StampChat Archives

Archive:  March 16 - 31, 2004

• Last updated:  20 March 2004

March 19, 2004 Dave P

PRO Not sure why you are having Picture problems, I use auctionpix (paid service) and it is working OK, and Colin (who uses the free service) has pics showing on the Ebay board. If you still have a problem give them an email. Among the reasons I use them is that the boss (Eddie) is always very quick to respond and is very helpful, being a small company you get personal service.

March 19, 2004 Roger Heath

Sleuthing
If anyone is interested in the topic under discussion on the Threaded Board, please go to post #218. Here is one lot currently being auctioned by my chat partner. I have zero knowledge of this item but find it interesting. The seller's other lot is a large Heligoland found through the search. I hate being offbase, but I'm interested in the authenticity of the stamps in these auctions since the seller was emphatic about selling "as is" on Ebay, and he currently has two auctions up under that category. I'm not placing any additional information here.
Just curious,
Roger
 

March 19, 2004 Anne

>Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of informative "about me" pages, goldeneyes gazing elsewhere, and (unfortunatelyas always and as is), ebay censorship)

March 19, 2004 20:00 Dave F. (moderator)

Prometheus: Not sure the terms of the arrangement, but perhaps you've exceeded some kind of data transfer quota (daily? monthly?). Anyway, the offer still stands anytime.

March 19, 2004 prometheus

No biggie dave
Thanks for the offer I ain't in any hurry.

Just bewildered , they is working ( auctionpix) at other places

 

March 19, 2004 19:00 Dave F. (moderator) <dfrick@pacificanalytics.com>

Prometheus: If you send them to me as email attachments, I can put them up until you get the hosting straightened out. (I do this for a couple of other regulars, and it's no problem.)

March 19, 2004 prometheus

Hmmm
this is a test and only a test
No need for panic

Test

March 19, 2004 prometheus

Must be them
only the Paving co seems alive now
will check them later
the service is free
no reason to complain
the pics load lightin fast and free 2000 megs is great .
They also do Auction services and sniping too,things I do not use. (yet)
 

March 19, 2004 Brian McInturff

Pro Nope, nothing. Forbidden message still comes up.

March 19, 2004 919 prometheus

and the rest i hope
1950

Sneekies

new-aux-mark

Doane

Barber-paving

March 19, 2004 Brian McInturff

Pro None of your pics, even ones previosly posted are accessible. AuctionPix must be having problems

March 19, 2004 prometheus

Thanks Mike
here
Test of course

March 19, 2004 Mike Ellingson

Pro,
Getting
You don't have permission to access /users/rag493179.jpg on this server.
when trying to view your images..

March 19, 2004 Roger Heath

Shame on Me
Jim -
I feel as good now as when I got my very first Boy Scout merit badge, Stampcollecting!
I did my good deed for the day. Got to figure a way to have JR participate in the conversation. LOL I'll get Star Scout for that.

Roger

March 19, 2004 prometheus <prometheus@1internetdrive.com>

stuff of course
got this old postal because I have the same company
20 years later with a perfin.
1893-Paving-company

and got this because it is the latest use of this mark I have so far held-for-postage

and then i found another new to me Aux marking
neat

and of course another nice add almost a year Ohio-doane

and while new another nice airplane cancel 1950

and a question for Sneeky if he is out and about
PC-451

does this mean Postal Clerk and why no ship mark War has not started yet.

March 19, 2004 Brian R

A loss maybe....
Ingnorance can be cured with knowledge.
The willingness to pipe up and help,
is a character trait much harder to develop.
just playing devil's advocate today. :o)

March 19, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

A certain seller of fakes and forgeries from the UK should be happy, since at least one of their items in fakes and forgeries appears on eBay.com in GB-->Victoria--->other.
Another appears in its correct point of origin.
Guess we have to wait a while to see where the rest of the morasse will be listed.

When the pre-re-organization of eBay.UK.com is instituted.

At least seller now submits to stamps being included in forgeries, if not recent ones of their own (or a close friends (give me a break)) making.

Roger
Shame on you.
You seem to have dissuaded **goldeneye** from making any more posts.
The stamp world is at a loss !!!

March 19, 2004 Jim Lawler

Jim L.

March 19, 2004 Brian McInturff

Pro The 3rd book, How to detect..... should be part of your reference library. It's a reasonably cheap book and knowing how you find bargains it's probably a steal.

March 19, 2004 prometheus

hello all general reference book questions
would I ever find the need for

" the first Philatelist"

"a Scott's 1908 Ctatlog"

"How to detect Damaged, Altered, and repaired stamps"

" or " the Care and preservation of philatelic material"

March 19, 2004 12:42 Trevor Perrons <admiralstamps--AT--sympatico--DOT--ca>

Nepalese Postal Runners
I have a cover that was sent from Nepal to Canada which purports to have been carried by a runner. I posted an image of it on the Stamphead.com Forum. Sorry, but the image is a little larger than necessary. Hopefully, my link will work:

Carried by Runner Cover

March 19, 2004 12:30 Dave F. (moderator)

Himalayan Postal "Runners"

And now, for something completely different (but yet philatelic!):

Here's a story on how the Indian postal service delivers mail in the state of Himachal Pradesh, which is India's northernmost state, in the Himalayas and abutting Tibet. They use a combination of high-tech and low-tech solutions to deliver the mail to residents who live in areas without even roads, and some of whom are cave dwellers.

There is both an audio version of this story and a transcript. I find the audio version more colorful:

To listen, click on the next-to-the-last "speaker" icon on this page, next to the title "Geo Answer report (3:15)":

http://www.theworld.org/latesteditions/20040318.shtml

To read the transcript:

http://www.theworld.org/geoquiz/2004/03/18ga.shtml

It just helps put it all in perspective.

March 19, 2004 Jim Griffith <griffith@dweeb.org> http://album.dweeb.org
 

Jim

March 19, 2004 Duncan Doenitz

Bad stamps in auctions

So Ken did they ever let you back to participate in their auctions again?

