Hi all,

When I buy or exchange from or with others, the postage stamps were not
cancelled in some cases. This means that I may send to foreign collectors
for "re-using" it so as to reduce his/her postage cost.

Do you think it is not ethical?

Hi there -

I have a question about the paper that was used for the 1929-1930
parcel post stamps of Belgium. The 3, 4, 5, 6 & 4 sur 6 Franc
Brussels Central Post Office issues.

The C.O.B. (standard for Belgian dealers) catalog states that there
are varieties of the paper on the 3 & 4 Franc.

"papier undulé horizontalement"

In English translationese, this means - paper undulating horizontally.
Undulating meaning "waves" or some such. If someone can give me la
française version, please do.

I have, however, seen one stamp so far with what at first looked like
horizontal line cancel, but was in the paper itself. This is not wavy
looking straight on, but sideways it may refer to the line raised
somewhat on the paper, or the illusion of such?

An example cannot be given, except in real-time because of the way
this paper exhibits said properties - except perhaps to take a digital
picture in a watermark container. Hmmm... an idea.

So, in the final analysis, -could- the term above be: horizontally
lined paper?

AFDCS RECEIVES $2,000 GRANT FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The Martin Sosin/Stratton-Petit Foundation has awarded a $2,000 grant
to the American First Day Cover Society (AFDCS) for its youth
education program. The money will be used to promote youth cachet
design and other youth activities.

It's the third year in a row the AFDCS has received a grant from the
foundation.

"As Youth Coordinator for the American First Day Cover Society, I am
thankful for the grant award which will help perpetuate education of
our youth and instill future interest in our wonderful hobby," said
Lee Taylor.

"In previous years, the grant money from the Martin
Sosin/Stratton-Petit Foundation has been used to purchase art supplies
and stamps for the creation of commemorative and first day covers,"
Taylor added. "The youth become interested cachetmaking through
contests sponsored by local chapters of the American First Day Cover
Society."

The Knoxville Philatelic Society is sponsoring their annual Stamp Show and
Bourse, Saturday, March 1, from 10 til 6 and Sunday, March 2, from 10-4 at
the Budget Inn of America, Cedar Bluff Road in Knoxville, Tennessee. The
theme for KnoxPEx 2008 is the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Space Program. A
special cachet cover and show cancellation will be available for purchase.
At 6 pm Saturday there will be a live stamp auction open to the public. In
addition to the live auction Saturday evening, this event will feature
approximately 12 stamp/cover dealers, exhibits, U.S. Postal Service, door
prizes, and a beginner stamp collectors area. Admission and parking are
free. For dealer list and additional information go to the KPS website at
www.stampclubs.com/knoxville/index.htm or jbpettway@comcast...

For those in a position to pass this on - Internet only postings,
please...

The "Freebie Stamp Project" is still on and underway. It seems I got
caught up a while ago and little traffic since then. :^)

Well, it may be time to put me back to work again.

For those that have helped, thank you - for those that may help -
welcome aboard.

For the entire rundown on this, please see the message in
rec.collecting.stamps marketplace. I will be posting it every Sunday
as I used to do.

Tracy

Theme # Of Stamps Issue Date

1. Valentine Special 4 24 January 2008
2. Rats & Mice 6 plus minisheet 24 April 2008
3. Games of the XXXIX Olympiad 4 26 June 2008
4. National Heroes 4 22 July 2008
5. UPU Special Special Cover 22 July 2008
6. Famous Artists 4 16 September 2008
7. Zimbabwe Africa's Paradise 6 plus minisheet
23
October 2008

Blair

Hello again,

I didn't count how many used stamps I have, but I am pretty sure that I have
more than ten thousand. I thought that I had so many before, but the fact
is that when I exchanged with other collectors, I noticed that many of them
had far more stamps than me.

My sources are very limited, mainly from purchasing through ebay and local
yahoo auction, and then exchanging the surplus with foreign collectors.

I get nearly nothing from receiving personal letters. I guess collectors
from developed countries may confront similar situation. Large organisation
such as bank use franking machine for postage, people communicate by phone
or mobile phone, and fax document to others. Especially in small city,
business documents are delivered by courier service, sample or document
sending to foreign countries by Fedex or TNT.

Moreover, labour cost in developed countries are relatively high, and this
means nobody will gather stamps on paper and resell to stamps dealers.

What I can get from my working life are local postage definitives~~
Commemoratives are rare~~

I don't understand how come many collectors have so many stamps.

Anybody can tell me other sources? Thanks.

Reading a recent news story about inflation passing 100,000%% I wondered what
had happened to the stamps - shades of Weimar Germany?

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jcOfKxp5Gi3IIbCYyRYOVxPgJlrg

The most recent stamps I could find on the net were a couple of years old
and were denominated in the thousands - what has happened since?

Interesting occurence,
thinking serendipity had come knocking,
I opened the US 1979 presentation pack
complete and mint, found at the bottom
of an auction lot.

Trying to lift that stamps out from under the mylar
and all had adhered.
I steamed them off but all were ruined, the black ink
from under the mylar had leached into the stamps.
http://cjoint.com/data/cxogAWWdGI.htm

Dear all,

I come from Hong Kong. I have been actively collecting stamps for few
years. And right now, I have some stamps. My preference is NO CTO.

But I find that it is very difficult to identify in some cases. I did buy
one Singapore used set, the cancel is not partial of the circle, they are
"wave curve". This make me considered that they are not CTO, but the fact
is that when I received them, they have back glue~~

I am thinking narrow my collection theme to few specific countries. So, I
want to know which countries do not issue CTO.

I only know Hong Kong have no CTO, at least I think so.

Please give me some advice. Thanks