re: Celebrate with me..i just doubled the size of my Ponta del Gada collection
Definitely an obscure country for most of us. I found that somehow I have managed to accumulate six including one that Antonius Ra is missing on his web page which is a 130r overprint Scott # 29. Based on his normal completion rate, I suspect he may just need to update his web page as I have only ever found one stamp in my collection before that he didn't have pictured and during a later review it had appeared. His collection and putting it on the web has definitely been a tremendous service to the community.
Just to put the country Ponta del Gada's issues in perspective, I have bought six different International Part I albums plus two Minkus Supreme Global albums while building my collection and only six stamps for Ponta del Gada have been added. Only two albums actually had a stamp from Ponta del Gada, with one album having five of the six stamps that I now have.
I think a celebration of doubling is quite appropriate and commendable!
re: Celebrate with me..i just doubled the size of my Ponta del Gada collection
I agree, with the other Portugese colonies you usually find a smattering of unused stamps in a remainder album. One of the guys in our club found about 30 years of journals from the Portugese study group and no one seemed interested so i took them. I always loved to read history and what i have learned about African history from these magazines is amazing. the Portugese were right there in the middle of things during the Boer war and world War 1.
re: Celebrate with me..i just doubled the size of my Ponta del Gada collection
I didn't realize how fortunate I had been back in the 1980s! I bought two collections of Portuguese colonies, mostly Africa and Azores. Together, those collections produced a nearly complete collection of both mint and used.
Several years later, I was surprised when I listed the Ponta delGada Scott #13 through #34 mint and used in 44 lots on September 25, 2009, at BidStart. One lot was purchased that day. Four days later, a single buyer purchased the other 43 lots.
It's been a decade and I kind of forgot about needing to list the #1 through #10 stamps. Thanks, Phil, for the reminder!
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re: Celebrate with me..i just doubled the size of my Ponta del Gada collection
We can only hope that an opportunity like that shows up on an area we are currently working in. I just made a purchase today from an internet dealer in Ottawa..i bought it mainly because it contains Portugal 490-95 with the Revalidado overprint.
re: Celebrate with me..i just doubled the size of my Ponta del Gada collection
Here is a decade-old composite of the Ponta Delgada I had from the 1897-1905 King Carlos set. These came from two different Portuguese colonies collections I purchased in the 1980s.
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