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www.canadianstampnews.ca Canadian Stamp News CANADIAN An essential resource for the advanced and beginning collector Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/canadianstampnews STAMP NEWS Follow us on Twitter @trajanpublisher Volume 39 • Number 14 November 4 - 17, 2014 $3.50 Chris Green says opening a stamp Jenny sale sets store is a dream come true. new philatelic record Donald J. Sundman, of Mystic Show-NY2016 in New York City a Stamp Company in Camden, New year from May. He previously exhib- York, has reported the sale of a plate ited at the Washington, D.C., 2006 block of the famous Jenny invert 24- World Philatelic Exhibition and at the cent airmail stamp (Scott #C3a) for 2007 American Philatelic Society con- more than $4.8 million, a record price vention in Portland, Ore. However, for a U.S. philatelic item. he recently received an unsolicited The sale took place by private offer he couldn’t refuse. treaty, with the purchaser requesting “It was the oddest transaction I’ve anonymity. seen in stamps,” said Sund- “At the request of the purchaser, man. “Someone called me in late Sep- the exact price is not being disclosed; tember and said he represents some only that it was north of $4.8 million people overseas who want to buy my US. This Inverted Jenny plate block Jenny block. He told me they are not sale is a record price for any U.S. collectors, just wealthy people who philatelic item and the second high- want to buy things.” est price in the world ever paid for Continued on page 18 any philatelic item,” said Sun- Former Kimmerly associate dman. The highest price is $9.48 million US paid for the British opens Ottawa stamp store Guiana one-cent magenta in a New York City sale this sum- By Bret Evans a dream of opening a stamp store for mer. he old saying that when one door many years. “We’re lucky we have a Sundman said he had not Tcloses another opens, is proving strong philatelic community here in been planning to sell the true in Ottawa, where Chris Green Ottawa,” he said. “Ian was an impor- block, but instead intended to opened his stamp shop the day after tant part of building and contributing display it at World Stamp Ian Kimmerly closed down his down- to it, and I’m lucky to have the oppor- town location. Green says that while tunity to follow suit – but those are One of just a few plate the timing was fortunate, he had had pretty big shoes to fill.” blocks of four inverted Green should know. He has worked Jenny stamps has become for and with, Kimmerly, for a number of Publications Registration Mail No. 09136 Publications Registration Mail No. 40069699 No. Agreement the second-most valuable years. “I began collecting when I was a philatelic item in the world. child, the usual thing. My father brought home envelopes from work and I would soak them and put them in an album,” and world-wide stock, including said. Chris Green Stamps even has a he said. ”Later I started going to Ian’s postal history. He also stocks vintage small reading room where visitors can auctions, and then worked for him part ephemera and post cards. kick back with a coffee and go through time while I was in school. I handled his “We opened on the first [of Octo- the store’s reference materials. online presence after university in be- ber] and it has been good so far,” he The store is located at the corner of tween stints on Parliament Hill.” said. “It’s been humbling to see col- Bank Street and Second Avenue in the Even then, the stamp store was in lectors drop by, or send in good Glebe, a fashionable neighbourhood the back of his mind. Green remained wishes if they can’t make it in person. in Ottawa near downtown, and near involved, working with Kimmerly at There have even been a few kids stop- where Green lives. “It is a great neigh- Sparks Auctions and building up ping in to add to their collections, bourhood, a mix of residential, small stock. “Opening a shop was some- which is an encouraging sign. I think shops and restaurants,” he said. thing I was hoping to do,” he said. “I there’s some surprise that it is actu- As for Green himself, his collecting had been buying stock over time with ally a shop and not only online.” interests are already well-defined. “I that in mind. While Green has every intention of collect a couple of things,” he said. “The result is that even though his doing business online, he said he be- “First World War Canadian military store has only been open for a few lieves there is a place for a real stamp mail and the postal history of weeks, there is already a good inven- shop, where collectors can congregate Stratford, Ont., where I have family tory and wide selection. Green said and share opinions. “Interaction with connections.” For more information he has a wide selection of Canadian people is a huge part of the hobby,” he go to www.chrisgreen.ca. 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