Glad it was helpful!

@@KensStampCollection pretty knowledgeable for a beginner. A beginner of what? A beginner expert?

Haha -- I'll take that. You should watch the followup video and really go deep with me.

@@KensStampCollection how many years have you been at it? I recently found an interesting paper anomaly in the King Edward VII penny red and someone recommended your video.

Tell me more about that paper anomaly, please. I got into these stamps about a year ago. I’ve been collecting for almost 50 years now, but mostly US until about 10 years back.

I really like that these stamps are what everyone used everyday. It feels like a connection to people to me.

Glad you're enjoying them. The politics are so interesting.

I appreciate your support.

You know, I have so much fun with these silly thumbnails. It does look like a pre-fight stare off. Haha

Thank you very much! I’ve liked yours too

I appreciate that!

What a great question even if you were laughing. Here's the funny answer--Americans. When you stop laughing again, here's the more detailed answer. In the US at least, dealers use the Scott catalog to price things. We have access to Scott catalogs in libraries and stamp shops. Largely, the only SG catalogs we get are for GB. Specialists will shell out for other catalogs, but the typical collector in the US doesn't have the budget for that. Fortunately, for Australia, both Scott and SG list about the same thing for these stamps. There's really not much difference. That's not true for GB stamps. Scott is pretty weak for those stamps. Honestly, if I were to dive deeper into Australia, I might look for the specialized catalog available in Australia rather than SG. Can you share what that one is? Teach us, please.

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I have a few, but no obsession yet

Always welcome

Glad they are helpful. I enjoy making them and sharing my collection

I love them too

So cool. Btw did I pronounce ThreeStun correctly?

@@KensStampCollection yes you did! 🙂

So nice to hear

Those Davo albums are great. And I love French stamps. Tell me more about those web sites.

That's the Holiday Inn booklet, right? Thanks for the pointer

You are so welcome! Now I have to figure out Dickinson paper

I've seen that too, especially with the Victoria issues.

Produced by the post office -- That's a really useful measure. Although, I agree, those books just waste paper to me. I can't imagine reading them.

Thank you. I do have a more focused wildings video that might help. Next thing I’m doing with the scope is looking for little dots to check seahorse types. Haha

A mystery! The game is afoot

What a great find

That makes sense. Thanks

Appreciate that

It was fun to use, and did a nice job

Thanks!

So nice to get those zeppelins. Fun

Haha. I suppose you would have more insight into Aussie stereotypes. To me they seem like Americans with better beaches.

The scope won’t capture a whole stamp. Just about a third of the roo. I didn’t get a sense of the photo resolution. I’m not sure there. It def won’t replace a scanner. I’m sure it would be excellent for finding errors

As for enlargement. I’m learning that’s a hard question. The spec says it’s 5x-120x. Here’s what I measure. The 8.5cm screen height shows 8.5mm of a ruler fully zoomed out. The closest I could measure the same rule was just over 1mm.

@@KensStampCollection I know little about the Australians, only on TV and some colleagues in my research. I find they have a lot of self confidence, but one has to be so careful for stereotypes. 🙂 I don't think they are like stereotype ("typical") Americans, though. 🙂

@@KensStampCollection Thanks for replying, Ken. As far as I can gather, the field size of the microscope is not very large. I think if you seek a known error, seeing part of the stamp significantly enlarged is fine, but in my mind so far, without experience, I think trying to find new, unknown errors, one will have to compare two or more stamps next to each other to compare them. I don't think the microscope will be the optimal option. But I am just thinking in theory - will need to start to seek and identify variants of stamps for experience.

Sounds like a fun collection. I tend to buy lots and old albums. I get a lot of duplicates but I enjoy the treasure hunting of it. Rag paper makes sense, but that’s not an official type. Paper variants are all over the place with GB stamps. I thought if anything the rag paper was sharper but not so much as with the chalky paper

And thanks for the wonderful stamps. Stay cool

I love the Olympics

I'm not an expert in these, but I did find this good explanation for a visible light approach. www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=73673#:~:text=How%20do%20you%20tell%20the%20difference%20between,paper%20types%20on%20used%20stamps%3F&text=The%20image%20on%20an%20AOP,UV%2C%20the%20coating%20looks%20grainier. I think there are only three of these that are troublesome. The 1p Crimson, the 2p Myrtle Green and the 10p Orange Brown. I also suspect, but haven't confirmed, that for the paper variety, the phosphorescent effect happens on the back of the stamp as well. Did you need help with how to see phosphoresces?

@KensStampCollection thank you for that ; to see it , I got a uv lamp , also have a signoscope t2

@KensStampCollection just checked the link , many thanks, very helpful

I'm so glad. Keep watching

I forgot to add a huge Thank You for making this super interesting video.

It’s hard to imagine anyone better at getting these right

Glad you enjoyed it. This one was fun to make.

There was one series for KEVII in Canada released in 1903. He is featured on a stamp in the Quebec Tercentenary issues of 1908. He was king until 1910, so not very long. In Great Britain, there was also just one series that featured him, so yeah, the same. I don't think it was as common to release new sets all the time back then.

Thanks, will do!

A pleasure to make them. I did a section on chalky paper in the other KEVII video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpuUjcJ5ybfGopc.htmlsi=qOsC87vcbUY8NkxG&t=1100 I don't prefer the silver test either. And, once you see it, it's much easier to see. Good luck

@@KensStampCollection Thanks for that Ken - I'll certainly be saving that link to a playlist for future reference!

I'm sure that's a nice connection to your mom. Enjoy your collection and stay safe.

@@KensStampCollection Thanks Ken. Stay safe. Til later.

Oh, I hope you dive into them. The designs are nice.

It's one of those cases where Scott may be more right than SG. On the other hand, I was just sorting some Canadian stamps, and Scott doesn't even list the possibility of a hi-bright paper type. Probably because you have to have a UV light to see it.

There are some really nice designs

I have one of those for lighting my videos. I'll give it a try. Thank you!

These really are impossibly difficult to get right