My Earliest Stamp...

@ MARKO1959: If you upload your picture(s) to photo hosting site like photobucket or Flickr you can just copy the "[IMG/]" tag and paste it in the body of your message. Hope this is helpful to you.

Nice scores I love stamps. Someday I will be where you are. For now my oldest US are 1861 #s 63 & 65. For Canada, a set of 1859 'first cents' #s14-19. But I keep looking back further in time.

Minesweeper,

Stamps left in an attic are subject to heat and humidity, not so good for a stamp collection. Besides, if you bring them down from the attic you might enjoy collecting that country as well and add to your Grandfathers collection. I'm sure he would have been happy about that.

I have the U.S. 1847 #1 & #2 but the oldest stamp I have is the 1840 Penny Black, GB #1. I have it mounted behind the glass of a 1800's PO Box brass door next to another of my U.S. #1, similarly mounted.

These two #1 are hanging on the wall next to each other.

OK will do that, was scratching my head trying to figure out how to post,,, I will set it up tonight.then post my old stamp here

Marko,
There are some extremely good threads with how to upload info complete with screen shots. Click on the search button.

The most important thing is to not use the quick response box at the bottom of the page, but actually click on the link, which takes you to a posting form with a little camera at the bottom.

NOTE: do not use !@#$ or any spaces in your file name. Also note site limitations on file size... >100.

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out what my oldest US is, so you're way ahead.

@ jamesw That's awesome! I'd sure like to see them! I do enjoy pictures!
@ bfranton they are really something and stil on peice too! I'd certainly keep them that way also.

Happy to oblige I_Love_Stamps. You know I always like to show off my pictures.
The 63 is a little beaten up, but still proud. The funny thing is, pulling these out, I realized my oldest US is actually a #24 (left).
I have a lot of stamps to get in the albums, I think I'm loosing track.




The first cents, I think I've posted before.

Wow! VERY nice jamesw. I always fancied the early Franklin issues. Benjamin Franklin is one of my personal heros and although he wasn't a president he is so important and respected as the first postmaster, Poor Richards almanac, the Franklin stove,a printing press & business and, well just about everything else you can imagine! It is absolutely no wonder that his image has adorned our currency in some fashion or another throughout the years; heck he even helped PRINT some of our old currency and even invented a few anti-counterfeiting devices! What a resume he has eh? Thank you. Did you know that Ben Franklin proposed the wild turkey for our national emblem in the stead of the Bald Eagle? Wouldn't that of been funny! He had a real sense of humor also. I really would love to have met the fellow and had a pint with him.

A quote from ole Ben himself ~ "Would you both please, and be instructed too, The pride of shewing forth yourself subdue. Hear ev'ry man upon his fav'rite theme, and ever be more knowing than you seem" -B.Franklin Poor Richards Almanacks

I did know that about the wild turkey. I've got a good bio I read of him last year, after seeing a special on PBS. Fascinating fellow. He was also Canada's First Postmaster General. So we have a little piece of him too.

One of my favourite quotes, and I'm paraphrasing here because I don't have it in front of me "An empty sack cannot stand on it's own."
I think that says it all.
cheers!

He loved the French and French Canadians.(not implying that all Canadians are French all due respect intended.) in fact he got the French to help finance the American Revolution by pretending he was a real Woodsy outdoors man and even wore a Davey Crockett style raccoon skin hat to impress the potential financiers/aristocrats and spent many a weeks partying and feasting in France because that how they made decisions back in the day by getting loose and eating everything in sight all night! Also their women...he was also married too at the time. *tisk-tisk*...lol He was a master manipulator. I wasn't aware that he was Canada's first Post Master. I believe he was ours too wasn't he? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

That's correct. He was first postmaster of all the British colonies, so that encompassed both sides of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence.

This is a really interesting way to display these. I have all three of those stamps as well, but just use my albums. Can you post pix of the PO box?

Earliest would be the Penny Blacks - Here is my plate 5 and plate 7:







But my oldest bits are from 1811 and 1813 :







Drew

Going through some "stuff" and re-discovered this little jewel.





Its the RM3, in effect May 1, 1755, this document is dated June 10, 1755. It's not that I forgot that I had it, it's just that I haven't looked at it in awhile. I need to look at my "stuff" more often!