;)

Paolo Yes, I see what you mean, we have to know who we are dealing with. One eBay seller I purchased from was, I found out later, connected to illegals and if I had known that I would not have made the purchase. Even more surprisingly, another seller was quite cordial in his dealings with me but I see he has been NARU'ed, apparently for being quite unpleasant with other buyers.

Despite the constant struggle to clean up the eBay environment, though, the purchases I've made so far... well the whole process has been enjoyable and there are many honest traders to be found, eBay just plays a small part and the exchanges are really between us buyers and sellers. In fact, despite the anonymous nature of the internet and the lack of face to face meetings, the whole process works surprisingly well.

When one thinks about how easily "anonymous" drivers cross the line and take part in road rage, it is easy to see how the same thing could happen on the internet.

Heh heh, I just remembered, I saw the computer game "Postal 2" on the store shelf yesterday. Just the thing for working out aggression after dealing with eBay fraud.

Dunc

March 19, 2004 Brian R

Why am I mucking around with stamps?
Just look at the bids on this item! Further proof that the cold war is really over.

March 19, 2004 Paolo B.

An amazing matter of priorities
Hello All!
Duncan
The actual boss of a Dutch association (equivalent to the American ASDA) used to be (maybe he still is, don't receive his auction catalogues anymore) an auction director.
He's known for his mistakes in descriptions and for tendentially overestimating. Once, long ago, I also paid my hard cash tributes to his improvised "philatelic ignorance". Mine and many other's contributions probably helped his budget and philatelic fame grow. Philatelic world is full of paradoxes.

March 19, 2004 Charles L. Williams

Duncan Doenitz
The "other" thing that caught my eye (besides the coil franking) about Knud's cover is that it is an unusual rate - "Postauftrag" - similar to C.O.D. but instead the P.O. collected a promissary note and remitted to sender. Rate for the period was 35 Pfg.

March 19, 2004 04:12 Jim Watson

My second item is an airmail cover from Uruguay to Romania in 1932. This cover has a maze of postmarks to be analyzed.

I have also responded to some (but not all) of the recent comments on other covers from the last three days. Thanks to all for your interest and added information.

March 19, 2004 Ken Lawrence

Dunc

You have evidently led a sheltered life. I have been at several stamp auctions where floor participants who disrupted the flow by calling out instances of misdescribed lots were forcibly expelled from the premises and forbidden to participate in future auctions.

March 19, 2004 03:44 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Richard Reynolds If you click on that number 11 you will see a buyer who has purchased from an esteemed array of sellers. I too have bought items from those sellers for my web site.

March 19, 2004 03:40 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Imperf Betwee single or Straight Edge margin copy
Richard Reynolds Yes, I found the response number 431 at threaded board particularly amusing. Isnt that thread moderated by our friendly JR Winsom? Where is JR and his expertise when we need him. It is interesting that JR has implicitly approved of those posts by not responding further.

March 19, 2004 Richard Reynolds <rick99@verizon.net>

goldeneye
With a feedback number at 11, isn't this a little bit fishy. And I quote off the board:

**goldeneye** (11 )(view author's auctions)
01/27/04 10:16 AM (# 371 of 456)

Other international auctions charge low insertion...

Perhaps so, but no one beats eBay when it comes to world-wide exposure. I have been selling stamps on eBay for more than 4 years (I have a different selling nick) and about 60% of my bidders are from overseas. But I don't bother with listing low-value stamps individually. Those are usually grouped together as small lots with higher valued stamps. Also, my opening bid incorporates the potential fees levied plus a minimum profit.

I just wonder what his "nick" is.

March 19, 2004 Richard Reynolds <rick99@verizon.net>

goldeneye
Talk about someone leading the blind, look at the stampboards question from near40 msg #428 and the response from our resident expert?????
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?forum=9&thread=5862&start=411&msRange=40
Just some early morning fun.

March 18, 2004 Duncan Doenitz

Amazing

What kind of company would spend more time going after people who violate some discussion board rule rather than going after criminals using their site for unlawful profits?

After all it's a matter of priorities, and in this case those priorities are quite revealing.

I'm just saying...

Dunc

March 18, 2004 Dave P

Threaded board
Have just read the threaded board linked by David F below. Way to go Roger! I have no idea who goldeneye is, but he/she is a perfect illustration of "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing". Reminds me of the seller who was discussed here some time ago who had a pile of misidentified Commonwealth in his lists, and on his Me page offered an identification service.

March 18, 2004 10:11 PM HIPP Rodolphe <Rodolphe.Hipp@france-timbres.net> http://e-timbres.net/asppi
 

is eBay safe for buyers ?
Hi, I'm new here, animate a french group of collectors fighting against fraud ( http://e-timbres.net/asppi ). Recently at ebay, a seller from China offers a lot of fakes or repaird stamps. As I specially look at french Aera, I think sincerly that they are other such stamps in this listing. I report it at the Chat of ebay, here is the answer of ebay:

Hello sonaphil,

Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the
following activity:

Posting auction reports or member violations. To report suspected violations,
please use our online forms, click here.

which is not permitted at eBay.

This is a copy of your post:

Posted by sonaphil ( 765 ) on Mar-18-04 at 13:56:14 PST
Auctions
Hi, I'm french ebay member and animate a group of french
philatelists and Internet auction-sites users (in french language)
fighting about frauds, e-timbres.net/asppi. We report about frauds
with private mails, essentially in the french aera. We discovered a
seller with great Items seems all fakes or repaird (essentially
perforation). (France EIPA 30 perforation on a stamps no exists, two
5Fr Napoleon with corrected perforations). Perhaps there is some body
having a look at his other rarities: Member song2002jie2008 from
China !!!


We realize that you may not have been aware there was a rule against this
activity. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to
review our site policies, which can be found at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-board.html

Please understand our goal is to help you understand our policies to ensure
successful experiences at eBay. Therefore, we respectfully request that you
refrain from this activity in the future to avoid the possibility of a
suspension of your eBay registration.

Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.

Regards,
Cimmy
eBay Moderation Team
 

March 18, 2004 Duncan Doenitz

Interesting item, Knud-Erik

K-E it is nice to see that your auction items sold well. Although it is outside my collecting interests, one of your items really caught my eye, and I see it attracted a few bids.

