muzz8 wrote:

Hi Steven-just a thought- why not get the qm cals overprinted CHCH earthquake appeal,maybe in pak with explanation,and giving appropiate portion to rebuilding fund-I am sure NZ Post would be happy to approve concept- Murray Rotorua

I don't think so Murray. if you overprint any NZ stamps you actually render them illegal for use. It also wouldn't be easy to find a printer to overprint stamps at present. Thanks for the suggestions. I will be posting you an envelope today too.

kiwisteven - 2011-02-28 08:52:00

kiwisteven wrote:

As always thank you. Tony

warm3 - 2011-02-28 14:14:00

Thank you for your help kiwisteven, greatly appreciated.
Have a great day.

Edited by gransestate at 4:59 pm, Mon 28 Feb

gransestate - 2011-02-28 16:59:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Hi All,
i My shop (Shades Stamp Shop in Shades Arcade in the Christchurch CBD) is fairly badly trashed. i was there when the quake struck with several customers in the shop. All managed to get out. .

Fairly badly trashed! Oh my goodness! Steven! How did you all manage to get out of there! The street photo is on stuff dot co dot nz in "Photos: before and after the quake." I am stunned!

jaybee2003 - 2011-02-28 22:24:00

Thank you too for the cover!. :-) I will let you know when it arrives.

jaybee2003 - 2011-02-28 22:36:00

jaybee2003 wrote:

Fairly badly trashed! Oh my goodness! Steven! How did you all manage to get out of there! The street photo is on stuff dot co dot nz in "Photos: before and after the quake." I am stunned!

Just looking at the pictures Steven. tell me there was a back exit…
Your not really Clark Kent is disguise? Buy a lottery ticket.

warm3 - 2011-03-01 00:42:00

I am looking for someone with knowledge of stamps in Hamilton. My father passed away in 1991 and left a pile of stamps in a box.They are of no use to me or my family and I need some help in trying to sell them if any are valuable or not. I haven't got a clue on stamps! Thanks in advance!

mrsrickp - 2011-03-01 07:48:00

warm3 wrote:

Just looking at the pictures Steven. tell me there was a back exit…
Your not really Clark Kent is disguise? Buy a lottery ticket.

No back exit. I left via the Cashel St end of Shades Arcade about 5 minutes after the main shock and as i did an aftershock happened. A guy walking fast in front of me just threw on his anchors as we exited as a large chunk of masonry fell about a meter in front of him. just like in the movies! As I came out they were rescuing people from the Trocadero Bakery and in one of the TV3 videos you can see my back. it was very surreal with most people being very brave and helping others. It will be months before I can resume a retail trade but in the meantime I will deal via trademe and ebay.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-01 11:40:00

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jeepers6 - 2011-03-04 11:11:00

jeepers6 wrote:

Ive got a pile of 1st day covers plus 1st day covers that have no postmark or address. also lots of various stamp albums that i do not want.i dont collect them,they were handed down to me.
should i sell the lot as a bundle or list them seperately.
i have no way of knowing their value,but would like to let someone else enjoy them. cheers.

If you give us some idea of what age they are and how many you have that might help. Generally speaking if they are decimal currency covers (ie issued after 1967) then most will be worth perhaps a dollar each FDC and especially so if they have philatelic bureau postmarks which are very common.

Perhaps sort them into years and put say 5 or ten different ones in one lot and list them that way. Only expect around 50 cents each.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-04 14:12:00

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foxywife - 2011-03-05 15:09:00

foxywife wrote:

hi there i have a vast collection of stamps,can anyone tell me where to take them to get them valued,thank you

The yellow pages and Google are your friend look for stamp dealers,philatelic societies etc.

rebel58 - 2011-03-05 15:12:00

the Christchurch Stamp Club rooms at 67 Mandeville st in inner Riccarton are o'kay. Our stamp club held its usual Wednesday afternoon meeting there on 2nd March. place only suffered some cabinet damage and items off bookshelves. it is a relatively modern building that the clubs themselves own so it is great that it has escaped any major damage.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-06 14:26:00

Great news Steven re the ChCh Stamp Club rooms. I'm sure that collecting will be stronger both as a social and intellectual diversion following the 'shakes'. Did the Rhode's collection and Philatelic foundation libraries fare as well. I guess in the present climate there could be some re-organisation of current collections.

