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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : When things get dull

 

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philb
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18 Aug 2021
09:38:08pm

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sometimes i have to admit i get a bit bored with my collections ..its then i go sorting through my Dutch stamps for "finds", a town cancel, a numeral cancel..i have a special area for them...a simple pleasure that costs nothing !Image Not Found

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18 Aug 2021
09:54:28pm

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re: When things get dull

Image Not FoundHere are a couple of examples of numeral cancels 46 is Haarlem and 106 is Tilburg.

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19 Aug 2021
02:08:09pm
re: When things get dull

Looking for town cancels is indeed fun, Phil. I do this in my own collection, and with donations to the project.

I take it a step further (as part of my related "Philatelic History of The Holocaust" stamp album initiative) and do research on the town, creating a brief (?) write-up of the relevance of that town. Stamp collecting never becomes boring when you add on those new layers!

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18 Aug 2021
09:38:08pm

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sometimes i have to admit i get a bit bored with my collections ..its then i go sorting through my Dutch stamps for "finds", a town cancel, a numeral cancel..i have a special area for them...a simple pleasure that costs nothing !Image Not Found

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18 Aug 2021
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re: When things get dull

Image Not FoundHere are a couple of examples of numeral cancels 46 is Haarlem and 106 is Tilburg.

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HolocaustStamps

19 Aug 2021
02:08:09pm

re: When things get dull

Looking for town cancels is indeed fun, Phil. I do this in my own collection, and with donations to the project.

I take it a step further (as part of my related "Philatelic History of The Holocaust" stamp album initiative) and do research on the town, creating a brief (?) write-up of the relevance of that town. Stamp collecting never becomes boring when you add on those new layers!

Here is one example:

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