Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Globalisation? Nothing New to Stamp Collectors

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Globalisation is nothing new to philatelists. From the moment that collecting stamps became a hobby in a few countries, it also became a g...
Friday, 4 May 2018

1917 Russia 10 rubel imperforate Plate Flaw?

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During the printing of a stamp, it is possible that bits of dirt or bits of paper get stuck to the printing plate or to the sheet of pap...
Saturday, 28 April 2018

Grading Rarities: A Case Study of Kyiv 1 Tridents

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Click on Images to Magnify One problem with rare stamps is that we cannot always get them in the exact quality we would like; ...
Friday, 13 April 2018

Post Office Formulars: Money Transfers in Independent Ukraine 1919

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In many countries and until very recently, post offices used formular cards to register despatch of parcels and money transfers. Fee payme...
Thursday, 12 April 2018

Harvesting Stamps - How They Did Things Then

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You can harvest crops, you can harvest organs, and you can harvest stamps. You do the last of these when you have no interest in postmarks...
Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Ukraine Tridents of Kherson - Part Two

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On 4 June 2015 I blogged a long piece about Kherson Trident overprints. I am now preparing my whole stock of about 200 stamps for auction sa...
Monday, 9 April 2018

Desperate Philately

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Stamp dealers and stamp speculators often end up with unsaleable stock. Maybe they just bought too big a quantity. What can you do with it...