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Posted 02/21/2011   12:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add stampcamp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message


Can anyone tell me if this "stamp" is worth restoring or should I just dispose of it?
I am not a collector and this item is one of thousands of stamps that came to me as of part of an international storage shipment.
Thanks,
stampcamp
PS Am I posting this in the right place?
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Posted 02/21/2011   01:19 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This may certainly be interesting for a
Japanese collector, the stamps seem part of a sheet
of a Savings Voucher?
Can we possible see the writing at the top of the paper?
Please do not destroy it, it may give a collector
some joy to own it.

It would have been nice to have "Japan imperf"
or something like that in the thread topic
so we can search for it years hence.

Welcome aboard SCF, hope you enjoy your stay.

Is the date on the stamp 22nd April 1953?
SG0431 (1946) T0153 02y kiyomizu temple imperf File901



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Posted 02/21/2011   01:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampcamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Rod222,
I barely know how to navigate in a forum much less know where to post things here or how to classify them....LOL The date is 22.4.28 and the edge of the stamps are exactly as the stamps shown in the center of the photo. No border or additional information shown. I hope you will appreciate the frustration of one who has never collected stamps or coins suddenly in the position of trying to make a rational decision on their disposition. My hat is off to all of you who are caught up in stamp and coin collecting. I am just looking to have a clear conscience before I pack up the lot and just toss it. Patience direction and replies are really appreciated and I thank you again.
Regards,
stampcamp
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Posted 02/21/2011   03:02 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tonymacg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
Is the date on the stamp 22nd April 1953?
SG0431 (1946) T0153 02y kiyomizu temple imperf File901


Rod, depending on how they were indicating dates in those days, it could be 22 April 1953 or 28 April 1947.
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Posted 02/21/2011   03:44 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well, I mucked that up
admittedly I was a bit lax,
I took it to be either 1939 or 1953
and I took the Japanese "Showa" era.

How did you get 1946
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Posted 02/21/2011   03:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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I am just looking to have a clear conscience before I pack up the lot and just toss it.


Eeek! please, No.
Not sure how you would get that to a
stamp collector near you?
If that is all you have, there would be collectors
here who would take it, just bung it in an envelope

If you have a collection of stamps, call your local dealer and
get an appraisal.

I am impressed you had the prescence
of mind to enquire first

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Posted 02/21/2011   05:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampcamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You have no idea of the chord of humor you have struck here!
I am in Nevada. People here still think the mail is delivered by Pony Express! From time to time a traveling band of "Stamp Tramps" make their way here for shows held at local casinos. Yes, I have hauled my rolling suitcase to a few shows but I was forewarned to attend only to gather information, not to sell or accept any offers.I had an offer of USD $40.00 for the lot!
Dare I say I may have over 5000 stamps, some from places I've never heard of, and I have travelled extensively. Most are pre-1970; some from the early 1900s. Some in books,loose, licked, unlicked, attached, unattached, jumbled together in a mountain of madness, including postcards, not to mention the coins. (I bet my terminology is making you cringe). I doubt there is not a country not represented. Mobility is an issue for me so I thought it best to try to at least see what I could do online. Please don't peak my interests because this fascinating hobby would only add to my feeble mind which is already overloaded with the curse of being an aging and very frustrated entrepreneur whose mental processes are waning under the strain of having an idea for a new product or invention daily, when "she" is not teaching an educational program for foreign adults as a source of financial frustration for survival. But something has got to give with all of this and I must find a resolution to this dilemma ASAP.
I will keep responding as long as you do. But it is 2:05 AM here and I think I must call it a night. Stamps are safely tucked in a box under my bed. Perhaps the universal nature of their existence will provide me with some startling revelation in the morning!
Till next time,
stampcamp
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Posted 02/21/2011   05:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I see,
so you are not entirely ignorant of stamps.
I cannot help you further,
Good luck with your decision.
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Posted 02/21/2011   07:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tonymacg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
I took it to be either 1939 or 1953
and I took the Japanese "Showa" era.

How did you get 1946


Rod, I'm pretty certain the CDS used Showa years. I'm just not sure whether the '22' or the '28' is the year and the other the day of the month. That's why it should be 1947 or 1953.

How did you get '1946'?
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Posted 02/21/2011   08:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hehe,
that green leaf on my noodles, maybe wasn't coriander

Typo sorry,
I had either 1895 or 1953 (for 28)


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Posted 02/21/2011   09:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tonymacg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hmmm, ¥2 would have been a reasonable sum in 1895; ¥12 would have been quite a nice sum. I like 1947 or 1953 better.
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Posted 02/21/2011   1:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
well stampcamp,
before you deign it to the scrap heap, post lots of pictures.
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