Nice one Phil!
I found the exact same block, MNH, in a pile of minimum catalogue value DDR (all CTO) a couple years ago.
I wonder if an East German defector had benevolently thrown some of these in random glassines around the world as an act of subversion.
Hmmm, maybe another conspiracy theory for me to wastefully pursue...
Dave.
Hi Dave, thanks..amazing how at times we do not expect much of anything it shows up. My block is hinged on the top two stamps...but its a gift as far as i am concerned.
Yep, stamp collecting is like golf.
You sort (whiff) and sort some more (duck-hook into the trees)...rinse and repeat...and elevate your blood pressure.
Then one day, just when you want to quit collecting some area and give your stamps away (toss your clubs into the lake) you make a lovely surprise find like this (chip in for a birdie).
Then you get sucked into it all over again, until next time...
Dave.
At the time when these stamps were issued (before 1964 and before my time), GDR commemoratives were only valid for a comparatively short time after issue (up to about 2 years). It is possible that unused remainders were then added to the stamp packages that were sold abroad. Still, it's a nice find, even if it is not perfect.
" .... My block is hinged on the top two stamps ...."
Of course, where else would it be hinged?
" .... Then you get sucked into it all over again,
until next time... ...."
" ...Just when I thought I was out,
they pulled me back in. ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneS2Uwc6xw
"The abuse i take from customers!"
i was playing with a large plastic bag of unused DDR and this block of 4 caught my attention. Its from 1962 and catalogs $13.00. I would have tried to sell it..but the space in my album is empty..so in it goes !
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
Nice one Phil!
I found the exact same block, MNH, in a pile of minimum catalogue value DDR (all CTO) a couple years ago.
I wonder if an East German defector had benevolently thrown some of these in random glassines around the world as an act of subversion.
Hmmm, maybe another conspiracy theory for me to wastefully pursue...
Dave.
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
Hi Dave, thanks..amazing how at times we do not expect much of anything it shows up. My block is hinged on the top two stamps...but its a gift as far as i am concerned.
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
Yep, stamp collecting is like golf.
You sort (whiff) and sort some more (duck-hook into the trees)...rinse and repeat...and elevate your blood pressure.
Then one day, just when you want to quit collecting some area and give your stamps away (toss your clubs into the lake) you make a lovely surprise find like this (chip in for a birdie).
Then you get sucked into it all over again, until next time...
Dave.
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
At the time when these stamps were issued (before 1964 and before my time), GDR commemoratives were only valid for a comparatively short time after issue (up to about 2 years). It is possible that unused remainders were then added to the stamp packages that were sold abroad. Still, it's a nice find, even if it is not perfect.
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
" .... My block is hinged on the top two stamps ...."
Of course, where else would it be hinged?
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
" .... Then you get sucked into it all over again,
until next time... ...."
" ...Just when I thought I was out,
they pulled me back in. ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneS2Uwc6xw
re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.
"The abuse i take from customers!"