Talk:Postage stamp

message: Found the following page Wine post. I wikified it and tried to verify on google, it came back as a match, but could someone of a Philatelic disposition take a look and check it out, maybe put a link to it in the right place so as it becomes less of an orphan? ta Sabine's Sunbird 06:05, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  help needed 

message: With the number of PD images that should be around (there are plently of 100 year old stamps) do we really need to use a fair use image?Geni 14:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: image at the top of the page

message: no. i live in new zealand and the stamps are not circular. Plough | talk to me 11:08, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: New Zealand has been issueing round Kiwi stamps from 1988. Of course the rest of their stamps are not circular but round kiwi stamps have been issued. Including those in minisheets.--PremKudvaTalk 09:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Do you want to make an entry? You could make a seperate entry too if you wanted and link it here. Oh please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date.--PremKudvaTalk 06:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "circular (such as the stamps of [[New Zealand]])" 

message: We need to do some more work on the section "Types of stamps". I have no idea what many of these strange terms mean. :=) -- 201.78.233.162 23:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the type *should* link to articles that go into more depth, but each should have one sentence of explanation.  They should probably be separated by "purpose" vs "form", since one could have a commemorative postage due coil stamp for instance. :-) Stan 06:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Types of stamps" section still stubby 

message: I went through the external links and removed any spam / off topic links and removed the spam banner from the top.  I also added a link to the APS and BNAPS Home page. 
James A.O.B. 00:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links Edit 

message: Why is there no History section?
What are the origins of the postage stamp? Astadt 19:15, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is now, but it still need some expansion as does the whole article. It is the lead article for the topic so should be comprehensive is all aspects. If you can contribute please do so. The "Dispensing" section needs quite a bit of work to bring it into balance. Cheers ww2censor 20:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that there is a gentleman from Dundee, UK who invented the adhesive postage stamp. I have a picture of his head stone but can't seem to find him online 86.160.147.136 (talk) 16:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean James Chalmers? Lovrenc Košir is also attributed with inventing the postage stamps, but Rowland Hill is mentioned as the person who introduced stamps. The sources for who actually inverted postage stamp seems somewhat of a problem and no one source seems to reliably verify who was the first person. Hope that helps. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 16:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section? 

message: Does anyone know of the history of using stamps as a seal for legal documents ?
I think it was because they cost money, and could then make a contract binding, since even a written contract is not binding until something of value has been exchanged (called a 'consideration').
I've just come across it at the start of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' Series 3 Episode 3 (1972) - 'The Money Programme', but there ought to be a more definitive reference than that ! --195.137.93.171 (talk) 03:42, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stamps used to seal legal documents ? 

message: Dr. Velimir Sokol, one of the founders of the Croatian state's PTT museum in Zagreb, is a postal historian  who has examined the question of Lovrenc Košir's role in inventing the postage stamp.  Driven by historical facts, he concluded that the introduction of stamps into postal communications belongs absolutely to the Englishman, Rowland Hill. In 1979, under the decision of the Philatelists' Union of Slovenia, Lovrenc Košir is no longer accorded that recognition. Dunja Majnaric Radoševic, "Some Examples of Research in the Museum of Post and Telecommunication in Zagreb", CECOMM 2004, Bern/Switzerland. 
Sokol's articles on Košir:  "Has Lovrenc Košir proved to be the maker of the postage stamp concept?" (1962) and "The fortunes and misfortunes of Lovrenc Košir" (1979) are said to resemble good crime novels.  Sokol's other monographs include "450 years of post in Zagreb, 1529-1979" (1979); "Hundred years of telephony in Croatia, 1881-1981" (1981); "Professional couriers in the Dubrovnik Republic" (1968), and "Place and role of postal history in historical science" (1974).
It appears that Košir's role in the history of postage stamps is highly controversial.  The sentences in our article lack supporting documentation and if that is not forthcoming, they should be removed.Fconaway (talk) 05:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ken Lawrence's "Before the Penny Black" , part 7, discusses all this. I think we have enough material to split off into a subarticle on the invention of the postage stamp, mentioning all the claimants. The main article should stick to the basics, and Košir is not part of that. Stan (talk) 13:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

text: I whacked the para. Stan (talk) 13:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lovrenc Košir

message: This article needs significant expansion.
* We need to expand the section on stamp design.
* We need images of stamps showing various aspects - perforated/unperforated, se-tenent etc.
* We need a glossary of terms connected with philately and including the terms connected with parts of a stamp.
* We need images of stamps printed by different printing processes right from line engraving to we offset.
<add your suggestions here>
AshLin (talk) 16:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  To do list 

message: I have a full sheet of "Workmen's compensation law" postage stamps how much are they worth?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bronco67 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Go to your local library and look up a stamp catalog or bring them to a stamp dealer and ask him. We don't offer this type of advise here. ww2censor (talk) 01:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  workmen's compensation law 

