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General Discussion / 19th century maps of Mexico
« on: March 13, 2018, 01:15:33 PM »
A copy of "Atlas pintoresco e historico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" by Antonio GARCIA CUBAS (1885) is up for auction at https://www.swaen.com/item.php?id=35368.  It contains wonderful maps of 19th century Mexico.  You should be able to open and save the images in large files. 

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General Discussion / My Philatelic Research Now on line!
« on: January 16, 2018, 08:04:03 PM »
In the current issue of Philatelic Literature Review, Gary Wayne Loew published an article suggesting that philatelists who have published articles in journals also post them on academia.edu to expand readership. See https://www.academia.edu/35361380/Using_Academia.edu_As_A_Source_of_Philatelic_Publicity
Following Gary's advice, I have posted many of my stamp articles (and a few non-stamp ones) on line at https://independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
Farley

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Eagles / Re: Seeking Images of Eagle Blocks
« on: December 20, 2017, 07:51:12 PM »
Jorge-
Gracias!  I am always interested in seeing more Eagle blocks.  My email is farleypkatz@gmail.com.   
Farley

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General Discussion / Re: THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE MEXICAN POSTAL SERVICE
« on: December 12, 2017, 05:51:27 PM »
I have had very little experience myself with SEPOMEX  and have not had any serious problems.  I didn't intend to endorse the blog.  I just thought the quote from the blog was amusing.  One might contrast it with the following from the Boletin Postal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (1890) --
"The Postal Service, indispensable vehicle, necessary way for the diffusion of the newspaper and the book, sources of all light for the population of all human knowledge and through whose arteries it circulates, so to speak, the vital knowledge of all the people which constitutes the national wealth, by means of the multiple commercial transactions and of all the industries, it was necessary that it should reach in Mexico the rightful place in the Republic’s march on the path of progress."

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General Discussion / THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE MEXICAN POSTAL SERVICE
« on: October 15, 2017, 05:54:24 PM »
"‘Oh, Mexican postal service, where would we be without you?!’ said no one, ever. The postal system inMexico rightly has an absolutely awful reputation, mainly because it is absolutely awful."So starts the blog of a Brit in Mexico. But it has a happy ending. http://northernlauren.com/mexican-postal-service/

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Maximilians / Re: Maxi 7c litho variety not in NF catalog
« on: August 27, 2017, 02:46:50 PM »
  De Smeth & Fayolle, Les Premieres Emissions du Mexique (1856 a 1874) , p. 208, noted that “There are also a certain number of varieties, resulting from the relative imperfectness of the printing process”.   They only mentioned one variety for the 7 centavos in which “The figure to the right is a 1.”  Page 26 of the accompanying catalog stated:  “Price of the ordinary to be doubled.”  That seems too conservative if there is only one flaw per sheet, but maybe they considered demand. 

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Maximilians / What is this??
« on: August 13, 2017, 10:43:37 AM »
A seller on eBay with some big ticket Mexico items (NobleSpirit) is offering (for a mere $3360!!)  a block of 6 50 cent unused Maxis each one of which is outlined in a thin frame (not always properly placed).  Why would anyone make this bizarre thing?  I assume the overprints are fake also?  Has anyone seen this before?   See http://tinyurl.com/y7knq7eu

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1868 Issue / Re: Heath and Stout's book on eBay
« on: May 09, 2017, 12:42:19 AM »
Second edition.

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1868 Issue / Heath and Stout's book on eBay
« on: May 08, 2017, 09:34:23 PM »
There is a copy of Heath and Stout's book on the 1868 issue for sale on eBay at $39.95 postpaid.  See https://tinyurl.com/lftpzzy

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Eagles / Re: Largest multiples of Eagle Remainders?
« on: May 06, 2017, 07:59:03 PM »
Jean-Claude-
Thanks!  Yes, I do have a copy of Jaretzky's book.   I bought it specifically for my research on Eagle plates.  A fabulous collection.
Farley

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Eagles / Re: Blue "ULTRMAR" handstamp on strip of 5
« on: May 02, 2017, 08:48:18 AM »
Searching ULTRAMAR OVERPRINT STAMPS on Google produces many ULTRAMAR overprints put on UPU samples by Portugal, but those all seem to be circa 1895-1910.  Here is one quote--
"A siting of a scan on Ebay of a faint overprint of ‘Ultramar’ (Over Seas) on an unique blue Two Pence Western Australian Letter Card intrigued me. The vendor had placed a price of USD 1,200 on it, and he gave the following account: "From the Archives of the Goa (Portuguese India ) Postal Administration. The item listed above is from the original Postal archive distributed by the UPU to its member nations for the period of from approx. 1899 thru to 1942. Receiving Authority specimens are of Philatelic importance as they provide confirmatory evidence that these were in fact distributed by the UPU. The best known Receiving authority specimen is the ‘ULTRAMAR’ handstamp applied either in violet or in blue to UPU distributions sent to th Portuguese Ministry for the colonies during the period 1895-1910 and all those distributed were applied with protective markings. The earliest issues are handstamped "ULTRAMAR. In 1925 (they were) handstamped as COLONIAS in 1927-31, and as ESPECIMEN in 1932-39 and 1939-42 as AMOSTRA. The ULTRAMAR postcard is seen in Figure 7".   See http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/1928.phpMexico didnt join the the UPU  until 1879, so it seems this is some fabrication.

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1856 -1861 Issues / Re: Is there a single genuine stamp/cancel in this group??!
« on: April 07, 2017, 09:47:53 AM »
Here's a fake FRANCO EN ZACATECAS cancel on a split Eagle on piece for a mere $4,500!!!  I'm going to make a best offer of $12.99.  ;-)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401304459295?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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Miscellaneous / Variations in a single cancellation
« on: March 19, 2017, 07:11:59 PM »
The variability of some early cancellations is nicely shown in this 1856 two reales which has two strikes of the same ZACATECAS cancel (Taylor ZA-1/16) one of which is stretched 50% in height.  The device must have been made of some pliable substance like rubber.

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1856 -1861 Issues / Is there a single genuine stamp/cancel in this group??!
« on: March 16, 2017, 07:15:43 PM »
 See http://www.ebay.com/itm/232272172311?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This is the best collection of fraudulent reprints  with fake cancels and fake splits I have seen in one place.

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Modern Stamps 1940 - Present / Re: University Issue color variety - chemical changeling or trial color proof?
« on: January 15, 2017, 03:00:32 PM »
This might be the same color.  As you suggest, the colors in his catalog are somewhat off, so I'm not really sure what exact color his stamp is.
The other possibility is that Carlos added wine to his coffee.  ;-)
Farley

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