This completed auction might not be viewable much longer I suppose, but it is an attractive combination.

From what I've been able to learn, some collectors assume that since these are "Zusammendrucke" pairs they came from a booklet. But apparently these were only paired for vending coils. When the postcard/local letter rate increased to 7 1/2 pfennigs the 2 1/2 pfennig stamp was created so that 10 pfennig purchases of the pairs could be made from vending machines.

Anyway it makes an attractive and interesting cover, and I learned something today.

Dunc

"Something else I learned today-- FU describes stamps."

March 18, 2004 20:28 Jim Watson

Today in Postal History
On March 8 I had a pleasant occurrence. I received an e-mail concerning a cover I had posted for July 27. The sender had been searching the internet for family history. He was trying to find information about Natuvu where his family had lived at one time. He was astounded to find a cover addressed to his great-grandfather, Albert P. Ward. He was able to answer the querry posed on the page concerning the South Sea Islands Correspondence Club. However, the SSICC was something he had to learn about from his father which he just passed on to me. I just received his permission to use his e-mail on the page at Negri Sembilan. Take a look and see the whole story! I think it is a wonderful story and it also illustrates what happens when everybody keeps adding information to internet servers.

March 18, 2004 prometheus

Nomad thanks
Keep pointing out the good stuff.
I pass on the Golden gates normally but I'll start looking for fours.

March 18, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Bill W,
to be honest, I hadn't even looked at **goldeneye**'s about "me" before you mentioned it.
Though I had looked at feedback.
Anyone that can hand out advice on a threaded chatboard after having successfully bought 5 items from one of the worst German perpetrators of modern facsimiles is someone I don't respect.
Anyone feel like emailing this person and inviting them over here for some real confrontation?
I had to erase three earlier posts I left on threaded board before I submitted them.

March 18, 2004 prometheus

Bill W
Most people use the about me to sell and avoid the ebay fees
advertize for customer type things.

I always thought ( more than likeley wrong )
that the eye came on board just about the time the resident Expert at the bay (JR) got scorched on the ebay stamp chat board.
Being the conspiracy nut i am and always trying to see the person behind the curtain I just had that thought.

More than Likely a wrong one.
but who knows

Golden eye might just be a person who likes to share his knowledge with others for the good helper feeling.

and he keeps the Science and Mystery board alive
seen-here-dave

March 18, 2004 nomad55

One cent sale
Even with the p&h, this was a good deal. Dial 4 slogans are rather difficult to locate.

March 18, 2004 Bill Weiss

"*** GOLDENEYE***"
Good evening everyone, does anyone know WHO THE HELL is "Goldeneye"??? He puts an "About Me" logo/link in his address yet tells you nothing about who he is. What his credentials might be? Is there a reason for all the non-info?
I must say that one of my pet peeves about the "About Me" concept on eBay is exactly what this guy is doing - telling you absolutely NOTHING about himself. So what's the point to doing an "About Me" if not to talk "About Me"? This really isn't rocket science. It's simple; "About Me" should be "About Me"! No???
 

March 18, 2004 10 ;00 pm on the west coast of the east coast prometheus

The eternal quest continues
got this little 1936 book flea-market-a-dollar

Does any one know when they changed the numbers from 1301 etc to C-1 etc
and some nice Minkus books too.
Olde stamp books are full of neat info.

March 18, 2004 15:48 Bjorn Munch

Buying at eBay
Knud-Erik, and I'm one of those who had already paid. You can probably guess why I bought the Russian cover. :-)

Off to bed now...
 

March 18, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Hi Rob
My mainstream Manchukuo stamps is coming along quite well.
Currently only lacking the 13 on 12 6½ mm overprint on the 1935 issue of the China mail provisionals ( the expensive one).
Doing less well on the city overprints since the only seller on eBay who knows what they are insists on using Kerr sets, overprices sets and includes stamps I don't need.

I really need to get to shows to be able to obtain those reasonably cheaply, individually.
However, I hope he keeps listing since I have now figured out about a quarter of the Kerr catalog in three months without buying either it or any of the stamps.
The North Korean seller just completely confused me.
Has all stamps that I wanted and advert for Paypal on his web site (allkorstamps) then says he doesn't take Paypal.
There is no way I am going to send cash to a seller who doesn't even know what is listed on his own web site.

March 18, 2004 15:35 Dave F. (moderator)

It took me a little while to find the discussion that Prometheus and others have referenced on here. Here's the link:

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?forum=9&thread=5862&start=436&msRange=40

Knud-Erik: Congratulations! That's pretty exciting. I hope someday to maybe start doing some selling, and it would be thrilling to be able to report results like that.

March 18, 2004 prometheus

Roger H
Your great posts on the threaded board are a great read,
I wonder if anyone will "report them" for their honesty.

 

March 18, 2004 14.59 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 18, 2004 Rob Faux

Jim W-S Aren't they lovely? Say, how's your Manchukuo grouping coming along?

Rob

March 18, 2004 David Benson

Knud, Vlastos catalogues it priced mint only. Whether it was actually used will never be proven. It looks OK and most proably is but whether it is genuinely used is unknown. The seller should forget Ebay and try another method if he has already failed as the listing charge will be high and the probability of a sale is almost zilch,

David B.

March 18, 2004 11.27 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 18, 2004 11:23 Dave F. (moderator)

Why, Jim, those are stamps of Manchukuo. Why would you need to know any more about them? : )

March 18, 2004 CJ

PRO: Thanks for looking for the cards. If you see any Pesha (Pesha Photo on the front) RPPC of Great Lakes ships for $10 or less in good shape, I'll take. My plug for your shopping list.

March 18, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Image O' the day.

March 18, 2004 David Benson

Knud, no reason to doubt it. The mystery is why put it on Ebay when it would be better to place it in a mainstream Auction house in Europe. The market is extremely limited for it, possibly a couple of collectors in Greece and a few in the rest of the world.

David B.

