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  Service records for UK

Posted by: Janet MacD
1 hour ago
Forum: Non-philatelic (other collectibles) enquiries
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I bought a batch of letters a young RAF serviceman sent home to his parents during WW2. He was based in India. The stories he shares with his parents as he - a young fellow who before the war only knew his corner of England - explores the food and culture of India are charming and funny. You can’t read some letters without seeing a movie in your head!

I would like to know more about his unit and his record. Is any of this information publicly available?

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  Hello!

Posted by: Janet MacD
1 hour ago
Forum: Say Hello!
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I would love this to be a place where club members share information - all sorts of information. It might not be “pure” philately as collectors defined the hobby in the 19th century, but as long as it is philately adjacent, I think facts and ideas of all kinds could have a home here. 

For anyone who has been in a study group, there is an opportunity to continue sharing information long after the formal sessions have ended.

Have you recently acquired a cool cover or postcard? Show it and share a fact or two. 

If you have found something at the bottom of a box, and want to know more about it, ask the club.

I estimate that our members have at least 12 centuries of combined philatelic experiences!

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  Eastern Ontario Vintage Paper Show

Posted by: Janet MacD
1 hour ago
Forum: Upcoming Events
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Sponsored by the Eastern Ontario Postcard Club - Saturday, September 13, 2025; 10 am to 3 pm - club members enjoy early admission at 9 am

Wall Street United Church Gym, 5 Wall Street, Brockville, Ontario

Postcards, postal history, stamps, books …

Please see Janet MacDonald for membership info. Digital membership is only $10 and allows early access to the show.

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  Kingston Stamp Club Fall Festival

Posted by: Janet MacD
1 hour ago
Forum: Upcoming Events
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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Mark your calendars! What an OPPORTUNITY! BUY kiloware at bargain prices! SELL your duplicates! START a new area of collecting!

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  How to get the 'email' and 'PM' links to appear

Posted by: bruceM
28-03-2021, 03:11 PM
Forum: How to Use This Discussion Board
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Below some postings there is an 'email' icon, and a 'PM' icon, by which someone reading the posting can reply directly to the poster by either email or 'private message' without a new posting appearing in the thread. Without these options, the only way to get in touch with a poster is to reply to the post and add another message to the thread. So, 1) how does one get these option to appear below a posting, and 2) how do they work? They must both send out an email message of some kind? To which address?

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  Attaching PDF Files

Posted by: bruceM
28-03-2021, 02:55 PM
Forum: How to Use This Discussion Board
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I've just tried to attach a pdf file to a posting, but I received the warning that 'this file type is not allowed'. Is there a way to do this which is not obvious?

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  specimen overprint question

Posted by: hodgetts
28-03-2021, 02:31 PM
Forum: Help me with ...
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    I found these Royal Wedding omnibus stamps that has "specimen" overprinted. Anyone know why this was done? Seems to be just on a few countries.
Geoff Hodgetts

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  This is how police work was done in 1910

Posted by: Webmaster
25-02-2021, 09:41 AM
Forum: USA Study Group - Open discussion
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You can click on any picture to see a larger version

   
   
   
   

Roy

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  First Day Covers - It's all about the cachet

Posted by: Webmaster
16-02-2021, 05:43 PM
Forum: USA Study Group - Open discussion
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Yes, First Day Covers are a "manufactured item" and don't necessarily appeal to purists, but the artistic attraction of a good cachet  is hard to deny.

Some collectors like a particular stamp and collect all the available cachets they can find for just that issue (the Iwo Jima stamp of 1945 is a popular one for this). Others collect everything (because that's the way they are!), while still others collect only those FDCs that appeal to them from an artistic, historical or other standpoint -- that's me.

One of my favourite artists for US FDCs is Day Lowry, whose work appeared mostly on Aristocrat Cachets during the 1940s and 1950s

Here are a few samples

   

   

   

(You can click on any of the above images to see a larger version).

Want to see more of this kind of post? Add your comments and give me some feedback.

Have a favourite FDC of your own? Show us!

Roy

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  A favourite Machin FDC

Posted by: Webmaster
15-02-2021, 08:57 PM
Forum: Stamps / covers discussion
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I'm playing with the picture upload settings on this Forum, so I thought I'd do it with one of my favourite Machin FDCs.

   

Roy

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