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Is the difference perhaps coated or plain paper ApiSta ?.


Title | General Franco (gloss)
Exact color | Dark violet
Theme / motif | Heads of State
Paper type | Coated paper

Title | General Franco (mat)
Exact color | Dark violet
Theme / motif | Heads of State
Paper type | Plain paper

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I sometimes run into this: matte stamps and glossy stamps .
That doesn't say much, of course, but the distinction is indeed sometimes made.
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I work with a catalog that goes no further than glossy or matte paper. Even with the items in my hands, I wouldn't get any further than that.

Glossy and matte seem to me like names for photo paper or paint colors portbetaald. Not for stamp paper.
Or do you have different ideas about this?
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June 12, 2026 16:55
tomdejong just in case my email didn't arrive; I haven't received a date picker yet.
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If anyone would prefer a separate topic, just let me know...

I work with a catalog that goes no further than glossy or matte paper. Even with the items in my hands, I wouldn't get any further than that.

Looking at the list now, I see neither glossy nor matte. For coated, I see two options that completely escape me. There is also "lacquered paper".



The effect is that I therefore mention what it is in the title or details. It would help me, and I suspect other non-paper experts, if glossy and matte became available in the options.

Alternatively, someone tells me which values I may use that are already on the list.

Side note: I have quite a few red/orange paper stamps. Both now disappear under "colored paper" with special features. Should those two ever become distinguishable again: appreciated. Perhaps split into paper type and paper color, just like perforation.
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portbetaald Not only 'volunteer speed' but also a non-functioning DatumPrikker caused us trouble. It will be resent this evening (tonight?) and then there will be a meeting in the short term.
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portbetaald I'm adding this to the wish list, but I suspect it won't get immediate priority (since it's a fairly fundamental change to the input screen). So, your last sentence remains the best advice for now :-) Glad to hear, though, that filling in missing values will be useful.
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Helv I emailed you about this.
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I'd love to hear from you what else is different.

I don't think there is any difference blauwhuis . The Michel 561 was only printed on damp paper. So, only the Michel 561 w exists. Until 1953, printing in the USA was done on (slightly) damp paper. After or in 1953, on 'dry' paper.

Source, Michel

Edit, found something else after all; there are actually two known editions, x and w. One (w) is from 1947 and the other (x) from 1953. The 'dry' print (x) is glossier and has a clearer image. The dry print also has 'stiffer and thicker paper'. Dimensions (thickness) are not indicated here.

So you need several to compare.


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Jummeke In the version overview, I should be able to see that everything is different?? I started measuring thicknesses. I measure 0.08 (1x), 0.09, 0.095, 0.10 (most of them), and 0.105 mm. I would like to hear from you what else is different. I do see that one stamp is a darker green than the other, but there is no logic to that regarding the thicknesses.
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tomdejong can something please be done about the phenomenon where values reappear in selection lists due to rejection by (super)administrators.

Charles1971 thanks for your vigilance. I have removed glossy paper again. The rationale behind this is that it often corresponds to coated paper. Where necessary, I have added it to the special notes section for the already entered items.
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Glossy is on the list (oddly enough, I'm noticing this for the first time now, so unfortunately, there's work to be done).

I believe glossy paper was no longer in the list portbetaald. By the looks of it, it has been added again due to a disapproved change by a super-administrator.

Maybe another super-administrator ( Helv ) can take a look at this?
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In NL Stadspost, I have many editions that differ on matte versus glossy paper. Glossy is listed (oddly enough, I'm noticing this for the first time now, so unfortunately, there's work to be done). Matte isn't. Is that intentional?
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blauwhuis Assuming it has been entered correctly, you will see the differences compared to our recently developed version overview.
You see then that just about everything is different, that it is a Paper variety, and that Paper Type is exactly the same? :-(
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The German version of the Particulars might help.

The only other difference I see is in Designers/Engravers, which would be quite an achievement.
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#1116631 This one has 2 versions, but what is the real difference? The size 40x25.5 and 40x26 doesn't seem like the difference to me. I have many of them, but I think they are all the same height.
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!!!! That really makes a huge difference. Even better would be an "oops" time window within which you, as the contributor, can still correct an input error, just like you have a specific time window in which you can edit your own forum post. I use that a lot to correct typos... typos that I have also made in catalog values, where a comma is out of the right place, for example.
I can also look longer before hitting Save/Post, of course, and that's not a bad idea either :-)
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As a collector of the Netherlands, Dutch city post, classical Curaçao, and the Dutch East Indies, I don't know anything about Machins anyway. But I can imagine that some people who do work with them underestimate what is involved and that they would therefore benefit from some knowledge sharing here? Even though I don't collect it myself, I would really enjoy reading what you would like to share about it out of general interest.
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From now on, it is possible to directly fill in missing catalog values (as a non-administrator), even if one or more values for other states have already been filled in.

Previously, for example, it often happened that someone entered only a value for Mint under Stamps, after which regular users could only submit the value for Cancelled and/or Unused as a suggestion to the administrators (with a considerable processing time). Now, in that case, the missing values can be entered in the input screen.

To change already entered values, the 'Suggest catalog value' function must still be used (after which it is reviewed by the administrators).
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If you lack knowledge of this rather complex subject matter, I would advise machine suppliers to take another good look at what is on offer and/or purchase a special catalog of Machins for 60 English pounds, or remove them from your shop to avoid problems later on.
I sent 360 different machines with Perfin to an LD collector at no cost, because it might take me a week or longer to identify them based on all characteristics—whether or not they have phosphorus/bands/bands, etc., etc.
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Thank you for the explanation.
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The stamp is valued at minimum-value in all mayor catalogues.
Sorry,it´s just a cheapy !
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Thank you.
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As far as I have seen, that is not possible for individual items in an order. The customer can, however, place the order again, after which you as the seller can ship the orders together and thus still save on postage.
Alternatively, you can let the buyer know that you have it after all and are factoring that into the price, and then manually remove the item from your shop.
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What might be nice for educational purposes—something that also takes place with the comics—is to supplement this thread with examples of such stamps, with specific explanations of the relevant characteristics? Sharing knowledge is multiplying it, so to speak.
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