Hi Graham, it was me who sent the morse code/Overland Telegraph postcard. It basically said "Hi Graham, I hope you like my morse code themed postcard. Sincerely, Kate" It was hard putting all the dots and dashes together in such a small space.
Thank YOU for allowing me to use the map picture 😊. I’ve only gotten a classroom once, and I just filled my postcard with New Jersey facts that would impress the students. 💪🧐📚
Always enjoy your mail day episode😊 Thanks for recommending my Decimal Day video, can’t quite believe it has been two years! And good timing! It’s the decimal day today 🤣
Hi Graham! I'm sure someone has already mentioned this, but the Iranian stamp with the downed helicopter is in 'commemoration' of the failed hostage rescue on April 24, 1980.
Great episode! I particularly enjoyed the carousel stamps! I am not a philatelist (i’m a Postcrosser) but i do have a small collection. I love watching your videos! Your enthusiasm is contagious!
😊 so glad to see you enjoying the vids and the channel. The carousel stamps really are a neat issue, I was excited to receive them on such a beautiful parcel. Thanks so much for watching 🙏
Graham what a fantastic episode! I LOVE what they did with the carousel stamps... That was exciting for me because contrary to popular opinion I was originally not a huge fan of them - mostly because I think a single stamp from that set on an envelope looks awkward due to the shape. But obviously I was being unimaginative! The way they displayed it on the parcel is brilliant and turned me from a 'hater' into a fan! Haha. Dragged my husband over to see and he said it looks like a board game. How cool! Someday I hope to bring the little one out to that carousel, too! 5 cents is not a bad price at all. Thanks for this episode, you make them look effortless. 🐱
😊 Yay thank you Lisa! Why didn't I think of board game?! It is so obvious now that you mention it, Chris and Edan did such a wonderful job with the parcel. You totally have to take the little one on a carousel ride in the future.. 5 cents to ride a lion is SO cheap, Canada sounds a little more affordable than New Jersey 🦁😂 . Thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for putting your content and enthusiasm in your videos. I live in The Netherlands and it is not very commun for people younger then 70 years old to collect stamps here. I never stopped collecting stamps, but the last years i started again to be enthusiastic about this great hobby. And now I am on fire with the hobby and can't stop working about it. Its your UA-cam videos that makes me more enthusiastic and encourage me to share it also with younger people! Thank you so much, Camiel.
Hi Camiel! so great to see that you are enjoying the hobby again, and welcome to the channel. 😊 The more we learn and share, the more we grow philately. Thank you so much for watching and interacting with the channel, more videos to come.
Hi Graham! That magnifying glass is a menace for sure! One of the first cautions one learns as a witch is to keep your crystal ball covered. Seems like a cool correlation with philately!
I love that!! My glass might not help me with fortune telling 🔮, but it shows me fascinating insights to places around the world. I must keep it covered!
WHEW!!! LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS. Thank you Graham. You are going to have to move as I started to realize I could send stuff! 70 years of collecting and I throw nothing away! I had to move! I just received a collection from my son-in-law of his early attempts at collecting. If this keeps happening, I guess a larger house is in order??? Maybe I can put it all in the mail??? ;-)
Thanks Wayne 😊 Yeah my room is bursting at the seams, I may need to start building an extension on my home, don't send too much 😂👍. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel.
Graham What a absolute surprise and joy to be recognized on your UA-cam video. Joanne & I very enjoy watching your video for the fun, History, and educational. Value. Keep up the great job, & already working on my next FDC to send your way. Gratefully yours Doug
Thanks Doug 😊. Glad you both saw the episode, such a cool treat to receive the Lucy FDCs, like I said I look forward to going back to see her once she is restored.
*Great episode !* 😄😄 _A lot of interesting stuff people still send through the postal system givin' life to the hobby_ And better be careful with that magnifying desk lamp😅
OMG, thank you Graham for finally posting another Exploring Stamps video - I was ‘Jonesing’ for the longest time. Man, you touched on sooo many things in your latest video that peaked my interest that I found myself taking screen shots and jotting stuff down quickly. I always feel like I’m ‘stamp starved’ when I don’t see a new exploring stamps video from you - lol. Your videos are sooo much fun to watch and I love all the comments you get from other stamp collectors about your videos, as well as the links you share. I do work alone a lot at my jobs so your videos always keep me company Anyways, thanks again for another outstanding video and keep up the great work. Regards Bradley (Bobcat) Brideau
So glad to see that you are enjoying the episodes 😊 . It means a lot to know that viewers like you appreciate the content, so thank you VERY much for the kind words and supporting the channel with your views. Happy Exploring!!
I always enjoy learning more about postage stamps in this interactive way, thanks ES !! Australia still issues personal stamps, I have made a few of these for international and Christmas stamps in the past. Essam from Iran sends awesome postcards and stamps. I have 2 postcards from him that I was lucky to receive and value in my collection.
