I think Christmas has come early, or maybe it is because I'm in Australia where the seasons are reversed to the Northern Hemisphere.
Last night at our stamp club auction someone had put in an old wooden wine box full
of junk. It looked like it had been in someone's shed for years and indeed most
of the letters in it were from 1960. It had a couple
of Polish covers that I thought were interesting. The reserve was three dollars but most
of the members thought the box was worth more than the contents. It cost me the grand sum
of seven dollars. Indeed, the only other member who bid only wanted the box, which I didn't really want so I sold it to him for a dollar and reduced my outlay even further.
I've been happily sorting through it tonight for several hours and it really is like Christmas, there have been so many surprises. I am trying to find the complete set
of German famous women, there are about thirty seven, and in thrown in with the box was a small plastic tub
of mostly engraved
stamps including some
of these. One
of them is (was) on my watch list on
ebay at the moment and with postage would have cost me six-fifty if nobody else bids on it.
The nicest surprise was an envelope
of chinese
stamps including some very fine engraved ones and that is what I thought I'd share. I know little about China but I do know quality engraving when I see it. I doubt if they are valuable in a monetary sense but as works
of art they are priceless so here are a few
of them to share.
Posted 05/01/2016 8:57 pm
