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Francis A. Miniter

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:20 pm
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A week ago, I bought a copy in Russian of Dostoevsky's Crime
and Punishment. Kiev, 1979. When I opened it, I noticed a
few stamps. I continued to flip pages and there were more
stamps.

Yesterday I organized the stamps, about 200 in all. All
from the Soviet Union, all commemoratives from the years
1973 to 1975, all mint.


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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:20 pm
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Wow! If you don't collect stamps yourself, you might be able to make
enough by selling them to pay for the book... <g>

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Jon Meyers

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:56 pm
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J wrote:
> Wow! If you don't collect stamps yourself, you might be able to make
> enough by selling them to pay for the book... <g>

Not likely. The Soviet Union was a notorious stamp-mill, pouring out
endless numbers and quantities of pretty--and completely
worthless--commemoratives. Used ones are rarer than mint. You can buy
giant lots of them from stamp companies for just a few dollars.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:51 pm
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On May 23, 2:56 pm, Jon Meyers <stlouisTAKEbo....RemoveThis@MEcharter.OUTnet>
wrote:
> J wrote:
> > Wow! If you don't collect stamps yourself, you might be able to make
> > enough by selling them to pay for the book...  <g>
>
> Not likely. The Soviet Union was a notorious stamp-mill, pouring out
> endless numbers and quantities of pretty--and completely
> worthless--commemoratives. Used ones are rarer than mint. You can buy
> giant lots of them from stamp companies for just a few dollars.

Not unlike the USA and virtually every other country with a postal
system.
It's no wonder that the stamp collecting hobby is in an inexorable
decline.
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Francis A. Miniter

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:06 pm
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Jon Meyers wrote:
> J wrote:
>> Wow! If you don't collect stamps yourself, you might be able to make
>> enough by selling them to pay for the book... <g>
>
> Not likely. The Soviet Union was a notorious stamp-mill, pouring out
> endless numbers and quantities of pretty--and completely
> worthless--commemoratives. Used ones are rarer than mint. You can buy
> giant lots of them from stamp companies for just a few dollars.
>
> --
> Jon Meyers


Alas and alack. Visions of untold riches go poof again.


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