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Post by sarah on Jun 23, 2021 10:58:20 GMT
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jun 23, 2021 23:03:00 GMT
That's a beautiful thought.  |
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Jun 23, 2021 23:53:27 GMT
That is really wonderful, sarah! Congratulations on getting into print! And what a great write-up!! How exciting, and well done!! |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 24, 2021 5:40:14 GMT
sarah.......Excellent article about the collection of one of our coveted members ! Congrats !! I hope the touring exhibition takes off and if it does I will be joining one of those queues to see it. Good Luck and thanks for showing your collection here at TSF.  Londonbus1
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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 Jun 24, 2021 6:31:00 GMT
Yes indeed, sarah, kudos to you for trying to help others through your collection. It’s not bonkers, it’s inspired! |
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Post by sarah on Jul 10, 2021 17:56:55 GMT
Queen Elizabeth II Stamps
The Wilding Issues & Other MemorabiliaBelieve this to be 1st Dorothy Wilding Stamp:  1944 New Zealand  South Africa 1947  With SWA overprint  Two variations in colour  Original Dorothy Wilding Signed Stamp from Andrew Swanston collection. So have signed photo from same collection  Reprint of stamp celebrating jubilee Dorothy Wilding Covers signed by other famous photographers
 Terry O'Neill  Litchfield  John Hedgecoe  Tudor Crown 5th December 1952  Limited edition Edmund Dulac print  Selection of Maxi cards  1998 Definitive portrait stamp book  5th December 1952 first day cover  Celebration pack  Royal Mail Miniature Sheets: The Wilding Definitives Collection  Selection of postcards  Rare Raphael Tuck Relief Scraps  Left: Trial piece of Dorothy Wilding Silk. Right: Copy of the silk framed.  Original coloured negative Dorothy Wilding and a print taken from the negative  Dorothy Wilding portrait commissioned by me by a local company. Glass used collected from a local beach.  Original National Portrait Gallery (NPG) poster advertising exhibition
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Post by sarah on Jul 10, 2021 17:58:07 GMT
Is there any one who can help put a word document with images into the post please. I have written a large document in word with images but cant upload. It is a history of Dorothy Wilding stamps.
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jul 10, 2021 19:21:20 GMT
sarah , I just sent you a PM. I can help you with this. Thanks, Chris 
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Post by sarah on Jul 10, 2021 20:04:13 GMT
sarah , I just sent you a PM. I can help you with this. Thanks, Chris Thank you Chris x |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jul 16, 2021 22:03:49 GMT
Queen Elizabeth II
80th Birthday Issue, 2006I would like to take a moment to thank sarah for the most wonderful gift that she sent me this week.... a specially crafted, limited series, beautiful QEII commemorative issue set. Thank you, Sarah! It is great and will take pride of place in our burgeoning QEII topical collection here at home.  Outer presentation case and the three booklets within  Top Booklet: Great Britain QEII 80th Birthday Commemorative Stamps with special limited edition cancels Bottom Booklet: The same stamps made in silver, the first time that Royal Mail offered stamps in silver, according to Sarah  Excerpt from the booklet that tells the story of the artists who have created the most famous QEII portraits: Marcus Adams & Edmund Dulac  Excerpt from the booklet that tells the story of the artists who have created the most famous QEII portraits: Pietro Annigoni & Dorothy Wilding
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Post by sarah on Jul 17, 2021 21:04:00 GMT
You make the stamps look so much better. Must improve my photography skills. So glad you like the set.
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Post by sarah on Jul 24, 2021 21:05:49 GMT
Hi All
Unfortunately at the moment I have contracted COVID. It has made me feel dreadful so I have not been doing much with my stamps or Queen. Hopefully in the next few days I will start to feel better. As a pharmacist who has had 2 of the Pzifer jabs, I wasn't expecting to feel so poorly after having the 2 jabs. Please, please if you haven't already, think about having the vaccination. I would dread to have seen how Ill I would have got without it. I had to have the emergency services out because it affected my breathing so badly. I dont believe I caught it on the front line at work as I wear PPE. I believe I have contracted it from my 17 year old daughter who also has Covid and doesn't have the vaccination because she is classified as being too young.
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renden
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What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Jul 24, 2021 23:12:17 GMT
Be well sarah - I am sure our members feel some + for you René |
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JeffS
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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 Jul 25, 2021 0:40:20 GMT
Hi All Unfortunately at the moment I have contracted COVID. It has made me feel dreadful so I have not been doing much with my stamps or Queen. Hopefully in the next few days I will start to feel better. As a pharmacist who has had 2 of the Pzifer jabs, I wasn't expecting to feel so poorly after having the 2 jabs. Please, please if you haven't already, think about having the vaccination. I would dread to have seen how Ill I would have got without it. I had to have the emergency services out because it affected my breathing so badly. I dont believe I caught it on the front line at work as I wear PPE. I believe I have contracted it from my 17 year old daughter who also has Covid and doesn't have the vaccination because she is classified as being too young. So sad to hear. Best wishes for a complete recovery |
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jul 25, 2021 1:45:34 GMT
Hi All Unfortunately at the moment I have contracted COVID. It has made me feel dreadful so I have not been doing much with my stamps or Queen. Hopefully in the next few days I will start to feel better. As a pharmacist who has had 2 of the Pzifer jabs, I wasn't expecting to feel so poorly after having the 2 jabs. Please, please if you haven't already, think about having the vaccination. I would dread to have seen how Ill I would have got without it. I had to have the emergency services out because it affected my breathing so badly. I dont believe I caught it on the front line at work as I wear PPE. I believe I have contracted it from my 17 year old daughter who also has Covid and doesn't have the vaccination because she is classified as being too young. |
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Post by daniel on Jul 25, 2021 2:37:19 GMT
Hi Sarah,
So sorry to hear this. It is worrying that there are cases of people who have been double vaccinated getting Covid.
