Mouse Pain

 I got a pair of stamps(Taiwan) from a friend at work who got a package. Anyways, I found the fruit stamp on the right instantly. Longan's (after I had to look up and see what they are. There's a video on the linked page) remind me of Kiwi berries with a tangerine rind and one big black seed.  I gave up looking for the bird on the left. My finger began to hurt scrolling on my mouse for so long that I cried uncle. I'm not using my index finger to type this, that's how long I searched. Either I'm blind, stampworlds not showing it or it's in Scott's. But I've gotta make some fast cash tonight on GTAV and I'm afraid a patch is coming along to remove the farming. I hope someone knows when this bird was born and doesn't hurt their finger like I have searching.

JimmyB

1+0=0

 Except for the huge shark bite along the edge, I think this is a nice used stamp. Light cancel though a tad off centered. Neils Henrik Abel(1802-1829). was from what I can tell only the 3rd person to be on a Norwegian stamp, regular postage at least.. #148 in my book and issued in 1929, the 100th anniversary of his death, the color is ultra blue. I wonder if they use the same color names as Crayola?
 When Neils entered the University, he already knew more mathematics than anyone else in the country. How does one get taught mathematics when they already know more than their professors? I guess you just create and discover new mathematics. He was taught at home with hand written textbooks and in one of his textbooks had been written the equation 1+0=0. He was average in all his classes except for math in which he excelled.
 Died at 28 from TB, but responsible for major advances and lived a poor man basically having what appears to be an appointment to professorship sent via post and arriving too late, Neils having passed before the news from the University arrived to him. Ok, the ending is different, but I couldn't help but think "Good Will Hunting".

JimmyB

Battered Yet I Looked

 This is a well worn #10 Finland with serpentine roulette perforations from 1866-1874 or else an 1893 reprint on thicker woven paper. Without knowledge of the colors I'm looking for to know the difference, or stamps to compare paper thickness I'll settle for that as the possibilities. I measured the depth of the serpentines and determined it is not of the special varieties in the thousands of dollar catalogue value, I am happy to find it in my mixture from Elmer never the less. It's always exciting finding a stamp in the catalogue with expensive varieties. I feel like I'm checking my lotto ticket numbers when I'm making measurements with my perf gauge.

JimmyB

Above the River Thames

 This is a view of Windsor Castle above the river Thames on Basutoland's King George V's Silver Jubilee omnibus of 1935. This set is of significance partly because of King George's interest in stamps.

JimmyB

Unique Address?....Priceless.

 A postcard of the Golden Throne in Mysore Palace is a fantastic addition to my postcard collection. Follow those links and you'll see what I mean. Multiple stamps are always a plus on cards I receive also. There can never be too many stamps on a card or envelope one receives. The entire region this card comes from is deeply steeped in mythology, religion and military history and yet, I cannot help but find my attention drawn however to the unique return address on this card. I read an article recently about the Jamaicans trying to fix the address system so as it is easy for postmen to find the recipient. Here is an address that reminds me of the addresses used there, but this one is in India and please note the line "near varthur Police station" which is what I am referring to as being unique.  Thanks for appreciating my blog Col. Akhil Kumar, you'll be hearing from me soon my friend, via snail mail.

JimmyB

Missing Just One

 This is one of my favorites as far as issues go. 1962's QE2 Hong Kong. I'm missing the $5 stamp and my catalogue describes 2 different types of each one. Ordinary and chalky paper. Now what in the world is mean't by that and how does one go about detrming if they have either one or the other? I notice that the right edge of her face has a shine to it as though from a light and don't know if this is an offset in the printing or just the natural glow of this hot chicka's beauty. I'm guessing it's a tad offset.

JimmyB