So this summer I expanded my collection of stamps by... a lot. I got 100 Greek Stamps for 10 Euros and 100 DDR stamps for 5 Euros. I was going to stop there but on the very last weekend, I came across a HUGE box of stamps for 5 Euros. Couldn't resist and got it. That was probably the best choice I made all summer.
I think the box of stamps used to belong to a stamp collector. Because there were soooo many different stamps and they are all in excellent condition. Not only did I get a variety of German stamps (DDR, Deutsche Bundespost, Deutsche Bundespost Berlin, Deutsch Post, etc.), I got stamps from all seven continents and an excellent bunch of US stamps too. The US stamps were so awesome because they're mostly from the 60s and 70s and I don't have any of those. Half of them even say "U.S. Postage" instead of "USA" on them.
I even have stamps from the "Freie Stadt Danzig". This place doesn't even exist anymore! Not as an independent city-state anyhow. It's now a part of Poland.
So I spend about 3-4 days sorting these stamps out. Now they're all in binders or nice neat bags. More than half of them are still in bags separated by country. I think I would make a lot of money if I ever have the time to sort everything out and sell them. My mom says she'll help me once she retires. =)
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super cool! dude. who's gonna run the esp stamp collecting class when you're gone?
Ahhhhhh! That was one of the things I was going to do over the summer: write up instructions for my stamp collecting class. I did it for my orienteering class but.. And my stamp collecting class needs supplies which are somewhere in McCormick storage. *doomed*
xiumin said she'd do orienteering but i'm not sure about stamp collecting...know any fans?
we got a complaint about your orienteering class heh. The parents wanted the kids to run around in groups of 3.
hmmm... you're talking about last year right? don't remember saying anything about it for this year...
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