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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
04:07:43pm
Edit: I'm in worse shape with Canada. With my 1988 cutoff I am missing 9 regular Canadian stamps, only 3 of which are remotely close to being affordable.
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So, given the quite excellent collection status of US and Canada, what is next on the collection list for you?
Regards ... Tim
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10:47:42am
I have lots to keep me out of trouble, though some of these are coming along!!
"Canada and Provinces ( up to 1988 ), Poland ( up to 1985 ), Russia ( up to 1985 ), United States ( up to 1976 ),North Borneo, Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Philippines (to 1955), Hawaii, Cuba (to 1955), Swiss official (League of Nations and UN offices), Dutch Officials (The Hague), Australia (to 1955), Ireland (to 1955), St. Pierre and Miquelon (to 1955), Peru (to 1955), Wurttemberg, Jamaica (to 1955), Danzig, Bavaria, Danish West Indies, Ryukyu Islands (to 1955), early Latvia, New Zealand (to 1955), Basic BOB for most countries listed above, Post marks from Queen's County, Nova Scotia, Kaulbach Island Nova Scotia "stamps", Canada varieties - mostly early small and large Queens"
This is from my member information, but I also keep Vol I, II and III of Scott's international and if I see a series I really like I pick it up. Stamp collecting is a never ending hobby, we can always find something new that we like. I also save up a bit for the occasional larger purchase. I found a couple really nice British Columbia / Vancouver Island stamps on E-Bay lately - bid and got one, made an offer on another and put two more on my watch list. The trouble with the Canadian Provinces are that there are only some that are affordable. Being sensible is key - but difficult!!!
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04:40:42pm
Greg put a bunch of fairly early US material on auction a little earlier and I found one I needed. Now only 21 affordable US stamps to go!!!!
I was just remembering that there was a person who had a complete US collection at one time. I believe he traded a block of the Inverted Jenny to get the 3 cent blue Z-grill to complete his collection. If the prices then were anywhere comparable to what they are now he must have been an incredibly rich man! I just Googled the story and here's a small part of it.
"Donald Sundman, president of the Mystic Stamp Co., has traded a rare and valuable stamp -- an obscure "Z-grill" -- for a block of airmail error stamps from 1918 worth nearly $3 million. The stamp's new owner, private collector Bill Gross, now has a complete collection of 19th-century U.S. stamps."
I can't even imagine having enough money to complete a collection like that. What do you do for an encore?
What would you do if you were that rich?
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04 May 2022
04:07:43pm
I am missing 132 regular US stamps (cutoff 1977)- not counting BOB. Just for the heck of it I started looking up prices and discovered that only 22 of them are affordable, which I considered to be under $800 in the 2015 Scott's. I guess, whether I like it or not I'M ALMOST DONE!!
Edit: I'm in worse shape with Canada. With my 1988 cutoff I am missing 9 regular Canadian stamps, only 3 of which are remotely close to being affordable.
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re: I guess my collection of regular US stamps is almost finished!!
So, given the quite excellent collection status of US and Canada, what is next on the collection list for you?
Regards ... Tim
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05 May 2022
10:47:42am
re: I guess my collection of regular US stamps is almost finished!!
I have lots to keep me out of trouble, though some of these are coming along!!
"Canada and Provinces ( up to 1988 ), Poland ( up to 1985 ), Russia ( up to 1985 ), United States ( up to 1976 ),North Borneo, Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, Philippines (to 1955), Hawaii, Cuba (to 1955), Swiss official (League of Nations and UN offices), Dutch Officials (The Hague), Australia (to 1955), Ireland (to 1955), St. Pierre and Miquelon (to 1955), Peru (to 1955), Wurttemberg, Jamaica (to 1955), Danzig, Bavaria, Danish West Indies, Ryukyu Islands (to 1955), early Latvia, New Zealand (to 1955), Basic BOB for most countries listed above, Post marks from Queen's County, Nova Scotia, Kaulbach Island Nova Scotia "stamps", Canada varieties - mostly early small and large Queens"
This is from my member information, but I also keep Vol I, II and III of Scott's international and if I see a series I really like I pick it up. Stamp collecting is a never ending hobby, we can always find something new that we like. I also save up a bit for the occasional larger purchase. I found a couple really nice British Columbia / Vancouver Island stamps on E-Bay lately - bid and got one, made an offer on another and put two more on my watch list. The trouble with the Canadian Provinces are that there are only some that are affordable. Being sensible is key - but difficult!!!
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
05 May 2022
04:40:42pm
re: I guess my collection of regular US stamps is almost finished!!
Greg put a bunch of fairly early US material on auction a little earlier and I found one I needed. Now only 21 affordable US stamps to go!!!!
I was just remembering that there was a person who had a complete US collection at one time. I believe he traded a block of the Inverted Jenny to get the 3 cent blue Z-grill to complete his collection. If the prices then were anywhere comparable to what they are now he must have been an incredibly rich man! I just Googled the story and here's a small part of it.
"Donald Sundman, president of the Mystic Stamp Co., has traded a rare and valuable stamp -- an obscure "Z-grill" -- for a block of airmail error stamps from 1918 worth nearly $3 million. The stamp's new owner, private collector Bill Gross, now has a complete collection of 19th-century U.S. stamps."
I can't even imagine having enough money to complete a collection like that. What do you do for an encore?
What would you do if you were that rich?
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