Monday, October 14, 2024

Status Update of My BB Journey

 

10/14/2024

I’m barely treading water, as the HipStamp business is very close to a full-time job, so I haven’t posted and thought I should catch up.

Countries I’ve completed since my last post:

1st Quarter of 2024:  Ile Rouad, Nevis, Siberia

2nd Quarter of 2024:  Aden, Brit. Honduras, Italy Offices in Tripoli, Upper Silesia

3rd Quarter of 2024:  Alaouites, Cayman Islands, Central Lithuania, Mauritania, Memel, Nauru, Southern Nigeria and Two Sicilies

Stamp Shows:

I’ve exhibited at two shows this year—our annual show in Nashville and I thought I’d try a smaller show in Roanoke, VA.

I don’t know if shows will be a worthwhile venture for me, other than the Nashville show.  I paid a lot less for tables in Roanoke, and I was able to sell enough to cover my table fees and one night in a hotel, but didn’t cover the 2nd night or my gas to travel there.  But I met a lot of nice people and was able to talk stamps all day that day!

Purchases:

This year, I’ve bought some country collections, a few that were very good, even great.  A great purchase from an auction is one where I can gain some stamps for my BB, hopefully some higher-ticket items, and make enough from selling the remainders to pay for the entire lot.

U.S. Revenue Collection- I bought at the Knoxville annual show during their auction.  There were some great 1st and 2nd series revenues that I didn’t already have, and I sold most of the rest.  Made more than twice what I paid for the collection.

A large box lot which was advertised to have a dealer’s stock of over 6000 102 cards and 900 glassines filled with world stamps.  The surprise was that the lot actually contained 14 red boxes of 102 cards and a couple of red boxes of stamps in glassines, which is more than double what I was expecting.  I’ve separated into continents and then roughly into countries, but I haven’t posted half of them yet and have sold enough already to pay for the lot.  So far, I’ve only found 40 for my BB, so I’m hoping for close to 100 total.  There have been some great stamps in this lot—the dealer specialized in city and town cancels and SOTN cancels, and there were some great town cancels in the Africa box.

I purchased a regional collection from the Baltic states, and these stamps have sold almost as soon as I have posted them.  I was able to fill 107 spaces in BB, and have sold enough of Central Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Memel to more than pay for the entire lot twice over.

Last and very good was a country collection from San Marino, which I bought for 3 of the sets that were complete on the pages, the General Post Office set (over $500 CV), the Railway set (over $100 CV), and the Garibaldi set ($500 CV).  The set also included C1-C6 (over $200 CV), and I spent less than $300 for the collection.  I also listed over $1000 CV on HipStamp with the remainders.

Growth and Status of my BB

The last count that I posted from my BB was 29,430 of 34,988 or my BB was 84.11% filled.

The current count as of today is 30,890 of 34,988 and my BB is now 88.3% filled.

This is a gain for my BB of 1,460 stamps since last November, and my BB is over 4% more complete.  My next goals are to hit 31,000 stamps, with an outside chance to complete this still in 2024, and 31,489 which will make my BB 90% complete!


Monday, January 15, 2024

Countries I've Completed Recently

1/15/2024

I've had a few successes recently.

First- I found the single stamp that I needed to complete Tete, Scott #34.  I use the "Want List" feature on HipStamp, and list stamps for countries where I am close to completion.  With this feature, once the stamp is listed, HipStamp will then show the number of listings that exist for that stamp.  Now, the "Want List" is not perfect-- often instead of showing a single stamp, clicking on the "Items for Sale" button will result in displaying sets that the seller has to offer.  But after looking for over a year for Tete #34, there was one listed on HipStamp.

Next, while my wife and I were on vacation this past week in the Scottsdale, AZ area, I had the opportunity to visit the office of Michael and Cecilia Ball (A to Z Stamps) in Tempe.  A to Z’s main stock room, was somewhere between 15-20 feet long, and the long wall was covered in red boxes from floor to ceiling!  I could have literally spent several days in that room, but I only had a couple of hours, so I looked specifically for a few countries where I needed either 1 or 2 stamps to complete.  And I was able to find the stamps to complete: 

  • Antigua
  • France- Offices in Levant (Cavalle)
  • French Congo
  • Grand Comoro
  • Horta
  • Jamaica
  • Mesopotamia


Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Status of My Big Blue, 11/29/2023

 Since I finished a really difficult country today, I thought that this would be a good time to publish the status of my BB today.  I've expanded my list by dividing many of the countries into the types of stamps.  To explain why I do this, take for example, Austria.  Counting all regular postal issues, Airmail, Semi-postal and other back of the book issues, there are 767 possible holes to fill.  I think this number is misleading a bit, when one takes into account that I have 300 of the possible 300 postal issues.  The rest is all back of the book.  This also helps me to see at a glance where I need to concentrate, if I have expanded the country.

I completed Aguera (a/k/a La Aguera) today, one of the Spanish Colonies.  I've needed just Scott #20 for the longest time, and a friend at our local stamp club had a copy for me on Monday night.  The Spanish Colonies are probably the most difficult stamps to find in completing the Big Blue.  I now have completed 2 of them:  Aguera and Fernando Po, and I need one more stamp to complete Rio de Oro.

