Let's see your latest acquisition.

Tripolitania Zeppelins, issued in 1933.

In my never-ending quest to obtain all Zeppelin stamps, pre-wwII, I just got these from the Italian colony of Tripolitania, Scott # C21-C26.
Pretty common, but I like them.

Theron.

Rod, my "latest" catalog for that group of countries is 2006 (Scott).  It shows a value of $7 per stamp, in MNH.  Legitimate used copies go for well over a $100.  Perhaps someone who keeps current on Scott can provide a newer value?

Italy, Cyrenaica, Aegean Islands, and probably other Italian colonies issued Zeppelin stamps.

Theron.

Thank you, Steve.  So, in 2006 a set is cataloged at $85, and in 2009 @ $120.  Hey, they'll be "worth" big bucks by the time I am 125 or so. 

Theron.

Here's a few more from P.O. today.I promised to scan the #23 so it's there,and everyone can applaud as I actually bought a NewFie. I had a piece of large sheet but now have whole thing nice cindy.The blue stamp is also a cindy .

Thanks Rod,No it's not stuck there was just thrown into scanner.That sheet is rather large hope I have mount to fit.Blown the budget for the month on other mount lots.I can't complain I got twenty nine packs for fifty=ish dollars.I always look for 'em if you get lucky it's the way to go.Would you like the other piece of that sheet for your stuff?

New Zealand
The 1940 Centenary
The completion of the first hundred years after the proclamation of New Zealand as a British Colony was naturally a special event,
marked by special centennial publications and a Large exhibition at Wellington, in spite of WW2 having begun.
Planning of the stamps emmission began in 1936
eventuated in a set of 12 + 2

Vignettes commemorating events in NZ history.

the halfpenny shows the arrival of the Maoris, in 1940 this was judged to be AD1350
but we now understand it was a lot earlier.

The Penny happeny shows the 5 monarchs whom had occupied the throne during the period of the centenary.  (This is the ONLY  NZstamp to feature King Edward V111)

The 1/- stamp shows the largest tree in NZ, and is estimated to be over 2000 years old, thus living through all of NZ recorded history

Hope that helps

PS the "Dominion Road Post Office" still exists in Mt Eden Auckland and is in "Chinatown" as I an led to believe.

Thank you Rod! Neat stuff! PM On the way...

Codeye,

That looks like a lot of fun !!

Wow, codeye! Definitely looks like fun!

Codeye You should start a new thread on that stamp lot looks like a lot of interesting stuff. I like the early page of Queen Victoria.
Was there any other stuff like old Dennison hinges.
Buying old albums and collections are one of my favorite things to do.

I'll be interested too see what goodies you find in that motherload! Great score!!

Moved to thestampforum.boards.net/thread/2022/league-nations?page=1&scrollTo=29052

I sometimes get seduced away from my main collecting interest, which is the general world-wide classic era, into tempting specializations. I’ve lapsed again. This time I fell for a large, attractive collection of League of Nations stamps, covers, post cards, photographs and even first printings of the Versailles documents that brought the League into being.

I’ll be sorting it for some time, but early on I decided to take a cue from Rod and Firstfrog and make my own album. No album exists, on-line or otherwise, that can do justice to the collection. It will require well over a hundred pages, all told. So, as I go along, I’ll post the album pages I make on a League of Nations thread, which I have already requested but, apparently, is not yet up on the Forum. And I ask that this post be transferred to that thread when it does become available.

As a start, here are four pages I’ve finished. They should be self-explanatory. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
I left out some of the stamps on the first page so you can see the format better.

Oops. I see I've lopped of part of the text on the second page. I'll correct  that tomorrow,

Wow! Bud.
Absolutely lovely stuff, Bravo!
Belongs alongside the brilliant work of TSF's "Postmaster" of Germany,
a delight to behold, and an inspiration for all of us.