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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    I collect 'QSL' cards. These are colourful postcards that shortwave radio stations and radio hams send out when someone sends them a report of reception of their signal.

    Back in my teen days in the 70's my Dad bought me a shortwave radio. I put up a wire antenna from my bedroom window to a tree at the bottom of the garden and enjoyed tuning around to listen to shortwave broadcast stations from all over the world. Then I'd post off a reception report to the distant country and wait for a reply.

    The reply could come in weeks, months or even years later. I'd receive the QSL card and sometimes other souvenirs, such as wall calendars or pennants.

    Here are a few QSL cards from all those years ago.

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-radio-moscow-jpg

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-radio-peking-jpg

    Nowadays, thanks to the wonders of email, 'hard-copy' QSL cards are not very common. But I'm old-school, and still enjoy sending and receiving these cards.

    I said that radio hams also send out these cards. I have a ham licence in Thailand and this is my QSL card.

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-hs0zib-jpg
    Simon, that last one has your full name on it. Sure you want it on here?

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    Simon, that last one has your full name on it. Sure you want it on here?
    My full name is all over the internet for yonks.... If I 'Google' my name, I get maybe more than 100 separate links to news and articles about my software work, radio-comms work and charity work... No problem.

    Update: Also the address is years out of date - I live in Myanmar now
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    ^Cool.

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    Ive been collecting Lard for a while now.







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    ^ @ 6' 2" that would be about right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    ^ @ 6' 2" that would be about right?
    ...*cough*...7'2" is closer to the mark...

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    I should be around 85kg, 90kg with a load of muscle

    Ive give up smoking again too, so in theory it should get worse. Although ive managed to knock caffeine on the head also which will lose the 4 lattes i was accustomed to a morning.

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    apparently coffee is good for your liver...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Nice.

    From that selection, did you ever get into Therapy? in the late 80's early 90's?



    The opening drumbeat is worth the album alone.


    They often cite your collection as their inspirations.
    Saw them live at a few festivals during that time. They always seemed on the cusp of making it big, but somehow never did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Ive give up smoking again too
    No big deal. I quit 30 or 40 times a day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart View Post
    Saw them live at a few festivals during that time. They always seemed on the cusp of making it big, but somehow never did.
    Yeah, Troublegum really blew up in '94, they got the second billing at Donnington '95, just behind Metallica. Label issues and a forced rush for the follow up, plus lots of drugs resulted in Infernal Love before a complete label collapse and that was that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    I collect 'QSL' cards. These are colourful postcards that shortwave radio stations and radio hams send out when someone sends them a report of reception of their signal.

    Back in my teen days in the 70's my Dad bought me a shortwave radio. I put up a wire antenna from my bedroom window to a tree at the bottom of the garden and enjoyed tuning around to listen to shortwave broadcast stations from all over the world. Then I'd post off a reception report to the distant country and wait for a reply.

    The reply could come in weeks, months or even years later. I'd receive the QSL card and sometimes other souvenirs, such as wall calendars or pennants.

    Here are a few QSL cards from all those years ago.

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-radio-moscow-jpg

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-radio-peking-jpg

    Nowadays, thanks to the wonders of email, 'hard-copy' QSL cards are not very common. But I'm old-school, and still enjoy sending and receiving these cards.

    I said that radio hams also send out these cards. I have a ham licence in Thailand and this is my QSL card.

    Coin Collections - they are so Yesterday!  So, what do you collect?-hs0zib-jpg
    That is very cool and the best collection. It has meaning.
    I too did something similar to your earliest recollection; My dad bought me an electronics kit and I mounted a dipole aerial to a tree to broadcast my voice to the closest neighbours' radios. It was your mention of the tree that reminded me. Had no range beyond several metres. Dad also showed me how to make a crysal set with a matchbox, a crystal and coil etc.
    Great collection Simon.

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    Had no range beyond several metres.
    My brother did the same to get me interested in radio. But the range started off at several miles Then I started to build high power valve transmitters with a range of thousands of miles.

    Now, with modern digital modulation, low power (10 watts) gets my signal right round the world....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Yeah, Troublegum really blew up in '94, they got the second billing at Donnington '95, just behind Metallica. Label issues and a forced rush for the follow up, plus lots of drugs resulted in Infernal Love before a complete label collapse and that was that.

    Sounds like a cross between ANVIL and SPINAL TAP

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    Probably not far off.

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    A few special coins went through the Auction House yesterday.