Country

Have

Possible

Need

%Done

Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

54

63

9

85.7%

Aden

17

19

2

89.5%

Afghanistan

27

36

9

75.0%

Aguera

7

7

0

100.0%

Aitutaki

14

22

8

63.6%

Alaouites

29

30

1

96.7%

Albania

66

117

51

56.4%

Alexandretta

7

8

1

87.5%

Algeria

105

123

18

85.4%

Allenstein

28

28

0

100.0%

Andorra

29

40

11

72.5%

Angola

111

112

1

99.1%

Angra

7

7

0

100.0%

(Anjouan: 7)

7

7

0

100.0%

Antigua

40

42

2

95.2%

Argentina

183

194

11

94.3%

Argentina: Air Post

7

17

10

41.2%

Argentina: Official

6

6

0

100.0%

Armenia

22

27

5

81.5%

Ascension

23

31

8

74.2%

Australia

80

80

0

100.0%

Australia: Air Post

4

4

0

100.0%

Australia: Postage Due

6

6

0

100.0%

Austria

300

300

0

100.0%

Austria Semi

55

82

27

67.1%

Austria Air

12

32

20

37.5%

Austria Newspaper

48

48

0

100.0%

Austria Newspaper Tax

6

6

0

100.0%

Austria Special Del

8

8

0

100.0%

Austria Military

25

29

4

86.2%

Austria Military Newspaper

4

4

0

100.0%

Austria Postage Due

143

154

11

92.9%

Austria: Italian Occupation

26

38

12

68.4%

Austria: Ofc in Crete

9

14

5

64.3%

Austria: Ofc in TurkishEmp

37

45

8

82.2%

Austria: Lombardy/Venet

7

7

0

100.0%

Azerbaijan

10

10

0

100.0%

Azores

164

176

12

93.2%

(Baden: 7)

5

7

2

71.4%

Bahamas

51

51

0

100.0%

Bahrain

12

14

2

85.7%

Barbados

57

57

0

100.0%

Barbuda

5

5

0

100.0%

Basutoland

23

23

0

100.0%

Batum

11

12

1

91.7%

Bavaria

209

213

4

98.1%

Bavaria: Semi-Postal

3

3

0

100.0%

Bavaria: Postage Due

4

4

0

100.0%

Bavaria: Official

65

65

0

100.0%

Bechuanaland Prot.

27

38

11

71.1%

Ruanda-Urundi (Belgian East Africa)

23

31

8

74.2%

Belgium

178

178

0

100.0%

Belgium SemiPostal

177

183

6

96.7%

Belgium Occupation

15

15

0

100.0%

Belgium Spec Del

5

5

0

100.0%

Belgium Air

4

4

0

100.0%

Belgium Postage Due

7

7

0

100.0%

Belgium Parcel Post

95

100

5

95.0%

Belgium Official

8

8

0

100.0%

Belgium Newspaper

7

7

0

100.0%

Benin

7

7

0

100.0%

(Bergedorf: 3)

3

3

0

100.0%

Bermuda

57

62

5

91.9%

Bolivia

110

114

4

96.5%

Bolivia: Postage Due

4

9

5

44.4%

Bolivia: Air Post

34

35

1

97.1%

Bolivia: Postal Tax

1

1

0

100.0%

Bosnia&Herz

94

104

10

90.4%

Bosnia&Herz: Special Delivery

1

2

1

50.0%

Bosnia&Herz: Newspaper

4

4

0

100.0%

Bosnia&Herz: Semi-Postal

15

17

2

88.2%

Bosnia&Herz: Postage Due

20

25

5

80.0%

Brazil

167

188

21

88.8%

Brazil: Semi-Postal

6

11

5

54.5%

Brazil: Air Post

11

11

0

100.0%

Brazil: Postal Tax

1

1

0

100.0%

Brazil: Postage Due

13

13

0

100.0%

Brazil: Official

12

19

7

63.2%

Brazil: Newspaper

6

6

0

100.0%

(Bremen: 3)

2

3

1

66.7%

(Brunswick: 6)

5

6

1

83.3%

British Central Africa

7

7

0

100.0%

British East Africa

7

8

1

87.5%

British Guiana

44

44

0

100.0%

British Honduras

46

51

5

90.2%

British Solomon Islands

21

34

13

61.8%

Brunei

15

24

9

62.5%

Bulgaria

229

251

22

91.2%

Bulgaria: Air Post

20

23

3

87.0%

Bulgaria: Special Delivery

4

5

1

80.0%

Bulgaria: Semi-Postal

6

6

0

100.0%

Bulgaria: Postal Tax

7

8

1

87.5%

Bulgaria: Postage Due

20

22

2

90.9%

Burma

19

19

0

100.0%

Cameroun

103

109

6

94.5%

Canada

171

176

5

97.2%

Canada: Postage Due

16

18

2

88.9%

Canada: Special Delivery

7

8

1

87.5%

Canada: Air Post

6

6

0

100.0%

Canada: Registration

2

2

0

100.0%

Canada: War Tax

2

2

0

100.0%

Canal Zone

62

104

42

59.6%

Cape Juby

43

58

15

74.1%

Cape of Good Hope

30

30

0

100.0%

Cape Verde

110

121

11

90.9%

(Carinthia: moved)

19

19

0

100.0%

Caroline Islands

1

7

6

14.3%

Castellorizo

16

20

4

80.0%

Cayman Islands

51

55

4

92.7%

Central Lithuania

73

86

13

84.9%

Ceylon

84

85

1

98.8%

Chad

35

59

24

59.3%

Chile

126

132

6

95.5%

Chile: Semi-Postal

2

2

0

100.0%

Chile: Postage Due

4

7

3

57.1%

Chile: Air Mail

22

23

1

95.7%

China

138

177

39

78.0%

China: Postage Due

21

25

4

84.0%

China: Air Mail

11

16

5

68.8%

China: Tibet Province

0

2

2

0.0%

China: Sinkiang Province

1

13

12

7.7%

China: Manchuria Province

0

8

8

0.0%

China: Yunnan Province

3

8

5

37.5%

(Cilicia: 16)

