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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.

 

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philb
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02 Oct 2020
03:27:16pm

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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 !Image Not Found

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02 Oct 2020
03:48:40pm
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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.

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02 Oct 2020
04:03:29pm

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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.

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02 Oct 2020
04:17:45pm
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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.

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jmh67

03 Oct 2020
12:32:29pm
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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.

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04 Oct 2020
03:08:12am
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" .... My block is hinged on the top two stamps ...."

Of course, where else would it be hinged?

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..

04 Oct 2020
03:15:14am
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

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04 Oct 2020
01:22:10pm

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The abuse i take from customers!Big Grin

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04 Oct 2020
02:03:11pm
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"The abuse i take from customers!"



I hear you, Phil.

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02 Oct 2020
03:27:16pm

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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 !Image Not Found

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02 Oct 2020
03:48:40pm

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.

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02 Oct 2020
04:03:29pm

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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.

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02 Oct 2020
04:17:45pm

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.

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jmh67

03 Oct 2020
12:32:29pm

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.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Oct 2020
03:08:12am

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?

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Oct 2020
03:15:14am

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

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04 Oct 2020
01:22:10pm

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re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.

The abuse i take from customers!Big Grin

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04 Oct 2020
02:03:11pm

re: Pulled this out of a bag of unused D.D.R.

"The abuse i take from customers!"



I hear you, Phil.

David

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