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Anyone else have a favorite that they let go for whatever the reason that sticks in their mind....
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Wow, Carol....
I only do US, but I would have had a hard time not keeping THAT one!
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Yes indeed - it was tough. I wanted to properly mount and protect it (UV glass, etc) but I was afraid that it had deteriorated being mounted directly between two pieces of glass. It took a lot of the enjoyment out of ownership.
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Can you tell the rest of us what this is? I'm not familiar and when I tried to blow up the photo of the sheet, it got blurry before i could focus on a stamp to identify it.
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I have a full sheet of German Hitler head stamps under glass. I framed it when I was a kid.
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The stamps shown are the first issue of Latvia. There was a shortage of stamp paper at the end of WWII. German military maps were used to print the stamps due to the shortage of proper paper. Also German paper money that had only been printed on one side were also used to print many of the stamps of Latvia for a few years. The second scan below shows Latvian semi postals that were printed on German 10 mark notes.
I've wanted one of those complete map sheets he has for a long time. If I ever happen to get one I would not get rid of it. They're one of those rare postal issues that are very different from anything else out there.
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Thank you for explaining the derivation of the sheet (which I should have done) and for providing the excellent photos. My photo of the sheet was done long ago with one of the first digital cameras at obviously very low resolution.
Tough decisions - I bought it in the late 80's when a full time dealer sold out his entire stock to me. I sold it when I was still more of a dealer/caretaker than a collector. Now that I am a collector narrowing down my collection to a few choice items I regret having sold it. Hopefully the person I sold it to is enjoying it and was able to remount it in a more suitable frame.
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thanks for the explanation! I had never heard of that and it's a really cool story. I love historical stuff like this.
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09:24:28pm
Although I did the show circuit back in the 80's there were always things that I put aside for my personal collection. I parted with some of those items over the years. Most are nice memories, but this one I regret selling. At the time I rationalized that the sheet had been mounted between 2 pieces of plate glass for decades, the frame was a bit weak, and who knows what condition the sheet was actually in if removed from the frame.
Anyone else have a favorite that they let go for whatever the reason that sticks in their mind....
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Wow, Carol....
I only do US, but I would have had a hard time not keeping THAT one!
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10:31:01am
re: Things I wish that I had kept
Yes indeed - it was tough. I wanted to properly mount and protect it (UV glass, etc) but I was afraid that it had deteriorated being mounted directly between two pieces of glass. It took a lot of the enjoyment out of ownership.
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re: Things I wish that I had kept
Can you tell the rest of us what this is? I'm not familiar and when I tried to blow up the photo of the sheet, it got blurry before i could focus on a stamp to identify it.
Thanks!
I have a full sheet of German Hitler head stamps under glass. I framed it when I was a kid.
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re: Things I wish that I had kept
The stamps shown are the first issue of Latvia. There was a shortage of stamp paper at the end of WWII. German military maps were used to print the stamps due to the shortage of proper paper. Also German paper money that had only been printed on one side were also used to print many of the stamps of Latvia for a few years. The second scan below shows Latvian semi postals that were printed on German 10 mark notes.
I've wanted one of those complete map sheets he has for a long time. If I ever happen to get one I would not get rid of it. They're one of those rare postal issues that are very different from anything else out there.
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re: Things I wish that I had kept
Thank you for explaining the derivation of the sheet (which I should have done) and for providing the excellent photos. My photo of the sheet was done long ago with one of the first digital cameras at obviously very low resolution.
Tough decisions - I bought it in the late 80's when a full time dealer sold out his entire stock to me. I sold it when I was still more of a dealer/caretaker than a collector. Now that I am a collector narrowing down my collection to a few choice items I regret having sold it. Hopefully the person I sold it to is enjoying it and was able to remount it in a more suitable frame.
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re: Things I wish that I had kept
thanks for the explanation! I had never heard of that and it's a really cool story. I love historical stuff like this.
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