Thanks to Dave from Toronto for kindly sending along this accumulation of stamps and covers. This is the third time a fellow rail enthusiast has noticed this blog in my main blog's sidebar and reached out re: philatelic re-homing. Dave mentioned that he had been going through some of his late Grandmother's items, coming across 25 air mail envelopes posted in Colombia circa 1968, and two envelopes with stamps from England, Jamaica, Zambia, France and other countries. One envelope was taped shut with a newspaper clipping asking for used stamps to be sent to OXFAM in Ottawa. Upon arrival following the December postal strike, here's what Dave generously sent:
I look forward to going through these stamps, examining them, perhaps clipping, soaking, and further re-homing them. It's possible that some doubles will find their way to OXFAM, therefore they will not go to waste. I look at it as honouring his grandmother's wishes all these years later!
One of my favourite planes-on-stamps - the Lockheed Constellation!
*It seemed appropriate to title this post as I did now, what with the US Presidency and Vice-Presidency about to roll over. Hail Columbia is the name of the Vice-Presidential ceremonial entrance march!
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