This was such a great episode! You got a ton of great philatelic items that were both pretty and interesting. I wish I had taken more care in writing your card, my handwriting was so messy 😅😅 I’m glad you enjoyed what I sent and are happy about being on Canadian postage✨🇨🇦🍁 I wonder if anyone else will send you some of their picture postage in the future, they are more valuable now that the program is cancelled.
Ah yes, Ive been meaning to discuss your handwritting.... tsk tsk. Lol 😂 Your handwriting was perfect. Thank you so much for the wonderful items, Yes those picture postage stamps are now going to be a rarity in their own right, amazing that I have one with my own face on it, woohoo. 🙌 Thanks so much for watching, Sarah!
Thank you Graham, I enjoyed this episode again. The Netherlands also has personalised stamps btw, I will send you some 😀 Furthermore, I will certainly send Jessica a postcard!
Thanks Kees 😊. Glad you enjoyed it. I didn't know that Netherlands had personalized stamps as well, very cool. Thanks for writing to Jessica, lets see how much mail she gets 😬.
Loved this Mail Day Episode. I love the channel and the energy of discovered fascination you bring to its presentation. I'm a plant geek and wish you success with the plant a gram!
Another great episode. Lots to learn about. My personal recollection about the UK decimal day in 1971. I was just starting to sit my school exams at that time so had to forget all I had learned about the old £/s/d and switch to £/p. (I also had to juggle Imperial/metric unit around the same time. (Science subjects were using cm/Kg etc but everything else was still in feet/pounds). An odd fact about machins in the UK. In 1997, there was a set of machins issued as 20, 26, 37 & 63 (others followed). The 'P' was left out because they were issued as Welsh Regional stamps and pence is not a Welsh word. There were also dual language NVI's so Welsh stamps had 1 AF/ST or 2 AIL/ND on them. Not content with swapping from QEII to KCIII, 'forever' stamps (we call them NVI, No value indicated) without the QR code will no longer be valid in the UK from sometime this year.
Thanks Iain 😊 . I kinda wish that the US would fully switch to metric, juggling imperial and metric is quite a pain (I still don't have a full grasp of the imperial system). Yes I learned about the missing P issues 😬. I dont think I have any, but something that I need to pay closer attention to, a Machin collection has so many nuances to enjoy. Thanks so much for watching!
The pre-decimal system is very old and dates back to the reform of Charlemagne in the eighth century. The basis was one pound of silver, called "libra". It was divided into twelve solidi and 240 denarii. This is where the predecimal symbols on British stamps come from: the pound symbol for libra, the shilling for the solid, and the penny for the denarius.
Thanks Graham for this wonderful episode of #philately. You always seem to energize my enthusiasm for Philately. Also, I am going to send you a photo of a first day cover I had framed and hung on a wall in my study. In 2017 we traveled to Belgium and visited Flanders fields and a number of WWI sites commemorating the Centenary of that war. As you will see from the photo I send of the first day cover it is commemorating the ambulance trains used in that war.
I've been using a magnifying lamp, like the one you shown, for many years now. I got it from an art supply store. Another good reason to keep the glass cover is to keep in dust free. Keeping the glass clean is important to getting the best viewing.
I'm surprised Decimal Day invalidated old stamps. I still receive mail with stamps in Belgian Franks, even though we've been using the Euro for over 20 years.
Yeah I’m not sure what the arrangement is with Belgian Frank stamps, but I know that Italian Lire stamps are still used and are valid for postage. For decimal day, the stamps had to be swapped with the post office within a certain period of time, I think the same with cash as well.
Hello Graham. Happy to see that the Iranian cards I sent you made it there. You are right about no "official" access to UA-cam in Iran. However, using VPN , we kinda manage (really slow connections though). Your program is the main reason I go through lots of apps to get access to UA-cam. Send my best regards to Laura for being patient with your philatelic interests. You'll hear more from me. And I don't think you have my address on the cards. I'll write the address on the next round of cards I send. Ehsan (yes, you pronounced it correctly the first time)
Oh wow! Thank you so much for sending the postcards 😊 . One of the postcards that I did not show had your address on it, so I sent a reply postcard earlier this week, fingers crossed that it arrives soon. So glad to see that you are enjoying the channel, thank you so much for watching in Iran, it really means a lot. Happy Exploring!!
Loved the Group of Seven postcards, I knew their 100th anniversary had been celebrated in art galleries. I'll have to look for that issue. As an Art History student I really like some of their impressionist works, especially Lawren Harris, whos artwork featured on some 1960's stamps I got from my Dad who had relatives there 👍
Quite a bit of ground covered in this episode! There are so many different ways to enjoy the hobby and that is to our credit as philatelists. Best to you and yours!
I live on an island in the North Sea (Vlieland) and its my goal to find a message in a bottle someday. They still show up now and then and sometimes 50years after they've been thrown in the sea!