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donaldo - 2011-03-10 10:35:00

Steven. Envelope arrived Wed 9th. Thanks.

warm3 - 2011-03-10 13:56:00

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donaldo - 2011-03-12 15:53:00

donaldo wrote:

anybody got any junky early chinese stamps for sale?

No such thing as junky early chinese stamps at the moment.more like gold plated paper objects.

rebel58 - 2011-03-13 13:22:00

donaldo wrote:

anybody got any junky early chinese stamps for sale?

Rumour has it that they have had a developing taste for them where they came from originally ;-)

tmg - 2011-03-13 21:55:00

rebel58 wrote:

No such thing as junky early chinese stamps at the moment.more like gold plated paper objects.

There is an apt expression for it;

"One man's Junk can be another man's treasure".

kiwisteven - 2011-03-14 14:38:00

An interesting rarity 361515076 -- wonder what the rest of the card will sell for without the printed stamp, or have I got the wrong side of the card ?

tmg - 2011-03-15 02:15:00

tmg wrote:

An interesting rarity 361515076 -- wonder what the rest of the card will sell for without the printed stamp, or have I got the wrong side of the card ?

This is a common imprint from the 1930's and as a cut out worth less than $1. I have handled many of these in a variety of colours. the seller is flying a very high kite to try and snare a fool.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-15 11:49:00

Definately looks like a cut out and even if it wasn't with the toning on the back - good luck to them

bdreid10 - 2011-03-16 20:04:00

tmg wrote:

An interesting rarity 361515076 -- wonder what the rest of the card will sell for without the printed stamp, or have I got the wrong side of the card ?

He also has this one listed ... 362003103
He doesn't seem to answer questions about his cut-outs either !
Dave.

icemannz2 - 2011-03-17 13:28:00

icemannz2 wrote:

He also has this one listed ... 362003103
He doesn't seem to answer questions about his cut-outs either !
Dave.

looks like a real rip off artist for sure.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-17 16:19:00

NZ Stamp Collectors Club newsletter has been posted to members today advising them that the March evening stamp club meeting will be held as usual at the philatelic Centre in Mandeville st at 7.30pm as normal. If you are a member take care with the envelope because it is franked first day with a new CAL.
I can also tells collectors however that the clubrooms won't be available for the April Afternoon meeting because the clubrooms are being used as temporary lecture rooms for the Otago School of Medicine in Christchurch during the daytime because their usual premises are not available because of the Earthquake. This only applies from Monday to Friday with Saturday stamp fairs not affected.

Edited by kiwisteven at 4:34 pm, Thu 17 Mar

kiwisteven - 2011-03-17 16:28:00

NZ Post will operate a temporary philatelic counter from the Riccarton Post Shop from March 22nd onwards using staff from currently closed Christchurch Real Aotearoa outlet. They will be able to offer the usual hand cancellation of mail facilities and expect March 23rd with the FD of issue of the new Prince William Marriage stamps to be busy. They would like to see as many of their usual customers there as possible and so it would be nice to give them some support.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-17 16:33:00

362003103
Any idea as to what it actually is?

phil.s - 2011-03-17 16:42:00

phil.s wrote:

362003103
Any idea as to what it actually is?

No idea. But it must be rare. Look at the price.

warm3 - 2011-03-18 00:21:00

phil.s wrote:

362003103
Any idea as to what it actually is?

Its a 1930's postage paid imprint. Not scarce at all and this one is in appalling condition.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-18 14:03:00

