hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 7, 2020 17:19:41 GMT
Part of the new arrivals, this registered first-day cover (with the destination scratched out) from Mauritania using the overprinted 1960 and 1964 Olympics issue from 1962:  |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 8, 2020 9:38:00 GMT
Among the new arrivals from yesterday, this is the piece I was most excited about, another FDC registered cover from Mauritania with the "World United Against Malaria" issues from 1962. The overprinted airmail stamps are among the very few that I was still missing to have a full worldwide set:  |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 9, 2020 20:42:29 GMT
A close second to the cover above, the World Refugee year issue, again as a registered FDC from the capital city Nouakchott, and using a set of overprinted earlier issues. Again, I have an almost complete set of the World Refugee Year stamps (I fell in love with the design with a Bolivia issue I got when I was just starting my collection), and those were among the few missing.  |
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