StampChat Archives

Archive:  June 16 - 30, 2003

• Last updated:  20 March 2004

June 30, 2003 22:10 David Moser <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David

June 30, 2003 John

By the way,the bidder in question has note paid over 5 dollars for any of the last 100+ lots and is now bidding on some higher priced stuff.

June 30, 2003 magnolia stamps

john

June 30, 2003 Prometheus

Victor = Reply on soaking
Have you tried the method of just trapping the envelope,piece with the stamp in a humid container
no soaking
normally after a couple of hours the Stamp will slide right off and retain some of it's gum, if you want all gum gone you let the stamp sit in Humidity bath and then normally all glue goes too on to suface you left it on.
I use the Poaching bowl that came with my Microwave oven ,with a sponge in bottom to hold the small plate i lay my items on .works real well for me don't let them stay for longer than a day as old stamps seem to have lots of Mold / mildew spores they have sucked up over the years.

June 30, 2003 David Benson

Victor, which ones did you have the problems with, the only ones I can think of are the British 1883 Lilacs and Greens which were printed with a doubly fugitive ink. I presume these were washed off with the stamp carefully left floating upwards.

David Benson

June 30, 2003 Victor Horadam <horadam1@airmail.net>

general
NOIP: Just a general question about all of those early QV British Commonwealth used stamps that fade when they are soaked (I have done it to several nice stamps to my financial detriment.) How were they originally soaked off the envelopes/covers without the same severe fading? How can they be bright colorful USED stamps, but fade to a washed out example after the 'second' soaking?

June 30, 2003 Bob Hohertz

Image Editing
Where do you get Photoshop for $99? I have version 4 and would not mind upgrading, but I didn't register it since I got it from a friend who got a teacher's price on it and we didn't know if that was "legal" or not. Have had it long enough that no way to find any purchase information, and still would not register it for same reason.

June 30, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 30, 2003 Bjorn Langoren

Fancy image editing software
If you're not ready to plunk down $99 for Photoshop, or your scanner came with a watered down version (mine came with adobe photodeluxe, which is a worthless POS), you can try out WinGimp.

WinGimp has pretty much all the features of Photoshop, is abslutely free (Gnu Public Licence), and is constantly being improved by volunteer developers. To download for free, just go to www.wingimp.org.

I know there are some budget minded collectors here. I use gimp myself on both linux and win98, and no hassles so far.



 

June 30, 2003 15:00 Dave ("philatarium")

Photoshop
Bill: Thanks very much for sharing your procedures and experience. I really appreciate it, and, once I have things worth showing, I will.

June 30, 2003 COVERWIZ

Darrell
Consider it a beauty mark! From an old Dolley Madison Club member...

June 30, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark

Shucks!!

June 30, 2003 13:17 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Usually I scan at the size I want. Then I scale down to 100 or 77 or 125 DPI for the mapped composite image of a set. Then the web user can click on a thumb nail in the set and bring up a page with the full size image and the forgeries. Here is an example Uruguay

June 30, 2003 13:08 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

If I am saving in PhotoShop I same as JPEG quality 3 or 4. Then I use JPEGwizard to compress to the desired file size. JPEG wizard has a nice batch compression feature. If I need a fast load web image I use Adobe ImageReady to make a small GIF. ImageReady comes with PhotoShop. You could probably get away with a cheaper program than PhotoShop.

June 30, 2003 13:01 Dave ("philatarium")

Photoshop
I should add that I bit the bullet and got the upgrade to Photoshop 7, which is what is used in the classes. It also sort-of integrates ImageReady into it. I figure that once I get more comfortable with it, it should be at least as effective as IrfanView (which I have used in the past).

June 30, 2003 13:00 Dave ("philatarium")

sampling algorithms
Bill Claghorn: I'm just beginning to get more comfortable with Photoshop. I was doing a little bit on my own, and then discovered some classes being taught nearby that emphasis its use for photographers (as opposed to graphic designers), so my skills are improving day by day. (An interesting aspect to the discussions in class are the best ways to scan a photograph or other highly detailed image (I'm thinking "stamp" here), and really beginning to work with the color and image manipulation capabilities.)

But the question I was starting out to ask is: which resampling did you use: "bicubic", "bilinear", or "nearest neighbor"? Do you understand which would be the best to use under which circumstances? (My classes haven't gotten this far along yet...)
 

June 30, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark

Bill C

Yep, the quiz image I showed yesterday for some reason came out at 50 kb. I put it through irfanview (all I have at the moment) and it was reduced to 7 kb. Doing nothing other than opening it and saving it.

June 30, 2003 12:41 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 30, 2003 11:45 Dave ("philatarium")

Oops

Knud-Erik: Oops. Second paragraph of my last post was directed to you...

June 30, 2003 11:35 Dave ("philatarium")

high-resolution images
Yea! Back on line from home (home office)! Phone company came out today (scheduled to come out on Wednesday and need access to house) while I wasn't here and without access to house and fixed the line. It's good to be connected again!

: What kind of software did you use to enlarge the image? Didn't you have to use a resampling algorithm to accomplish this? I also thought resampling algorithms didn't work very well, and should only be used as a last resort. But at first glance, the image you created looks pretty good! What did you do?

June 30, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bjorn
It brings "a breath of fresh air" to stamp collecting!!

June 30, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

Undersea post office
How do they cancel the stamps before they soak off?

June 30, 2003 10:41 Bob in WA

Undersea post office
Bjorn -- They must sell a lot of bubble wrap.

June 30, 2003 Bjorn Langoren

Oops, my name is not Undersea Post Office. Noting wrong with that, mind you, but my name is Bjorn.

June 30, 2003 Undersea post office

Under water post office
This article(Sorr it's in Norwegian) reports a new unsdersea post office opened in Vanatu. Divers can get their waterproof postcards stamped with waterproof postmarks.

June 30, 2003 Darrell Ertzberger <mteton@aol.com>

Sigh, I suppose it was inevitable. Got first negative today. From a guy in Germany that never responded to five emails from me, both sent direclty to his email and through the ebay mail system. No reposnse for him at all. I was concerned, but I was not going to call Germany over a less than $5 lot. Well, 1 out of 532 unique feedbacks is not too bad.

June 30, 2003 09.27 Knud-Erik (knuden)

K.E. 
 

June 30, 2003 9:12 Dave ("philatarium")

request for hi-res images
Bill Claghorn: Yours was an excellent suggestion, by looking at auction sites. For almost any purpose, the image size of the link that you posted would work very well. However, I'm not sure if the image size will be large enough for the exercise we'll be doing in class tomorrow, although it might. (But you have given me some excellent ideas for the future.)

Thus, I will still keep open my request, per my post of last night at 23:13.

Many thanks!

-- Dave

June 30, 2003 Bob Hohertz

A good show. Long may it prosper.

June 30, 2003 Prometheus

Jim Watson = Reply
The letter has a few hard to read words, But from what I now understand I was right on the first part when I posted it was coming back from war.
Can not get a decent scan to post I do not wnat to Force Flat paper folded for 156 years.

Passage about troops reads" Tomorrow or next day the Second Reg. Indiana Volunteers are expected at New Albany and they say there will be very tall doings in giving them a becoming welcome.
But poor fellows there is many a Noble Spirit remains Behind.
Felled by disease,or cannon ball ,or sword. "

June 30, 2003 Richard Warren

Prometheus - Your sender could have been one of these: http://company.military-historians.org/plates/images/US.htm#mexican
Scroll down to plate 357 and click on the number for a pop-up picture.

June 30, 2003 7:44 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

Italy 1889 5L used
Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me any comments as to whether the cancellation on the stamp in the scan below is genuine.

Thanks in advance.
Mark.

Italy 1889 5L

June 30, 2003 07:30 Jim Watson

Prometheus,
Here are 5000 soldiers to look through! :-)

June 30, 2003 07:22 Jim Watson

Prometheus,
Interesting historical item. I note that Jim's listing of the 2nd regiment shows a great mustering out in New Orleans on June 23, 1847. Could one get from New Orleans to New Albany, Indiana, in 7 days in 1847? Perhaps it was from another unit.

June 30, 2003 Prometheus

IO =Reply
Haven't found sender= G.K.Erwin of Newalbany Ind, or the receiver = Joesph Cox of Bloomington
I'll keep looking though

June 30, 2003 Prometheus

Brian McI = Faked Seal tied on Postcard
Do you see many MADE UP Xmas seal covers/cards
I have one dealer I buy from that after i told him what I liked
He found THISONE

and then while I my say OKay the pencil Cancel is a maybe
I know ( at least I think I do) that this Stamp wasn't cancelled on it he just didn't understand the term Tied he just thought the seal and stamp needed to touch can't wait for his next Find.

June 30, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

prometheus
Your sender was probably one of these

June 30, 2003 Prometheus

Correction = they were heading to War
Sorry they were not coming back they were all getting ready to Go to Mexico.

June 30, 2003 0549 Prometheus

Day late Today Mail
Got busy and missed it
Here is a nice Stampless 1847 Letter

Where would the Second Regimant Indiania Volunteers have been coming from in the Summer of 1847 ?

June 30, 2003 05:31 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a postal card from Portuguese India to Bombay in 1889.

Knud-Erik,
Thanks for the comment on the cirled 22. I'll wait and see if anyone else can make it certain for Belgium.

June 30, 2003 04:34 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 30, 2003 23:13 Dave ('philatarium') <dfrick@pacificanalytics.com>

request for hi-res images
Hi -- Sorry I haven't been around much this weekend, as I had thought I would. My phone lines goes out intermittently, and so I can't check on very much. (Phone company can't come out till Wednesday. Grrr...)

But, I have a request. As I mentioned before, I'm taking a couple of Photoshop classes right now, and, for one class, I have some stamps in mind that I would like to use for a project. The only problem is, I don't own the stamps.

I am, in particular, looking for:

-- that amazing early French airmail with the wonderful engraving (although many would qualify as that). I believe it's Scott C15, and I'm afraid I don't have my Scotts handy to know the year. However, here is an image of it I cropped off of Mitchell's website:

http://www.pacificanalytics.com/stampchat/images/france_c15.jpg

The other one(s) I'm particularly interested in are the first Greek airmails, from 1926, Scott C1 - C4. Here's an image I borrowed from elsewhere:

http://www.pacificanalytics.com/stampchat/images/Greece_c1c4.jpg

For the Greek set, I would be interested in any one or all four images, scanned separately.

If any of you has any of these stamps, here's what I need:

-- stamp should be a nice copy, fresh-looking, unused (i.e., no cancel), hopefully well-centered. (Happily, gum doesn't matter for once!)

-- scan at 300 dpi or somewhat higher (although the prior discussion about 2400 dpi would probably cause the lights to dim here!)

-- either .jpg, but uncompressed, or .psd (Photoshop format)

I would expect the file size to be big, say 300 - 600k.

You could either email it to me at my email address above, or else upload to the web, from which I could download it.

And as if I wasn't asking for the world already, I really need to get this image tomorrow (Monday), say by 11:00pm (23:00) Pacific time.

Can anybody help out with this?

Many, many thanks in advance,

-- Dave

June 29, 2003 20:46 Lavar Taylor

The PO then marked the cover "Mail service suspended to country addressed" and added the "return to writer" pointing finger. The PO also added the "officially sealed" labels at the top (which are still intact as the letter was opened on the side). The opening of the letter appears to be an unofficial form of censoring. While looking at the contents the PO wrote in blue crayon on the front "Schofield Barracks Oahu." Schofield Barracks is where a number of German sailors were kept after their ships, which had docked in Honolulu at the outset of WWI (then a neutral port), were seized by the US. The contents of this cover very likely were written by a German sailor held at Schofield Barracks to his wife or mother in Germany. Most mail to Germany from the US was returned as undeliverable starting in early January, 1917. I will be showing other mail going from the US to Germany during WWI in the near future.

June 29, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Brian

In most cases they are data programs where, in effect, what you are paying for is the time and effort that someone has put into collating material pertaining to a specific topic.

It can be, as in my case, a catalog, where I have incorporated my modest knowledge of volcanology with a topical theme.

In other cases it may be a program written by a person with an extensive computer knowledge who has applied that knowledge to enable you to manipulate images of your stamps or to compose album pages based on the information that you input.

There are numerous other permutations.

June 29, 2003 Brian R

Am I just a young guy with old fashioned tendencies? What am I missing out on?

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Dang Brian,

That was too quick!!
Though "commemorative" is the correct spelling :-Þ

The prize is self-esteem!

June 29, 2003 2:39 pm Steve Taylor (aka philcomp) http://www.timeblaster.com/tbeindex.shtml
 

The sender is a stamp dealer. The frightening thing is 'What else might he be doing with the perforator?'

June 29, 2003 Brian R

stamp quiz
Jim It's the 1965 US commemerative "Settlement of Florida", SC #1271. What's my prize? :o)

June 29, 2003 Prometheus

Philcomp = your corner cut
I don't have any that new with the 37 cent rate but have some older ones where the postage was cut off postcards and applied to tourist type postcards, and a couple on covers.
From the fifties and I have seen a few of those at the postcard shows.
I just wish I knew how they made the perfs.

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Quiz time.

Name this stamp.
Scott # does not count!

Clue: Claire was there! At least, down the road.

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark

Overpriced for a postcard which is only 21¢????

June 29, 2003 1:59 PM Steve Taylor (aka philcomp) http://www.timeblaster.com/tbeindex.shtml
 

A Curiosity
What is wrong with this picture?

June 29, 2003 sveiki!

Delcampe website
knuden Way to go! {:o) Just went through the list of offerings you have listed at the Delcampe site. Then began to calculate eBay losses on your 30 days non-grata period at eBay. Made me quite happy, even though eBay doesn't give a hoot. I hope eBay and it's shareholders will get some heavier losses, they deserve a reminder of real life.

June 29, 2003 11.43 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark

knud-Erik
your link
Futfut????
Pretty stamps!

June 29, 2003 11.38 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Nick

Correct!!
Zaire would also have worked.

June 29, 2003 Prometheus

Bjorn = Charles = Thanks
Thanks for the info on those Hitler coil stamps , Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and pay a lot more than I wanted too for the boxes of material.
The seller felt they were worth 400 US just the coil
To get the stuff I have to own from those boxes guess I'll also own an unopened coil of 8pf Stamps.
 

June 29, 2003 Dave P

Biafra
Can anyone tell me if the set of four Butterflies issued by Biafra in 1968 are listed in Scott (or any other cat.), and if so a recent cat value? They used to be listed by Gibbons under Nos. 27 - 30 but are now relegated to a foot-note.

June 29, 2003 Alec McGrattan

useful link for non German French etc speakers
I hope the members here will find this link useful.
http://www.philaguide.com/philawords/index.htm

Very easy to use and it can be of some help especially if searching through European auctions. Any comments are welcome.

