Stamp Collecting 2024

[philliesfan]

Someone brought three large binders of stamps to my friends card store today. I am going to make an offer when I go to look at them this week. I expect nothing but common stamps but who knows? Mybe there will be a diamond in the rough.
Bob

[gonefishin]

Good luck Bob and let us know what you find. Jim

Here are a few of my stamps and Postage Currency with initials WL from when I was a kid back in the 60's & 70's

[Exhibitman]

I run across massive stamp collections at flea markets but only buy when they are super-cheap and have sports subjects. Last one I picked up was a book with hundreds of foreign stamps for a buck for the whole book.

The only other stamp items I buy are the various commemorative ones of boxers, again, if they are really cheap. I have a bunch of Ali, Frazier, etc. Here is a 1964 Slania Clay



This is a knock-off 'Slania' Clay which, ironically, is much harder to find than the genuine article:



Probably the most I spent was under $10 each for a pair of Olympic sheets of Zou Shiming, the first Chinese boxer to turn pro. Terrific amateur who turned pro relatively late but had a nice run until an eye injury took him out.

Those signed covers are really nice. Definitely something to keep an eye out for.