Hi Graham Reg. the Hering price. Actually the DDR (GDR) used both DM (Deutsche Mark), MDM (Mark der Deutschen Notenbank) and M (Mark). DM from 1948-64. Then MDN from 64-67. And from 1968 on, the M denomination. So this Hering made in Rostock DDR is from the sixties. Yours from 🇩🇰, Claus (I collect DDR so this part of your super #hashtag philately was very interesting to me)
I'm so glad you got that plant a gram! My grandma gave me that when I was younger! Sorry about the horrible handwritings. I have been a collector since I was 12. It helped me when my best friend moved away.(what weird kid spends a whole summer at a coin and stamp shop?) But your videos got me rekindled into it. Thank you so much for that!
As an astronomer, another reason to cover up the lens is the static and build up of dust.. Covering it up will reduce that. Normally over short periods of time the dust can easily be wiped away but given time it seems to stick (most likely due to humidity) and then needs a bit of effort to clean off.
Hey Graham, great episode as always and I will send Jessica a postcard. Quick question - is that really a "Bigfoot" postage stamp on the table in the background at 27:00-02? More information please!
Thanks Barry 😊. It is indeed a 'Big Foot' stamp. Its a local post service called 'Bats Private Post' in Beverly Hills California, these stamps were issuing world local post day this year, and the 4 stamps issued by Bat's private post are depicting 'mammals' that inhabit the territories that are serviced by the Private Post. If you ever would like to write to the private post and learn more, I can provide a PO box via email.
Hi, just love your site. Really enjoy the facts that you find. I started back stamp collecting after eons of years. I do have a question. I thought it was not safe to keep stamps in a carboard box which I see you use.
Thank you Lou, glad to see that you are enjoying the show. Yes, the cardboard box is a terrible way to store stamps, I joke about this quite a bit and use it as a fun gimmick to discuss proper stamp storage. I discuss it briefly in this video about storing stamps: ua-cam.com/video/ZXKqOlStP1o/v-deo.html
The East German Mark was officially called the "Deutsche Mark" between 1948 and 1964, despite being a different currency from the West German Deutschmark. Also, East Germany briefly used the West German Deutschmark while still an independent country from 1 July 1990 until reunification on 3 October of the same year.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this Australia (1901-1966) and the former colonies that became Australia (1788-1900) used UK predecimal currency £sd. We didn’t have Australian (national) banknotes or coins until 1910, before then we used a miss-mash of UK and other coins with local banks issuing their own banknotes too. Australia changed to decimal currency on Saturday, 14 February, 1966 at a rate of $AUD2 for one pound.
Great episode! I will definitely be heading to the exhibition, Zulu is a great film and i would like to see what that item is! Thanks, maybe an episode on propaganda on stamps or Iran would be interesting
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😊. Ive only done a video on N. Korea's propaganda stamps, and a little with WWII in Operation Cornflakes. Id love to look at more propaganda from around the world, its a good topic to discuss. Thanks for watching.
Sorry about the loss of your philatelic material and the burns to your desk. An opaque lens cover would definitely be the way to go. As far as personalized stamps, my club, the Calgary Philatelic Society, created many unique items over the last few years including one for our 100th Anniversary last year. We will miss this Canada Post programme. I see New Zealand Post still offers this service. Maybe one of your Kiwi followers could hook you up.
Thanks Jeffery! 😊 I will have to see if there is someone in NZ who can create one for me. It is unfortunate that the Canadian program came to an end, but at least your club was able to get some created last year, congrats on your clubs 100th anniversary, wow!
@@ExploringStamps Go for it, of course it will take time but I think you have taken care of one of the harder parts - establishing a social media presence and brand. This should make opening a shop a bit easier.
OMG..that Iran card..😂😂😂😂.. Cue the theme tune for "Conspiracy Theory" .. They-them are watching you Jerry!👀... *side note re the U.N.stamp - bet they regret putting Russia on it now🤦♂️😂😂😂..
With mounting and displaying stamps, we have several. My wife loves cats, so we have mounted mini sheets and stamps for display. Also we live in Battle East Sussex which is the site of the Battle of Hastings and I made a composite using gb 1966 commeratives, an Edwardian postcard featuring the place where Harald Godwinson died, and an Alderney set showing an extract of Williams coronation as shown on the Bayeux tapestry. (Sorry, don't see a way to show pics of these here.)
Graham, have you done any episodes that explain “essays”? If not, I would love to see one of your episodes explain them (you are nothing if not thorough…which is quite good).
I am collecting stamps for various topics but a stamp is coinciding with two of the topics.What am I supposed to do?Get one more duplicate one to complete both sets?
I've got three big boxes of albums of. Stamps. From my father-in-law. Some of these go pretty far back. All shapes. And sizes. Where to start. I don't know where to begin. I am so lost. I'm looking forward to learning. Bullitt county. Kentucky
People's furniture caught fire from glass paperweights! I over 500 postmarks into my California collection but 75 or more have not returned or came back uncancelled. Disappointed England is retiring old stamps.
Yikes!! Glass and sunlight can be a dangerous combo 🤦🏼♂️. Sounds like some great progress with the collection, the uncancelled ones must be frustrating.
