anglobob
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Posts: 2,425
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Aug 21, 2019 12:26:40 GMT
A semi-postal stamp was issued by 21 colonies in 1938 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of radium . There was a surtax of 50c which benefited the International Union for the Control of Cancer. A complete set of mint stamps is not too difficult to find.I have not seen a used set so it took a little while to complete the set.Stamps on covers are also harder to find. I was able to find a nice used block of 4.   |
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anglobob
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Posts: 2,425
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Aug 25, 2021 0:29:05 GMT
The complete series of used stamps.I have never seen a used set for sale so this was completed over a longer period of time,involving purchases from several different locations and hoping none were lost in the postal system.  |
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REL1948
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Posts: 583 
What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Aug 25, 2021 13:01:06 GMT
Bob,
What a wonderful collection of Used "Curies". Your used French collections are simply amazing. I took the easier route long ago by collecting Mint. I've tried to collect used as well but I'm so picky about appearance I've never been able to assemble complete French Long sets. As we all know, choice, nicely canceled used examples are much harder to find.
Rob
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renden
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Posts: 8,711
What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Aug 25, 2021 14:47:36 GMT
I agree BOB has a great collection of the French Colonies and his last Curie group is "impressive" !!
René
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Post by dgdecker on Aug 25, 2021 19:40:10 GMT
Impressive collection. How long did it take you to assembly.
David
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gmot
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Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Aug 25, 2021 23:44:03 GMT
Wonderful! I have the complete set mint (inherited, so I can't take any credit for assembling it), but the used set with nice cancels like yours must have been a challenge to put together.
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anglobob
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Posts: 2,425
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Aug 26, 2021 0:33:47 GMT
dgdecker David,thanks for your comments.It took me about a year to assemble this series of used stamps.I purchased a couple at stamp shows in UK but the majority were purchased from sellers on Delcampe.Some colonies were harder to find.Niger and Dahomey were the final purchases.Living in S America means I had to pay higher registered mail costs so I tried to buy with other stamps to cut down on shipping costs.Mint stamps and mint sets are much easier to acquire but I enjoy the fun of searching for missing,elusive items.This was something that kept me from going crazy during quarantine.......  Anglobob
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