Good video for a Sunday morning and three cups of coffee . Thanks. I would love to see you identifying those remaining stamps. I spy a Free French stamp....
This is exactly what I needed to see Kyle. How to identify all my worldwide stamps has been keeping me from even starting the process. Your tips and techniques in identifying them are appreciated. Love that you think out loud and Yada yada yada! Is there a particular watermark solution that you can recommend?
For sure! It can be daunting with all the different types out there but I suppose there is nothing to lose by trying! FYI, if you get stumped by any you are welcome to email me pics or questions and I will help if I can! Ronsonol lighter fluid seems to be one of the most popular WM solutions while some collectors like actual watermark fluid. I haven't tried anything but Ronsonol so far.
"Suid Afrika" would not be French; it would likely be Dutch. The clue is in the history of European imperialism in Africa. Another: "Boer War". Another the British Cecil Rhodes.
That is correct, I assumed it was French without really knowing the history over there. My uncle just filled me in on the Dutch and British history. Everything you said was spot on.
@@KylesStamps I first collected stamps beginning at 8 years old. At 12 I taught myself how to use the library by borrowing the Scott catalog (then two volumes, and in hardcover), so I could look at and drool over stamps I couldn't afford. From those I began learning geography, history, demographics. Stamp collecting remained central through junior high. I'm now 75. In an earlier comment I pointed to the fact that collecting isn't about making money. During the 1970s-80s, the rule of thumb was that one had to hold one's stamps for 20 years in order to break even. During the 1970s-80s I bought a Pitcairn Island pair for $112-and change. Today that same pair, in the same condition, is going for about $49-and change -- and that is roughly 40 years later. Collecting is about many things -- art and its execution: see the superior engravings of Czeslaw Slania, a Pole who became the Official Royal Crown Engraver for three countries including Sweden and Monaco (about whom more below). About history: there's a youtube video by a Norwegian about "cleaning" Norwegian stamps. As he begins with sorting he points to a stamp depicting "Quisling". Quisling was the puppet-collaborator with the Nazis during their occupation of Norway. His name entered the language because it perfectly "feels" like the coward/weasel he was. After the war he was executed for having committed treason. If you see Norwegian stamps overprinted with a black "V," those were initially by the Nazis as representative of one of their gods. But then the legitimate Norwegian gov't in exile in London began doing that, except that their use of the "V" stood for victory, so the Nazis occupying Norway retaliated by banning the use of the overprint altogether. I like mint, uncancelled because I want to see the image -- recently stumbled upon and jumped on _Czeslaw Slania: Catalogue of Works_ (Poland: Fischer Poligrafia, 2007), by Janusz Dunst. Slania died in 2005. ($60 plus $30 for shipping -- worth its weight in gold, but the book to be preferred over the gold.) The link and fuller detail: www.efischer.pl/en_US/p/Catalog-of-Works-by-Czeslaw-Slania/1197 "A much more detailed biography is available through the book by Janusz Dunst: Czeslaw Slania Katalog Prac [Czeslaw Slania Catalogue of Works], published 09.15.2007 by Fischer Printing House, Poland. The book contains an extensive biography in Polish and English, and colour photographs of all Slania’s works on stamps, philatelic items, and banknotes. ISBN 83-88352-41-5. The book is published in 1500 numbered copies + 100 unnumbered, and will not be reprinted." My copy is unnumbered. Slania's works can often be identified by his name being on the lower right beneath the image. Though he did stamps for circa 30 countries, at the top is Sweden. Yeah -- search on "Slania" on youtube: you'll find several videos about him, including one by the "American Philatelic Society," and another lovely video by a young woman who shares the delight. All in all the values in collecting are way beyond any monetary consideration (except for the barrier between one's slim wallet and stamps one can't afford). For me it's the many surprising delights -- Slania is one -- and the surprising historical facts. There's a Norwegian stamp with the slogan, "Wings for Norway"; near the bottom of the stamp are the words "Little Norway" and "Toronto". During the war Norwegian fighter pilots were trained in Toronto, Canada, and also in one of the Carolinas in the US. During the war Greenland's southeastern and southwestern coasts were fortified by numerous US army and air force bases. The Faroe Islands and or Iceland were fortified by the British. And it's probable that Canadian military forces were also involved in those. The meaning of "ALLIES" is lost on some of us today: Ukraine is OUR front line.
Very cool, there is lots of history that is fascinating which I have yet to learn. I have heard about Slania before and continue to become more aware of his influence on the philatelic world. Thanks for sharing your stories and thoughts! All the best to you sir!
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Oh my goodness! That tub of stamps is enormous. I like identifying foreign stamps
Good video for a Sunday morning and three cups of coffee . Thanks.
I would love to see you identifying those remaining stamps. I spy a Free French stamp....
Glad you enjoyed! I will finish them off next weekend!
Well this is good news! Thank you
Thanks Kyle. As always very informative. Nice to see someone else's thinking process when cataloguing stamps.
Appreciate it!
Great video But you will only have your catalog as long as you can access it electronically by hardware or software. One of them break 🤔
Another fun and informative video for a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Dave! :)
Twaskyou sr for the instruction over catalogue driver,to find the exactly stsmp.
