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Hi, Welcome to Ken's Korner.  I created this page to tell you a little bit about me and what is new with Nieser Stamps. 

February 27, 2025--I just realized I hadn't made an update since the beginning of the month.  Quite a bit of new material is here.  New issues have arrived from Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay.  More are on the way...Brazil, Chile, Panama and Peru should all be arriving soon.  It also looks like I will be travelling to Colombia in the next few weeks and will bring back the remaining 2024 issues and the first issues of 2025.

Lots of new collections from all over Latin America have been listed. 

One of the frustrations I have being a part-time dealer is that I am unable to keep price lists 100% updated.  Sometimes that means that stamps listed as available are out of stock, but it can also mean that stamps I have acquired are not on the lists.  I do keep more than 90% of Latin America in stock at all times, so, if you don't see something on my lists, I might have it.  Feel free to send me a want list of what you need.

Another thing I have been working on is the "Odds and Ends" part of the website.  On the home page of the stamps, it is the bottom button on the left handside.  This page is for varieties (Scott listed or not), unlisted materials, unusual multiples, and other interesting items that don't fit elsewhere on the website.  Check it out, there are fascinating finds there to spruce up your specialized collection.

February 2, 2025--The past few falls, I have taken a trip up to Buffalo, NY to hang out with my college buddies for a weekend and catch-up.  One of my closest friends is an avid player of pickleball and he introduced me to the sport.  I finally got around to joining the local Y in order to play regularly and I am enjoying it immensely.  And, it is exercise that I actually like doing.  Despite that, some muscles that I haven't used in a while have been unhappy with the process and have reintroduced themselves to me.  Today it was the groin muscle in my left leg.  Going straight or downstairs is fine, but going upstairs today has proven quite a challenge.

Stampwise, I have begun the process of separating out the covers from postal stationery.  You will note some changes on the cover page.  It is a work in progress--I still have a number of countries to separate out, but the ideas was to shorten the length of the webpages--some of which were getting very long.  I also have been adding quite a number of new covers.  Most are from Bolivia, but I have also added a very nice bisect of #31 from Uruguay; a C1 cover from Chile, zeppelin covers from Argentina and Brazil, among many others.

New issues from Mexico and Paraguay have been listed and Panama has finally been ordered.  Brazil new issues are on their way, as are new issues from Argentina and El Salvador.  Uruguay is supposed to ship in the next two weeks and I will order the Peru and Chile as soon as my suppliers from those two countries answer emails.  I will also be adding to stock additional Bolivia handstamps from the past few years.  I believe I currently have a complete holding of the 160 or so different issues that received the handstamp--some in quantities of just 30 each (scarcer than the inverted Jenny)!!!

Some nice collections have just been added as well.  Check out Puerto Rico (PR-75-07), Colombia (CO-B-75-21) and Nicaragua (NI-B-25-22).  Enjoy your week.

January 26, 2025--Just finished watching the Buffalo Bills lose once again to KC...it's the fourth time our Superbowl hopes have been dashed by the Chiefs.  Exciting game but I am tired of coming out on the short end of the stick.

Stampwise, Costa Rica new issues have been added to that price list and a few postal stationery items to the covers page.  Some Mexico new issues are supposed to be in my PO Box tomorrow.  The previous shipment has gone missing (in the US mails, not Mexico's) so, some 2023 issues will not be available for a while.  My supplier will have to search for them again and I hope that nothing is sold out.  I also added a bunch of modern Honduras aerogrammes to the cover page for that country.  Finally, I added a nice little Dominican Republic collection in a Minkus binder (in great shape) to the collections page (DR-B-75-08).

One other thing I worked on this week was getting all of the Mexico Folios I have listed on the website.  For those not familiar with these, they are similar to the new issue post office announcements as they have the technical information (method of printing, format, size, quantity issued, etc.) but folios are printed on thick paper, replacing earlier post office announcements.  The announcements and folios are listed together on the FIRST DAY COVER page under Post Office Announcements.  The first folio is Scott 1859 and they have continued to date.  Link is to the left.

That's it for tonight.  Have a great week.

January 5, 2025--The Dominican Republic issues from the second half of 2024 have arrived as have additional issues from Brazil.  They are listed on the country price lists.  I also just added a small Peru/Chile collection in a Minkus album in great shape (with pages through 1985)...see PE-B-75-01 on the Peru collections page.

Not much else to tell.  I have added some Guyana orchid stamps to that price list.  I will be updating the Nicaragua price list to run an ad in the American Philatelist.  I currently have many items that are normally sold out, due to the purchase of two nice Nicaragua collections last year that I just finished integrating into stock.  One that ad is run, I just have to do Ecuador and Mexico to have run ads on every major Latin American country in the AP.  Have a great week.  Hopefully, I will have more news to share next Sunday.

January 1, 2025--What a shame that the new year celebrations were marred with acts of senseless violence.  My prayers go out to all of those impacted by the attacks

I have been off from work since the 23rd but I return tomorrow to my job at the University of Houston.  I was quite productive during the break, pricing up dozens of collections, getting new issues into stock and keeping up with orders.  I also assembled 6 bookcase extenders that will allow me more room for my stock.  I have over 300 stockbooks crammed with stamps, some of which overfilled but I didn't have the shelf space to create additional binders.  With these new shelves, I should be OK on space for the next 5 or 6 years.  But the holidays were not all about work...I spent a weekend up in the Sam Houston National Forest with some friends and spent a good amount of time with my dad.  I cooked special meals for Christmas (ham, squash casserole, mashed potatoes) and for new year (Colombian tamales and Chilean empanadas).  Everything turned out quite tasty.  The only downside was that my wife wasn't with us this holiday.  A few weeks before Christmas, she returned to Colombia for more medical treatment.  Hopefully, we will have her home in Houston soon and much healthier than when she left.

During January, I am running my semi-annual collection sale.  Ten percent off all Latin American collections (except those in RED) and twenty percent off all non-Latin collections.  I am also expecting a good number of new issues to be coming in...Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Honduras are already on the way.  Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay should be on their way soon.  I am working to order new issues from Paraguay, Peru and El Salvador (El Salvador issued stamps in 2024 for the first time in several years).  I expect to travel down to Guatemala to get the latest new issues in January or February.  I may have even found someone who can supply the new issues from Ecuador...this has been quite the challenge.  The post office is barely functioning, with no philatelic office to speak of and the post offices that are open don't seem to have the stamps.  Hopefully, the new contact will be able to come through with the stamps for the past several years.  Venezuela remains on hold due to sanctions, but I continue to work on obtaining the issues of the past few years.

I wish you a very happy, healthy and safe 2025.  ¡Feliz año nuevo!  Feliz ano novo!