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Post by philatelia on Apr 16, 2020 18:12:14 GMT
INDEX OF NUMBER ONES POSTED BY STAMP FORUM MEMBERS; WOW! 153 number ones listed as of April 16, 2020 Way to go everyone! Fun stuff! April 18, 2020 - 180 number ones!
May 5, 2020 - 192 number ones! FYI - this is simply a quick reference so you will know which number ones have been posted on thegubman ’s original post without having to scroll through the whole thread. However, if you want to SEE the pic of any particular stamp you’ll have to look through the actual number ones thread, but I'm trying to add links to pics a little bit at a time.
Here is a link to where everyone is posting their number ones. Number ones threadAden, Scott #1, 1937, mint and used Aden Protectorate States, Kathiri State of Seiyun SG#1 Aden Protectorate States, Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut, Inscribed: 'Shihr and Mukalla' SG#1 Aland Alderney (Guernsey) Alexandretta Algeria Allenstein Alsace Lorraine Argentina Australia Australia - Victoria Australian Antarctic Territory Austria Austrian Military post in Italy Austrian post offices in the Levant Azores Belgium Bermuda Biafra BIOT - Seychelles Bophuthatswana Brazil British Antarctic Territory British Middle-Eastern Forces Burma Cambodia Canada Cape of Good Hope Central Lithuania Chad China - People's Republic of Southern China Ciskei Comoro Islands Costa Rica Cyrenaïca - British administration Denmark Ecuador Eritrea Faroe Islands Finland France France - Lille liberation issue in 1944 France - Lyon liberation issue from 1944 French Andorra French National Liberation Committee in Algiers issue, French Polynesia French Southern & Antarctic Territories French West Africa German Cameroon German Caroline Islands German Mariana Islands German New Guinea German post offices in China German post offices in Morocco German Togo Germany Germany - Allied Occupation Zone Germany - Anglo-American German Occupied Zone Germany - Baden Germany - Bavaria Germany - Berlin Soviet occupation sector Germany - City of Lübbenau (Brandenburg) Germany - Federal Republic of Germany Germany - French Occupation Zone Germany - French Occupied Baden Germany - Liberation issue from Döbeln (Saxony), Germany - Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany - North German Confederation Germany - occupation of Alsace link to pic
Germany - Occupation of Luxembourg Germany - Oldenburg Germany - Prussia Germany - Rhineland Palatinate under French Occupation Germany - Soviet Occupation Zone Germany - Thurn & Taxis Germany - West Germany Germany - West Saxony Soviet Occupation Zone Germany - Wurttemberg - French Occupied Germany - Württemberg Ghadamès French military territory Ghana Great Britain link to picGreat Britain, Offices in the Turkish Empire Greenland Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Hong Kong India Indonesia - Japanese occupation Inini Territory (now part of French Guiana) Ionian Islands - Italian occupation Israel Italian East Africa Italy - Allied Military Occupation Italy - Istria The AFA catalog organizes the Istrian stamps differently and their first one is this issue from 1945 Italy - Polish expeditionary corps Ivory Coast Japan Jersey Kenya Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika Kiautschou Kionga Korea Leeward Islands Liechtenstein Luxembourg Madeira Malawi Malaysia Malaya States - Kedah Malaya States - Kelantan Malaya States - Negri Sembilan Malaya States - Pahang Malaya States - Trengganu Mali Federation Manchukuo Marshall Islands Mauritania Monaco Mozambique Company Netherlands New Brunswick Niger Niger Coast Protectorate Niger Northern Rhodesia Norfolk Island Northern Rhodesia Norway link to picOrange River Colony Palau Palestine - Egyptian Expeditionary Forces (E.E.F.) under the British Military Administration, 1918. Blue, Roul 20, SG#1 Palestine (Gaza) - Egyptian occupation Palestine (West Bank) - Jordanian occupation Pitcairn Island Prince Edward Island Rhodesia Rhodesia & Nyasaland Romania - Bulgarian Occupation YT #1, from 1917 Ross Dependency Russia Russia - Koltschak Armee issue, AFA #1, in 1919 Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sarawak Schleswig Seychelles Sharjah and Dependencies Siberia South Africa South Africa - British South Africa Company South Georgia South-Kasaï Autonomous state (now part of the Democratic Republic of Congo) Southern Rhodesia Spain St. Christopher Sudan Sweden Tanganyika Thule Tierra del Fuego Tokelau Islands (Union Islands) Trente & Trieste Trieste - Allied occupation Trieste - Yugoslav occupation Trieste Zone A Tripolitania - British Military Administration Tristan Da Cunha Trucial States Tuvalu, formerly of Gilbert & Ellice Islands Ubangi Ubangui (now Central African Republic) UN Geneva UN New York UN Vienna Upper Volta Upper Silesia (AFA #1) USA Vatican CityVenezuela link to picViet Nam Virgin IslandsWallis & Futuna Islands Yugoslav military administration of Istria Zambezia Zil Eloigne Sesel, or " Seychelles Faraway Islands" Zimbabwe Zululand If you see any errors let me know and I'll tidy it up.
