Another Tauranga Stamp Fair Adventure! [Ep34]

[@bennyjoyson8384]

Nothing makes me happier than visiting a decent stamp fair.... 👍🥰😇

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hello Benny!! Yes, all those stamps to choose from and fellow philatelists hanging around. What is not to love! 🙂Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!!!!

[@adamhuffman3354]

Hi Charnie! Great 👍 video! That stamp fair looks like so much fun 🤩!!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Adam, thanks again for watching and commenting!!! Thanks for your kind comment. I enjoy the stamp fairs very much. 🙂

[@СергейЛевченков-в1й]

Hi Charnie! Glad to see you back again. Thaks a lot for sharing your visit to the stamp fair. There is nothing that brings people together like our hobby. Looking forward to your next video

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Sergey!!!! Sharing philately is indeed very special. I enjoy it so much to start to get to know so many fellow philatelists at the club - and I learn so much from them! Thanks for watching and commenting. It is always good to see you here at my channel again!!!!

[@happybunny1329]

Wonderful stamp show tour! The $2 bag of stamps was a bargain! I think I'd have ended up walking away with a lot more bags if I'd been there, so it's probably best I wasn't lol. Everyone is getting to know you at the stamp show now. Are you feeling more comfortable walking around with the camera these days? Looking forward to your next vid.:)

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi!!! I am so glad to see you here again. You are a friend by now.🙂I also think if I just get a few stamps from the $2 bag that I don't have yet, it was worth while buying it. 🙂🙂🙂There were a few things I were interested in, and usually I would also not walk away so lightly, but I was so focused on getting the French stamps, that all my time and attention went into that. I am feeling slightly more comfortable with the camera, and it is so nice to get to know everybody. Now the fair just feels a bit bland to me - same old same. I will have to be more creative if I want to show more fair videos in the future. Take care, and thanks for watching and commenting!

[@thatdadguy1974]

Thanks for taking us along. Nice finds and a great gift

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hello Rob, my stamp friend, so glad to see you here. I still enjoy the stamp fair, and there is always something I can buy that is of worth for my collecting. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. You know how much it means to the channel. 🙂

[@dawidswart123]

Nice to join you in your visit to the fair. Thanks for sharing!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Dawid, thanks for joining me here to watch the video! And thanks for your comment. I appreciate it so much!!!!

[@TengriWorldwideCollectib-rj2fm]

Dear Charnie!! This was a very interesting visit once again!!! A little cute fair with interesting people! I am glad you were able to find some great stuff for you!! Looking forward to the next video! Best regards!!!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hello my dear friends, Roman and Nikolaj! I appreciate it so, so much that you make time and go to the trouble to watch and comment!!!! There are not many new items at the fair after one visited it a few times, but I still enjoy going there and also to see all my fellow philatelists. I wish we had such large flea markets as you can visit! I have to add: I enjoy your stamp videos so, so much. I see more beautiful and special stamps on your channel than any other channel. 🙂Lots of very best regards to you as well, and take care!

[@send2georgie_S2G]

Hiya Charnie. Thanks for sharing your visit to the stamp fair. You did great camera work, I could almost smell the coffee and cookie you had! Thanks for sharing all those stamps. You certainly have grown in experience and knowledge in philatelics. Wonderful to hear you’ll be holding a stamp exhibition. Do share that on your channel! ✌🏻😊

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi S2G!!!! Thank you so, so much for taking time to watch and comment here at my channel, my numismatic friend. 🙂I am not so sure about my camera work! I still remain unprofessional. You are much better than I am! But thanks so much for the positive compliment! I think I learned a lot about philately since I started collecting about one and a half years ago. But the more I learn, the more I see how little I know! You must have watched and listened to my video very closely to hear about my planning to do an exhibition! 🙂Thank you! Our stamp club is holding a workshop tomorrow for preparation for exhibiting at an upcoming exhibition. I must still decide if I can already do something like that, because my collection is not yet so advanced that I have focus areas with enough stamps for a focused exhibit. I am writing too much! S2G, I appreciate it so very, very much that you were here my friend!

