STAMPS ON APPROVAL

The Above Photos
1. Colombia FDC
2. Kyrgyzstan 1999 Academy Awards
3. Kyrgyzstan Madonna 2000
4. Tanzania sports 1992

Guy's how many of you use a service to get stamp on approval? I am using Three stamps dealers right now to trying there approval service out Jamestown Stamps, Kenmore Stamps, Mystic Stamps company well I have got my first stamp shipment of approval's after I had mailed back to them what type of stamps and stuff that I collected and what I would like to see on approval and I have to say that I was let down big time because what I got sure was not even close to what I told them that I wanted, TOGO, ISRAEL, INDONESIA, RUSSIA, BELIZE, BRAZIL, GERMANY,MONGOLIA Is far from what I asked for I wanted to see U.S.A. stamps and FDC, there was only one FDC in the shipment of approvals and it was from Colombia 1974 and I have to say I not sure how much you can tell from the scan of the cover but it sure is not in the best shape there is some deep creases in the cover, and if that ant bad enough on the back there is written in pen the price of the cover $2.95 witch that is not to high for a FDC but remember that this one is not in great shape I don't think, the cover is dated 14-XI-1974 now I don't know what that date would be using the US date system, yes it is a old cover but I think it is just not worth the $2.95 that they want for it, then I have the Kyrgyzstan, 1999 Academy Awards set of 9 stamps this set of stamps is $9.95 a bit high in price I think they are a nice set but being that I don't know any thing about world wide stamps let along what they are worth Then there is Kyrgyzstan, Madonna 2000 set of 9 stamps for $9.95 another high price set I think, But I do like this set of stamps a lot but I just not sure they are worth the price. the next high price set in this shipment is Tanzania, sports 1992 set of 7 stamps for $6.95 again a nice set but are all of these set worth what they want one to pay for them, I don't have any type of a price guide for stamps other then the Postal Service guide to U.S. stamps maybe if I knew more about stamps and the value of other country stamps I might can understand the price of these approvals but I don't that is one reason I had asked for U.S. stamps approvals.If you know the value of any of these set I sure would like to know what Scott or SG has the valued on these stamps in there price guide's if you know and would not mind letting me know Please

E-mail if you would with what they are priced at in the Scott or SG Budrow@Highland.Net all so I still am waiting on the 10th e-mail
with the right answer to (A Prestige Booklet is a stamp booklet with oversized panes, descriptive Information and images commemorating a special topic. The idea for these booklets originated Where???????? And In what year ????) The 10th Person that E-mail's me with the answer's I have some events cover's for you if you get it right. I sure there is some good stamp on approval services I just have to find them so guy's if you know of any let me know about them please.

till next enjoy stamping.

Greetings From America Commemorative Pane of 50

A Pane of 50 Guy's if don't have this set in your collect

Yet now you can at a price that one can live with in stead of $35.00

and up witch in how Much I have found them for from some dealers,

for what ever reason U.S.P.S. has but them back on sell at the web site Item #:564340 Price: $18.50 or you can give them a call

1-800-782-6725
This is a nice set of Stamps to have,I have all ready placed

a order for a couple more set's for my self, I have one set

left so I want more to use, and have Another mint sheet,

I will use the stamp to put On stuff that I am having mailed back

to me like when I fix up my First Day Covers
to get the post marks I think that is a good way to

get used stamps that you might want or need for one's collect.
All so guy's I am in no way getting any thing from the U.S.P.S.
for telling you about this Set of stamps,

it sure would be nice if I did.

I just want you guy's to know that you can get a Set
from them in stead of paying those high prices
From some Dealers All so Check out this site they have a great
Site to find Online Stamps Dealers, Stamp Central
http://www.stampcentral.com/

The other night I showed my Old Glory Prestige Booklet

Of The Old Glory Stamps. http://tinyurl.com/ddfrn

You can read the Press Release Here. http://tinyurl.com/93z8l
A Prestige Booklet is a stamp booklet with oversized panes, descriptive
Information and images commemorating a special topic.

The idea for these booklets
originated Where???????? And In what year ????

The 10th Person that E-mail's me with the answer's
I have some events cover's for you if you get it right.
All so guy's be sure to come back to see my next post

STAMPS ON APPROVAL.
Are they worth it, I will share with you my thoughts about
One service I am trying out now.And show you some of the Stamps they have sent me for approval and that means if I like them,

I pay what they are asking for the set of stamps.
Stamp Club's oh how I wish they was one close to me.
But sense there is not one close to me I have found the next
best thing Virtual Stamp Club by Lloyd A. de Vries

http://www.virtualstampclub.com/
And let me say this it sure is one great site,
One can learn a lot about US, British Stamps,
Canadian Stamps, They even have a great Message Board
http://forums.delphiforums.com/stamps/start

How can you join? Membership requirements are simple:
Just Show up! It's FREE! http://www.virtualstampclub.com/
I visit it every other day some times twice a day.