16

16

0

100.0%

Cochin China

1

4

3

25.0%

Colombia

136

167

31

81.4%

Col.- AirPost

16

16

0

100.0%

Col.- AirPost Registratioin

1

1

0

100.0%

Col.- Special Delivery

1

1

0

100.0%

Col.- Registration

3

4

1

75.0%

Col.- Acknowlegement of Receipt

5

5

0

100.0%

Col.- Late Fee

3

4

1

75.0%

Col.- Local Bogota

2

2

0

100.0%

Col.- Postal Tax

12

13

1

92.3%

Col.- Antioqua

69

69

0

100.0%

Col.- Cundinamarca

8

8

0

100.0%

Col.- Bolivar

34

34

0

100.0%

Col.- Boyaca

7

7

0

100.0%

Col.- Santander

34

34

0

100.0%

Col.- Santander-Cucuta

24

24

0

100.0%

Col.- Tolima

25

25

0

100.0%

Congo

121

130

9

93.1%

Cook Islands

13

37

24

35.1%

Corea (Korea)

22

26

4

84.6%

Corfu

4

6

2

66.7%

Costa Rica

100

108

8

92.6%

Costa Rica: Air Post

23

24

1

95.8%

Costa Rica: Semi-Postal

4

4

0

100.0%

Costa Rica: Postage Due

3

4

1

75.0%

Costa Rica: Official

7

7

0

100.0%

Crete

57

65

8

87.7%

Cuba

193

200

7

96.5%

Cuba: Air Post

22

23

1

95.7%

Cuba: Semi-Postal

2

2

0

100.0%

Cuba: Postal Tax

3

3

0

100.0%

Cuba: Postage Due

3

3

0

100.0%

Cuba: Newspaper

18

19

1

94.7%

Cuba: Spec Del

6

6

0

100.0%

Cuba: Air Post Spec Del

1

1

0

100.0%

Curacao (now Neth. Antilles)

73

85

12

85.9%

Cyprus

61

65

4

93.8%

Cyrenaica

84

93

9

90.3%

Czechoslovakia

159

162

3

98.1%

Czech: Semi-Postal

34

56

22

60.7%

Czech: Air Post

9

10

1

90.0%

Czech: Postage Due

35

35

0

100.0%

Czech: Newspaper

11

13

2

84.6%

Czech: Special Delivery

3

3

0

100.0%

Czech: Bohemia&Mora

39

43

4

90.7%

Czech: Slovakia

26

41

15

63.4%

Dahomey

84

84

0

100.0%

(Dalmatia: 5)

5

5

0

100.0%

Danish West Indies

33

37

4

89.2%

Danzig

136

154

18

88.3%

Danzig: Semi-Postal

28

28

0

100.0%

Danzig: Officials

27

27

0

100.0%

Danzig: Postage Due

27

27

0

100.0%

Danzig: Air Post

27

28

1

96.4%

Denmark

136

136

0

100.0%

Denmark: Semi-Postal

8

8

0

100.0%

Denmark: Air Post

6

6

0

100.0%

Denmark: Newspaper

8

8

0

100.0%

Denmark: Postage Due

4

4

0

100.0%

Denmark: Official

4

4

0

100.0%

Diego Suarez

8

8

0

100.0%

Dominica

43

46

3

93.5%

Dominican Republic

169

182

13

92.9%

Dominican Republic: Postal Tax

4

4

0

100.0%

Dominican Republic: Air Post

14

22

8

63.6%

Dominican Republic: Spec Deliv

1

1

0

100.0%

Dominican Republic: Postage Due

2

4

2

50.0%

Dominican Republic: Insured Ltr

1

1

0

100.0%

Dominican Republic: Official

10

10

0

100.0%

Dutch Indies

114

125

11

91.2%

Dutch Indies: Semi-Postal Air

0

2

2

0.0%

Dutch Indies: Semi-Postal

3

34

31

8.8%

Dutch Indies: Air

1

5

4

20.0%

Dutch Indies: Postage Due

6

8

2

75.0%

East Africa & Uganda

15

19

4

78.9%

(Eastern Rumelia: 7)

7

7

0

100.0%

(Eastern Silesia: 28)

28

28

0

100.0%

Ecuador

188

196

8

95.9%

Ecuador: Postal Tax

19

20

1

95.0%

Ecuador: Air Post

54

54

0

100.0%

Ecuador: Official

14

14

0

100.0%

Egypt

128

143

15

89.5%

Egypt: Semi-Postal

1

1

0

100.0%

Egypt: Special Delivery

1

2

1

50.0%

Egypt: Army Post

1

2

1

50.0%

Egypt: Air Post

8

12

4

66.7%

Egypt: Postage Due

12

13

1

92.3%

Egypt: Official

22

32

10

68.8%

Elobey, Ann. & Cors.

7

7

0

100.0%

Epirus

18

20

2

90.0%

Eritrea

121

128

7

94.5%

Eritrea: Semi-Postal

21

29

8

72.4%

Eritrea: Air

8

8

0

100.0%

Eritrea: Special Delivery

3

4

1

75.0%

Eritrea: Postage Due

6

6

0

100.0%

Eritrea: Parcel Post

10

12

2

83.3%

Estonia

66

71

5

93.0%

Estonia: Air Post

7

8

1

87.5%

Estonia: Postage Due

11

35

24

31.4%

Ethiopia (Italian Occ)

7

7

0

100.0%

Falkland Islands

35

39

4

89.7%

Far Eastern Republic

4

8

4

50.0%

Fernando Po

23

23

0

100.0%

Fiji

42

51

9

82.4%

Finland

119

119

0

100.0%

Finland: Semi-Postal

42

42

0

100.0%

Fiume

63

71

8

88.7%

France

296

299

3

99.0%

France: Air Post

10

11

1

90.9%

France: Semi-Postal

57

61

4

93.4%

France: Postage Due

19

20

1

95.0%

France: Military

3

3

0

100.0%

France: Newspaper

2

2

0

100.0%

France: Occupation

6

8

2

75.0%

France: Ofc China

24

36

12

66.7%

France: China/Canton

23

31

8

74.2%

France: China/HoiHao

18

22

4

81.8%

France: China/Kwanch.