[@send2georgie_S2G]

@@GreatStampAdventure no worries Charnie. Always good to overcome challenges and try something new. Cheering you onwards! Posted you something when I was in Auckland. Do let me know when you have it. Cheers 😊✌🏻

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@send2georgie_S2G I will let you know. Thanks in advance!!!! 🙂

[@send2georgie_S2G]

@@GreatStampAdventure sure thing! no worries ✌🏻😊

[@szymon2851]

Dużo materiału,jest w czym wybierać. Przykro że widać tylko starszych filatelistów, młodzieży brak. To samo mamy w Polsce.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

There were a few children and young people through the day that came to the children's table, but you are right, it seems to be a universal phenomenon that largely older people are active in e.g. stamp clubs. There is so much activity e.g. in people buying stamps on the internet, that I hope that stamp collecting as a hobby is not dying. Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!!!

[@Zimchick66]

Hello Charnie - another great video - thankyou for taking us along with you. Nice packet of stamps you bought. Lots of South African and Zimbabwe stamps there as well.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi my African friend and my neighbour. 🙂I think I will get enough NZ stamps that I don't have yet from that packet. Was worth while to buy it, I think. Yes, I also thought there were quite a lot of South Africa and other southern African stamps considering it is a local fair in NZ. Thanks again so, so much for watching and commenting!!!!! 🙂

[@kozzackkelt]

nice packet of NZ stamps ! I would have paid $3 for it ! Thank you for the video and sharing your new packet with us.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi!!! 🙂$3 is not a whole lot more. 🙂 I think it is about worth that, but if I can only find about ten stamps I didn't have yet, it would have been worth while for me buying it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!! I appreciate it so much!

[@antoniojeremywilliams4659]

Doing south Africa, pround. Excellent.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Wow, thank you so much, Antonio!! That is a huge compliment! I must confess: I long back for South Africa a lot. Best wishes to you!

[@ugolock-filatelista]

Good afternoon dear Charnie. Thank you very much for an interesting review, with very beautiful stamps. I wish you all the best.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Alexander, thank you for watching and commenting!!!! I wish you many good wishes as well! 🙂

[@abus6148]

Great event! What interesting things have you purchased for your collection?

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!!!! It helps my channel so much! It was a very enjoyable event. I didn't buy much, just one mix of New Zealand stamps. But that is OK. Just experiencing all the fellow philatelists and be among so many stamps was already enough. 🙂

[@lucygarces3855]

Vivo en Uruguay. Donde puedo comprar?? Gracias. Muy interesante todo

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hola Lucy! Me alegra mucho que alguien de Uruguay haya visto un vídeo mío! Es maravilloso. Qué querías comprar? Sellos? Algún sello? Habría intentado encontrar un club de sellos en su área y lo ayudarán a encontrar los mejores lugares para comprar, o incluso también tendrán una exposición de sellos local. De lo contrario, puedes comprar sellos en Internet en lugares como eBay. Espero haberte entendido correctamente. Muchas gracias por ver y comentar!!!!! Se lo agradezco mucho. Espero que esto te llegue correctamente, porque estoy escribiendo con el traductor de Google. Lo siento, no puedo hablar español en absoluto. Saludos cordiales desde Nueva Zelanda.

[@rogerturner1881]

Nice work and i have that CHALON sheet and fdc from when it came out in 1988.It's a pity that we don't see any young collectors any more. Are your kids interested in stamps.?Great fair.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Roger, the Chalon FDC is really nice. Yes, I think clubs should even be more pro-active in getting young collectors involved. The distance club I showed in the video later in the day had about eight children visiting over time of what I saw. 🙂I don't have children. 🙂If I had I would surely have tried to get them interested. Roger, thanks so, so much for watching and commenting!!!!!!