    I was out bid on this Koala 1 Troy ounce of 99.9% silver coin. Sold for $40

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    YourDaddy was in the audience because this similar silver coin went for $47

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    What a difference a few waves make.

    1966 Australian 20 cent coin, featuring wavy base. Sold for $269

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    1823 British 2 pound Gold coin, featuring St George and King George IV. Sold for $1,110

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    1923 Australian Half Penny. Sold for $1,710

    Mintage approx. 15,000

    VG F VF EF aUnc Unc
    $1,300 $2,125 $4,250 $15,750 $36,250 $70,000+

    If the coin is genuine (there are so many Chinese fakes) it's condition is well above VG and a prudent buy.
    Assuming the bid is accepted.

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    1946 Australian Penny, uncirculated. Sold for $2,000

    Mintage approx. 363,000

    VG F VF EF aUnc Unc
    $50 $83 $150 $600 $1,700 $3,550+

    Not many fakes around and the bid price seems fair.

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    1887 British 5 Pound gold coin, featuring veiled queen Victoria and St George. Sold for $5,000

    From the BofE inflation calculator, £5 from 1887 would be worth £625 now
    https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/mone...ion-calculator

    In AUD terms, £625 is worth $1,120

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    But the surprise of the Auction, for me as I'd never heard of them was ...





    Internment Camps WWII Five Shillings, with original receipt. Sold for $5,200


    Introduction

    With increasing concerns as the pall of WWII settled over Europe, “enemy aliens” in Australia whose loyalty was suspect were removed to Internment Camps. The Camps initially housed immigrants from Germany, Italy and other axis-linked countries.
    They were subsequently joined by Japanese internees, and prisoners of war and internees transported from the Middle East, Pacific Islands, the Netherlands East Indies, the Straits Settlements, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
    For security reasons, tokens were used in Australian and New Zealand World War II Internment Camps in place of the normal currency.
    They were introduced in Australia, probably in 1943, to replace paper canteen coupons.

    Two Melbourne firms manufactured the tokens: Arendsen & Sons made five shillings, two shillings and one penny pieces; while KG Luke & Co produced the one shilling and three pence tokens that completed the series. Other than the pennies, which were struck in brass (with a few rare copper or bronze trial or specimen strikes), the tokens were struck in copperi.
    The tokens were holed in the centre, clearly distinguishing them from the circulating currency.
    Wreaths, ornamented with berries and gum nuts, surround the centre holes together with the inscriptions of “INTERNMENT CAMPS” on the obverse and the denomination on the reverse.
    The Luke tokens have finer design details than the Arendsen pieces.

    Fortunately, a small number of tokens avoided the destruction of the series that followed the end of World War II, when the tokens were ordered in by the Army and melted down under supervision.

    https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/...ernment-tokens
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    First penny black stamp could fetch up to £6m at auction

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    Launched in 1840, Sotheby’s says the stamp ‘is the most important piece of philatelic history to exist.

    The stamp to be sold by Sotheby’s in December is a pristine impression from plate 1a – the first printed sheet – and is lettered A-1.
    It has been authenticated by the Royal Philatelic Society and the British Philatelic Association.

    It is “unequivocally the most important piece of philatelic history to exist”, said Henry House, the head of Sotheby’s treasures sale.
    It is “bursting with history” and represents “the very dawn of social communication … allowing people to communicate from all levels of society and business to flourish.”

    Until the penny black became valid on 6 May 1840, communications were complex and expensive, with the recipient usually required to pay. Sir Rowland Hill proposed a simple pre-paid postage system using a stamp.

    First penny black stamp could fetch up to PS6m at auction | Stamps | The Guardian

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    Stanley Gibbons bought the worlds most expensive stamp back in June this year


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    The world's rarest stamp is returning to Britain permanently for the first time in 143 years. The British Guiana 1c Magenta (1856), which has been described as “the Mona Lisa of the stamp world”, was bought for $8.3m (£6.2m) by the rare stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons at auction last month.15 Jul 2021

    https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/worlds-most-expensive-stamp-misses-asset-boom-2021-06-09/

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    When i had my collection my most expensive was SG. 137. J128a.

    Kind of regret selling it and the others but needs must at the time.

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    Saw this and would have paid a few dollars and given to my partner.

    King`s Birthday special 60 Baht bank note

    However, the bidding starts @ $AUD9 (no-one had bid yet) posting and insurance is $36!

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    So $45 for a note? Sounds fair.

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