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Sorry my first post is a question, will post an intro in the near future.
I have a handful that I need help with the country of origin. Not really interested in value unless there's a sleeper in the bunch that I'm not aware of, but any other info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help and very much enjoying the site!
WB
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02:49:50pm
Top row 1st and 2nd stamps are Austrian (I think)
Top row 3rd stamp is from the Ukraine
The 2 Blocks on the right are Japanese
Bottom row 2nd stamp is Japanese
All the best,
Alyn
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From left to right top to bottom:
Austria, Austria, Ukraine, ? Challenge (the script and image suggest Thailand, but there's no listing for this stamp, maybe a revenue?), Japan
Egypt, Egypt, China, China
South Africa, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
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Great, thank you very much for your help!
WB
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The Thai stamp is listed in the Barefoot catalogue under Thailand Revenue. It's from the 1952 set on page 120 or 1962 set on page 121.
http://www.jbarefoot.co.uk/pdfs/Thailand.pdf
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Thank you!
Researching with the info so graciously provided above, the Thai revenue appears to be a 10s from 1952 in carmine. The dark blue Austria with Mercury head was issued to frank single newspapers, higher denominations were used for bundles of 10-50 newspapers. And the Ukraine is printed on very light weight paper and was issued in 1918.
Please feel free to correct me on any of this info I might be wrong about.
Again, you folks help is much appreciated!
WB
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Well I'm not finding the 2 Egyptian stamps cataloged anywhere. Can someone help? Date of issue, Scott number, denomination, postage, postage due, revenue, etc...
Thanks in advance,
WB
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Hi,
The Egyption stamps could be O82 (5m olive) and O85 (35m dark purple).
Jacques (jlav)
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Thanks Jacques, I'll start there. I might have missed them before.
WB
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Research, research, research. I think I finally found an answer for the Egyptian stamps.
They look to be officials. Part of a 9 stamp set, issued in 1962-'63. If my info is correct they would be Michel's #'s 03-011 and Scott #'s 071-079.
I love research, especially when I find a way around a dead end! :-)
WB
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Hi Whitebuffalo;
Welcome to our stamp club, hope you enjoy your time spent here.
One of your Egyptian stamps is upside-down (row 2, stamp 2). Whenever you are dealing with stamps
with only Arabic writing on them, use this general rule. Arabic writing has lots of wide curving strokes
that are horizontally oriented and almost always curve downwards. When looking thru catalog images
for stamp identification it helps if the stamp is viewed right-side-up.
By the way....nice looking stamps you have there. I assume you are a general collector, as am I. I find
world-wide collecting less boring and more interesting. I have very limited interest in postal history,
altho....I enjoy reading threads written by collectors who are experts in this area of our hobby. Makes
great reading over my morning coffee, plus I get a free education about stamps!
Tell us more about your collecting habits and interests. Always enjoy reading how others like to collect
and why.
Keep on stmapin'....
TuskenRaider
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Hi TuskenRaider, thanks for the welcome, the guidance and the compliment on the stamps!!
Most people that know me, would say that I am absolutely a creature of habit in all things...except stamp collecting. For me, it's any stamp, any country and any given time in history. On occasion I'll try to focus on a particular set, country or era. The most recent being Israel, but when the stock book runs dry on those, it's on to the next page and it doesn't really matter from where or when. I'll get back to the focused collections eventually, but those aren't the driving force behind my collecting. Basically, stamp collecting is the one thing that I feel free to do as I please, when I please and the whole world is there for the asking, with pictures and everything!
I guess that pretty much sums it up. I love all stamps, regardless of race, creed or color!
So stamp on and may the perfs be with you!!
WB
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Hi Whitebuffalo;
Like your username, I'm part Indian....Algonquin, I think part of Huron Nation. Sounds like we
collect very much the same reasons and methods. I like the offerings on here and once I get
this 150,000 stamp pile organized, I'll be in the buying mode again.
