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alanl Gone But Not Forgotten Abbotsford, B.C., CANADA. Posts: 476	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 5, 2014 1:36:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by alanl on Mar 5, 2014 1:36:09 GMT -5 I found this forum while snooping around on Google Images. It looks like a nice place to hang out. I like to collect small stamps WW but if something nice comes my way `why not`.

khj Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 9,892 Location (Country): USA	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 5, 2014 2:31:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by khj on Mar 5, 2014 2:31:44 GMT -5 Welcome to Stamp Bears, Alanl!!! I like your attitude. Yeah if any stamps should happen to come across my hands, it's headed into my stash. Good thing I'm not a mailman! k

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Post by Gordon Lee on Mar 5, 2014 15:57:45 GMT -5

Mar 5, 2014 1:36:09 GMT -5 alanl said:

I found this forum while snooping around on Google Images.

Greetings Mr. alanl
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Welcome. Just for kicks, which image drew your attention? Maybe we can add more of those.
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Craig Gone But Not Forgotten Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ... Posts: 6,627 Location (Country): USA	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 5, 2014 17:04:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Craig on Mar 5, 2014 17:04:07 GMT -5 Aloha, Alani, from Hawaii, the "westest coast" of the continent. So west that we broke off and sailed into the middle of the Pacific (silly me).

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Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 5, 2014 19:08:38 GMT -5 Gordon Lee likes this

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Post by alanl on Mar 5, 2014 19:08:38 GMT -5

Mar 5, 2014 15:57:45 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Mar 5, 2014 1:36:09 GMT -5 alanl said:

I found this forum while snooping around on Google Images.

Greetings Mr. alanl
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Welcome. Just for kicks, which image drew your attention? Maybe we can add more of those.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

I was looking for Canada`s Centennial stamps when I came upon
some pics by JohnnyO.

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Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 5, 2014 20:24:52 GMT -5

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Post by Butterfly on Mar 5, 2014 20:24:52 GMT -5

Welcome alanl. 3899544326

Do you collect the tiny Manama, Ajman and UMM AL QIWAIN stamps?
They seem to show up in a lot of Kilo mixes.

I like the Italy and Columbia ones and keep looking for imperfections in the blue 2pf Berlin tax stamps, but haven't found any yet.

Last Edit: Mar 5, 2014 20:25:39 GMT -5 by Butterfly

Now downsizing, really!

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cbavier Master Stamp Bear Stamp Bears Supporter Chuck Bavier. I collect U.S. Singles, Se-tenants and Souvenir Sheets and Canadian singles Posts: 1,174 Location (Country): Roscommon, MI. U.S.A.	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 6, 2014 4:56:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cbavier on Mar 6, 2014 4:56:54 GMT -5 Alini welcome to our little Den of Bears all the way from Northern Michigan. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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FairyFoot Master Stamp Bear OLD SPICE - YES, Spice Girls - no thanks! Posts: 1,900 Location (Country): United Kingdom	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 6, 2014 19:33:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by FairyFoot on Mar 6, 2014 19:33:44 GMT -5 Hello and welcome from Wales.
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Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 6, 2014 23:12:33 GMT -5

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Post by kannik on Mar 6, 2014 23:12:33 GMT -5

Alani, I have seven or eight of those half-size German
stamps, and once attended a "Stamp Talk" at our Lakeshore
Stamp Club which included them, but I can`t remember much
about them except that there are at least five varieties
and several variations in each variety. Does Scott do a
good job of describing them? I also believe they were
building tax stamps for after WWII.

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kannik Master Stamp Bear Stamp Bears Supporter This is my favourite Canadian stamp. I may spring for one, one day ... Posts: 1,852 Location (Country): Montreal, Canada	Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 6, 2014 23:13:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kannik on Mar 6, 2014 23:13:55 GMT -5 Oh, Alani, sorry, I forgot - welcome to our happy little den of stamp-loving Bears. There are several collectors of German stamps herein and no doubt some of them know more about them than I do!
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Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 6, 2014 23:36:18 GMT -5

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Post by kannik on Mar 6, 2014 23:36:18 GMT -5

Oh, what the heck, Alani, here`s my entire
collection! I can`t really show you their
watermarks, which is where I now realize that
the varieties are! I probably have some more
Italian ones in my Italian envelope that I
haven`t looked through yet.

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Hi...from Canada`s West Coast. Mar 7, 2014 0:29:10 GMT -5

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Post by khj on Mar 7, 2014 0:29:10 GMT -5

Alani, I have seven or eight of those half-size German
stamps, and once attended a "Stamp Talk" at our Lakeshore
Stamp Club which included them, but I can`t remember much
about them except that there are at least five varieties
and several variations in each variety. Does Scott do a
good job of describing them? I also believe they were
building tax stamps for after WWII.

Scott lists 6 varieties. However, there are actually ~22 major varieties, and that's not counting watermark orientation varieties.

The tax was used to pay for the supply and operational costs of West Berlin from 1Dec1948 to 31Mar1956.

They are affectionately nicknamed "blue fleas".

k

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