June 29, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

cut squares
Was it a popular collecting style back in the 40'/50's to cut envelopes and postcards down so that the stamp and cancel were collected together? I've seen this in collections before and today I bought a large collection (about 80 notebooks) of them, all placed on notebook paper with old photo mounting corners. There isn't much of interest in them as far as stamps go, but would there be any cancel interest today, even though they are no longer full cards or envelopes? The notebooks are arranged by state that the cancels are from.

June 29, 2003 Charles L. Williams <cwilliam@joplin.com>

Hitler Coil
Prometheus... MICHEL lists strips of 11 at DM 20. Theoretically then, an unopened coil would have a catalog value of approximately DM 900- or about $ 450. Routinely, the whole is not worth more than the sum on these things. I would think $ 100 would be a worthy offer.

June 29, 2003 Nick <kathmoon@aol.com>

Crossword Answer ??
Jim: Patrice (Lumumba) = CONGO

June 29, 2003 09:52 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Hitler head coil
Michel Spezial doesn't list complete coils, the closest they have is "Elferstreifen" (strips of 11). A strip of the 8pf is priced at 10DM in Michel '96 ($4.50), but I don't think you can multiply that by 45, it's probably far less. I'm no expert though...

 

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

If so,
todays crossword clue.

Patrice was its leader (5) (either way!)

June 29, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Are all eBay chatboards dead?

June 29, 2003 Prometheus

Help = Hitler Head Coil of 500 unopened
Hello all
Can anyone tell me if an unopened Coil of 8pf red ( Scotts 511 i think) has any value the coil is 500 stamps and has a band sealing the outside and some initials and a date in pen.
This has been offered up to me in an estate lot i might buy and the seller thinks they have Great Value Do They.
Thanks if you can help.
I want the other items but must buy all 5 boxes of stuff and these satmps are the sticky point.

June 29, 2003 08.14 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 29, 2003 Richard Warren

ASADA Santa Clara
Jim Griffith _ sorry to hassle, Jim. Just wondered if you'd noticed Stampdile selling at the show?

June 29, 2003 Guillaume

One more thing about Delcampe: When you do a search for "all items from a particular seller" you get a nice list with the different categories. No need to wade your way through two million listings, you can go immediately to the area you collect!

June 29, 2003 Guillaume

Knud-Erik Nice to see you are already getting bids on Delcampe.
A few pointers: List the items close to the price you want to obtain, there is less trafic than on eBay and starting items at one buck might hurt you (and for the moment you seem to have very little competition). Be patient, Delcampe is much more relaxed and friendly than eBay (you can even email Seb Delcampe himself and get an answer!). Belgians are very particular about shipping charges, always be fair. There are a lot of French people on Delcampe, which is nice, but take extra care when sending lots to France. The postal system there is not always too reliable (I have lost very few items in the mail so far, those that I lost disappeared mainly en route to France). If you need any help, just ask me. Your decision to stay is very good, Delcampe is growing rapidly. They will be charging some fees as of July, though. But I believe that is normal, they have to pay to keep the site running. Good luck!

June 29, 2003 06:38 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

EUSC Site Maintenance
Laura The EUSC site is maintained by President Roger and graciously hosted by BillSey. When they come on line they can fulfill your request.

June 29, 2003 06.26 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 29, 2003 05:42 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a picture postcard from Portuguese Congo to Belgium in 1910.

June 29, 2003 LaurelA (laura598)

Ebay Stamp Club: Not sure who to contact
I want to have my email address removed from the Ebay Stamp club members list, as it comes up on a 2 second Google search, of my name. I am having some security problems and would appreciate the removal of it. I tried to contact the webmaster on that page, the email was returned to me as undeliverable. Thanks in advance, Laura

June 29, 2003 David Benson

Knud, glad that Delcampe is OK for you. They have some advantages over Ebay especially for European material.

Mauro, I cannot ID the Transvaal as the paper could be either thin or coarse which is impossible with a scan. there are so many variants as well as forgeries and reprints but the easiest test is the raid D in EENDRAGT which appears to be OK.

Bjorn, it was 21 here too which is not bad seeing that it is mid winter.

David Benson

 

June 29, 2003 03:35 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Ebay Suspension
Knuden: I guess esnipe is just confused about the error message it gets from eBay. Just like PayPal claims my credit card has been "denied by the credit card issuer" when in fact they just have problems connecting to their server. Got me scared the first time. I wouldn't worry.

Now that you're suspended from eBay, who not just take a month off? I guess July isn't the most profitable month to sell anyway, since potential bidders may be on vacation.

22C at noon - this is gonna be a hot day!

 

June 29, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

Australia watermarks
David & Marius: Thank you both for your help, the early Australian watermarks look all the same for me!

Regards

Mauro

June 29, 2003 01.09 Knud-Erik (knuden)

K.E. 
 

June 29, 2003 David Moser <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David

June 29, 2003 John@magnolia stamps

more from the attic
Attic treasures my foot!this dealer is still trying to sell the same bogus lots from last year!All are as is and be sure to check oyt the fake phillipine overprints. what a joke

June 29, 2003 Marius http://www.boomspeed.com/stampmad/main_page.htm
 

5/- Roo
Mauro........I wll beg to differ with David. The watermark shown is the narrow crown which makes your roo Scott#54

June 29, 2003 Brian R

John I'm afraid that I have near zero knowledge, to help or appreciate, CSA currency notes. I'll bet they've held their value better that the US dollar recently!

June 29, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

soaking
I too have not had any problems soaking self-adhesive stamps with plain old water. I usually make it a tad bit warmer than usual though.

June 29, 2003 John@Magnolia

A few weeks ago I found a couple of nice souther bank notes 1 from Ala and 1 from Ga.both on local banks late 1850s and whats great is there both in good cond.also found 1 from Chatanooga tn.

June 29, 2003 John

Brian......Ahhhhhh your so right!!!!!

June 28, 2003 Brian R

winshild fluid soaking
Chris Have you tried that methanol method on any of the non-paper poly stamps? I would be fearful that might actually effect the printing.

June 28, 2003 Still Later Now Chris

Soaking
John, I found that I had sticky residue if I used warm water
and something the stamp disintigrated trying to get the adhesive off.
This procedure leaves the stamp clean and non-sticky.

Chris - a zillion defns to sort in a few months

June 28, 2003 Later Now Chris

Dinner this evening
I have Ben & Jerry's for dessert tonight.
It was a couple of mile walk to get it, but worth it.
A large scoop in a waffle cone was 4 something, but I was
paying downtown prices.

Chris - bought some nice rose incense too

June 28, 2003 Brian R

Then again, there are guys in this world, who will pay good money, to have a dominatrix beat them.

June 28, 2003 John

.Anyone interested in some Graf Zep.Poste Kartes and some Hindenburg zep cards I still have a few to get rid of!

June 28, 2003 Now Chris Yow!
 

Soaking self stick stamps
As some of you may remember, I have been working on the problem of
soaking self stick stamps off paper. After consultation with a world
class organic chemist (The infamous Uncle Al of sci.physics fame)
and many experiments, I have found a very satisfactory method.

The secret is blue windshield washer fluid, the kind with methanol in it.
The procedure is quite simple. Put stamps on paper into a large jar.
Mason jars are ideal. Cover the stamps with windsheild washer fluid and
cover for 24 hours. At the end of the 24 hours, pour the fluid back
into the bottle, (It may be re-used several time, do NOT put it into
your car after use.) Put the stamps into cold water and soak for a
few minutes. The stamps should pop off easily leaving all the adhesive
stuck to the paper. Rinse the stamps several times and dry as you
normally would. Be careful about red and yellow papers, they bleed and
will dye other stamps.

This procedure has been tested on US, GB and Australian self sticks.
On US and GB it works very well. It doesn't work as well on the
Austrailian stamps, but nothing else does on them either.

Chris - don't drink the washer fluid

June 28, 2003 stamphick

David

June 28, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 28, 2003 22:08 David Moser <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David

June 28, 2003 john

this should be rite up your alley,http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2937756673&category=683 now tell me are these not a pair fit for sore eyes,or do they make your eyes sore looking at them!

June 28, 2003 john

Ok so the 1st one was bad enough,but check this one out. Here\'s another.......Shame on you Riney

June 28, 2003 John @ Magnolia stamps

Lets try againtry it again

June 28, 2003 John@ Magnolia stamps

here is another example of what a thief trys to get away with!what a rippoff Simply cut the perfs off and make up a price!

June 28, 2003 21:37:04 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Bruce, the only places I'd expect that you would ever use the 2400 DPI resolution would be in blowups of a specific area on the stamp. Scan the stamp at 2400, then crop out the portion you need. It would allow you to pretty exactly point out differences between a genuine and forged stamp, for example. Here's an example of where I scanned at 600 DPI (maximum optical for my scanner), then cut the appropriate portions out for inclusion on my album page. The two flanking pages to this one are more examples.

June 28, 2003 John@Magnolia Stamps/ not whitford stark

John

June 28, 2003 Bruce Campbell <cb@classicbruce.com>

I checked the documentation, and here's what the estimated file sizes are for low & high res, before any compression, on a fairly busy letter-size doc: 100dpi: 2.8MBs. 2400dpi: 1.6GBs (yes, that is gigabytes). It's an expontential file-size increase for each doubling of the res, the doc even says so. Not exactly the kind of res for web usage, even with a lot of compression. Maybe useful for super-detailed analysis, I suppose...

June 28, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 28, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Joy
Almost all of the early Central American stamps were also issued as officials.
Here are some "official volcanoes.

I love Cherry Garcia, yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

June 28, 2003 Brian McInturff <turff49@aol.com>

Prometheus:
Are you a member of the Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society?

June 28, 2003 6:15 p.m. Joy Tilton <joylark@earthlink.net>

Ice Cream
John Witford Stark: Where? Ben and Jerry's 2pts. for $4.00? What State - I'm moving! It's more like $3.49 per pt. here in NH at best store price, the unless there's a special running! Alas, no A&P! My favorite - Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, 2nd - Cherries Garcia. I think I'll run out and get some. Shame on all of you talking ice cream, some of us want to keep our fetching figures. Hard to stick to good eating habits when Ben and Jerry's comes to mind! I'll just put my nose back in my stamp album again so I can forget quickly. (I'm finding stamp study can be addictive, too!)

Just kidding about ice cream. I need no help to think about or desire it. Just have to keep the will power intact! I'll probably dream of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream tonight! That will do less harm than eating it!
Joy %:')

 

June 28, 2003 5:51 p.m. Joy Tilton <joynest1@earthlink.net>

Volcano Stamps/Nicaragua
John----Stark:(Iomoon) I saw your remarks and pics of Nicaragua volcanoes. Went to my old 1800s album. I have close to 100 stamps from Nicaragua. One comment: That site after your 5 stamps...I've never seen such a terrible display and the colors were horridly washed out. I like to check stamps out on sites and the asking prices. At his prices, if only at his quality, ten of my stamps would be worth more than $600 and mine, though hinged are beautifully colored, sharp and clean and very few are cancelled (lightly). I feel lucky and grateful that issue came up on the Chat. It really does help to educate me! How can a professional (I say it lightly, but assume) have the nerve to present such huge numbers of washed out blurry stamps from so many nations? Or are some scanners that poor? I should get one, and if they are, I wouldn't want the brand he has, or is there a trick to getting good scans? (I went further and checked out a few other countries while at the site) Most of those stamps also look as though they've been through the "laundry". I doubt I'll waste my time again on that site. Does he really sell those poor quality stamps? Another question: Are "Franqued Oficial" (Nicaragua) stamps worth much, or anything? I have numbers of those, too. Thanks for your help.
Joy
 

June 28, 2003 Prometheus

Brian McIn = Reply
I too collect tied Christmas seals mostly on Postcards,
 

June 28, 2003 john@magnoia stamps

Yummmmmmmm!

June 28, 2003 Brian McInturff <turff49@aol.com>

New to board
Thought I'd introduce myself. I don't frequent the ebay chat board but have frequented Richard Frajola's board so a lot of the posters should recognize me. I collect classics and Christmas seals(odd combination ain't it) One of my exhibits is Christmas Seals tied on covers. Just wanted to introduce myself. :)
Lavar, I can sympathize with you on the age thing. Sorry to here about the cousin.

June 28, 2003 16:36 Lavar Taylor

Knud-Erik, sorry to learn about your suspension. I have already said lots of bad things about that particular ebay policy, so I will bite my tongue now.

June 28, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Currently, two 1 pint tubs of Cherry Garcia are $4.00 at A&P.

June 28, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

Stamp ID ... help needed
Hello, need some help to correctly ID this stamps.

1 - Australia 5/- Roo FRONT and WATERMARK, Scott # for this one is?
2 - Can anyone confirm if this one is TRANSVAAL #47 (at least looks like to me but don't have any other reference exemplar)
Regards

Mauro

June 28, 2003 john

I don't what ice cream cost where your at but down here in Ms. it will cost anywhere from .50 cents to $1.75.I do know a place in Ala.on hwy 72 where a large cone with 3 scoops is a paultry $1.25 u.s. I think its odd how the prices will vary from place to place,here a medium D.Q. is $1.25 and in Fla on I-10 its $2.50...Kind of like cigerettes here are $1.95 to $2.65 for major brands and as low as .85 cents for the off brands,where as in N.Y.C. they are $7.50 per pack ...Talk about a differance!

June 28, 2003 sveiki!

Chris Often you don't get those options in smaller towns. The prices shown are pretty normal. For a medium soft serve you could find prices about a third lower than shown - but you really need to be on the outlook for them. Langelinie is a very popular place with lots of tourists - hence the prices.
Retail prices in Denmark are always with VAT (Value Added Tax) included. To get the price without VAT you need to decrease the price with 20% (VAT is 25% on all goods - ALL goods). {:o)

June 28, 2003 Now Chris

Sveiki!'s photos
I was looking at them and got curious about what the ice cream cost in US dollars.
Fortunately the web provides numerous currency converters.
A few conversions showed that the ice cream is pretty expensive by my standards.
A medium soft serve is $3, which is nearly double what I would expect to pay.
A two scoop "Mexicaner" is over $4.
How do these prices compare with ice cream in smaller towns?

Chris - guess what I'm having for dinner tonight.

June 28, 2003 David Detrich <ddetr@aol.com>

ebay feedback deadline
It as IO said: a matter of one's skills at ebay. If you work off your "My Ebay" page it is 30 days. If you go to the leave feedback page from your own feedback page you can access about 120 days worth of items.
But if you enter the item number in search, it is frequently possible to find an item older than 120 days and to leave feed back for it.


The only way a buyer can be sure to avoid a retaliatory negative feedback from a seller is if the seller has already left his feedback (which he should have done).