I tend to lean towards large lots of 1,000 and up, mostly off paper. Some for the albums and
many for selling or trading. But I still like to fill in those thousands of holes.
I have 7 volumes of Scott's International albums, with about 25,000 stamp capacity. I also
have 24 volumes of the Scott's Green/Gold Specialty Series, that cover almost 50% of the world.
They are deluxe, and printed on only one side of pages, so no interleaving needed. I only use
hinges and do not like mounts. I mount all my stamps nice and straight and centered in the
boxes. That is too hard to do using mounts so I don't care for them.
Keep on stampin'....
TuskenRaider
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Thanks TuskenRaider!
My user name was given to me by my grandpa when I was about 8 yrs. old. My great grandmother was Osage.
You're way ahead of me when it comes to stamp collecting, I'm still filling spaces in the Harris Statesman album I got when I was 12. I've added a few rounds of supplement pages for the weaker countries over the years and started individual albums for Israel, Russia, Germany and Indonesia. As well as starting a new album for post 1970 U.S.
I purchased a fair sized hoard from an estate sale a few months back. The original owner was a friend and mentor. He started collecting while stationed in Europe during WWII. (his U.S., France, Italy and Germany collections were a sight to behold) As a result of the estate purchase, I've also started putting together collections of perfins, precancels and B.O.B. stamps on a WW basis. There was also a fairly large collection of blocks and coil strips, but I haven't gotten to those yet. All in all, it's opened doors into a whole new world of collecting that I had only dabbled in or knew nothing about before. But even with all that, it still seems like I need more stamps!
This club has already helped me immensely and I'm grateful to those that have been willing to share their knowledge. Like I said in my intro, I will very likely take much more away from this site, then I will ever be able to add.
I've enjoyed collecting since childhood, but have taken long, dry spells while raising kids and making a living. As I get older and closer to retirement, I hope to spend much more time at it.
And that's more words put together then I've spoken in the last 5 years, thanks for listening.
WB
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Sorry my first post is a question, will post an intro in the near future.
I have a handful that I need help with the country of origin. Not really interested in value unless there's a sleeper in the bunch that I'm not aware of, but any other info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help and very much enjoying the site!
WB
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21 Oct 2015
02:49:50pm
re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Top row 1st and 2nd stamps are Austrian (I think)
Top row 3rd stamp is from the Ukraine
The 2 Blocks on the right are Japanese
Bottom row 2nd stamp is Japanese
All the best,
Alyn
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
From left to right top to bottom:
Austria, Austria, Ukraine, ? Challenge (the script and image suggest Thailand, but there's no listing for this stamp, maybe a revenue?), Japan
Egypt, Egypt, China, China
South Africa, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Great, thank you very much for your help!
WB
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09:27:05am
re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
The Thai stamp is listed in the Barefoot catalogue under Thailand Revenue. It's from the 1952 set on page 120 or 1962 set on page 121.
http://www.jbarefoot.co.uk/pdfs/Thailand.pdf
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Thank you!
Researching with the info so graciously provided above, the Thai revenue appears to be a 10s from 1952 in carmine. The dark blue Austria with Mercury head was issued to frank single newspapers, higher denominations were used for bundles of 10-50 newspapers. And the Ukraine is printed on very light weight paper and was issued in 1918.
Please feel free to correct me on any of this info I might be wrong about.
Again, you folks help is much appreciated!
WB
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Well I'm not finding the 2 Egyptian stamps cataloged anywhere. Can someone help? Date of issue, Scott number, denomination, postage, postage due, revenue, etc...
Thanks in advance,
WB
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08:58:23pm
re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Hi,
The Egyption stamps could be O82 (5m olive) and O85 (35m dark purple).
Jacques (jlav)
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Thanks Jacques, I'll start there. I might have missed them before.
WB
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Research, research, research. I think I finally found an answer for the Egyptian stamps.
They look to be officials. Part of a 9 stamp set, issued in 1962-'63. If my info is correct they would be Michel's #'s 03-011 and Scott #'s 071-079.
