Bug and bird

A web search for achillides palinurus daedalus brought me to the Bugmaniacs website http://www.thebugmaniac.be/. The have a specimen for sale and I would say that this image of the butterfly, while accurate, really doesn't do it justice. Bugmaniac describes it as "Fantastic !"

Thank you Ray for your cover!

100 years of international yacht racing union

Released in 07 from Macedonia. Seeing as Macedonia is a landlocked country, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia it no doubt helps Macedonian crew members to join international competition!

Thank you Goran

Birds

I needed to get the magnifiers out to see this birds name. I've never seen one before, but no wonder, it lives everywhere but in the Americas.

Abelharuco, the English wiki names it Bee-eater. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee-eater

Thank you Andre

The St Louis Stamp expo

Good time at the show today, I'm 6 colonies from having all of the 44 colonies in the King George V and Windsor castle omnibus!!

A good web read on the set is http://www.philatel2.com/jubilee/

UNCLE!!

The day of reckoning has come for me. Years, yes years plural, of mail has been arriving at my house and I've been setting it aside with no time to answer it. I got time now. Sameer, forgive me in being remiss on replying till now, this cover rocks! I hope you are still at the same address!!

Maison Basque

 A French region stamp sheet decorates this cover I recieved from Contesse Eric. Check out his website.

 So much to do and so little time. 6 days a week of work is awful.  I miss the days of being out of work, but only slightly.

 I missed my local club meeting again, one of these meeting days I hope, I will be able to attend.

 JimmyB

  JimmyB

In a galaxy far far away....

 While Yoda was released in multiples, the only way to get the rest of these stamps is to purchase this sheet.

 There is something cheesy about commercial ventures in stamps...ie... Disney stamps issued by island nations.  I do like this U.S. cheesy release.

 It's a big one, click the image for a better view if you've got the bandwidth.

 I also want to add, that the light saber(held by Darth Vader) was on the last shuttle mission which landed last week.   Hmmmm, are we starting to arm our shuttle for possible encounters?

  JimmyB

Wasington/Jackson

 Here's one of the stamps I ordered the other day. They also had sheets of twenty, NOT!! I'm sure I'll use these up quick regardless.

 In the corner it says "Believed to have been proposed, but not used, for U.S. 1869 postage series.".

 I also got some more Aurora sheets of two(March 2, 2007), though the postage is obsolete now.

 I also got a surprise sheet, that I forgot about till today. 

  I'll save that for another day.

  JimmyB

Two Bridges

This is a nice card I got from a dealer. It looks like an awesome city. Architecture AND Scenery.

 I ordered some stamps I couldn't get at my P.O. hopefully they get here soon. I actually ordered some $5.00 Washington/Jacksons. I didn't want to buy 4 to get one, but I've found a registered reply letter is $9.60 reg. + .92 letter rate. $10.52.....Ouch.  I hope not many people mail me registered letters. 

JimmyB

Rugby

 I recieved this Friday. These rugby stamps come from a sheet, Check out the sheet.

 Unfortunately, the 3 Euro in the right corner is 3D and doesn't reveal it's real eye appeal in a scan. The football jumps from the ground and gradually leaps into full view.   

 Thank you Mr Cotard Stephane. As you noted in your letter.  Even with the large number of stamps, the postage is correct with registered delivery. Also, you've thrown France into the quest treasure box.

JimmyB

Soapy is his name now

 

Josh was telling me about his friend Landon being in Japan tonight and this commemorative caught my eye. Ii Naosuke statue and ships for a centanery of opening Yokohama and, Nagasaki and Hakodate ports to foriegn powers.

Sophia (NEW ARRIVAL renamed due to gender error)  to left and Curly catching a camera flash.

JimmyB

Air Transportation

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 Another nice cover I recieved this summer.  Thank you.

 

 I'm not sure of the vintage of the craft.  

Cool design here.

JimmyB

Manbearmoose

 Not to be confused with  Manbearpig on South Park. I call this the Manbearmoose ensemble.  

  I got this from a fellow worker.

JimmyB

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

Architecture

 Phenomenal architecture cover from Angel.

 This one is awesome. The Vizcaya Bridge, I'm more curious about the tall ship.

This is a UNESCO site, just as Cahokia Mounds is, which is near me.

 

 Nothing square around here.  A photo from my trip to Seattle tomorrow.

 JimmyB

Cddstamps

 Thank you to Michael aka Cddstamps on the world wide web, this too was tucked away. The sandlewood stamp still has scent left tonight. No more scratching for awhile. I'm curious if it will still have scent 10-20 years from now.

 

 More then anything gracias for adding in the quest.

JimmyB

Jenny,Eire

 This Curtiss "Jenny" over the great wall of China is the smallest denomination of 5 with the nationalist sun on the tail of the plane.  C6-10 in Scott. *see closeup of sun on tail

 Link to article on related die proofs

I'll be happy to find bars of Republic on the tail. C1-5 in Scott.  Harder to find, but there is always a chance of finding one.

Jenny's come through for me on my quest. Hey Stephen. Quite the cancellation for a machine.

 Looking at my closeup appears the same now as the full stamp scan. Gasp......  sometimes things don't work out the way I want. I need to hire a staff of web page designers for me.

 

JimmyB