Comments on: Stamp Collecting For Profit (Jun, 1937) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/17/stamp-collecting-for-profit/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/17/stamp-collecting-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1071429 jayessell Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:48:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8223#comment-1071429 Several interesting websites about the late thirties to mid forties German stamps due to A.E.H. Several interesting websites about the late thirties to mid forties German stamps due to
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]]> By: John http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/17/stamp-collecting-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1071399 John Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:32:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8223#comment-1071399 Do these philatelic exchanges still exist? Do these philatelic exchanges still exist?

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/17/stamp-collecting-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1071374 Toronto Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:30:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8223#comment-1071374 I bought my house with stamps. Well, not really. But I happened to purchase some uncut sheets of a commemerative stamp that featureed a hologram, and noticed a few of the sheets had some of the holograms missing. A stamp exposition was coming up, so I went there and showed one sheet around - and got quite a bit of money for it. I sold the remaining two sheets in the following months (there was no 'book price' for them yet, so I didn't want to sell them all at once.) That pushed my financial situation into a position that I could afford a down payment, which would have taken me several years more to save up for without the stamps. I never did find out the 'book value' of the irregular stamps, and don't want to. I bought my house with stamps.

Well, not really. But I happened to purchase some uncut sheets of a commemerative stamp that featureed a hologram, and noticed a few of the sheets had some of the holograms missing. A stamp exposition was coming up, so I went there and showed one sheet around – and got quite a bit of money for it. I sold the remaining two sheets in the following months (there was no ‘book price’ for them yet, so I didn’t want to sell them all at once.)

That pushed my financial situation into a position that I could afford a down payment, which would have taken me several years more to save up for without the stamps.

I never did find out the ‘book value’ of the irregular stamps, and don’t want to.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/17/stamp-collecting-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1071361 Torgo Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:41:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8223#comment-1071361 Philately will get you nowhere! Philately will get you nowhere!

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