[@Laurent-Philatelie]

It is always a huge pleasure to meet with fellow philatelists! Thank you for sharing this moment and your enthusiasm with us! All the very best from Provence.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Laurent!!! Thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate it so much. Going to the stamp fair and meet with some philatelists is indeed so enjoyable. Do you know about the Grand Prix de l'Art Philatelique awards? Special greetings here from New Zealand to Provence!!!

[@Laurent-Philatelie]

@@GreatStampAdventure Hi Charnie. Thank you so much for your kind words. I have discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and I immediately subscribed when I literally could feel your passion through your smiling voice! I am part of a philatelic club located in Port-de-Bouc, near Marseille. I first started collecting stamps at the age of 10 until I was 17. I resumed collecting stamps (mostly FDCs, blocks and sheets) at the beginning of Covid in 2020. I realized that my passion was still very much alive after more than 40 years!! Yes, I know about le Grand Prix de l'Art Philatélique which, every year, selects the most beautiful stamp. I made a video on my channel which is dedicated to the 1983 stamp engraved by Bétemps which depicts an illustration by Gustave Doré for Perrault's fables. That magnificent stamp won the grand prix in 1983.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@Laurent-Philatelie Laurent, thank you for your wonderful reply! I enjoyed it so much to read about your journey with stamps! It is amazing that you could pick up your passion after so many years! You have a channel? I am going to see if I can find it. I will love to watch your videos and to learn more about French stamps. Do you primarily collect stamps, FDCs etc. of France, or other countries as well? The 1983 stamp engraved by Betemps is indeed beautiful!!!! I have it on my list of stamps which won the award. Bluebeard is pictured in it. I hope we will stay in contact. Your English is excellent and you write very well!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@Laurent-Philatelie I subscribed to your channel and I am looking forward to watching your videos very much.

[@Laurent-Philatelie]

@@GreatStampAdventure Bonjour and THANK YOU so very much, Charnie! I do collect pre-stamp era mail from the 17th to the early 19th century. I collect FDCs from France, Monaco and the US. Now I have extended my collection by collecting blocks and sheets, as well as WWI and WWII era mail! Of course I will be honored to stay in touch with you! Thank you again so very much for subscribing to my channel, but also for your kindness and passion! Very Sincerely, Laurent.

[@schuey089]

Hey Charnie, great to see you back again, was interesting looking around the stamp club! Hope you have lots of fun sorting through the stamps you bought! Have a great rest of the week/ weekend, take care

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Schuey!! Thanks so much again for watching and commenting! You are a friend by now. I am looking forward to work through and sort that packet of NZ stamps. At least I don't have to still soak them off paper. You must also have a wonderful and beautiful remainder of the week and weekend!!! Very best greetings here from NZ.

[@simplysue8312]

What a Wonderful trip down memory lane for me. My parents were members of this club for many years..maybe life long members...Doreen and Norman. In their later years I would drop them off for an hour or 2 and their interest remained to the end. My brother took over their stamps. Now i am thinking about my 2 young grandsons and getting them interested. Thanks for the memories.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Sue, this is such a special comment! I am glad I could bring back some special memories for you. Stamp club people are very special! I wish I could know your parents. I might have already been there when they were still members, but it took me a long time to get to know all the members. I hope your grandsons will take up the hobby. Thank you for watching and for your beautiful comment! I made my day. 🙂

[@PostzegelCollectief]

Nice to see you at the fair Charnie. I know it takes a step to do it and people are not always that happy to be on camera, but you conquer the people. Nico that you piicked a goal this time. Only no goals made.... And the package of two dollars had a great variety of stamps. Great to see the new Zealand stamps. Great to hear the cows at the background. Here i have them as well.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hallo Camiel, I wondered if someone will pick up the cattle mooing in the background. 😆 You are good. Many people are not keen to be on camera and I also feel bad to point the cell phone camera at them, but I just push ahead and do my best. 🙂Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!!!! Take care!