June 28, 2003 Bill Weiss

Mounts
I am back for awhile then will be away for 4-5 hours. I was suprised at the amount of comments on the subject of mounts. I guess I opened up Pandora's box! I don't particulary advocate Hawid mounts specifically, but rather the open-on-3-sides concept as against the slit-in-the-middle concept. (Can you imagine if a non-philatelist was reading this crap, what they would think of our minds!!). Anyway, there's no question that the stamps are easier to handle and examine in a Hawid-like mount, but that's not why I care. I care because I've seen a goodly number of GOOD mint stamps devalued by the slit, which is very sad to see. It first happened to...you guessed it...ME. I had placed my set of Zepps (Cost $300. many years ago) in Showguards, on a black card, in a bank safety deposit box with other good material, and years later the damn slits had left marks on the gum. After that I saw it many times as a dealer/auction house, so my only concern with any mount is what affect it could have on a stamp.

June 28, 2003 sveiki!

Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
Today, we went on a sightseeing through the town of Copenhagen.
On the last part of our sightseeing tour I took this photo shoot. For the pleasure of ice cone lovers reading this board, I took a photo of the price list at the pier kiosk situated at the end of Langelinie (Long Line). The Langelinie is where cruise ships are to be found during the summer period, which can be seen on the 12 photos. The grey ship is from the Irish Navy. {:o)

June 28, 2003 john@Magnolia stamps

I looked through your album that you posted,It looked kind of naked in the early years,I could loan you a few if you would like!

June 28, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

For those who can't print out wide album pages (like me, because I only buy the cheapest printers) you can print them out on standard sheets of paper and then photocopy those onto blank album pages. With a little practice you can even get them fairly well centered within the album page border. Most copiers I've seen, including small desk models, can handle the wide paper. I use G&K blank pages......because they're cheaper than Scott.....natch.

June 28, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Unofficial Royal Mail update

June 28, 2003 7:03:31 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Jim, your volcanoes are mint, the one offered in that auction is described as postally used. Scott doesn't list it in used, but SG and Michel both do. My catalogs are old, so I don't know if his pricing matches anything... And I can't see the cancel on his crummy scan.

June 28, 2003 6:52:24 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Mounts etc.
Jim Griffith, I thought about laser printers when I was looking for a printer as well, but I've had problems in the past with laser printed pages sticking to a binder. When the paper gets too warm (such as sitting in a non-air conditioner house) the toner softens. The HP ink doesn't seem to run when moist like the Canon or Epson inks do. (Just checked a cover page that had something spilled on it, very minimal blurring in the splash)

June 28, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Paul
Too complicated for Addie!!

June 28, 2003 6.41am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Paul
 

June 28, 2003 6.37am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Paul

June 28, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Did I miss something?
Apart from the usual pathetic ipix picture did the value of these really increase that much?

June 28, 2003 6.03am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Paul

June 28, 2003 Alec McGrattan

Italian Query
Thanks David. Very much appreciated.

June 28, 2003 05:45 Jim Watson

Stampass,
Try this.

Paul,
The local (Egyptian) currency was milliemes and piasters at the time. Stamps of foreign Post Offices were most often denominated in currency of the home country. For France this was centimes and francs. The issue which was in use in French POs in Egypt before this surcharge to change the currency was in c. and f. I don't think the change was just to accommodate the local currency although there might have been some local pressure to do so. I think it does have something to do with currency speculation schemes but I haven't anything specific to cite.

June 28, 2003 5.16am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Paul

June 28, 2003 stampass

Watson..where's Sherlock?
 

June 28, 2003 05:02 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a First Day Cover from the French Post Office in Alexandria in 1921.

June 28, 2003 David Benson

Paolo should be able to enlighten you on all the marks and rates but the Orange strait line and the date are from the originating office, the letters in a scroll and the cicular markings are Neapolitan, as to value, not much,

David Benson

June 28, 2003 David Benson

Alec, it is from LECCE which is on the heel of Italy,

see,

http://www.italyrentals.com/hotels/italy/hotel_finder_lecce.htm

David Benson

June 28, 2003 Alec

Questions Link
Sorry forgot the link.
http://uk.msnusers.com/InflaAlec/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=124

June 28, 2003 Alec

Vorphilatelie Italy ?
Help please in trying to id this pre stamp cover. Italian destination Naples from November 1836. But as to where it orinated and what the marks all mean no idea. It's not something I collect but curious as to what it is and if it has any real value.

June 28, 2003 3.23am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Thanks, Maarten.

June 28, 2003 Maarten Willems

currency
NT$ = New Taiwan dollar

June 28, 2003 2.02am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

For the first time, I have come across a seller, based in Australia, using NT$ in an eBay auction. What currency is NT$?

June 28, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Bjorn Langoren

Mounts etc.
Never tried Showgard mounts, as it looked like a labourous process just to get the stamps in there, and some risk of bending the stamps during insertion. I expect the precess is the same going out. I think in general dealers don't like Hawid at all. They're not as bad as the tube mounts, but I expect it takes a lot more time to inspect a collection in Showgard mounts than Hawid mounts or hinges. That fact alone might detract from the value of a collection, as the dealer will inspect fewer items, and discount mint stamps that were not inspected on both sides. Alternatively, the dealer will inspect them all, and subtract the cost of the extra time spent from his offer.


 

June 27, 2003 22:38:50 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Mounts and Pages
I also hinge my mounts to the pages, though I use Scott or Prinz rather than Showguard because I like the black background better than the blue. I use Pagemaker to layout my pages and print on the 9¼ x 11¼ paper, though I have a few thousand sheets of the Specialty size as well for use in priting pages for friends. I print using an HP 1220C inkjet printer, which easily handles much wider paper than I'm likely to ever need (13" wide). I have also duplicated the Scott Specialty border on my pages, as can be seen in the newer countries shown on my web site. Eventually everything will end up migrated to Scott International binders with slip cases. I'm evaluating the jumbo vs. regular sized binders right now, with Turkey going into a jumbo and Argentina going into a regular... I'm currently leaning toward the regular binders, since I've seen some issues with the back edge of the page resting against the binder spine with the Jumbo.

June 27, 2003 22:23 Ken Michaelis (kmichael)

Hinges
My favorite hinge.

June 27, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

Oh yeah, another downside to my slitting method is that some sizes of showgards don't have the back slit at exactly the halfway point, which means you may wind up with 2 different size mounts. I've gotten pretty good at trimmimg the oversized ones down with a large paper cutter though.

June 27, 2003 9:27 pm Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

I know this sounds a bit wacky, so I won't bother to mention that I also cut stamp hinges in 2 to double the amount of hinges I can use as well....and don't get me strated on 2-ply toilet paper.

June 27, 2003 21:25 David Moser <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David
 

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Bruce Campbell <cb@classicbruce.com>

Of course this ordeal ate up my stamp budget for some 2 years, and that was indeed a major drawback, lest anyone be thinking about fantastic housing plans such as I've done...and it may appear that I'm collecting "housing" more than collecting stamps, which was quite true for 2 years :-) Only temporarily, though, I'm back to all-stamps now after that "slight detour." To make a short story long, as they say...

June 27, 2003 20:36 COVERWIZ

I have used Hawid mounts for years for the same reasons. Personally I've never had any problems with stamps falling out.

June 27, 2003 8:04PM Bill Weiss

Mounts
JIM; I am not crazy about Showguard mounts or any others that have an open slit in the middle. I have seen a fair share of mint stamps with gum damage caused by that slit. I believe it's a combination of pressure + slight moisture in the air. I am a much bigger fan of Hawid or some other similar mounts where it is open on 3 sides. I know such as Hawid do not give as much enclosed protection as a Showguard so one must be careful when turning pages, but I would rather take my chances with that kind of mount. Are there any other dealers who check this board? I wonder if anyone else has seen this mount-slit gum damage I'm describing? If so, please chime in.

June 27, 2003 Brian R

where is my stamp?--update
My bank says he hasn't cashed the check (like you could get very far on that amount anyway, LOL) So, I'll just sit back and let time work this one out. Thanks to all for listening and giving advice.

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Bill Weiss

Jim's Collection
JIM; I just spent a few moments looking at your album pages. Great job! Tell me, what kind of mounts are you using?

June 27, 2003 Bruce Campbell <cb@classicbruce.com>

I agree on 300 dpi, even 100 or 200 is often sufficient for me. I don't know what 2400dpi will be good for, I can see it's going to be rather slow scanning, and very large file size...maybe plating or the wmk scanning we were discussing on the "old" board...

June 27, 2003 Chuck Harm

On-line Album
Jim

Just spent 20 minutes browsing your album. I am depressed now at the pathetic mounting and display that I do. Do you have a criterium for which stamps you procure certs for? It looks like you collect vf or nearly vf stamps. Do you collect hinged or NH? You collection has a lot of overlap with my US collection so I will be examining some of the stamps more closely as I am currently engaged in a quality audit of some of the earlier issues and your single images have enough resolution to see die differences.

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Bruce Campbell

Anyway, my last scanner is 600 with so-called 2400 enhancement, too. That extra enhanced dpi never seemed to do much for me, not the same as optical - unless I never used it right or something.

June 27, 2003 17:49 David Moser <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David

June 27, 2003 17:40:28 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Hello, new scanner
Bruce, you're going to have to link us a 2400 DPI scan of something. It should show pretty darn good detail! I'm not sure what happens when I scan at 2400, I beieve it actually does 600 optical and interpolates the remainder on my HP.

June 27, 2003 17:38:10 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Negative Feedback
Brian, have you tried a voice call to the seller? That method has worked wonders for me in the past when emails are getting ignored.

June 27, 2003 Bruce Campbell <cb@classicbruce.com> http://www.classicbruce.com
 

UPS just delivered new Canon USB2 scanner, I've been scan-disabled since I went to new PC & XP: no selling, no posts with scans for opinions, etc., kind of frustrating. I now have a seemingly preposterous 2400 dpi res (that's optical). Seems like overkill, though maybe for minute details, it may be useful...kind of fun, anyway, new toy to play with...

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Brian R

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 David Benson

bjorn, I am not taking Ebay's side but Knud got 5 warnings. I think that is fair and even though I do not agree with Ebay's stance, it is their policy and sellers should know the rulings and it was 5 strikes and your out for a month. If any seller keeps on listing after getting 5 warnings about any breaking of their rules they are lucky to only get one month, it could have been life.

David Benson

June 27, 2003 16:07 Ken Srail

France and eBay
Jim, eBay does have a presence in France and it's been a rather stormy relationship so far...

June 27, 2003 15:51 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Is ebay.de off limits to users registered in France?
 

June 27, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Actually Jim, I think 90 days is the absolute max from the end of the auction, not the last transaction. At that point item is removed from ebay data files.
In either case, its 2 months longer than most people are led to suspect.

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Jim
Length of feedback period depends on how good you are at manoeuvering on eBay.
If you do not go beyond "my ebay page" it is 30 days.
If you use "feedback forum" it was (and probably still is) 90 days (its been a while since I've had a feedback go beyond 30 days).
If one person leaves a feedback about the other, you have up to 90 days from when that remark was posted (using the link accessible via your feedback number).
If you look at your own feedback pages and auction numbers are still underlined in blue (default color), you can still leave feedback.
Just looked at Colin's and his goes back to March 26th.

June 27, 2003 Dave P

I think it would be possible to block countries from the Nazi stuff. Simply put it in a restricted zone that requires special registration, and then deny registration to anyone in those countries where it is illegal - exactly what they do with adult material now. As I said, the revenue generated would probably not justify the hassle from their point of view.

June 27, 2003 Brian R

BTW- Very good idea to check the bank (I can do that electonically) If the check has been cashed, he's getting a neg, even if it means I get realiation. If not, I'll even give him another month, to recover or whatever. The only reasons I'm so patient are: A)I like to think I'm a nice guy, and B)What seller is going to intentionally risk his perfect feedback over $4?

June 27, 2003 Charles L. Williams <cwilliam@joplin.com>

Prohibited items
Knud-Erik... ebay's Nazi prohibition is totally ridiculous and discriminatory, but ruthlessly consistent. My condolences. I suggest in the future you sell this material on ebay.de. I did a little testing last year when this first came up. I ran some material on ebay.com - they subsequently deleted it - I re-listed the exact material with no change in description whatsoever on ebay.de - and lo and behold, it sold with no interruption. Go figure!

June 27, 2003 Brian R

I would hate to neg some poor guy who is recoving from a heart attack or something :o( It's not much money, and while I still want the stamp, I could live just as well without it. I'd be happy if I was only contacted to say hold on awhile longer.

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 2:15 pm Bob in WA

Knuden suspension
Knud-Erik -- Very sorry to hear of your suspension. It just shows how screwed up eBay is if they suspend someone like you while allowing crooks and scammers to continue fleecing the gullible with their altered crap. And whoever turned you in is a real lowlife, in my opinion. Sorry you have to put up with such nonsense, but you know you have much moral support here.

June 27, 2003 David Benson

Brian, have you checked your bank statement to see if check has been debited,

David Benson

June 27, 2003 Guillaume

Brian: I hate it when that happens. Problem is, do you want to ruin your own feedback (retaliation) over 4 bucks? Did you check if there is any recent activity by that seller - so you know he is not ill or something?

June 27, 2003 Brian R

Am I being too harsh?

June 27, 2003 Guillaume

Protecting people against themselves
One more comment regarding the nazi-issue. Since I live in Belgium, I cannot access adult material and certain Third Reich stuff on eBay (similar laws), I get a message stating something like "since you live in a country that does not allow the sale of this material, you are not allowed to view this item". How come they can block me from running auctions and not the French? Why do they keep these auctions running in the first place if they do not want the legal hassle?

June 27, 2003 Richard W

certs
Further to my earlier queries, I have just acquired on Ebay two items accompanied by photocopies of certificates without illustrations. Impressed? (Just as well I know the material is good!)

June 27, 2003 Richard W

nazis
Perhaps in France there is still something of an uneasy conscience about the Vichy period?

June 27, 2003 Richard W

Jim - thanks. I'd be interested to know. Io - Harrow, yes, that's the one.

June 27, 2003 Guillaume

Point well taken. I just do not understand how the French could have such jurisdiction over an American based company. So, basically - and concerning this particular issue - one country is hijacking the whole internet? As soon as a Frenchman has access to, for instance, a site in Mongolia selling nazi-stuff they can have it shut down? Ridiculous!

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 nomad55

Richard W.....send your concerns to Ed Hines

June 27, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Richard

No that you mention it, I thought name was familiar.
A few years back a young English entrepreneur with an Indian name begining with "A" (my memory is going) commented with a certain disfavor on a seller in Harrow.

June 27, 2003 Richard Warren

Stampdile at Santa Clara
Jim Griffith - Thank you, Jim. That confirms what I heard. But I wonder if he actually took up the stand and traded? Did anyone there notice? Stampdile sells all kinds of nasty rubbish including Myanmar illegals, trading on Ebay as "stamps2buy" - hence my interest. He's been banned elsewhere. But then, what does ASDA care ...