27

30

3

90.0%

France: China/Mongtseu

10

15

5

66.7%

France: China/Packhoi

20

23

3

87.0%

France: China/TongKing

13

24

11

54.2%

France: China/YunnanFou

32

32

0

100.0%

France: Ofc Crete

12

12

0

100.0%

France: Ofc Egypt/Alexan

42

42

0

100.0%

France: Ofc Egypt/PrtSaid

26

31

5

83.9%

France: Ofc Zanzibar

0

7

7

0.0%

France: Ofc Morocco

169

196

27

86.2%

France: Ofc Turk/Levant

19

19

0

100.0%

France: Ofc Turk/Cavalle

3

6

3

50.0%

France: Ofc Turk/Dedeagh

5

6

1

83.3%

France: Ofc Turk/Pt.Lagos

0

3

3

0.0%

France: Ofc Turk/Vathy

4

4

0

100.0%

French Colonies

15

15

0

100.0%

French Congo

16

18

2

88.9%

French Equatorial Africa

53

57

4

93.0%

French Guiana

97

121

24

80.2%

French Guinea

128

130

2

98.5%

French India

35

84

49

41.7%

French Oceania

76

104

28

73.1%

French Sudan

62

105

43

59.0%

Funchal

14

14

0

100.0%

Gabon

74

112

38

66.1%

Gambia

34

41

7

82.9%

Grand Comoro

6

8

2

75.0%

German New Guinea

4

14

10

28.6%

German SW Africa

5

13

8

38.5%

Germany- Ofc in Turkish Empire

9

14

5

64.3%

Georgia

23

28

5

82.1%

German East Africa

21

33

12

63.6%

Germany- Thurn&T North

10

14

4

71.4%

Germany- Thurn&T South

7

7

0

100.0%

Germany- NorthPostDist

8

13

5

61.5%

Germany

387

387

0

100.0%

Germany- Air Post

38

40

2

95.0%

Germany- Newspaper

2

2

0

100.0%

Germany- Semi-Postal

144

144

0

100.0%

Germany- Officials

82

84

2

97.6%

Germany- Franchise

11

11

0

100.0%

Germany- Occ- Allemagne

9

10

1

90.0%

Germany- Occ- Eupen&Malm

5

5

0

100.0%

Germany- Occ- Eupen

8

8

0

100.0%

Germany- Occ- Malmedy

7

8

1

87.5%

Germany- Occ- Postage Due

0

6

6

0.0%

Germany- Occ- Poland

1

5

4

20.0%

Germany- Ofc in China

8

18

10

44.4%

Germany- Ofc in Morocco

17

24

7

70.8%

Gibraltar

41

41

0

100.0%

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

17

29

12

58.6%

Gold Coast

61

61

0

100.0%

Great Britain

132

132

0

100.0%

Great Br: Postage Due

8

9

1

88.9%

Great Br: Official

12

14

2

85.7%

Great Br: Ofc in China

8

8

0

100.0%

Great Br: Ofc in Morocco

51

59

8

86.4%

Great Br: Ofc in Mor/Tang

19

20

1

95.0%

Great Br: Ofc in Turk Emp

15

28

13

53.6%

Greece

159

184

25

86.4%

Greece: Air Post

17

23

6

73.9%

Greece: Postal Tax

24

25

1

96.0%

Greece: Postage Due

15

21

6

71.4%

Greece Occ: Lemnos

7

7

0

100.0%

Greece Occ: Samos

5

6

1

83.3%

Greece Occ: Turkey

19

20

1

95.0%

Greenland

7

7

0

100.0%

Grenada

51

57

6

89.5%

Guadaloupe

113

124

11

91.1%

Guam

1

5

4

20.0%

Guatemala

197

210

13

93.8%

Guatemala: Semi-Postal

3

4

1

75.0%

Guatemala: Air Post

46

52

6

88.5%

Guatemala: Semi-Postal AirPost

4

4

0

100.0%

Guatemala: Official

5

7

2

71.4%

Guatemala: Postal Tax

8

8

0

100.0%

Haiti

185

186

1

99.5%

(Hamburg: 7)

6

7

1

85.7%

(Hanover: 7)

5

7

2

71.4%

Hatay

13

25

12

52.0%

Hawaii

23

33

10

69.7%

Hejaz

15

22

7

68.2%

(Heligoland: 7)

