1 to 24 (Apri to July 2004) / 25 to 48 (August to December 2004) / 49 to 72 (January to April 2005 / 73 to 96 (May to August 2005) / 97 to 126 (August 2005 to December 2005) / 127 to 144 (January to May 2006) / 145 to 180 (May to December 2006) / 181 to 216 (January to March 2007) / 217 to 240 (April to June 2007) / 241 to 266 (July to November 2007) / 267 to 295 (December 2007 to March 2008) / 295 to 325 ( April to October 2008) / 326 to 350 (November and December 2008) / 351 to 383 (January 2009 to February 2010) / 384 to 408 (March 2010 to February 2011)

Article 73: New Zealand Mt Cook $20 High Value

Here is a wonderful high value definitive. I show a large image of this stamp, as well as three details to show the gold inlay and the high quality of the etching.

I show three of the high values from the Brazil 1950s series of definitives. Follow the links and the image thumbnails to selected specimens and blocks. Quick links: main page / 5 Cruzeiros / 10 Cruzeiros / 20 Cruzeiros

Here are the low values of this series. I show here the low values, high values, and three selections from high value usages.

Here are the low values of this series. For three of these values, I show duplicates with slight variations in color. I show here the low values, middle values, and high values.

Article 79: Argentina Parks Issue of 2002

I show the major values in mint blocks of four. Missing is the rare 1/2 real on salmon paper, for which I havo only a few used specimens. I include a second block of the 1 real, printed in bright blue. I have previously shown the basic stamps of this issue, and presented a fairly extensive discussion of the plate varieties of the 1 real value. Here I show the major values in blocks of four, the color varieties of the 1/2 real on salmon, 1/2 real on white, 1 real, and 2 reales. The 1/4 real was printed in a small run and seems to have just one color: black. I also show specimens cancelled with the regular canceller and other cancellers. This issue was replaced in 1866 by a similar issue in a different currency.

I show here this series by year: 2000-issued with an imprint of the map of Australia, 2001-including the outstanding 20 dollars value with AUSTRALIA printed in gold, 2002-with additional parks and with the 2001 format, and the coastlines issue, issued in 2004.

I show here the sheetlet with all eight values, as well as quick links to larger images of the individual values: Cerro del los Siete Colores, Jujuy / Cataratas dek Iguazu, Misiones / Parque Nacional Talampaya, La Rioja / Cerro Agoncagua, Mendoza / Rosedal, Ciudad de Buenos Aires / Faro San Jorge, Chubut / Glaciar Perito Moreno, santa Cruz / Bahia Lapatalia, Tierra del Fuego

I show a splendid block of four of the 25 rupees. Here are quick links to several specimens of the 1 Rupee, 2 Rupees, and 5 Rupees values.

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.

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

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.

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 89: Japan Definitive Sheets for Bulk Mail Part 1

I show here six postal receipts. I am not sure what these receipts are for. Quick links: main page / receipts 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Here I show eight covers with the Poland 5 ZL airmail stamp. All of these covers are to a single addressee. Quick links: main page, covers 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

These sheets were used as an accounting method by postal clerks to keep an account of cash versus stamps on hand. I show here nine sheets. Quick links: main page / sheets 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

These are striking commemoratives. They are sure to stand out in the bunch.

Here is a comprehensive selection of the 50c Olive Green Cuba airmail, accompanied by a single cover of the scarcer 50c Blue, which was only intended to be used within Cuba, and two splendid covers with the 1 peso value. Quick links: main page, 50c Blue, 50c Olive Green covers: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 ; 1 peso covers: 1 / 2

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 20c George Marshall stamp, or the 25c Frederick Douglass stamp. Quick links here are for the kiloware section, the main page for this group of kiloware, and the pages for these two stamps-the 20c George Marshall stamp, or the 25c Frederick Douglass stamp, and the two I have previously shown- 1c Thomas Jefferson, 13c Americana, for which I may add other clippings in the future. Below each image are links to pages with clippings, and additional clippings are linked to from the single stamp pages.

Here is a small correspondence of registered covers from various cities in Germany to a single address in Chicago. Most of the definitives are from the Castles series, and some are from the Technik series. Quick links: main / cover 1 / cover 5 / cover 6 / cover 7 / cover 10 / cover 11 / cover 13 / cover 14 / cover 15 / cover 22 / cover 28 / cover 29

There were several printings of this stamp. I show here examples from some of the printings, as well as details from one of the stamps showing a plate variety. There are three major groups: the gray black printings, the slightly doubled gray printing, and the black printing. Because of the changes brought about by inflation, this stamp was used as a low value and as a high value.

In this first selection, I show usages of the 200 c Leucodon Cowrie Sea Shell. I show major color variations of the stamp, a selection of several postmarks, two covers (arbitrarily numbered 4 and 8), a selection from a cover with a missperfed vertical pair, and covers and selections from covers for four cities: Accra (the capital), Kaneshie, Kotokuraba, and Swedru.

Here is a great series of insect commemoratives. I show highlights of the singles, and scans of the sheetlets.

The first Merson 3 Franc was issued in 1924. The second Merson 3 Franc was issued in 1927. This latter stamp was the last Merson to be issued. Besides this page showing color variations, I also show a page with selected postmarks for both issues.

I show a selection of modern definitives. Quick links: main page (cents horizontal values) / plate blocks of the cents horizontal values / cents vertical values / plate blocks of the cents vertical values / dollar values / plate blocks of the dollar values