T. Arthur Poudrier
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Fortunately, my want list is short (less than 100 stamps). I very much appreciate this feature. I wish other online stamp venues had it.
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Several years ago I worked for a dealer who treated his customers and staff very rudely (which is why I quit). Nevertheless, his customers would return and buy from him because he had what they wanted at competitive prices. I asked a long-time custo…
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Ron, The clerk will likely grab a broad-tipped Sharpie, and swipe a line across them all. I've come upon many, many stamps in kiloware"canceled" that way.
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A few years ago, I gave a 15-minute presentation on Slania and his works at a local Polish-American club. Only one member out of an audience of 42 people had heard of him. Everyone enjoyed it
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While my ladyfriend's female tabby cat, "Imp" was in heat several years ago, she hopped onto my stamp sorting table while I was sorting a large group of classic Iranian stamps--and proceeded to pee ! Her stream came within a few inches of splashing…
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For common stamps on paper, first I remove the ones' on colored paper (when wet, the color bleeds onto the stamp), then I just dump them into the sink full of warm water and let them soak for about 30 minutes. I leave the ones affixed to colored pap…
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It's not torn at the upper left corner; it's just folded over. It appears to be perf 10, or 11, or 11x10, or 10x11. Scott values range from $0.40 to $9.00 (#538). Get hold of a US Scott Specialized catalogue and a perforation gauge. Use the Stamp …
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Unfortunately, the reality is that the hobby and its related profession are moribund. I expect that once all the Boomer collectors are deceased it will go the way of cigar bands, match covers, buttons, and other previously popular collectibles. Ther…
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If Michael had said "February never HAS HAD (present perfect tense) 30 days", he would be incorrect according to your history lesson. But his statement, ""February never HAS (present tense) 30 days", is correct because it refers to the fact that in…
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Richard--It is the buyer's AND the seller's personal responsibility to educate himself to the point where he has reached a level of expertise in the stamps and postal history of any country/countries he collects. This fact was the most important les…
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I always use meters. The only time I MIGHT not is if a customer requests that I use stamps on the package, and then I will do so only if I happen to have some scrap postage from a collection on a shelf in my office, and if I feel like accommodatin…
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John Fields, Fortunately, there are several ways to gift more than $13K without any of it being robbed by government via coercive taxation--a massive act of legalized theft, but theft nonetheless.
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Ted, I checked your stamp against Serrane's diagnostics. It is indeed genuine.
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I am an independent philatelic estate liquidation consultant, mainly to those who have inherited collections. I always tell my clients that a stamp collection is an expression of its assembler's personality and values, and sometimes the collection i…
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I have a want list of around 700-800 stamps that I need to fill a 1930s Scott Junior International album. The more expensive (Scott $50+) items have been easy to find, not so the stamps that catalogue $5.00 or less. Many of these cheap stamps have p…
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Now, as for these Japanese stamps, these would get a lot of attention from cancel collectors ! Put that page up for bidding !
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"The Bottle", a reflection of the Mt. Tom Range in Nashawannuck Pond in my boyhood home of Easthampton, MA USA: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQzXboeKmeJ52824NIvjXJXV-bgWaTeP8lyq8o5ee5vEX9OmsqdJA
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Best wishes, Wayne. My best friend of nearly 50 years had a cataract removed in both of his eyes, and he is very happy to be able to see clearly again. The surgery has become routine and it is very safe. I'm sure yours will be a complete success.
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There is hardly any paper left for the silk fibers to cling to ! And the price ! Why hasn't a HipStamp bunny snatched this incredible bargain yet ??