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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3498721, member: 76194&quot;]Do I have a treat for you guys next week...</p><p><br /></p><p>I managed to acquire a bunch of US stamps from 1899 which were overprinted to say &quot;Cuba&quot; and the value changed to &quot;Centavos de Peso&quot; instead of US cents. Basically, they were US stamps converted to Cuban stamps by the US occupation forces after Spain lost control of the island, and these overprinted stamps were then sold by the US government to US soldiers occupying the island, and Cuban locals, to use for postage to replace the previous Spanish colonial stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also managed to acquire a few 1899 Cuban stamps (not overprinted US stamps that say Cuba, but actual Cuban stamps) which were released in the second half of the year to replace the overprinted stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll have photos for you guys next week of this lot. This is huge for me...so far all I had in my philatelic journey was a few common WWII stamps and a handful of common 70&#039;s era space themed stamps. This is definitely a step up in collecting quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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