Please have a look at the scan of the Tibetan Cals.
Cal 3 shows a copy of the proof.
Cal 2 shows a copy of the original cal.
But what is cal 1?
There is a difference on the left hand side of the stamp. Wider margin. The left hand side of the flag is not a straight line.
Also the perfs are different.
Has a new calc been printed?? Or is this a Cinderella??
Or am I missing something???
One is for sale on Traderme at the moment.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/23/163683123_full.jp
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teddybearlover - 2011-03-18 14:54:00

teddybearlover wrote:

Please have a look at the scan of the Tibetan Cals.
Cal 3 shows a copy of the proof.
Cal 2 shows a copy of the original cal.
But what is cal 1?
There is a difference on the left hand side of the stamp. Wider margin. The left hand side of the flag is not a straight line.
Also the perfs are different.
Has a new calc been printed?? Or is this a Cinderella??
Or am I missing something???
One is for sale on Traderme at the moment.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/23/163683123_full.jp
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Some of the Tibetan imperf proofs were perforated by the issuer and then got postmarked by the post office. If you see one with an odd perf it is probably a proof subsequently privately perforated,

kiwisteven - 2011-03-18 15:41:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Its a 1930's postage paid imprint. Not scarce at all and this one is in appalling condition.

I have posted a question on his Auction as follows.(Sorry to tell you but another dud .You might have better luck on Ebay selling it to Pygmy's as toilet paper.
Kind regards Paul.)
I have not received an answer and don't expect one.

rebel58 - 2011-03-18 16:22:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Some of the Tibetan imperf proofs were perforated by the issuer and then got postmarked by the post office. If you see one with an odd perf it is probably a proof subsequently privately perforated,

Hi Kiwisteven.
Can you have another look at the scans please.
Cal 3 is the proof.
Cal 1 shows a something different on the left hand side. It looks perf'ed on the left hand side of the flag. Then the real perf is even further left.

teddybearlover - 2011-03-18 17:00:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Some of the Tibetan imperf proofs were perforated by the issuer and then got postmarked by the post office. If you see one with an odd perf it is probably a proof subsequently privately perforated,

I do not know if I am allowed to post an auction number here but there is a better scan on auction 360781426

teddybearlover - 2011-03-18 17:06:00

teddybearlover wrote:

Hi Kiwisteven.
Can you have another look at the scans please.
Cal 3 is the proof.
Cal 1 shows a something different on the left hand side. It looks perf'ed on the left hand side of the flag. Then the real perf is even further left.

i have taken a careful look at both scans. The one with the 3 CAL's on it are all Proofs privately perfed as is the other one on offer.

the genuine perforations should all be comb perf while the privately perforated ones are all line perf. this means basically that the genuinely perfed ones all have perfectly formed corners with no evidence of perf lines intercrossing. The privately perfed ones often have slightly rounded corners.

I can't find a perf gauge at home but I suspect that the gauge will also be different.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-18 19:22:00

I have listed a Cover with 5 of the Tibet CALs with unofficial perforations. These are from one of the three imperf proof sheets issued and of course the perforations are line perf. It is a scarce item as only 3 could every have been done. It will be interesting what interest is shown as i have started it with a low start price/reserve.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-18 20:57:00

rebel58 wrote:

I have posted a question on his Auction as follows.(Sorry to tell you but another dud .You might have better luck on Ebay selling it to Pygmy's as toilet paper.
Kind regards Paul.)
I have not received an answer and don't expect one.

Darn .. the Pygmies might be overstocked with two lots to choose from ..

no sense in trying to put another few dozen up while there's an oversupply, is there ? ;-)

Edited by tmg at 9:40 pm, Fri 18 Mar

tmg - 2011-03-18 21:39:00

kiwisteven wrote:

I have listed a Cover with 5 of the Tibet CALs with unofficial perforations. These are from one of the three imperf proof sheets issued and of course the perforations are line perf. It is a scarce item as only 3 could every have been done. It will be interesting what interest is shown as i have started it with a low start price/reserve.[/quote

