Canada / Sweden 2010 Marine Life Booklet Varieties

Peter, mine just arrived too - ESG is a great publication. The forum got a good plug complete with the URL, so maybe a few new members will pop in!

Good morning from sunny Alberta


Any chance that I can get a scan/email of these pages?
Thank you.
David

I work in the music industry, and so I'm sensitive to copyright issues. I won't post articles without the author's permission, and in this case, since I'm a study group member, I'd rather see people join it, for just this very reason - to gain from the knowledge in the study group newsletter.

(I'll still ask if it can be posted here...if only an abridged version.)

Peter

A friend in Prince George, BC reports these Control Numbers from his area:

034945 top row, no cylinder
034947 top row, no cylinder

019475 bottom, no cylinder
019476 bottom, no cylinder, with 'counting tab'

001045 bottom, cylinder 2
001046 bottom, cylinder 2

All below Just have the Control numbers, nothing else.
030034
030041
047442
047443
047481
047650
048058
048059
048831
048832
048833

Another guy who blew his philatelic budget!

Thanks Bee See!

I will add those in to the database and post that. I am worrying that the list is getting a touch long and will not split properly (?) when a full page has been reached here. My have to split it myself when it reaches a certain point.

I have received permission from Robin Harris (author of the Corgi Times article) to share ONLY the data of the control numbers and cylinder numbers that are in a list in that article. I will add those in to the database here also. He says that some of that data was taken from here (with my permission).

Fun fun.

That's great, Puzzler. I have not had a chance to send Robin a note. That's a reasonable response from him to be sure.
Peter

Much new data added from Corgi Times, Bee See and other sources.
114 numbers in list now. Woo Hoo.

Find List on top of Page 5 Page 1.

Hi everybody, I am new on this forum... I read all the information you give for the marine life joint issue.

I collect many booklet of this issue and I found something nobody speak about.... I have 3 booklets with very light kiss print in black on back of the 4 stamps to the right. I take a snapshot of them with my electronic microscope one at 10x and the other at 60x... is there anybody ho have these (offset)kiss print...

Very interesting Timbres. I checked the dozens I have, and did not find any traces of offsets of the engraving on the back.

Hello Timbres! Welcome!

I have yet to look at my booklets to see if any have a 'kiss print' offset printing. I don't remember any just scanning through them but did not look thoroughly. Now I will. Thanks for posting.

You can delete your second post there (it took me a long time to find out this!) by using one of the buttons above the post (only you and the admin). Good for the double posting which I have been known to do also. edit: already deleted, I am sitting here snoozing while the world passes by!

I have more numbers to add to the list on page 5 page 1, this time from Montreal, and must check through my notes to see if I have missed any others.

I notice Bee See has made available an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to download of these numbers on his web site: http://brcstamps.com/ with a nice link back to this topic also.

In Quebec province, Laurentian area, in 5 or 6 diff. Post office, I found those special booklets:

2 booklets with # 1
1 booklet with # 1 and black light kiss print on back of 4 stamps (on right)
3 booklets with # 2
1 booklet with # 2 and black light kiss print on back of 4 stamps (on right)

And the:
(all of these black numbers are lower position and the high is varying )
011716 and # 1
011717 and # 1
014505 and # 1 with black light kiss print on back of 4 stamps (on right)
020419
048076
089369 and # 2 with black light kiss print on back of 4 stamps (on right)
089370 and # 2 with black light kiss print on back of 4 stamps (on right)
092936 and # 2 with very light cover (counting) mark

Thanks Timbres, I will add these to the list soon.

Timbres, by the way, what electronic microscope do you have, if I may ask?

Did you buy it in Canada? On ebay? Is it easy to use, etc, etc.

Hi Puzzler, I have the electronic microscope "QX3" from Digital blue... it's a microscope
for child... but if you cut out the sound, he doe the job and it's very easy to use. I buy it on the net from a US dealer and I saw the microscope regularly on ebay and other auction. When I buy it (from a publicity in "American philatelist" 5 or 6 years ago) I paid 100.00$US in special instead of 199.00US, You can still find it for this price...
I know there is others model from Digital Blues The QX5 and the "Smithsonien" more for adult use, but what is the price ?????

hope I give you the int you want, contact me if you need more information
(Sorry for my limited english)

Timbres,




Did you mean that the Blue cylinder numbers, which are printed higher in the margin (selvedge) than the 6-digit control numbers, are varying?