stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on May 5, 2021 23:09:44 GMT
today I started attempting to layout some pages of the surface printed Great Britain Queen Victoria issues, which led me down a rabbit-hole....
as interesting as that experience was, I didn't get much done starting some pages....
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on May 6, 2021 0:40:42 GMT
Thanks for the offer, hdm1950, but I have a 2016 SG NZ catalogue winging it to me in the mail as I type! Otherwise I'd be there to pick it up!
Peter
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on May 7, 2021 22:11:56 GMT
Starting to layout pages for the France early Ceres, Napoleon issues. Once completed I will have most of the pages (issues, but definitely not all) up to 1940's!
so much to do! I'm late... the Queen shall have my head!?!
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chrischross
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What I collect: France, French Africa, FSAT, French Polynesia
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Post by chrischross on May 7, 2021 23:02:22 GMT
After a bit of a break due to family stuff, I just got ahold of a nice starter Cameroun collection running from the Kaiser boats all the way to 2011, with recent issues showing a lot of postally used copies.
So that should keep me out of trouble for quite awhile!
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on May 8, 2021 9:53:04 GMT
I finished up mounting some Hong Kong issues and scanned album pages. I also have a new pair of regular and computer glasses (new prescriptions) but this time I got the computer glasses as progressives. It reduced the number of times I had to remove my glasses to read something out of a catalog or other very small text. It is still easier to read a book without glasses.
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tomiseksj
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Posts: 6,262
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on May 8, 2021 16:03:00 GMT
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 8, 2021 21:16:17 GMT
Rainy Saturday in OxfordThis morning I was reminded of some lyrics from an old Bob Seeger song: "I woke last night to the sound of thunder; how far off I sat and wondered...." Well, it wasn't actually thunder that woke me, but the sound of rain just absolutely beating down on the roof and windows of our little place. I first awoke about 3am, then again at 5am, and it was still pouring. I finally got out of bed just before 7am, by which time it was still raining, but with considerably less force. It rained off and on all day. I did do some stamping today, but just a sort of philatelic puttering, I would say. I put away all of the stamps that I had soaked last weekend, and that took 2-3 hours to do properly, but as always, it was fun to see the results of my efforts. Soaking stamps off old album pages can be very satisfying when it gives good results, but a bit disappointing when it turns out that the stamps were already damaged. Today's group was a mixed bag. Ah, well.... so it goes. Tomorrow, I will probably do a bit more with adding to and upgrading selected Germany thanks to Mystery Packet finds from Mike ( mikeclevenger) and to René ( renden) for some nice stamps he let me choose from his duplicates. I started to organize Bavaria a couple of weeks ago, and I need to get back to that, so it should be next thing, but who knows? If something else catches my eye, then all bets are off. I suppose it's the blessing (and curse) of being a WW collector! Stay stampy, all! 
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on May 8, 2021 22:21:06 GMT
Beryllium Guy Chris, happy you are stampy and I contributed to that - we loose (me) track as when you put many hours into TSF - Ya tend to forget..... but, I know Monday, I have the following 1) a mailing to WERT , Robert in Ontario (Canada) of a New Brunswick Mint F-VF - for an exchange (dup) 2) a mailing with CUBA stamps to Pete brightonpete - classics he won (dups) 3) a mailing to Stan in California stainlessb of his CUBA he won 4) a special mailing/trading to Stan - ESPANA classics - he chose from my dups Next week is another giveaway scheduled I think I am going to apply for a Canada Post Office at home !! Waiting for French Colonies stamps and Niger 1.25 for Chris as promised TO finish his page also Steve will receive his Canada # 71 soon to finish his page I have many scans of MACHINS ready.....checking who would be interested/Auction ?? Do not collect René
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mikeclevenger
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What I collect: Ohio Tax Stamps, Ohio & Georgia Revenues, US Revenues, US FDC's, & Germany Classics
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Post by mikeclevenger on May 11, 2021 8:40:25 GMT
Tomorrow, I will probably do a bit more with adding to and upgrading selected Germany thanks to Mystery Packet finds from Mike ( mikeclevenger ) and to René ( renden ) for some nice stamps he let me choose from his duplicates. I started to organize Bavaria a couple of weeks ago, and I need to get back to that, so it should be next thing, but who knows? If something else catches my eye, then all bets are off. I suppose it's the blessing (and curse) of being a WW collector! Stay stampy, all! Let me know what you need in Bavaria when you finish. I have a few thousand extra Bavaria, as it has always been my favorite of all my Germany stamps.
Have a great day.
