Australia

I think MD of cdd down under refered to this set just recently. When I saw it today at Belleville's annual event, I had to grab it.

It was nice seeing the members of the club. I haven't been able to attend a meeting since last January due to my work schedule.

Don't forget, clicking on the image sometimes makes it larger.

If you have a hard time loading, all I can say is.......broadband can be gotten cheap!!!! UPGRADE!!!!

JimmyB

St Clair Philatelist

Times have changed. I believe this St Clair Co. Society is defunct. Probably because reminders like this one for meetings were sent late or at the last minute!!!

JimmyB

Cardinals

They took the division, now it's San Diego!!!

Not to Sound like Michael Dodd going on about Football as I think he calls it...it's soccer in the US.

For those not familiar, this is the baseball team in St Louis who practice in the spring in Florida. March 7th is about a month before the regular season starts.

They finished 2nd in the National League in 1941, hopefully they'll beat the Padres and go on to at least match 1941's record. They won tonight 5-1

JimmyB

Garuda over Bangkok

This is one form of deity that I'd be hiding from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda

Happiness is the key here, because I have an actual full set of something for a change.

Issued 1952, this is the last air post stamp issued in my Scott's.

I visited the IPDA chatroom this past weekend, kinda sorta. I hope to hear from some of the people I bumped across there.

Though you don't see it often, my main quest IS getting a cover/postcard from every country. Please don't assume I've got one from where you live. Unless of course you live in the US, Canada, France, Australia, Palestine(though I always want more), Isreal, India, China, Chile, Argentina, Phillippines, Guyana, Slovenia, Nederlands, Costa Rica and now I'll pause and have to think some. That's a short list of what I've got that I'll buckle down and add to.

JimmyB

Spain

I looked this up this am. #314. This is a minimum value stamp. 1920 issue date.

Plain Jane looking!! Blue green ink and no perforations.

Stamps issued by Spain prior to this were quite detailed. See below issued till only 1899.

It makes me wonder why they went on the cheap in designing this gem?

JimmyB

Baffled by Spain in 1920

China Clipper

I hate envelopes with the red and blue border.

There is nothing worse then trying to soak a stamp off the red paper and trying not to dye the stamp red!!

JimmyB

Cochin

#33 a regular postal 3 Annas and an official stamp (note the overprint) an O12 and I truly stand to be corrected.

Another Feudatory State India dated the 1920's basically. Postage 18-23 Officials 18-34....1900's that is.

SRI Rama Varma the Second is who's portrait this is.....Not sure who he was, so if you came up with this on a search for him, please leave a comment.




I gotta admit, I think turbins are cool. I wish I could where one without standing out in the crowd!!! Though this looks like more of a crown. I just happened to think of that.

JimmyB

Travancore

This is one that you really need a stamp guide to find where it's from.

I should say MOST of us. I'll grant some of you may know this place.

It's under the India Native Feudatory States.

$ value = 1
interest value= 7

JimmyB

Space

A real blast from the past!!

It's funny how the space race played out. The US won going to the moon and now the former USSR is the best at shooting into space that there is!!!! At least the best at shootin humans into space!!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

All my money is on China landing a man on Mars first!!!


JimmyB

Gibralter and the Queen

Tonight I read in an msn group, that the chatroom was disapearing. I also read that ipda.org has a chatroom. This I've been hearing about for quite some time.

I went in to check it out and actually found someone in the chatroom.

A 64 year old guy that is into QEII. We discussed her beauty and I find tonights FDC fitting!!!

JimmyB

Dahomey

Located on the west coast of Africa.

I actually have the entire set of 3 stamps!!!

The set is worth a buck!!!!

I'm still gonna keep looking. I'm world famous for my "finds", I'm also famous for the great length of time that goes on between my finds.

The search goes on

JimmyB

Plane and Pilot

This is the 8th airmail stamp issued by Greece. 1933 was the year of issue.
Personally I really like the look of this one.

JimmyB

Tanna Tuva

Not exactly one of the places people know. From 1926 to 1933 it issued stamps. On the Mongolian Siberian border.

Yesterdays triangle stamps made me grab these tonight. While these are not rare, by the same token, they are not common either.

With an overprint, the value shoots up like a hundred dollars.

HMMM. Why the heck do I suddenly want the two overprints?

Must be a case of the stamp fever.

I need more money then I got, for what I want.

Click on the image for a closer view.

I still need covers from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, heck, the whole region. I need one from New Zealand too. That would be awesome.

JimmyB

Lithuania

OK, this partial set of 3 stamps has a bit of interest for a few collectors.

One, it's shape, for those freaks out there who only collect triangle stamps.

Two, it's an airmail, for the airdales collecting just airmail stamps, this set dates 1932.

What else? HMM.. I'm stretching it now, but if your a topical collector of battles, the first two depict the Battle of Shauyai. Like I said, I'm stretching it now.

Oh yes, my last name is given me from my great grandfather who immigrated from there.

I do have this set of 3 available to the first person wanting it(if you can mail me a letter from one of the countries I need for my collection). Email me first before sending me a letter though, to insure I don't promise it to more then one person.

JimmyB

Tennessee

Now you can see how I deduced what yesterdays scans were. Not that I'm 100% sure. I stand to be possibly corrected.

I haven't heard much noise lately. Am I tooting my horn?





JimmyB

Feed Tax

Not sure about this, I got no clue(OK I got one perhaps) I think these are feed tax stamps. Real real REAL far in the back of the book. You can enlarge these by clicking on the images.



JimmyB

St Kitts

Caribbean tour? I'm amazed at the vast amounts of reasons to make a special cover.

I haven't received any covers in my world quest for awhile, actually quite awhile. Somehow I need to get more people to see my bloc. Any ideas other then harassing people? A contest? Giveaways? I hate to try giveaways, my luck the response would be overwhelming and I'd go broke or disappoint some people and I don't want to do either.

My local stamp club is having it's annual stamp show/bourse the first Saturday of October. I'm trying to get the day off to go. I work 2nd shift all week and can't go to meetings and I work 1st shift on Saturdays and can't do anything on Saturdays.

Work sucks.

JimmyB

South Haven Mail

Looks like a mailboat.

This card was printed in Germany.

More later today, got some errands to do

JimmyB

Over Run Antarctica Deep Freezes

But actually it's warming up!!! (refering to title)

Sorry for the stained cover tonight. Not much time to blog tonight (as usual).

Working 6 days a week really does suck. Not to mention Deb works a complete different shift.

What"s with the reverse printing suddenly? Also note reverse printings seem common, I just saw a block of 4 tonight on ebay....no bids.

This is a nice cover(minus the stain) to have if your working on Antarctica. I trade.

Good References


JimmyB

First Flight Cover, East St Louis route

One thing leads to another.

The obverse is stamped 180 degrees around.

I just know that there are serious collectors of these who'd just love one of these. Email me, I've got three,different addressee's in the local area. I can trade. That's the beauty of collecting, PLUS you get a cool cover.

JimmyB