Be sure and try to answer about the Prestige Booklet

Remember the 10th Person that
E-mail's me with the answer's

Budrow@Highland.Net

I have some events cover's for you.

Till Next Time Happy Stamping.

A Prestige Booklet

Scoot#3776-3780
ISSUED April 3, 2003 Stamp Release No. 015 AT NEW YORK STAMP SHOW The Stars and Stripes received a special stamp of approval today when five new commemorative postage stamps featuring photographs of patriotic symbolism inspired by the colors and design of the U.S. flag were issued by the U.S.Postal Service.The Old Glory prestige booklet, which contains 20 stamps featuring the five Old Glory designs, was dedicated at a first day of issue ceremony held inconjunction with the Postage Stamp Mega-Event sponsored by the American Philatelic Society (APS), American Stamp Dealers Association, Inc. (ASDA), and the Postal Service. The show runed through April 6, 2003 The Old Glory prestige booklet was available at the Mega-Event in New York,Philatelic Centers, and Postal Stores nationwide. "Nothing reflects the pride and emotion we have as American's like the U.S. flag," said David E. Failor,executive director of Stamp Services for the U.S. Postal Service, who was the dedicating official."This souvenir booklet takes a wonderful look at how we use the Stars and Stripes to tell our country's story. Old Glory takes many forms-from official versions we so proudly wave, to countless derivative designs. In the end they all say the same thing-allegiance to the republic for which it stands. It is our pleasure to highlight the beloved symbol with a philatelic souvenir booklet," Failor said. "This assignment was just plain fun. I am cursed with being one of those people who collects anything and everything. Creating this booklet was a wonderful opportunity to work and play at the same time," said Richard D. Sheaff, stamp designer and writer of the Old Glory prestige booklet.The Old Glory stamps highlight examples of America's heritage, including a 19th-century hand-painted carving of a woman proudly holding aloft a sword and flag; an 1888 presidential campaign badge with a photograph of Benjamin Harrison; the top portion of a silk bookmark that was woven at the World's Columbia Exposition in 1893; an example of 20th-century folk art featuring Uncle Sam riding a high-wheel bicycle; and a modern folding fan with a flag design. Featuring 20 stamps in five designs, this is the second prestige booklet issued by the Postal Service. The first honored, was U.S. Navy Submarines, which was issued in 2000.
A prestige booklet is a stamp booklet with oversized panes, descriptiveinformation and images commemorating a special topic. The stamps were designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Ariz. Sheaff is a design consultant to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee and has been responsible for the design or art direction of more than 200 released U.S. postage stamps.
Be sure you have a look at my FDC for this set.
Uncle Sam riding a high-wheel bicycle
Old Glory Painted Carving Of A Woman
Old Glory MODERN FOLDING HAND FAN
Old Glory 1893 Silk Bookmark
Old Glory 1888 presidential campaign

NO Stamps or Books was harmed in doing this post.

INDIA FDC

Guy's this is just one of five FDC

that I got from a trade the one pictured

above I really like I like how the cachet

cover the hole thing you can see the rest

of them here

Hattie McDaniel ArtCraft Cachet.

This is the cachet from ArtCraft for the Hattie McDaniel

stamp Issued today.I am just waiting on the stamps

I would have though that my postmaster would have

his supple in by now but he does not sence the coast

of postage has gone up the US mail sure has been slow at

getting the new stamps out I had a preorder in for the

Favorite Children's Book Animals

and the GD joint issue stamps and I though I was not even going

to get it because I did not get the stamps till Jan 19 and one would have

though that by having perorder them that we would have got our

order's sooner then what we are getting them..

Hattie McDaniel As Mammy

Hattie McDaniel

As Mammy in

1939 film "Gone with the Wind."

