Ile Rouad - Bud's Big Blue
Big Blue 1840-1940
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2w ago
Poster stamp celebrating the French occupation of Ile Rouad, ca. 1916 Bud's Big Blue Bud's Observations Anymore, only stamp collectors recognize “Ile Rouad” as a real place on planet earth. Most folks, if they at all know about this small dot of an island in the eastern Mediterranean, call it Arwad (أرواد), the Arabic rendering of the ancient Phoenician place name. In early 1915, the island city was a quiet Ottoman fishing village, although in the process of becoming a haven for French spies eager for intelligence about war preparations in Ottman Syria. On September 1 of that year the ..read more
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Rare USA & Sweden stamps
Big Blue 1840-1940
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3w ago
USA 1861 A31 Scott 72 90c blue "Washington" Into the Deep Blue My local Stamp club recently had a "club auction" for members. This auction was unusual in that there was  a number of "rare" stamps listed.  By "rare",  I mean stamps that are usually not found in good WW collections, and not that common in specialty USA collections. Truth be told, some had faults; but to me, the faults were acceptable. And the price was right - 6%-15% CV. ! Shall we take a look? USA 1859 A11 Scott 29 5c brown Type I "Jefferson" This example is not the imperforate 1856 Scott 12 5c "red brown" Type ..read more
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USA Official Stamps, Hawaii additions
Big Blue 1840-1940
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1M ago
Hawaii 1864 Scott 24 2c black  Into the Deep Blue Our local club had an in-house auction recently, and I picked up some new specimens. In addition, I will show off some of the USA 1873 Official stamps. USA 1869 Scott 119 15c brown & blue "Landing of Columbus"; Type II It turns out I already had an example in my collection, but this local club auction specimen has a particularly rich blue & brown color. CV = $190. Hawaii 1864 Scott 24 2c black It is not the best of copy with the tear, crease, and hole, but I did pick this up at our local club auction for very little. CV = $1,050 ..read more
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Romania - Bud's Big Blue
Big Blue 1840-1940
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1M ago
Romanian Royal Gallery, Scott #s 24 red, 63 bluish green, and 192 dark brown and black Prince  Alexandru and King Carol I Bud's Big Blue Bud's Observations If Big Blue were a proxy for a royal portrait gallery, Romania’s stamps would fill more space than any other nation except Great Britain, and that only because of many British colonies’ stamps with royal thumbnail portraits. In quick succession, images of Prince Alexandru through King Michael appear again and again on BB’s Romania pages.  Romanian Royal Gallery, Scott #s 312 carmine, 364 green, and 459 orange Kings Ferdinan ..read more
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Cuba 1890-1939 - Update C
Big Blue 1840-1940
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2M ago
1910 Cuba Scott E4 10c orange & blue "J.B. Zayas" Issues of the Republic Inscribed  "Immediata"  Into the Deep Blue This post is a continuation (1890-1939) of updates for Cuba, showing off the current Deep Blue (Steiner) page in my collection, and the specific added stamp(s). The previously posted Cuba updates (A & B) are here and here respectively. Deep Blue (Steiner) Cuba page : 1890-97 Here is the "Child - age four" 1890-97 "Alfonso XIII" stamps issue, as shown in my Deep Blue collection. Born in 1886, Alfonso XIII was king of Spain at birth, as his father (Alfonso XII ..read more
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Roman States - Bud's Big Blue
Big Blue 1840-1940
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2M ago
Roman States, 1849 © Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, or Free Art License Bud's Big Blue Bud's Observations The Papal State(s) -- variously called Roman States, State(s) of the Church, the Pontifical States, the Ecclesiastical States, and the Patrimony of St. Peter – consisted of a 16,000 square mile swath across the middle of the Italian peninsula at the time its first stamps were issued (1852). Over three million people live there; Rome was a part of it. The Pope was both the spiritual and temporal leader. In medieval times, the Pope’s co ..read more
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Cuba 1878-1888 - Update B
Big Blue 1840-1940
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3M ago
1883 Cuba Scott 114 20 on 20c 1882 brown Type "c"; Issue of 1882 Surcharged in Black  Into the Deep Blue As outlined in Cuba Update A, I added a Cuba collection to my already substantial Cuba Deep Blue (Steiner) pages, and so let's see how Cuba 1878-1888 looks now (Update B). King Alfonso XII, Stamps dated "1878" Here are the 1878 stamp issue in Deep Blue now. 1878 Cuba Scott 81 1p carmine "Alfonso XII" Stamps dated "1878" I added  a 1p carmine to the collection (CV $25). Cuba 1879- 1882 Deep Blue ( Steiner page) The present 1879-1882 Deep Blue page. Missing are the high value Sc ..read more
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Rio de Oro - Bud's Big Blue
Big Blue 1840-1940
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3M ago
Rio de Oro, 1905-24 (1) Bud's Big Blue Bud's Observations What once was a Spanish colony, Rio de Oro (River of Gold), is now designated as Western Sahara on most maps, although who exactly governs the area is in dispute. Spain quit in 1974. Morocco claims authority, but the United Nations says the matter is unresolved. What is certain – there are no rivers and very little gold in the territory. Parts of it gets foggy once in a while, though. And there are wadi, stony dry river bottoms that flowed full in pre-Jurassic times. In the mid-1400s Portuguese traders dubbed the area Rio do Ouro be ..read more
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Cuba 1855-1878 - Update A
Big Blue 1840-1940
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3M ago
Cuba 1855-60 - Deep Blue (Steiner) Page 1 Into the Deep Blue I've had an acquired Cuba country collection tucked away for awhile, and time to begin working on it! I like to slam an acquired collection against my Deep Blue (Steiner pages) main collection, and add new stamps as well as better copies. The 1855-60 Deep Blue first page is shown above, with the new stamps already added. First Page of New Collection (Needed stamps already moved to Page 1 Deep Blue (Steiner)) Shown above is the acquired Cuba collection first page, with the new stamps already transferred to Deep Blue. One will note ..read more
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Rhodesia - Bud's Big Blue
Big Blue 1840-1940
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4M ago
Arms of The British South Africa Company (BSAC), featuring commercial interests – gold, farming, exports, and wild animals Bud's Big Blue Bud's Observations Few people, no matter how famous they are, have a country named for them. Cecil John Rhodes did, but only for about 85 years. His charter company, The British South Africa Company (BSAC), named the 440,900 square mile swath of south-central Africa after their boss. Rhodes himself, it’s said, preferred to name it Zambezia (after the Zambezi River) rather than Rhodesia, but yielded to the popular opinion of Europeans who had settled t ..read more
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