San Diego Stamp Show Sunday
This weekend was the San Diego Stamp Show. Saturday was another record-breaking storm so we just stayed home doing craft projects. But we did get down to the show today, and the dealer's room was so packed with stuff to look at we totally forgot to check out the exhibits. Anne is just getting into stamps and has about 40 items listed on Hipstamp, so it was fun showing her what to look for at the show for her specific business focus (animal and nature topicals), how to not pay too much for an item, but also how not to worry so much you go home empty handed. For me, I unexpected got pulled into a little pile of USA covers. I don't usually handle US stamps OR covers, but these were really interesting. The seller pulled out a stack of beautifully curated covers that were priced at $25 each, but it was the end of the show and he reduced them to $10 each. They were so expertly described, with notes on various postmarks that I had no catalogs for. So I bought a stack of those.