Hi Kiwisteven.
What an excellent item you have listed.
Can you please tell me if the left hand side of the flag is a straight line? If it is, then yes you are 100 per cent correct in stating that it is the "proofs" issue. How did Mr NZ Post accept this item??
On the image that I have listed under cal 1, the left hand side of the flag is "not" a straight line indicating a "different printing"???? maybe.
I will try and scan it in a larger file and attached it in this forum to show what I mean.
Many thanks and good luck with your auction.

teddybearlover - 2011-03-18 22:24:00

teddybearlover wrote:

[quote=k-
iwisteven]I have listed a Cover with 5 of the Tibet CALs with unofficial perforations. These are from one of the three imperf proof sheets issued and of course the perforations are line perf. It is a scarce item as only 3 could every have been done. It will be interesting what interest is shown as i have started it with a low start price/reserve.[/quote

Hi Kiwisteven.
What an excellent item you have listed.
Can you please tell me if the left hand side of the flag is a straight line? If it is, then yes you are 100 per cent correct in stating that it is the "proofs" issue. How did Mr NZ Post accept this item??
On the image that I have listed under cal 1, the left hand side of the flag is "not" a straight line indicating a "different printing"???? maybe.
I will try and scan it in a larger file and attached it in this forum to show what I mean.
Many thanks and good luck with your auction.

Mr Post would have accepted it because they don't have a magnifying glass to check such things as perforations. Nobody in the Auckland mail centre would have probably actually handled it and the postie who delivered it to me is used to some weird stuff arriving so no chance of it being spotted there either. Mike I don't know what you mean by the flag being straight. The perforations themselves are conclusive as to its source.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-18 23:55:00

kiwisteven wrote:

Mr Post would have accepted it because they don't have a magnifying glass to check such things as perforations. Nobody in the Auckland mail centre would have probably actually handled it and the postie who delivered it to me is used to some weird stuff arriving so no chance of it being spotted there either. Mike I don't know what you mean by the flag being straight. The perforations themselves are conclusive as to its source.

Hi Steven,
Please have a look at the following scan:
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/64/163740464_full.jp
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On Cal 2 and 3 the left hand side of the "flag" is a " straight line".
On Cal 1 it is not.
Is cal 1 a reprint??? or a "proof" or another "cinderella" produced by the same gentleman who produced the first cal??
Cheers

teddybearlover - 2011-03-19 05:30:00

Hi, Can someone please tell me if the stamp on the left of the photo is a common flaw? Thanks.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/57/163766557_full.jp
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what007 - 2011-03-19 13:52:00

What is the flaw?

phil.s - 2011-03-20 14:06:00

OOPS, sorry. I meant to say off-centre NOT flaw.

what007 - 2011-03-20 15:07:00

what007 wrote:

Hi, Can someone please tell me if the stamp on the left of the photo is a common flaw? Thanks.

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/57/163766557_full.jp
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Its a good variety. Not so scarce as quite a few of these seem to be escaping the quality controllers as they don't seem to check the booklets before they sell them. As the booklet is sold folded and as most are now sold in supermarkets, bookshops etc who don't care these varieties often escape.
Value is only a few dollars because they aren't so hard to find.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-21 13:00:00

Thank you Steven for the above information.

what007 - 2011-03-21 15:32:00

Contrary to previous advice given by NZ Post last week, their new philatelic sales counter has not been opened at the Riccarton Post Shop. They have changed their minds and have instead opened it at the Bush Inn Centre in Upper Riccarton. Only found out this today when I physically went to Riccarton to have some mail postmarked.

kiwisteven - 2011-03-22 12:55:00

Hi all.
Does anyone know which countries these stamps are from?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/54/164122954_full.jp
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ecat8 - 2011-03-22 21:21:00

ecat8 wrote:

Hi all.
Does anyone know which countries these stamps are from?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/54/164122954_full.jp
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In order LtoR top to bottom they are Russia, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Denmark, Bavaria and combined Austria/Germany or Greater Germany.

Edited by kiwisteven at 10:09 pm, Tue 22 Mar

kiwisteven - 2011-03-22 22:08:00