Just in time for the Holidays
For a limited time, Subway is selling the Vintage [Brown] Internationals for 30% off. This includes pages only as well as the pages with binders.
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Scott 2018 Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps & Covers 1840-1940
This November brings the 24th edition of the 2018 Scott Classic Catalogue. There are more than 17,000 changes in catalog values. I have trouble getting excited about trying to enumerate these so I'll...
View ArticleBlank Pages
A recent thread on the Stamp Community forum about shifting coverage of India's Convention and Feudatory states in Scott's albums...
View ArticleAPRL Stamp Album Collection
While I was aware that the American Philatelic Society's Library (APRL) has a collection of stamp albums, I was unaware of any details as these are not listed in their online catalog. Fortunately, a...
View ArticleLarge Big Blue on eBay
I was not going to write about this album because I suspect anyone who reads this blog will already know about it from the Stamp Community forum. But as a matter of historical record, KReleya (Ken...
View ArticleApril 1st Breaking News
In a surprising move, Scott announced today that they are discontinuing the International stamp albums. According to the press release: "We have been producing the International album since 1914. And...
View ArticleWilliam H. Gross Collection Catalog
Robert A. Siegel has just published their sumptuous auction catalog United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection which can be downloaded as a PDF. Although collectors will focus on...
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2019 Scott Classic Catalogue
Right on schedule is the November release of the 2019 Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue Of Stamps And Covers 1840-1940. One new thing about the Amos Website is that they are finally showing some...
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Czur Aura Book Scanner
Although I no longer have the need I once did, I continue to be fascinated by inexpensive, non-destructive approaches to book scanning. On paper at least (no pun intended), the Czur Aura scanner looks...
View ArticleApril 1 Breaking News: Another (Yawn) Big Blue world record set
Phillip Tellick was certified by Guinness World Records this morning as the 1000th person to complete a Scott International Volume One this year.As a consequence, Bob--proprietor of the moribund...
View ArticleInteresting catalog announcement from Michel
On 5 April 2019 Michel published a new catalog titled MICHEL Raritäten: Marken, die Sie kennen sollten! Cost is around 30 Euros. To quote from their English prospectus:So you can join the debate:...
View ArticleEverybody complains about the ...
...Browns but no one does anything about it. No wait, that can't be the case. I surely mean the Blue International Volume One that only houses a subset of stamps released between 1840 and 1940, with...
View ArticleGuest Post: On Completing a Big Blue Volume One
Last April Fools' Day, I did a silly post on completing a Big Blue Volume One. Long time reader Bud was inspired by my post to ponder more seriously the implications of just what completion means in...
View ArticleScott Annual and Progressive Albums
I've written about these albums several times. They were intended as supplements to the Brown Internationals between release of the latest bound volumes. For those interested, a recent thread on the...
View ArticleWhat's New in the 2020 Edition of the Scott Classic Catalogue
Even though I rarely have anything useful to say these days, you can always count on me for at least two posts per year: April Fools and the release of the latest Scott Classics catalog.The publication...
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Les Classiques du Monde 2020
GeoffHa on the Stamp Community discussion group alerts us that Yvert is publishing the third edition of its Les Classiques du Monde 2020. Cost is 89.00€. Dedicated classic era collectors will remember...
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Generally Speaking by Lawrence Block
I waxed enthusiastic some time ago about the columns on worldwide stamps that writer Lawrence Block wrote for Linn's. Mr. Block has aggregated said columns in the recently published Generally speaking:...
View Article1840-1940 stats according to Michel
I wrote back in 2017 about a collector who had created a database of Michel catalog information for every country that you could sort by years, country, etc. The compiler has recently updated the...
View ArticleInternational binders
There has been a nice discussion on the Stamp Community forum about buying, maintaining, and repairing binders for the Scott International albums. My two cents:1) If your collection is actively...
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"For the World of Philately, WWI was a shot in the arm."
This is the title of an article in the latest Kelleher's Stamp Collector's Quarterly, vol 6, #3. If you aren't familiar, the magazine features consistently well written and consistently well...
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