Small T332 Helmar Inheritance, new to the hobby

[GoldenAge50s]

LOVE seeing old stuff in its "newly discovered" state! Thanks for sharing the story & pics Leon.

Welcome EK.

[Cerberus]

........if you've indeed joined Net54, here's how those little stamps were packaged (but first inside the glassine envelope, of course):

Good luck!

Michael

[bbpostcards]

Here's a link to scans of the Helmar baseball set and the master set of the Helmar actresses (the actresses have border variations, the baseballers don't).
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=190023

[ethicsprof]

Great Helmar examples. these are some of the better ones that I've seen.

best,
barry

[the 'stache]

Hi, EK. Welcome to the board! Please feel free to jump into the discussion whenever you are comfortable doing so.

I don't know as much about the Helmar stamps, but they are beautiful. You have a really nice collection there, and I, too, love seeing them in a shoebox. The stamps are colorful, and interesting. Now I know it's near impossible to complete a set.

Thank you for sharing your story, and your collection!

Bill

[Nestunk]

Hello all. EK here. Thanks for the welcome. I'll try to hit the comments so far.

- As far as I can tell, he didn't have a focus. His focus was on stamps. These seem to have been collected because they were there. Based on the stamp collection, I would have found these differently with a list or something. They were in that box with about 50 of the tobacco silks on top. I am reading through his notes, letters, and diaries now. I'll post an update if I find something different (or more cards in all this stuff).

- Thank Cerberus for the pics. Very nice to see.

I'll try to respond to any other questions. My great-grandfather seemed to be into so many things. A very nice step back in time.

[Nestunk]

Also, while I thanked him profusely via email, I would be remiss not to do it here as well. I sincerely thank Leon for his help on identifying these. It was a great help to know what we have in the family archives.

[Jeffrompa]

I like the Joe Lake even a little curled it's pretty cool . Reminded me I have a pack somewhere at home .