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* eBay Users Stamp Club * Meeting 17-19 August: " Allegories on stamps."

Please join us on this thread for our monthly meeting which runs from Friday August 17th until midnight Sunday 19th in whatever part of the world you are in. The topic will be “Allegories on stamps..” (Borrowing from the Allegories on Stamps Facebook...

Antigua Peace FDC - Did It Actually Go Through the Mail?

Sealed envelope and no markings on the back.Did it actually go through the mailing system like this?ORJust a Favor Cancel that was forwarded in another envelope?

GERMAN INFLATION period

German Infla experts please… I can’t make sense of the franking on the cover below, sent 12 Oct 1923. Foreign letters (20g) were 15 million marks; registration added 5 million more. But there is 15.8 million extra postage on this cover. ??? The only ...

Old Timer's Stamp Collections

I've read in various stamp publications/books the following: Early U.S. Stamp collectors would get their stamps sometimes (mostly in New York City) from dealers who would pin the stamps with a pin and offer them on fences by the sidewalks. Guess the ...

* eBay Users Stamp Club * Meeting 20-22 July: "Philatelic cluttering"

Please join us on this thread for our monthly meeting which runs from Friday 20th July until midnight Sunday 22nd in whatever part of the world you are in.The topic will be “Philatelic cluttering.” How do you keep your collections in a manageable way...

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong here? Despite the facts that... 1. It is wildly overpaid for insurance in this period2. The return address/adressee are written in an unaccustomed place3. It bears insurance marks from two different locales

Chinese Souvenir sheet stamps or Cinderella?

Anyone able to discern what this is?

Need translation Norway date cancel with german censor tape?

Here's the date EXACTLY as it is shown on the cover:-6 5.40.13-16 I'm guessing 6 May 1940. If so, then what is 13-16 ?a label attached across the bottom reads:Gepruft Obercommando der WehrmachtThe cover was examined by German Army High Command?

Argentine stamp on pre-printed paper?

Anyone have any information about this stamp from Argentina? From the front it looks like a normal San Martin stamp from 1945/6 (Scott 537-549). I flipped it over to check the watermark and was surprised to find that it was on printed paper. I don’t ...

Is it Polish...or Italian??

this (I have two blocks of 4 actually) has me stumped...

Can you please help me identify these stamps?

Can you please help me with the identification and value??

* eBay Users' Stamp Club * Meeting 22-24 June: "Scavenger Hunt"

*** eBay Users' Stamp Club *** Meeting 22-24 June: "Scavenger Hunt" Please join us on this thread for our monthly meeting which runs from Friday 22nd June until midnight Sunday 24th in whatever part of the world you are in. The topic will be “Scaveng...