Crop or resize it so it does not exceed the system’s size limit. The maximum width for this forum is 600 or 650 pixels. The height should be kept to 700 pixels or less so the entire image can be viewed on a desktop monitor without scrolling.
After you have your pics properly sized ( I actually use 900 pixels on the longest side) go to Seller Tools - Bulk Lister - Image Manager and upload your scans there:
I figured Rory was asking about uploading images to the forum. For store listings, yeah, keep the images large. But do crop all that wasted space in the margins.
In addition to above the image size has to be below 2mb. Assuming you are wanting to post to the forums, type out your message and the upload link is on the upper right corner of the message block.
Let’s start at the beginning. Are you inquiring about uploading an image to this forum or to a store listing, because Don is showing you the former, and Bob is showing you the latter — two completely different procedures.
In that case Rory, when you write your message here, there is the "upload an image" that Don circled in red above. So when you write your message, you click on that link (words in blue) and then navigate on your PC where the image you want to show is. As long as that image is less than 2mb in size, it will appear in your message (first as a "link" you won't see the image). Click "Post Comment", and then your message with the image will be visible if it uploaded correctly.
Well, it's a Scott #3, and there is no mention of the number of plates for this stamp in Scott under Great Britain. Not sure if the Specialized catalog has more details, but I'm not a specialist in this issue.
Rory, that is indeed a Penny Red, and a very nice item with that length of the right margin.
I hope I understand what you are asking. In philately, to "plate" an item is to place it in context with the full sheet that it came from. With some early stamps this is possible because over time the individual cliches in the printing plate had unique wear, unique damage, unique repairs. With years of study and detective work, specialists have been able to "rebuild" full sheets by plating the stamps.
Early British stamps are lots easier. The Penny Black and Penny Red were printed in sheets of 240 subjects (240 pence equal £1). Their positions in the sheet were marked by the letters in the bottom corners. A-A was the top left stamp. Your O-L is the far right margin stamp in the 15th row.
A few years later British stamps were designed with tiny plate numbers. Scott notes these issues and provides values for most plate numbers. I do not believe that is the case for the Penny Red.
Again, I hope I have understood your question and that this has been some little help.
Yeah, what Phil is saying here, we can easily "plate" the position of this stamp, because it's at O-L (15, 12) in a matrix of 20,12. What I do not know is what plate #'s (if we had a plate number in the selvage that could be identified) were used to print Penny Reds with. But you would have positions A-A through T-L for a full sheet of 240 (20 (A-T) x 12 (A-L)) if that makes sense.
And you can tell the earlier prints of these by the letters only appearing in the bottom corners. In later printings of this design, the position letter appears in both top and bottom corners. This has a rosette in the upper corners.
a very detailed and complicated area in my view. try this Rory https://www.gbps.org.uk/tools/plating/instructions.php there is plenty more reading available online this just a sample. Also worth seeing SG GB Specialised QV Catalogue.
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For store listings, yeah, keep the images large. But do crop all that wasted space in the margins.
So when you write your message, you click on that link (words in blue) and then navigate on your PC where the image you want to show is. As long as that image is less than 2mb in size, it will appear in your message (first as a "link" you won't see the image). Click "Post Comment", and then your message with the image will be visible if it uploaded correctly.
I hope I understand what you are asking. In philately, to "plate" an item is to place it in context with the full sheet that it came from. With some early stamps this is possible because over time the individual cliches in the printing plate had unique wear, unique damage, unique repairs. With years of study and detective work, specialists have been able to "rebuild" full sheets by plating the stamps.
Early British stamps are lots easier. The Penny Black and Penny Red were printed in sheets of 240 subjects (240 pence equal £1). Their positions in the sheet were marked by the letters in the bottom corners. A-A was the top left stamp. Your O-L is the far right margin stamp in the 15th row.
A few years later British stamps were designed with tiny plate numbers. Scott notes these issues and provides values for most plate numbers. I do not believe that is the case for the Penny Red.
Again, I hope I have understood your question and that this has been some little help.
But you would have positions A-A through T-L for a full sheet of 240 (20 (A-T) x 12 (A-L)) if that makes sense.
And you can tell the earlier prints of these by the letters only appearing in the bottom corners. In later printings of this design, the position letter appears in both top and bottom corners. This has a rosette in the upper corners.