June 27, 2003 David Benson

Bill, I had a look at the buyers history, he has bought a few lots of forgeries, maybe he is of that ilk. Some people collect strange material.

David Benson

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Bleah.

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 27, 2003 11.23 am Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_Japan_stamps
 

Colin

June 27, 2003 Dave P (orthorpteran)

Suspension
If Ebay had the will, it would be perfectly possible for them to have a section in stamps for 3rd Reich items which was inaccessible to French subscribers. I presume they feel the revenue gained is not worth the effort.
I just hate all political interference, the ban on Cuban items also irritates the hell out of me (not that I wish to buy or sell any!).
Knud Eric I add my commiserations.

June 27, 2003 10:07 Jim Watson

Guillaume,
Unfortunately, the swastika suspensions are an eBay defense against the threat from the French government to shutdown eBay. The French are very active in this form of censorship. I don't think that America or Americans, in general, are really supportive of this kind of restriction; certainly I know of no stamp collectors who favor it. eBay just doesn't have the backbone to tell them to go 'stuff' it. When this first came up with Yahoo!, eBay was struggling to grow and didn't want to add this sort of a fight to their problems.

That being said, it is clear that some cowardly curmudgeon has singled out Knud-Erik for special attention. eBay needs to take special attention to offset this kind of targeting.

Just my ½¢.

June 27, 2003 1630 BST Ed.B

Ed

June 27, 2003 1625 BST Ed.B

Ed

June 27, 2003 Guillaume

Grammar is not too good here, sorry.
Should be: Banning sellers who are... different from banning people selling historic items which...

June 27, 2003 Guillaume

Sorry for the rant.

June 27, 2003 06:46 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Why such a high price??
D2 Can you explain why this Japan lot went for such a high price?

June 27, 2003 05:09 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Suspension
Knud Eric I agree about the need for privacy. ebay only takes action on these items if someone reports you. Therefore, someone is out to get you. Be careful!

June 27, 2003 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

Suspension
Knuden Sorry to hear of your suspension - hopefully you will do good business on the other sites mentioned.

Just a word to the wise - I wouldn't use your other ID to post on the Ebay Chat board as, if someone reports you, you will get that ID suspended as well. You could also be suspended indefinitely for posting while suspended.

Mark.

(Using the word "suspended" far too many times in 1 post)

June 27, 2003 04:45 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 27, 2003 Richard W

Out of curiosity, did anyone over there who went to the Santa Clara ASDA show notice whether a UK dealer called Stampdile had a stand, and was selling?

 

June 27, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Either this guy needs a geography lesson or Manchuria was a darn sight larger than I ever thought.
I suppose we can forgive him since few people have a clue as to where Tannu Tuva is anyway!!

June 27, 2003 Richard Warren

Out of curiosity, did anyone over there who went to the Santa Clara ASDA show noticw whther a UK dealer called Stampdile had a stand, and was selling?

June 27, 2003 bryan

you might try selling at www.sellyouritem.com listings free and some huge sellers of wwll stuff there

June 27, 2003 Richard Warren

scanning watermarks
OK. here's what I posted elsewhere. This - http://www.bilston73.freeserve.co.uk/farmers/wmk.jpg - (sorry, one day I'll remember to link without the url) is a scan of a block-sized watermark, elephant & "TITAGHUR SUPERFINE" on laid paper. No perfs, and an example where the printing has not shown through to the back to interfere with the image of the watermark. Scan at a reasonable resolution on a black background (no fluid), then play about with brightness & contrast controls in image processing software.

June 27, 2003 04:29 Jim Watson

Oxidation and Hydrogen Peroxide
I've had success in removing oxidation from US 6¢ 1918 MNH orange airmail (Scott C1) with careful use of a cotton swab (Q-tip). Not exactly a fun procedure but it did work.

June 27, 2003 04:23 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is an airmail(?) cover from Germany to Australia in 1937. Meet the Crosbys!

June 27, 2003 Lars Boettger <alpha2@pt.lu>

Knud-Erik:

Translation Champagne-letter:

"As I will start in the coming autumn to introduce your champagne in my business/shop, I kindly ask you to tell me how many bottles you could provide (see the enclosed label), waiting expectandly for you reply, with all due respects..."

This is no word-to-word translation, as the old German handwriting is difficult to read but it should come fairly close to the meaning.

As this is the first posting on this board, a few words about my person: Collecting interest: Letters send to and from F. Huth, London, including their perfins, some may know me via eBay; member in a local stamp club in Luxembourg and in the APS.

Best regards,

Lars

June 27, 2003 David Benson

knud, try Delcampe,

http://stamps.delcampe.com/main.php?language=E&PHPSESSID=ea6c6f1dc6c3a0e3653a97dc4f9b6b3f


They have a very big following in France and Belgium, try some there, see what happens.

David Benson

June 27, 2003 02.56 Knud-Erik (knuden)

Re: SUSPENDED AT EBAY!
D2 - As far I know there is no problems with this kind of material on Ebay.de. I had started selling these items at Ebay.de but a single cover with a swastika slipped through and I was suspended. My fault - but there is nothing I can do at Ebay but wait the 30 days. I will in the meantime try to sell on another auction site. Any sugestions?

Knud-Erik.

June 27, 2003 David Benson

knud, looks like 5 strikes and your out (for a month). What is the ruling if you listed the meterial on Ebay Genrmany.

David Benson

June 27, 2003 01.46 Knud-Erik (knuden)

Re: SUSPENDED AT EBAY!
d2 - Hello David. Here is the wording:"Please understand that enforcement of our policies is not reflective of seller status or feedback. This action has been taken only after careful consideration of your account history of offenses for this violation, in accordance with eBay Policies and the eBay User Agreement."

My fault is I have had listing ended more times (5) at Ebay and this seems to be the limit. As I have seen other sellers, of this kind of material, selling it time after time, without being suspended, I'm sure someone has been turning me in at Ebay more times. :O(



Knud-Erik

June 27, 2003 David Benson

Knud, sorry to hear about your problem but there is nothing you can do but wait the 30 days. What was the wording on your warning.

David Benson

June 27, 2003 01.04 Knud-Erik (knuden)

SUSPENDED AT EBAY!
I woke up to a mail from Ebay telling me, I have been suspended from Ebay in 30 days for "engaging in activity expressly prohibited on eBay's site after receiving prior warning to discontinue such activity, specifically: violating our Offensive Materials guidelines."
My fault is I have been selling German covers with swatsika on. I still don't understand why it's allowed to sell stamps with these symbols and not covers.
I now have to find another auction site and inform my buyers about it - i sometimes wish stampcollectors could agree finding another place than Ebay but I know it's only wihful thinking.
Now I need some strong coffee and a lot of thinking of what to do now.

Knud-Erik.
 

June 26, 2003 20:35 FERD W.

NOMAD- UPU Int'l post [&postal] cards Airmail rate from US was .36 from Apr.3 1988 to 2 Feb. 1991 . FW

June 26, 2003 20:22:05 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

It may just be me, or my technique, but I couldn't make out watermarks in any of those scans. :-(

June 26, 2003 2017 Clark (reperf) <me@gotsomespam.com>

Oxidation
Regarding oxidation on unused stamps with gum:

I have been informed that putting peroxide on some small pieces of sponge and placing them near the stamp in a tightly closed small box (a sweat box) is effective for reversing oxidation without completely destroying the gum. The recommended initial time was an hour, but it could take longer. Take care to make sure that the gum is not in contact with anything.

Suggest testing with an inexpensive stamp first.

June 26, 2003 7:45PM Bill Weiss

Oxidation
JOHN; I do not believe removing oxidation with peroxide (or an eraser) constitutes an alteration, and I see no reason to describe it in a future sale. I do not know if there is any permanent damage done if it is not literally rinsed off such as the technique you describe. One fellow who I trust once told me he was able to remove it on mint stamps by using a fine brush, dipped in the peroxide, then extra lightly brushed onto the face of the stamp.....but he warned that any excess peroxide could soak into the stamp and ruin the gum. It always sounded too dangerous to me, so I've never tried it, and don't plan to anytime soon!

June 26, 2003 Brian R

However, I've got to give them a nod for how far the've come in changing their outlook. Specifically, I'm thinking of the BEP cards provided to shows, the Pan-Am invert S/S, and the like. What a long road to travel from destroying the value of the Hammarskold errors.

June 26, 2003 7:30pm John Cunningham

Oxidized Stamps
Bill & Steve..

Thanks for the responses. The two stamps that I am most concerned about are certified mnh. I was thinking about a 'dry brush' approach with a mild hydro. peroxide. solution while the stamp was under a light source that produced moderate heat to aid in evaporation. If I cannot avoid gum disturbance, then I guess the details don't really matter. If it is considered 'altering' the stamp, then I want to make sure that the treatment is declared if the item is sold. Ultimately, I can just immerse the items in solution and kiss the gum goodbye if need be, but I would like to avoid that if possible. Would there be any long term detriment to the paper from exposure to the solution if it were not rinsed away? Thanks!

June 26, 2003 nomad55

Can someone tell me what was the airmail rate for postcards from US to France in August 1988?

June 26, 2003 6:55PM Bill Weiss

C3a Scam
I believe that design is also cut from a BEP card and how I remembered it was that (believe it or not!) I was there when the card was issues! It was at the 1973 NAPEX show, which was my first BIG stamp show, and as rookie luck would have it, I not only had a great show, but our booth got photographed and the photo was featured in a pretty big DC article about the show. Talk about being "young and dumb", I was so concerned about all the cash we took in, that I twisted the arm of an older dealer to give me a check for the cash! DUH!! Can't imagine doing anything much dumber than that!

June 26, 2003 Victor Horadam <horadam1@airmail.net>

general
Roger, nice to see you having a good time in Wales. (Hopefully you weren't going there to do 'humpback' sightings?)

June 26, 2003 1700 Prometheus

Stamp Items for sale = Briguy
Noticed today that one of Paul Harvey's Advertizers is the guy /web site that sells hugh blowups of cancelled stamps poster size.
Must be doing OK to advert Nation wide on Paul Harvey . ??

June 26, 2003 nomad55

Santa Clara show
IMHO a relatively good show, as I picked up a few nice covers, and some oddball stuff that looked "interesting".

Post Office had flag booklets and missionary sheets, plus the new 25-cent coils - either in strips of 10 or you could ask them to unroll as many as you wanted.

June 26, 2003 Brian R

Hmmmm my link failedtry again
 

June 26, 2003 Brian R (briguy)

Does anyone else think that these goofy offers are multiplying, due to the stupid realizations, we've (and the scammers) have recently noticed?

June 26, 2003 2345 BST Ed.B

Ed

June 26, 2003 3:36 PM Steve Taylor (aka philcomp)

I don't consider the use of hydrogen peroxide to reverse a naturally occuring process as deceptive or unethical (unlike regumming, reperfing, etc). To my mind it is no different than soaking a used stamp in water to clean it.

June 26, 2003 sveiki!

spoof or not spoof
It doesn't matter what URL is showed in the mail.
What matters is the URL you actually end up seing of the page in question. You could be redirected a million times, the e-mail could contain a hidden redirection.

June 26, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Thanks Knud-Erik, however, I already have a fair number of Vesuvius postcards
Been working all day on cleaning up my web site.
What with duplication, unlinked files, old ebay auctions etc., managed to remove over 2 Megs and 80 files.
Also gave me a chance to update Central America

June 26, 2003 13:39 Ken Srail

eBay's Protecting Your Account Page

June 26, 2003 1:35PM Bill Weiss

Oxidized Stamps
To JOHN; I have removed oxidation from used stamps lots of times over the years. I just use a simple watermark tray, put the stamp in it, pour over the peroxide and let it sit for a few minutes, remove it, wash it with cold water, press and dry. Never had any problems. Have heard that this method may be dangerous by using pure peroxide, and have heard it suggested you should dilute the peroxide, so if anyone else wants to clarify this, feel free. I've been told it can also be removed from mint stamps too by a fume process, with the peroxide in a tray, a grid-bed above the peroxide and supposedly the fumes from the peroxide will remove the oxidation. This always seemed too risky to me. Also, sometimes light oxidation can be removed simply by gently erasing it with a good quality non-abrasive erasure. Hope this helps.

June 26, 2003 12:40 Dave ("philatarium")

Watermark Scanning
I am reading with great interest the discussion on the eBay chat about scanning watermarks. I wonder if the people who posted their techniques there (including Richard W. ("sayasan"), Knud-Erik, "classicbruce", etc.)) would be willing to repost them here?

First, it would allow them to be permanently kept here. Second, I would like to pull these together into a "thread" that we could archive separately. Third, I am a little uncomfortable with copying and pasting eBay-based posts here (or on a page related to this board), although I did do so for the EUSC meeting.

I would also like to pull together the recent posts about CSA stamps. I'll get that started over the weekend, hopefully, and then can maybe ask someone to go back through the old posts to find other relevant CSA material to include with the recent ones.

Over the weekend, hopefully, I'll also update the archives, and include the couple of posts pertaining to the EUSC meeting that I did not get included with the current web version.

One other thing concerning scanning watermarks, and one reason for my limited time: I'm currently taking 3 (count 'em, 3) Photoshop classes simultaneously, in an intense little summer session. These classes are geared for photographers, as opposed to graphic designers, and the scanning issues and image manipulation topics that will be covered are highly pertinent to our philatelic needs, so I have great hopes that I'll be able to learn Photoshop well enough to be able to learn or develop some techniques that would be relevant to us. Keep your fingers crossed. (I can usually learn software packages pretty quickly, but an earlier version of Photoshop was definitely my Waterloo! That's why I'm taking these classes while I can, but it's temporarily taking a lot of time away from other things right now.)

Anyway, thanks in advance to anybody who reposts.

June 26, 2003 John Cunningham

I have several orange US stamps that need to be 'revived'as they have oxidized. I have read up on the use of a solution including a few drops of hydrogen peroxide. Can anyone tell me of their own experiences with this approach? Any upsides or downsides of which I should be aware? TIA

June 26, 2003 12.26 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 26, 2003 12:17 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Spoof or not Spoof
Looks fishy. The text you copied shows an URL within eBay, but the email (if it was in HTML) may have contained a link which was something completely different.
 

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June 26, 2003 Prometheus

Jim W = Thanks for that link
BOB H = What a great reference site.
I found an Oleo tax stamp in a box once.
Nice to know more about it.

June 26, 2003 9:49 Dave ("philatarium")

Roger: Great that you checked in! We've missed your witty and thoughtful posts.

Do check in when you can, and we'll be expecting a full report when you get back home.