I love research, especially when I find a way around a dead end! :-)
WB
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Hi Whitebuffalo;
Welcome to our stamp club, hope you enjoy your time spent here.
One of your Egyptian stamps is upside-down (row 2, stamp 2). Whenever you are dealing with stamps
with only Arabic writing on them, use this general rule. Arabic writing has lots of wide curving strokes
that are horizontally oriented and almost always curve downwards. When looking thru catalog images
for stamp identification it helps if the stamp is viewed right-side-up.
By the way....nice looking stamps you have there. I assume you are a general collector, as am I. I find
world-wide collecting less boring and more interesting. I have very limited interest in postal history,
altho....I enjoy reading threads written by collectors who are experts in this area of our hobby. Makes
great reading over my morning coffee, plus I get a free education about stamps!
Tell us more about your collecting habits and interests. Always enjoy reading how others like to collect
and why.
Keep on stmapin'....
TuskenRaider
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Hi TuskenRaider, thanks for the welcome, the guidance and the compliment on the stamps!!
Most people that know me, would say that I am absolutely a creature of habit in all things...except stamp collecting. For me, it's any stamp, any country and any given time in history. On occasion I'll try to focus on a particular set, country or era. The most recent being Israel, but when the stock book runs dry on those, it's on to the next page and it doesn't really matter from where or when. I'll get back to the focused collections eventually, but those aren't the driving force behind my collecting. Basically, stamp collecting is the one thing that I feel free to do as I please, when I please and the whole world is there for the asking, with pictures and everything!
I guess that pretty much sums it up. I love all stamps, regardless of race, creed or color!
So stamp on and may the perfs be with you!!
WB
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Hi Whitebuffalo;
Like your username, I'm part Indian....Algonquin, I think part of Huron Nation. Sounds like we
collect very much the same reasons and methods. I like the offerings on here and once I get
this 150,000 stamp pile organized, I'll be in the buying mode again.
I tend to lean towards large lots of 1,000 and up, mostly off paper. Some for the albums and
many for selling or trading. But I still like to fill in those thousands of holes.
I have 7 volumes of Scott's International albums, with about 25,000 stamp capacity. I also
have 24 volumes of the Scott's Green/Gold Specialty Series, that cover almost 50% of the world.
They are deluxe, and printed on only one side of pages, so no interleaving needed. I only use
hinges and do not like mounts. I mount all my stamps nice and straight and centered in the
boxes. That is too hard to do using mounts so I don't care for them.
Keep on stampin'....
TuskenRaider
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re: First Post-Country of Origin Question
Thanks TuskenRaider!
My user name was given to me by my grandpa when I was about 8 yrs. old. My great grandmother was Osage.
You're way ahead of me when it comes to stamp collecting, I'm still filling spaces in the Harris Statesman album I got when I was 12. I've added a few rounds of supplement pages for the weaker countries over the years and started individual albums for Israel, Russia, Germany and Indonesia. As well as starting a new album for post 1970 U.S.
I purchased a fair sized hoard from an estate sale a few months back. The original owner was a friend and mentor. He started collecting while stationed in Europe during WWII. (his U.S., France, Italy and Germany collections were a sight to behold) As a result of the estate purchase, I've also started putting together collections of perfins, precancels and B.O.B. stamps on a WW basis. There was also a fairly large collection of blocks and coil strips, but I haven't gotten to those yet. All in all, it's opened doors into a whole new world of collecting that I had only dabbled in or knew nothing about before. But even with all that, it still seems like I need more stamps!
This club has already helped me immensely and I'm grateful to those that have been willing to share their knowledge. Like I said in my intro, I will very likely take much more away from this site, then I will ever be able to add.
I've enjoyed collecting since childhood, but have taken long, dry spells while raising kids and making a living. As I get older and closer to retirement, I hope to spend much more time at it.
And that's more words put together then I've spoken in the last 5 years, thanks for listening.
WB
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