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 16, 2020 20:05:22 GMT
I wonder if there is a way to link to the specific message with in the thread (so one wouldn't have to scroll through it all looking for Country X)... oh nevermind... we all have catalogues  |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 16, 2020 22:14:19 GMT
Hi, Terri ( philatelia): I like the idea of having an index for finding the stamps, so I will try to help, although it seems messy having two separate threads now. Anyway, a couple that I recently spotted that are not located in the other World Number Ones thread: Hong Kong posted by Doe here: thestampforum.boards.net/post/85570/threadRussia posted by sherro here: thestampforum.boards.net/post/75942/threadIs this the sort of information that you are looking for, or did I misunderstand? If it is, I will let you know when I find others. Thanks, Chris |
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Post by renden on Apr 16, 2020 22:34:32 GMT
Very important......keep it simple - we have too many threads to follow well in 1 day - my last thought of this Thursday !!
René
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Apr 17, 2020 0:05:30 GMT
I’m not a moderator so I don’t have the capability to move posts and combine them. I could move the ones that I posted back to the original thread and keep the list separate as a reference.
Sorry for creating confusion - just trying to make it easier to see which number ones we’ve posted. Ahhh, the best laid plans, eh?
ok - deleting the number ones that I posted here and will delete posts about using this thread ...
There - I think I addressed everyone’s concerns. I’ve added a link to the original thread.
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Post by philatelia on Apr 18, 2020 15:23:45 GMT
April 18, 2020 - The World Number Ones index was just updated - we added 27 number ones to the list which brings the total to 180 different number ones! WOW! Thank you, Beryllium Guy, for finding two number ones that were already posted on other threads. I included those along with the links you so kindly supplied. I included links to the pics for the new additions and I'll try to add links for the others a bit at a time. |
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Post by khj on Apr 18, 2020 17:22:57 GMT
I wonder if there is a way to link to the specific message with in the thread (so one wouldn't have to scroll through it all looking for Country X)... oh nevermind... we all have catalogues There are at least 2 options: 1) Can use "?page=<#>&scrollTo=<#####>" in the link BBCode to automatically jump to that post. You will need the # of that post, as well as the thread page #. If Admin should ever decide to change how many posts appear on each thread page, or combine threads, or delete an old post...  ) 2) Can create link to generate only that specific post. You will need the # of that post. This will not show the entire thread, only that post. It's a bit tedious, but I prefer the former -- but note what I said about if thread order gets tinkered with... The latter method is easiest and not affected by changes in the thread, but also prevents you from looking at other posts in that thread. Example of these "direct" links for Scott Australia #1 from Beryllium Guy: Australia (scroll to post location)Australia (post only)At least, that's the method I use to create jumptables. If there is an easier way, I'm certainly open to suggestions! |
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Post by renden on Apr 18, 2020 17:33:25 GMT
philatelia has started - Theresa is supposed to be in bed but I guess the Forum is more "fun"  You are doing a great job, Theresa !! You know I cannot help in your Ireland stamps.... René
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Post by philatelia on Apr 18, 2020 20:15:47 GMT
I’m not sure what happened to the links - some that I did earlier are jumping to this page. Weird! I’ll try to get it sorted soon.
