Combining my two hobbies.

[Paint Your Wagon]

There was another stamp I saw, Trappiste.  I know well that Belgium has the largest variety of specialty beers, but still, at least when I think of beer, I still think Germany and it's biergartens and oktoberfest and all of that.  Might be because I do have German heritage, on my Mom's side.

Trappist Orval is one of those abbey beers they have in triple strenghts
Germany and Luxemburg have fantastic white beers. Even the French in the Alsace close to Germany Luxemburg Switzerland have a fantastic beer called Kronenburg
(white of course )
I was in Munchen during the oktoberfeste and they throw chickens at you but what you really have to duck is when they start throwing beermugs at you 

My uncle collected stamps and the Grand Orval series is the most expensive series of stamps which I don't have of course since another nephew inherited all the stamps

[scottishmoney]

I collected stamps a long long long time ago.  Somewhere, perhaps in some hidden portion of the cellar there is a box of stamps from the 1860's-1930's mostly Italian and German that someone gave me years ago.  I also had old mintsets, but by the time I was about 12-13 I decided too many hobbies and gave up stamps, but of course I never got rid of them.  I remember checking some of the stamps vs. a 1967 catalogue, and some of them were pretty pricey even then.  Who knows, I might be sitting on a gold mine, and not even care.

[triggersmob]

gave up stamps

Scottishmoney, I offer a good home to lonely stamps, if you ever want to rid yourself of them.

 

[Paint Your Wagon]

I stopped collecting stamps 40 years ago . Three years ago I bought a new catalogue and taking 20% of catalogue value since they are selling at dealers at 40% of catalogue I made my inventory.
First I cannot locate my Vatican first day covers which may have been stolen during my moving houses 20 years ago  I lost a microscope and my brother all his stripalbums .
Second it seems my complete collection may be worth like half an ounce of gold but half the value is in the first 6 stamps and for the live of me
I cannot decipher the counterstamping nor the exact catalogue number and I sure hate to give them to a vendor who probably would strait faced tell me they are worht 5 euro and then sell them for 500 euro

[triggersmob]

PYW, post pics of those stamps here if you like and I'll see what I can find out about them.

[Paint Your Wagon]

PYW, post pics of those stamps here if you like and I'll see what I can find out about them.

I swear they do not look half as ugly in real life 
They are all 10 and 20 cents stamps
I presume that 40 years ago when I put them in the album I had a reason for the sequence

[Paint Your Wagon]

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12-13



14-15

[scottishmoney]

gave up stamps

Scottishmoney, I offer a good home to lonely stamps, if you ever want to rid yourself of them.

 

I have to find them, they are buried somewhere. 

[triggersmob]

Thank you, Scottishmoney.

PYW, I will post these in our stamp forum and let you know.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Thank you, Scottishmoney.

PYW, I will post these in our stamp forum and let you know.

Thank you
There are about 5 to 12 varieties per stamp and horizontal and virtical lines and numbers of the postoffice etc .
It is like deciding on a gold coin between AU and MS63 very dicey 

[KurtS]

Paint your wagon,
I once had that Belgium 20c stamp!  (the imperforate)
Too bad it was stolen during a robbery...I don't want to know the value today.

[S.George]

 

Dear Triggersmob:
The Coin + Stamps are nice. 
I am sure, many of the Members of the Castle would have started first with Stamps.   With lesser time on stamp, started/changed to coins.
I was collecting stamps and donated them around 1,500 stamps to the Kennedy Memorial Library Funds during 1965.
Then I started U.S.Stamps and on a rainy day, it was gone.
Now I enjoy the coin collection.
BUT I ALWAYS AFFIX NEW COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS ON ALL MY LETTERS TO CASTLE MEMBERS, SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF OUR STAMPS.
Some of our stamps also have fragrance/smell on them.
Sincerely,
George

[triggersmob]

George, I thank you for the stamps you have sent me on your envelopes. in the past.

These have surely been added to my collection.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Thank you, Scottishmoney.

PYW, I will post these in our stamp forum and let you know.

Thank you Steve

August