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| I notice that on many pages about GB Commonwealth stamps using ], such as ], Australia, Falkland Islands, etc, the ''d'' values are given in ''p''. This occurs even when the description relates to a stamp image that clearly shows the denomination as ''2d'' or similar. The pages on GB stamps and Canadian stamps use ''d'', however. Is there a reason for the use of p for d? In British currency usually ''p'' designates "new pence" (after February 1971 in UK). Thanks, ] 22:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC) | I notice that on many pages about GB Commonwealth stamps using ], such as ], Australia, Falkland Islands, etc, the ''d'' values are given in ''p''. This occurs even when the description relates to a stamp image that clearly shows the denomination as ''2d'' or similar. The pages on GB stamps and Canadian stamps use ''d'', however. Is there a reason for the use of p for d? In British currency usually ''p'' designates "new pence" (after February 1971 in UK). Thanks, ] 22:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC) | ||
| :In Ireland for instance, during the £sd period Irish stamps had the currency written as 'p' for pingin, the Irish for penny, and when decimalisation came in the 'p' was dropped, so you only see a numeral for the ''decimal penny'' as in ] of definitive stamps that do not show a decimal ''penny'', just the numeral. Prior to 1968 the penny was shown as a sterling 'd' for penny. However, it should be clear what currency is being referred to on all stamp pages. ] 02:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
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Some Project Aims
This is mainly a writeup of the rules I've been applying when doing philatelic articles, should help make sense of things if someone else takes an interest in the subject. Stan 19:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Stamp image uploads
Is there a standard file naming format for images of stamps uploaded to WP? I have a few scans that I'd like to use to illustrate some of the articles I've been writing as a part of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trains, but don't want to just give the images any old name.
If there isn't one already, perhaps something like Stamp_XXXXX_999999.jpg where XXXXX is the issuing country name (which would expand to as long as is needed for the country name) and 999999 is the Scott catalog number (including leading zeros). For example, Stamp_United_States_B00001.jpg would be the filename for the first US semipostal for breast cancer research, while Stamp_Prince_Edward_Island_000015.jpg would be the filename for Scott number 15 of stamps issued by PEI. I mention Scott numbers only because that's the set of catalogs that I've got handy and it provides a handy example. We could include the catalog name in the filename, but that seems a bit much.
Thoughts? slambo 22:42, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
- The format I've been using is "Stamp country year denomination disambig.jpg". Year and denomination alone is sufficient to uniquely identify a large number of the world's stamps, and the disambig can be something like "red" or "crown watermark" or "Robert Goddard". Scott is not used so much outside the US nor do they list every stamp ever issued, plus their number system is copyrighted and they go after anyone who seems like a threat, such as, say, a large repository of free philatelic information... See Category:Stamps on commons for a large collection of examples. Stan 12:49, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
This is an ACTIVE Wikiproject
I've had to rescue us from the clutches of the "inactive project" list and to try and heighten our profile I've created the active project banner at the top of this page and the project page.
Do please make use of the project member banner on your user page. --Jack 22:39, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
And to prove it's active see category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers --Jack 08:29, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
- And the next-to-be (yes, ok, slow) increase of Category:Stamp designers. Sebjarod 17:55, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Question
Should we put a notice on the talk pages of every article related to Philately? I noticed that WikiProject Numismatics did that. I'm thinking this might bring some attention to this WikiProject.
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Classification of WikiProject
Hi,
I notice that this WikiProject is classified on the main list of WikiProjects as being "Humanities" (it sits between "Media" and "Philosophy"). Is this intentional? I collect stamps myself, although I confess I haven't edited philately articles here at all, but I don't recall philately considering itself alonside philosophy! Can I suggest that "Hobbies and Recreation" might be a better place for people to find the project?
Incidentally, if you need an independent "outsider" to give an opinion on stamp articles, or you need a bit of extra input for a featured article candidate, please leave a message on my talk page – I'd be happy to help out a little. I don't know much postal history, I am a collector rather than a scholar, but I know GB and NSW stamps fairly well and a bit about stamps in general. Also incidentally, we at WP:Chem put our name on talk pages of chemical substance articles, it seems to be common practice. Cheers, Walkerma 06:56, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Stamp pages mentioning Lsd currency
I notice that on many pages about GB Commonwealth stamps using £sd currency, such as Postage stamps and postal history of New South Wales, Australia, Falkland Islands, etc, the d values are given in p. This occurs even when the description relates to a stamp image that clearly shows the denomination as 2d or similar. The pages on GB stamps and Canadian stamps use d, however. Is there a reason for the use of p for d? In British currency usually p designates "new pence" (after February 1971 in UK). Thanks, Walkerma 22:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
- In Ireland for instance, during the £sd period Irish stamps had the currency written as 'p' for pingin, the Irish for penny, and when decimalisation came in the 'p' was dropped, so you only see a numeral for the decimal penny as in this decimal set of definitive stamps that do not show a decimal penny, just the numeral. Prior to 1968 the penny was shown as a sterling 'd' for penny. However, it should be clear what currency is being referred to on all stamp pages. ww2censor 02:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