I know that I used a copy and paste of the picture location, but when I check the BBcode, the addresses are gone! All that work poof! Gone! Dang! Is there a limit to the number of links that can be placed within a single post? Does anyone have any idea what might have caused those links to disappear? I’ll be back later to experiment with a few. Thanks for your patience.
Also, I opted to link to “this post in this thread” because if I linked to only that pic, you could not see the rest of the thread. Now I’m not so sure which would be better.
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Post by khj on Apr 18, 2020 21:52:58 GMT
This is the drawback of using any thread-based link. If Admin makes any changes to the thread, the link might go dead. But you can't really blame Admin for the redirected links. Here is the annoying hidden reason why your links point back to your own post: unbeknownst to many, whenever you edit your thread, ProBoards BBCode compiler checks for dead ProBoard links! So if any ProBoard link goes dead or if there is any new error in the BBCode link, ProBoards sneakily changes it to point right back to your own post!!! What's worse than not telling you, is that they discard your original link, instead of giving you an error message! I noticed that in your OP, which is one of the reasons why I posted earlier with the alternative "link to post only" option. The only way that type of link will go dead is if the post gets deleted or moved by Admin to a restricted Staff section of the Forum. So, whenever I make a jumptable, I always have the BBCode for that entire post in a separate file on my laptop. I edit the post in my own file first, copy and paste it into the Post Edit Window, rather than edit the jumptable directly on ProBoards. It's annoying to have to do that, but that way I don't lose any links/BBCode when ProBoards runs their BBCode compiler! Sorry this happened to you, philatelia .  I know how much work is involved in setting up those links. |
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Post by khj on Apr 18, 2020 21:56:48 GMT
Also, I opted to link to “this post in this thread” because if I linked to only that pic, you could not see the rest of the thread. Now I’m not so sure which would be better. Yes, I prefer the former as well. But the only easy way to get around the problem you encountered is link only to that post (the 2nd link example I showed for Australia). |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Apr 18, 2020 22:09:32 GMT
khj , THANK YOU so much for that information. Setting up the links was merely a “nice to have” project, it isn’t a “MUST have”. So if the links are that volatile and the alternative is labor intensive, I think the index can be useful as is without them. The main reason I wanted to create the list was so that we could all quickly check to see whether or not a country has been added and links are not needed to accomplish that goal. I do wonder if posting the actual URL instead of using the “naming the link” feature would make a difference? Even if the link wasn’t active, the location would still be there for a copy and paste.
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Post by khj on Apr 18, 2020 23:03:20 GMT
Yes, normally I don't set up navigation/jumptables unless I am either the webmaster or staff, so I can be aware/control the tweaking that goes around. Otherwise, things can literally change overnight! Can't really expect staff to be aware of every single thing that is going on in every single post.
I think it is a good project (I do this for some of my threads elsewhere). If you want to give it another go, I suggest:
-- speaking with TSF staff so that they will be extra careful about not merging anything into the main Number Ones thread
-- quoting/copying any external posts into the Number Ones thread, and linking there; we can't expect staff to know all the external threads you might be linking to
Posting the actual URL won't work if threads are being altered/combined... You will get a "Not Found" error. And, of course, it doesn't look as "elegant".
Setting up a link to only the post ID number is really the only way to avoid problems with the post/thread getting moved around. In that case, it won't matter if you are posting the URL or a named hyperlink. At least, it is the only way I know of. Again, if any member knows another better way, please let us know -- I run into this problem as well when I set up jumptables.
I do think it is a good idea. Just takes a little more coordinating/discussion with the powers that be.