March 18, 2004 10 am EST prometheus

Jim + Roger
I enjoyed your posts on the threaded collectible discussion,
The 38,000 "as is" number astounded my little brain.
Yes things are getting Much better.

March 18, 2004 06.05 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 18, 2004 05:03 Jim Watson

My second item is an airmail cover from KUT to the Netherlands in 1938. Here is your chance to learn what KUT means if you don't already know ;-)!

March 18, 2004 00.29 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 17, 2004 Victor Horadam

General
David K.: Glad to oblige. As a credit to the Chinese government, it is methodically testing all of the traditional herbal medical Chinese treatments using scientific techniques. Interestingly some useful chemicals have been found, though very toxic. The established US and European medical communities are also testing various herbal medicines to see if they withstand the scrutiny of modern evaluation. We shall see. Don't worry either, if something is useful - a patented variant of it will be made, released, and sold for thousands of dollars. It won't be suppressed by the drug companies as everyone thinks.

March 17, 2004 Roger Heath

Nosiness
Jim -
I can't help myself, but had to respond to purchases by **goldeneye** from that certain German specialist of replikas and Falschnungs. I hope our commentator didn't spend too much money on fakes, then turn around giving advice on how to sell on Ebay, and that only rare stamps are faked. I wanna smack 'em.

I might follow that Board for a few days, and if I see more of those dim comments, I'll make a report to Ebay and APS asking for a cease and desist order.

Roger

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Roger
Just a quick peek at **goldeneye**, seemed some buys from very dubious sellers.

March 17, 2004 Roger Heath

Stamp Discussion Board
Jim,
I just posted a message to **goldeneye**.

Last opportunity to wear my hat.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Pro

JR and **goldeneye** try their best.
Roger and I both gave up (or were we banned?) after the Olympic swimming pool incident.

March 17, 2004 prometheus

resident experts say the darndest things
Picked up this Gem of info from
the bay
one of those experts that advises newbies asking questions on the Collectible threaded stamp discussion

"If you're not sure in regard to authenticity, sell your items "as is." eBay has no problem with this. Most likely however is that all your material is genuine. Forgeries mostly occur when a stamp is extremely rare.
 

March 17, 2004 prometheus

Matt L
I'll satrt a box for you.
Here is back of the Park card linked below
Rotograph

I think this is before Ulman bought them will research some more .
I saw a ship load of the boston letters today only picked up a couple.

I thought you would be partial to "Braun" post cards after all they were printed in Cleveland.

I myself tend to favor the "hamlin co" of toledo.

RPPC's mostly.
 

March 17, 2004 Matt Liebson

Pro: Nice Boston machine. The ones with the station letters are sort of nice, the lettered stations only lasted about 2 years and there are some tough ones. That "SeeandBee" is pretty cool too.

Will take as many Ohio rotographs as you can find in decent condition for a buck or less! Prefer the red seal (and in particular, the ones with serial numbers that start with A or G)....don't know if I'm familiar with the blue seal but rotograph also used a text logo for a while.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

My carpet for comparison.
Its dark here so doesn't show as well as it should.
The pile is a bit more downtrodden as well.

March 17, 2004 David Benson

promo, just coincidence, see what happens in the next couple of days. There are thousands of collectors in the UK of that type of material.

David B.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

No David, I hadn't.
Nice picture of the carpet.
Same color as my bedroom carpet.
It seems the earlier description was better than the latter.
I get the feeling that the price may go a lot higher from 0 feedback buyers.

March 17, 2004 prometheus

David B
Both of the bidders registered on the bay, 2 days after his reserve not met item closed.
 

March 17, 2004 David Benson

Jim, I don't think the bidders are fishy as they are not bidding on any other of his lots.

Did you notice this item that he listed but failed to get the reserve,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23740&item=2992245374

David B.

March 17, 2004 David K.

Victor: Thank you for the expo!
Dr. Bernard's H2O2 treatment and Ozone infusion are the only other elective courses I have encountered. The Sweat Lodge approach is harmonious cleansing and rebirthing; interesting.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Pro
You're a quick learner.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

David

I told him on saturday when he made his original advertizing post on eBay chat how he should describe it.
However, it seems he was one of those post an ad and disappear forever posters who never read the answers.
Since it is not an OI, I don't care.
Unless if it is so cheap at the end that I can make a decent profit. :-Þ

March 17, 2004 prometheus

Jim W-s
is the fishy aprt the fact that two of the bidders registered on the same day in same place, and that they seem to have a live one on the hook.

Just asking?

March 17, 2004 David Benson

Jim, I looked at his other lots for sale but neglected to check his feedback. He has two lots he just sold.

David B.

March 17, 2004 prometheus

CJ
am not being rude, if I find those cards you expressed interest in
I'll email you
They have slipped into the Oblivion that is my Pile of ammo boxes
full of cards.

must get a label maker and then figure out a reasonable way to sort.

Right now I just Hoard most things.

March 17, 2004 David Benson

Jim, that doesn't bother me, it what is happening a few seconds towards the end that counts, not now. What worries me is the crappy description, unlikely to attract many that would be interested. The seller doesn't appear to have any philatelic sales on his feedback, maybe just ignorant but should have been able to read the price that was paid for it from Gibbons,

David B.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

David
The item looks to be OK, its the bidding that doesn't.
At least they are only doing it in miniscule increments.

March 17, 2004 David Benson

Jim, I can't make out the corner letters to see if they match the item on Gibbons card. If they do then it is most probably OK. Ask the seller for a close up of both sides of the item,

David B.

March 17, 2004 prometheus

March 17, 2004 prometheus

Matt L
How many Rotographs you want , Buddy.

Used or unused.

red roto label or blue.

Toledo-park


I also picked up this today
SeeandBee

only problem no date precan


 

March 17, 2004 7:17 est prometheus

Nomad
Thanks for the info
The Precancel stamp used as a closure was on a Book auction catalog Mailed from Americus Ga to Texas, I saw a pile of ten
and bought one all were opened , biggest problem the cheap paper the cat was printed on is starting to fall into tiny pieces.
Best part is looking at what some rare books were selling for back in the day.

