1st GB #1

It ain't pretty, but it still is for me. My first, and I emphasis first penny black. Nice red maltese cross space filler.

I won't say what I paid for it, though I will add that it wasn't much.

For anybody really really new to collecting, this is regarded as the worlds first postage stamp.

JimmyB

Leopold and Albert

Leopold I




Leopold II




Albert I

218-220 SC Sweet! I'm looking hard for these sets. I need to take a break and eat and get some sleep. Probably should bathe this week.


JimmyB

Writers

I see Romania entered the EU Jan 1st. Congrats!!!

How about some music to celebrate?

This Mozart should go with my Jan. 29th 06 post.

Lucky Streak!!!

Wowsers!! I need to go to the casino with my luck lately.

This series of 15 stamps was mandatory to use on Nov 29-30 and Dec 1 and 2 in order to raise money for a museum.

I've bungled across 4 of the 15 today. The 3 below are the highest values in the set valued at $11.50, 12.00 and 18.00 respectively.

JimmyB

Red Eagle

A nice "find" tonight. Andorra under Spanish Admin. E3 a Special Delivery stamp. $18.00 in my 03 Scott's. The only clue that it was hinged is the missing gum where the hinge was lifted.

JimmyB

More Andorra

More good finds of Andorra. #13 thru 18 all have $2.25 values in 03 except for the 25c which is $5.50

Andorra is between France ans Spain on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees Mountains.

Again these are Spanish admin. My Scott's notes that well centered stamps before 1950 are not the norm.

JimmyB

Balboa

Happy New Year everyone!!!

My perf gauge is presently eluding me so I can't narrow this down between 397 and 401.

Never hinged, but a slight thin on the top right looking at the back.
A very nice find never the less. No doubt.




Another item in the small stash from I.O.

Today I attempted to post an earlier draft and it posted on the date I originally drafted it on, instead of the date I posted it.

So much for my bright idea of writing my blog a day ahead of time.

Wait a minute.... I'll try this!!!

Yes!!! It works!!! Perhaps now I will never have an excuse for not having a daily entry!!

JimmyB

Duplicates, odds and ends

Last week I responded to an ad for seventy years of duplicates, odds and ends being cleaned out.



I was given a very fast response and pleased with a few items that I didn't anticipate,

such as this booklet of 7 stamps.

I wouldn't hesitate responding to another ad from Mr I. Olson.

JimmyB