daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 24, 2018 4:26:20 GMT
I thought these were pretty cool, so I thought I'd share them. Found them in a collection I was gifted. Might not be worth much, but they look nice, and they are my first Nova Scotia stamps to go in my Canada album. Yay for me!  |
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Post by dgdecker on Feb 24, 2018 4:55:45 GMT
Dave,
Congratulations on your new acquisitions. What a way to start. There is a Nova Scoti stamp thread somewhere on the board if you want a look at what other members have. As my home province, I have a soft spot for NS stamps.
david
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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 Feb 24, 2018 4:59:38 GMT
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 26, 2018 20:28:00 GMT
Apologies for placing my post in the wrong location. I simply didn't look far enough for the proper board. Still, I honestly thought these stamps must be fake. They look a bit too good to be 150 years old. So it was an exciting find.
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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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 Feb 26, 2018 20:43:56 GMT
No apology necessary, Dave -- the thread has found its way to the Nova Scotia board.
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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 Feb 26, 2018 20:49:40 GMT
No problem, Dave. Steve has already fixed it!
As I hope you can now realize by seeing images of other members’ stamps from this same set, your stamps certainly look as genuine as the rest.
In fact, the centering on your one-cent seems much better than just about any other one posted (four clear margins, in my opinion), and I can tell you from my own experience that it is very tough to find sound, well-centered copies of these stamps.
So, again, congratulations on your find!
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Post by dgdecker on Feb 27, 2018 0:31:25 GMT
Dave,
If you have time a quick look at stampforgeries.com will give you an idea of known forgeries of NS stamps and many other countries.
David
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 27, 2018 13:37:56 GMT
Feb 26, 2018 15:49:40 GMT -5 Beryllium Guy said:
No problem, Dave. Steve has already fixed it!
As I hope you can now realize by seeing images of other members’ stamps from this same set, your stamps certainly look as genuine as the rest.
In fact, the centering on your one-cent seems much better than just about any other one posted (four clear margins, in my opinion), and I can tell you from my own experience that it is very tough to find sound, well-centered copies of these stamps.
So, again, congratulations on your find!
Thanks for your comments on my new stamps. They do look nice...just a darn shame that the previous owner hinged them to the page in their album. Unused, but the gum on the back of each is disturbed. I've managed to remove the stamps with no further damage, as the hinges were barely attached. They'll go into my album with a mount. Unfortunately, I've come across a lot of stamps in this gifted-to-me collection in the same condition: many mint stamps from early 20th century or late 19th century, hinged to the pages.
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