100 Bucks o' Fun at the Kingston Fall Stamp Festival

Last weekend, the Kingston Stamp Club held its Fall Stamp Festival at Crossroads United Church. My first stop, as always, was the club consignment table. Their system is effective and after perusing tables full o' goodies, I was checked out with my consignment items in my reusable shopping bag and perusing the bourse (displays). I stopped at an Oakville dealer's table for some needed mounts and hinges:

Roy Lingen of Verona had a full-price box of baggie mixes as well as a half-price box. Here are my finds from the full-size:

And from the half-price box - half a hundred dollars. Yes, that's 1,000 copies of a New Zealand bird stamp.

Roy directed me to Janet MacDonald, a fellow customer and someone who has followed my blog on Kingston history. Turns out Janet and I like Roy's sale items, Janet writes a column for the Kingston Stamp Club newsletter, and we share eclectic interests. I found Janet and her husband Hugh perusing a nearby dealer's items and we had a brief chat. Janet said she made a pledge to herself not to buy any on-paper material. I said I did that, too, before breaking my own pledge. Soak on!

The stamp show finds should keep me sorting over the coming winter months!