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SG Worldwide Albums. Part 3: Comparison
I would love to be able to do a proper review of the Stanley Gibbon's Ideal and Imperial albums. Unfortunately, I've never seen either in person, just cut out pages. But these pages together with...
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Scott Classic Catalog for iPad/iPhone/iTouch is out
Amos Publishing has released the first two Scott catalogs for the iPad etc. In addition to the US Specialized is, incredibly, the 2012 Classic Catalogue. The app itself is free. The cost for the...
View ArticleOdds & Ends
I was able to spend a couple of hours at the Wineburgh Philatelic Library at UT Dallas last week and found some further information to add to earlier posts. Specifically,1) I was missing the Editor's...
View ArticleLinns/Scott Catalog Survey
Here is the link to a survey that you can take to share your opinions on Linns and the Scott Catalogs. There are prizes! The survey is being conducted by Amos Publishing and closes April 14, 2012.
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4/1/12: Breaking eBay News
In what may be a first, an eBay seller, Bob's House of Stamps, has listed a slabbed Blue International Volume 1. According to the description, before slabbing the album was completely filled with all...
View Article"The Most Affordable Classic Stamps to Collect"
When I was first researching the collecting of classic era stamps, I came across the website by Michel Bégin of Quebec with the above title. His site is no longer online but can be accessed through the...
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Blue International Realizes $21,240 in Kelleher Auction
Stealing a page from Dave Barry's playbook, many thanks to alert reader Jim for alerting me to a Scott Blue 1840-1940 Collection housed in 3 volumes that realized an alert-worthy $21,240. The...
View ArticleParadigm shift?
There have been several threads relating to worldwide collecting on two stamp discussion groups lately. One is on Stamp Boards and is now on its fourth page. The other is on Stamp Community and related...
View ArticleCounting Spaces
Thanks to reader Joe for making available his count of the number of stamps in the current version of the Blue--i.e., the four part 1997 edition. Even if earlier editions will vary in both number of...
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Fifty Shades of Blue (and Brown), Part 1
I've been blogging about the Internationals for four years now and am the first to admit that a lot of what I've published is buried and not easily accessible--even by me! It has always been my...
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Fifty Shades of Blue (and Brown), Part 2
Type A2: The Brown Internationals [Previous Posts: Part 1] Oh, I thought Part 2 of this post was going to be so simple, the Browns occupying five volumes as follows: 19th Century Edition 20th Century...
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Fifty Shades of Blue (and Brown), Interlude
[Previous parts in this series: Part 1, Part 2] The Scott Progressive and Annual AlbumsI'm going to take a detour before talking about the Vintage Reproductions reprinting of the Brown albums to...
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Fifty Shades of Blue (and Brown), Part 3
TYPE B: The Vintage Reproductions reprints of the Brown albums [Previous parts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Interlude] By the mid-1940s Scott had sold all remaining stock of the Type A2 Brown...
View ArticleWhy stop with the Blues when you can complete the Browns, too?
Harmer-Schau is offering by private treaty a collection they say is 99.9% complete for the world from 1840-2010. Accord to Harmer-Schau "The collection is meticulously housed in black mounts in over...
View ArticleMore on Just How Many Stamps Are There?
Before I did my count of worldwide stamps 1840-1940 awhile back, I tried to ascertain whether anyone else had made such a count. I assumed naturally that at least in the early days someone might have...
View ArticleThirty Thousand Stamp Blue Volume One for Sale
If you are having second thoughts about ponying up $2.9 million for the 99% complete worldwide collection mentioned earlier, perhaps this will appeal. Thanks to reader Jim for alerting me about a Blue...
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Fifty Shades of Blue (and Brown), Part 4
Type C: The Blue Internationals [Previous parts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Interlude, Part 3] The Brown Internationals (what I am calling Type A1 and A2) were the flagship of Scott's worldwide...
View ArticleChanges in the Scott Classic Catalogue for 2013
We're coming up on another November so it must be time for a new edition of the Scott Classic Catalogue. The October 15, 2012 Linn's has a brief article on what will be the 19th edition. There are more...
View ArticleAnother complete (almost) Scott Volume I
My thank to fellow blogger Jim Jackson for alerting me to a collector whose Blue Volume One is only a few stamps from being complete. The collection is the property of Dilip R. Limaye who has been...
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Lawrence Block's Present to Worldwide Classic Era Stamp Collectors
I've been indulging myself lately by making philately-related purchases of practically everything except stamps. On November 5, I used a $100 iTunes Store gift card I had lying around to buy the...
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