My Worldwide Collection: An Ongoing Journey

Spain_1850

As I said earlier, I had a devil of a time finding one. Stamp dealers just don't carry RHM. I got mine from Sismondo stamps. They offer used catalogs. I think they are their old copies. My RHM has Sismondo's bookplate on the inside. I checked there today but no RHM. You might want to check there periodically or contact them.

[edit: forgot to include the website

http://www.sismondostamps.com/

Good luck on your search!

Dan
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Dan - Got a question concerning your scans of the RHM catalog.
As far as the perforation varieties go, it looks like they combine the compound perfs?

In other words, the first listing looks like it is perf 13-14, which, I'm assuming, could include perf 13, perf 13.5, perf 14 or any combination of the 3?

Same thing goes for the next listing of perf 11-11.5, where it could include perf 11, perf 11.5, perf 11 x 11.5, etc..?

Checking the copies I have I find I have about 7 perf combinations. However, they could easily be grouped to fit into the 2 perf. ranges of 11-11.5 and 13-14

My one exception is a 100R I have perf 11 x 13, which looks like it might be either 78A or 78B?

Is this close?

Spain_1850,




I use a Lindner Combibox to measure perfs. It is good to 1/4 perfs.


The Scott catalog charitably calls Brazilian perfs "rough or clean cut." In my limited experience rough can be an understatement. To me, grouping them into the RHM categories makes sense. They can be all over the place if you measure to 1/4 perf.

If I understand the catalog correctly, the difference between a 70A and a 70B is one of color, not perforation. Determining subtle color variations from a scan is a crap shoot.
Dan

Dan - I've personally never needed a perf gauge to go to 1/4 of a perf, but who knows now that I am collecting WW.

I'm kind of getting a good idea of how I will approach my pages, based on the RHM scans you posted. They will be more specialized than what Scott allows, but not so specialized so as to have a whole album of minor perf varieties.

I notice you mentioned the 70A v. 70B, which do indeed look like shade variants. The one I mentioned looks to be 78A or 78B. But now that I look at it again, I'm thinking mine is actually 78B. 78A, if I'm reading it correctly, is perf 11 "grossa", which looks to translate to "thick". Not sure what that refers to?! The paper? "Thick" perforations?

78B is described as "mista", which looks to translate to "mixed". I'm assuming it is referring to the mixed perforation of 11 x 13.

Looks like I'm gong to have to acquire a crash course in Portuguese.

On a side note, it looks as though the APRL has the RHM catalog in their library. I just now re-upped my membership, which I had let lapse. I keep forgetting what a great resource it can be.

Spain_1850,

You probably won't need a perf gauge to measure to 1/4 of a perf. I've never encountered the need to do so. Most catalogs round perf measurements. It might be useful for a very technical study but that's above my pay grade. I use the Lindner gauge because it is easier for me to use than my Precision Multi-Gauge. It is interesting, though, to see the variations at that level. Brazilian perforations can get messy. That's why the RHM categories make sense to me.

I apologize for misreading your earlier post. I think you are correct. I'm studying Portuguese but I'm nowhere near the level to read the catalog. To complicate matters sometimes stamp catalogs use common words as terms of art. (e.g. in German you often find a stamp listed as ein Mark, a brand. That's shorthand for the German word for "stamp" "Briefmark") Although your translation is correct, in the context I would read "grossa" more like "entire."

I would read the catalog as showing three different perforations for a 78 (no watermark): 78 = perf 13, 78A = perf 11 and 78B = perf 11 X 13. The rest of the text says there are varieties of points on the stars. 78C through 78M are for only perf 13.

Maybe someone with a better knowledge of Portuguese can bail me out!

I'm glad you will have access to a RHM catalog.

Dan

I've been wanting to get a hold of this book since it was published 10 years ago. No more referencing 110 year old Forbin for my Spanish revenues!

Kind of taking a break from the Brazil project, as I am waiting for the RHM catalog to arrive.

So I thought I could show some pages from some of the other countries I do have mounted up. Be warned however, my collection is still in it's infancy so I have very few complete, or near complete pages to show. But the whole purpose of this thread was to document my collection as it (hopefully) grows and expands.

Here are a few from Haiti.

....and a few from Iceland

Spain ....You got a few revenue stamps mixed in with your Iceland stamps .

Spain,

I really like your approach and the logical way you are going about turning a mass of stuff into a beautiful collection that anyone would be proud of. I also think that the fact that you are sharing all of this is amazing, an inspiration to others. Thank you for that.

John

Floor - I'm assuming you are referring to the ones with the "Tollur" cancel in a box? I actually forgot about those. Iceland was one of the first countries I mounted.

My original intention was to make a separate page for the revenue cancelled items. I actually have a batch segregated in my files. The ones I have still mounted on the pages above were suppose to be there as "fillers" until I had a chance to replace them.
Thank you for the reminder.




john - Thank you for the kind words. I was originally hesitant to start this thread, not knowing how it would be received. But I am glad I got it started while the process is kind of in it's infancy.

Spain .......I should of added that I enjoy looking at your collection,keep it going, nice pages .

Nice I am enjoying your work at this please keep showing us your updates.

terrific thread and journey! I have a few questions and observations ... but first a bit of my own story

I've waffled back and forth over the years on how to best store and display my WW collection ... I have binders full of varios, stockbooks, binders with Steiner pages, bins with bags of loose stamps both and off paper, accumulations of pages/old albums I've purchased and a Minkus Global Supreme I sprang for a couple of years ago (which I have been very much disappointed with). It's all a bit overwhelming and I just can't decide how I want to go ... I pick a method and then I see someone else's collection stored a different way and I go haring off in THAT direction! Quite frustrating. You've inspired me though to pick a method and stick with it!

1) how do put your pages into the binders? Do you three-hole punch? I use page protectors but that's another added expense. I've not found the glassine interleaving in the 8 1/2 x 11 size which I would like to use.

2) prinz hinges ... if you store your extra packages in a ziploc in the freezer they will stay flat forever. Its the humidity that causes them to curl ... so just take out what you need at a time and leave the rest in the freezer.

3) which size showguard mounts do you find works the best or most?

Thanks for the nice words guys.

clifhiker, I'll try to answer some of your questions.


Yeah, just a standard 3 hole punch method. No interleaving, no sheet protectors. I've actually used both those methods for various collections in the past. Both, at least to me, were too time consuming. The glassine interleaves always seemed to tear at the holes, making either repairs or replacing necessary. The sheet protectors just seemed to add too much bulk. Great idea for a small, focused, collection however.



This is a great idea. I will definitely be trying this on my next batch of hinges I buy. All the ones I have right now are already too far gone.



Theoretically, you should be able to buy the largest size available and be able to cut, just about, any size you need. But, you would wind up with a lot of waste.
I'd say the sizes I go through the most are 57 and 61 splitbacks, both of which can be sliced and trimmed to fit most countries definitive issues, which is probably what I have the most of.

Right now, I keep a stock of 39, 41, 50, 57, 61 & 63. These will cover the vast majority of the stamps I have.

The problem I seem to be running into is that Showgard Seconds don't come in all the same sizes that regular Showgards do. So I have to "make do" with what I can get.