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Latvia
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Posted 05/26/2015   8:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Shobos to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello, basically i'd like to know what I got here, my grandfather gave these to me, I have no knowledge at ALL about stamps and I want to know if there are any known rare/collectible stamps.

First page is Russia and second page is Latvia.
There are dozens of these pages from 22 countries and many more that were floating between the pages.
Thanks in advance!
















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Edited by Shobos - 05/27/2015 2:59 pm

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Canada
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Posted 05/26/2015   8:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jamesw to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Shobos, and welcome to the forum. You ask a lot, but give us little to go on. Generally, I think you've got some pretty common stamps there, and some look to be in bad shape. But your image isn't very good, I'm afraid, so it's hard to tell what we're really looking at with any certainty.
May I suggest you scan or photograph some individual stamps and show them to us as larger images. Someone here may be able to tell you something.
Conversely, if you are new to stamps and you live near a major centre with a good library, chances are they will have a collection of stamp catalogues. You could probably take them home and do some of your own research.
Also I'd suggest taking some of them out, carefully, using tongs if you have them - try not to handle the stamps with your fingers if you can help it - and inspect the back. Latvia, around the time of the First World War often printed their stamps on old maps or unfinished currency. Not necessary valuable, but certainly interesting.
I'd be willing to bet that the first Latvian stamp in the third row is printed on currency. I have one just like it.

And here it is, front and back...


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Edited by jamesw - 05/26/2015 9:03 pm
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United States
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Posted 05/26/2015   9:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Freibergs to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The Latvian stamps in your photo are relatively common ones from the period 1919-1921
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United States
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Posted 05/26/2015   9:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Freibergs to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Do any of the Latvian stamps in the second and third rows have any printing that looks like the front design also printed on the back of the stamp?
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Pakistan
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Posted 05/27/2015   07:37 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add aamerjamal to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
to me on third row few stamps looks like iranian or latvian but becuase blur image not 100% sure about them. try to scan them one by one and post them here again.
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Israel
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Posted 05/28/2015   1:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Londonbus1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Most odd !

All I can see are little square boxes with a white 'X' on black background !
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Germany
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Posted 05/28/2015   2:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scotzm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd advise against right clicking to "View Image" until a Moderator passes them fit for viewing. Seems to be all Lonely Hearts or Get Rich Quick types on that site.
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