7

7

0

100.0%

Horta

6

7

1

85.7%

Honduras

148

161

13

91.9%

Honduras: Air Post

17

23

6

73.9%

Honduras: Air Post Official

0

7

7

0.0%

Honduras: Official

37

51

14

72.5%

Hong Kong

67

67

0

100.0%

Hong Kong: Postage Due

9

9

0

100.0%

Hungary

324

352

28

92.0%

Hungary: Semi-Postal

61

110

49

55.5%

Hungary: Airmail

20

35

15

57.1%

Hungary: Newspaper

6

6

0

100.0%

Hungary: Newspaper Tax

1

2

1

50.0%

Hungary: Special Delivery

3

3

0

100.0%

Hungary: Postage Due

57

84

27

67.9%

Hungary: Officials

27

29

2

93.1%

Iceland

109

111

2

98.2%

Iceland: Semi-Postal

4

4

0

100.0%

Iceland: Officials

24

30

6

80.0%

Iceland: Airmail

8

14

6

57.1%

India

94

94

0

100.0%

India: Airmail

4

4

0

100.0%

India: Official

54

56

2

96.4%

India: Military

6

8

2

75.0%

India Convention: Chamba

8

8

0

100.0%

India Convention: Faridkot

2

8

6

25.0%

India Convention: Gwalior

8

8

0

100.0%

India Convention: Jhind

8

8

0

100.0%

India Convention: Nahba

8

8

0

100.0%

India Convention: Patiala

8

8

0

100.0%

India Feud: Charkhari

9

9

0

100.0%

India Feud: Cochin

12

12

0

100.0%

India Feud: Hyderabad

4

5

1

80.0%

India Feud: Indore

4

7

3

57.1%

India Feud: Jaipur

1

9

8

11.1%

India Feud: Kishengarh

1

6

5

16.7%

India Feud: Sirmoor

7

10

3

70.0%

India Feud: Soruth

8

12

4

66.7%

India Feud: Travancore

8

9

1

88.9%

India Feud: Alwar

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Bambra

1

2

1

50.0%

India Feud: Barwani

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Bhopal

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Bhor

0

2

2

0.0%

India Feud: Bijawar

0

2

2

0.0%

India Feud: Bundi

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Bussahir

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Dhar

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Duttia

1

2

1

50.0%

India Feud: Faridkhot

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Jammu/Kashmir

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Jhalawar

1

2

1

50.0%

India Feud: Las Bela

0

2

2

0.0%

India Feud: Morvi

1

2

1

50.0%

India Feud: Nandgaon

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Nowanuggur

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Orchha

1

2

1

50.0%

India Feud: Poonch

2

2

0

100.0%

India Feud: Rajpeepla

0

2

2

0.0%

India Feud: Wadhwan

0

2

2

0.0%

Indo-China

188

188

0

100.0%

Inhambane

37

37

0

100.0%

Inini

42

48

6

87.5%

(Ionian Islands: 1)

1

1

0

100.0%

Iraq

75

102

27

73.5%

Ireland

37

37

0

100.0%

Italian Colonies

48

58

10

82.8%

Italian East Africa

33

39

6

84.6%

Italian Somaliland (Somalia)

132

166

34

79.5%

Italy

327

348

21

94.0%

Italy: Airmail

55

82

27

67.1%

Italy: Airmail Semi-Post

2

2

0

100.0%

Italy: Parcel Post

24

24

0

100.0%

Italy: Official

6

6

0

100.0%

Italy: Semi-Postal

12

16

4

75.0%

Italy: Special Delivery

10

12

2

83.3%

Italy: Pneumatic

4

8

4

50.0%

Italy: Postage Due

20

20

0

100.0%

Italy: Occupation

12

18

6

66.7%

Italy: Occupation Newspaper

4

4

0

100.0%

Italy: Occupation Postage Due

3

5

2

60.0%

Italy: Offices Abroad General

7

7

0

100.0%

Italy: Offices in China Peking

7

7

0

100.0%

Italy: Offices in China Tientsin

4

7

3

57.1%

Italy: Offices in Crete

7

8

1

87.5%

Italy: Offices in Tripoli

5

6

1

83.3%

Italy: Offices in Turkish Empire

6

7

1

85.7%

Italy: Turk Albania

2

6

4

33.3%

Italy: Turk Constantinople

7

7

0

100.0%

Italy: Turk Durazzo

5

6

1

83.3%

Italy: Turk Jamina

5

7

2

71.4%

Italy: Turk Jerusalem

6

7

1

85.7%

Italy: Turk Salonika

6

7

1

85.7%

Italy: Turk Scutari

4

7

3

57.1%

Italy: Turk Smyrna

7

7

0

100.0%

Italy: Turk Valona

6

7

1

85.7%

Italy: Agean Islands

29

38

9

76.3%

Italy: Agean Calchi (Karchi)

10

10

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Calino

10

21

11

47.6%

Italy: Agean Caso

10

10

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Coo

5

6

1

83.3%

Italy: Agean Lero

9

9

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Lisso

10

10

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Nisiro

9

9

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Patmos

9

9

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Piscopl

9

9

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Rhodes

53

62

9

85.5%

Italy: Agean Scarpanto

5

6

1

83.3%

Italy: Agean Simi

5

5

0

100.0%

Italy: Agean Stampalia

5

5

0

100.0%

Ivory Coast

127

130

3

97.7%

Jamaica

76

77

1

98.7%

Japan

174

208

34

83.7%

Japan: Semi-Postal

3

3

0

100.0%

Japan: Air Post

0

5

5

0.0%

Japan: Ofc China

7

8

1

87.5%

Japan: Ofc Korea

2

8

6

25.0%

Jugoslavia

105

113

8

92.9%

Jugoslavia: Postage Due

10

11

1

90.9%

Jugoslavia: Postal Tax

4

4

0

100.0%

Jugoslavia: Semi-Postal

39

97

58

40.2%

Jugoslavia: Air Post

2

10

8

20.0%

Jugoslavia: Bosnia & Herzegovina

33

35

2

94.3%

Jugoslavia: Croatia-Slavonia

30

34

4

88.2%

Jugoslavia: Slovenia-Carniola

35

35

0

100.0%

Karelia

6

6

0

100.0%

Kenya Uganda

14

15

1

93.3%

Kenya Uganda Tanganyika

26

35

9

74.3%

Kiauchau

8

8

0

100.0%

Kionga

4

4

0

100.0%

Kuwait

10

20

10

50.0%

Labuan

43

59

16

72.9%

Lagos

11

14

3

78.6%

Latakia

12

25

13

48.0%

Latvia

75

112

37

67.0%

Latvia: Semi-Postal

4

28

24

14.3%

Latvia: Airpost

3

4

1

75.0%

Latvia: Occupation

8

8

0

100.0%

Lebanon

61

80

19

76.3%

Leeward Islands

44

44

0

100.0%

Liberia

183

196

13

93.4%

Libya

79

103

24

76.7%

Liechtenstein

98

127

29

77.2%

Lithuania

74

104

30

71.2%

Lithuania: Air Post

32

39

7

82.1%

Lithuania: Semi-Postal

3

15

12

20.0%

Lithuania: Occupation

3

8

5

37.5%

Lourenco Marques

52

56

4

92.9%

(Lubeck: 5)