Graham, I am looking forward to your videos so much and they are always exciting to watch. I watch every second of them. The propaganda stamps are neat - so in your face and definitely not politically correct. Refreshing. 🙂
Haha yes! When a stamp is just so ‘in your face’ it totally makes you look twice or three times at it. I’ve received some propaganda stamps on mail and a propaganda postcard in the past that has been vandalized on route, so I was excited to see this made it here without anyone defacing it. Soo cool 😊 thanks so much for watching!
hi Graham seeing this video several months late. If no one has said yet, the Iranian stamp showing a helicopter in the desert is a commemoration/glorification of a failed US hostage rescue attempt during Jimmy Carter's presidency. Holywood made a film called Black Hawk down about it.
🤯 how did I not know that baby rabbits were kittens?! ( maybe i thought they were bunnies 😂) … so Vietnam is not too different with it’s year of the cat 🤔
Yes I do! They were announced early Jan on Instagram and the prizes were shipped back then: instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MjA3MjkwNjY1MTY5NTAw?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hi, in Ukraine we still have the option to make your own stamp. But there is a problem. First, the stamp dealers sell them too, so you can accidentally buy stamp that isn’t official lets say, and the second problem is that people start to make stamps “russian warship…” so there a lot of similar but not original stamps… its just fun fact, thanks for the video :)
Hi Graham, it was me who sent the morse code/Overland Telegraph postcard.
It basically said "Hi Graham, I hope you like my morse code themed postcard. Sincerely, Kate"
It was hard putting all the dots and dashes together in such a small space.
Wooohooo!!! I got Kate correct 😊. That was so much fun. Thanks Kate!!
Hey Kate, quick question, are you the same Kate that sent the aerogramme recently? Just making sure I dont get it wrong on my next mailday :)
I just did order the same magnifying glass with light and stand 2 minutes ago. I thank you for another very nice video.
Thank you Graham for the best channel on UA-cam. I look forward to your next video!
Thank you Alex!! 😊 you are the best.
Graham, great show! Very interesting! Loved it1 David
Thanks David 😊
Thanks for the shoutout! We love postcrossing and especially LOVE when we come across another classroom that we can write to!
Thank YOU for allowing me to use the map picture 😊. I’ve only gotten a classroom once, and I just filled my postcard with New Jersey facts that would impress the students. 💪🧐📚
Always enjoy your mail day episode😊 Thanks for recommending my Decimal Day video, can’t quite believe it has been two years! And good timing! It’s the decimal day today 🤣
I only realized that yesterday while prepping the video links 😂. Happy decimal day!!
Hi Graham! I'm sure someone has already mentioned this, but the Iranian stamp with the downed helicopter is in 'commemoration' of the failed hostage rescue on April 24, 1980.
Great episode! I particularly enjoyed the carousel stamps! I am not a philatelist (i’m a Postcrosser) but i do have a small collection. I love watching your videos! Your enthusiasm is contagious!
😊 so glad to see you enjoying the vids and the channel. The carousel stamps really are a neat issue, I was excited to receive them on such a beautiful parcel. Thanks so much for watching 🙏
Having your face on a stamp takes the cake!! Awesome! So special.
😊 It is an honor to be in Canada’s postage 😆
Always interesting to watch your mail day episodes! The imagination and thought put into these are fantastic! Thanks for presenting them.
Best channel on UA-cam for sure! Thanks Graham!
Graham what a fantastic episode! I LOVE what they did with the carousel stamps... That was exciting for me because contrary to popular opinion I was originally not a huge fan of them - mostly because I think a single stamp from that set on an envelope looks awkward due to the shape. But obviously I was being unimaginative! The way they displayed it on the parcel is brilliant and turned me from a 'hater' into a fan! Haha. Dragged my husband over to see and he said it looks like a board game. How cool! Someday I hope to bring the little one out to that carousel, too! 5 cents is not a bad price at all. Thanks for this episode, you make them look effortless. 🐱
😊 Yay thank you Lisa! Why didn't I think of board game?! It is so obvious now that you mention it, Chris and Edan did such a wonderful job with the parcel. You totally have to take the little one on a carousel ride in the future.. 5 cents to ride a lion is SO cheap, Canada sounds a little more affordable than New Jersey 🦁😂 . Thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
How fun! I paused the video to write Jessica a postcard and now I'm back to finish watching 😁
Woohoo 🙌 Jessica loves receiving postcards
Loved this episode! Also the Anglo Zulu exhibition looks fascinating.
Thanks Pete! Maybe I’ll see you there 😊
Thank you so much for putting your content and enthusiasm in your videos. I live in The Netherlands and it is not very commun for people younger then 70 years old to collect stamps here. I never stopped collecting stamps, but the last years i started again to be enthusiastic about this great hobby. And now I am on fire with the hobby and can't stop working about it. Its your UA-cam videos that makes me more enthusiastic and encourage me to share it also with younger people! Thank you so much, Camiel.
