Glad to hear that since I have some ties to Buenos Aires. What I really want to comment on is the great point you make about the value of stamps that have been the object of a long, mostly fruitless search. That factor (the search) changes the equation dramatically when it comes to what you or I might be willing to pay. Under those circumstances, we don't treat catalogue value as we otherwise would. No regrets paying a premium.
Jim
Sounds like you are having a great time. We have discussed the departmentals many times and their elusiveness. Must be great to finally find them and get much closer to the goal of completion. I to would have no problem of buying all most of what I need at over full cat.
Since many of them, even cheaper ones, are hardly ever seen, it is most likely that Scott has undervalued them
Mitch, here is the contact:
Alejandro Arguello
Filateria Arguello
Www.filateliaarguello.com.ar
Stamps@filateliaarguello.com.ar
He has the Scott/Argentian catalog correspondance table, so he will process your Scott cat # want list.
He will accept Paypal, so shipments will be protected should they get lost in the mail.
For large purchases you may get 10% off the Argentinian catalog prices, which again, for Mint, are often are 40 to 50% above Scott, although Used are generally more comparable in prices.
Feel free to use my name for reference, if you wish.
As a side remark, he really is your Argentina expert with impressively solid inventory of all issues, including some of the ratest specialty and very early ones. A good ressource to note, if you are interested in this country's stamps.
Rrr...
rrr... Thanks for the link to his site. It is good to see
it is in English.
Aaaah the joy of finding a gallery full of stamp dealers.
And there are more than just one such galleries here.
I counted well over a dozen stores here, and I finally was able to aquire some of those elusive Argentina Official Department stamps that are listed in Scott at low prices, but are never available anywhere.
Found a dealer who just specializes in Argentina and we spend a good 2 hours talking Argentina stamps, and digging through his infinite ressources to fill about 80% of my needs. Yes he had the others, but prices were just too high for my budget as some items are indeed quite rare.
A general remark: no discounting on catalog prices, and the Argentina pricing is on average 40% above the
Latest Scott catalog prices (2019).
But who is complaining! These elusive stamps had me searching for the last 5 years, hitting one or 2 a year at the most! I scored a good 40-50 just on one go, picking the ones I wanted to buy, at the price quoted. Very friendly and knowledgable dealer...accessible via the internet.
Here is a view of one of the galleries on Maipu Street that has a concentration of stores.
Rrr...
( to be loaded as soon as I find higher capacity wifi)
re: Stamp collecting is alive and well in Buenos Aires
Glad to hear that since I have some ties to Buenos Aires. What I really want to comment on is the great point you make about the value of stamps that have been the object of a long, mostly fruitless search. That factor (the search) changes the equation dramatically when it comes to what you or I might be willing to pay. Under those circumstances, we don't treat catalogue value as we otherwise would. No regrets paying a premium.
Jim
re: Stamp collecting is alive and well in Buenos Aires
Sounds like you are having a great time. We have discussed the departmentals many times and their elusiveness. Must be great to finally find them and get much closer to the goal of completion. I to would have no problem of buying all most of what I need at over full cat.
Since many of them, even cheaper ones, are hardly ever seen, it is most likely that Scott has undervalued them
re: Stamp collecting is alive and well in Buenos Aires
Mitch, here is the contact:
Alejandro Arguello
Filateria Arguello
Www.filateliaarguello.com.ar
Stamps@filateliaarguello.com.ar
He has the Scott/Argentian catalog correspondance table, so he will process your Scott cat # want list.
He will accept Paypal, so shipments will be protected should they get lost in the mail.
For large purchases you may get 10% off the Argentinian catalog prices, which again, for Mint, are often are 40 to 50% above Scott, although Used are generally more comparable in prices.
Feel free to use my name for reference, if you wish.
As a side remark, he really is your Argentina expert with impressively solid inventory of all issues, including some of the ratest specialty and very early ones. A good ressource to note, if you are interested in this country's stamps.
Rrr...
re: Stamp collecting is alive and well in Buenos Aires
rrr... Thanks for the link to his site. It is good to see
it is in English.