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Posted 03/31/2008 2:12 pm

Can anyone point out a good resource for learning the lingo of stamp collecting? For example, what's a a "socked on the nose" postmark?

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Posted 03/31/2008 2:28 pm

Welcome to the forum kibosh!

Socked-on-the-nose (SOTN) - a stamp with a clear postmark in the dead center of the stamp

1847usa has an excellent glossary of stamp collecting terms. Just click on the first letter of the term you are looking for (located below the banner).

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Posted 03/31/2008 2:31 pm

A socked-on-the-nose postmark is a postmark that shows the date the stamp was canceled with the postmark just about dead center on the stamp.

Had this go up just in time to see ol' quick-draw t360 beat me to it!

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Edited by modern_who - 03/31/2008 2:34 pm

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Posted 03/31/2008 2:52 pm

Gotcha. Thanks for the replies!

Is SOTN good, bad, or a matter of taste?

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Posted 03/31/2008 3:06 pm

Taste, but if clear they seem to be favored.

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Posted 04/01/2008 06:30 am

Kibosh:

Here is a great link for stamp collecting terms and "Lingo"

http://www.askphil.org/b.htm

Go to the glossary section

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Posted 04/01/2008 10:44 am

Just happened to be scanning some postal cards and came across this one. The president of Saar got it on the nose, here.

Just wondering if the term socked-on-the-nose didn't originate back at the time most stamps had faces -- and noses -- on them...

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Edited by modern_who - 04/01/2008 10:48 am

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