Alan Jacobsen
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This came today. Not a #1295 plate block, but a #1341 plate block. This is pretty cool.
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I was thinking of sticking it on a potato, to see if you really can mail a potato.
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"One dealer sent me a plate block on cover of the $5 1295 John Bassett Moore a few years ago. Classic!" One of my worst investments. I have a #1295 $5 plate block in my collection, that I bought from the Post Office back when twenty bucks would 'of…
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More eye candy I got in the mail today.
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I was noticing the silk fibers in the paper, like US currency, and what I thought was a hologram. Is there micro-printing also? Has counterfeiting these ever happened?
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When I look at feedback that people have left for myself, I can easily queue up and view any negative feedback that have been left for me. But if I go to someone else's feedback, and want to see any negative feedback that has been left, depending h…
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At the start of the lock down I needed something to do. I had a shopping bag full of stamps that little old ladies have been giving me for thirty something years. I always say thank so much, then throw them in the bag. I soaked and sorted them. Pick…
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At the last stamp show I went to, I was making small talk with a dealer I've know for many years. I know that at one time he was a buyer for one of the big houses. When I casually asked "So where do you get all your stamps?" He got real quiet and wo…
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This came in the mail today. This stuff is eye candy to me. I was a sub contractor for a lot of years. All my bids and invoices looked like this. It was my thing. My wife has been working remotely, Most of her outgoing mail she takes to the office …
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[He get's an A+ for wood shop this term!] Thanks Scott, but you might be showing your age. It wasn't wood shop, it was computer science. Programing laser engravers and 3d printers. Damn kids.
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I get more annoyed that items in my watch list show up in ads when I'm surfing the web.
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My fathers day gift. My son had access to a laser at school. It's some thin birch plywood.
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Was kind of excited to see this big envelop in the mail. Also ordered these, just because. It doesn't show with my phone photos but the gold on this stamp is gold foil. It looks nice. Haven't been this excited for a bunch of cheap foreign …
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(to buyers who have expressed interest ) I normaly have a dozen or so stamps on my watch list. Do these discounts only show up to buyers that have the stamp on the watch list?
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Can someone explain automatic offers to me? Is this the same as on ebay, when occasionally I'll get an offer for a discount on an item on my watch list? I've always wondered if this offer was from the dealer or an AI bot from ebay.
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I was just going to post the same. You beat me to it.
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The only stamp in my collection with a pencil mark came undisclosed from NY Stamps. It was sold as a single #505 in a block of six. OG NH. It was hinged and the pencil mark indicated that it was a single #467 in a block of six. Making more sense out…
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There's a dealer here and on ebay the tries to get rid of junk stock by offering one or two nice stamps, in a group with three or four junk stamps. Never representing them as anything other than a space filler, or postage. I've bought some used then…
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Pencil marks on the back of stamps, are a deal killer for me. The general idea is by writing regumed on the back of the stamps, I know that they'll never go back into the market. by me or who ever inherits my collection when I'm gone. We are also n…
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[Our policy is NO regum. When we get them in collections, we soak it off, and sell as No-Gum, which is what they are.] I have a few stamps that I bought that are regumed. The dealer sold them as regumed. I bought them because I wanted to see what r…
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What I like about this art work is the randomness of the stamp placement. In my job, I work with a lot of natural wood and stone, or old multi colored vinyl tile floors. The contracts always say the material will be placed at "random" This a lie. I…
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Buying collectable stamps is a luxury. When sales slow down, Is this an indicator of a coming recession?
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Thanks for reminding me, the one I ordered some time ago should be showing up soon. Happy days. Check your email. I received an email on 4/29 asking me to confirm my order. Still might take awhile for it to come. ___________________________________…
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Ukrainian Post Office opened up an Ebay store this morning. listing 1,495 examples of the sunken ship variety, for 49.95. They sold out in minutes. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155008151084?nma=true&si=C95IzWyOVjE1J9sDcoQxyr6UxGU%3D&or…
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A biplane and a dogsled. How cool is that.
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Check your Email. I just got a notifiction that the website is back up. This came at 11:26 pm PDT They are now being called a "novelty" not a postage stamp. So there is a price increase from US $.80 for the mini sheet of 6 to US $9.00 plus US$7.20 …
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For every CTO I hinge, it makes every mounted CTO more valuable. Doing my part.