Hi Camiel! so great to see that you are enjoying the hobby again, and welcome to the channel. 😊 The more we learn and share, the more we grow philately. Thank you so much for watching and interacting with the channel, more videos to come.
Hi Graham! That magnifying glass is a menace for sure! One of the first cautions one learns as a witch is to keep your crystal ball covered. Seems like a cool correlation with philately!
I love that!! My glass might not help me with fortune telling 🔮, but it shows me fascinating insights to places around the world. I must keep it covered!
@@ExploringStamps Seems quite similar for sure!
Phenomenal show, as always! It always makes my day when a new episode drops. Thank you for everything you do, Graham. You’re the best!
You’re the best 😊 thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing Graham!!! Excelent and briallant! Thank you!!!🎉🎉🎉
😊 thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!
WHEW!!! LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THIS. Thank you Graham. You are going to have to move as I started to realize I could send stuff! 70 years of collecting and I throw nothing away! I had to move! I just received a collection from my son-in-law of his early attempts at collecting. If this keeps happening, I guess a larger house is in order??? Maybe I can put it all in the mail??? ;-)
Thanks Wayne 😊 Yeah my room is bursting at the seams, I may need to start building an extension on my home, don't send too much 😂👍. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel.
I like the long line of those horse stamps!
Me too, they did a great job putting it together 🐎 🐎 🐎
Thank you Graham! Interesting and amazing VID, nice colors, nice comments, nice office! stars as usual ! Mike
Thank you Mike 😊. Glad you enjoyed it!
Graham
What a absolute surprise and joy to be recognized on your UA-cam video. Joanne & I very enjoy watching your video for the fun, History, and educational. Value. Keep up the great job,
& already working on my next FDC to send your way.
Gratefully yours
Doug
Thanks Doug 😊. Glad you both saw the episode, such a cool treat to receive the Lucy FDCs, like I said I look forward to going back to see her once she is restored.
@@ExploringStamps Maybe we can join you when you return to view Lucy the Elephant 🐘 exhibition..
Doug & Joanne
Love that German Herring tin. And the snakey carousel parcel front. A really good episode.
Thank you Ingo 😊 the tin and parcel front seem to be very popular with the viewers. Glad you enjoyed the episode 😊
*Great episode !* 😄😄
_A lot of interesting stuff people still send through the postal system givin' life to the hobby_
And better be careful with that magnifying desk lamp😅
Thank you 😊. Yes it is great to get so many amazing things in the mail. I will be careful 🔎🔥
Vert nice and instructive episode. Live long and philatelist 🤣
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OMG, thank you Graham for finally posting another Exploring Stamps video - I was ‘Jonesing’ for the longest time. Man, you touched on sooo many things in your latest video that peaked my interest that I found myself taking screen shots and jotting stuff down quickly. I always feel like I’m ‘stamp starved’ when I don’t see a new exploring stamps video from you - lol. Your videos are sooo much fun to watch and I love all the comments you get from other stamp collectors about your videos, as well as the links you share. I do work alone a lot at my jobs so your videos always keep me company Anyways, thanks again for another outstanding video and keep up the great work. Regards
Bradley (Bobcat) Brideau
So glad to see that you are enjoying the episodes 😊 . It means a lot to know that viewers like you appreciate the content, so thank you VERY much for the kind words and supporting the channel with your views. Happy Exploring!!
I always enjoy learning more about postage stamps in this interactive way, thanks ES !!
Australia still issues personal stamps, I have made a few of these for international and Christmas stamps in the past.
Essam from Iran sends awesome postcards and stamps. I have 2 postcards from him that I was lucky to receive and value in my collection.
Thanks Marni 😊. Ehsan’s postcards really are awesome. I didn’t realize how amazing some of Iran’s stamps are!
Fantastic as usual 😊 I frame up old local postcards ,and hang them in my house
Old postcards are so perfect for that, and great conversation pieces 👏. Glad you enjoyed the episode, thanks for watching Michael 😊
This was such a great episode! You got a ton of great philatelic items that were both pretty and interesting. I wish I had taken more care in writing your card, my handwriting was so messy 😅😅 I’m glad you enjoyed what I sent and are happy about being on Canadian postage✨🇨🇦🍁 I wonder if anyone else will send you some of their picture postage in the future, they are more valuable now that the program is cancelled.
Ah yes, Ive been meaning to discuss your handwritting.... tsk tsk.
Lol 😂 Your handwriting was perfect. Thank you so much for the wonderful items, Yes those picture postage stamps are now going to be a rarity in their own right, amazing that I have one with my own face on it, woohoo. 🙌 Thanks so much for watching, Sarah!
great for aust a great information learn a lot.😎
Thanks Mark 😊
Thank you Graham, I enjoyed this episode again. The Netherlands also has personalised stamps btw, I will send you some 😀 Furthermore, I will certainly send Jessica a postcard!
Thanks Kees 😊. Glad you enjoyed it. I didn't know that Netherlands had personalized stamps as well, very cool. Thanks for writing to Jessica, lets see how much mail she gets 😬.
