https://spanjersberg.net Spanjersberg.net Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:12:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spanjersberg.net/2019/07/27/revenue-stamps-published-30-years-apart-used-on-the-same-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revenue-stamps-published-30-years-apart-used-on-the-same-day https://spanjersberg.net/2019/07/27/revenue-stamps-published-30-years-apart-used-on-the-same-day/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:30:25 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2869

Recently seen on Ebay (and purchased by the well-known revenue stamp collector Joe Ross): two South Korean documents with tax stamps. In itself, both stamps and the type of document are not particularly special: both stamps were easily available at the counter in South Korea until at least 2014, and unlike many types of documents […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2019/07/27/revenue-stamps-published-30-years-apart-used-on-the-same-day/feed/ 0 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:08:16 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2457

Two of several catalogues published by Joe Ross are about the revenue stamps of Uruguay. This is the first of these volumes, in this case about the revenue stamps of Uruguay as issued between 1915 and 2005. Published in 2012, the catalogue contains 135 pages of information, lists stamps from 70+ categories of revenue stamps which […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/21/revenue-stamps-of-the-republic-of-uruguay-1915-2005/feed/ 3 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/20/vehicle-license-registration-stamps-of-montevideo-uruguay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vehicle-license-registration-stamps-of-montevideo-uruguay https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/20/vehicle-license-registration-stamps-of-montevideo-uruguay/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:25:05 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2435

Two of several catalogues published by Joe Ross are about the revenue stamps of Uruguay. The second volume is specifically about the revenue stamps issued by the”Patente de Rodados de Departamento de Montevideo” or “Vehicle Registration Department of Montevideo” between 1928 and 1963.  The complete title of the book is: Patente de Rodados de DEPARTAMENTO […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/03/20/vehicle-license-registration-stamps-of-montevideo-uruguay/feed/ 1 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:16:47 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2184

One of those mixed lots of match booklets and one little package labeled “Bayer” Industry of Uruguay, one tablet with aspirin and caffeine.  The package contains one aspirin tablet and is 46 mm square or about 1 ¾” on each side. It also has an insignificant tax stamp on the reverse side. Into the drawer […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/21/one-bayer-aspirin-tablet-how-much-tax/feed/ 1 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/how-i-wrote-my-catalog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-i-wrote-my-catalog https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/how-i-wrote-my-catalog/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:14:37 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2174

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO WRITE A CATALOG? There is no profit! There is no instant gratification and the time and money spent can never be recovered. Egotism? I think not. My reason is basic: sharing what I have learned with other collectors. There are other factors, such as the chase for elusive material, collating […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/how-i-wrote-my-catalog/feed/ 6 https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.spanjersberg.net/?p=2138

What an interesting term, Traccion a Sangre, “pulled by blood.” It evokes the image of tens of thousands of slaves pulling on ropes to raise huge stones for the construction of the pyramids.  “Traccion a Sangre” as used in Uruguay, in the more modern sense, connotes animal power, more specifically animal drawn carts, carriages, or […]]]> https://spanjersberg.net/2018/02/13/traccion-a-sangre-or-pulled-by-blood/feed/ 0