[@stephenogier7499]

A nice tour of the fair. I'm very pleased to managed to find something to buy and I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun sorting through it all.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Steve!!!!! I am so glad to see you. It doesn't feel complete to me if you didn't comment yet. No pressure! 🙂At the moment I am sorting through large lots of New Zealand stamps and I will add that packet to those. I feel as if I am treading water a bit, though. The stamps you gifted me are the most beautiful I have so far. I am going to try and see if I can use some in an exhibit! I am so, so, so anxious to open the remainder of the stamps you sent!!!!!! You must be despondent with me taking sooooo long with unpacking them! I am so sorry! I plan to see if I can do more videos. I must just find the time. ... I write too much. 🙂Thanks very much for watching and commenting!

[@SnailmailwithSmokey]

Howdy Charnie! Wonderful video! Thanks so much for taking us with you to the stamp fair.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hello Smokey! I like the "American" greeting. 🙂It was a pleasure and joy to be at the stamp fair and to make a video about it. 🙂I hope you are in good spirits! Take care!

[@jerrystamps]

Great stamp fair Charnie. Some very tempting things there, it's a shame you did not find what you were looking for.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Jerry, SO good to see you here. Thanks again for watching and commenting!! I think I was a bit too optimistic to think I would find particular French stamps and possibly covers with them at this fair. But one has to try. 🙂Next time I will focus more on African stamps. Should I have looked for British, Australian and New Zealand stamps, I will have a large selection.

[@jeffsstamps]

I have just watched this and enjoyed it very much!! I love it each time you go to the stamp fair - so interesting and time well spent!!!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hello Jeff! You are right, just to visit the fair and meet other philatelists there is a joy in itself. I am so glad you enjoyed the video. This time it felt a bit bland for me. I think you know how much I appreciate you watching and commenting!!!!!! Thanks so much!

[@jeffsstamps]

@@GreatStampAdventure I love watching your videos very much Charnie !!!!!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@jeffsstamps Thanks so much, Jeff!!!!!! I appreciate it tremendously!

[@FunAtHomeCollectibles]

Looks like it was an amazing day Charnie ! Always love to see these videos. I've never actually been to a stamp fair. Have an awesome day! From Fun At Home (supporting content creators)

[@GreatStampAdventure]

I enjoy the stamp fairs! You must try to attend at least one. I guess Tauranga will be too far off for you. Enjoy your weekend a lot!!!

[@FunAtHomeCollectibles]

@@GreatStampAdventure Yes I should, I'm sure they will do them locally - just need to keep my eyes open.

[@RagnarokPKXD]

What are some of the rarest/Most expensive stamps you have? Anything worth 1million+

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Ragnarok, WOW!!! No, nothing even close to hundreds!!!!! I started collecting relatively recently and started off by largely buying large stamp lots and mixes of countries I plan to collect, some world mixes and old world collections, and some thematic stamps. THUS, I largely have common stamps so far, as far as I know. My budget doesn't allow much more. Later I will probably start to focus more and buy single stamps of a little bit more value etc. ... I WISH, I need to have something worth 1 million plus to sell. 🙂

[@RagnarokPKXD]

@@GreatStampAdventure To be fair, the most expensive stamp ever sold in NZ was around $70,000. But there are some stamps that are like 1 of 1. Only 1 copy exists, where they are worth millions. Like the stamp which sold in 2021 for 8.3million

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@RagnarokPKXD Hi again! You really have a lot of knowledge about the values of stamps. I am a bit clueless. Are you a New Zealander?

[@RagnarokPKXD]

@@GreatStampAdventure Yes, born and raised

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@RagnarokPKXD Please to "meet" you. 🙂

[@StampswithSara1]

Thank you for sharing.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

I am so glad to see you here. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, Sara!

