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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Cook Islands 1932-46 Scenes sets

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Between 1932 and '46, New Zealand issued three similar Scenes sets for its dependency, the Cook Islands. I've listed these sets, a...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Phila-Trivia: 1947 Article on Topical Collecting

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      This article was published in the “Pacific Stamp Review”, a New Zealand monthly stamp magazine, in February, 1947. The article is ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Gambia 1902-05 Edward VII (Scott #28-39)

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From 1902-05, the British issued a set of twelve stamps portraying King Edward VII for their colony of Gambia (Scott #28-39). 6,000 sets w...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Antigua 1908-20 Colony Seal Issue (Scott #31-38)

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From 1908 to '20, Antigua issued a handsome set of eight stamps picturing the seal of the colony (Scott #31-38). 6,240 sets were issued...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Gibraltar 1903-12 Edward VII (Scott #39-48, 49-64)

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From 1903 to 1912, Gibraltar issued sets portraying Edward VII, including two with 1 pound high values: the 1903 set with Watermark 2 (Cro...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Macao 1885 Surcharges (Scott #17-21)

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In 1885, the Portuguese issued a surcharged set of five stamps for Macao (Scott # 17-21). Scott '12 prices the unused set, issued with...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Azerbaijan 2003 Sheki National Park Souvenir Sheet (Scott #766)

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In 2003, Azerbaijan issued a souvenir sheet featuring animals from Sheki National Park (Scott #766 ). 25,000 were issued, and Scott '1...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Uruguay 1936-44 Artigas (474-83C)

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From 1936-44, Uruguay issued a set of 14 definitives portraying Jose Gervasio Artigas , the "Father of the Uruguayan Nation" (Sc...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Niue Overprints on New Zealand Postal-Fiscals

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Niue is an island in the South Pacific with a population of about 1,400 people. Originally an independent kingdom, it was briefly a Briti...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Phila-Trivia: The Early Rift Between Beginning and Advanced Collectors

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The following article appeared in "The Eagle Philatelist" (Kansas City, Kansas) for July 1892. It is interesting because it des...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Canal Zone 1939 Pan-Am Clipper (Scott #C15-20)

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In 1939, the Canal Zone issued a set of six airmails picturing scenes of Pan American Clipper planes flying over the Panama Canal (Scott #...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Jordan 1930 Locust Campaign Issue (Scott #B1-12)

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  In 1930, Jordan, then a British Mandate Territory, overprinted some of the stamps from its 1927-29 Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein issue to p...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Dominican Republic 1937 Goodwill Flight (Scott #C24-31)

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In 1937, the Dominican Republic issued a set of eight airmail stamps honoring Columbus, and celebrating its goodwill flight to all of the ...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Albania 1924 Red Cross Semi-postals (Scott #B5-8)

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In 1924, Albania surcharged stamps of its 1923 Scenes issue, issuing a semi-postal set to benefit the Red Cross (Scott #B5-8). 28,000 sets...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Republic of China 1955 Chiang Kai-Shek 69th Birthday Souvenir Sheet (Scott #1126a)

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  In 1955, the Republic of China issued a souvenir sheet celebrating the 69th Birthday of its beloved dictator, Chiang Kai-shek (Scott #11...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Turkey 1952 UN Economic Instruction Center (Scott #1051-54,1054a)

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In 1951, Turkey issued a set and souvenir sheet honoring the Unit ed Nations Mediterranean Economic Instruction Center (Scott #1051-54, ...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Venezuela 1944 Howarth Issue (Scott #C199-205)

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In 1944, Venezuela issued a set of seven airmails commemorating the centennial of the first cooperative shop in Rochdale, England by Charl...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Falkland Islands 1898 Victoria (Scott #20-21)

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The Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina, is a self-governing territory of the United Kingdom...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Has the Bull in the China Shop Become Ground Beef?

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Since October of 2010, the People's Bank of China has raised interest rates five times in an effort to combat inflation. Thi...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Philippines 1928 London-Orient Flight Issue (Scott #C18-28)

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The Philippines were under U.S. Administration from the end of the Spanish-American War (1899) until 1935. In 1928 , stamps of the Philippi...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Zanzibar 1904 Surcharges (Scott #94-98)

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In 1904, the British created a surcharged set (Scott #94-98) for Zanzibar, which was then a British protectorate, by overprinting some of ...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Thailand 1986 Orchid Souvenir Sheet (Scott #1160a)

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In 1986, Thailand issued a souvenir sheet picturing orchids (Scott #1160a), to commemorate the meeting of the 6th ASEAN Orchid Congress. ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Netherlands Antilles 1942 Airs (Scott #C18-42)

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In 1942, the Netherlands Antilles issued a pleasant engraved set of 15 airmails. 30,000 sets were issued, and Scott '12 prices it unus...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Stamp Investment Tip: Liechtenstein 1921 Issue (Scott #54-69)

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In 1921, Liechtenstein issued a set of 16 stamps, of which most of the high values pictured scenes of the principality (Scott #54-69). 65,...