Wishing you and your daughter a speedy recovery.
All best wishes,
Daniel
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Post by sarah on Oct 9, 2021 21:30:24 GMT
So sorry I have been quiet. It took me 2 weeks to recover from covid. When I went back to work it was literally hell on earth.
In the end I walked out of my job in a terrible state as the emotions from 6 years of the strain of working for a supermarket and the tiredness and stress from covid just got the better of me. People can be very unkind at times and giving your all can still not be good enough. I quit my job. It has taken several weeks to start to recover and to have the confidence to try something new. I start a new job on Monday.
I know that it is thanks to my collecting and researching I have been able to have the confidence to discover a new path. I have all of you to thank. You gave me the confidence that I wasn't completely useless. I now have a new job caring for people which I hope I can be good at and make a difference.
I am still collecting but it has taken a bit of a back seat. I realised I was collecting to block out how awful I felt my real life was. Since quiting I still have the enthusiasm but it has taken a bit of a back seat.
Have loads more to share and I will bit by bit whilst I settle into my new job.
Again thank you to all that follow this post and for all your positive comments. Xxxxx
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renden
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What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Oct 9, 2021 21:38:42 GMT
Sarah - the best of health to you ! Next post, tell us if you were vaccinated (2 shots) or not - if you were not, my sympathies/am sorry for you - a lesson in life of Covid 19 ! This post is meant to all non VAX members - you are playing with......Russian Roulette  René a member of the medical profession/....and student of the human behaviour btw in Canada less than 20% (no vax) affect 80%+ of us - this will stop soon  |
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Post by sarah on Oct 9, 2021 21:57:33 GMT
Sarah - the best of health to you ! Next post, tell us if you were vaccinated (2 shots) or not - if you were not, my sympathies/am sorry for you - a lesson in life of Covid 19 ! This post is meant to all non VAX members - you are playing with......Russian Roulette René btw in Canada less than 20% (no vax) affect 80%+ of us - this will stop soon I was double vaccinated. I was one of the first to be vaccinated in the UK as I work in frontline health care. I had my first jab in January and second in March. I am so glad I was double vaccinated as I dread to think how poorly I would have been without it. I am now waiting for my third booster. To anyone who hasn't been vaccinated I would strongly encourage it. It is a dreadful disease and I thank myself for being so lucky living and working in a country that has been able to be proactive. |
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 9, 2021 22:13:49 GMT
Sarah - the best of health to you ! Next post, tell us if you were vaccinated (2 shots) or not - if you were not, my sympathies/am sorry for you - a lesson in life of Covid 19 ! This post is meant to all non VAX members - you are playing with......Russian Roulette René btw in Canada less than 20% (no vax) affect 80%+ of us - this will stop soon I was double vaccinated. I was one of the first to be vaccinated in the UK as I work in frontline health care. I had my first jab in January and second in March. I am so glad I was double vaccinated as I dread to think how poorly I would have been without it. I am now waiting for my third booster. To anyone who hasn't been vaccinated I would strongly encourage it. It is a dreadful disease and I thank myself for being so lucky living and working in a country that has been able to be proactive. DOUBLE happy for you - we all know it is not 100% but at least........ICU + death is rarely an option for us vaccinated - Now we have to go with a Booster (depending on Country and Health care etc).......Thanks for your response - I root for you - René |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Oct 9, 2021 22:26:10 GMT
Sarah ( sarah), so glad to see you posting again, but sorry to hear about all that you have been through. I sincerely hope that the new job will prove to be a positive change for you! |
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renden
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What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Oct 9, 2021 22:41:14 GMT
Sarah ( sarah ), so glad to see you posting again, but sorry to hear about all that you have been through. I sincerely hope that the new job will prove to be a positive change for you! thanks Chris ......welcome to the membership support Club for sarah (and others not speaking out) I totally support any member who has had difficulty with this Covid 19 René |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 22, 2021 19:59:09 GMT
There was some time back a discussion about the most expensive QEII stamp. Several proposals were made, although all were varieties with an error of some kind. Here's another contender. It's the Zambia issue, initially from Her Majesty's 60 th birthday set issued in 1986, and then locally overprinted in 1991. This is Sc#601, MiNr. 563, and YT#540J. Neither Scott nor YT give the stamp a CV in mint condition, indicating it is a rather scarce item.  |
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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 22, 2021 20:27:17 GMT
Strangely omitted Mint in SG catalogue also ! Cat £5 used
One of three unpriced mint Whilst contemporary surcharged issues mint range from £15 to £250 depending on value.
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Post by sarah on Jan 12, 2022 20:46:02 GMT
So sorry I went AWOL Again!
Job wasn't quite what I was expecting but fortunately in a good way.
After 8 years of a needle phobia my new job supported so well I was finally able to learn to vaccinate to help with the covid pandemic in the UK.
I have been vaccinating housebound. I cannot tell you what an achievement it has been to learn to vaccinate.
On top of that I have gone back to studying for a 3 Yr course which will finally let me live my real dream of treating people in a gp surgery without seeing any blood. The two reasons I was never a gp in the first place.
If someone had said to me a year ago I would be doing this I would have never ever believed them.
Well back to the Queen. My collecting took a bit of a back step when I found out she was poorly and with my new job.
In the UK the jubilee celebrations are starting to be announced bringing back my desire to enjoy my hobby again. My local library has asked me to do a display which has also helped with the enthusiasm.
I have been wanting to share this and so excited to show some really exciting stamp things that I know will be appreciated. I bought off ebay so no idea who did them.
They are v exciting for me as they are original photos that I have wanted to own for many years and I have been unable to find. Hope you enjoy.
Will show in separate posts for best pictures.
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