1

5

4

20.0%

Luxembourg

105

124

19

84.7%

Luxembourg: AirPost

3

6

3

50.0%

Luxembourg: Semi-Postal

56

87

31

64.4%

Luxembourg: Official

28

28

0

100.0%

Luxembourg: Postage Due

20

20

0

100.0%

Macao

90

147

57

61.2%

Madagascar

105

147

42

71.4%

Madiera

25

30

5

83.3%

Maldives Islands

4

12

8

33.3%

Malta

61

72

11

84.7%

Manchukuo

72

90

18

80.0%

Marianas Islands

7

13

6

53.8%

Marienwerder

12

12

0

100.0%

Marshall Islands

10

13

3

76.9%

Martinique

111

122

11

91.0%

Mauritania

96

99

3

97.0%

Mauritius

72

81

9

88.9%

Mayotte

15

16

1

93.8%

Memel

39

51

12

76.5%

Mesopotamia

7

9

2

77.8%

(Meckln. Schwerin: 2)

0

2

2

0.0%

(Meckln. Strelitz: 3)

1

3

2

33.3%

Mexico

227

240

13

94.6%

Mexico: Air Post

57

63

6

90.5%

Mexico: Official Air Post

4

4

0

100.0%

Mexico: Postal Tax

7

7

0

100.0%

Mexico: Special Delivery

3

3

0

100.0%

Mexico: Porte De Mar

11

11

0

100.0%

Mexico: Postage Due

5

5

0

100.0%

Mexico: Official

34

45

11

75.6%

Middle Congo

41

105

64

39.0%

Modena

2

5

3

40.0%

Moheli

8

8

0

100.0%

Monaco

67

114

47

58.8%

Monaco: Air Post

1

1

0

100.0%

Monaco: Semi-Postal

3

9

6

33.3%

Monaco: Postage Due

8

8

0

100.0%

Mongolia

12

21

9

57.1%

Montenegro

110

115

5

95.7%

Montserrat

25

44

19

56.8%

Mozambique

126

157

31

80.3%

Mozambique Company

115

121

6

95.0%

Natal

23

25

2

92.0%

Nauru

14

20

6

70.0%

Nepal

11

14

3

78.6%

Nejd (Saudi Arabia)

11

17

6

64.7%

Netherlands

138

140

2

98.6%

Netherlands: Air Post

7

7

0

100.0%

Netherlands: Postage Due

17

35

18

48.6%

Netherlands: Semi Postal

116

124

8

93.5%

Nevis

1

4

3

25.0%

New Brunswick

5

6

1

83.3%

New Caledonia

126

146

20

86.3%

Newfoundland

145

153

8

94.8%

New Guinea

49

68

19

72.1%

New Hebrides British

19

19

0

100.0%

New Hebrides French

9

28

19

32.1%

New South Wales

28

31

3

90.3%

New South Wales:  Postage Due

3

7

4

42.9%

New South Wales:  Official

10

12

2

83.3%

New Zealand

117

141

24

83.0%

Nicaragua

334

358

24

93.3%

Nicaragua: Air Post

69

84

15

82.1%

Nicaragua: Official Air Post

7

7

0

100.0%

Nicaragua: Postal Tax

16

16

0

100.0%

Nicaragua: Postage Due

19

20

1

95.0%

Nicaragua: Official

132

150

18

88.0%

Nicaragua: Zelaya Province

23

23

0

100.0%

Nicaragua: Cabo Gracias a Dios Prov.

9

12

3

75.0%

Niger

92

99

7

92.9%

Niger Coast Protect.

6

6

0

100.0%

Nigeria

33

38

5

86.8%

Niue

11

30

19

36.7%

North Borneo

71

127

56

55.9%

North Ingermanland

9

9

0

100.0%

North West Pacific Is.

3

7

4

42.9%

Northern Nigeria

8

19

11

42.1%

Northern Rhodesia

25

33

8

75.8%

Norway

114

119

5

95.8%

Norway: Semi-Postal

18

18

0

100.0%

Norway: Postage Due

7

8

1

87.5%

Norway: Air

2

2

0

100.0%

Norway: Official

25

29

4

86.2%

Nossi Be

4

7

3

57.1%

Nova Scotia

5

5

0

100.0%

Nyasaland Protectorate

22

31

9

71.0%

Nyassa

85

85

0

100.0%

Obock

6

12

6

50.0%

(Oldenburg: 3)

1

3

2

33.3%

Oltre Giuba

34

53

19

64.2%

Orange River Colony

17

22

5

77.3%

Pakistan (Bahawalpur)

