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| Article 97: United States O'Neill 1 Dollar | |||
This stamp received heavy usage from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. I first show small images with all of the various shades, and then large images of the major shades pointing to pages dedicated to each group. Quick links: main page / purple issues / red purple issue / perfins / postmarks sampler / oval cancellers / black postmarks / reddish purple postmarks. |
This article has a main page with large images of the bird definitives, and a page showing the express mail pieces. |
I show several specimens of this stamp. This article includes a main page showing details of the design, and a page dedicated to postmarked specimens. |
Here is a selection of Egypt stamps from the 1960s. Quick links are for the main page and a page dedicated to two issues for the preservation of Nubia's temples. |
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I show here a beautiful series of Italy definitives. Quick links are for the main page, which is dedicated to the low values, a page for the middle values, and a page showing the high values. |
Here is a small group of painting commemoratives. I show the stamps in detail, as well as the block of four souvenir sheets format in which they were issued. |
This definitive series makes for some of the most beautiful postal usages around. I show a page with the low values, a page with the three high values, and a page with images of the presentation book this first run of these definitives was issued with. |
The Bolivar definitives have been a mainstay of Venezuela postal history since the 1980s. Here I show the range of low values, and the larger format range of high values. |
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This is the second installment of images from the Ghana Green Card correspondence. Quick links: images of the two stamps, covers and selections from covers for the 400c Butterfly and the 400c Shell. |
Here is the first installment of a look at modern Denmark kiloware. I focus here on two high values: the 10 Kronen and the 15 kronen stamps, both on small pieces, and I also show selections of large images for three wavy lines definitives. |
I show here two groups of Spain Castle Commemoratives: the first group, shown below, bears the name of each castle in the lower left corner of the design; the second group, has a number added to the name to denote the issue sequence. |
Several specimens of the Australia 3d Kangaroo with Large Crown watermark are shown here. A page shows large scans and back scans of the watermark, and another page shows several postmarks. |
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Here is a great selection of large envelopes with high value usages. |
Here is a large image of the 4,50 DM Germany Sites Definitive. Below it, I show an example with a worn postmark that is barely legible, and also an example of a commemorative postmark. Quick links: main page / 4-digit postmarks / postmarks by region: 00 and 10 / 20 and 30 / 40 and 50 / 60 and 70 / 80 and 90 |
The legacy of great modern commemoratives lives on thanks to Royal Mail. Here is a small group of commemoratives with views of Wales. In a separate image I show an image of the presentation pack. |
These definitives show the same designs for each value, repeated for each Malaysian state. Here is the series from Trengganu. |
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Here are a few modern definitives from Ghana on a single correspondence. Quick links: 50 cents on cover, 100 cents on several covers. |
This is the most common Merson type. It received heavy postal usage between 1900 until right before the inflationary period in late 1923. There are at least a hlaf dozen distinct printings. Quick links: color varieties, dated specimens, two covers, and perfins. |
Here is another installment of high values on piece, mostly with the 5c George Washington, the 40c Thomas Paine, and the $1 Eugene O'Neill. |
These sheets were used as an accounting method by postal clerks to keep an account of cash versus stamps on hand. I show here five sheets. Quick links: main japan sheets page / article 89 / sheets 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 |
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I show here three major Exporta types. Quick links: motor vehicles, abalone, and electrical wires, and pages highlighting the color varieties of the abalone, and electrical wires types. |
These definitives are characterized by clean and colorful designs. The main page contains the low values, and I also show a page with the middle and high values. |
The 1949 high values of India stand out as some of the most beautiful definitives of the mid 20th century. Here is a used selection. I show multiples in pages dedicated to three of the values. Quick links: main page, 1 rupee specimens, 5 rupee specimens, and 15 rupee blocks. |
The 1868 10 centimos stamp is a one-year issue stamp. Quick links: images of the center design, details of the top and bottom legends. |
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The legacy of great modern commemoratives lives on thanks to Royal Mail. Here is a small group of commemoratives with views of Northern Ireland. In a separate page I show an image of the presentation pack. |
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This stamp was printed for postage and for service (block of four below). Quick links: main page / shades / postmarked specimens |
With the introduction of this series, I hope the United States Postal Service builds this small series into a large series in the tradition of the Transportation Series. These design are striking and beautiful. Quick links: main page / 2c Navajo Jewelry / 4c Chippendale Chair / 5c American Toleware / 10c American Clock |
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