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philb

28 Feb 2019
04:56:18pm
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I paid 3 cents for this stamp in 1949(or its brother)from the Jamestown stamp co. Glad to see it catalogs 40 cents ! Image Not Found

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amsd

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28 Feb 2019
05:13:40pm

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

at this rate, he'll soon be abel to afford shoes

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musicman

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28 Feb 2019
10:33:22pm

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

....and/or ammunition!

philb

01 Mar 2019
04:21:11pm
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re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

i think he would opt for the ammo..then he could get his shoes.

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cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Mar 2019
02:28:50am

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

Seventy Years ago gas was five or six cents a gallon, a schooner of beer was a plain nickel, and my parents rented an apartment for $45.00 a month in Flatbush, that was then a nice part of Brooklyn. (1940 census)
A reasonable adjustment for inflation shows that the value hasn't risen a sou.

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philb

04 Mar 2019
08:59:07am
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re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

In 1963 a buddy of mine and i rented a two bedroom apartment on Middagh St. in Brooklyn Heights for $94.00 a month...try multiplying the rent today..i hear that even the neighborhood where i lived off Nostrand Ave in Bed Sty as a little kid till my parents got me out of there has been gentified.

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philb

28 Feb 2019
04:56:18pm

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I paid 3 cents for this stamp in 1949(or its brother)from the Jamestown stamp co. Glad to see it catalogs 40 cents ! Image Not Found

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amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
28 Feb 2019
05:13:40pm

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

at this rate, he'll soon be abel to afford shoes

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link. ...

musicman

APS #213005
28 Feb 2019
10:33:22pm

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

....and/or ammunition!

philb

01 Mar 2019
04:21:11pm

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re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

i think he would opt for the ammo..then he could get his shoes.

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cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Mar 2019
02:28:50am

re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

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philb

04 Mar 2019
08:59:07am

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re: i purchased this stamp 70 years ago..glad to see its above Scotts minimum value.

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