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Post by cddstamps on Jan 10, 2023 9:25:30 GMT
how about a few from Hong Kong. if you want more than just the image please visit the blog here to start with, a 747.
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Post by cddstamps on Jan 16, 2023 10:54:58 GMT
one more for you. well ok 2 and from my aircraft on stamps Blog . really this is something collectors need to know about.. if they do not already..... I have the Hong Kong Centenary of British Occupation issue, from 1941. A stunning issue. I thought it would be nice to show the $1 stamp and then I saw a few copies for sale and thought I would use what I saw as an example of something to watch out for. Sadly it happens far too often. Yes, sellers brightening the image, or “enhancing” the colour to make the stamp look more attractive. Call it what you will - this stamp was never issued in this shade, this colour, with this brightness. Another example of - there is only one way to say it – a con artist seller, trying to convince you thorough the image to make it look more attractive to buy. Someone deliberately brightening the image, even changing the colour. It really is unacceptable but it happens, as I say, far too often. You know the expression, if it looks to good to be true, it isn’t true. I would like to buy this issue just to prove to you but I wont give the seller the satisfaction of them knowing their con has worked. Oh and one other thing…… the seller says in the description.. … “Picture for reference only” so would you buy when you read that. I certainly hope not. This is what the stamp really looks like. Just brilliant isn’t it? more Hong Kong soon. Take care and be kind to real stamp dealers! Michael cddstamps
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Post by cddstamps on Jan 21, 2023 9:35:03 GMT
Hello, welcome to the weekend. I hope everyone has a wonderful time, and please don’t forget to celebrate the new year, Gong hei fat choy. Always a lovely few days when we lived in Hong Kong. So to one more Hong Kong stamp, although it is associated with a very sad event. This is one of 4 from the 1984 aviation issue and as you can see shows a Sikorsky S-42B. First, the catalogue shows this as a Pan Am aircraft name Hong Kong Clipper. This was its earlier name. It became the Samoan Clipper and was lost soon after taking off from Pago Pago on January 11th 1938. 85 years ago this past week and with the loss of life for all on board. This including the pilot, the very famous Ed Musick and his 6 crew. There is a very complete and well written piece on this accident here and I think it is worth reading if you want to learn more. Musick was by all accounts an amazing person and exceptional pilot, I even have a cover signed by him, and I have written on him and Pan Am Clippers before so won’t repeat previous texts but a bit more if you are interested can be found here. Especially about his Final Flight. What next. There are a few more Hong Kong stamps I could use. Maybe one more but as I often ask, if you have some stamps for a country you would like me to write about please let me know. I am at cddstamps@gmail.com
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