Best Bargain You Ever Had

in reference to bfrantons post..i often think the same thing myself..i figure I have an associates degree in Philately...but in this small group(reminds me of Tuscany in the days of Galileo,Michaelangelo etc: etc:)there is a lot of knowledge..people with Masters Degrees and possibly P.H.D.s in Philately !!

Some nice interesting storiesd in here alright.

A should mention a story about a friend of mine who was going through a box of oler Canadian covers in a shop on one of the main highways here. he was bursting at the seams when he came out of there because he got a cover that was censored in Hong Kong from Canadian forces during WW II. It was censored the day before HK fell to the Japanese, which I believe was Christmas Day. He got the cover for $10.00 and later on sold it for $250.00! Talk about a bargain lol.

Oh well, we are all lucky in different ways really.

Chimo

Bujutsu

my best find is possibly a Canadian 2 cent stamp, if it can be verified, could be on woven paper, but I have different opinions from different dealers. Some of the more "cany" have offered me a $100.00 for it, so it makes me think it could be worth something. One dealer on even suggested that I post it to his dealer friend in Canada who would verify if it is the 2 cent on woven paper. (The same stamp would never come back) I have many mid victorian era stamps that are in the family albums, but it is going to take a long time to sort them. Some are just in old tobacco tins, some mint, some used. It is an exciting job just sorting through them.
Horamakhet

My contribution to this thread
My best acquisition was a signed(by Winthrop S. Boggs) copy of "the Postage stamps and postal history of Canada" This was in a box lot of publications that was stored in a damp environment thus some pages were stuck together,which came unstuck with no damage.
This purchase just keeps on giving.
I think the best work in this area.
Also in the box were signed copies of " The Musson Stamp Dictionary" (By Douglas and Mary Patrick)A Copy of "Canada And British North America"(By L. Seale Holmes,MD).
All in all a most valuable possession of knowledge.
David-DJD

Horamkhet, post a nice scan of the reverse - the wove and laid are not that difficult to tell apart.

Got a good deal today. I bought on ebay a Canada MR3 MNH F-VF for 15$ (value is about 75+$). It is supposed to be Die I. I received it.

Looking at it it didn't match the description. Looking closely. It is a Die II (according to Unitrade catalogue). I can compare it because I have the MR4 Die II.

So it turns to be a match for the Die II. So the stamp is MR3a. The value is around 375$+.

It made my day.

My best bargain so far? Buying a Mint No Gum US #150 for $80.00 (VF condition, and sound) that turned out to be a #187 no secret mark.
Current CV for VF $1200.00 US