[@olivermiller2013]

In Europe the French stamps you are looking for are not that hard to find, but in New Zealand it seems way harder. But vice versa you do not find stamps from New Zealand that often. I like the French stamps up to the 1980s, they are really nice, same for the colonies and oversea areas. The last cover you got as gift was pretty. Do you also have a stamp from the first set from 1855? I haven´t seen them very often. I only have a blue one which is in a terrific state. This was a nice, cozy fair and the stamps for 2 $ were not too expensive having some fun sorting them. Very nice.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Oliver, thank you so much for an interesting and involved comment!!!! I appreciate it so much and also that you watched the video! I can imagine just out of logistics, that stamps from a specific area will be more abundant and available from that area. Oh how I wish I could visit Europe and go on a stamp safari! I would also have liked to visit the organization that award the Grand Prix de l'Art Philatelique in France, because I really struggle to get information about it on line. No, I do not have any front facing Queen Victoria stamp yet!!! Being a relative beginner collector I am still sorting through large mixes and lots of stamps (largely NZ) as a starting point. I didn't search or bought specific stamps yet. It is very neat that you have a 1855 stamp!!! Do you collect New Zealand stamps?

[@olivermiller2013]

@@GreatStampAdventure I have a small collection from New Zealand, it is very difficult to find interesting stamps. But this is the challenge and I like challenges. Don´t overestimate my 1855 stamp, it is in poor quality and with this not much worth. It was in a collection I bought where I found stamps from many countries. This was the only New Zealand stamp in this collection. I collect worldwide, but my main focus is up to 1950. For newer stamps I only look for some, which I really like. But I´m not targeting to get any country complete, otherwise I would have to focus only on some. I don´t want to do this, there is so much nice and interesting from all over the world. The New Zealand stamps up to 1910 are very complicated for me, because there are so many small differences and this is very complicated. Or let´s say, for me. I also like some of the stamps from the islands in the pacific, but it is the same like stamps from NZ or Australia (this is a bit easier). Yes, it is worth looking on some stamp events in Europe. Some are the same as in your video, but some are way bigger and if you want to have a closer look, it takes more than a day if you have time. May be you have the opportunity to visit a bigger stamp safari in Australia? This is not so far away and I assume that they have some bigger ones as well.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@olivermiller2013 It is very interesting to learn more about your collecting, Oliver. I still know very little about the varieties of New Zealand stamps, and I make a note in my brain that I will have to get to know small differences in New Zealand stamps up to 1910. Maybe I should really add it to my bucket list to travel to various areas in the world and buy stamps from local stamp markets/shows/fairs in various countries. Luckily one can fit a lot of stamps in a suitcase! Now I must just win the Lotto to afford the travel and also the large amounts of stamps I plan to buy! 😀

[@sams1977]

Hello everyone, I'm from Brazil and would like to know if anyone would be interested in starting a postal friendship with the aim of exchanging cultural information. I'm interested in people from NZ and Australia.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Hi Sams! I hope some other viewers will see your comment and respond to you and become postal friends! I myself can unfortunately not correspond with you, even though I would have liked to! I am too overcommitted at the moment with Postcrossing and with people I am already corresponding with. Do you know Postcrossing? That is also a great way to meet people with whom you can start communicating. One can message specific people from specific countries to ask them to "swap" with you, apart from the "normal" postcrossing exchange of postcards. Good luck!!!!!

[@sams1977]

@@GreatStampAdventure Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and educate me about the circumstances of not being able to correspond. I understand. Yes, I know Postcrossing, I've been on it since 2015. I really enjoy sending and receiving postcards. What is your nickname on Postcrossing? I correspond with a New Zealander from the South Island, from the southernmost city in the world. Invercargill is the name of the city.

[@GreatStampAdventure]

@@sams1977 My name in postcrossing is CharnieC - not much imagination, but I like my name. 🙂 We are living on the North Island, but we want to buy a house, and it is more affordable on the South Island, so there is a possibility that we might live close to Invercargill. It is a very nice city. What is your name in Postcrossing? Thank you for replying and understanding. You can see how long it took to even answer to your reply. If you wanted to write to me you can, Sam. My email address is in the description. You must just be willing to wait for a reply possibly for a long time. Thanks so much for writing here!!!!!

[@AsgarCg]

Hello. I have a collection of valuable and rare original stamps from several countries with a long life. Can you help or buy?

[@GreatStampAdventure]

I answered at the other comment.