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01:46:10pm
"For us odd folks its that grand feeling when you "fill the page"."
I know the feeling very well and it bugs me to no end that some pages will never be filled. I made this comment before and it was recommended that I should print my own pages and omit the unobtainable stamps. This is the "what you don't know can't hurt you" mentality that many people seem to have. No offence to these people, but I'd rather have the unfillable space!! Us "odd (old) folks" are like that!! But, to answer the comment, it sure does feel good to finish a page!...!
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Yep, that's a real warm feeling.
There's sort of a hierarchy. Level I: Fill the Set. Level II: Fill the Page. Then the ultimate: Level III: Fill the Country
Level III is a rare experience.
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"There's sort of a hierarchy. Level I: Fill the Set. Level II: Fill the Page. Then the ultimate: Level III: Fill the Country
Level III is a rare experience."
Level III is very rare, I've only done it twice - UN up to my 1985 cutoff and Nyassa because I am ignoring the fact that one set has two printings that are almost impossible to tell apart. Ireland and Jamaica (both to 1955) are close and I think both are possible. With most countries some of the stamps are insanely expensive. I got lucky with British Columbia because my dealer is willing to accept payments until they are paid off. Can you imagine having enough money to be able to finish Canada or the US? I think being able to finish the odd page has to be enough to satisfy most of us!!
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I've been working on my USA collection. I don't have an album with spaces, I collect in two pocket pages so I can collect a stamp, block, cover or whatever strikes my fancy for any stamp issue. In fact, I have a mint single, plate block and first day cover... often several with different cachets for most US since the 1930s.
Working on the early USA, as you said there are those stamps that are ultra expensive. And you know what? Some of them are one stamp variations from sheets of the more common stamps. I don't consider those different Scott numbers but early on someone did. If you narrow it down to face different, a complete early US collection is possible!
For instance, I have US number one and two. I decided I wanted them on cover. So that's what is in my album. Scott 3 and 4? They aren't even real stamps. They were reproductions of Scott 1 and 2, that were struck for the US Centennial celebration in 1876. They had no gum and weren't valid for postage! So why are they listed and ultra expensive? I don't want or need them!
Same goes for other stamps from the 1850-90s. With or without grille, different paper thicknesses, perforations etc. In the end, I'll be happy to have all the stamps face different, and maybe perf and non-perf varieties.
Take a look at the HE Harris catalog. I like it because all the stamps are in color and it's spiral bound. They also show the face of each stamp, with the multiple Scott numbers under each stamp. Not that nonsense image numbers in the actual Scott catalog.
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01:42:57am
Unless you are trying for the illusory "completion"
of a dead country or accept a satisfactory cut off
date, another set or year's worth of issues will
end the dream.
No country can really be complete beyond last
weeks still damp ink issue.
And then, every so often someone finds some
interesting variety or error deserving a major
number.
Or, you are attending a Stampex somewhere
and perchance you spy a specialized book that
suddenly opens spaces between those occupied
printed boxes. Then the hunt s on anew !
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I guess it pays to go to stamp shows with an open mind...yesterday the first table i stopped the guy started pulling out Netherlands stamps..he obviously remembered us from years gone by. There was really one only one space in my Netherlands album that really needed filling ..C13 used and he had the set C13/14... i had to go for it. For us odd folks its that grand feeling when you "fill the page".
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17 Jul 2022
01:46:10pm
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"For us odd folks its that grand feeling when you "fill the page"."
I know the feeling very well and it bugs me to no end that some pages will never be filled. I made this comment before and it was recommended that I should print my own pages and omit the unobtainable stamps. This is the "what you don't know can't hurt you" mentality that many people seem to have. No offence to these people, but I'd rather have the unfillable space!! Us "odd (old) folks" are like that!! But, to answer the comment, it sure does feel good to finish a page!...!
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03:39:32pm
re: Stamp shows i always come home with the unexpected !
Yep, that's a real warm feeling.
There's sort of a hierarchy. Level I: Fill the Set. Level II: Fill the Page. Then the ultimate: Level III: Fill the Country
Level III is a rare experience.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
17 Jul 2022
04:02:14pm
re: Stamp shows i always come home with the unexpected !
"There's sort of a hierarchy. Level I: Fill the Set. Level II: Fill the Page. Then the ultimate: Level III: Fill the Country
Level III is a rare experience."
Level III is very rare, I've only done it twice - UN up to my 1985 cutoff and Nyassa because I am ignoring the fact that one set has two printings that are almost impossible to tell apart. Ireland and Jamaica (both to 1955) are close and I think both are possible. With most countries some of the stamps are insanely expensive. I got lucky with British Columbia because my dealer is willing to accept payments until they are paid off. Can you imagine having enough money to be able to finish Canada or the US? I think being able to finish the odd page has to be enough to satisfy most of us!!
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re: Stamp shows i always come home with the unexpected !
I've been working on my USA collection. I don't have an album with spaces, I collect in two pocket pages so I can collect a stamp, block, cover or whatever strikes my fancy for any stamp issue. In fact, I have a mint single, plate block and first day cover... often several with different cachets for most US since the 1930s.
Working on the early USA, as you said there are those stamps that are ultra expensive. And you know what? Some of them are one stamp variations from sheets of the more common stamps. I don't consider those different Scott numbers but early on someone did. If you narrow it down to face different, a complete early US collection is possible!
For instance, I have US number one and two. I decided I wanted them on cover. So that's what is in my album. Scott 3 and 4? They aren't even real stamps. They were reproductions of Scott 1 and 2, that were struck for the US Centennial celebration in 1876. They had no gum and weren't valid for postage! So why are they listed and ultra expensive? I don't want or need them!
Same goes for other stamps from the 1850-90s. With or without grille, different paper thicknesses, perforations etc. In the end, I'll be happy to have all the stamps face different, and maybe perf and non-perf varieties.
Take a look at the HE Harris catalog. I like it because all the stamps are in color and it's spiral bound. They also show the face of each stamp, with the multiple Scott numbers under each stamp. Not that nonsense image numbers in the actual Scott catalog.
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25 Jul 2022
01:42:57am
re: Stamp shows i always come home with the unexpected !
Unless you are trying for the illusory "completion"
of a dead country or accept a satisfactory cut off
date, another set or year's worth of issues will
end the dream.
No country can really be complete beyond last
weeks still damp ink issue.
And then, every so often someone finds some
interesting variety or error deserving a major
number.
Or, you are attending a Stampex somewhere
and perchance you spy a specialized book that
suddenly opens spaces between those occupied
printed boxes. Then the hunt s on anew !
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