Loved this Mail Day Episode. I love the channel and the energy of discovered fascination you bring to its presentation. I'm a plant geek and wish you success with the plant a gram!
Thanks Botany Boy!! Fingers crossed that the plant Gods are good to me with this plant-a-gram 🤞😊
Another great episode. Lots to learn about. My personal recollection about the UK decimal day in 1971. I was just starting to sit my school exams at that time so had to forget all I had learned about the old £/s/d and switch to £/p. (I also had to juggle Imperial/metric unit around the same time. (Science subjects were using cm/Kg etc but everything else was still in feet/pounds).
An odd fact about machins in the UK. In 1997, there was a set of machins issued as 20, 26, 37 & 63 (others followed). The 'P' was left out because they were issued as Welsh Regional stamps and pence is not a Welsh word. There were also dual language NVI's so Welsh stamps had 1 AF/ST or 2 AIL/ND on them.
Not content with swapping from QEII to KCIII, 'forever' stamps (we call them NVI, No value indicated) without the QR code will no longer be valid in the UK from sometime this year.
Thanks Iain 😊 . I kinda wish that the US would fully switch to metric, juggling imperial and metric is quite a pain (I still don't have a full grasp of the imperial system).
Yes I learned about the missing P issues 😬. I dont think I have any, but something that I need to pay closer attention to, a Machin collection has so many nuances to enjoy.
Thanks so much for watching!
The pre-decimal system is very old and dates back to the reform of Charlemagne in the eighth century. The basis was one pound of silver, called "libra". It was divided into twelve solidi and 240 denarii. This is where the predecimal symbols on British stamps come from: the pound symbol for libra, the shilling for the solid, and the penny for the denarius.
Excellent! Thank you for the additional info, it all starts to make sense when looking at the historical aspects of the old system. 😊
Thanks Graham for this wonderful episode of #philately. You always seem to energize my enthusiasm for Philately. Also, I am going to send you a photo of a first day cover I had framed and hung on a wall in my study. In 2017 we traveled to Belgium and visited Flanders fields and a number of WWI sites commemorating the Centenary of that war. As you will see from the photo I send of the first day cover it is commemorating the ambulance trains used in that war.
Oh wonderful, a framed FDC is something I didn't initially think of, thanks Gary I will check it out. 😊
I've been using a magnifying lamp, like the one you shown, for many years now. I got it from an art supply store. Another good reason to keep the glass cover is to keep in dust free. Keeping the glass clean is important to getting the best viewing.
I'm surprised Decimal Day invalidated old stamps. I still receive mail with stamps in Belgian Franks, even though we've been using the Euro for over 20 years.
Yeah I’m not sure what the arrangement is with Belgian Frank stamps, but I know that Italian Lire stamps are still used and are valid for postage. For decimal day, the stamps had to be swapped with the post office within a certain period of time, I think the same with cash as well.
Such an interesting show! I am a stamp collector and enjoy it very much. Greetings from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
😊 thank you! So glad to see that you found it interesting. Thanks for watching in Winnipeg!
Waiting for the inverted jenning
awesome vid like always so glad just found my first penny red whislt watching this
Oh nice!!! Glad I was there with you when you found it! 😆 high five!
what an amazing episode!
😊 thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello Graham. Happy to see that the Iranian cards I sent you made it there. You are right about no "official" access to UA-cam in Iran. However, using VPN , we kinda manage (really slow connections though). Your program is the main reason I go through lots of apps to get access to UA-cam. Send my best regards to Laura for being patient with your philatelic interests. You'll hear more from me. And I don't think you have my address on the cards. I'll write the address on the next round of cards I send. Ehsan (yes, you pronounced it correctly the first time)
Oh wow! Thank you so much for sending the postcards 😊 . One of the postcards that I did not show had your address on it, so I sent a reply postcard earlier this week, fingers crossed that it arrives soon. So glad to see that you are enjoying the channel, thank you so much for watching in Iran, it really means a lot. Happy Exploring!!
Loved the Group of Seven postcards, I knew their 100th anniversary had been celebrated in art galleries. I'll have to look for that issue. As an Art History student I really like some of their impressionist works, especially Lawren Harris, whos artwork featured on some 1960's stamps I got from my Dad who had relatives there 👍
36:10 That parcel front is SO COOL! It looks like a board game!
It does! 😊 I just need a little plastic horse and some dice 🎲
Another great episode!!!
Thank you 😊
Quite a bit of ground covered in this episode! There are so many different ways to enjoy the hobby and that is to our credit as philatelists. Best to you and yours!
Thanks Buzza Wuzza! It is indeed to our credit as philatelists, we continue to branch out and explore new avenues 😊. Thanks for watching!
Looking forward to Stampex. Great video as usual.
🙌 I’ll see you at Stampex! Thanks Amy, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
your carosel stamps--- extreme!!! make a shadow box!! showcase all that came with the package!!
