Argentina : Prize Bull.

The head of "Faithful 20"
the famous shorthorn bull belonging to an English rancher
in the Argentine.

Fetched the record price of $125,000
(Argentine paper pesos)
at the Buenos Aires agricultural show in 1925.



WANT LIST:
Argentina SG652 with name "JUAN GUEMES" mint or used
US 1936 "Charter Tree" mint

Rod, not sure what the SG 652 is in scott lingo...i have a red box of a 1000 Argentine stamps...plenty of bulls..will look for the US charter stamp and send it in our transaction ...phil

Rod, I have a mint copy of the 1935 Connecticut Charter tree stamp f or you !

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - Beefsteak!

Rod, sadly the Charter Tree although unused has been hinged ! So I have a nice used copy and an unused hinged copy...if you can not use them its not a problem...now to find out if I have the Argentine stamp you need !

Rod, no luck I have 3 inscribed Martin Guemes but none Juan Martin Guemes !!

"Mmmmmm Beefsteak"
Vegetarian translation : Mmmmmmm lettuce.
I am a "would be" vegetarian,
One cannot have pasta sauce with anything but a nice lean mince.

Last month in Western Australia, we may now legally purchase and consume horsemeat. (recoil in horror)
Some butchers doing so have received death threats.

Phil: Thanks hinged is fine! I wash the gum anyhows,
(sorry my bad with "mint", I should have said uncancelled)
I need one for a page on "Quon-ek-to-cut", the Indian name
for Long River. All mine have wavy cancels.

The Argentine ID from Iron age stanley gibbons.

Rod, excellent..i have the Connecticut stamp in an envelope marked "Rod" it makes little difference to me with U.S. if the stamp is mint or used..so I have one for my album...will e mail you about the Thai stamps...about 40 they are all yours if you want them..the Connecticut stamp is on me !!

That's fine Phil,
mail them off and advise the damage.

Rod-

Is this unsavory-looking character of use to you? Cancel is kind of annoying...



C.

That's fine Collin,
I'll just take the scan, thankyou.
There must be others in all the Argentine I see locally.
Now I know to look for them.

If you don't find better, don't be shy about asking...its yours if you need it.

Collin

Same dude why does he have to go by two names ??? Damn now I have to go through my Argentina packets..but Juan has a much higher catalog value..should be harder to find !

Phil, the glass is half full. You get to go back through all your Argentina packets to discover new treasures! More entertainment value from the same old stamps.

I didn't make a specific count, but I'd estimate I have 20 Guemes, mint and used, and two are Juans, both used. (Sadly, the huge premium is for mint Juans.)

Design error in the original engraving.




Other similar stamp clangers: "sir codringham" and "walter lily"

Just got done going through my Argentina stamps.

I've got 12 total. Of that, two are Juan Martin Guemes. Of those two, one has M.H. overprint, the other M. J. I. overprint.

Dave N.
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