The time for a more official meeting is approaching but Arnaud does not want to leave without having presented his collection of stamps to these two experts, who have come from Paris on purpose. Too bad for lunch, which will be cut short by this rather consuming passion for philately! The Eurélien places with infinite precaution a large black filing cabinet on the table at the end of which has been pushed aside a barely touched dessert. Facing him, Michel Carbonne and Bernard Laurent have also forgotten the coffees ordered earlier, absorbed by the curiosity of the discovery.
Two experts estimate your stamps for free this Saturday in Chartres
Estimation, advice, meetings …
All day this Saturday, June 19, these two experts welcomed at the Brasserie de l’Ouest, in Chartres, collectors to whom they offered estimates, advice, support to start or structure a collection, sales or all. simply an exchange on the tone of passion and erudition. “We have seen more ordinary things this year. We are no longer in the beginners collection. We are less in a sophisticated philately ”, noted in turn the two men, who have offered this free day of expertise for three years.
With a little extra soul …
Among the people crossed during this Saturday, there are those who have inherited the compilation of the grandfather, the parents and who “want to know how much it costs”, summarizes Bernard Laurent. And there are those who are enthusiastic about the practice, those who collect with a little extra soul, and, when it comes to talking about stamps, cheerfully overflow on the time of the next meeting. Arnaud had not opened his old filing cabinets for twenty years.
“This is how we recognize a passionate”
Having heard of the arrival of the two specialists, he saw the opportunity to confront the value of his series, started very young, in the shadow of a grandfather so bitten. “This is how we recognize a passionate”, breathes Michel Carbonne, looking at the documents arranged according to dates, dimensions, values, under thick plastic presented to him by the collector.
A new stamp from La Poste, which honors stained glass artists, presented in Chartres
Under the stamp, a certain history of France
A discussion of fine connoisseurs of technical language then begins, which resembles, over the stamps analyzed, a journey back in time. During it, the protagonists plunged back into the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, tried to redo a certain route between Odessa (Russia) and New South Wales, followed the evolution of the Semeuse, traveled through the old colonies, discovered another way of advertising … According to these documents, translate the experts, an era and the state of mind that reigned there emerge.
Philately for all ages
“It’s a great study,” said Michel Carbonne, once the filing cabinets are closed. “It needs to be improved,” added his sidekick to encourage Arnaud to complete it with other beautiful pieces. But the Eurélien who, has other collections to his credit, confessed to them to ask the question of the sale of his vignettes, too monopolized now by his collection of jazz vinyls. “Too bad”, said the two experts, who would like to see young people interested in philately.
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