Six months ago I'd
started on the leftovers of the Long & Noble Crusade 2.0 in which I finally albumized accumulated stamps. In the linked post, I blogged about the Least Interesting Countries' stamps I'd accumulated. And done nothing with (below). Until today.
Due to the heat advisories and with nothing but air-conditioning set at 21 degrees C, an empty dining room table and a beverage in front of me, I was finally able to start on the first sort-through of some of these countries, spreading out and then reconciling stamps I'd squirrelled away in the countries' envelopes with what was in my albums (scant for most of these countries due to my low interest in them!) and stamps I'd previously squirrelled away! Over a couple of days of heat, I made it through Austria, Belgium, Brazil, skipped Bulgaria - and why not, China and Czechoslovakia! Realizing that I'd never touched Czechoslovakia (actually Czech Republic, Slovakia and Czechoslovakia counterclockwise from top left in photo), this was a first run-through today. And the results were lots of duplicates.
So, since the Least Interesting Countries box was burgeoning, I expect to gain some space AND some duplicates in this process, ideally fitting all the countries back into this box as I go, maybe now with room to spare! Now done - Hungary, Israel, Italy and a quick trip through the Netherlands Antilles, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the United Nations! Now remaining: Bulgaria, Russia. I can report there is understandably adequate room in the box and a zip-loc bag full of glassines for each country's doubles for disposition.
Five days later, I was finished!
The way this is going, I'm hopeful but still think that nothing but a total absence of anything to do will ever get me going through Bulgaria and Russia!
