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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Garcelon Stamp company

 

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philb
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14 Feb 2017
08:26:02pm

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Garcelon stamps was one of the main approval companies i purchased stamps from in the 1950s. I always thought it was an American company since the stamps were mailed from Calais,Maine. The actual company was in St. Stephen, N.B. i guess its curtains for Garcelon as Eastern Auctions will sell the final inventory at auction February 25. So if anyone is interested in buying stamps in bulk...here you go !
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michael78651

14 Feb 2017
11:12:10pm
re: Garcelon Stamp company

They were one of the first approval dealers I bought from. That was in the 1960s. Always sad to see one of the earlier dealers disappear.

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StampCollector
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15 Feb 2017
01:52:13pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

I use them up to the middle 70s.

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philb
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15 Feb 2017
02:15:09pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

It appears they had a long successful run...the owner said he believed in the honesty of people and it paid off.

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lemaven
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15 Feb 2017
07:54:16pm
re: Garcelon Stamp company

Hey Phil. Do the have an online Auction site? Do you have a link you could post?

Not that I need to add more stamps, but it is a disease that I'm unwilling to admit I am powerless to...

Thanks, Dave.

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philb
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16 Feb 2017
08:53:45am

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

Dave, the article was in the February 7-20 edition of Canadian Stamp News...see if this helps www.Canadianstampnews.ca or www.Easternauctions.com but be careful, if you are like me...we should try to get rid of existing stock !

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16 Feb 2017
04:38:07pm
re: Garcelon Stamp company

I have been thinking about starting a thread to share our collective memories of dealers we have interacted with in our distant collecting past. Something like 'Dealers I have Known.'

I sometimes recall people I did business with since my early collecting days back in 1962. It might be fun to see if any others remember them. Does this sound of interest?

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michael78651

16 Feb 2017
04:47:01pm
re: Garcelon Stamp company

Not too long ago we had a discussion relating to that. I have bumped it back up in case anyone want to read the thread and let others know of their early experiences.

Here is the link to go directly to the thread:

https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=5583#126138

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nl0547

17 Feb 2017
07:58:13pm
re: Garcelon Stamp company

You will need some serious coin to get any of the Garcelon lots
https://stampauctionnetwork.com/zm/zm850.cfm

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philb
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17 Feb 2017
08:40:04pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

i heard they were rather er HUGE !

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michael78651

18 Feb 2017
06:44:52am
re: Garcelon Stamp company

I stopped receiving stamps from them in the 1960s. They never sent me stamps like that, but then I couldn't afford them even back then. They liked, along with others like Harris, Kenmore, Jamestown and Mystic, to send incomplete sets that fit into the beginner and intermediate albums. When I got older, and started to look at catalogs and moved to the Scott International albums, I wasn't happy that I had so many incomplete sets. After that, when I requested approvals from a dealer, I always stated that I wanted complete sets.

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michael78651

19 Feb 2017
05:21:47pm
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I just thought, if my memory is still intact on this, didn't Garcelon Stamp Company send out a small flier with all new requests for approvals that had a picture of and a short story about the British Guiana #13? (I know that one of the older approval dealers did sent that.)

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14 Feb 2017
08:26:02pm

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Garcelon stamps was one of the main approval companies i purchased stamps from in the 1950s. I always thought it was an American company since the stamps were mailed from Calais,Maine. The actual company was in St. Stephen, N.B. i guess its curtains for Garcelon as Eastern Auctions will sell the final inventory at auction February 25. So if anyone is interested in buying stamps in bulk...here you go !

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michael78651

14 Feb 2017
11:12:10pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

They were one of the first approval dealers I bought from. That was in the 1960s. Always sad to see one of the earlier dealers disappear.

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StampCollector

15 Feb 2017
01:52:13pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

I use them up to the middle 70s.

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philb

15 Feb 2017
02:15:09pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

It appears they had a long successful run...the owner said he believed in the honesty of people and it paid off.

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"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"
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lemaven

15 Feb 2017
07:54:16pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

Hey Phil. Do the have an online Auction site? Do you have a link you could post?

Not that I need to add more stamps, but it is a disease that I'm unwilling to admit I am powerless to...

Thanks, Dave.

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philb

16 Feb 2017
08:53:45am

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

Dave, the article was in the February 7-20 edition of Canadian Stamp News...see if this helps www.Canadianstampnews.ca or www.Easternauctions.com but be careful, if you are like me...we should try to get rid of existing stock !

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"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"
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Snick1946

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16 Feb 2017
04:38:07pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

I have been thinking about starting a thread to share our collective memories of dealers we have interacted with in our distant collecting past. Something like 'Dealers I have Known.'

I sometimes recall people I did business with since my early collecting days back in 1962. It might be fun to see if any others remember them. Does this sound of interest?

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this post
michael78651

16 Feb 2017
04:47:01pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

Not too long ago we had a discussion relating to that. I have bumped it back up in case anyone want to read the thread and let others know of their early experiences.

Here is the link to go directly to the thread:

https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=5583#126138

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nl0547

17 Feb 2017
07:58:13pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

You will need some serious coin to get any of the Garcelon lots
https://stampauctionnetwork.com/zm/zm850.cfm

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philb

17 Feb 2017
08:40:04pm

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re: Garcelon Stamp company

i heard they were rather er HUGE !

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"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"
michael78651

18 Feb 2017
06:44:52am

re: Garcelon Stamp company

I stopped receiving stamps from them in the 1960s. They never sent me stamps like that, but then I couldn't afford them even back then. They liked, along with others like Harris, Kenmore, Jamestown and Mystic, to send incomplete sets that fit into the beginner and intermediate albums. When I got older, and started to look at catalogs and moved to the Scott International albums, I wasn't happy that I had so many incomplete sets. After that, when I requested approvals from a dealer, I always stated that I wanted complete sets.

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michael78651

19 Feb 2017
05:21:47pm

re: Garcelon Stamp company

I just thought, if my memory is still intact on this, didn't Garcelon Stamp Company send out a small flier with all new requests for approvals that had a picture of and a short story about the British Guiana #13? (I know that one of the older approval dealers did sent that.)

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