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  I need help

Posted by: RICHARD
22-10-2025, 08:51 PM
Forum: Help me with ...
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Ive owned this stamp for 17 years I need help I know nothing about it.Thank you

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  USPS early price lists

Posted by: RICHARD
22-10-2025, 08:30 PM
Forum: United States of America
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Stamp smarter link>Stamp Smarter - USPS Philatelic Catalogs

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  Meeting Thursday Oct. 23: Change to the agenda

Posted by: Webmaster
22-10-2025, 04:23 PM
Forum: Announcements from Club Executive / Webmaster for everyone
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Received from Secretary Paul Fleet today:

Dear Club Members, 
due to the requirement for Val and Ted to coordinate Festival sales lots with a number of members on Thursday, the KSC meeting will have to be a sales night instead of an auction.

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  Switzerland

Posted by: RICHARD
22-10-2025, 01:52 AM
Forum: KSC Lounge
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In 2010 I got invited to participate in a auction in Switzerland Peter Rapp Auctions. It was a red carpet event picked up in a Rolls- Royce red carpet from Air plane greeted with champagne To spend a week A free bmw CAR AND A TICKET TO WINE TASTING. Here is a page in one of the 3 hard cover auction catalogues he sent me. Some of the items had not been seen in more then 50 years.

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  Missing Plate Numbers of U.S. Scott 231

Posted by: RICHARD
21-10-2025, 07:50 PM
Forum: United States of America
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I have noticed when researching U.S. Scott 231 lists of plate numbers are for regular types. When It comes to Broken Hat Types it seems to be missing the plate numbers for them. Like they never existed. Well not all of them.  While searching for new buys on the internet I've come across the stamp with the plate numbers attached. And  they are not it the list of known plate numbers Plate 67 and 69. The new combos stamps I found with both broken hat and broken right frame line will be difficult to plate., unless we find  one with a plate number still attached to the stamp. Here is the list of plate numbers. This is a good starting list supplied by the APS. You see below that even the first date used is off The cover below from Salem Dec 31 1892 was used before it was suppose to be used. There are a watermark type and there are other shades of ink used on the stamp. A few thing to add in the future. If this letter had of went to a different town it could have been denied as payment for postage.

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  Sigillum use of a 3c Large Bank Note Stamp

Posted by: RICHARD
21-10-2025, 04:18 PM
Forum: United States of America
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Enjoy this strange use of a stamp. This article was in the Chronicle of The U.S. Classic Postal Issues. August 2015. I have never seen a stamp used like this.

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  British Empire Study Group: Collecting Wreck and Crash Covers

Posted by: Janet MacD
21-10-2025, 01:26 PM
Forum: KSC Lounge
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On Thursday, October 30 at 6:00 pm the BESG is presenting a Halloweeny gruesome topic on Zoom - “Creating Wreck and Crash Covers” with Kendall Sanford. There will be talk of body bags and near death experiences. The event is free but pre-registration is required:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register...gistration

I came across the BESG on Zoom in the early months of the pandemic and have been led down many scenic philatelic paths by their speakers. One reason why I have a rather eclectic collection (my daughter calls it a terrifying big mess of stuff) is my desire to own a sample of whatever the speaker was talking about. It led to something I called PPOSI - the post presentation online shopping indulgence. PPOSI became less frequent in the post-Covid period, replaced by CDHSO - the club dealer home shopping opportunity …

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  Collectors Club: Washington-Franklin Heads

Posted by: Janet MacD
21-10-2025, 01:03 PM
Forum: KSC Lounge
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On Wednesday, October 22 at 5:30 pm the Collectors Club in New York is hosting a Zoom presentation by Andrew Kelley on “The Offset Lithographed Washington-Franklin Heads”.

This event is free but requires pre-registration:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register...gistration

Warning: One of the ongoing gifts from the pandemic is the opportunity to attend the meetings of this august club - founded in 1896 - for free from our homes in Canada. The meetings are now often hybrid, though, and when the host asks for a show of hands for those interested in dining at the local Chinese restaurant after the presentation, you can feel a bit left out, especially when so many of the local Chinese restaurants are take out only!

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  Stamps and Their Stories Week 6

Posted by: Janet MacD
21-10-2025, 12:29 PM
Forum: Upcoming Events
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Yesterday Hugh MacDonald delivered “500 Years of Postal History” to the group - illustrated with actual physical covers from 1510 to 2025. He included a brief visit to Old Assyria to see a clay letter and envelope from about 1900 BCE. To be clear, he showed a photo, not the actual artifact.  Smile 

The group asked lots of questions. Two members are experienced collectors with a good understanding of postmarks and the evolution of the postal system. At the end of the presentation, Hugh handed out a selection of covers and invited participants to take something that appealed to them and examine it using the Four C’s: Covers, Cancels, Context, and Curiosity.

Next week - “Collecting Countries - Germany” with Ted Luhtala.

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  How to Register

Posted by: Webmaster
20-10-2025, 06:47 PM
Forum: How to Use This Discussion Board
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Anyone may read this Forum, but only current members of the Kingston Stamp Club may create new posts or reply to posts.

Registration

  1. Applying for registration: Use the green "Register" button top left of your screen. Fill in the "Account Details" form.
  2. Username: Choose a Username (like a Nickname) by which you will be known on the Forum - this preserves your anonymity to the public. Do not use your full name. You will log in with this Username in the future. It is case-sensitive (i.e. CaPitiLiZatION matters!) It is best to avoid spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters (i.e. stick to letters and numbers)
  3. Enter a Password (twice). Write it down!
  4. Enter your email address (twice).
  5. Enter your real name. Required! Without it, your registration will be rejected because the administrator will not be able to find you on the club membership list and only current members may be Registered and have full access to the board.
  6. Choose your "Account Preferences" (right hand side of the screen if you are on a computer - below if you are on a phone). These deal with communications you will allow. Default choices are already made for you. We recommend you leave them as-is unless you have thought about it. You can always change them later in your Profile.
  7. Press the "Submit Registration" button and your application for registration will be sent to the Webmaster for confirmation. 
  8. The Webmaster will confirm your current KSC Membership status and authorize your registration. If he finds you on the Membership List, you will get an email confirming your registration. Might take a few minutes, or a few hours, depending on whether you sent it in at 3:00am or not.
Any questions, write to the Webmaster.

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