cjoprey
Member 
Scanning stamps for my website...
Posts: 1,504
What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Mar 11, 2023 7:14:30 GMT
Pete,
I am so proud to have known you on this forum, and am glad to call you a friend. I support your brave decision, having known others who were able to keep their dignity by making this hard decision. We will miss you, but can take solace in re-reading your gifts to the forum, and remembering your wit, knowledge and friendship.
Take care my friend, and may the next journey be a safe one!
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brightonpete
Departed
Rest in Peace
On a hike at Goodrich-Loomis
Posts: 5,110 
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Post by brightonpete on Mar 12, 2023 0:35:51 GMT
I''m not sure what I have typed as my brain is a bit of a muddle. It is frustrating what I have or have not written in here.
I am in the Bridge Hospice in Warkworth.
I''m not sure what I have typed as my brain is in a bit of a muddle. It is frustrating what I have or have not written in here.
I am in the Bridge Hospice in Warkworth. It is a 20 kilometre drive where from where I used to live. It is a piece of heaven.
I’m sorry if I miss some reply messages here as I have been getting frustrated trying type.
Pete
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renden
Member
Posts: 9,162
What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Mar 12, 2023 0:43:20 GMT
I''m not sure what I have typed as my brain is a bit of a muddle. It is frustrating what I have or have not written in here.
I am in the Bridge Hospice in Warkworth.
I''m not sure what I have typed as my brain is in a bit of a muddle. It is frustrating what I have or have not written in here.
I am in the Bridge Hospice in Warkworth. It is a 20 kilometre drive where from where I used to live. It is a piece of heaven.
I’m sorry if I miss some reply messages here as I have been getting frustrated trying type.
Pete Good to hear of you, Pete - sorry if I did not understand well your message now I know what Pi Day is !!.... but still - hope to see you somewhere, some day in "Stamp Heaven" René |
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gbcc
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Posts: 1,066
What I collect: GB First day covers, event covers and postmarks, GB Slogans
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Post by gbcc on Mar 12, 2023 7:42:00 GMT
Pete, My thoughts with you, enjoyed your posts and you will be missed.  |
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kostia84
Member
Posts: 192
What I collect: Pharmaceutics (thematic), WWII (thematic), Israel (chronologically)
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Post by kostia84 on Mar 13, 2023 20:32:22 GMT
Dear Pete.
I've been out of the forum for a long long time, and visited today only to see this sad sad thread.
I really enjoyed our small chats, reading your posts on the forum, and very gratefull for the stamps you generously sent me.
I followed your journey, here and there for the last couple of years, and I am really sorry it is coming to an end.
I don't know if you will read my message, but God bless you, and I hope your journey will continue to a better place, without suffering.
I will remember you.
Thank you.
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hrdoktorx
Member
Posts: 7,213
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 Mar 14, 2023 20:52:34 GMT
So, today is Pi Day, March 14 th. I followed the wise advice of our dear friend and bought a pear crumble pie for dinner tonight.  Fare thee well, Brighton Pete. |
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brookbam
Member
APS 236261
Posts: 235
What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Mar 16, 2023 2:53:35 GMT
I know I'm a day late...
But I'm sitting here eating a slice of coconut creme pie for Pi Day and in memory of our friend Pete.
Brookbam
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Mar 17, 2023 0:48:00 GMT
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zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Mar 17, 2023 4:31:37 GMT
I'm so happy that he had a beautiful dog with him!
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Londonbus1
Moderator 
Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 17, 2023 5:27:29 GMT
May he Rest in Peace.  |
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angore
Member
Posts: 5,696
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Mar 17, 2023 9:43:27 GMT
Farewell my friend.
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drblade
Member
Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Mar 17, 2023 18:24:34 GMT
Rest in peace Pete. |
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Post by jamesw on Mar 18, 2023 19:46:56 GMT
As usual I missed the boat. Pi Day was last Tuesday, and I was caught up in my own blender of life. Sorry to have missed you Pete, I hope your journey was painless and the destination as good as a large piece of apple pie.
You inspire.
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swvl
Member
Posts: 548
What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Mar 20, 2023 23:00:33 GMT
I'm just seeing Pete's obituary; I guess a little part of me hoped that maybe this wouldn't be the end for him, somehow. But I know that he chose that date, and I respect his choice. May he rest in peace and live on in our memories.
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brookbam
Member
APS 236261
Posts: 235
What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Mar 20, 2023 23:27:17 GMT
As usual I missed the boat. Pi Day was last Tuesday, and I was caught up in my own blender of life. Sorry to have missed you Pete, I hope your journey was painless and the destination as good as a large piece of apple pie. You inspire. Go ahead and have that apple pie in his memory anyway. I had coconut creme pie the day after.
He seemed ok with it....I think it's the thought that counts.
Mike
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Andy Pastuszak
Member
Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
Posts: 1,591
What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Mar 21, 2023 1:03:39 GMT
RIP.
This is now the second forum member I know that died of cancer.
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nikhil
Member
Working on Australia, GDR, Japan
Posts: 552
What I collect: I collect WW. Looking for early issues.
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Post by nikhil on Mar 23, 2023 4:11:25 GMT
I will always remember you sir, I learnt quite a lot from your posts here.
Rest in Peace.
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Post by uppercanadian on Apr 17, 2023 1:18:11 GMT
This is very sad news. I have not been a member of TSF for very long, and I only discovered it because of Pete. I was surfing the net one day when I came upon a set of free album pages. I have a near complete MNH collection of East Germany that I wanted to mount, and I really liked the pages that were being offered. Unlike Steiner, these pages had descriptions for each stamp, and I also liked the fact that the Semi-Postals were integrated in with the general issues. Of course, it turned out the were designed by Peter Ware. The only hitch was that the pages started in 1968. So I wondered if the designer perhaps had earlier pages that simply had not been uploaded. I started to web search and found Peter here at TSF. I reached out to him soon after joining and told him how much I liked his pages. He said that when he had some time, he would look into completing the entire country. I did not know then that he was already ill.
I started to mount the GDR collection a few weeks ago, using Steiner pages. Today, I hit 1968 and decided that I would use Peter's pages for the rest of the period from 1968 to 1991. A small token to remember him by.
He was a talented person and very friendly. I did not know him long, but certainly liked what I did know of him. I am grateful that we live in a country where we have access to "Medical Assistance in Dying" (MAID). He went out the way he wanted to. Eff cancer! RIP Pete!
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