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I'm always up for a good game/contest.
Please allow me to be the first to enter.  
Mike Craig (aka. MikeyToo)
Thanks, Mike. At the rate entries are coming in, you may be the winner by default. 
Well then, enter me into this as well!
"Well then, enter me into this as well!"
Hey, it's Mike and Mike in the morning.
(a little ESPN humor.)
Yeah, MikeyToo, when you're going up against a winner of a right-side-up Jenny sheet, you have to wonder about your chances for a puny pair of SMOM's. 
Count me in please . Odds are 1 in 3  now.![]()
Please enter me, too. 
Sweetening the Pot!
I found another S.M.O.M. issue to add to the prize. This is #224 in the Unificato catalog, with a 2009 catalogue value of 6 Euros (the other pair, shown above, has a cv of 10 Euros).
Issued 20 February, 1984, it is the 3rd emission in the "Masters of Painting" series. It depicts the painting "The Conversion of St Paul," by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
 
bump!
In case you missed the above post, I have added a stamp to the prize pot.

Ted
Beautiful stamps!
Please enter me and thank you for the chance.
WB
In case someone doesn't know, Steiner has a set of pages for stamps from this area.
Add me to the list. 
put my name in the hat please.  
Please include me. 
Add me to the hat please.
With odds like this, I will still lose, but please count me in.
Mike
Please add my name...thanks
bump me into the hat, please 
Entries close in 9 hours.
Please throw my name into the hat. Thanks,
David Parsons
Add me to the list.
John
We are in the final hour for entries.
Ted
Entries are now closed. I will conduct the drawing and popst the results to YouTube. See you in a little bit.
Ted
The YouTube uploader says "About 43 minutes remaining." See you then.
Well did I win? 
And the results are in. You will have to click on the link and watch the video to find out the winner. 
 After 24 hours, I will post the name to this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYDqlYmZcDI
Congratulations to the winner. Please PM me with your mailing address.
Ted
Oh, and while you are on my YouTube page, check out my King of the Road Road Trip video, which features yours truly in a stirring rendition of Roger Miller's classic tune.
Edit: Oops, I think you can't see it because I have it "Unlisted." Here's the link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&feature=vm&video_id=CXLmraf4EZw
Whooooo yea! to the winner!!!!!! Totally awesome. I wont say until it is announced.![]()
Well, I see he's popped in and out a couple of times today, seemingly oblivious to the fact he's won the giveaway, so let me announce, now, the winner of Youpiao Fangqi #1:
Michael78651
Congratulations, Michael. It may not be a right side up Jenny sheet, but I'm sure this will mean much more to you, coming from me.
Well, thank you very much! I was very busy yesterday, and just popped in to take care of a couple of quick things. I did not look at this post, so this was a pleasant surprise. The stamps will be added to my SOM collection.
Congrats Michael! I could barely contain the excitement until you came in! YEA!!!!!
Congrats indeed, Michael!
...and thanks again youpiao, for the opportunity!
WB
Congratulations Michael 
Congratulations Michael.  I think with your kind of luck you should spend some time at a casino.
Mike
LOL. I have, but not in a while. I have taken out of casinos much more than I have left in them.
Congrats Michael! 
And thanks to Ted for hosting a fun giveaway. The randomizer was a spiffy method - I might "borrow" (steal heh heh) your idea. 

Presenting the first in what I plan on being an ongoing (if irregular) series of stamp giveaways (Chinese: yo-pyow fong-chee 
 )
It is open to all members, in any country, and I will pay the postage to wherever you are. To allow everybody equal opportunity to win, this is how it will work:
1. I will post an image and description of the item or items to be given away, and open the giveaway to entries for 5 days (the date and time of the closing will be given).
2. To enter, simply post a response, typing in your name or discussion board user ID. (Only one entry per person, please.)
3. After the close of the entry period, I will utilize the website Random.org to determine the winner, in this manner:
Step 1: Enter the names of all entrants into the List Randomizer box.
Step 2: Click "Randomize" to place the list in random order.
Step 3: On the Random.org web page, open a new window or tab under Games/Dice Roller.
Step 4: Select "1 die," and click the "Roll Dice" button. 
Step 5: Back on the randomized list page, click on "Randomize" the number of times shown on the die.
Step 6: After the last randomization, the name in the number 1 position on the list will be declared the winner. The winner will have 7 days in which to notify me with their mailing address, then the prize will be forfeit.
I will record a video of the procedure and post it to YouTube and provide a link to it. For 24 hours after I post the video, you will have to watch it to find out who the winner is. After the 24 hour period, I will post a reply to this thread, announcing the winner. Let me know if you have any questions.
Youpiao Fàngqì #1:
(edit) Note: I have added another stamp to go along with the set shown. Please scroll down a few posts for the details and a scan.

Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Set of 2, "Masters of Painting," 4th series.
Issued 18 June, 1984
Unificato Catalogue (for Italy and areas) #229-230
Condition: Mint Never Hinged
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (these days, they omit "Military"), or the Knights of Malta, are a sovereign entity, based in Rome. They are not a member of the UPU (Universal Postal Union), so the stamps are not legal for use on international postage, except for certain countries with which they have a bi-lateral postal agreement.
Entries now being accepted until: Monday, 8 Feb 2016, 23:59 GMT (Greenwhich Mean Time) 
Good luck.
Ted

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
I'm always up for a good game/contest.
Please allow me to be the first to enter.  
Mike Craig (aka. MikeyToo)

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Thanks, Mike. At the rate entries are coming in, you may be the winner by default. 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Well then, enter me into this as well!

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
"Well then, enter me into this as well!"

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Hey, it's Mike and Mike in the morning.
(a little ESPN humor.)

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Yeah, MikeyToo, when you're going up against a winner of a right-side-up Jenny sheet, you have to wonder about your chances for a puny pair of SMOM's. 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Count me in please . Odds are 1 in 3  now.![]()
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Please enter me, too. 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Sweetening the Pot!
I found another S.M.O.M. issue to add to the prize. This is #224 in the Unificato catalog, with a 2009 catalogue value of 6 Euros (the other pair, shown above, has a cv of 10 Euros).
Issued 20 February, 1984, it is the 3rd emission in the "Masters of Painting" series. It depicts the painting "The Conversion of St Paul," by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
bump!
In case you missed the above post, I have added a stamp to the prize pot.

Ted

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Beautiful stamps!
Please enter me and thank you for the chance.
WB

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
In case someone doesn't know, Steiner has a set of pages for stamps from this area.
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Add me to the list. 
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
put my name in the hat please.  

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Please include me. 
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Add me to the hat please.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
With odds like this, I will still lose, but please count me in.
Mike
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Please add my name...thanks

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
bump me into the hat, please 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Entries close in 9 hours.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Please throw my name into the hat. Thanks,
David Parsons
re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Add me to the list.
John

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
We are in the final hour for entries.
Ted

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Entries are now closed. I will conduct the drawing and popst the results to YouTube. See you in a little bit.
Ted

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
The YouTube uploader says "About 43 minutes remaining." See you then.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Well did I win? 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
And the results are in. You will have to click on the link and watch the video to find out the winner. 
 After 24 hours, I will post the name to this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYDqlYmZcDI
Congratulations to the winner. Please PM me with your mailing address.
Ted
Oh, and while you are on my YouTube page, check out my King of the Road Road Trip video, which features yours truly in a stirring rendition of Roger Miller's classic tune.
Edit: Oops, I think you can't see it because I have it "Unlisted." Here's the link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&feature=vm&video_id=CXLmraf4EZw

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Whooooo yea! to the winner!!!!!! Totally awesome. I wont say until it is announced.![]()

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Well, I see he's popped in and out a couple of times today, seemingly oblivious to the fact he's won the giveaway, so let me announce, now, the winner of Youpiao Fangqi #1:
Michael78651
Congratulations, Michael. It may not be a right side up Jenny sheet, but I'm sure this will mean much more to you, coming from me.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Well, thank you very much! I was very busy yesterday, and just popped in to take care of a couple of quick things. I did not look at this post, so this was a pleasant surprise. The stamps will be added to my SOM collection.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Congrats Michael! I could barely contain the excitement until you came in! YEA!!!!!

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Congrats indeed, Michael!
...and thanks again youpiao, for the opportunity!
WB

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Congratulations Michael 

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Congratulations Michael.  I think with your kind of luck you should spend some time at a casino.
Mike

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
LOL. I have, but not in a while. I have taken out of casinos much more than I have left in them.

re: Youpiao Fàngqì #1 (Stamp Giveaway)
Congrats Michael! 
And thanks to Ted for hosting a fun giveaway. The randomizer was a spiffy method - I might "borrow" (steal heh heh) your idea.