scub
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What I collect: WW (without restrictions)
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Post by scub on Oct 20, 2024 15:53:01 GMT
My gift from madbaker is compared to the stock.  I am soooo embarrassed about how many stamps I can use. Some of the older ones are still left and of course the "Bluenose" will be heading to a safe harbor.  But I had almost nothing of the "newer" ones. Thanks again to madbaker , now it almost looks like a "collection".  |
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djcmh
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Posts: 794
What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by djcmh on Oct 20, 2024 16:51:58 GMT
Day 2 of vacation week from work. Spent the last day and a half catching up on the backlog of new issues for Colnect, as there was a huge jump in issues due to the 150th Anniversary of the UPU being celebrated on 9th October and my work schedule didn't allow much time to add them all. In the last two weeks almost 850 new items have been added to the 2024 listings at Colnect from around the world. colnect.com/en/stamps/list/year/2024/new/14Got my 2024 USA stamps ordered from a dealer on HipStamp that charges face +~50% for single stamps. Since I really have no need for 20 copies of a stamp, it just works out better to pay above face for single copies. Got all but the 3 high-value definitives (will get those direct from USPS when the High-Value Collection for 2024 drops on 1 November). All total will be US$200 for this year's stamps including the high values, or an average weekly cost of ~US$3.86, which is cheaper than a Whopper from Burger King per week (and most likely much healthier). |
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madbaker
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Posts: 778
What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Oct 20, 2024 21:15:25 GMT
scub ,those are elegant pages for your Canada album. Did you make them yourself? I'm glad you were able to make some additions. 💖
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scub
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Posts: 179
What I collect: WW (without restrictions)
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Post by scub on Oct 21, 2024 7:46:20 GMT
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drblade
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Posts: 845
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Oct 21, 2024 11:14:52 GMT
Still trying to identify & mount stamps from the auction lot I won earlier this month. Quite a few have been put into envelopes for later identification by the Deegam system when I have more time. I've come across quite a few "errors" not listed by SG or Deegam (unless I've missed the Deegam profiles). Quite a few broad bands in the lot and a few with odd phosphor bands which I don't already have. I'm working on the booklets today with the emphasis on getting the cylinder numbers mounted. This is the difficult bit in my estimation, as a high percentage of booklets are/were printed in more than 1 column, so lots of different checks to identify which column the same booklets are from, can't get my head round this one.   My work table at the moment. |
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madbaker
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Posts: 778
What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Oct 21, 2024 15:39:38 GMT
That's a very inviting work table, drblade! I admire your patience. Deegam goes deep! My work table is currently taken over by a jigsaw puzzle in the service of marital group projects. So my stamps are waiting for me for a few days.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 845
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Oct 21, 2024 15:46:40 GMT
That's a very inviting work table, drblade ! I admire your patience. Deegam goes deep! My work table is currently taken over by a jigsaw puzzle in the service of marital group projects. So my stamps are waiting for me for a few days. Lots of jigsaw puzzles on the internet/computer. Just a thought!!  madbaker |
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Beryllium Guy
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Posts: 5,889
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Oct 21, 2024 17:48:30 GMT
Short Trip This WeekGreetings, stampers far and wide! I hope this post finds you all as well as your circumstances allow. Today, my wife and I are driving to the SF Bay Area to visit some old friends who are housebound. So, no stamping again until after we return home on Thursday. The good news is that I had a good weekend of stamp activities, and I have left my desk in pretty good order: • Went through classic trade material from North Borneo and French Oceania • Gathered trade material from Laos (1965-71) and sent off to trading partner • Created country collections for Korea (pre-1905) and Siam (pre-1930) • Sorted soaked stamps from the previous weekend after drying and press-flattening, mainly from a Cape of Good Hope mixed lot • Made a couple of decent posts on the Forum • Went through a manila envelope of mixed stamps from the huge hoard lot and did general sorting between pre-1930 and everything later It felt good just to get some long overdue stamp projects done. I think I will start making it more of a priority to get my little country collections put together more regularly. When I did it this weekend, I also spent a happy hour or so looking through all the other pages I had previously put together, which I don’t do often enough. Sometimes, I get so absorbed by new projects or acquisition that I forget to enjoy what I already have. Stay stampy, all! 
