Hi Don, I have to wonder about the Virginia Dare stamp you mentioned. A 5c and a 1c stamp is twice the first class rate of the time. Perhaps the...
Hi Baker J, I certainly can't give you a definitive answer, but I can say most if not all of them look legit to me. What I have heard about the...
Fantastic color study you put together Jerry. Bravo!
Hi Baker J, I love these sorts of covers. I have a few first flight covers, but not a helicopter first flight. The novel coining in the newspaper...
Hi Don, I think your instinct about the Hussman Stamp envelope is likely correct that it was probably overweight.
Nice find Richard!
Werner you nailed it! The USPS isn't known for its careful treatment of postal material with respect to philatelists. I have lots of examples of...
Nice use of express mail and priority mail stamps Richard!
Hi Baker J, Apparently these GIRO's are similar to other Spanish colonies of late 19th century. I was looking at the Philippine GIRO stamps and...
Thanks again! This amazing list of philatelic literature will take a while to run through.
Hi Baker J. This is a very exhaustive study of fancy cancellations and is the best reference with respect to which town/city a cancellation is...
Hi Don, I'm very familiar with Lindner products, but alas use them only for supplies like stock pages, stock books or hinges. I think the Aristocrat...
Hi Khedges, I found a New Zealand online revenue catalog (described as a work in progress) which you might find informative and helpful. A couple of...
Hi Khedges, Scott does not list revenue stamps. You would need to reference a New Zealand Revenue Specialty catalog. Perhaps someone else on this...
Hi Baker J, There isn't a variety recognized by Scott other than the color varieties, but the SwedishTiger site does talk about a faint double...
Hi Baker J, I believe that interesting shade you have scanned is either the brown red or the pale brown red variety. I actually haven't seen enough...
I don't think the variances would be that great. I have never seen a measurement vary to the extent that a clear delineation between types has ever...
I go by the Scott Specialized catalog for U.S. stamps which is purportedly the arbiter of all thing U.S.. They claim 19 1/4 X 22 1/2 mm. The word...
Hi Brandi, The 2c stamp you posted does not have triangles in the upper left and right fields. That means it can only be a Scott #220 (since your...
Hi, I've been checking out some of your posts and love the new input. Welcome!
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