tobben63
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Stamp eat sleep repeat
Posts: 1,874 
What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Aug 26, 2024 8:01:57 GMT
I won 31 lot on Tradera (Swedish online auction) all with Italian stamps. Mostly 'hard to get' top values on series 1930-40. Got most of the for below 20% of cat value, but added up it became a solid handful of Swedish kronor.
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Aug 26, 2024 12:27:11 GMT
Yesterday, we had the Artesa de Segre gathering. First i had to drive to Almacelles (180 km West from Barcelona) as my friend Josep Lluís, who lives there wanted to scan some of the cinderellas, that I've bought since our last meeting a year ago. Since many years ago, we're working on a catalog of Catalan cinderellas; but, as we live very far away, we only meet once or twice a year. I was also able to buy some cinderellas from my friend
Afterwards, we drove 55 km East to Artesa de Segre to joint our friends. There was a very small stamp exhibition and some literature and material to browse. We were just five. Then, we went to the restaurant to have lunch and we had a long stamp and life chat over the coffees. I left Artesa for Barcelona (130 km East) about 6 pm. For me, it's quite a long trip, as Catalonia is a small country (32000 sqkm) and most of us live on the East, by the Mediterranean sea.
I'm the one on the left on the second picture
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Londonbus1
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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 Aug 26, 2024 13:03:24 GMT
Thanks for the post and pictures Joan ( cursus). I was thinking of you yesterday. Glad you managed to find some Cinderellas. And I would love to go again so it's at the top of my list !! That's a lot of Kilometres in one day !!  |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Aug 26, 2024 17:30:16 GMT
Yes Michael, it was a total 405 km drive. I do it because it's I the only chance of meeting some good friends that live very far away, and because it's just once a year! But, you spend a lot of money just in petrol, about 41 €. Not counting the lunch. If you compare it to the 0.55 € that it cost me to go to the Plaça Reial every Sunday... And, if you're lucky, you might end with a lot of items for a good price... On the other hand, I like driving.
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vikingeck
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Posts: 3,551
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Aug 26, 2024 18:11:40 GMT
Yes Michael, it was a total 405 km drive. I do it because it's I the only chance of meeting some good friends that live very far away, and because it's just once a year! But, you spend a lot of money just in petrol, about 41 €. Not counting the lunch. If you compare it to the 0.55 € that it cost me to go to the Plaça Reial every Sunday... And, if you're lucky, you might end with a lot of items for a good price... On the other hand, I like driving. Never mind the petrol expense Joan. What are important in this life are 1 social contact, meeting friends, and 2 eating a nice lunch both well worth paying for. just next week I will drive 200 miles.( 320km) just for the pleasure of spending some social time with my friend Chis , Berylliumguy, and his lovely wife Amy , Maybe manage both 1&2 as I hope to show them some of the local sights. |
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hrdoktorx
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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 Aug 26, 2024 19:57:31 GMT
Just came back from two weeks of vacation away from computers and stamps. Then got to work on filling my latest new stockbook with all my recent Finland acquisitions, as well as Denmark, Fiume, Scotland regionals (starts with an E in French). And there is some room left for further growth. This decompressed the Faroe Islands, Guernsey, and Gibraltar in the original stockbook as well. Then I received all the mail held from the vacation, and found in it the giveaway stamps from renden, a nice IRC stamped in Romania that Linda was kind enough to send me, a few incoming orders of which I will post the nicest pieces as I get through them. But it's still too hot to do much stamping in the evenings after work, so it will take me a while to get through everything. |
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TimG
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Posts: 230
What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by TimG on Aug 26, 2024 20:12:28 GMT
Today I completed my incomplete, small collection of Egyptian stamps...nothing exceptional here, but now organized and that's what I enjoy.   |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Aug 27, 2024 5:28:41 GMT
You're right Alec!
