ncbucki
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Post by ncbucki on Jan 5, 2014 14:48:22 GMT
A serendipitous find is a pleasant find or discovery which was unexpected. Of course, the value of such a find is entirely within the finder whereas others may value the find higher or lower.
An example recently I won an Ebay cover collection which included 25 or 30 Canada first day covers from the mid-sixty's and seventies, each in a cover sleeve. I set them aside for later inspection. After a month or so, I started to look at them only to discover that each cover also included a mint stamp or stamps.
I have several others which I will post.
Please add your pleasant, unexpected discoveries!
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ncbucki
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Post by ncbucki on Jan 5, 2014 15:14:14 GMT
A very pleasant find was in a cover collection I received some time ago. In the collection were some envelopes from stamp companies. In one of the envelopes was a stamp circuit book from 1960 which contained seven New South Wales 1888-1890 "Map of Australia" issue. I had placed the circuit book aside, then stored it, and completely forgot about it. I discovered the store book last night and now will try to determine the Scott number for each.  |
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Post by therealwesty on Jan 5, 2014 17:02:50 GMT
One of my specialty areas is covers and postal history from my hometown of Peterborough, Ontario. A couples year back I bought a cover with the letter off eBay with an 1857 Peterborough broken circle. The particularly interesting thing about the cover was that it was address to "Mrs Sandford Fleming." Now I know the Fleming family lived in the Peterborough/Northumberland area throughout the 1850s. So, I knew that there was a strong chance this was a letter to the wife of Sir Sandford Fleming, the designer of Canada's first postage stamp among other historic milestones. Upon receiving the cover and letter, I was pleased to find it was a letter to Mrs Fleming from her mother. The letter went on to talk about the local goings-on and made mention of some family friends which also bore recognizable names in Peterborough history. About two weeks later, a folded letter appeared on eBay with a Peterborough 1845 broken circle. I jumped at the chance to own a pre-stamp era stampless cover with a very early Peterborough strike. The letter was addressed to Jean Hall in Cobourg, Ontario. Upon receiving the letter, and reading it, I was surprised by the familiarity of writing and content. The opening salutation struck me as particularly familiar, I swore I'd seen the same "Dear Jeany" in the same handwriting before. Even some of the names, and content in the letter seemed like something I had read previously. Eventually it dawned on me; The Mrs Sandford Fleming letter I had purchased a few weeks earlier. I opened the two letters side by side, the 1845 letter reads "Dear Jeany", and the 1857 letter reads "Dear Jeanie" but the handwriting is too close of a match. Skipping to the closing salutation they are both signed simply "mama." Reading through both letters, a few of the names and themes, as well as the style just seems to match up too well. So I jump onto the computer to look up some of the facts. As it turns out Jean Hall, married Sandford Fleming in January of 1855. And prior to marrying Fleming, Ms. Hall had attended the Ladies Academy in Cobourg, Ontario which is where the 1845 letter was addressed. The letters are a match! In two unrelated purchases I had acquired two letters to the same person... and the wife of Sir Sandford Fleming no less! 1845 cover to Jean Hall  1857 cover to Mrs. Sandford Fleming  Opening lines from each letter, 1845 top, 1857 bottom  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 6, 2014 4:56:22 GMT
"book from 1960 which contained seven New South Wales 1888-1890 "Map of Australia" issue. I am Australian, and never seen that stamp before  Very nice indeed, lucky you. |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 6, 2014 14:30:11 GMT
That's simply amazing! I had a similar happening in my Jersey Shore Pa. collection but I already knew what it was when I bought it.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 7, 2014 4:52:46 GMT
I know I posted this in similar thread but,I won a lot of used leaf and numeral queens as I only had mint copies .pictured in the lot were also few large queens.When lot arrived the large queens were the prize two were the bluish shade of the two cent and the three cent was a #33 on laid paper.The #33 alone is a $350 stamp all day and the whole lot was less than 1/10 of that.
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