Kingston Stamp Club Community Forum - KSC Lounge

Happy Easter everyone!

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:18:40 +0000

See you all on Thursday, I hope!

Anyone else here not on Turkey or Ham as an Easter meal? In our case, we go for chicken just because turkey, being high in purines, tends to set off gout in the hubby.

Anyone else have any more "unique" food offerings?

My Bread Tag Collection

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:02:43 +0000

Just started a new collection.

Eastern Ontario Bread Tags.

The noble pursuit of collecting bread tags (AKA ties) has a storied tradition, stretching back to ancient times. Historians trace its earliest roots to the little-known Pharaoh Twistankhamun, whose tomb revealed golden bread ties used to seal royal loaves of ceremonial bread. However, the collecting of modern bread ties blossomed during the great yeast shortage of 1927, when bakers began marking their loaves with unique ties to deter bread theft. By the mid-20th century, societies dedicated to bread tie collecting sprang up globally, with dedicated tie collectors engaging in heated debates over the controversial "Whole Wheat Incident" of 1958, when unauthorized cardboard ties briefly replaced traditional plastic ones. Today, Bread Tie Philately (also affectionately called "Panphilately") enjoys a golden age, enthusiastically supported by a thriving online community that debates endlessly on such issues as tie rarity, color gradations, the use of fugitive inks and the interpretation of digital bread ties.

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I started with some kiloware.

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A sample from the 'classic' early period.

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And, a couple of plastic 'modern' ties. Notice the UV tagging. These are all used of course.

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And, some of the controversial cardboard ties ... notice the threads -- evidence of the use of granite paper. These are also hard to find in mint condition. Notice one has a crease, evidence of it being breadily-used.

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A cinderella tie ... It was not used on an actual loaf. Clearly it was ornamental.

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A digital tie .. the latest historical development. I may need some help analyzing the code.

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I had so much fun ... I ended up doing a one frame exhibit. For the ATA (American Tie Association)

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April Fool everyone! Just kidding.

Poisson d’avril / Aprilscherz / День смеха / 愚人节快乐 / Gocair ort!

Cheers, Hugh

My FIRST club auction - what a great meeting!

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:03:36 +0000

What fun that was!

- Watching mini-bidding wars ( ), and even finally benefiting myself, although I had sworn up and down I wouldn't do it, but hey, how DOES one stop oneself from bidding on a $4 GB lot?! It called to me, ya know?

- OOH, and I brought home some GB new stamp issue packets for review from Roy over the next couple of weeks!

- And thanks to Richard for the unexpected Belgium stamps he found and gave me... what a Mentor!

- Finally, I spoke to Bob about some stamp stuff going on with a friend of mine and her sadly-unwell parents (because it's above my pay grade), and he offered to email her and let her know what steps she could take. THANKS Bob! I'll get that info to ya! She's very grateful.

This club rocks!

Tariffs are gone

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:26:47 +0000

There are no longer Tariffs on Philatelic Materials and Revenue stamps and documents Being sent to The U.S. We still have to use the app Zonos Prepay. After you send picture it comes back Zero Tariffs.Thanks to the APS.

Philate-buddy

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:55:56 +0000

This may be why it takes Hugh so long to get his work done! Motley the former feral cat is asserting his rights to rule our colony …

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Canada’s First Semi-postals

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:01:12 +0000

Just tuning in to CBC Gem to see the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and cannot stop thinking of Canada’s Olympic semi-postal stamps and the well intentioned politicos who went on the record to say they would pay for the Olympics. First issue 1974, 8 cent stamp, over 62 million printed. Second issue 1975, 8 cent stamp, 25 million printed. Third issue 1976, 8 cent stamp, 16 million printed.

I wasn’t collecting stamps in those days, but if I had been, I don’t think I would have been an enthusiastic buyer. They were ugly!

It was great to meet everyone yesterday!

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:37:26 +0000

... and nice to put faces to names at my very firstest Stamp Meeting EVER, woohoo! I am SUCH a child...

See yas all next time! Happy Stamping!

Happy Christmas!