0

0

0

0.0%

Palestine

40

50

10

80.0%

Panama

91

111

20

82.0%

Panama: Air Post

16

36

20

44.4%

Panama: Postal Tax

8

8

0

100.0%

Panama: Special Delivery

0

2

2

0.0%

Panama: Postage Due

5

7

2

71.4%

Papua

44

65

21

67.7%

Paraguay

193

237

44

81.4%

Paraguay: Semi-Postal

1

5

4

20.0%

Paraguay: Interior Office

12

12

0

100.0%

Paraguay: Air Post

23

58

35

39.7%

Paraguay: Official

32

33

1

97.0%

Paraguay: Postage Due

11

11

0

100.0%

Parma

2

2

0

100.0%

Penrhyn Island

11

19

8

57.9%

Persia

301

355

54

84.8%

Persia: Parcel Post

1

17

16

5.9%

Persia: Official

18

36

18

50.0%

Persia: Air Post

20

28

8

71.4%

Peru

164

229

65

71.6%

Peru: Air

14

28

14

50.0%

Peru: Postage Due

7

16

9

43.8%

Peru: Official

5

12

7

41.7%

Peru: Postal Tax

17

17

0

100.0%

Peru: Chile Occupation

3

4

1

75.0%

Philippines

128

212

84

60.4%

Phillipines: Air Post

4

8

4

50.0%

Phillipines: Special Delivery

1

1

0

100.0%

Phillipines: Postage Due

3

10

7

30.0%

Phillipines: Newspaper

10

19

9

52.6%

Pitcarin Island

7

7

0

100.0%

Poland

188

208

20

90.4%

Poland- Semi Postal

10

19

9

52.6%

Poland- German Occupation

5

34

29

14.7%

Poland- Air

6

12

6

50.0%

Poland- Official

8

10

2

80.0%

Poland- Postage Due

52

60

8

86.7%

Poland- Occupation

14

14

0

100.0%

Poland- Ofc in Danzig

0

4

4

0.0%

Poland- Ofc Turkish

7

7

0

100.0%

Ponta Delgada

17

17

0

100.0%

Portugal

312

386

74

80.8%

Portugal: Postal Tax

12

14

2

85.7%

Portugal: Postage Due

28

39

11

71.8%

Portugal: Air Post

4

4

0

100.0%

Portugal: Parcel Post

5

8

3

62.5%

Portugal: Franchise Stamps

1

6

5

16.7%

Portugal: Postal Tax Due

2

5

3

40.0%

Portuguese Africa

5

5

0

100.0%

Portuguese Congo

33

35

2

94.3%

Guinea (Portuguese Guinea)

118

144

26

81.9%

Portuguese India

121

155

34

78.1%

Prince Edward Island

9

9

0

100.0%

Prussia

22

22

0

100.0%

Puerto Rico

99

121

22

81.8%

Queensland

29

34

5

85.3%

Quelimane

19

20

1

95.0%

Reunion

87

135

48

64.4%

Rhodesia

41

50

9

82.0%

Rio de Oro

23

24

1

95.8%

Romagna

1

3

2

33.3%

Roman States

6

6

0

100.0%

Romania

226

302

76

74.8%

Romania: Air

8

11

3

72.7%

Romania: Semi-Postal

107

133

26

80.5%

Romania: Semi-Postal Air

1

1

0

100.0%

Romania: Postal Tax

13

13

0

100.0%

Romania: Postal Tax Due

6

6

0

100.0%

Romania: Postage Due

16

16

0

100.0%

Romania: Parcel Post

2

2

0

100.0%

Romania: Official

12

12

0

100.0%

Romania: Occupation

28

32

4

87.5%

Romania: Offices in Turkish

3

3

0

100.0%

Rouad

7

8

1

87.5%

Russia

472

498

26

94.8%

Russia: Semi-Postal

14

14

0

100.0%

Russia: Postage Due

6

6

0

100.0%

Russia: Special Delivery

2

3

1

66.7%

Russia: Air

34

44

10

77.3%

Russia: Offices in China

20

23

3

87.0%

Russia: Offices in Turkish Empire

23

29

6

79.3%

Saar

85

87

2

97.7%

Saar: SemiPostal

8

18

10

44.4%

Saar: Airmail

5

7

2

71.4%

Saar: Official

8

9

1

88.9%

St. Christopher

5

5

0

100.0%

St. Helena

42

45

3

93.3%

St. Kitts-Nevis

34

41

7

82.9%

St. Lucia

41

56

15

73.2%

St. Pierre & Miquelon

126

161

35

78.3%

St. Thomas & Prince Is.

89

137

48

65.0%

St. Vincent

41

44

3

93.2%

Ste. Marie de Madag.

6

6

0

100.0%

Salvador

305

358

53

85.2%

Salvador: Air Post

22

45

23

48.9%

Salvador: Official

76

113

37

67.3%

Salvador: Postage Die

38

51

13

74.5%

Salvador: Parcel Post

5

5

0

100.0%

Salvador: Registration

1

3

2

33.3%

Salvador: AcknowledgeRecpt

2

2

0

100.0%

Samoa

56

70

14

80.0%

San Marino

96

139

43

69.1%

Sarawak

33

50

17

66.0%

Sardinia

7

7

0

100.0%

(Saseno: 6)

6

6

0

100.0%

Saxony

8

8

0

100.0%

Schleswig

18

21

3

85.7%

Senegal

138

165

27

83.6%

Senegambia & Niger

8

8

0

100.0%

Serbia

103

104

1

99.0%

Seychelles

29

56

27

51.8%

Shanghai

24

31

7

77.4%

Siam

109

119

10

91.6%

(Siberia: 6)

3

6

3

50.0%

Sierra Leone

50

59

9

84.7%

Somali Coast

122

128

6

95.3%

Somaliland Protect.

