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Unless you tell us what is wrong, how can we learn from you? I am no expert when it comes to US Revenue stamps and you obviously are.
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Read the sellers description! It's all right there.
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David,
these posts of yours were poorly received when you were previously a member, and I don't think the members have grown any fonder of this approach.
If you want to post improperly described items, please feel free, but do so in the context of teaching us with information that describes what's wrong.
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I assume anybody responding might be interested in buying such an item.
Now then perhaps a member might be just interested in learning.
This was listed under the Show Topic United States BOB and others!
Now I assume members responding to my post are just interestesd and not looking who might be interested in buying.
So then, in this posting the revenue stamps are described as R157 and R158, I'm assumping member who responds know about these two stamps! But if you look REPEAT LOOK you will see the two stamps are really R167 and R168! That is where the listing is wrong. (buy the way if you don't already know it R157 and R158 revenue stamps are VERT RARE.
Is this better???
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I have to agree with smauggie and amsd... In my humble opinion, it would be presumptuous to assume why the reader is looking at your post. It is most certainly NOT evident from the seller's description what is incorrect. One should also not assume the reader has your level of knowledge or access to a catalog or any other material that you reference. A more appropriate explanation might be that referencing the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Scott, #R157 (catalog value ~$5,500) would be an 8c Sherman stamp Scott type A93 handstamped I.R. in magenta, and Scott #R158 (catalog value ~$4,250) would be a 10c Webster stamp Scott type A94 with the same handstamp. They would not be the battleship revenue stamps pictured in the posting which are Scott type R15 and cancelled, but have no handstamp (#R167 and #R168 with a combined catalog value ~60c). It may be possible that the person posting the item for auction mistakenly entered the wrong Scott catalog numbers since R157 R158 would be similar to R167 R168.
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I don't understand what I'm doing wrong!!!
Would someone do me a favor and write the correct way?
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Your original post was worded in a manner to tell everyone that something was wrong with the document and stamp listed description, but you offered no explanation in that post.
Most of us are here to learn. If your knowledge is such that you see a problem, then call it to our attention, and explain where the problem can be found, and what should be the correct description. That lets us learn.
If you want to play games and demonstrate how clever you are, create a post and insert in the the "games category" where you state the problem, and tell us that it is a game and you want to see if anyone might be as clever as you are and figure it out.
I know nothing about revenue stamps and their documents, but I enjoy looking at the examples presented and described, and reading the explanations about how they were used - whether correctly or wrongly. But I don't like to waste my philatelic time trying to figure out what someone is trying to say or not say. If a post is not educational, I move on to the next one.
Just my $1.00 worth.
Mike
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David,
here's one possible re-write
"I found a stock certificate offered on eBay with revenue stamps incorrectly identified as R157 and R158. They should have been ID'd as R167 and R168. The former stamps are [description: ] while R167 and R168 are defined as [description]. "
I hope that helps
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Thank you.
I printed it out and will refer to it!
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Stock Certificate with incorrect revenue stamps according to seller description, see scans.
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Unless you tell us what is wrong, how can we learn from you? I am no expert when it comes to US Revenue stamps and you obviously are.
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Read the sellers description! It's all right there.
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David,
these posts of yours were poorly received when you were previously a member, and I don't think the members have grown any fonder of this approach.
If you want to post improperly described items, please feel free, but do so in the context of teaching us with information that describes what's wrong.
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I assume anybody responding might be interested in buying such an item.
Now then perhaps a member might be just interested in learning.
This was listed under the Show Topic United States BOB and others!
Now I assume members responding to my post are just interestesd and not looking who might be interested in buying.
So then, in this posting the revenue stamps are described as R157 and R158, I'm assumping member who responds know about these two stamps! But if you look REPEAT LOOK you will see the two stamps are really R167 and R168! That is where the listing is wrong. (buy the way if you don't already know it R157 and R158 revenue stamps are VERT RARE.
Is this better???
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re: Stock Certificate with Revenue Stamps (Wrong)
I have to agree with smauggie and amsd... In my humble opinion, it would be presumptuous to assume why the reader is looking at your post. It is most certainly NOT evident from the seller's description what is incorrect. One should also not assume the reader has your level of knowledge or access to a catalog or any other material that you reference. A more appropriate explanation might be that referencing the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Scott, #R157 (catalog value ~$5,500) would be an 8c Sherman stamp Scott type A93 handstamped I.R. in magenta, and Scott #R158 (catalog value ~$4,250) would be a 10c Webster stamp Scott type A94 with the same handstamp. They would not be the battleship revenue stamps pictured in the posting which are Scott type R15 and cancelled, but have no handstamp (#R167 and #R168 with a combined catalog value ~60c). It may be possible that the person posting the item for auction mistakenly entered the wrong Scott catalog numbers since R157 R158 would be similar to R167 R168.
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I don't understand what I'm doing wrong!!!
Would someone do me a favor and write the correct way?
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re: Stock Certificate with Revenue Stamps (Wrong)
Your original post was worded in a manner to tell everyone that something was wrong with the document and stamp listed description, but you offered no explanation in that post.
Most of us are here to learn. If your knowledge is such that you see a problem, then call it to our attention, and explain where the problem can be found, and what should be the correct description. That lets us learn.
If you want to play games and demonstrate how clever you are, create a post and insert in the the "games category" where you state the problem, and tell us that it is a game and you want to see if anyone might be as clever as you are and figure it out.
I know nothing about revenue stamps and their documents, but I enjoy looking at the examples presented and described, and reading the explanations about how they were used - whether correctly or wrongly. But I don't like to waste my philatelic time trying to figure out what someone is trying to say or not say. If a post is not educational, I move on to the next one.
Just my $1.00 worth.
Mike
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David,
here's one possible re-write
"I found a stock certificate offered on eBay with revenue stamps incorrectly identified as R157 and R158. They should have been ID'd as R167 and R168. The former stamps are [description: ] while R167 and R168 are defined as [description]. "
I hope that helps
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Thank you.
I printed it out and will refer to it!
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