June 26, 2003 Roger Heath

Vacation is great
Hello All, I'm just checking in from Machynlleth, Wales. Everything is going along fine. I'll be looking in again later.

Roger

June 26, 2003 nomad55

Santa Clara show today - in search of interesting expo covers.

June 26, 2003 06:12 Jim Watson

Bob H.,
Your web site got some favorable mention in the recent issue of the Philatelic Literature Review (2nd Quarter 2003).

June 26, 2003 Bob Hohertz

INDYPEX
Off to INDYPEX, to get exhibit mounted. Hope to meet a few online friends there. Have to give a talk Saturday (yawnnnn?) And even may buy a few things.....

June 26, 2003 Jim Lawler

Jim L.
 

June 26, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Gód dæg eall.
Richard's,
while I was in England this summer, my nephew showed me his card collection, inherited from my father. It's worth several thousand. In addition to the cricketers and footballers, one of my favorite topics is that of military uniforms. Extremely colorful.

June 26, 2003 03:20 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a censored airmail cover from Norway to Portuguese East Africa in 1945.

June 26, 2003 sveiki!

Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
This is how my alarm clock of the day looked like. Incredible how many decibels they produce. {:o)

June 26, 2003 Dave P

Players was (is) one of the big UK cigarette brands, and the cards are very popular. Cricket & Football cards are two of the most popular themes so you have a nice set there.

One thing I do notice is that cig card collectors and postcard collectors are not as obsessive about condition as stampers, better condition does go for a better price but the differential is much smaller. I have sold a number of postcards in frankly poor condition, if they had been stamps they would have gone in the trash.

June 26, 2003 11:32 pm Bob in WA

$5 Columbian block again
I just discovered I own one of those BEP sheets! It's the Compex 1973 sheet--Chicago May 25-7. And I thought Bill was correct about the value tablets being altered, but we were both wrong. They are exactly the same on the sheet. He just cut it out and put it on eBay. Those sheets, even though cheap, are rather pretty art. Seems a shame to cut them up, and an outrage to deceptively hawk the trimmings.

June 25, 2003 David Benson

Bill Longley, even though Peter Jaffe must be in his 90's or more he is still very active in philately He is trying to reconstruct the CANCELLED handstamps on the various colonials. Sounds a daunting task but not really as most have been photocgraphed and it is just a jigsaw puzzle trying to fit them back where they were. I think most are in his own collections.

David Benson

June 25, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

I believe I actually have a nearly complete set of cricket player cig. cards from 1934 or soemething like that. I believe the name on them is "Player & Sons". I don't know a thing about cricket or the players on the cards, but they sure are pretty. I can see why people frame them for display.

June 25, 2003 Bill L.

Chile Cancelled.
David B., Bill S, Mauro M.

I started thread by telling Mauro to post the image here. The "cancelled" postmark is similar to those used by Perkins Bacon to prepare gift sets to 6 people in 1861. There are about 430 or 450 examples known. The Newfoundland "Cancelled" stamps are quite rare and have sold for $1000s each. I was curious to know if the same applied to other countries.

And I have now found the answer to my own question "Did Chile get "Cancelled" hammers?

Jaffe's book on Perkins Bacon pg 84 says Aug 31 1860, 200 brass "Cancelled between bars" handstamps were supplied."
 

June 25, 2003 David Benson

Bill, AFAIK the INUTIL was made locally and just copied the British inscription. It was the intention of Perkins Bacon that the cancel be used for Specimen purposes and not for general cancellations. I read an article on them about 25 years ago but no idea which magazine it was in.

David Benson

 

June 25, 2003 16:30:37 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Chile Classics
Mauro, if you look at the Chile collection on my web site, you'll see more examples of both the CANCELLED and INUTIL markings, along with a few more details... Those cancels arrived in Chile from England in 1860.

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C
You're comparing the wrong pair.
MS has it for £69.50.

June 25, 2003 nomad55

Richard W....regarding certificates without pictures, a while back the Confederate Society declared all their certificates issued without photo to be invalid.

(My CSA certs are all of the newer variety, with pic)

June 25, 2003 15:35 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 25, 2003 Dave P

Generic Sheets
The saving grace is, I think, that they were not produced for stamp collectors, but for football fans, who will keep them with their signed photographs, programs and nineteen versions of the away strip. I think any future market for them will be the football memorabilia one. Nice little earner for RM though.

The Boots sheets and the later variations on the theme are catalogued by Gibbons.

June 25, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 25, 2003 01.04 pm Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_stamps
 

But with Royal Mail making a hefty loss each year I expect we will see more of these commercially inspired sheets with increasing regularity. It will be up to collectors whether to jump on the band wagon or to ignore them. Colin

June 25, 2003 Richard Warren

As no one responded, I'll repeat the (doubtless naive) question I posted a while ago - if a certificate has no image of the item, how does anyone know that it hasn't been switched to a "wrong" item of the same description? Is the answer to this blindingly obvious? Have I missed something?

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark

Bill C
Considering face value of stamps on sheets is £3.70, and I don't see Royal Mail copyright on sheets, I don't think so.

June 25, 2003 12:00 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C
I found the culprit

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C

According to about 30 web sites, the Royal Mail withdrew Manchester United stamps because users did not know which side to spit on!

I think its some sort of in-joke!!

June 25, 2003 10:19 Jim Watson

Knud-Erik,
That's an interesting cover. Hope someone can translate it for us. I think you're on the right track. Note also the Julian-Gregorian dates.

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C
????????????????????

Occasions sheet was produced by Royal Mail where you could use your own images.
Border was not made to order though.
I have no idea what that is or who produced it.

June 25, 2003 Prometheus

K.E. = Great Letter
Thanks for sharing.

June 25, 2003 06:45 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 25, 2003 06.23 Knud-Erik (knuden)

June 25, 2003 0609 Prometheus

Question = NOIP
Any one ever heard of "DATZ Philatelic Index "
IF YOU do can you tell me how many years he produced these.
Thanks

June 25, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

Chile
David B: Thanks!

June 25, 2003 Marius

Besides I didn't think Qld had a hope of winning so I resigned myself to the loss early.

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Nice job with the centering Jim :-Þ

June 25, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

I thought the entirety of Australia was in mourning.
Rugby and tennis haven't been doing too well lately!!

June 25, 2003 Jim Lawler

June 25, 2003 Jim Lawler

June 25, 2003 David Benson

Marius, I hear that Queensland is in mourning, has tomorrow been declared a public holiday for the wake,

p.s. it's not finished yet but I think I know the outcome,

David Benson

June 25, 2003 04:02 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a cover with a hotel corner card from Luxembourg to France in 1887.

June 25, 2003 David Benson

Mauro, I found this INUTIL on the web, difficult on cover,

INUTIL

David Benson

June 25, 2003 David Benson

Mauro, they are a normal cancel, they were shipped by Perkins Bacon with the 1st. issue. There is a local variant inscribed INUTIL which is scarcer.

David Benson

June 25, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

Chile
Bill S: Have you ever seen any 5cts brown/reddish columbus with a postmark that reads in english "CANCELLED"? have just got a couple in a collection i got and was wondering what they are.
If anyone is interested a full set of images (3.5 mb zip) is HERE
(this particular stamp is on img #53)
Regards

Mauro

June 25, 2003 Roo

knuden
No hidden cards here , but then I have also used Signoscope and fluid for many years . When the subject of identifying watermarks using scans came up on Ebay board I jumped in with the info , the rules on that board preclude anything that could be considered promotional , even if it IS providing the latest information on THE SUBJECT open for discussion . I cut and paste to this board without enough thought to the impression that could be drawn (out of context), apologies if it came across as blatant promotion , though I do find using our computers to identify stamps a fascinating prospect and am engrossed . :>)

Roo
 

June 25, 2003 00.08 Knud-Erik (knuden) http://sudeten.bizland.com/Homepage.htm
 

K.E. 
 

June 25, 2003 Marius

Brisbane cancel
Coverwiz Although the cancel is out of my collecting period I would agree with David that DELIVERY COUNTER is correct.

June 24, 2003 David Benson

coverwiz, Marius (stampmad) is into Brisbane GPO markings. I would presume Delivery Counter but I am only guessing, doubt of any significant value.

David Benson

June 24, 2003 22:31:58 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Chile Classics
Mauro, I collect Chile, and have representative samples of many of the Colon heads. I am far from an advanced collection, however...

June 24, 2003 Roo <sueco@iinet.net.au> http://www.iinet.net.au/~sueco/
 

Have you seen the software where you can have stencils saved that you select and can put over the scan of the watermark in actual size??.You can have a whole library of watermarks saved digitally , scan the stamp (suggested is 200DPI 100% greyscale) , select the watermark and slide it all over the back of the stamp to match exactly.Obviously sideways , inverted , reversed and even variations can all be included .New stuff Eh , it's up on Ebay .

Roo

June 24, 2003 COVERWIZ

SORRY
One more time Brisbane DELIVERY ?

June 24, 2003 COVERWIZ

Whoops
HERE - I hope! :Brisbane DELIVERY ? cancel

June 24, 2003 20:21 COVERWIZ

Thanks in advance

June 24, 2003 7:50PM Bill Weiss

$5.00 Columbian Block
This block was cut from a 1970s B(ureau) of E(ngraving) and P(rinting) card. However, as I recall, the area that had the numerals of value were blank, and this has some sort of "private" overprints in block obliterating that area! Anyway, it's crap, and the bidder who paid $15+ got raped, as the card is cheap and can be bought for under $5.00.
 

June 24, 2003 Bob Hohertz

Auction Shams
Oh, by the way, you can get the final value fees back - report the scammer as a non-paying bidder and follow through after first notice. Then block them from bidding and relist.

June 24, 2003 Bob Hohertz

Go to an eBay page and up to Site Map. There are links on the left side for things like Buyer's Guide - choose that and search on negative feedback - you can probably get those removed as having nothing to do with the auction and retaliatory. And there is a place to report shill bidding on Safe Harbor - or go up to Help at the top of an eBay page and select the link to Contact Us. Give them your information. They may or may not do something.

June 24, 2003 7:31 Michael Mathews <diggerprof@msn.com>

Auction Shams
A bidder (leeann4@aol.com) won one of my auctions. The next day I was sent an e-mail stating that they did not like my S and H charge; I wrote back that it was clearly stated and an auction win was a contract and if they didn't follow through, I would report them to ebay. I received an e-mail stating that they did not like being threatened. After no payment, I posted negative feedback, and of course so did they. After a week a check arrived and I sent the stamps.

About a week later, I had bids on nine of my auctions by piddler0_5, a brand new bidder to ebay......they bid more than I thought the stamps were worth, so I contacted the bidder and asked for name and address for mailing, to which I was asked to wait until the last auction they were bidding on was over, and I consented. After all nine auctions were over, I sent an invoice (and heard nothing).
Three days after the last auction was over, piddler left NINE negative feedbacks stating they had not received their stamps, to which I replyed that they had not paid.

I found out that piddler0_5 was another e-mail address for leeann4, AND piddler was also bidding (shill bidding) on his or her own auctions to drive up the price. They (leeann4 and piddler0_5) also have a website at georgesstamps.com. I have their names if anyone is interested.

I have reported this to ebay and requested a rebate on my auction charges. I have heard NOTHING from them. Any suggestions what I should do?

diggerprof@msn.com

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Chuck
I gave up on the zero second snipes, eBay isn't as stable as it used to be. I think at the last count I had twelve, but that was several years ago.

George
email on the way.

June 24, 2003 George K

What's BEP?

June 24, 2003 Chuck Harm

Jim,

3 seconds - was that a manual snipe? If so quite impressive.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Oh boy, a for real snipe

June 24, 2003 6:29 pm Bob in WA

$5 Columbian block
George -- I'm pretty sure that's from a BEP card.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Boy, seems I lost my touch.
One down!
Sorry, its not a stamp, neither is the next one, but it is stamp-related.

June 24, 2003 Richard Frajola

George K I don't know what it is, but I know what it ISN"T. It isn't anything produced any time near when the Columbians were made. I would look to some souvenir sheet for a stamp club, a cinderella, or BEP card or something along those lines. I am not up on all that stuff produced in the 20th Century.

June 24, 2003 George K

2936447294
Bill W, Richard F, anybody: Can anyone tell me what this is? It looks like a block of 4 of $5 Columbian essays as the face value is missing, but it wasn't in my Scott's Specialized. There doesn't seem to be much interest in it, and the seller (whom I have noted occasionally (and unfavorably) in my strolls down the venue) has it on private auction. Am I missing something?

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark <jlwstark6@aol.com>

george
email me, above.
May take a while to answer, due to snipes.

June 24, 2003 4:55 Jim (jaywild) <jfdire@earthlink.net>

That Al Yankovic "I bought it on eBay" is hilarious. I especially like this 'discovery'-- "...a kleenex used by Dr. Dre."

June 24, 2003 David Benson

Chris, partly my fault as I try to list items from memory without using a catalogue and then double check the catalogue and correct mistakes. Usually only the dates are out slightly but takes a bit of the boring work out listing. Missed the spelling mistake.


Back in about 5 hours,

David Benson

June 24, 2003 David Benson

Bob, presume the seller put in for a refund of fees and will relist, see what happens the 2nd. time around,

David Benson

June 24, 2003 16:45 stamphick <stamphick@dospalos.org>

David

June 24, 2003 George K

bid-uperer.......
Jim: I'm afraid you've got me on this one. Other than being a collector of off-beat BOB, I don't see anything suspicious in his buying habits. Can you enlighten me on what you've spotted?

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

bob in WA

I have bought several items from hillstamps, and, though a little slow and apparently muddleheaded, is honest.

If he feels the high bidders have been screwing with him, he has the opportunity, I believe, to offer it as a second chance auction.

June 24, 2003 Ed.B

Ed

June 24, 2003 Bill Longley

Ebay song by Weird Al Yankovic
Here is a sample of the Weird Al song about ebay. Quite funny!!. A certain regular sent me a link to it. I didn't dare post it on ebay chat board.

June 24, 2003 4:25 pm Bob in WA

Note that recently the “high bidder” has received a neg from the seller, for non-communication. The seller, Hillsstamps, indicated displeasure with the high bidder. Do you think this is just an act, to cover a shill, or are the two high bidders acting on their own to thwart a sale, unbidden by the seller. Does anybody know this seller? I wonder what response the LEGITIMATE underbidder, Yasser, would get if he approached the seller in an attempt to buy the cover.
 

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Oh boy, got some snipes lined up for tonight.
First time in a long while.
I wonder if I've forgotten how to do it? :-Þ

In the meanwhile, seeing as desks seem to be in fashion,
my (when its not raining) outdoor desk.

June 24, 2003 David Benson

Chris, thanks, spelling corrected,

David Benson

June 24, 2003 Now Chris

Typo?
D2 I think you have a minor typo in the title of your
Egypt 1923 auction. I think the King's name is "Fuad".