21

30

9

70.0%

South Australia

24

25

1

96.0%

Southern Nigeria

13

14

1

92.9%

Southern Rhodesia

49

51

2

96.1%

South Russia

10

10

0

100.0%

South West Africa

69

103

34

67.0%

Spain

262

346

84

75.7%

Spain: SemiPostal

39

66

27

59.1%

Spain: Postal Tax

11

13

2

84.6%

Spain: Air Post Spec Delivery

1

1

0

100.0%

Spain: Delivery Tax

1

1

0

100.0%

Spain: SemiPost Spec Delivery

0

2

2

0.0%

Spain: SemiPost Air Post

4

11

7

36.4%

Spain: Air Post

64

84

20

76.2%

Spain: Official

15

20

5

75.0%

Spain: Special Delivery

9

12

3

75.0%

Spain: Official Air Post

4

4

0

100.0%

Spanish Morocco

90

125

35

72.0%

Spanish Guinea

56

97

41

57.7%

Spanish Guinea: Tangier

6

10

4

60.0%

Spanish Sahara

21

25

4

84.0%

Straits Settlements

90

98

8

91.8%

Straits Settlements: Kelantan

26

26

0

100.0%

Straits Settlements: Federated States

30

40

10

75.0%

Straits Settlements: Johore

34

41

7

82.9%

Straits Settlements: Kedah

19

24

5

79.2%

Straits Settlements: Negri Sembilan

12

15

3

80.0%

Straits Settlements: Pahang

9

13

4

69.2%

Straits Settlements: Perak

23

31

8

74.2%

Straits Settlements: Selangor

15

18

3

83.3%

Straits Settlements: Sungei Ujong

5

6

1

83.3%

Straits Settlements: Trengganu

9

25

16

36.0%

Sudan

32

33

1

97.0%

Sudan: Postage Due

5

6

1

83.3%

Sudan: Official

5

5

0

100.0%

Sudan: Official Military

2

5

3

40.0%

Sudan: Air Post

8

13

5

61.5%

Surinam

88

150

62

58.7%

Swaziland

24

24

0

100.0%

Sweden

158

159

1

99.4%

Sweden: Postage Due

8

8

0

100.0%

Sweden: Official

24

26

2

92.3%

Sweden: Semi-Postal

5

5

0

100.0%

Sweden: Air Post

3

5

2

60.0%

Switzerland

161

162

1

99.4%

Switzerland: Air Post

15

20

5

75.0%

Switzerland: Semi-Postal

95

96

1

99.0%

Switzerland: Franchise

3

9

6

33.3%

Switzerland: Postage Due

30

33

3

90.9%

Syria

83

93

10

89.2%

Syria: Air Post

38

46

8

82.6%

Syria: Postage Due

5

7

2

71.4%

Syria: Arabian Govt

3

7

4

42.9%

Tahiti

3

3

0

100.0%

Tanganyika

18

20

2

90.0%

Tannu Tuva

8

20

12

40.0%

Tasmania

19

22

3

86.4%

Tete

20

21

1

95.2%

Thrace

21

22

1

95.5%

Tibet

10

10

0

100.0%

Timor

107

143

36

74.8%

Tobago

5

5

0

100.0%

Togo

72

109

37

66.1%

Tonga

24

30

6

80.0%

Trans-Jordan (Jordan)

11

38

27

28.9%

Transcaucasian F. R.

4

4

0

100.0%

Transvaal

47

48

1

97.9%

Trinidad

25

26

1

96.2%

Trinidad & Tobago

54

59

5

91.5%

Tripolitania

166

186

20

89.2%

Tunisia

145

161

16

90.1%

Turkey

270

302

32

89.4%

Turkey: Semi-Postal

16

16

0

100.0%

Turkey: Postal Tax

12

21

9

57.1%

Turkey: Newspaper

28

33

5

84.8%

Turkey: Postage Due

35

38

3

92.1%

Turkey: Air

8

8

0

100.0%

Turkey: Offices in Thessaly

5

5

0

100.0%

Turkey in Asia

11

15

4

73.3%

Turks Islands

3

8

5

37.5%

Turks & Caico Is.

40

55

15

72.7%

Tuscany

2

2

0

100.0%

Two Sicilies

5

6

1

83.3%

Ubangi

55

76

21

72.4%

Uganda

4

4

0

100.0%

Ukrainia

30

30

0

100.0%

Union of South Africa

64

84

20

76.2%

Upper Senegal & Niger

17

37

20

45.9%

Upper Silesia

35

36

1

97.2%

Upper Volta

57

75

18

76.0%

Uruguay

195

240

45

81.3%

Uruguay: Air Post

13

24

11

54.2%

Uruguay: Postage Due

9

9

0

100.0%

Uruguay: Parcel Post

9

12

3

75.0%

Uruguay: Special Delivery

2

2

0

100.0%

Uruguay: Semi-Postal

3

4

1

75.0%

Uruguay: Official

2

3

1

66.7%

Vatican City

89

91

2

97.8%

Venezuela

163

178

15

91.6%

Venezuela: Air Post

42

56

14

75.0%

Venezuela: Official

7

15

8

46.7%

Venezuela: Registration

1

2

1

50.0%

Victoria

48

60

12

80.0%

Virgin Islands

32

43

11

74.4%

Wallis & Futuna Is.

75

100

25

75.0%

Western Australia

21

22

1

95.5%

Western Ukrainia

15

19

4

78.9%

(White Russia: 10)

10

10

0

100.0%

Wurttenberg

27

27

0

100.0%

Wurttenberg: Official

136

148

12

91.9%

Yemen

2

9

7

22.2%

Zambezia

39

39

0

100.0%

Zanzibar

53

62

9

85.5%

Zululand

6

6

0

100.0%

TOTALS

29430

34979

5549

84.1%