A is for Aden and Z is for Zanzabar


A is for Aden and Z is for Zanzibar... Now what is between? For the world wide classical era philatelist and stamp collector, a country specific philatelic survey is offered by the blog author, Jim Jackson, with two albums: Big Blue, aka Scott International Part 1 (checklists available), and Deep Blue, aka William Steiner's Stamp Album Web PDF pages. In addition, "Bud" offers commentary and a look at his completely filled Big Blue. Interested? So into the Blues...

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Big Blue Blog now available in 50 Languages

1908 Scott 49 1pi deep blue/blue
Austria offices in the Turkish Empire
Big Blue's Mascot Stamp
Quick History
Good news!

World Wide classical stamp collecting attracts a worldwide following, and this blog is no exception. As of this month (May, 2012), we have had 124 countries read the Big Blue blog.

It has just become a lot easier.

I have added the "Translate" Google gadget to the front page. 50 languages are available on the drop down menu. Amazing!

I can't promise that American idiomatic English will translate perfectly into another language, but Google's translation service should help the many visitors where English is the second or third language.

Enjoy!

Jim

4 comments:

  1. Great. Now if you can just find a service that will automatically "translate" the Scott numbers in your checklist into Stanley Gibbons, Michel, Y&T, et al :)

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  2. I've no doubt Scott, SG, Michel, and Y&T would embrace the service enthusiastically. ;-) !!

    Actually, I know of a fellow in our Stamp Club who has created a database that has "translated" the catalogue numbers from the major catalogues for most of the classical era. ;-)

    Unfortunately, it is for his eyes only. ;-)

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  4. Note: I try to keep this blog site "commercial free". If a post is nice enough, but points to a commercial site that seems "gratuitous", and offers a commercial service that is irrelevant to the blog, it will be deleted.

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