Thank you so much for sharing your post 🤩 I'll be sure to to visit the Clash of Empires: Anglo-Zulu War exhibit in July!
🙌 awesome! I’m excited for it, thanks for watching Karen 😊
I live on an island in the North Sea (Vlieland) and its my goal to find a message in a bottle someday. They still show up now and then and sometimes 50years after they've been thrown in the sea!
Oh it would be SO cool to find one!! (Unless it’s a real SOS message from 50 years ago 😳). Keep a look out, and let us all know if you find one 🤞😁
Hi Graham
Reg. the Hering price. Actually the DDR (GDR) used both DM (Deutsche Mark), MDM (Mark der Deutschen Notenbank) and M (Mark). DM from 1948-64. Then MDN from 64-67. And from 1968 on, the M denomination.
So this Hering made in Rostock DDR is from the sixties.
Yours from 🇩🇰, Claus
(I collect DDR so this part of your super #hashtag philately was very interesting to me)
Oh fantastic!! Thank you for shedding some light on this. I knew that there would be a knowledgeable viewer out there with the answer 😊
@@ExploringStamps thanx a million, it's always good to leave a re(mark)😇 ups, it's a dad joke, as my kids say...
I'm so glad you got that plant a gram! My grandma gave me that when I was younger! Sorry about the horrible handwritings. I have been a collector since I was 12. It helped me when my best friend moved away.(what weird kid spends a whole summer at a coin and stamp shop?) But your videos got me rekindled into it. Thank you so much for that!
Awesome :-)
As an astronomer, another reason to cover up the lens is the static and build up of dust.. Covering it up will reduce that. Normally over short periods of time the dust can easily be wiped away but given time it seems to stick (most likely due to humidity) and then needs a bit of effort to clean off.
Oh interesting! That makes complete sense, another good reason to cover that lens. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
Hey Graham, great episode as always and I will send Jessica a postcard. Quick question - is that really a "Bigfoot" postage stamp on the table in the background at 27:00-02? More information please!
Thanks Barry 😊. It is indeed a 'Big Foot' stamp. Its a local post service called 'Bats Private Post' in Beverly Hills California, these stamps were issuing world local post day this year, and the 4 stamps issued by Bat's private post are depicting 'mammals' that inhabit the territories that are serviced by the Private Post. If you ever would like to write to the private post and learn more, I can provide a PO box via email.
Hi, just love your site. Really enjoy the facts that you find. I started back stamp collecting after eons of years. I do have a question. I thought it was not safe to keep stamps in a carboard box which I see you use.
Thank you Lou, glad to see that you are enjoying the show. Yes, the cardboard box is a terrible way to store stamps, I joke about this quite a bit and use it as a fun gimmick to discuss proper stamp storage. I discuss it briefly in this video about storing stamps: ua-cam.com/video/ZXKqOlStP1o/v-deo.html
The East German Mark was officially called the "Deutsche Mark" between 1948 and 1964, despite being a different currency from the West German Deutschmark. Also, East Germany briefly used the West German Deutschmark while still an independent country from 1 July 1990 until reunification on 3 October of the same year.
That’s it! There we go 😊 the online community never fails to assist with solving the puzzle. Thank you 🙏
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this Australia (1901-1966) and the former colonies that became Australia (1788-1900) used UK predecimal currency £sd. We didn’t have Australian (national) banknotes or coins until 1910, before then we used a miss-mash of UK and other coins with local banks issuing their own banknotes too. Australia changed to decimal currency on Saturday, 14 February, 1966 at a rate of $AUD2 for one pound.
Terrific! Thank you for the additional info 😊👍
Great episode..Slowly on getting 30,000 subscribers...WOW
Slowly getting there 😊 thanks Roger!
do you do flag over porch money stamp
Have a look at Hutt River Province, Western Australia. 1970 - 2020. Probably the most famous micronation...
Ooo will do! 🧐 thanks for the recommendation, Rick!
Great episode! I will definitely be heading to the exhibition, Zulu is a great film and i would like to see what that item is! Thanks, maybe an episode on propaganda on stamps or Iran would be interesting
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😊. Ive only done a video on N. Korea's propaganda stamps, and a little with WWII in Operation Cornflakes. Id love to look at more propaganda from around the world, its a good topic to discuss. Thanks for watching.
Virtual Stampex is back....... hopefully this time I don't miss it!
I hope to see you there 😉
Sorry about the loss of your philatelic material and the burns to your desk. An opaque lens cover would definitely be the way to go. As far as personalized stamps, my club, the Calgary Philatelic Society, created many unique items over the last few years including one for our 100th Anniversary last year. We will miss this Canada Post programme. I see New Zealand Post still offers this service. Maybe one of your Kiwi followers could hook you up.
Thanks Jeffery! 😊 I will have to see if there is someone in NZ who can create one for me. It is unfortunate that the Canadian program came to an end, but at least your club was able to get some created last year, congrats on your clubs 100th anniversary, wow!
Looks like it is time for you to open your own online stamp philatelic store!