Mike
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darkormex
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Swinging through Switzerland and getting tied up in Thailand
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on May 12, 2021 1:25:48 GMT
I have spent the last couple of evenings putting my oldest son's Japanese manga up for sale on eBay. He is too impatient to try to sell them himself and when he moved out of the house after college and started work at Fiat Chrysler, he took what he wanted and left the rest here for me to sell thinking I wouldn't get anything for them.
So what does this have to do with stamps? They sell like hotcakes, they sell at high prices and I use the money to buy more stamps! Besides, I am pretty sure I paid for most of them anyway with all the allowance money I gave him.
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on May 12, 2021 18:02:07 GMT
Sorting through some Great Britain stamps, pulling out some overlooked QV, and all the King Edward VII I came across this, which at first glane it just looked wrong!  It appears to be the side image from an Italian stamp glued over King Edward VII... but upon further inspection, holding up to a light, it appears the center of the KE stamp is cut out and glued onto an Italian stamp... but why bother? |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on May 12, 2021 19:23:19 GMT
Must have been a homesick Italian in Britain!
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on May 12, 2021 19:37:32 GMT
Must have been a homesick Italian in Britain! What do you drink ?? Pete - "funny lately" and you do not dare enter my giveaway (Emirates)  |
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 12, 2021 21:23:02 GMT
I started to organize Bavaria a couple of weeks ago, and I need to get back to that, so it should be next thing.... Let me know what you need in Bavaria when you finish. I have a few thousand extra Bavaria, as it has always been my favorite of all my Germany stamps. Mike, you are generous as always! Many thanks for the kind offer. I will let you know once I have completed my organization. It's been a rather sobering experience actually, because I thought I had a semi-decent Bavaria collection, but I am missing way more than I thought. Just shows that you can only get so far in these areas when gathering material from general collections, as I have tended to do. Thanks again, and I will let you know! |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on May 12, 2021 21:58:25 GMT
Let me know what you need in Bavaria when you finish. I have a few thousand extra Bavaria, as it has always been my favorite of all my Germany stamps. Mike, you are generous as always! Many thanks for the kind offer. I will let you know once I have completed my organization. It's been a rather sobering experience actually, because I thought I had a semi-decent Bavaria collection, but I am missing way more than I thought. Just shows that you can only get so far in these areas when gathering material from general collections, as I have tended to do. Thanks again, and I will let you know! BAVARIA - always of interest to me - not a beggar - do have some.....66 stamps in inventory René |
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gmot
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What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on May 13, 2021 12:04:01 GMT
Bought & received French Africa collections for 13 colonies recently - about halfway through upgrading my existing collections, putting the rest up for sale in my Hip/Delcampe stores. Some nice finds tucked away in there, brought some of my country collections from "pretty good" to "really nice". Always a satisfying feeling!
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 13, 2021 12:36:12 GMT
It is always a long lonely ,and most days ,fruitless hunt when all you are looking for are 1877 originals in a 10,000 to 1 long shot among a plethora of reprints and forgeries.
Weeks, even months go by with none crossing my horizon.
Then as they say “ like London Buses..2 come along at once “
This week I acquired an 1877 2/- genuine state Ii plate position 1/1 good used and an1882 genuine remainder 9d StateIV unused part gum . Both from a dealer in Poland whose other 4 offerings were reprints, wrongly identified as originals .. sadly not .
As the originals of these were printed in minisheets of 10, and only perforated between the stamps , they always have at least one blind imperf edge ( think of a jigsaw puzzle )
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Mr. H
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What I collect: US, Netherlands, Whatever suits my fancy.
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Post by Mr. H on May 13, 2021 16:08:17 GMT
I've been working on my Bahamas Collection, identifying and mounting everything I soaked last week. Hope to have them finished up by the weekend. It's time to make reference back to kgvistamps websites for color varieties. |
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mikeclevenger
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What I collect: Ohio Tax Stamps, Ohio & Georgia Revenues, US Revenues, US FDC's, & Germany Classics
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Post by mikeclevenger on May 14, 2021 9:29:19 GMT
BAVARIA - always of interest to me - not a beggar - do have some.....66 stamps in inventory René Well Rene, send me a need list. make sure it includsd whether you want mint or used because I have plenty of both. I'm not saying I can finish your collection, but I am sure I can help, with as many extras as I have. I don't have any number 1's though, my own is ripped in half, by me personnally. LOL.
Have a great day.
Mike.
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 14, 2021 9:40:46 GMT
. I don't have any number 1's though, my own is ripped in half, by me personnally. LOL.
Have a great day.
Mike.
