Article Archive November 2006
Article 171: Bavaria First Issue, three items
The three items shown here are a single 1 kreuzer Orange, a 6 kreuzer Brown on cover, and a 9 kreuzer Lime Green on cover. The 9 kreuzer cover is shown below. Quick links: main page / 6 kreuzer on cover / letter for 6 kreuzer cover / 9 kreuzer on cover
Article 170: Hong Kong Kiloware Part 3
The most common value found in this high value sample of Hong Kong kiloware is the $13 value. I show here three pages of clippings with this value. Quick links: main page / second page / third page
Article 169: Italy Fountains
Here is a selection of Italy fountain commemoratives. Quick links: first page / second page
Article 168: South Africa Nature Definitives
Here is a series of definitives from South Africa. Some of the values were issued with and without some colors. Quick links: low values / middle values / high values
Article 167: Spain Issues of 1855-56
Here is a type showing of this series, including some "rueda de carreta" specimens, two covers, and a piece. There are three papers: watermarked loops, watermarked cross-hatch lines, and unwatermarked. The stamps shown below are unwatermarked (2 cuartos and 1 real), and watermarked loops (4 cuartos and 2 reales). Quick links: types / rueda de carreta (wheel barrel cancelers) / two covers and a piece
Article 166: France Art Stamps Part 2
I continue showing the Art stamps that have been issued by France since the 1960s. The stamps shown here contain brief descriptions from information I gleaned searching the web. Quick links: first page / second page
Article 165: Hong Kong Kiloware Part 2
The latest series of definitives from Hong Kong marks a departure from previous designs: the stamps look like postcards. Quick links: page with $1.40 value / high values / small $3 value