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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Things I wish that I had kept

 

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17 Jan 2018
09:24:28pm
Although I did the show circuit back in the 80's there were always things that I put aside for my personal collection. I parted with some of those items over the years. Most are nice memories, but this one I regret selling. At the time I rationalized that the sheet had been mounted between 2 pieces of plate glass for decades, the frame was a bit weak, and who knows what condition the sheet was actually in if removed from the frame.

Anyone else have a favorite that they let go for whatever the reason that sticks in their mind....

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20 Jan 2018
09:10:46am
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Wow, Carol....

I only do US, but I would have had a hard time not keeping THAT one!

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20 Jan 2018
10:31:01am
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Yes indeed - it was tough. I wanted to properly mount and protect it (UV glass, etc) but I was afraid that it had deteriorated being mounted directly between two pieces of glass. It took a lot of the enjoyment out of ownership.

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20 Jan 2018
11:04:47pm

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Can you tell the rest of us what this is? I'm not familiar and when I tried to blow up the photo of the sheet, it got blurry before i could focus on a stamp to identify it.
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I have a full sheet of German Hitler head stamps under glass. I framed it when I was a kid.

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20 Jan 2018
11:42:14pm
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The stamps shown are the first issue of Latvia. There was a shortage of stamp paper at the end of WWII. German military maps were used to print the stamps due to the shortage of proper paper. Also German paper money that had only been printed on one side were also used to print many of the stamps of Latvia for a few years. The second scan below shows Latvian semi postals that were printed on German 10 mark notes.

I've wanted one of those complete map sheets he has for a long time. If I ever happen to get one I would not get rid of it. They're one of those rare postal issues that are very different from anything else out there.

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21 Jan 2018
10:15:32am
re: Things I wish that I had kept

Thank you for explaining the derivation of the sheet (which I should have done) and for providing the excellent photos. My photo of the sheet was done long ago with one of the first digital cameras at obviously very low resolution.

Tough decisions - I bought it in the late 80's when a full time dealer sold out his entire stock to me. I sold it when I was still more of a dealer/caretaker than a collector. Now that I am a collector narrowing down my collection to a few choice items I regret having sold it. Hopefully the person I sold it to is enjoying it and was able to remount it in a more suitable frame.

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21 Jan 2018
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thanks for the explanation! I had never heard of that and it's a really cool story. I love historical stuff like this.

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17 Jan 2018
09:24:28pm

Although I did the show circuit back in the 80's there were always things that I put aside for my personal collection. I parted with some of those items over the years. Most are nice memories, but this one I regret selling. At the time I rationalized that the sheet had been mounted between 2 pieces of plate glass for decades, the frame was a bit weak, and who knows what condition the sheet was actually in if removed from the frame.

Anyone else have a favorite that they let go for whatever the reason that sticks in their mind....

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20 Jan 2018
09:10:46am

re: Things I wish that I had kept

Wow, Carol....

I only do US, but I would have had a hard time not keeping THAT one!

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20 Jan 2018
10:31:01am

re: Things I wish that I had kept

Yes indeed - it was tough. I wanted to properly mount and protect it (UV glass, etc) but I was afraid that it had deteriorated being mounted directly between two pieces of glass. It took a lot of the enjoyment out of ownership.

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20 Jan 2018
11:04:47pm

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re: Things I wish that I had kept

Can you tell the rest of us what this is? I'm not familiar and when I tried to blow up the photo of the sheet, it got blurry before i could focus on a stamp to identify it.
Thanks!

I have a full sheet of German Hitler head stamps under glass. I framed it when I was a kid.

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20 Jan 2018
11:42:14pm

re: Things I wish that I had kept

The stamps shown are the first issue of Latvia. There was a shortage of stamp paper at the end of WWII. German military maps were used to print the stamps due to the shortage of proper paper. Also German paper money that had only been printed on one side were also used to print many of the stamps of Latvia for a few years. The second scan below shows Latvian semi postals that were printed on German 10 mark notes.

I've wanted one of those complete map sheets he has for a long time. If I ever happen to get one I would not get rid of it. They're one of those rare postal issues that are very different from anything else out there.

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21 Jan 2018
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re: Things I wish that I had kept

Thank you for explaining the derivation of the sheet (which I should have done) and for providing the excellent photos. My photo of the sheet was done long ago with one of the first digital cameras at obviously very low resolution.

Tough decisions - I bought it in the late 80's when a full time dealer sold out his entire stock to me. I sold it when I was still more of a dealer/caretaker than a collector. Now that I am a collector narrowing down my collection to a few choice items I regret having sold it. Hopefully the person I sold it to is enjoying it and was able to remount it in a more suitable frame.

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21 Jan 2018
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thanks for the explanation! I had never heard of that and it's a really cool story. I love historical stuff like this.

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