REL1948
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Posts: 456 
What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Sept 26, 2022 16:26:08 GMT
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REL1948
Member
Posts: 456
What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Sept 27, 2022 17:05:53 GMT
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REL1948
Member
Posts: 456
What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Sept 27, 2022 18:26:40 GMT
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daveg28
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Posts: 918
What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Sept 27, 2022 19:38:46 GMT
Love the KGVI coronation set. I have about a third of them.
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Beryllium Guy
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Posts: 5,163
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 27, 2022 19:45:11 GMT
Rob ( REL1948), they are all great, and thank you for sharing! I have always been a big fan of the British Commonwealth omnibus sets. I hope you will post more....  |
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brightonpete
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Rest in Peace
On a hike at Goodrich-Loomis
Posts: 5,110
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 27, 2022 20:00:19 GMT
My fave Omnibus set it the 1963 Red Cross Centenary. The one set Needleman sent MNH with bottom tabs. It was my first Omnibus set, so that's why it's my fave.
 (Back in 2016 making pages for the first time: no Scott, SG or even Mi numbers!)
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Post by greaden on Sept 28, 2022 1:44:55 GMT
Interesting to contrast British and French omnibus issues. As I reorganized my French colonies collection, I also found it useful to pull out the omnibus issues. They tell a vivid story of their own, distinct from those of the individual colonies. The colonies issuing them shifted. Some were merged or split, others changed names, or were promoted from an office. The overall stories told by the choice of themes was more interesting than the British focus on the monarchy. Great War red cross overprints to the colonial exhibitions, a few commemorations, and then the rival Etat Francais (Vichy) vs Free French stamps, and then celebrations of victory, and then development and space exploration. I will have to post a thread on this.
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angore
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Posts: 4,499
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Sept 28, 2022 10:16:45 GMT
I like the issues where the outer frame design is consistent but the inside design is a local motif such as the Southern Rhodesia.
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