Chris - Fuad was a tough SOB, but his son Farouk was a weeny head
guess which one was overthrown.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

George
The bid-uperer has an interesting bidding history, to say the least.

June 24, 2003 3:25PM Bill Weiss

EBAY/APS
Just had some time to read some postings and have seen what's been written about the Linn's story about APS/Ebay. It will be interesting to see what comes of this, if anything. For my part, I just filed a complaint with APS against the guy who blocked my bidding and would not give a reason despite 3 separate emails asking him why. I will now be curious to see if and how APS handles this as the guy is a longtime APS member, thus must subscribe and abide by the APS Code of Ethics. Obviously, to abide by a code of ethic that requires honesty and fair play is not anything that ebay involves itself with, their primary objective being to merely collect fees for acting as a venue for buyers/sellers, but if APS has the guts to start ruling against members who do not conduct themselves in a fair and proper way on ebay, then we might get somewhere.

June 24, 2003 George K

That's my moralizing for today.

June 24, 2003 Brian R

C3a?
O.K., you guys are starting to obsess over that thing, whatever it may be. IMHO, anyone stupid enough to bid above a couple of bucks for that as a novelty, has crossed the line into deserving to lose their money. How about focusing this boards collective ability, to annoy a seller, on those who are attemping to swindle people who haven't had a lobotomy?

June 24, 2003 Victor Horadam <horadam1@airmail.net>

inverted jenny
George K.:Sorry, didn't see that. (Or just didn't sink in, as I read it earlier). Right, must just be a total flake. I was just looking at some of the stuff he buys and sells. I guess I need to cover my trash container to ensure some of my trash doesn't show up for sale.

June 24, 2003 George K

inverted jenny
Victor: Please read my post just below yours. It is one thing to say that this seller may not have a clue, but I gave him a BIG clue;"...if genuine would be worth approximately $100,000". That was TWO DAYS AGO and he let the auction proceed to its $82 conclusion anyway. It seems quite evident that this seller, if clueless, must also be brainless. If not clueless, then ethicsless at best.

June 24, 2003 Victor Horadam <horadam1@airmail.net>

inverted jenny
I'm not sure on the seller of that stamp. If you look at his/her past purchases, it leaves more questions than answers. In one lot, he (?) suggests he only collects US stamps, but in the jenny lot, he sounds as if he is foreign to stamp collecting altogether. I suspect the only one to blame for the sale is the buyer. Looking at all of the junk he buys and sells, that particular seller may actually not have a clue. It wouldn't surprise me if the items for sale come out of a dumpster somewhere.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Its simple, potential buyers are either the dumbest suckers ever born or are shilling.

June 24, 2003 George K

Strange. If I knew very little about an object, and someone told me it might be worth 100K, I would RUN down to the local expert and find out for sure, not offer it with a starting price of a buck.
 

June 24, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

Chile Classics
Any one around is interested/collects Chile classic stamps/postal history?
Regards

Mauro

June 24, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

Bob - I think if I asked a question it would be "If this is a sample picture, does this mean you have more than one of these, are you making them?"

June 24, 2003 11:49 Bob in WA

I don't understand what you mean by "picture is a sample picture". Where did you get the sample image? Is the stamp you are offering the same centering with even margins all around? Does it have gum on the back? Has it been hinged? Are there any faults such as small thins or creases? Is it on stamp paper, as opposed to a heavier card stock? Is it the same size as an issued stamp, rather than oversize as many of these reproductions are? Does it appear to be an engraved printing, as opposed to some photo process? (Can you see tiny dots or halftones with a magnifying glass?) Sorry to hit you with such a barrage of questions, but you left them out of the description.

June 24, 2003 11:22 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

"Inverted Jenny"
Colin It takes two, as the song goes.

June 24, 2003 11.15 am Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_stamps
 

Colin

June 24, 2003 11:03 Jim Watson

Guillame,
Thanks so much for the complete translation! I've updated the page again along with adding a link to Nørby's site and cleaning up my discussion of the date differences. I also added some notes on the geometric killers based on your information.

BTW, it's raining cats, dogs, assorted wildfowl, and occasional alligator here.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C
Looks like an out of focus bulldog with a piece of paper stuck to its nose, hiding behind a ventilation duct!!

June 24, 2003 Dave P (orthorpteran)

Have finally decided to join the 21st century and connect to bradband - should be about 7th of next month. In theory (and for the tax man) it is for my business, but it will certainly improve the Ebay experience. As the result of this, and getting a new business domain etc I shall be changing my email addy for both Ebay and Paypal. Can those who have had experience of this tell me if I am likely to run into any problems with either of them?

June 24, 2003 9:40AM Bill Weiss <wrw43@rcn.com>

I'M BACK!
After a few days off we now have a new server for our computer and my access speed has increased 100-fold. It used to take me 3 minutes to confirm an ebay bid and it's now 3 seconds! Anyway, I haven't read anything on our boards for a few days and won't until later this evening, but I just wanted to check in.

June 24, 2003 08:54 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p)  (350)    http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Scan of the day
IOmoon Why Bother?

June 24, 2003 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

NIP ( Nothing in particular)
Morning all, from an already hot, sunny Baltimore.

Jim - the booklet arrived safely today. Many thanks !!

Mark.

June 24, 2003 8:12 Jim Gaul (hungaryjim) <terrynjim@enter.net>

APS/eBay
Hi All: Just finished catching up with the board and want to thank nomad55 for sharing the Linns article referred to in last nights post. I will try and find out more information when I attend the general meeting of APS at StampShow in August! I'll also be receiving a certificate for being a 25 year member and I'm proud of it! Jimbo2

June 24, 2003 Guillaume

IO: Thank you for the nice compliment. I am indeed more than six hours ahead of you, but I am barely conscious (slept two hours last night) and spent fifteen minutes editing my post. So, like in sports, do not despair. You can always beat a pro when he has an off-day!

June 24, 2003 Guillaume

Jimbo Now that I have some spare time though, not enough :-), I can add that the geometric cancels served a very particular purpose. Even if the number in the middle of the cancel was unreadable, you would still know the town post sub-office by looking at the distinct shape within the oval. These shapes can be a big square touching the outer circle (sub-office nr 1), a smaller rounded square (2), a triangle touching the circle (3), a cross (4), a star of David (5), a diamond with curved lines (6), etc... up to number 9 and the additional numbers 13 and 14. Then you have the same principle but with Roman style numbers: XI, XV, XVI, XVII, XXXI (two types).

June 24, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

All - Sorry for the continued non-stamp post.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Jimbo
My excuses - Kiompie is a pro & he's been awake at least six hours longer than me!!! :-Þ

June 24, 2003 Guillaume van Turnhout (kiompie)

Sir, in answer to your letter of June 25th (note: Julian Calendar) concerning the Napiersky case, I have the honor to inform you that Mr Nedzwedzky, lawyer, who is conducting this case,is not in Saint Petersburg for the moment. He will be back within one week and will then answer your letter. Please, Sir, accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration. D. Blagovetchensky" (last sentence is a literal translation, just fill in the standard formal English equivalent).
 

June 24, 2003 Jim Watson

Gads! Turn off the bold, jimbo.</b>

June 24, 2003 07:35 Jim Watson

Io,

Yeah, I thought his translation seemed a little closer so I've updated the page again reflecting a somewhat majority vote on the content. (Kiompie and I comprised a majority vote! :-) )

June 24, 2003 Chuck Harm

Jim,

I probably should have mentioned that I had a bootleg copy from the Hong Kong software malls. Probably cost me about $6US and I overpaid because I am a Westerner.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Jimbo
Kiompie's is better.

June 24, 2003 Brian R

Maybe, instead of deriding him, we sould present him a plaque, or something, for good marketing.

June 24, 2003 07:04 Jim Watson

Io,
Thanks for the quickie translation. I've paraphrased the essence and updated the page. I think the habit of 'stiffing' bills from tradesmen and professional has long standing with some of the aristocracy. Locally, a prominent developer who does things like chairing the Jeb Bush campaign finance committee and being co-chair of the George Bush inagural party regularly delays payments to local service providers by 90 days or more. There's little they can do as he is one of the biggest games in town.

June 24, 2003 Victor Horadam <horadam1@airmail.net>

Thanks to all who mmade suggestions for dealers/shops in NYC. It was productive at Champion Stamps and Stampazine.

June 24, 2003 0652 Prometheus <prometheus@yada-yada.com>

My 23 june
A nice clear dark FLAG on this Railroad Advert Postcard June 23rd 1909 Bloomington, Ill.
Here is Other side WhirlPoolRapids

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Chuck

Did a quick google search for "twinbridge". Seems they want about $300 for it.
Think I'll stick with the old fashioned way for the moment.

June 24, 2003 06:37 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 24, 2003 Now Chris

My toes hurt
Last night I kicked an 8lb hand weight with my bare foot.
The toes involved are still quite unhappy.
Doesn't feel like anything broke (lotsa experience with broken toes and fingers)
but good and bruised.
Next incarnation I am going to be Iron Man.

Chris - I am Iiiiiiiiiiiurrrrrrrrrrrn Maaaaaan (Black Sabbath)

June 24, 2003 Now Chris abplanalp.com
 

The annoying small stamps of Colombia
I find myself confronted with a pile of those annoying small stamps of Colombia.
(For those unfamiliar with them, they are about 1cm high by 2cms wide.)
These are my least favorite Colombian stamps to catalog and I am contemplating
just putting them in my nickel sales envelope. Would that be wrong?

Chris

June 24, 2003 Bob Hohertz

Case in point - 2936892715. This "match and medicine" stamp catalogs $10 unless it doubled in catalog value in the last year. Our marketer starts it at $20.

June 24, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Jimbo

I'm missing some key words, but the gist is this:

"Messieur, in respect of your fees of June 25th concerning the affairs of Napierlay, I have the honor to let you know that she (has appointed an) advocate (Attorney-at-law) who is looking after this affair. It is not to (at St.Petersburg ?) for the moment.It will be of ******* and we will respond to your letter. ***** messieur, the assurance of your distinguished consideration." D. Blagovetshensky

In english, "tough luck bud, you'll have to wait for your money."

June 24, 2003 Richard Warren

expensive bubblegum
Richard B - Blimey!!! I'd better see if I really do still have any tucked away. "TCG" sounds right enough to me - I'm sure we're talking about the same thing.

June 24, 2003 Laurel A (laura598)

Goodmorning! The sun is out in Massachusetts!!!

I want to retract my comment on the APS/ebay. I really don't know enough about anything to be commenting. I made the judgement on seeing so many of you good people narued or silenced by the big E. I have a general mistrust of their motives .

 

June 24, 2003 04:33 AM Jim Lawler <jlawler@comteck.com>

June 24, 2003 04:16 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a postal card from Russia to France in 1898. It seems to have some confusion over the date - Gregorian and Julian.

BTW, Here is a cover from the target=blank>last Trans-Atlantic flight of the DO-X from Newfoundland to Germany as noted yesterday.

June 24, 2003 00.02 Knud-Erik (knuden)

K.E. 
 

June 24, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

Wow, I think this is the first time I've seen Sandafayre selling an obvious forgery as genuine, at least in Spanish stamps.

June 23, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

I did find a set called Civil War News, from 1962. The set contained 88 cards and there were 17 different Confederate notes you could get. Are they collectible? In short, yes. The cards are valued between $4-5 a piece, depending on condition, and between $420-525 for the set. The currency is valued at $5-6 each and $110-135 for the set of 17. But, here's the real kicker. The wrappers by themselves are valued at $200-250 each, depending on if it was a 1 cent or 5 cent wrapper. And the empty display box is valued at $400. Now mind you, my catalog is a bit outdated, from 1992, so no telling what 11 years has done t othe value. Sorry though, the gum would still be worthless today.

June 23, 2003 Brian R

aps/ebay
Richard I'll wait to see just what, if anything, results before I'll start damning either party. If the APS only performs the duty of informing ebay, who the rotten sellers are (presumablely for free publicity?), to give ebay a reason to justify their banishment,(so the pinheads can keep claiming "just a venue") it'll be an great leap forward. There's a couple still operating that are so blatent (we all know who they are here), that they deserve an instant NARU. As for liability insurance, do you really think those sellers want their activities displayed inside a court of law? I'd think they'd just slink away.

June 23, 2003 Brian R

The new eku for a US #26
Bob HThank you! I almost added a question to my post, about just what in the world, makes the seller think that cover, is worth anything near $35. I didn't 'cause I was afraid of sounding stupid( i.e. maybe he just mistyped 1857 and there is some other reason). Turns out, with that auction, that there is a degree of stupidity involved. LOL

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

Brian Everything was tentative when I last heard - and said that I didn't want to sign their confidentiality agreement or participate. I think that the general idea was that ebay would forward complains received from their "neighbourhood watchers" along to APS. Then, APS was supposed to determine if the sellers were in fact "bad apples" and, if so, would somehow try to get them to mend their evil ways. It is presumed that after some point, after APS wrist slapping proved ineffectual, that ebay might take some action against seller.

As far as I am concerned, the idea sounds like a way for ebay to pass along blame and ineffective "management" of the problem onto APS shoulders. Should make great press.

PS - I never heard anything about money actually being paid out by ebay to anybody. The watchers were expected to do it for nothing. Maybe ebay will pay the APS liability insurance premium that they will need ...

 

June 23, 2003 19:43:24 Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Here's another...
One that brings up questions... These show three different inking stages (I probably should rescan at a higher resolution) on the common 1 piaster of 1908. The rightmost example is typical, with a completely solid background behind the numerals. The leftmost one has distinct horizontal stripes behind the numerals. The middle one is an intermediate. Was it common to use a striped pattern, then overink to get a solid background? Or was the background recut after a while when overinking showed up as a problem? It might make a good 1 page exhibit, no way could I stretch it to a whole frame. :-)

June 23, 2003 19:42 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

eBay US should talk to the people who organized the eBay Germany stamp categories and apply that inspiration to the US site.


 

June 23, 2003 Bob Hohertz

I hope that seller never has anything I want. He has no clue about condition and starts over catalog for anything not visibly damaged. Posts a lot of lots and never seems to have many bids - wonder why not? (sour grapes post)

June 23, 2003 19:36:58 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

On the 25 piaster, I don't know if the perf varieties on these issues were dependent on a specific print run or whether they just had multiple perforating machines, and one or two were setup differently than the others. If dependent ona print run, then these would be very, very rare, because you'd have to have ended up with surplus from more than just the last printing. If scattered throughout the printings, then it shouldn't be all that unusual, it's just that people don't typically check perfs... I've asked some questions, trying to get a handle on how the perf varieties were created, which might give me better info on how rare this puppy really is. Again, it's overprint is awfully good if forged; surprising as well, since the stamp has such low catalog.

