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 Nov 28, 2019 17:20:58 GMT
In 1919 following the collapse of Tsarist Russia, and the withdrawal of German troops from the east, the Baltic states declared independence. Latvia needed stamps but there was a shortage of paper. The retreating German army left piles of maps printed on one side of the paper, Latvia used the blank side to print stamps .  Turn them over and you have the "MAP BACK ISSUES"  The stamps are found both perforated and imperf  |
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kostia84
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Posts: 192
What I collect: Pharmaceutics (thematic), WWII (thematic), Israel (chronologically)
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Post by kostia84 on Nov 28, 2019 20:42:21 GMT
I don't know if this is by chance or you saw a recent post in a facebook group "stamps collectors", but take a look a these photos. A guy posted it yesterday. It took my breath away.   |
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cjoprey
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Scanning stamps for my website...
Posts: 1,443
What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Nov 28, 2019 21:10:02 GMT
Wow... Just wow... I can only hope that I ever come across something like that!  |
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gmot
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Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Nov 28, 2019 21:42:11 GMT
That's pretty cool - and as I also collect antique maps, a find like that would be awesome!
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vikingeck
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Posts: 3,261
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Nov 28, 2019 23:18:50 GMT
And I thought my six block was quite good !
Anyway there are two whole sheets on eBay Latvia map backs for sale right now, one imperf and one perf for $125- $ 137.50
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,403
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Nov 28, 2019 23:28:26 GMT
Wow that is freaking awesome! What an historical gem! I’ve heard about the maps before, but never seen this large a piece.
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,720 
What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Nov 29, 2019 3:15:46 GMT
This issue has been well studied, down to the number of different maps used for the paper - I have this booklet on my shelf. Cheaper than buying a full sheet but correspondingly less cool .... oh well!  Ryan |
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