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Beryllium Guy
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Posts: 5,912
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Aug 27, 2024 6:31:24 GMT
It’s great to see these nice posts this morning! Joan ( cursus), I am so glad that your big event went well. I recall well when Michael ( Londonbus1) visited you and came to stay with Amy and me in Aix-en-Provence. It’s one of the best memories from my time in France, along with making friends with Xavier ( hrdoktorx) and meeting René ( renden) and his lovely wife Denise. Alex ( vikingeck), we are looking forward to seeing you soon, for sure! We missed not seeing you and michael this year at the York Fair, and we really appreciate your willingness to travel to make this happen. Our ship is in Trondheim today, so I am now headed ashore. Stay stampy, friends! |
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brookbam
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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 Aug 27, 2024 22:56:29 GMT
What I've been stamping?
Well...
I just won a 1,550 lb lot of 10s of 1000s of FDCs and other covers from Kelleher today (Aug 27 2024). I guess it's mostly US but some Great Britain, Canada, and France. It is stacked high on two pallets. I paid a wee bit more than I really wanted to but I wanted this lot. The bat sonar senses said it was good. It'll go good with the 1,100 lb lot I bought last month that I put aside for a winter project. I think this should put me over 100,000 covers of various sorts.
Nothing is sorted or organized.
I have no idea what I am going to do with them yet.
I guess I could start a business now. LOL
Oh...and then I bought 13,000 UN FDCs from a friend of mine who is shutting down his stamp business. He shot me a deal I could not refuse. I actually have those mostly sorted. I think I might have mentioned that buy in another post. If I did...so sorry.
My focus has been on getting the plate blocks somewhat organized.
Mike aka brookbam
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hdm1950
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Posts: 1,887
What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Aug 27, 2024 23:25:54 GMT
brookbam I am wondering if an intervention might be required. 
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madbaker
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Posts: 802
What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Aug 28, 2024 22:18:32 GMT
I just won a 1,550 lb lot of 10s of 1000s of FDCs and other covers from Kelleher today... It'll go good with the 1,100 lb lot I bought last month that I put aside for a winter project. I think this should put me over 100,000 covers of various sorts... Oh...and then I bought 13,000 UN FDCs from a friend of mine...
My goodness. Watch out if you have a basement. You might need to reinforce the floor!
With a lot like that, do you just start at the top of the pile and work your way down, or close your eyes and reach in deep? 
PS - Congratulations, of course. If you're happy, then it's a good thing!
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brookbam
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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 Aug 28, 2024 22:43:15 GMT
brookbam I am wondering if an intervention might be required. Friends are threatening that. I don't know if they are joking tho... Mike |
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brookbam
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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 Aug 28, 2024 22:59:33 GMT
I just won a 1,550 lb lot of 10s of 1000s of FDCs and other covers from Kelleher today... It'll go good with the 1,100 lb lot I bought last month that I put aside for a winter project. I think this should put me over 100,000 covers of various sorts... Oh...and then I bought 13,000 UN FDCs from a friend of mine...
My goodness. Watch out if you have a basement. You might need to reinforce the floor!
With a lot like that, do you just start at the top of the pile and work your way down, or close your eyes and reach in deep?
PS - Congratulations, of course. If you're happy, then it's a good thing!