June 23, 2003 Brian R

Awwww, what am I thinking!? Even the most blatent fraud, means more final value fees, and ebay sold its soul a long time ago.

June 23, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

About the only power that I can see APS having regarding eBay auctions would be to reprimand any members who were caught doing untoward business.

It would seem, however, that the majority of the flagrant offenders are not APS members.

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

Ebay + APS
I think several of the board participants here were approached by eBay in regards to their "Neighbourhood Watch" initiative. I declined to participate and believe a couple others did as well. My reason to decline was primarily because I saw it as an ebay marketing scheme that transfers responsibility and enforcement for stamp fraud on ebay to APS without any real power to do anything.

I do hope APS can assist but think it is a no win situation for the APS.

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

Laurel Thank you for clarification. I have examples of whirling logs on Navajo weavings including the rug here. I just never heard of them associated with Hopi.

Someplace around here I have an old booklet (ca. 1900) on symbols found on ancient coins and artifacts. The swastika and its variant sun symbols, do show up frequently well into BC period.

June 23, 2003 Jim Lawler

June 23, 2003 19:04 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site
 

June 23, 2003 Laurel A (laura598)

Jim Gaul The article says " APS & Ebay are discussing a partnership....designed to boost publicity for and increase membership in the APS " and to hobble any integrity the APS might have for ebay
 

June 23, 2003 Brian R (briguy)

Hmmmmmm
Here's a seller whose "estimate" is juuuuust a little off

June 23, 2003 Laurel A (laura598)

Richard Frajola Would you settle for Navajo ? called twirling logs there were more obvious examples of it in this book, but I lost my place and patience. If you flip around in the book there are lots of nice examples of weaving without it too. Also this book = The Swastika Symbol in Navajo Textiles by Dennis J. Aigner. DAI Press, Laguna Beach, California, 2000. I wanted to say I love your site. Been lurking in there very regularly for 3? mths. ahh I confessed!

 

June 23, 2003 George K

Almost Pregnant
Bill C: No, it's more like "almost unaltered", or "only somewhat reperfed", or "more-or-less original gum", and my favorite, "perhaps maybe could possibly be genuine (mostly)".

June 23, 2003 17:34 Jim Gaul <(hungaryjim)>

nomad55 I let my online subscription to Linns lapse. Care to share what you read about the APS? Jimbo2

June 23, 2003 17:26 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Inverted Jenny
George These Inverted Jennys never go away. The frame is inverted on this one.

June 23, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Papier mache???

June 23, 2003 17:07 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Worht Soaking?
IOmoon What would I be left with if I Soaked THESE? ;-)

June 23, 2003 16:42:25 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Good deals
It looks as if I've come out better than expected in some trading I did earlier in the year... This is an example of the 1917 PTT overprint on the 1869 perf 13½ 5 piastre blue, unlisted in any catalog I've been able to find, and with the scarcer yet grayish blue color. The full blue version is listed in Burak at 1,000,000 Lira (1974 values), about 33,000 times the price of the base stamp. I have only seen one other, and it was the full blue instead of grayish. This is an example of the 1916 overprint on the 25 piastre of 1908. It's not too awful expensive (Scott catalog is $15.00), but it's only know perf 12. This one has compound perfs at 13½x12. It's not shown in any catalogs, and my best source for Turkey answers pretty much just said "Will you trade it with me?". :-)

June 23, 2003 16:46 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site
 

June 23, 2003 Prometheus

Bill Clad = Thanks
Tremendous Link there thanks for sharing that great link.
Thanks

June 23, 2003 nomad55

Anyone else see the blurb on the bottom of page 3 of the recent Linns? Just reinforces my decision many years ago to never join APS.

June 23, 2003 15:26 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Penguins
Linux is only my second choice, but Solaris (Sun) isn't really something for the consumer market so getting a scanner or digicam connected would be hard at best. No, I haven't started collecting penguins on stamps...
 

June 23, 2003 Brian R

I'm doing my best to preserve one sorry example of each for posterity.

June 23, 2003 Mauro Mowszowicz

just too tired
Sorry but last post was TO bjorn but instead of my name used his ... SORRY!

June 23, 2003 Bjorn Munch

Penguins
Dear Bjorn, Micro$oft free means only TUX (and or other flavours)around your computers?
Regards
Mauro (Sorry too for non philatelic post)

June 23, 2003 200 Michael Morkin <hobbes9324@aol.com>

old swastikas
On this previously mentioned topic, my wife and I just got back from a cruise and in a small but interesting museum in Santorini, there were dozens of pots and amphora dug up from (I believe) Thera, each with multiple swastikas in the decoration design - so its been around for a looooooooooooooooong time...

June 23, 2003 Bob Hohertz

Tobacco Tinfoil Taxpaid Collection
Tinfoils are attractive and 'exotic' things to collect, but a bear to store and mount for exhibition (have seen it done once, so it obviously can be done..) I had a bunch but sold most of them a few years back. There are paper counterparts as well from 1878, the source of the Spanish American War imprints for revenue stamped paper. These are NOT common.

June 23, 2003 13:25 Bjorn Munch

Micro$oft, not Miscro$oft (sorry I've just had a few beers...)
 

June 23, 2003 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Sorry about the technical and no-philatelic post...
 

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

Richard W I wouldn't trust any American based auction house to know the "peacock" overprints. Most however wouldn't bother to run them without some good reason to believe they were genuine. Some houses will run anything that comes in the door - it would seem that Apfelbaum may well be one of them.

June 23, 2003 Richard W.

Damn. Sorry, excuse the bold.

June 23, 2003 Richard Warren

And a final musing - I don't bid at many auctions, but I'm aware of Earl Apfelbaum Inc as a significant name, so I had a browse recently through their Burma lots. How come such a prestigious name is offering so many blatant forgeries of Burma JO peacock overprints at $150 each? These overprints are difficult sometimes, and I've been fooled myself, but these particular examples are so wrong that I am 300% confident in my opinion, and a blind man on a galloping horse, as the saying goes, would agree with me on this. Just wondered ...

June 23, 2003 George K

Oops indeed. I sent him an email expressing a wee tiny bit of skepticism about his "jenny", and the rather monumental coincidence about the timeliness of his camera problems. Anyone else wants to jump in feel free. And he actually has 13 bids for a whopping $27 whole dollars (USD) already too. Fools rush in......

 

June 23, 2003 George K

Seriously, con artists have been "improving", "enhancing" and "upgrading" damaged stuff since at least when it first started getting damaged about 163 years ago. In the past 16 months, I have personally witnessed vast quantities of damaged being purchased and transformed. I am really surprised there are are any damaged LEFT by now.

June 23, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 23, 2003 Dave P (orthorpteran)

It is not just the stamps that fooled people. Some years ago a company in the UK gave away reproductions of confederate notes with bubblegum. We used to get people trying to change tham at the international bank I then worked for ........

Never underestimate the gullibility/stupidity of the public!

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

I have sold a fair amount of CSA bogus and forgeries (over $10,000 worth in the last year alone). As a general guide - SA Taylor products sell for around $12.50 each except the rare ones (overprinted papers, etc which bring more than $25). Upham products around $10 each and those after Moen designs closer to $20 or more. The "common" older ones fetch at least $7.50.
 

June 23, 2003 10:07 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 23, 2003 Brian R

However, if your planning to ebay them, please refer to the altered plate stamps as such or as private issues. Personally, I think that sellers that call them "trial proofs" or "essays", are being intentionally deceptive.

June 23, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Bill C
I have to admit, I would never have found "Iroonian Islands".

June 23, 2003 Laurel (laura598)

Richard F.
Will do! I will locate all reference I can and get back to you. I am no expert on American Indian artifacts so I will definately defer to you knowledge . One course I took, we followed various symbols etc through art the Swastika was one of them.

June 23, 2003 06:37 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 23, 2003 06:29 Jim Watson

Paul,
Nice panoramas! Makes a nice way to show the scenery.

Io,
Who's that guy in front of the lion? ;-)

June 23, 2003 Richard Frajola

Laurel I would welcome learning of any reference you might have for the use of the swastika by the Hopi. I have collected Hopi weavings and cultural products for many years and have never heard of the use of that symbol. Thanks.

June 23, 2003 06:25 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a picture postcard from Columbia in 1932. It has a picture of the DO-X and SCADTA cancels.

I'm running late today after 8 inches of rain this weekend. . . It is still raining. . . Now just how long is a cubit?
 

June 23, 2003 06.51 Knud-Erik (knuden) http://sudeten.bizland.com/Homepage.htm
 

K.E. 
 

June 23, 2003 05:26 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Forgery Identification Site

June 23, 2003 Laurel (laura598)

The swastika was used in the U.S. on the shoulder patches of the 45th division during WW1. The reverse swastika,( the arms going in reverse ) can be found in art, temples,mosaics, and jewelry of India preceding 100 bc. Sort of simplified mandala or sun sign. I believe it was used in Hopi weavings, pre-dating tourists or traders. The symbol itself being very geometric lends itself to weaving and mosaics. If memory serves me correctly, I saw in the mosaics of Saint Marks,Basillica Venice 1200. I have some memory of it being used by the masonics but my memory and that reference source have been hi-jacked by my daughters.
 

June 23, 2003 sveiki!

Paul B. Sheryll envisioned this promising spam e-mail sent out by a Florida based businessmann concerning working from home. {:o)

June 23, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Thanks Chuck, I'll do some googling later today and see if its still out there.

Northern Paul, nice pictures, here's one of the English Countryside, more specifically "the white lion of Bedforshire" (and me).

June 23, 2003 Chuck Harm

Jim,

I used to have some software called TwinBridge which supported romaji to Kanji interchange in Japanese and pinyin to character interchange in Chinese (both simplified and traditional and mainland and Taiwan coding schemes). It also supported a variety of other scripts - Russian, Greek, etc. I am not sure if it is still available but might be useful.

The same sun is shining in Jersey this morning although I had some trouble recognizing it.

June 23, 2003 5.02am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Paul

June 23, 2003 sveiki!

A clean desk is a sign of ?!
Sheryll So, the desk was too big for the shredder? *hehe* {;o)

June 23, 2003 sveiki!

Beach Photo Shoot
Another little photo safari. {:o)
Yesterday wifey and I went to the beach located just 10 minutes drive from here. Shot some photos of the Baltic Sea seen from our side of the shores.
Two of the photos are a bit blurry - it's not that easy to auto focus when only the sea shore and the sea is at sight. {:o)

Priecigus Janu un Ligo Svetkus! {:o)

June 23, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Gód dæg eall.

Spent the better part of yesterday evening downloading IE upgrade for Japanese script. I must admit it was worth it.

Chuck
I must admit my greatest problems are in translating Japanese script into the acceptable form of English. As an example, the characters for "big mountain" translate as Dashan from the Chinese and Daisen from Japanese.

And the sun is actually shining in Scarsdale this morning.

June 23, 2003 4:50am Sheryll <sheryll@sheryll.net> http://www.sheryll.net/
 

A clean desk is a sign of........
b>sveiki! - Watch you don't do overboard when shredding. My stamp desk turned from this to this after a mid-summer blitz.......

Sheryll

June 23, 2003 4.45am PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com>

Paul ps Sheryll was threatening to post tonight on one of the boards.

June 23, 2003 4:43 John@Magnolia

Desks
I know that we all can't live in glass houses,but come on people lets clean up the mess!If my stamp room looked just half as bad as some of the ones that I've seen posted the past,Well lets just say that my stamp area would soon be located in the the cab of my big truck,Shame Shame!

June 23, 2003 04:22 AM Jim_lawler <jlawler@comteck.com>

Jim L.

June 23, 2003 sveiki!

Good Morning/Day/Afternoon/Evening!
*gulp* Must clean desk, must clean room... to make photos and upload. *hehe* You guys are making me more and more embarrassed. I guess most of my 4 week vacation must be used to clean my stamp/computer room. {:o)

Saturday, I bought a paper shredder - perhaps now I can get rid of those darn covers?!!! *LOL*
I guess not. But, it's very practical for sensitive informations - had a lot of fun so far shredding all sorts of paper (no covers though).

June 23, 2003 3.55 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

Office Piccies
Morning all from what promises to be a hot and sultry Baltimore ( at long last !! ).

Just thought I'd post a couple of links to some piccies of the working side of my office - my last picture was too clean !

Office 1

Office 2

Office 3

 

June 23, 2003 Vinod "vinobub"

Regards, V.

June 23, 2003 00:09 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Messy desk
Jim, the answer is emacs. The other box is running Linux. I've had my Sun for 5 years, and last year the company I worked for got acquired by ... Sun. I'm hoping some of the servers at work will get "pensioned" soon so I can upgrade to something more powerful.
 

June 23, 2003 11.23 am Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_stamps
 

Colin

June 23, 2003 11.19 pm Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_stamps
 

Colin

June 22, 2003 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

June 22, 2003 21:15 Lavar Taylor

This cover, franked with a 10c Germania, instead of a 20c Germania, was sent with the special concessionary rate in effect between Germany and the US starting Jan. 1, 1909. That makes it uncommon. What makes it really rare, though, is the fact that it is private correspondence. Most treaty rate mail was commercial, not private correspondence. Most individuals were unaware of the special rate. Per Jerry Jensen, who created a 1 frame exhibit of treaty rate mail from Germany to the US, there are only a "handful" of private correspondence covers sent to the US at the treaty rate, which lasted for about 6 years. I found this cover at a local bourse, paid 50c for it, and for another similar one (from the same correspondence). If you want to see Jerry's exhbit, take a look here .

June 22, 2003 Rich Wong

Chuck

I moved to Hong Kong to work in September, 1997.

Other than Yang, I don't know or go to any other dealers in Hong Kong. I only buy supplies from Yang.

I buy new issues from Hong Kong Post. I buy my other Hong Kong stamps through eBay, even local eBay sellers! It's cheaper!
I have gotten postage at below face and seen definitive first and last day covers selling below the face value of the stamps. The bottom has fallen out of the speculative last Elizabethan issues since you can't use them for postage.

June 22, 2003 Chuck Harm <macalusoharm@sprintmail.com>

Rich

I lived in Hong Kong from 93 to 96. Still miss dim sum at City hall every Sunday morning! Great place to live. Can you recommend any local dealers who can work through email on more modern postally used issues? I need to fll in some of the dated QE heads from 89-92, some of the dues after 1965 and most stamps after about 97.

June 22, 2003 Rich Wong

Chuck

I don't have a feel for usage of the 1999 New Year stamps. The local and China rate stamps sold out first as people did use them for mailing out greetings. I would say that most receivers did not scratch off the panel and people preparing first day covers did not either.

Yang only assigned a single number to each of the 4 stamps - C530 to C533.