March 17, 2004 Victor Horadam

Jim W-S: If I were jr, I'd let charlene "win" the lot.

March 17, 2004 Victor Horadam

RTA, or radiofrequency thermal ablation of tumors is an accepted treatment and very useful. I have had excellent responses, and as you have said, the local control rate of the lesions that have been "cooked" (or frozen by cryosurgery, or removed by metastectomy, or denatured by absolute alcohol injections) is excellent, probably the 80%. The cure rate for the patient though for whom those techniques are done is about 20-30%. This is still better than what we had in the past for metastatic disease, which was palliation.

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

I smell something fishy !!

March 17, 2004 00:39 CET Paul B

Mauro Looking forward to hear from you. :-)

March 17, 2004 3:30 pm John Armstrong <abslbg@yahoo.ca>

G'day all ye wearers of the GREEN:
We are looking for a Canadian Christmas issue with perf 13.5 x 13:
Scott # Darnell #
1764b 1876c (sheet stamp)
1764c BC1876b

1765a BC1877a
1765i 1877a

1766a BC1878a
1766i 1878a

I posted on here a few weeks ago, but to no avail. I thought I'd try again. If you can help with this, please contact me at:

John Armstrong
abslbg@yahoo.ca

March 17, 2004 00:36 CET Paul B <philaweb at (remove) yahoo dot dk> http://www.lettonica.info/StampChat
 

New prototype board
A&S Hi! Been busy all day today. You're still welcome to drop by and check out the new prototype board by clicking - here. Please let us know what you think of it by giving some feedback.

March 17, 2004 David K.

Victor: open forum
Another typo: Hoxsey Clinic.

March 17, 2004 15:06 Dave F. (moderator)

a correction from yesterday
Yesterday I posted a link to an alternative board that Mauro had developed and had invited people to take a look at it.

It turns out that the permissions on the board were set too strictly, and it was requiring people to register and log in before being able to view the specific discussion taking place there. This was not the intention.

The expectation is that the board (really, "forum") will be visible without needing to log in. However, if someone wants to post, then a one-time registration is required. (This is the only way to solve a couple of the problems on here.)

This time, let me post a link that goes directly to the "forum", rather than just to a list of the possible forums.

http://uruguaystamps.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16

Here's the link to the table of contents to all the forums:

http://uruguaystamps.com/phpBB2/index.php

March 17, 2004 Victor Horadam

general comments
David K.: Before I comment on your statements, to which post were you relating. Or to whom is the statement in reference to?

March 17, 2004 David K.

My goodness; typos abound..okay it's a #65 block...still a bummer!

HOXEY Cancer clinic was closed by the US in 1935 after 15 locations were opened and two Appelate Judges overturned the FDA's attemps to close them up. But the government finally won. Cure ratio was extremely high; around 80%+. Tijuana, Mexico is host to the Bio-Medical Center which carries on his work and is well known as an alternative treatment center for cancer, again with very high success rates.
Major California cancer research centers have over a 98% cure rate using high frequencies on a none surgery approach by inserting a micro probe into the identified tumor and burning 100% of all cancer cells with one treatment using vibration which generates the heat to kill these cells. Multiple tumors have been erased in one day. Remaining cancer cells are null. Follow-ups are void of new growths in treated areas. Good news is always nice to pass along.
 

March 17, 2004 13.10 John Gordon <johnr@castlemoyle>

Bulk Rates, stamps
Thanks Ken Srail, Chip G., and Dave P,

For your comments regarding the "false franking" on the cover I posted earlier. I knew it was a low value, but wasn't sure how much and needed the data for a postal history page.

For anyone interested in modern US Postal History and auxiliary markings, visit the new Postal Markings Club.

John
 

March 17, 2004 Dave P

Bulk Postings
A similar thing happens in the UK. Charities in particular put a 2nd class stamp on, and then receive their bulk posting discount as a cheque. However there is one wrinkle. The post office don't want to be bothered cancelling the stamps on these mailings, and encourage the mailing houses to precancel them - leading to some interesting pieces of modern PH, as some appear to be applied by ex-post-office machines. To "encourage" mailers to do this Royal Mail apply a surcharge if they have to do the cancelling. Hidden away in the May 2003 postal rate changes was an increase in this surcharge from 3% to 10%! No wonder they all seem to be precancelled now. One mailing house adopted a different approach, they had their own stamps printed (I believe self-adhesives by (Walsall). These did not bear the Queens head or have any value (they looked like a star-fish), but they served to "personalise" the mailing, and left the accounting simple. They are also a very interesting example of a commercial-use cinderella.

March 17, 2004 Chip G

Non-denominated Bulk
As an addition to Ken's comments, the mailer would put a stamp on the envelope and then pay the difference between the postage and the amount due in cash. This would allow them to both pre-stamp the envelope (as envelopes with stamps are opened more than those with bulk permits) and pay the minimum due which would depend on sorting, amount sent, weight, etc. Also, bulk mailers believe that envelopes with 2 stamps are opened more often than those with only one stamp.

Even though that envelope has 2 x 5c postage on it, there is nothing that can tell you what the total postage was for that piece.

Chip

March 17, 2004 11:59 Ken Srail

Non-denominated stamp
John Gordon, that's a 5c stamp, Scott 3775 (issued Mar 19, 2003.)

March 17, 2004 09.27 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 17, 2004 John Gordon <johnr@castlemoyle.com>

Face Value of US Bulk Rate
Anybody know what the face value of the relatively recent US Nonprofit Bulk Rate stamp that shows water, a cliff and some trees is? It looks like its more recent than my 2002 electronic US Spacialized Cat.

And a belated THANKS to David B for his view on my Hong Kong Jubilee overprint. I asked for comments, then promptly left town for two days...

John

March 17, 2004 09:25 Bjorn Munch

Today's eBay disappointment
Just received a (cheap) item from a seller in Liechtenstein. It was mailed from Haag, just across the river into Switzerland. Grumpf.
 

