Italy

The portrait and symbol change on the right side for each denomination, I'm not quite sure what it commemorates. A way for the church to raise money for outreach programs I think. I could be WAY off on that though. Catholicism isn't one of my strengths in trivial pursuit.
My catalogue says that this set was sold mostly to speculators. I imagine that means used is really expensive. This set is MNH so it gets thrice the value of the hinged sets. I'll trade these for a used set. Hehehe, I shouldn't laugh, a used set in poor condition would be a fair trade. OK, not poor, fair-good.

JimmyB

Airpost FDC

I can't seem to find this in Scott's US First Day Cover 2004 book. I wonder if I'm blind or what??
I found it, $20+ catalogue value. Not bad, maybe one of the better covers I've got in US FDC's

JimmyB

Railway stamps

These are Bavaria railway issues. Cinderellas. I'd be thankful for any info on these from someone with a catalogue that has these. My Scotts catalogue doesn't bear any info. Maybe my future internet searches will pull something up. I've found nothing so far.

I need to get back into firing off model rockets. Maybe I can find a big Estes 3 stage rocket and set off a big political uproar trying to see if I can shoot it over the Mississippi river and getting it to land safely.

JimmyB

Army Frank

I'm not quite sure exactly where I would find a catalogue with these. I wish I could tell you something about them. Hopefully someone someday will come across this and leave a comment, knowing what these stamps are. I can't find them in Scott's. I wonder if Scott's Specialized catalogue has them? HMMMMMM!

JimmyB

Hong Kong

I actually won an item at a stamp auction house!! Hundreds of FDC's US mostly from 40's into the 80's. Duck stamps, revenue stamps, postcards, even 3 old stamp albums.
I've often pondered getting this gem. I just happened across it(along with the lower denominations) in a glassine.
I'm psyched. I've got plenty of fresh material for a while to come now. I may need some help identifying a few of the stamps.

JimmyB