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:09:41 +0000

The Merriest of Christmases to you all! May it be both joyful and peaceful! I look forward to (finally) meeting you all in January!

U.S. Scott 279A update

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:53:31 +0000

All the experts are looking for this stamp on and off cover None found to date. The PSE and APS wants to find more. I curanty own two off the three known and the only one on cover. 279A type vertical watermark <-> The dierection of the arrows are vertical.

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Plating scott 231

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:37:42 +0000

I was asked today how do I record all the differences in scott 231. Here is one my pages ive done to help me remember what I looked at. Columbian Scott 231 Plate types or rather differences in them. Plating a stamp is easy. What is difficulft is placing it or finding the origianl place it belongs in that is difficult. You could buy some stamps attached to a plate number. now you know the plate type But where do the rest of the stamps fit? Or do it from scratch just do it get the plating charts lookk at the plates plate them or find out what number they are then use the charts to help find were they belong or might belong. I recoment do all the easy steps first find plate number match all stamps to that. Then find the differences on the chart. Ilimminate them as you go untill you are almost certain they belong in that position.. So first find all the lines and cut edges and arrowes they will have to be placed in the exact postion on the sheet they were cut from. Then use the plate postion charts to help you. And remember close is good enough untill you find out you must move it from that position. Write it all down as you recreat the sheet stamp by stamp. Good luck Most times i remember what is different by my writting but some times i dont and have to take another look Ive done over 50,000 of these stamps so far and they arrive almost everyday to add to mo collection. The bigest problem with this stamp is all the errors with it Some A lot were reentered to the print making it hard to see the origanl lines.This can through out what position the stamp was taken from to be used.

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RMS Republic

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:06:19 +0000

RMS Republic (1903) - Wikipedia......Recovery efforts planned for cargo lost in RMS 'Republic' wreckage An interesting modern cover.

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Lets Talk Scott Catalogue >link

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 08:54:54 +0000

Let's Talk Scott Catalog with Jay Bigalke Thursday, November 13, 6PM ET (11PM GMT)

Let's Talk Scott Catalog with Jay Bigalke and the British Empire Study Group Thursday, November 13, 6PM ET (11PM GMT)

What exciting times – we thought we would be chatting with the editor of Scott Catalog. Jay is now a partner in one of the most exciting ventures in the hobby in decades, Scott Stamp LLC. We invite you to this free and open talk to learn more about Scott Catalogue and its future – no membership required.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register...pQiAn7AcJg

Modern Columbus

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 03:57:49 +0000

From Tempe Arizona Oct 24 2025, arrived Nov 6 2025,to Kingston Ontario what a beautiful Columbus cover with all new reprints, 1991. way over franked Air mail.

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My covers like this are always for sale on Hip stamps via my link. I have some fellows that collect my covers like this mostly fellows in Florida for some reason. I keep them cheep there modern.Now how many covers were sent today from Australia to Kingston Canada lol Id say just this one. So who sends anything from arizona to Kingston? lol My covers are rare them selfs The first cover i ever sold was a U.S. scot number one Richard Frajola expert web page. I did not plan to sell it but the fellow from Florida wanted it for his home town name was on it. So i sold it for twice the money I bought it for.Richard kicked me from the expert page but after i found a 1702 ship records put me back on the board of experts. Now its the 279A i found only one on cover. The ship records of 1702 had never been found untill i found them whoops experts. I find the stuff experts cant find.I think maybe im an expert now dam I dont want it lol just kidding. What do you flocks want to know?

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Stamp Club

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:30:43 +0000

Fort Orange Stamp Club Albany New York. UX,80 post card Milwaukee Wisconsin. I sent Fort Orange Stamp Club a message on there web page to say hello from our Kingston Stamp Club. And yes I asked if they had any Scott 231 Broken hat types to sell me. Click this link to there web page>> Home I see at the bottom of there page they have a link to Rob Faux Postal History Sunday.

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Treasure Trove

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:28:45 +0000

I Won this box of U.S. covers from a auction house in Europe over a thousand covers dated before 1920. Whish me luck if they will send to Canada some times they do not.

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