Darkormex's Hong Kong Collection

[darkormex]

[darkormex]

Jan 26, 2014 23:53:05 GMT -5 tony said:

 Hi darkormex

Some great pages you have, makes me want to get my Hong Kong sorted I have them in a stock book.

Are your pages by Steiner ?

tony, yes, these are Steiner pages.  I am pretty much a Steiner guy at this point.

[zepherusbane]

Love this collection!

[darkormex]

One of my favorite portraits of Queen Elizabeth on stamps are the following....Is it just me or does she have kind of an asian look about her in this portrait? Anyway, the large format, high values in natural colors are really attractive. That said, they remind me a lot of the different backgrounds we get to choose from for our kids' school pictures.

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[tony]

darkormex.

I see you mounts for your stamps.Do you cut your own or buy ready cuts, if so were can I buy them.

[darkormex]

I cut my own. I know for many that mounting used stamps in plastic mounts seems like a waste of money but I simply prefer the look and I always have the option of slipping in an unused stamp later.

I have a bit of OCD when it comes to mount cutting and I use a metal straight edge and a rotary cutter and mat similar to what they use for sewing and fabrics. This gives a clean, straight cut. The spaces created for stamps on the Steiner pages are just large enough to accommodate the stamp and then I size my mount so that it just overlaps the space at both sides. Typically there is less than a centimeter of waste at the end of one mounting strip.

I usually buy my mounts from this website here in the US...http://globalstamps.com/

[Fire]

Great collection, thanks for sharing.

[darkormex]

In June of 1973, Hong Kong issued a set of definitives with a Queen Elizabeth bust design. While designed by Arnold Machin, this is not the same Machin design used on the ubiquitous UK stamps bearing the portrait of Queen Elizabeth.

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Eastern and Western Cultures Definitives of 2002

[paris]

That's really exciting

[Bee]

collection darkormex Thanks for sharing.

[darkormex]

After many months, I finally got a chance to mount the fourth QEII definitive series and 6th and final QEII definitive series both with Machin designed portraits of the Queen.

[JanetC]

Nice collection. Makes me want to hurry up and get to the "H"'s on my journey

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[Bee]

awesome-smiley-emoticon collection darkormex