Whatcha Been Stamping?

Hugh hdm1950, I would concur with Rod, given the 4 bars to the right of the number, it could only be the rectangular Scottish mark and so, Keith, Banffshire.

Daniel

Regarding the “third rarest stamp” perhaps the previous owner was trying to state “third oldest stamp”

Thanks Alex I was certain you would have the answer. Thanks to rod222 for questioning my first assumption or I would never have known the existence of at least 2 192 cancels. 

Very nice, Hugh (hdm1950)!

I have the 2nd KGV set (Wmk 4 with Script CA) complete, but I am missing that $3 one from the 1st set.  I would love to find a copy for myself like yours.  Your $10 KGV also looks super.  It's the nicest used copy I have seen.  I ended up shelling out for an unused one, because all the used ones I saw were very heavily cancelled.

I looked at your post in the HK thread, and I should be able to help you fill in a couple of the gaps.  You should also post your KEVII sets, as I may be able to help you there, too.  Feel free to PM me if interested.

Dove into another small box of odds and ends this evening and found some more higher face Canada mint for postage but the piece de resistance was this 1980’s era stamp collecting starters kit. It made me chuckle. I wonder if Stampko still exists in some form? 

In my last monthly order, I bought a large 64-page stockbook, meant to house my Central African Republic holdings, which are bursting out of their current home, which has only 32 pages. You've seen from previous posts that there have been many new acquisitions lately.

I decided in the new stock book to break it up by era. First republic: 1960-1977, Empire: 1977-79, Second Republic: 1979-ca. 2000, "Junky" modern stuff post 2000. With two interregnum sections for Republic stamps overprinted to say "Empire Centrafricain" and vice versa. And within each part, arrange in my usual geometric pattern. I've done the first two main sections already, and need to complete the rest.

Then the freed-up stockbook may be used for Guiné-Bissau, that will thus grow from 16 to 32 pages. It needs it pretty badly too. And again, split into colonial era, early independence, and recent mass production.

What will I do with the 16-page stockbook, you say? Haven't decided yet...

Oh, and somehow re-arrange my shelf space to find some room...

Sorting through a nice lot of French Polynesia this morning.

I had found the same links and sites when I first found the little package. I suspect Stampko was one of those companies that ran adds in comics offering all kinds of things for sale by mail. I remember the 1000 stamp bags one could order in the 1960's. 

Well, it's been slow going with my collections since Christmas. Lots of other family activities going on as well as other stuff. Went to a Rolling Stones (tribute gig) last night  they were really good. The lead singer actually looked like Jagger & one of the guitarists looked even more like Ronnie Wood than he does!! I was 4 rows back from the stage & my hearing still needs to return to normal at the moment, (pardon). Any way back to the stamps. I purchased a single Q.V. 14 dots 1d lilac from Stanley Gibbons a couple of weeks ago which I was watching for some time. It was partially paid for by one of my Christmas presents. Been trying to fill some of the gaps in my collection (mainly Victorian items which seem to be getting more difficult to find these days). I also bought a few Machins for my specialist collection, from eBay. The gaps in the collection are gradually filling up, although the searches are taking a bit longer & the wallet contents sparser. Have a nice day.

Thanks for your post, Anil.  It's a nice starter collection of Sweden you have there.

I hope I'm not bursting your bubble or anything, but your 12o blue from Sweden is actually Scott #8, not #1.  CV for Scott #1 (3sk blue green) is $5,000 USD.  It's still a nice stamp to have, for sure, as it represents the same design as those very first issues.  Anyway, although it may not be the best news, I thought you would want to know now rather than be disappointed later.

Spring cleaning , or a weak attempt at shifting stuff.

Yesterday I completed my 80th and final page for the Exhibition in April. Done and set aside,
My commemorative Lifeboats cover for the event is in the public domain and I am getting online orders.
My 3 small one frame exhibits ( non competitive) to represent the club are also ready .

Big sigh of relief.

Now I have made 2 give aways of GB common stuff here for 48 hour inspection, and created a large rummage box of nearly 400 covers , cheap and nasty , to go on the host society desk at the Congress. After everyone has spent the big budget just a chance to rake through hopefully at 10p each for club funds.

Hey Kids, how's it going?

I've been really struggling over the last 2 years on how to put together (combine) several past family members stamp collections, especially the Pre 1930 World Wide collections that were in albums exposed to high humidity. The old albums were no longer usable so I've been removing and soaking stamps by country and placing them in glassine envelopes. Then I picked a few of my favorite countries and put those in Stockbooks, but that was a problem as I discovered more stamps and needed to rearrange them. Then I moved to Vario pages in 3 ring binders. I didn't like the feel of the Vario pages. My intention was to stay away from hinges and albums.

Most of the stamps are used, common, but collectable. I finally decided to buy used versions of Scotts International Stamp Albums Volumes I, II & III off eBay. I've started with US and will work my way through Volume I. Then onto the following volumes. The albums are practically new and in great condition, and to my surprise all 3 volumes had 1,000's of stamps in them which was a bonus I wasn't expecting. Not bad for $40 per album! Transferring the stamps into these albums will be a joy. I also purchased glassine pages to put in the albums as well. It will be a nice collection I can pass along to the next generation.

Thank you Beryllium Guy for the letting me know.   First time using the catalog to check details. Will keep a lookout for the #1 from Sweden.   Always appreciate the call outs. That’s the way to learn more.  

It was fun madbaker that we were both working and scratching our head a bit on China yesterday. The old Senior Statesman album I am going through had just the one full page of the early definitive stamps. The early Junk and Rice Reapers take time due to the 3 printings and perforation varieties. Then of course we have the overprints. Most countries I can scan a page like this in a few minutes, pick what I need and move on. I mulled over and was lost in this page for a few hours yesterday. The gaps show that I found a few I needed and pleasantly 2 were a bit better CV than what I normally find. It is not an area I would want to specialize in but I do enjoy going through old collections of the definitive stamps. One always finds something.