Adopted a Cockatoo

Vasco De Gama's flagship.  I'm not sure of the name of the ship. I'll work on that until I get it, or someone knows it.  This is another penny stamp, catalogues at 40 cents, another high value. Mozambique Company again, like the other day.

 
A surprise cigar I got in a cheap cigar sampler. Actually, Gurkha was the only label I knew from the sampler.  Not worth the high price it normally sells for though.

Somehow I was offered a yellow crested cockatoo and it is perched beside my desk right now. That's 5 birds now.  No room for anymore. I don't want to be a rescue house. I'll post a picture within the next few days.

JimmyB

Gibralter

Angel is prolific with covers. Thank you Angel.  Another link of my quest for a cover from every country. I get mail from the Gibraltar stamp retailer, but such mail doesn't qualify as a true cover in my collection. 

The date on the cancel perplexes me. I received this today, 10/23. So I assume the 10 is Oct, but the X?

JimmyB

400 for $4 high values

I received my 400 stamps today. Pretty much what you'd expect. I went thru half of it and found much Poland, San Marino, Paraguay and about 15 countries with 3-6 stamps for each.

 I think by high value, it was meant that some may be worth more then minimum.

This Coconut Palms from 1937 catalogued 10 Cents over minimum. Hopefully not my biggest find.

I need to do some digging and see how many more of this set I have(19 in the set). They do look nice.

 The Mozambique Company was chartered by Portugal for 50 years in 1891.

JimmyB

 

 

Seattle

I said I'd show pictures from Seattle yesterday.  Well I recieved my son and future daughter's invitation in this cover plastered with stamps.  Cool eh?

 Actually, this is a short ferry ride Northwest of Seattle. I snapped 4 of these as the rainbow was quickly receading. 

 Joshua and Theresa Beranis

JimmyB