Long lost arm first love philatelic

patrick206

Hi, Toshi -

I'm very glad to see you having so much fun, with a renewed interest in stamps. Being able to share this with Ezra really makes it all the more enjoyable.

My brother in law turned 65 in April, he is a member of Ducks Unlimited, has duck stamps going back for many years. Easy to know what he wants for any gift, the stamps are a big hit.

For Christmas my wife and her Mom put together a leather bound album of his stamps and things related, his wife says he regularly spends our rainy Oregon winter evenings by the fireplace, enjoying the art work.

Patrick

 

I always ask him if he wants to finish the model but the reply is later.  I refuse to push him.  I want his days spent with Mrs. Toshi and I fun loving carefree days.

I know exactly how your brother in-law feels.  It's as if your in another world.  Duck stamps are naturally beautiful pieces of art!  

Your friend, Toshi

Hi, Toshi -

I'm very glad to see you having so much fun, with a renewed interest in stamps. Being able to share this with Ezra really makes it all the more enjoyable.

My brother in law turned 65 in April, he is a member of Ducks Unlimited, has duck stamps going back for many years. Easy to know what he wants for any gift, the stamps are a big hit.

For Christmas my wife and her Mom put together a leather bound album of his stamps and things related, his wife says he regularly spends our rainy Oregon winter evenings by the fireplace, enjoying the art work.

Patrick

1966 Commemoratives

This is the year Mrs. Toshi and I were born.

1945 Commemoratives

keavdog

Nice stuff!  Some really cool stamps for sure.  Toshi - are you looking for a stamp throw down?  lol I have some nice stuff, but all my stamps are US.

 

Nice stuff!  Some really cool stamps for sure.  Toshi - are you looking for a stamp throw down?  lol I have some nice stuff, but all my stamps are US.

And finally a single X plane holographic stamp.

last but not least, this stamp was purchased at face value for $4.05.  Current listing is $15.00.

Up next, Marine One.  Also obtained at the post office.  Face value of $16.25 x 4 = $65.00.  

Now like investing, the bigger the risk the bigger the fall or in this case, the bigger the gain mint plate block of 4 is $220.00.

I'm not a purist when it comes to plate blocks.  Unless it meets one criteria.  A high end price point stamp.  In this case Air Force One.  At $4.60 a stamp, x 4 that equals to $18.40 at just face value.  Remember, I'll always try to go to the post office and let the clerk know that I'm a collector.  Do they have a plate block of 4 of a high value stamp?  I have yet to be refused.

Another collecting genere, Duck Stamps.  The quality was so pristine and art like that collectors flocked (Pun intended) to these new Duck hunting permits!  

One of Ezra's all time favorite sheet stamps.  I'm just glad I purchased 2 at face value at the post office.

Stamps of Japan have some really beautiful pictorials.  Here is a minuscule amount.

Although too young to understand the significance of the first black US President, Ezra will later in life find this gem.  

Some misc. stamps.

Oh my!  How I wish it was just one stamp of the inverted Jenny that I'd own.  Just one stamp would sell for $500,000.00.  Yes half a million dollars in it's current mint form.  But alas, for now, I will settle for the reproduction.  Correction, at the last auction a single Jenny invert sold for 1.5 million dollars.

castelnuovo

 

 

Tosh

One of my favorite sets, Third Reich.  It's technically illegal in the EU.  You can find examples as I have via eBay. 

 

 

 

 

 

This is very interesting Toshi. I also have quite a few of them back in Croatia as well as Reichmarks, paper and coins. I never collected them, we just have them at home as they happened to be saved by my grandfather.

 

you friend, Toshi

Tosh

One of my favorite sets, Third Reich.  It's technically illegal in the EU.  You can find examples as I have via eBay. 

 

This is very interesting Toshi. I also have quite a few of them back in Croatia as well as Reichmarks, paper and coins. I never collected them, we just have them at home as they happened to be saved by my grandfather.

Ezra said I can keep the next two sheets.  Of course who is Ella Fitzgerald and or Jimi Hendrix!  Ezra insists these are papas stamps!  Lol!

your friend, Toshi

Great pic of a happy kid.  Hope he grows up to be a fine scale modeler and a philatelist like his grandpa. 

Here's Ezra excited with his cartoon stamps as well as his Star Wars set.

keavdog

Here's some Ezra would like I bet

Couple first day covers from a convention in SFO

And the overrun countries - beautiful stamps

 

 

Thank You for sharing sir!

Your friend, Toshi

It's great to see you and Ezra having fun together, Toshi.

Here's some Ezra would like I bet

Couple first day covers from a convention in SFO

And the overrun countries - beautiful stamps

I still have my collection.  Used to buy the annual commemorative sets at the post office but I'm 40 years behind lol.  I collected US only and I like the space program stamps.  I also liked the overrun countries commemorate set.  I got my birth year complete mint set as a gift when I was a boy.  Someday I may get back at it.  I have a few first day covers and tax stamps/hunting stamps.  Great hobby

My one all time favorite stamp of my all time favorite composer.  Mozart!

All I know is I cannot have young Master Ezra taking Third Reich or Manchuko stamps to show and tell.  That will not bode well at the next PTA meeting.  Now maybe a Star Wars X-Wing Fighter?  We shall see the political correctness nature of things to come.

One of my favorite sets, Third Reich.  It's technically illegal in the EU.  You can find examples as I have via eBay.