message: "Among the most notable abusers have been Nicholas F. Seebeck and the component states of the United Arab Emirates. Seebeck operated in the 1890s as agent of Hamilton Bank Note Company and approached Latin American countries with an offer to produce their entire postage stamp needs free. In return he would have exclusive rights to market stamps to collectors. Each year a new issue was produced but it expired at the end of the year; this assured Seebeck of a continuing supply of remainders. In the 1960s printers such as the Barody Stamp Company contracted to produce stamps for the separate Emirates and other countries. These abuses combined with the sparse population of the desert states earned them the reputation of "sand dune" countries.
Some collectors have taken to philatelic investment. Rare stamps are among the most portable of tangible investments, and are easy to store."
What? This sentence makes no sense to the casual reader. What exactly is the abuse, and how does that abuse contribute to the reputation of the UAE states as sand dune countries? These things need to be explained in greater detail. What exactly was Seebeck's abuse?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.105.71 (talk) 16:00, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Philatelic Abuse

message: If even this particular printer played an important role in the postage stamp history, there is no need to include it in the section 'See also'. There are several other printers that are notable for their contribution in the postage stamp history of a certain country or overall. Why not to add all of them in 'See also'? I would suggest, instead, writing a separate section or an article reviewing notable stamp printers. --Michael Romanov (talk) 13:01, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A section discussing the most important stamp printer worldwide would seem like a good idea. A small number of companies were responsible for most of the early stamps worldwide, Perkins Bacon, De La Rue, House of Questa, Waterlow and Sons, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, American Bank Note Company and Joh. Enschedé come to mind though I am sure there are many more important ones. ww2censor (talk) 14:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Harrison and Sons]] 

message: Most of them do not relate directly to the subject, after visiting those websites of museums, societies and dealers. So, I am going to delete them. --Michael Romanov (talk) 22:01, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links-2 

message: 1. The article says, perfectly correctly: 'the UK remains the only country not to identify itself by name on postal stamps'. The key word here from a historical point of view is remains. In the early days of postage stamps, Brazilian stamps (at least) did not indicate the country (or state) of issue, either, and there were surely others, too. A list of these countries would be interesting. 
2.'Before the introduction of postage stamps, mail in the UK was paid for by the recipient ...' I recollect seeing pre-Penny Black covers posted in the UK marked prepaid. Was it really the case, as the article implies, that payment by recipient/addressee was the only option?  Norvo (talk) 22:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a reliable source for other countries that were not identified by their name, we could add it. Generally most mail was paid by the recipient though mail could be prepaid and was sometimes marked as such but usually this was done by the color of the postal markings. ww2censor (talk) 09:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  A couple of points on the history section  

message: Hi, the various stamp wiki pages mention many types of stamps but the relation between these types is not always clear. I have modelled the relations in Meet-Alex, a data definition and modelling environment with a nice visualization. Would it be helpful to add this link to the types section of postage stamp (and maybe other places)? 
https://www.meet-alex.org/index.php/collections/24?visualShow=yes
Regards, Mark  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markhendrickx (talk • contribs) 15:25, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  stamp model 

message: I removed historical content from the lead section (intro), and placed it in History within an invisible comment. This content needs to be uncommented and merged into History. Turbo pencil (talk) 18:55, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  As a new editor you may not yet be familiar with what the WP:LEDE entails, which should essentially be a stand alone precise of the whole article, so there will be repeated statements that are in the main prose. So removing prose is not a good idea; if it is missing from the main article then you should repeat it though maybe in somewhat different style. ww2censor (talk) 21:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: In this case the lead section was too long and required cleanup; I didn't remove it because it was duplicated material. Turbo pencil (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good though I have not reviewed it very closely but at a quick glance I don't see any mention of the invention in the lede which takes up quite some space in the article. I'm away for a few days so may look at it when I return. ww2censor (talk) 00:23, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section condensed 

message: There seems to be some confusion about whether there is actually a special exception for the UK, so I went to look at current UPU regs,
and in Article 6, we have
"Postage stamps comprise: the name of the member country or territory of issue, in roman letters [1],  or, if the UPU International Bureau is so requested by the member country or territory of issue, the abbreviation or initials officially representing the member country or territory of issue, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Regulations; [...]
[1]    An exception shall be granted to the United Kingdom, the country which invented the postage stamp."
So it seems pretty clearly spelled out as a special exception (and no mention of a sovereign's head). Stan (talk) 06:16, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK name exception redux 

message: Ireland officially launched the world's first (according to some news websites) digital stamp for use within Ireland with plans for use in international mail in the future. Should there not be a section on this? Source: An Post Website 78.19.178.41 (talk) 18:37, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Digital Postage Stamp 

message: I need a stamp picture 2402:8100:303D:84C2:10C8:34C8:3048:C401 (talk) 16:40, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you be more specific? Or just search the commons under the country name here c:Category:Postage stamps by country. ww2censor (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stamp