March 17, 2004 09.21 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 17, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Anyone for a sing along ?
To make this philatelic, the Graf Spee is pictured on a Marshall Islands "stamp", but I particularly like this one showing the Exeter in action.

March 17, 2004 07:42 Jim Watson

Today in Postal History
Knud-Erik,
Thanks for the comment. Next question: do you have any idea what the marking is?

March 17, 2004 Roger Heath

Web Site
Knud-Erik -
Post it and they will come. I believe I saw a reference to your web site in teh APS magazine a few months ago, which would lead to more viewers. One benefit of having a national philatelic society, publicity of individual work and collections. Anyone surprised!

Roger

March 17, 2004 07.39 Knud-Erik Andersen http://sudeten.bizland.com/postal_history.htm
 

March 17, 2004 07.35 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 17, 2004 nomad55

Pro's stuff
The tied PPIE seal is from 1910. Thanks to Steve Taylor, I currently have the EKU for this seal tied on cover or card.

The RFD hand cancel is worth more than the DC received marking. Pity that they overlap (or "cancel" each other out).

Using stamps to close up folded printed matter is not common, but it is not rare either. This seems to have been primarily done on local mailings within a town or limited area (from like a church, large store, utility company). Obviously, most desirable are items that have not been opened. Those that have been cleanly split, dividing the stamp in half, exhibit nicely.

March 17, 2004 05:23 Jim Watson

My second item is a UPU postal card from Ceylon to Austria in 1896. It is about as simple as can be imagined for such an unusual combination of source and destination.

March 17, 2004 04:04 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Mauro I have purchased bargains on eBay over the years thrlough mis-spelling of Uruguay and Colombia. It seems other bidders can not find them if they are mis-spelled.

March 17, 2004 Jim Lawler

Jim L.
 

March 17, 2004 Dave P

Spelling
Those countries are easy, I am still not sure how to spell Romania, Roumania, Rumania.

March 17, 2004 Mauro Mowszowicz

Graff Spee
John F, in fact they already rescued some important parts, last week the ship main telemeter (also an early radar) were rescued. If we are lucky they will be able to refloat all of it in a couple of years.
Just to inform the ones who are not aware of the Graff Spee history, in 1939 it was sunk (blown away by the Captain) a couple of miles away off the Montevideo (Uruguay) harbor after being chased by the EXETER, AJAX and ACHILLES
Regards

Mauro

March 17, 2004 John F

Jim WS
Actually they are trying to refloat the Graf Spee

March 16, 2004 Roger Heath

Naval History
"Off to more serious endeavors," he said while barking out orders and cooking along at 10 knots.

Roger

 

March 16, 2004 Bill Weiss

G-i-b-r-a-l-t-a-r
I beg to disagree, for decades I mispelled Gibraltar as Gibralter until I finally mastered it!

March 16, 2004 Anne

Spelling Uruguay isn't nearly has hard as spelling "Columbia" (oops--I mean Colombia). Good night to all and to all sweet dreams of proper spelling, new categories in ebay-UK, new chatboards in the offing, and a much happier Dave F.

March 16, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

David B & Roger
Groan !!!!!
The Kiwi thorn in the heel of the German Navy was a cleaning detergent aided by a ship named after a Devonshire UK city.
No more of these shipping puns.

March 16, 2004 19:51 Dave F. (moderator)

One stumbling block: you have to know how to spell "Uruguay" for the site to work. : )

March 16, 2004 19:48 Dave F. (moderator)

I am pleased and a bit overwhelmed by the response to creating alternative boards, but it's great! Thanks to Paul, Michael, and others for their efforts and energies. Both my work life and my personal life are going to be very happy pretty soon!

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Mauro had also spent some time developing a board, and I asked people to take a look at that one as well.

Based on the input that people made there, at Paul's board, at Michael's, and here, I have worked with Mauro to try out another "take" on this.

Basically, the "one room" concept that several of us discussed a couple of days ago is what's behind this, but with some of the capabilities of more powerful software.

If you'll go here:

http://uruguaystamps.com/phpBB2/index.php

and click on "StampChat: Today's Discussion", you'll see there's just one thread, or "topic", as it's technically called. You can even save a link just that board, without needing to see the rest of them.

However, as the message explains over there, it will also be possible to easily archive certain topics. Hopefully this combines the best of both worlds: one "room" to discuss in, and an archives area that certain posts get filed to. It also has a very powerful search feature. The registration feature should also reduce, if not eliminate, the number of times that America gets f****** (if you know what I mean).

Would you take a look at this concept, register if you need to, leave your comments there, and see if this might fly?

- - - - - - -

Regarding the registration process, once you register, you have enormous control in your profile (a link at the top of the page) to show as much or as little information as you want. Email addresses are hidden, although you can have the option for someone to email you. You can specify what timezone you want the posts to indicate. You can have it remember your identity when you log in the first time, so that you don't have to log in upon your return (provided you accept cookies from the site). You can even just click at link at the upper right, "View posts since last visit" and have it do the work for you.

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Again, this is still a test, and the concept might still need some tweaking. It may ultimately turn out that Paul's, Michael's, or another alternative might work better. But I'd like to see if this concept might fly.
 

March 16, 2004 Mauro Mowszowicz

Roger, Thanks for correcting it! this made me remember a Simpson's episode when Homer spins a globe, points to the Uruguay map shape and screams something like "what a stupid country name U-R-GAY"
;-)

Mauro
 

March 16, 2004 David Benson

Roger,

maybe you had too much on your " PLATE ",

David B.

March 16, 2004 Roger Heath

UrUguay
Apologies to Mauro - I got scuttled on the Uruguay comment.

Roger

March 16, 2004 Mike E

Pro,
If you are using the first Edition Doane book, there have been many thousands of updates, as you know. Gary tries to keep www.doanecancels.com updated quite regularly, so if it is unlisted there, go ahead and contact Gary. He is a good friend and did most of the work on the new Doane book. (He will also probably offer you a better price than anyone on good Doanes, give him a try).

