Once stamps exceed several hundred dollars each, quality becomes more important than many buyers seem to realise. I use the analogy with cars - one can buy a 1960 VW or a 1960 Rolls, but you would not expect...
When the opening bid price for a stamp exceeds say $us 50, buyers start to look for information that is not so important for cheaper stamps. One of the primary questions is, "What is the condition of the gum?"...
The Commonwealth of Australia started printing its own stamps in 1913. Before that, each of the several States had printed their own. The first major stamp series to be printed after 1913 by the Commonwealth...
For years I have used only standard Nikon lenses - no zoom - and Nikon film cameras. This is because digital has not produced similar resolution to a fine-grained film like Fuji Velvia 100 (used to be 50)until ... read full review