We Track Down A Stamp Dealer !

We finally found a brick and mortar stampshop in Holland and the guy is on vacation for October !!

A whole month of vacation ... I knew those dealer prices were too high

I want to go traveling now.

Maybe he's gone to some big shows or something?

October? You mean November?

Planning - planning - planning!

I bet the rest of the vacation is a blast though! Have fun.

The vacation was great but a bit pricey..what do we know about euros and pounds ?...the trip was in October..the Europeans live at a different tempo than we do ..which is refreshing when you live within 95 miles of Wall Street !

Glad you had a good time. Too bad the shop was closed.

According to this site, there are 23 stamp dealers in Amsterdam . . . (search for postzegel winkel amsterdam) - postzegel = stamp, winkel = shop

http://www.allebedrijveninamsterdam...m/index.html

I always try to find local dealers when I travel - sometimes can track them down online, more usually through local yellow pages. The main problem is that the names are so different from place to place, and hard to find in most dictionaries. "Philately" or "Filatelie" sometimes works.

And then you get there and find the wretched place shut (like the only stamp dealer in Bratislava, who shuts on Saturdays, DOH), or that they only sell mint stamps at full catalogue . . .

But certainly they take life nice and easy!

David, we did not make it to Amsterdam..priority was visiting family, I did see the outdoor bourse in Amsterdam years ago..there were 3 or 4 vest pocket dealers with small portable tables..i did purchase stamps on market days from flea market dealers with 10 cent books....