.September was an impactful month for our business. Our web site provider’s software failed and our web site was down for a week. Jill designed our website 20 years ago and had to reconstruct all of the software from scratch. We also had to reload all of our images. In the process we discovered that we had 50,000 images of stamps listed on our site.(I would have guessed we had less than 10,000) Unfortunately not all images were recovered and it will take us another month to correct all the errors. (Some of our current listings were lost and older versions had to be used.)
The plus side is that Jill was able to tweet our web site design to make it more user friendly. Our goal was to make it easier for collectors to search our listings for stamps they were seeking. This becomes a major challenge when you have well over 100,000 lots listed. We are still making changes to improve customers’ ability to sort through the listings more quickly. WE WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTIONS
Our customers have been very understanding and September still was a surprisingly good sales month for us. (We filled a lot of telephone orders!)
We have lots of new acquisitions and will try to get more listed soon on line.
Stamps We Need
We are frequently asked if we buy stamps – really. After 48 years of stamp dealing, we do have a sizable stock, but we are always in need of some stamps. We can always use the really scarce singles and sets – items cataloging $200 and up. We also like Michel listed varieties of all kinds but especially color varieties.
Here are some of the areas that we most need including even the less rare items-
Austria – better cancels on piece of the first 5 issues..
Germany – color and plate flaw varieties of stamps issued before 1945.
German private post stamps – all
German offices and colonies – mint hinged and never hinged.
Post WWII local issues for Germany.
German states – mint issues for all areas.
Glossary of Symbols
These are the symbols most frequently used in our price list descriptions.
** – MINT NEVER HINGED
* – MINT HINGED
U – USED
ANK – Austria Netto Catalog
CANC – Cancel
CERT – Certificate
CL – Close
CPCR – Clipped corner
(2 perfs or more)
CR – CREASE
CTO – Cancelled to Order
DG – Disturbed gum
DT – Design touches perforations
EX – Expertized
FD – First Day
FERCH – Ferchenbauer catalog
F/VF – stamps is sound without flaws and nicely centered.
G/VG – GOOD/VERY GOOD (Stamps will have small defects but look nice)
G – GOOD (Stamps will have large defects – a step above throwing it away)
HOFF- Hoffman ppc
HOR – Horizontal
HR – Hinge remnants
HH – Heavily hinged
LG – Large
M or Mar- Margins
MI – Michel Catalog
NG – No gum
OP – On Piece
P – Poor – keep only if stamp is truly rare.
PC – Pen cancel or postcard
PF – Plate flaw
PPC – Picture postcard
PR – Paper remnants
RC – Rounded corner
SCHAN – Schantl catalog
SE – Straight edge
SP – Setenant strip
SPC – Special cancel
ST – Stain
TY – Tiny
TR – Tear
Vert – Vertical
CONTACT US:
R SCHNEIDER
POB 978
IOWA PARK TX 76367
OFFICE 618 975 2099
FAX 940 213 3596
EMAIL:
RSCHNEIDERSTAMPS@GMAIL.COM
WEB SITE:
WWW.RSCHNEIDERSTAMPS.COM
