somestamps Archives

Article Archive June 2005

Article 84: Russia 1880s 7 Kopecks, and a statistics example

I show here the four major types for this stamp. There are two issues dvivided by perforation, and both are common. I gloss over any perforation variations in this article and concentrate instead on using this selection of 48 stamps as a statistics example (more about that in the statistics section), and show various aspects of this stamp, as shown in the quick links listed here. All of the selections from the stamps shown here are from 1200 d.p.i. scans that have not been reduced. This is an important point: all of the high definition images are exactly the same scale. Quick links: main page / Stamp list for all 48 / Group One: Stamps 1 to 8 / Group Two: Stamps 9 to 16 / Group Three: Stamps 17 to 24 / Group Four: Stamps 25 to 32 / Group Five: Stamps 33 to 40 / Group Six: Stamps 41 to 48 / Selections from sections of the stamp: crown for selected stamps between 4 and 16 / 19 to 32 / 33 to 47 / eagle for selected stamps between 6 and 20 / 21 and 34 / 35 and 47 / Numeral seven showing various types of background shifts and wear of plate for selected stamps between 1 and 16 / 18 and 29 / 32 and 40 / Selections from stamps with various line breaks / background shifts / Lower legend selections.

Article 83: Kenya Wildlife Definitives

I show here an early definitive series for independent Kenya. In this page I show the low values, and in a separate page I show the high values.

Article 82: UK Castle High Value Definitives Revisited

I am updating information on this site about the UK Castle High Value Definitives. I previously authored article 18, with incomplete information. I show highlights showing the difference between the Harrison and Enschede printings, and I show a page with highlights from all of the values in both series that I hope will help you identify them. I also have several pages for postmarks. Quick links: main page / comparison of Harrison and Enschede printings / Harrison values / Enschede values / regular postmarks / curly edge postmarks / large cancellers

Article 81: United States Kiloware from the late 1970s and early 1980s, Part 1

I have come across a great selection of USA late 1970s and early 1980s kiloware. The clippings are from what may have been mailings of important documents. Most of the rates seem to be in the $1.50 to $2.50 range. I show here a selection of these with the predominant stamp being either the 1c Thomas Jefferson, or the 13c Americana. Quick links here are for the kiloware section, the main page for this group of kiloware, and the pages for these two stamps- 1c Thomas Jefferson, 13c Americana, for which I may add other clippings in the future. Below each image are links to pages with clippings.