The Hattie McDaniel commemorative stamp

This is the new stamp that the US Post

Is issuing to day The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate the 39¢ Hattie McDaniel commemorative postage stamp at an official first-day-of-issue ceremony in Beverly Hills. The Hattie McDaniel stamp is the 29th in the acclaimed Black Heritage stamp series.
When: 10 a.m. PST, Jan. 25, 2006

Where: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study Margaret Herrick Library333 South LaCienega BoulevardBeverly Hills, CA 90211

The Hattie McDaniel commemorative stamp highlights the achievements of the actress, singer, and radio and television performer who became the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind." The stamp features a 1941 photograph of McDaniel in the dress she wore on Feb. 29, 1940, when she received the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The new stamp is available on January 25 only in the first-day-of-issue host city, Beverly Hills, and nationwide on January 26. The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is widely regarded as one of the world's preeminent research and reference facilities for the study of all aspects of motion pictures, as an art form and an industry. The Hattie McDaniel Collection housed in the Library includes photographs of Hattie and other family members, as well as scripts and other documents. There are also a large number of recordings from her radio program, "Beulah.

Christmas Island - Miniature sheet - Year of the Dog.

Miniature sheet (mint)

Issued: January 5, 2006

Hello all I was lucky enough to have this set of nice stamps sent to me from a friend that live's in Australia, Lunar New Year 2006 - Year of the Dog issue designed by Luis Chiang. Featuring copper coloured foiling and this issue comprises two stamps (50c and $1.45). Commemorating one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals this Christmas Island issue is the penultimate in a series of 12 issues.

I don't know any thing about Christmas Island Stamps

But I do know this the stamps I have seen that they have issued

I like and hope to keep adding them to my collect.

If you know the History about Christmas Island Stamps

Please E-mail me with what you know.

Budrow@Highland.NET

Favorite Children's Book Animals

Issued: January 10th, 2006

Children and adults alike will delight in these lively and colorful Favorite Children's Book Animals stamps, two of which - The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Maisy - will also be issued by Royal Mail in the United Kingdom.

Featuring what has become author and illustrator Eric Carle's signature style of painted tissue paper collage, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969 and 1987) tells the story of one unusual caterpillar who eats his way through a variety of foods during the course of one week. When he is full, he builds a cocoon around himself from which he emerges as a beautiful butterfly!

In Maisy's ABC - published in the United Kingdom in 1994 and in the U.S. in 1995 - Maisy the mouse discovers that the best way to learn the alphabet is to experience it firsthand. The image on the stamp of Maisy dressed as a queen to teach readers about the letter "Q" demonstrates the bold outlines, bright colors, and simplicity that help endear the books of author and illustrator Lucy Cousins to children.In 1941, Margret and H.A. Rey introduced American readers to a charming and mischievous monkey named Curious George and his light-hearted philosophy that the world is full of discoveries waiting to be made. In Curious George Flies a Kite (1958), George begins his high-flying adventure by visiting the large family of rabbits in the big garden down the road. Whether it is painting the walls like a master, planning the perfect accessory for an outfit, or building an ambitious sandcastle, Olivia is always the star of her own show (and sometimes has too much energy for her own good!). Published in 2000, Olivia won a Caldecott Honor the following year and was author and illustrator Ian Falconer's first book to chronicle the energy and spunk of this loveable and unforgettable piglet heroine. Falconer's spare charcoal line drawings, accented with splashes of red gouache, emphasize the details in the world of his young star.Maurice Sendak's book Where the Wild Things Are (1963), won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 and instantly engages young children. They are carried away to an imaginary land "Where the Wild Things Are."Making new friends can be difficult. But when Wilbur the pig meets Charlotte the spider, he knows that his lonely life in the barn will end. Charlotte's love teaches Wilbur about loyalty, bravery, and the joy of being alive. Illustrator Garth Williams gave form to this inspiring and humble character in E.B. White's Newbery Honor-winning book Charlotte's Web (1952).Leo Lionni's use of torn paper collage and his celebration of nature, creativity, and kindness helped his book Frederick (1967) win a Caldecott Honor in 1968. As a field mouse, Frederick should be preparing for winter like the rest of his family by collecting corn and wheat. Instead Frederick gathers together the colors and words that make cold, dark days feel warm and bright.First published in 1965 by Dr. Seuss, the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, Fox in Socks features a playful and tricky red fox in bright blue socks. As flexible as a gymnast and with a head full of rhymes, he leads beginning readers on a rollicking, tongue-twisting romp through a vibrant world of blue goo, tweetle beetles, and cheese trees.

Love: True Blue

Issued: January 3rd, 2006

This colorful new First-Class stamp depicts two birds perched on a branch sharing a devoted gaze. The space between them forms a heart. To create his original design, illustrator Craig Frazier arranged paper cutouts into a composition. He then created a digital file of the artwork and applied shades of blue to the birds, setting them against a yellow background. The Love stamps have been popular over the years and previous issuances have featured a wide variety of designs including abstracts, flowers, cherubs, hearts, and the word "LOVE" itself.