Blessings
I find that the Stamp Identifier app works very well too.
I think it gets better with time as well!
This is exactly what I needed to see Kyle. How to identify all my worldwide stamps has been keeping me from even starting the process. Your tips and techniques in identifying them are appreciated. Love that you think out loud and Yada yada yada! Is there a particular watermark solution that you can recommend?
For sure! It can be daunting with all the different types out there but I suppose there is nothing to lose by trying! FYI, if you get stumped by any you are welcome to email me pics or questions and I will help if I can! Ronsonol lighter fluid seems to be one of the most popular WM solutions while some collectors like actual watermark fluid. I haven't tried anything but Ronsonol so far.
I think your videos are great.
Thank you!
السلام عليكم أنا من الموصل عندي طوابع قديمة كيف ابيعها وكيف اعرضها واين رحم الله والديك
I am sri lankan. And i have meny old stamps
Does testing for watermark just dry off with no damage?
Thank you.
Correct, no harm to the stamp when using the proper fluid to check it.
Thanks
"Suid Afrika" would not be French; it would likely be Dutch. The clue is in the history of European imperialism in Africa. Another: "Boer War". Another the British Cecil Rhodes.
That is correct, I assumed it was French without really knowing the history over there. My uncle just filled me in on the Dutch and British history. Everything you said was spot on.
@@KylesStamps I first collected stamps beginning at 8 years old. At 12 I taught myself how to use the library by borrowing the Scott catalog (then two volumes, and in hardcover), so I could look at and drool over stamps I couldn't afford. From those I began learning geography, history, demographics.
Stamp collecting remained central through junior high.
I'm now 75.
In an earlier comment I pointed to the fact that collecting isn't about making money. During the 1970s-80s, the rule of thumb was that one had to hold one's stamps for 20 years in order to break even. During the 1970s-80s I bought a Pitcairn Island pair for $112-and change. Today that same pair, in the same condition, is going for about $49-and change -- and that is roughly 40 years later.
Collecting is about many things -- art and its execution: see the superior engravings of Czeslaw Slania, a Pole who became the Official Royal Crown Engraver for three countries including Sweden and Monaco (about whom more below).
About history: there's a youtube video by a Norwegian about "cleaning" Norwegian stamps. As he begins with sorting he points to a stamp depicting "Quisling". Quisling was the puppet-collaborator with the Nazis during their occupation of Norway. His name entered the language because it perfectly "feels" like the coward/weasel he was.
After the war he was executed for having committed treason.
If you see Norwegian stamps overprinted with a black "V," those were initially by the Nazis as representative of one of their gods. But then the legitimate Norwegian gov't in exile in London began doing that, except that their use of the "V" stood for victory, so the Nazis occupying Norway retaliated by banning the use of the overprint altogether.
I like mint, uncancelled because I want to see the image -- recently stumbled upon and jumped on _Czeslaw Slania: Catalogue of Works_ (Poland: Fischer Poligrafia, 2007), by Janusz Dunst. Slania died in 2005.
($60 plus $30 for shipping -- worth its weight in gold, but the book to be preferred over the gold.)
The link and fuller detail:
www.efischer.pl/en_US/p/Catalog-of-Works-by-Czeslaw-Slania/1197
"A much more detailed biography is available through the book by Janusz Dunst: Czeslaw Slania Katalog Prac [Czeslaw Slania Catalogue of Works], published 09.15.2007 by Fischer Printing House, Poland. The book contains an extensive biography in Polish and English, and colour photographs of all Slania’s works on stamps, philatelic items, and banknotes. ISBN 83-88352-41-5. The book is published in 1500 numbered copies + 100 unnumbered, and will not be reprinted."
My copy is unnumbered.
Slania's works can often be identified by his name being on the lower right beneath the image. Though he did stamps for circa 30 countries, at the top is Sweden. Yeah -- search on "Slania" on youtube: you'll find several videos about him, including one by the "American Philatelic Society," and another lovely video by a young woman who shares the delight.
All in all the values in collecting are way beyond any monetary consideration (except for the barrier between one's slim wallet and stamps one can't afford). For me it's the many surprising delights -- Slania is one -- and the surprising historical facts. There's a Norwegian stamp with the slogan, "Wings for Norway"; near the bottom of the stamp are the words "Little Norway" and "Toronto". During the war Norwegian fighter pilots were trained in Toronto, Canada, and also in one of the Carolinas in the US.
During the war Greenland's southeastern and southwestern coasts were fortified by numerous US army and air force bases. The Faroe Islands and or Iceland were fortified by the British. And it's probable that Canadian military forces were also involved in those.
The meaning of "ALLIES" is lost on some of us today: Ukraine is OUR front line.
@@KylesStamps And see Mark Twain's _Following the Equator_.
Very cool, there is lots of history that is fascinating which I have yet to learn. I have heard about Slania before and continue to become more aware of his influence on the philatelic world. Thanks for sharing your stories and thoughts! All the best to you sir!
Colombia stamp is postal tax not revenue