March 16, 2004 Bill Weiss

Various
Good evening everyone and just a quick post as I am still working on the 90-volume foreign collection, and will be for some time to come!
The "#64" block is definitely NOT a #64 and isn't even close, sorry.
Matt L. is touting the Garfield-Perry show coming up, and rightly so, as it's a great show. I would love to go but this foreign collection and my upcoming public auction (which needs to be typed by the third week in April) keep me secluded and at work. My best to everyone.

March 16, 2004 Matt Liebson

Pro: I should retain you to look for Ohio postcards published by the Rotograph company. They are my favorites and I collect the publisher when the cards are cheap (i.e., a buck). I presume you are familiar with them?

March 16, 2004 Matt Liebson

Pro: yes, common International marking (with an RFD handstamp lurking in it).

March 16, 2004 18:03 Bill Claghorn (claghorn1p) http://www.geocities.com/claghorn1p/
 

Nice #64 block of 8
David K. your Nice #64 block of 8 on cover is likely not a #64. Real #64 were issued in 1861 and most were used up right away. The post mark on your cover looks like 1866 so it is highly unlikely it is a #64. Sorry.

March 16, 2004 prometheus

And thanks to the Brit Lurker
who pointed out the Famous Dame with the naked natives.
Learn new things everyday.
 

March 16, 2004 David K.

Nice #64 block of 8 on cover shame #3, top row, was damaged when they opened the letter...bummer.

March 16, 2004 prometheus

Stuff
Is this like the usage on printed mateter discussed a couple of weeks ago
Stamp-as-closure

Nomad had I shared this-with-you

Machine Mavens am I correct Common-International-R

and because of the discussion on the wrong side of cards
Here is the front of the Suid-Afrika Paquebot NAKED_NATIVES_BEWARE

March 16, 2004 Jim Whitford-Stark

Roger
I have no idea where Uraguay is located either!!
Uruguay, I have a pretty good idea.
Remember the Graf Spee !!

March 16, 2004 prometheus

Matt L
I'll show you the Doane Tomorrow evening
found some Unused early Florida cards in my stuff I can trade him with.

His goal in life to get One of every Postcard made about fla
(pre 1930)
I have a couple I know he has never seen .

March 16, 2004 Roger Heath

Cards, as in Jokers
Pro -
That dealer probably doesn't have a clue where Uraguay is located, thus it's rare to him.

Roger

March 16, 2004 Matt Liebson

Pro: I did see that comment on the governor item. Sounds interesting but $$$$ (even for a governor signature). What Ohio Doane? sounds interesting.

BTW, for those board members attending the Garfield-Perry March Party in Cleveland next weekend, some of us from the Frajola Board are going to get together at the Friday night wine&cheese reception (which is free and open to the show-going public). If anyone has Cleveland questions, let me know.

March 16, 2004 prometheus

Mauro
The expensive Card he added 10 dollars to for the
Rare (he says) M.I.+R. N.Y cancel it's in a circle like the
regular CDS of NY and of course the Postage dues he thinks adds too.

he has sold 50,000 postacrds and has 100,000 now for sale
says these are the only two used before 1940 he has ever had.

March 16, 2004 Mauro Mowszowicz

Hi Prom, thanks for looking up Uruguay material. Do you have any idea why the dealer considers it Rare?
Thanks!

P.S. you can email me at femur AT fastlink dot com dot uy

Paul B.
I will try to find some spare time to email you tonight.

Regards to all
Mauro

March 16, 2004 prometheus

Matt L
Thanks for reply- one of them is Ohio by the way.
yes I use the Online list and I have an Old helbock(?)
book

did you see my note on the Gov Hazzard SFL
it was beautiful.

March 16, 2004 Matt Liebson

Pro: unrecorded Doanes are certainly worth $4. (most recorded Doanes are worth that much, even the common ones, if nice strikes). Just make sure they are Doanes and not 4-bars! (presume you are using the online lists at www.doanecancel.com).

March 16, 2004 Duncan Doenitz

Getting the job done

I just popped in to add my congratulations and thanks to David Benson for being persistent and bringing about changes at eBay.uk, where they are improving their handling of fraudulent listings. Well done David!!

Dunc

March 16, 2004 prometheus

any one with an opinion
Found a couple of cards today with Doanes on them that DO NOT appear on any Doane list I can find.

These are on 4 dollar postcards
are Unknown Doanes worth that Much?????

March 16, 2004 6 pm est prometheus <prometheus@1internetdrive.com>

Mauro
tried to email you I guess your system won't take my address,
email your address and I'll mail you formula (i have lots of stamps to use up)

Also I actually found two cards from Uruguay to the US in 1905 at a local dealer this afternnon.
But they were Way expensive.
for 18 dollars
One mailed from Montevideo to ny Long Island
it had an unusual to me Collect 2 cents postage handstamp
a postage due stamp and four NY recievers markings
One the dealer says is rare M.I.+ R
it is a Picture postcard (real photo) montevideo
and the eros stamp by it self thus underpaid I guess.

The other card 9 dollars
has the cattle stamp and an eros
Montevideo 26 oct 03 picture (real)
of Montevidoe and El prado (2 small photos on card )

Dealer said in 15 years of dealing postcards only two used he has ever had.


 

March 16, 2004 1:50 Bruce Campbell

Revenue Sale
Dave F - I read Jackson's article (and argument) for selling the revs too, and I also agree, destruction is a terrible idea (and waste of very useful potential money, as well). The only question (assuming we all could convince them to sell everything) is how to go about it - piecemeal vs. wholesale, lottery vs. auction (or both)...lots of ideas to work through. Could be interesting...

March 16, 2004 22:31 CET Paul B

Make that - New prototype board
*geez* Third time I did that - next time I need to was my mouth with soap. *hehe* ;-)

March 16, 2004 22:30 CET Paul B <philaweb at (remove) yahoo dot dk>

New threaded board
A&S Please do remember that registration is NOT required to read and post to the new prototype board. Why don't you guys just try to post without being registered members and getting a bit used to the new format?

March 16, 2004 13:12 Dave F. (moderator)

Smithsonian revenue sale
In philatelic news, I noted that Linn's also had an editorial from Eric Jackson about the revenue sale and destruction. Eric made, I think, a strong argument in favor of no destruction.

