Haiti

This fella here led a charge in battle against Napolean's troops and eventually won the battle.
He led a charge into a spray of bullets, his hat struck by one, then his horse went down and he was struck again in the hat. He then turned around shouting the charge and needless to say, his men heartily followed.

UN FDC UC1

Here we go, good stuff. stamps, covers, fdc, and first airmail envelope all rolled into one giant heap!!!! Not to mention the noble cause of the UN.

It seems ashame the US even hosts the place, considering it flips it's nose at whatever it decides to regardless of the UN decision. It would be nice to see the UN pass some resolution and statement holding the US in contempt of the UN values of UN democracy, along with a chastisement for it's withdrawal of backing up the Geneva Convention. Which I believe until about the time Bush came into office, our leaders at least believed in the principle.

Cheney is an evil man, I am convinced of it. Evil.

JimmyB

France

Thank you Eric, for this fantastic cover. The stamp and the postmark are both exceptional and I cannot thank you enough. Viva La France!!! Hot nudes!!! Cock fight!!!


JimmyB

Document Stamps

More back of books. These fall into the overprint collectors category.

Busy this weekend, painted a bedroom and got a new computer desk installed(a nice one). No time for stamping. Tomorrow is another day.

JimmyB

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

Firecrest

Firecrest, we don't have these in the US, I think it's a bird that is found in England, I'm not sure if anywhere else.
Fdc with cachet and even a themed cancellation!!! OOOOOHHH!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

JimmyB

Egypt

I've got a cover from Egypt but (hint hint) I don't have one addressed to me. Another country that's on my collection list of must gets.

There is so much archeology in Egypt that it astounds me. Quite the history story.

JimmyB

Nevis

The battle of Frigate Bay and a map of Nevis FDC. Sweet!!

Nevis is in the West Indies, south and east of Puerto Rico. This looks like a pretty good battle, I'm going to have to check out more about it.

JimmyB

Washington 2006

These are awesome. I think I read where they used the original plates to create these stamps. High value in 1920-25. Today they still seem expensive. 8 bucks for 3 stamps. Ripoff!!!! Plus I bought 2 sets!!!

JimmyB

Malta

I've got no clue how to layout my daily blog anymore. Pictures don't seem to lay themselves out like I try to make them.

Malta conjures many images in my head and their stamps are very interesting. Here we go with some overprints, another item that makes this cover catch my eye.

JimmyB

US Joint with Canada

Champlain Surveys the East Coast. Nice set, I'm gonna have to look for the joint sheet with Canada.

It's time for me to send some mail with all these US stamps I've gotten the past couple months..

JimmyB

FDC's

I got an email from Eric, a collector today, and went to his blog. http://my-philately.blogspot.com/ Check it out. He looks like an easy guy to exchange covers with if you can get your hands on a frog stamp!!!

He suggests, only older fdc's are higher value. I'd say he's right. There are a few cachet designers that can still fetch a better price then others though!!!

He likes postally used. I agree on that also. Would you rather get a ball signed that you got in the stands at a game, or one you purchased and asked to be signed?

Cacheted covers (1923 they begin) start at just under $1000 in value and drop to the $20-$50 US range until 1940.

Oh do I hate Bush!!!

Is the man an idiot or what? I'll be flaming about him soon no doubt at http://arealfreeamerica.blogspot.com/ my spot to bitch politics.

You people need a break from me on that topic.

JimmyB
God save the Queen

Cost Rica Fruit Loops

A friend went on a vacation and was kind to mail me this post card. Cool looking frog.

Blogger was having problems the last couple days. I missed yesterday not due to the beast, but rather thru technical difficulties.

Ouch to the price of gas today!!!!

JimmyB

American Diplomats

A M/S with 6 diplomats who probably spoke with their own thoughts and beliefs, unlike current diplomats who are mere puppets of the evil Bush empire.

I'm not sure how this image is going to post. My edit page is doing odd things today.

Is anyone nervous about tomorrows date?

JimmyB

Belize

Another FDC commemorating the US Bicentennial.


Lindburgh's flight though? What the hell does he have to do with the bicentennial?

I might add, he's got a lot to do with the St Louis arch area. The arch was pictured a few days ago in the stamp,tallest memorial. Lindburgh flew the plane named "Spirit of St Louis" when he crossed the Atlantic.

Wonders

Here's the wonder sheet from the USPS. It's a nice sheet, but I'm not overly excited about it. It'd be better if I could just go in and buy a whole bunch of one stamp. Oh well, it's all about money I guess.

You can click on the image for a somewhat closer view.
JimmyB

F.D.R. A real leader

This is one of 40 recent Wonders of the US stamps.

This monument is on the Mississippi river in St Louis. It's stainless steel and is built on the Thomas Jefferson memorial park.

About a 20 to 25 minute ride from my house.

I wonder if G.W. is going to cede global warming and ever do more then say "Someone will fix the problem, if there really is one."?

It seems like every newspaper, magazine, and news show has run something on how it is affecting us, what has caused it, and possible solutions to ebb the acceleration of it.

The US needs a leader who does something. I should say, does something GOOD for a change.

Feel free to forward my view to other stamp collectors. Please do in fact, because stamp collectors have power. Remember F.D.R!!!!

JimmyB

Cape of Good Hope

Wow, I'm back!!!! Big Holiday weekend trip with 12 hour workshifts on both sides of it. I'm back to 8's now so I've got some time.

I visited my sister on her 25 acre horse farm. She's got 6 Arabians she rescued that were in terrible condition. They've got a long road to recovery, but with the help of donations she's getting them better. OK, her husband is helping too, can't leave him out.

Here's a nice stamp, one of my better ones. #3. There are plenty of sea stories concerning the Cape of Good Hope. Issued in 1857, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co.

JimmyB