Funny you mention that...why yes I do have a basement. And I just happened to have replaced it in 2015. When I did I quadrupled the main beam running down the center of the house and put a large 6x6 set on a large concrete pad for support right in the center and 6x6s on each end too. (and yes...I did this myself but that is a story for another time and probably another forum...seriously off topic here...) The new addition got the same treatment. The 1,100 lb lot came shipped in 34 boxes. I opened each box as I brought them into the house and set aside what I thought were the better boxes...six or seven of them. That lot came from Kelleher too. For the 1,550 lb lot, I'm having them shipped commercial to my shop and hopefully save on shipping. I have a forklift there to unload. But then I have to transport everything home myself which is the downside. I'm very happy. Except for that intervention thing mentioned in the above post that a couple of friends have threatened...not sure if the threat is real or not  Mike aka brookbam |
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hrdoktorx
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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 Aug 31, 2024 15:07:27 GMT
When I got back to work last week after my vacation, a nice surprise was waiting on my desk. My Portuguese colleague, from whose father I have been buying some Portugal and Portuguese colonies stamps, was back from a family visit and had a thick envelope for me. Today I could finally find the time to do it justice, and boy id it put a smile on my face ! Let's just say my Portuguese Guinea holdings are now much more consequential, and Guiné-Bissau had to yield a few pages in their common stockbook. I'll be posting some of these nice pieces shortly. A great stamping day! |
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brookbam
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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 Sept 1, 2024 18:43:02 GMT
When I got back to work last week after my vacation, a nice surprise was waiting on my desk. My Portuguese colleague, from whose father I have been buying some Portugal and Portuguese colonies stamps, was back from a family visit and had a thick envelope for me. Today I could finally find the time to do it justice, and boy id it put a smile on my face ! Let's just say my Portuguese Guinea holdings are now much more consequential, and Guiné-Bissau had to yield a few pages in their common stockbook. I'll be posting some of these nice pieces shortly. A great stamping day! Even though I collect US primarily but my topical space does get into foreign, I am looking forward to your post on your nicer pieces! I always love looking at others collector's collections here! Mike/brookbam |
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Post by ponso1 on Sept 2, 2024 13:40:41 GMT
Cuba!
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,842
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Sept 5, 2024 19:18:23 GMT
I am 26 pages into a rough draft and mounting of an intended FDC exhibit of the US Thomas Jefferson Credo stamp of 1960. It is going much smoother than I thought |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Sept 6, 2024 19:13:50 GMT
I'm currently completing an email list of Machin stamps to send to a specialist dealer. Hopefully he will have the the listed items in stock for my specialist collection, fingers crossed. |
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hrdoktorx
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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 Sept 7, 2024 19:43:18 GMT
As many of you will have guessed, this month's order had a strong Thailand component. I'm not finished posting yet... But another thing I got was a third stockbook for my Monaco collection, currently in two stockbooks sorted by currency, Francs and Euros. But both are bursting at the seams. So the third stockbook will be for the "Anciens Francs" denominations, i.e. up until 1960. Since my collection is quite close to complete, I will likely set them up in (YT) catalog number order, which will then help me focus on the pesky gaps to fill... Now that the weather has cooled down somewhat, it's possible to do stamping in the evenings again.
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madbaker
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Posts: 802
What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Sept 7, 2024 23:45:29 GMT
My summer travels are over so I'm sloooowly getting back into stamping. Today it's Canada, trying to make sense of three sparsely filled stockbooks of mostly duplicates. All the definitive issues are sorted out and in a stockbook. Now I'm going through the pre-1995 commemorative issues. My album has pages through 1995, hence the odd cut-off. Post 1995 will be added to the stockbook until I make up pages. My Canada Album (a CWS 'Unity' album) is something I want to replace with my own AlbumEasy pages at some point, but that seems low on the priority list. For now, I'll be happy with one stock book of Canada needing album pages and two empty stockbooks I can re-purpose. PS - I'm volunteering with a local group to make stamp packets for free distribution at schools and local libraries. My Canadian duplicates are going right into the packet queue. If anyone here is interested in common Canadian stamps I can certainly make up a package for you. Although with the recent customs enforcement crackdown it is getting difficult to cheaply send stamps internationally. |
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stanley64
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Posts: 1,979
What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 10, 2024 9:20:44 GMT
Collecting, writing and re-arranging various stockbooks whilst updating my inventory lists.
Autumn will soon be here and with the cooler, wetter weather of the Iberian Peninsula, I am getting prepared when I should really be out mowing the lawn...
Have fun and happy collecting!
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stainlessb
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qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
Posts: 4,906
What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Sept 10, 2024 14:04:39 GMT
I continue to soak and sort Austrian stamps. still lots and lots to go Received some wonderful stamps from a forum member ( wvgm3 if you are looking for stamps of France!!!) that completes a number of pages (I'll post images later... in... FRANCE...what a surprise). I continue to look at paper types, as well as color/shades studies. And another possible 'tool' in soaking methods I need to try out.... I also look forward to cooler weather and rain so I have no reason to venture out and I can 'stamp all day'! Keep on stampin' |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Sept 13, 2024 14:39:56 GMT
I've been going to the stamp market every Sunday, despite the showers that we had last day. I've found good modern used Scandinavian stamps. Yesterday, I received an internet purchase of about 60 used Iceland stamps, plus a few from Norway and Finland. Most, are already on the albums. Looking forward for next Sunday's findings and the Barcelona Autumn Stamp Fair, due for the 3rd and 4th of October... We'll see.
