What Did You Do Philatelically: Today Or Recently?

Finished off a pack of hinges.

I transferred some beautiful 19th century Ecuador stamps from an old Ambassador worldwide album collection I purchased over the summer into Vario pages.

I was reading up on all the presses used by the BEP. I am still trying to sort it out and will post what I have for validation later.

I bought some stamps and an entire set of used Scott catalogs at the APS Headquarters today! Total bill was $7.50!

Preparation to do some inventory on my WWII stamp collection, 1368 stamps in 6 different categories, bought by dad in 1974 from H.E. Harris. Have not figured out the proper album even if one was part of the acquisition at the time. This week, November 11, is an important date for me, Canada and a lot of countries.These stamps were put on binder pages by my Father at the time, all others are still in envelopes (original)....



Part 1 - War Leaders

I got a 25-pack of Vario 2C pages in the mail today, so I was able to put my recently acquired postcards into the appropriate binder.

I was about to email Eric Jackson that my stamp order had not arrived. This was the 29th day since the order was sent out from Harrisburg,PA to CA. standard postage. I was told to wait 30 days. The order arrived on the 29th day looking just fine. No auxiliary markings.

A 29-day wait is nothing compared to an ebay item (not stamp-related) that I finally got on Halloween. It had been mailed on September 12th — LAST YEAR. 414 days! No idea where USPS had it for all that time, but the plastic mailer was filthy.

Finally finished correlating my catalog cross-references for the Australian Postage Dues in my Stamp Mate Database. 332 separate listings once all the shade varieties in the Brusden-White Australian Commomnwealth Specialists Catalog were included.

Now starting on the Roos. This....could take a while....

Transferred all of the French stamps (France and colonies) out of the Ambassador Worldwide album into Vario pages. Learning the intricacies of removing hinges from the backs of both used and mint stamps using my narrow tip tongs. Very fine motor skills and patience required!

Sorted all my Ecuador Stamps into a stockbook, next step is to mount them in to the big boy!

Received my Mint-VF stamps from Arpin Philately in Montreal for New Brunswick NB8 and NB8i (rarer !) - A good buy and already put in my CANADA 1 Album so no scan today !

Arpin are in Farnham , not Montréal

I know JPMG.......easier for the membership to understand