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Post by philatelia on Apr 19, 2020 1:58:51 GMT
Sure, links to the pics would be nice, but I’m not sure that the hours and hours it would take to look up and link almost 200 items is really worth the effort. If anyone else finds this type of thing fun and wants to take on this project, they are very welcome to do so.  I also really do not want to add work to admin’s pile. They have been swamped with new members. Please understand, my career was in troubleshooting automation and programmable controllers, constantly having to learn the latest systems. I’m talking debugging printouts as thick as a phone book, digital, analog, board level, the whole gamut. At first it’s fun, but as soon as you master one type of code or language, it was obsolete. Anyways, I had three decades of that tech work and now that I’m retired, this type of stuff doesn’t have much appeal. Guess I just want to play with my stamps. I’m very happy to continue to keep up the alphabetized tally, however. That doesn’t involve as much hair pulling! |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 19, 2020 7:05:00 GMT
I just wanted to say thank you again to Terri ( philatelia) for starting this thread with the World Number Ones Index. It is really useful, especially for anyone who would still like to contribute to the thread. Before you had started the list, I was at the point of just not bothering with trying to post any more images, because I didn't feel like scrolling through 6-7 pages of posts trying to see if a particular country's number one had already been posted. I also wanted to say many thanks to you and khj for the discussion on the links to posts. I have used this feature on the Forum from time to time, but it never occurred to me that those links will not work properly after other changes are made in the threads. You can probably tell from that remark that I am nowhere near as tech savvy as the two of you are! Up to this point, I have used the link-to-post-in-this-thread option rather than just the link to this post only, but based on your discussion, I am starting to re-think that. I imagine that if I were to go back and check my old posts with those links in them, many of them are probably no longer functional. I haven't decided if I will go back through my posts to try to fix those old ones, or just try to consider a different strategy for moving forward. In any case, thanks to you both for a very useful discussion in this regard. I have learned something new and will try to apply it moving forward. |
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Post by angore on Apr 19, 2020 11:10:13 GMT
It would be nice if all the topical threads where it is mostly endless images had some index.
This is the world according to Scott so not likely as specialized as some catalogs.
2019 VOLUME 1 (US & A-B)
United States
Afghanistan
Aitutaki
Albania
Algeria
Andorra (French / Spanish)
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ascension
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Barbuda
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Antactic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Gaso
Burma
Burundi
United Nations - New York
United Nations – Geneva
United Nations – Vienna
2019 VOLUME 2 (C-F)
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos Island
Colombia
Comoro Islands
Congo Republic
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
French Southern & Antarctic Territory
Fujeira
2019 VOLUME 3 (G-I)
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Alderney
Guernsey
Jersey
Isle of Man
Greece
Mount Athos
Greenland
Grenada
Grenada Grenadines
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
2019 VOLUME 4 (J-M)
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
North Korea
South Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Malagasy Republic
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldive Islands
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
2019 VOLUME 5 (N-Sam)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Nevis
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Authority
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Penrhyn Island
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Portugal (Azores)
Portugal (Maderia)
Aatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Helena
St. Kitts
St. Lucia
St. Martin
St. Pierre & Miquelon
St. Thomas & Prince
St. Vincent
St. Vincent Grenadines
El Salvador
Samoa
2019 VOLUME 6 (San-Z)
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia & South Sandwich Isles
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Niuafoiou
Trinidad & Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanautu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Wallis & Futuna Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zaire (Congo Democratic Republic)
Zimbabwe
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Post by khj on Apr 19, 2020 17:57:40 GMT
At first it’s fun, but as soon as you master one type of code or language, it was obsolete. Anyways, I had three decades of that tech work and now that I’m retired, this type of stuff doesn’t have much appeal. Guess I just want to play with my stamps. I can commiserate. Still remember having to learn all those new up-and-coming state-of-the-art new languages/coding that are now dead languages. Every new language innovator thinks they are the next COBOL in terms of longevity. Of course, as it turns out, I never learned COBOL because I was sure it would be obsolete by the time I graduated. When it comes to human languages, simply glad I never bothered to learn Esperanto. I also agree with you, that right now, I just want to find time to play with colored bits of paper rather than code! |
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Post by philatelia on Apr 24, 2020 0:00:55 GMT
We added a few more number ones in the last few days, but we are still missing quite a lot. I’ll update the list when we get a few more. We are getting very close to 200 number ones!
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Post by angore on May 5, 2020 20:40:25 GMT
This is an into to the First Issues Collectors Club what collects number ones depending how you determine what is number 1.
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Post by philatelia on May 5, 2020 21:37:58 GMT
Woohoo! I just updated this number one index and we are getting really close to 200 different number ones! Total as of today, May 5th: 192 different number ones!
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Post by renden on May 5, 2020 22:00:31 GMT
Maybe it is time to go to NUMBER: 2  Rene |
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