A perforated Penny Red with letters in four corners and plate 148, therefore printed 1871 or later. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
From springhillstampclub.
A young collector asked an old philatelist how he made his collection so advanced and valuable.
The old man replied, “Well, young man, it was in 1940 when I got a bunch of old letters from an uncle, I soaked off the stamps, dried them and put them in a presentation folder. I spent four days on this, after which I sold the stamps at my school for a cool four dollars. The next morning, I invested those four dollars in some more stamps on paper. I spent the next four days on them and sold them afterwards for six dollars. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I’d accumulated a fortune of 200 dollars.”
“And then what happened?” asked the eager young collector.
“And then my uncle died and left me his collection worth two million dollars…”
Ha!
I think you should – give him a new home in the garden …. and let him grow in peace. *smile
How did this replay up there … this was meant for you beloved potato.
I wouldn’t mind a uncle like that .. *smile
I wish I had that uncle.
I wouldn’t mind having that uncle either…
As they say over here…”As soon as my rich uncle gets out of the poor house…I’m…”
Enjoyed the post.