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anglobob
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Posts: 2,592
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Oct 25, 2024 12:59:18 GMT
My stamp time has been severely curtailed due to the problems here with electricity supplies.Since my last post a month ago,the situation has deteriorated.New blackouts have just been announced.Three sessions without power 4am to 8am 11am to 4pm and 7pm to midnight.Luckily,internet connection is available but little time to recharge batteries !!!
Malls and shopping centres have generators so these are usually busy.However,during these blackouts there are no traffic lights working and driving is a problem.Even in normal times this is challenging...now,even more so....
Anglobob
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,804
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Oct 25, 2024 13:17:05 GMT
anglobob your post makes me reappreciate our infrastructure here in Texas. Is your power situation because of inadequate power generation facilities or other problems?
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Hugh
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Posts: 669
What I collect: Worldwide Occupation Stamps and Postal History; and, anything that looks interesting.
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Post by Hugh on Oct 25, 2024 13:26:42 GMT
Haven't had a lot of time for stamping this week ... too many chores getting ready for the colder weather and doing yardwork. So, I was looking forward to my local club meeting last night - the last one before our Fall Show and Sale this weekend. Typical of such things, people were holding off buying stuff ... saving their money for the big sale on Saturday. So, I'm a bit overwhelmed this morning with all the stuff I was able to get for next to nothing at the auction last night. I mean seriously .. less than pennies a stamp. They weren't the best items we've ever had on auction but they were interesting ... and nobody was bidding. And, on the way to the meeting, I got my latest COVID shot and the annual flu shot - one in each arm. So, I'm using that to get out of yardwork today (smile) so I can have a closer look at last night's acquisitions and make a want list for tomorrow's big sale. Keep stampin' ... Cheers, PS - From last night, I ended up with 150 pages, absolutely jammed, of Romanian stamps from 1940 to 1970.  And, an old KABE stock-book full of interesting Hungarian Stamps. If I'm lucky some of the occupation stamps will be real (smile).  And, an old handmade, handwritten Czechoslovakian album that was obviously a labour of love for some collector who made copius notes in pencil, and sometimes using a typewriter, under each stamp. It must have taken him years. I would like to have known that guy.    |
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stainlessb
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Posts: 4,884
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 Oct 28, 2024 23:32:07 GMT
scanning, scanning, and more scanning! I had a slight scare- while doing backlit scans for paper ID I suddenly started getting a greenish or pinkish vertical line going through the image..... same location on the scanner bed?!? Moving the target just moved the line to a different spot and with backlit scans the area for scanning is a narrow center swath of the flatbed.
After some googling, it seems as even a mere speck of dust up on the upper glass in the calibration area will cause this refraction.
I was delighted that a good cleaning with rubbing alcohol took care of that.
That last thing I want to do is change scanners 'midstream'!
Keep on stamping!
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rod222
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Posts: 10,942
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Oct 29, 2024 0:15:05 GMT
scanning, scanning, and more scanning! I had a slight scare- while doing backlit scans for paper ID I suddenly started getting a greenish or pinkish vertical line going through the image..... same location on the scanner bed?!? Moving the target just moved the line to a different spot and with backlit scans the area for scanning is a narrow center swath of the flatbed. Fairly common, I think that is referred to as a "moire line" Thanks for the removal solution |
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stainlessb
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Posts: 4,884
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 Oct 29, 2024 0:22:45 GMT
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cursus
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Posts: 1,987
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Oct 30, 2024 7:09:45 GMT
I've been buying Scandinavian used stamps (mainly Iceland, Norway & Greenland) on internet. Last Sunday, at the stamp market, I bought a few good Switzerland, Sweden and Iceland used stamps. I was also gifted an envelope of mixed used stamps by a fellow collector, that only looks for mint ones, "to play with". There were many Irish, Cypriot, Maltese, British Commonwealth, Moçambique and indonesian stamps. I collect Ireland and keep the Western European stamps, although I don't like modern Malta stamps. As for Moçambique and Indonesia, I'll either pass to another collector friend that might use them or bring to the thrift shop. Anyway, this week, I'm having a good time "playing with stamps". As next Friday is a bank holiday, I've a lot of time ahead...
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Post by carabop on Oct 30, 2024 21:56:55 GMT
Bought a stamp lot with a lot of US mint sheet. I have been going through that and have been very pleased with my purchase. Sometimes you just don’t know what you’re going to get and if the stamps are damaged. This lot was well worth the money.  |
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