I am always reluctant to post anything taken directly from Linn's, so I'm pleased to learned that Eric posted the piece on his website, along with a place for others to weigh in on this topic:

http://www.ericjackson.com/editorial.htm

March 16, 2004 Dave P

Copies
David B Have you noticed the new stuff that a certain purveyor of fake GB overprints is now flogging. Gummed perferated copies of Hi-Cat stamps. Wonder where they come from. Its funny, although he says "not much is known about these" he seems to have a regular supply. To his credit they are listed as being marked copy

March 16, 2004 12:24 Dave F. (moderator)

more eBay stuff
Funny, I was just about to post this comment when all the others appeared about problems on eBay.

This article below, from today's San Francisco Chronicle, indicates that several eBay merchants were tricked into giving up their eBay id information through those spoof emails, and now the spoofers have the eBay's merchants' customers' info, which they're using to now try to defraud those customers.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/16/BUG5T5LCM31.DTL&type=business

(Don't know if the Chron requires registration before viewing, but if they do, it's free.)

March 16, 2004 David Benson

Ed., I will be pleased when Ebay.Com does likewise and it should especially since the APS have outlawed them from their Stampstore. The APS SHOULD have informed the NON PHILATELIC head of Ebay.Com Collectables to do the same.

David B.

March 16, 2004 David Benson

Richard & Ed, thanks, I presume that is what has happened. Ebay 100%, Crooks 100%, Naive Buyers 0%.

David B.

March 16, 2004 Ed.B

Despite adverse comments aimed towards D2 on this and other boards during the past few months about his continually going on about the fakes etc. he has stuck at it. You should be pleased with the result David.


 

March 16, 2004 Chris

Ships
nomad55 Do you have anything relating to the Houston?

Chris - they were firing the star shells at the end

March 16, 2004 Dave P

David B Put me down as a "give up" too. Reported lots of GB overprints (including some with dated cancels of 1905 and later) from a number of different sellers - absolutely no response.

March 16, 2004 Richard Ballhagen (spain_1850)

Dave - I guess I fit into the category of "I give up". Now, when I see something blatant or obvious, I just post it on my Spanish board and hope that the Spanish collectors will eventually find it.

March 16, 2004 David Benson

Anyone still sending queries to Safeharbor about forgeries of non US items or has every given it up as a waste of time & effort,

David B.

March 16, 2004 John Forsyth

Third try to register and get on Paul B's board..........I give up.

March 16, 2004 nomad55

Mike
I bought my Titanic card years ago rather reasonably. I also have a Lusitania, a Maine, a Normandie, an Andrea Doria, an Arizona, an Indianapolis, a Rex. Looking for a Morro Castle and a General Slocum.

March 16, 2004 Mike E

Nomad and Pro,
Yeah, I confess that I rarely look at the wrong (picture) side of the card either. I probably owned that CARDIFF Lusitania card for years before I even turned it over. I have been pleasantly surprised a number of times at what is on the card itself.

A couple years ago I picked up a ship card of the Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic. It mentioned the imminent launching of 'her great sister ship, the TITANTIC in a couple months' or something like that. Found it in a dollar box and sold on EBAY for around $400 I think, which was when the movie was still in everyone's mind, so that probably didn't hurt..

March 16, 2004 nomad55

Mike E
That's a nice Lusitania card. One of the things I dabble with are cards and covers relating to ships that have sunk - either through natural disaster or war related events.

March 16, 2004 07:19 Bjorn Munch

Norway Razor
Pro, Roger: I'm no expert on cancels but I've seen many and I can't recall seeing the razor variant of the Swiss cancels (as we call them), nor any cancels with BREVPOST (brev=letter). The type also is not mentioned in the chapter on cancels in my "Handbok over norske filatelistika Bind III" from 1969.

One interesting type of "Swiss" cancel is the so-called "hjelpestempel", literally "help cancel" with replacable letters, which were issued as temporary replacements to (mostly small) post offices, e.g. when their only cancel had to be sent in for repair. They can be distingushed by their larger diameter and often assymetric placement of the name. Example of one I'm trying to sell from SLATTUM.

March 16, 2004 1001 Est prometheus

Mike E
Neat and good price
I rarely even look at the other side of cards
Maybe I should start.

Nah I keep 99% of all anyway.

 

March 16, 2004 06.31 Knud-Erik Andersen

March 16, 2004 Mike E

Pro,
I sold a postcard with the Cardiff Paquetbot repeater on EBAY a couple months ago. here is the listing. I think the picture side of it accounted for about 95% of the selling price though...

March 16, 2004 prometheus

Dave P + Richard R
Dave P - Thnaks for the info on Maker,
I do Not collect for Rarity just diversity
It was a form of Paquebot I did not have and Now I do.

R.Reynolds - Not a Razor, some kind of machine cancel
 

March 16, 2004 13:46 CET Paul B <philaweb at (remove) yahoo dot dk> http://www.lettonica.info/StampChat
 

Bob in WA et al I have now created a new design for the navigation bars at the new prototype board to make it easier to locate for the untrained eye. I hope it works to everyones satisfaction. Furthermore, I have enclosed a bit of explanatory text to the registration form page, so it wont be unclear as to how many boxes has to filled out.

March 16, 2004 03:46 Jim Watson

My second item is a registered fieldpost cover from Australian-New Zealand Army Corps to Egypt in 1916. It was sent to the RAOC (Rear Area Operations Center) in Ismailia in the middle of Suez.

March 16, 2004 Dave P

Cardiff Paquebot
Pro That Krag machine cancel you showed yesterday is not rare, but neither is it one of the commonest paquebot machines (which are London, Southampton, Liverpool and Plymouth). There were two versions, yours is the earliest, recorded 1911/1912. I have a note somewhere that is was mainly used on mail from Atlantic liners landed at Fishguard.

March 16, 2004 Richard Reynolds <rick99@verizon.net>

Razor Cancel
Pro,Bjorn or Roger
Is this here a Razor, I only collected it for the person on the address.
Richard