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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Stamp collecting is alive and well in Buenos Aires

 

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rrraphy
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12 May 2018
03:35:49pm

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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)


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12 May 2018
04:18:05pm
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

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12 May 2018
07:00:54pm
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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

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12 May 2018
08:18:03pm

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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...

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13 May 2018
11:51:12pm
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.

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rrraphy

Retired Consultant APS#186030
12 May 2018
03:35:49pm

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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)


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egertoni

12 May 2018
04:18:05pm

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

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12 May 2018
07:00:54pm

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

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rrraphy

Retired Consultant APS#186030
12 May 2018
08:18:03pm

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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...

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13 May 2018
11:51:12pm

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.

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