I do think Hong Kong is issuing too many stamp varieties. I wish I was on the stamp advisory commitee. I'm in Hong Kong and subscribe to new issues. I've protested and actually got a response which said stamp societies in Hong Kong were in favor!?!?

June 22, 2003 Rich ard Wong

Sorry about the messed up lines, the message box is shows up wider than my screen and I hit ENTER for a new line and also inserted HTML paragraph breaks.

June 22, 2003 Chuck Harm

Hong Kong Stamps
Richard,

Thanks for the info. Because I collect postally used I run about 4-7 years behind current. Also I have lost my Hong Kong dealer for recent stamps so it has become even harder. Do you have a feel how often the panel was scratched off in real postal usage? Has Yang only assigned a single number to the stamps despite the 10 messages?
I am converned that it looks like Hong Kong is becoming a stamp mill and issueing far more than is reasonable.

June 22, 2003 5:04 PM Richard Wong (richwong)

Now the post office has announced that future commemorative souvenir sheets will not duplicate the stamps in the set. The
souvenir sheet will have a different stamp of $13. This is so collectors will have a new stamp to pay the fee for Registration!

June 22, 2003 16:42 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Messy desk
Bill, it would take several million stamps to "corner the market"... My idea was to sort out variants and cancels. BTW, this isn't the desk where I do stamp sorting and such, it's my computer/work desk.
 

June 22, 2003 16:27:32 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Your desk is much to clean to be able to get anything done. :-)

June 22, 2003 16:20 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Midsummer
A view from my roof terrace at 1AM, i.e. true midnight. Taken at 1/20s. This is to NW, I tried one due N, but the sky was too bright and so the buildings look too dark.
 

June 22, 2003 Prometheus <prometheus@yada-yada.com>

Machin FDC
Any use to anyone email is above.
3FDC

June 22, 2003 Chuck Harm

jim

Makes a tough call as to what to collect. Easy way out is to collect catalog numebrs and that is reinforced by many album pages. A similar situation exists in Hong Kong with some stamps they made with scratch-off panels under which was a New Year's greeting. Since I collect used stamps should I collect ones with scratched off greetings or just postally used with the greetings still covered. I still haven't decided.

June 22, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

colin
I can't help you on prices of UK personalized, my most recent catalog is 2001.
Perhaps someone else has newer.

chuck
I think only if the market will put up with it.
Personally I would buy a generic version but not one with someone elses ugly mug splattered all over it (unless, of course, it was a scantily clad female, but I think there are rules against that).

Essentially each personalized sheet is a one-off (unless some people got really carried away) rather like PVI labels each of which is unique but few people collect.

June 22, 2003 14:34 Bjorn Munch (bjornmu)

Messy desk
Here is my late contribution. I had to get a 2nd computer a year ago for technical reasons (the right one) to connect to the company network. In the boxes in the corner you'll find e.g. 30,000 copies of the 1951 30 ore Haakon VII definitive which I'm not sure why I bought. The book piles are mostly catalogues I use to check eBay items (I need 5 different editions of Norgeskatalogen), two dictionaries etc. Picture taken at 11:14 PM.
 

June 22, 2003 Chuck Harm

Personalized Sheets
Jim,

Once it gets a seperate catalog number I think price escalation is guaranteed as the quantity is limited and it is needed for a "complete" collection.

June 22, 2003 2:27pm Jonathan <jeltonk@maine.rr.com>

- You think I've got $200 there? You yanking my chain? I'll be happy with a fraction of that. Maybe not such a bad find in a box "junk lot".

Sorry for the delay - been getting some yard work done between rain drops.

Jonathan

June 22, 2003 02.23 pm Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/GB_Special_Issues/
 

Colin

June 22, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Yes chuck, UK does same thing when it sells their personalized sheets.
I can see how the person having the sheet personalized would want to pay more, but I can't really see someone else paying extra money for a picture of someone they probably don't know.
I may be wrong!

June 22, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Either eBay crashed or is experiencing a go-slow.
Just loaded three auctions, got screen confirmation of all three.
Got email confirmation of the first.
The other two seem to have disappeared.

June 22, 2003 Chuck Harm

PhilaNippon Sheet
Jim

Sakura notes that the personalized sheet sold new for 1100 yen versus the 650 yen for the standard sheet.

June 22, 2003 MagnoliaStamps

Even Worse
3 post in 6 hours,ebay is winning!

June 22, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Dave
I gather that you went to Phila Nippon'01.
I see that the second souvenir sheet - C1835 in Sakura comes in two flavors.
Am I right in assuming that C1835 is the generic version and C1835A is the personalized version. Is that the only difference that accounts for the three times price difference of the latter?

June 22, 2003 12.26 pm Colin Judd UK (xzephyr) <thejudds@saltsvillage.freeserve.co.uk> http://mysite.freeserve.com/xzephyr_Japan_stamps
 

Colin posted 22.6.03

June 22, 2003 10:17 Dave ("philatarium")

Vinod:I didn't realize you were in Japan. Are you travelling there, or do you live there? I have several questions for a stamp-person living in Japan.

June 22, 2003 magnolia stamps

I would love to have one my SASE is in the mail.
Thanks,,,,,,,,,John

June 22, 2003 0755 PT John L. Kimbrough <JLKCSA@aol.com> http://www.csastamps.com
 

John L. Kimbrough

10140 Wandering Way

Benbrook TX 76126

June 22, 2003 Vinod "vinobub"

Frozen Date cds
Chris,

your memory is better than I thought! Thanks very much for the response. Off to bed now. G'night all from Japan

Rgds,V.

June 22, 2003 Prometheus

Bill W = fakes
I know that many things are/have been used for Bogus Postage, Remember I'm new at this hobby.
Where you and others have seen thousands of examples of everything well almost.
I have only seen a few thousand in total and Have a habit of getting one of anything new I see
Just to learn.
My favorite part wasn't the Use of a non stamp for postage it was the Non Payment of Postage on his Property Tax Debt.
I viewed it as a neat way to protest
 

June 22, 2003 6.32pm PT Paul Barsdell <paul.b@webone.com.au>

Goodnight all.

June 22, 2003 05:12 AM Jim Lawler <jlawler@comteck.com>

Jim L.

June 22, 2003 Chris Ceremuga <ceremuga@hotmail.com>

"frozen date" cds
Vinod: I think I know which exact item you are referring to! As David replied "frozen date" means a fixed date. In this case we are talking about the old German New Guinea "Stephansort" cds with "13" year date which was discovered in damaged condition (missing date plugs etc) during Australian Occupation period & provisionally used in Rabaul PO about November 1914 to January 1915. It represents proper & contemporary cancellation on GRI overprints & does not have any negative connotations.

Note: German NG PO officials had sealed instructions to in the event of war to destroy / dispose off all cancellers etc, and that was followed in most PO's with only the Stephansort & Buka cds surviving.

June 22, 2003 sveiki!

Happy solstice!
It's so nice to watch the skies at 3 am.
It's not getting dark at all in the part of the hemisphere. {:o)

June 22, 2003 04:04 Jim Watson

Good Morning, Everyone!
Today's dated postal history item is a colorful cover from Portugal to Germany in 1895. My, what an excellent port!

June 22, 2003 David Benson

Vinod, sorry, never heard of it but it must mean a cancel with a fixed date. Can't see any purpose unless it means a forged cancel that didn't have any way of changing the date and only exist with the one date.

David Benson

June 22, 2003 Vinod Menon

Vinod

June 22, 2003 David Benson

Dave, just checked the 2001, 2002 and 2003, all have it as CC. Think it was only a hiccup in 2000,

David Benson.

June 22, 2003 Dave P (orthorpteran)

False Hopes
We all know the feeling when you think you have discovered a real rarity, or something new. Was checking through some stamps for possible listing when I came across a nice used copy of the first (1879) Gold Coast halfpenny. But Gibbons (2000 Part One) lists this with Crown CA watermark, mine is clearly Crown CC. Visions of a small bonanza! Then I smell a rat, the 1883 halfpenny has an identical description. So I look it up in an old (1993) Part One, and sure enough the 1879 issue is listed as Crown CC – thoughts of sudden wealth evaporate.

Well thank you Mr Gibbons, that is just plain cruel! Incidentally, I don’t know if the listing has been corrected in more recent editions.
 

June 22, 2003 00.29 Knud-Erik (knuden)

K.E. 
 

June 22, 2003 00:20 Lavar Taylor

Finally have some stamp time after a horrendously busy week. Today's featured item of postal history focuses on US mail to Germany. This 2c postal envelope was mailed from Hartford, Conn. on Dec. 17, 1911 to Berlin, Germany. It was uprated with 2 additional stamps to pay the 5c international letter rate. The sender apparently did not know about or did not care about the 2c treaty rate in effect for mail to Germany from the US, a rate which applied to mail sent on ships traveling from the US directly to Germany (i.e., non-stop) at that time. There is nothing very significant about this cover until one takes a look at the reverse , which has a single copy of WX7. Although not tied, close mangification leads me to believe that the seal has been there for a long time. Although not valued by the US Specialized catalog on cover, I imagine that they are hard to find, even harder to find tied.

June 21, 2003 David Benson

Bill, looks OK (at least it's better than the one currently resting in it's place).

David Benson

June 21, 2003 22:49:30 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Yugoslavia
David, what's you opinion on this [best scan I could get from the seller]? It seems goo to me, except maybe a little fuzzy on the top line...

June 21, 2003 22:41:50 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Bob, I suppose I could always revert to the description "See scan, may be a default or two." and just change scans for each lot. :-) As it is, it's tough to get more than a couple of days worth of these types of listings in per week, except for things like the stockbooks, where I can use the same description and images for each lot.

June 21, 2003 22:38:30 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Darn
Nearly got it right! The last one.

June 21, 2003 10:37 Bob in WA

Bill -- I'm with you, it would take me all day to list 10-20 lots. I know the regular sellers use the turbolisters and all that. I sure appreciate a nicely written description, though, that was obviously written for that particular lot. Many mass produced listings leave a lot to be desired. I think the best way is to get all the pics in one file, and write up descriptions on a dosument, ready to copy and paste when you actually want to post them. That way you can work in bits and pieces for a few days, and choose the best time to post, so auction end will be at a good time of the day and week.

June 21, 2003 22:34:13 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Here, here, here, and here are the images to create a panorama of the stamp portion of my bedroom. Here is a view of the area between those and my bed. I agree that it's really too neat to be a champion, I'm sure many of you can do better. :-) [BTW, the album opened on the desk is my Turkey, it's busy catching me up on the web... 26 pages down, 100 or so to go.)

June 21, 2003 Now Chris I_am_the_urban_spaceman.com
 

Snipe or get nibbled
I got a reminder of why sniping is good yesterday.
There were two Hellecaster CD's at a very nice price.
I was going to be away from a computer at auction end, so I bid
my max at about 90 minutes before EOA.
The old high bidder nibbled me up from 15.50 to over my max of 20.51 and won the auction.
He did not bid until he saw my bid, so had I been able to snipe at my usual 10 seconds, I'd
have got them at 15.50. (I'm not going to use a sniping service, just wait for them to com up again.)

Chris - The Hellecasters are three guitar gods who play Fender Telecaster guitars
Check out their version of the Peter Gunn theme

June 21, 2003 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

Desks
Bill, my messy desk with all my stuff on is behind me - I'll do a picture of that one sometime.

With regards to listing, I use Turbolister which, once you have a template set up, you can continue to use that each time for each lot. The only thing you then have to add is a description and of course a title. I'm also blessed with the fact that I'm a pretty good typer ( 55 - 60 words per minute ), which I think also helps.

Off to bed now - got nearly 40 boxes to move into a rented storage facility tomorrow, now that IS going to be fun !! ( NOT ! ).

Mark.

June 21, 2003 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

new desk
Ah come on Bill, I think you purposely messed it up a little. I'd be embarrassed to have such a neat desk.(;o)

One of these days I'll take a picture of mine, although I'll probably have to snap the entire room because I'm not too sure where the desk is anymore.

June 21, 2003 8:30PM Bill Weiss

#315
I don't like it for several reasons; Bill S. points out what looks like a perf hole, plus I see another at UL, the eyes have too much ink in them so no, it doesn't pass the "eye" test and I also don't like the overall color, although that can probably be influenced by the scan.
What I DO LIKE is the fact that they seller is apparently honest to allow extension, but the only qestion is will he PAY for an adverse opinion? If not, the lucky buyer gets to spend $35/50. to find out he bought a trimmed stamp.
One other thing, there's also a small brown stain at the bottom, so even if it got a good cert., that flaw would be noted at minimum. Although at anywhere near the current bid it would be a good buy if it got a good cert.

June 21, 2003 20:28:54 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

new desk
Mark, but how on earth are you ever going to get anything done with a desk that's that clean? My desk...

June 21, 2003 20:23:31 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

Whew
Just got done listing ten lost today. Took me most of the afternoon. How on earth do you people listing many more than that do it? Just typing descriptions with wording I could feel comfortable with took forever, much less the HTML to make it look reasonably professional...

June 21, 2003 20:21:07 PDT Bill Seymour <billsey@dsl-only.net> http://www.seymourfamily.com
 

maybe??
Brian, doesn't look big enough to me... And is that the edge of a perf hole I see at lower right? I doubt if it could get a good cert.

June 21, 2003 Mark Bardell http://www.philatelicnetwork.com
 

Nothing in particular.
Jim - Glad the check arrived Ok. Will let you know when the booklet turns up.

Just spent three hours putting my new desk / desktop hutch together/ My bedroom actually looks like an office now - I guess I'll have to start putting in even more hours !!
My New Desk
 

June 21, 2003 Brian R

maybe??
Does anyone think this one is big enough to pass muster? Bill W How does it hold up to your "eye test"?

June 21, 2003 8:00PM Bill Weiss

Lung Association Seal on Cover
PROMETHEUS; The seal used to pay postage is neither a fake nor a forgery. Just a fraudulent use of a seal to pay postage. From what I understand, anyone can get away with such silly things used as postage (and I kind of hate to say all this outloud lest some unscupulous folks go ahead and do it) simply because envelopes of standard sizes are no longer handled by people. Only by machine, and the machine can't tell if the item in the postage space is a bonafide stamp or not. Only thing that always confused me about this theory was that I thought that's why tagging was invented, so that the machine could "see" (detect) the tagged stamp during the postmarking process. If that were true, only tagged things should get through and you would think that non-tagged things would get rejected. If any experts on tagging are here, perhaps they could enlighten us about this.

June 21, 2003 Jim Whitford-Stark http://www.iomoon.com
 

Dave
Twas the same festive spirit at Brighton

June 21, 2003 Prometheus

fake = with the fixed link
see previous post Cover UnrealStamp

June 21, 2003 Prometheus

fake
Did this item never exist as a fake because it's not an attempt to fool a collector, But is in fact a true Forgery used with the intent to defraud the Government??