I’d love to even open a brick and mortar stamp shop at this point 😊
@@ExploringStamps Go for it, of course it will take time but I think you have taken care of one of the harder parts - establishing a social media presence and brand. This should make opening a shop a bit easier.
OMG..that Iran card..😂😂😂😂.. Cue the theme tune for "Conspiracy Theory" .. They-them are watching you Jerry!👀...
*side note re the U.N.stamp - bet they regret putting Russia on it now🤦♂️😂😂😂..
With mounting and displaying stamps, we have several. My wife loves cats, so we have mounted mini sheets and stamps for display. Also we live in Battle East Sussex which is the site of the Battle of Hastings and I made a composite using gb 1966 commeratives, an Edwardian postcard featuring the place where Harald Godwinson died, and an Alderney set showing an extract of Williams coronation as shown on the Bayeux tapestry. (Sorry, don't see a way to show pics of these here.)
Excellent video
Thank you! 😊
I have some d currency ones as I have collecting since I was 7yrs old, going on to 66 yrs old.
Graham, have you done any episodes that explain “essays”? If not, I would love to see one of your episodes explain them (you are nothing if not thorough…which is quite good).
Thanks Robert. I have not discussed essays yet, only in brief mentions, perhaps a topic for a future video. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊
Graham, where on earth do you keep all this stuff !!
There is a reason why the camera doesn’t pan to the left… 😂
I am collecting stamps for various topics but a stamp is coinciding with two of the topics.What am I supposed to do?Get one more duplicate one to complete both sets?
And also love your videos
I've got three big boxes of albums of. Stamps. From my father-in-law. Some of these go pretty far back. All shapes. And sizes. Where to start. I don't know where to begin. I am so lost. I'm looking forward to learning. Bullitt county. Kentucky
It can seem overwhelming, but just jump right in, it is such a rewarding adventure 😊 enjoy!!
What are TV license stamps?
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Fascinating philatelic item
I love it!
The cards from Iran are amazing.
Agreed 👍
i always regretted getting rid of my stamp collection
People's furniture caught fire from glass paperweights! I over 500 postmarks into my California collection but 75 or more have not returned or came back uncancelled. Disappointed England is retiring old stamps.
Yikes!! Glass and sunlight can be a dangerous combo 🤦🏼♂️. Sounds like some great progress with the collection, the uncancelled ones must be frustrating.
@@ExploringStamps I write Philatelic mail on each one. The internet list isn't good as it includes closed offices.
love from Sri Lanka
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Graham, I am looking forward to your videos so much and they are always exciting to watch. I watch every second of them. The propaganda stamps are neat - so in your face and definitely not politically correct. Refreshing. 🙂
Haha yes! When a stamp is just so ‘in your face’ it totally makes you look twice or three times at it. I’ve received some propaganda stamps on mail and a propaganda postcard in the past that has been vandalized on route, so I was excited to see this made it here without anyone defacing it. Soo cool 😊 thanks so much for watching!
You know. If you really think about it. Stamps and Transformers just make sense. :)
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That's neat!
😊 it is!
Just sent a postcard to Jessica!
😊 terrific! Thank you 🙏
hi Graham seeing this video several months late. If no one has said yet, the Iranian stamp showing a helicopter in the desert is a commemoration/glorification of a failed
US hostage rescue attempt during Jimmy Carter's presidency. Holywood made a film called Black Hawk down about it.
Another Ace Episode, it didn't feel longer than 10 minutes, I don't know how you do it.
Thanks Kelvi 😊
FYI Baby cats and baby rabbits are called kittens.
🤯 how did I not know that baby rabbits were kittens?! ( maybe i thought they were bunnies 😂) … so Vietnam is not too different with it’s year of the cat 🤔
@@ExploringStamps I only know because I have bunny. Sometimes he thinks he is a cat because he likes to climb to higher grounds 😂😂
Conch Republic is one of the best micronation.
OK Graham, send letter to ms. Jessica
Awesome!! Thank you 😊
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I enjoyed your video BestWishes mark uk
Get a table that goes up-and-down you can buy them you know
Oh I have one, the desk next to my stamp desk has my work station on it, its my standing desk at times.
Graham do you also have the winners of the content?
Yes I do! They were announced early Jan on Instagram and the prizes were shipped back then: instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MjA3MjkwNjY1MTY5NTAw?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Nice video plz maker a Indian stamp video
🙏 thank you! I hope to make one soon.
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Pull the blind down lol 😆
I forget lol😅
Hi, in Ukraine we still have the option to make your own stamp. But there is a problem. First, the stamp dealers sell them too, so you can accidentally buy stamp that isn’t official lets say, and the second problem is that people start to make stamps “russian warship…” so there a lot of similar but not original stamps… its just fun fact, thanks for the video :)
Charles 3rd stamps Looks like fdr on the dime.
Oh snap!! 😂 👍
Setting up a micronation! its name }}} ta DA.........Stanstan
We just found a bunch of US stamps from the 1980’s. Anyone interested?