Gee Mike I remember you posting that tragedy, cos I have been looking for a reasonably priced #1 for years. I had the same issue with one of my Early Samoans... in too much haste removing a century and a half of soggy accumulated hinge remains with a penknife I knocked a hole in the middle! my wife always told me patience was not one of my virtues. ☹️😖 |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on May 14, 2021 15:23:55 GMT
Up early this morning, got on the computer at 7AM. Started on finishing the KGVI monograph, then got to work on New Zealand album pages. Steiner had more info on the KGVI's portrait definitives than Scott. So I checked & I have 2 varieties of the 1 shilling and the 1b variety of the 1 shilling 3 pence issue. Then I had to redo the page as the 2 sh. is a LL corner with selvedge. Finished those pages, now finally online after 11AM!
That SG NZ catalogue made it to Toronto, but then winged it out west to Vancouver! Why? I hope it doesn't sit there as long as it did in Miami!
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 14, 2021 16:17:06 GMT
Just been offered half-price fees on ebay for the weekend, on an account which has been dormant for some months . "fitasotter" (which is our local dialect for " what a mess" describes my desk exactly). I guess they thought I was inactive and needed a stimulus to hook me in to selling again! The discount does not apply to my other "vikingeck" account.
So I have been uploading some lots of Cape of Good Hope and Zululand as I finally get round to clearing some of the surplus from a big S Africa collection I bought in October.
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Mr. H
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What I collect: US, Netherlands, Whatever suits my fancy.
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Post by Mr. H on May 15, 2021 13:59:09 GMT
Finished up on the Bahamas last night (well almost, I have a few hard to see watermarks, which I'll put on the side for later). I think I'll look at Jamaica next.
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bobstew617
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What I collect: Switzerland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Channel Islands, Hong Kong (British Admin), PNG, others...
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Post by bobstew617 on May 15, 2021 17:22:59 GMT
My newest purchase is this beauty from Papua New Guinea, Scott 135 MNH:  |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on May 15, 2021 17:43:07 GMT
Today I prepared (this morning) the 2 mailings of my 2 giveaways polarbear and hrdoktorx- so Monday they should be at the P.O. We are having gorgeous weather - I am not very stampy today René |
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2021 18:20:50 GMT
ongoing tidying up.. I pulled out all my various sized visio/stock cards, many of which were received with stamp lots and I found a whole bag of unsorted France I "forgot about".... I wonder if I'll find something I need... I estimate 300 - 400 stamps are in their- as I recall- these have all been soaked, so no paper or hinges  |
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polarbear
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What I collect: Canada Used to 2015, revenues, perfins. Newfoundland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Worldwide textiles/handwork and Christmas.
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Post by polarbear on May 15, 2021 19:56:38 GMT
I spent this afternoon working on updating my Newfoundland stamp album. I entered stamps in my inventory and mounted them. I’m about half done! I’m struggling with whether colour variations are true varieties or just old age.
I also have my revenues out to work on, and my 2000-2015 Canada album. So much to do, so little time!
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on May 15, 2021 23:10:50 GMT
I spent part of the afternoon sorting some of the bag of France stamps I uncovered while tidying up. Researched and identied 2France perfins and received the following auction wins in the mail! An Austria single (most likely a reprint), some early France (nice Napoleon horizontal pair), and some early Belgium which have several nice shades which will fill a spot or offer an improvement!   |
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cjd
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Post by cjd on May 16, 2021 1:56:50 GMT
Yes, the pair is nice. I like the ancre, too.
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 16, 2021 11:54:36 GMT
Stampy Weekend in ProgressGreetings, all! The weather here has been iffy, which means when the sun shines for an hour or two, we drop everything to go out and get in a good walkabout before the rains return. In the end, I did way more stamping than walking yesterday, but I did manage a nice, long walk already today. What I did yesterday: - I finally went back to the Germany thread where I posted my collection pages and added in all the captions, which means identifying what's there, but also noting what's missing, hopefully to facilitate some trading. It was a good job to take care of, and as always, it took way longer than I thought it would.... sigh. For those interested, the posts are found in this thread: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/593/german-stamps?page=2
- When I finished with cataloguing the Germany, I rewarded myself with a bit of treasure hunting. I pulled out a partially sorted mixed lot that I acquired sometime last year, and I started organizing it in earnest. About a third of those stamps are now sorted and organized by country for next steps.
- I did make a post about the 100th anniversary of the founding of the British Legion, here: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/4743/date-history-stamps?page=5
For today, I am planning to take material soaked last week and put that where it belongs, and then perhaps do a bit more soaking of some recent GB acquisitions from Alex ( vikingeck). I have also been looking on eBay, and I am eying some potential purchases. I also recently acquired a couple of new stamps from Danish West Indies, and I am planning to integrate those into my collection and then post the pages, which are already looking pretty nice. Overall, it's been a nice weekend, and I am happy to say that restaurants in our area will be re-opening for indoor dining again starting tomorrow, so looking forward to that, too. Stay stampy, all!
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