Identify mystery stamps using a computer

Charles Snee

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Identify mystery stamps using a computer

Most collectors encounter strange stamps that are not easily identifiable at one time or at other times. This can be very frustrating, but as William F. Sharpe explains in his Computers and Stamps column, there are online resources to help identify mysterious stamps like the one shown here. Sharp begins its search by asking for help on the Delphi Stamp Collecting Forum. A kind collector introduced him to two websites with examples of his mystery stamps. Dive into the entire column for all the details about this profession stamp and other equally intriguing issues.

The first great American $ 1 stamp honors Bernardo level

On September 23, 1986, the U.S. Postal Service in honor of Bernard Revel, a Jewish educator and scholar, in a definitive series of Great Americans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Yeshiva University in New York. I issued a $ 1 stamp. It was the first $ 1 stamp in the popular periodical series, as Charles Sny explains in the dollar stamp. Shortly after the stamp was issued, Snee wrote, collectors noticed a symbol secretly added to the engraved portrait Revel. He also draws a cover with a $ 1 Revel stamp used in combination with other stamps mailed from Arizona to Portugal in 1989.

Word Search Puzzle: Harry Potter Character

Rin’s We regularly publish three games to entertain our readers. Word scramble puzzle by Trickies and Joe Kennedy. Word search puzzle by DERubin. And Philatelic Lexicon, a crossword puzzle by David Saks. In this week’s issue, Rubin sends readers to look for the names of various characters in the Harry Potter movie series. The film is inspired by the book of British author JK Rowling. The Scott Catalog number associated with each character in Rubin’s puzzle refers to the Harry Potter stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in 2013.

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