Recap Of Covermania

Well we picked up one of our club members who collects Ruyukus stamps and covers and went to covermania...it was a nice day..our Ryukyu collector had to ask around..but he did come home with some nice items...i had a good time picked up a few things for myself and for others I trade with...Jopie did ok shopping also..i will contact people by email that I found things for..the post office had a table there and I picked up some Lincoln stamps to affix to letters I send to other collectors !

Please post a picture of the cover to remember the show by.

Good work, Phil.

For those of you who do not know, Phil and I have been good friends for 5+ years. I consider Phil a mentor for stamp collecting, for me. He got me interested in collecting Costa Rica, by sitting down and showing me his wonderful Guatemala collection. Then , he showed me all his Guatemala covers... that got me into covers!

Phil in action at the cover tables at the Mega-Stamp Event in NYC, and at the OXFAM booth at ORAPEX is a sight to behold. He finds all the good stuff, nicely priced.

I'm sure you did well at the cover show.

David

David, would the heart stamp on this cover qualify for your collection ?

T360 if this cover pulled out of a 50 cent box with a 17.00 stamp were not wrinkled I would say this was it..i will show some more of my eclectic mix !

heres an interesting item...with a 4 dollar Canadian conservation stamp affixed !!

i do not usually buy first flights going to Guatemala..but in this case with the quetzal cachet !

ok..one more and I will give it a break..i thought this one was worth a buck...you people tell me which you liked so far !

Very nice ones Phil, sounds like you were scurrying at the show. Always to much to hunt for and not enough time.

David, I also thank Phil for peaking my interest in the Latin America countries. I was always a US classic only collector and needed a diversion. Once I started to really look over the earlier issues from them I once again fell for the old engravings. Plus it has opened up trading for the flying chicken. Oh sorry Phil, Quetzal.

Yes it would, Phil!

That's a nice Conservation stamp cover, eh?

David

All nice finds!

The Greek cardiology stamp is unusually striking.
The artistic style of the Kitty Hawk anniversary cachet is very cool.

Phil I like the art deco look of the cachet on your Kitty Hawk air mail cover. I'm trying to find a cover from the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress's Abraham Lincoln Exhibit, it has a Lincoln bust cachet(?). I saw it once on ebay.

I like em all Phil.

But being a Canuck myself I fancy the duck cover with the conversion stamp.

Dianne

I like the ERST TAGS BRIEF and 1933 AIRMAIL,US cover is so enthralling for me.
Thanks philb for let me have the opportunity to enjoy them.