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renden
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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 Sept 13, 2024 18:54:11 GMT
Another 34 Lithuanian (mostly classic Airposts) ordered last night - my collection is growing bit by bit.
134 classics up to now - I will never be able to complete all pages but the exercise is "fun" !
René
a few pages of interest to be scanned and added to the Lithuania thread....soon
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Post by Statesman Stamper on Sept 13, 2024 23:38:45 GMT
Spent some time today working on a mix of mostly used stamps from the Nordic countries. So far no Greenland or Aland Islands, but lots of Iceland, Finland, and Norway. I’m maybe a third of the way through the mix, and have a second similar group to dig into once this one is done.
Dale
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,655
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Sept 14, 2024 15:00:08 GMT
This is the best thread - my first stop when trying to catch up on the latest forum news. I, too, am returning after a brief hiatus. We have been busy busy with all sorts of real life activities. When I have time, I’ve been going through a recent Auction purchase of Austrian military issues from the WWI era. I’m not an expert on worldwide military mail, but off the top of my head I think Austria issued more military issues than anyone else especially factoring in all of the overprints. To better understand usages, I started doing a bit of internet reading into the history of the decade and found that I need to find a more in depth book. Any suggestions? Happy stamping! Yikes - Austria military / occupations / territories issues collection needs work! Here’s a sample page … a mess!  |
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Hugh
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Posts: 745
What I collect: Worldwide Occupation Stamps and Postal History; and, anything that looks interesting.
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Post by Hugh on Sept 15, 2024 12:45:11 GMT
Got in late from the Eastern Ontario Postcard Show yesterday ... and between that, stuff that came in the mail, the club sale this week and BNAPS a couple of weeks ago, I've got to deal with a mess on the desk today. But first, I have to finish and forward some writing I promissed. It's gonna be a stampy day. Have fun everyone!  |
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madbaker
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Posts: 802
What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Sept 15, 2024 18:38:37 GMT
I made it out to a club meeting on Friday and I'm very glad I did. Plenty of visiting, interesting displays (letter 'G' and Cinderella stamps) and an auction. I won a New Zealand year set from 1985 in the raffle and three auction lots. The most expensive lot was two packs of old Dennison hinges, the middle lot was a Sweden #10 which it turns out I already have, and the cheapest was a stockbook full of common Canadian stamps. Only $3 for the stockbook, which I bought because there were no other bidders and I figured it was worth a flyer. Well, I went through the book yesterday. I have a dozen new stamps for my Canada collection, a few nice postmarks for my 'what do I do with these' postmark collection and well over 125 upgrades to what was already in my album. Cleaner stamps, neater postmarks, etc. This has changed my entire mood about my Canada collection. When I last went through my album I was disappointed by the condition of lots of the stamps. I'm much, much happier with the state of things now. Plus I have a stockbook that is in fairly good shape, and many hundreds of duplicates that will be going into donation packets for distribution around town. I decided that, rather than replacing the stamps in my old album, I'm going to make up AlbumEasy pages for Canada. So the new stamps will be the first additions to the new album. They are nicely sorted and ready for mounting. So much fun for less than the cost of a can of soda and packet of potato chips.  |
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stainlessb
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qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
Posts: 4,906
What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Sept 17, 2024 21:44:46 GMT
soaking, drying, sorting, repeat...
today, I had some stamps from mail I'd received recently from purchases and included those in with the Austrian stamps which are the current 'to-do'. I pulled a GB stamp off of the paper an don the back of the stamp was a hinge! I doubt it's unusual, but it's the first time I can recall this happening (and I've soaked a whole lotta stamps!)
Keep on stamping!
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