you are always very positive with your posts ( I get the distinct feeling you are kind by nature), so I would like to publicly thank you!   |
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Post by scb on Jul 31, 2013 5:54:37 GMT
Big Blue blog gets my vote too. It is a really outstanding resource |
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 2, 2013 1:06:54 GMT
Jim: Thanks very much! I'm just a big fan. (And a big fan of Keijo's blog, too!)
(And, despite my getting a little firm in the discussion about image hosting, I try to be a "balcony person", trying to encourage, rather than a "basement person", pulling others down. There's enough negativity in the world without it needing to be so pervasive in the stamp community, too, imho.)
-- Dave
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 2, 2013 1:13:40 GMT
Also, after having read your post elsewhere about "White Whale" countries, I've wondered if sometime you'd be willing to post a question about which are the low-catalog-value stamps that never seem to be found.
I've heard collectors over the years talk about those low-value missing-hole stamps, and have wondered if some of us might have them, but, since they're low-value (especially if they're catalog minimum value), never get around to listing them.
Anyway, that's just a thought I've had on the back burner for a few years now.
-- Dave
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Post by zipper on Aug 2, 2013 2:14:03 GMT
Wow! That is remarkable!
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 2, 2013 20:45:02 GMT
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Post by BC on Aug 2, 2013 20:47:25 GMT
It seems the Big Blue does not have any room for British Columbia & Vancouver Island?
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 2, 2013 21:04:18 GMT
Ha-Ha!  Yes it is true that the Scott International Part I 1840-1940 Album (Big Blue) had no spaces for British Columbia or Vancouver Island. I suspect several reasons.. * BB is a "representational" album, with 35,000 spaces for 80,000+ possible stamps. British Columbia & Vancouver Island did not make the cut.  But Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and naturally Newfoundland are represented. * More importantly, BB is sensitive to cost (As it began life as a "Junior" collector album), and the least expensive stamp for BC/VI is $100 CV for the 1865 Scott 7 3p blue "Seal of British Columbia". So it is not in there.  But "Deep Blue", my Steiner album, has the entire Scott spaces for British Columbia & Vancouver Island. So I need some. Could you send a few? |
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Post by BC on Aug 2, 2013 21:09:39 GMT
I wish I could... it is hard enough for me to get any!
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 0:45:51 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Aug 9, 2013 0:59:29 GMT
Ajman Sibyl  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 9, 2013 1:09:28 GMT
Here is Libya 42:  Borrowed quickly from jerbear, one of the bidstart sellers I've had good luck with... I can scan a mint one later, if no one else beats me to it. |
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 1:14:25 GMT
cjd got it right! Here is my copy....  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 9, 2013 1:26:35 GMT
I am so tempted to host my scans on my website...the preview feature pales in comparison to the 'pop' that scrolling down to something like that provides.
Jack, if you are listening, thanks again for going along with allowing hosted images. It makes for a really nice viewing experience.
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Post by rod222 on Aug 9, 2013 1:31:20 GMT
Nice work cjd, not seen that stamp prior to this. It would be nice to interpret what Michelangelo was doing here,
What book is she about to refer to? if it is a Sibylline book, it generally considered to refer to impending disasters.
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Post by rod222 on Aug 9, 2013 1:42:47 GMT
Couldn't agree more cjd, that's what I really liked on the other board, stamp images were marvelous in high definition, I can understand here the restrictions on drive space. What I dislike on the other boards, was when hosted images disappeared, if this forum lasts 5 or 6 years hence, this is what will happen here, it is especially irritating, when going to a post to identify an issue, and the stamp image has disappeared. If I was admin here, I wouldn't have relaxed that restriction |
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 1:46:24 GMT
Rod222- Considering what happened to the Italians in WW II over Libya (They lost it!), perhaps it was not best for them to have printed a "Libyan Sibyl" set. |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 9, 2013 1:49:14 GMT
You're quick Jim! That's pertinent, if my suggestion holds water. |
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Post by cjd on Aug 9, 2013 2:05:35 GMT
it is especially irritating, when going to a post to identify an issue, and the stamp image has disappeared. Oh, puhlleease...you've saved every stamp image you've ever run across. By now, most of them twice, I suspect. All you have to do is go back to your database... As data storage gets cheaper and cheaper, I could imagine that forum code could just grab the images and store a backup of them. (I say that as if I know what I'm talking about, but I've never run a forum, so...) Anyway, to get back on topic, I think I remember reading that she is pulling out a draft copy of The Da Vinci Code. |
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 9, 2013 3:06:43 GMT
I am so tempted to host my scans on my website...the preview feature pales in comparison to the 'pop' that scrolling down to something like that provides. I really agree with this sentiment about the images "popping." If you'll check out my image posts towards the end of this thread: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/45/cartoon-comic-book-characters?page=1&scrollTo=2590I think this illustrates what you're saying. One thing I've been considering, however, to help address the preservation issue, is make addendum posts with the images as attachments. Still thinking through it ... Apologies for taking this thread off-topic ... -- Dave |
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Post by cjd on Aug 9, 2013 3:50:57 GMT
Yes, Dave, that was the kind of 'pop' that I was talking about. Nice.
Jim, that Liberia post was very well done. Early Liberia and early Haiti are two countries that are more interesting to me than I might otherwise expect.
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 4:24:12 GMT
cjd- I really appreciate that coming from a guy with your experience/knowledge. |
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Post by cjd on Aug 9, 2013 4:28:39 GMT
I threw up a comment (wait...that doesn't sound right...) regarding the blue overprint on the O28. Yvert agrees with you (I believe, using my best menu French).
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Post by scb on Aug 9, 2013 6:51:36 GMT
Actually the script that enhances the inbuilt image preview could be easily enhanced further to make all uploaded images load on original size without any kind of user action.
But it's important to realize that use of small size preview images (& click to make them open full size) make this forum a whole lot faster to load. For example I'm writing this now on mobile broadband, and the board is already dreadfully slow to read/browse).
And secondly, full size images = increased bandwidth consumption = increased costs (at least to ProBoards providing the forums; and very likely some of it would come to Jack too).
Just my 5 cents worth,
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 13:16:15 GMT
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Post by 1840to1940 on Aug 9, 2013 15:43:32 GMT
For the pre-1940 collector, Yvert publishes the Classiques du monde 1840-1940 catalogue. I have the 2005 edition (there is at least one later) and it has come in handy on several occasions.
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 9, 2013 17:18:18 GMT
1840 to 1940 (Bob)- Thanks for the reminder! I remember now I have the 2005 Classiques Du Monde as PDF files on a CD. But a book is tangible to me: Not so much a CD. I will try to use the Yvert 2005 classic catalogue more for the French related countries.
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Post by jkjblue on Aug 14, 2013 16:55:10 GMT
 1912 Scott 1 5h yellow green "Prince Johann II"Care to guess which postal administration had the initial contract to design and produce "postage stamp" (in size) Liechtenstein's issues? But then which country took over the production of stamps - and changed the currency, to boot- in 1921? That and more about the classical stamps of Liechtenstein at: bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2013/08/ClaasicStampsofLiechtenstein.html |
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