Portugal #681 mint Miranda do Douro Musician Woman's Costume 1947 cv

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Portugal #681 mint Miranda do Douro Musician Woman's Costume 1947 cv
Original gum hinged. No faults or thins. 2018 Scott cv = .
Retirement & Clearance Sale
I'm inching my way toward retiring from the stamp business -- but first I want to finish listing on eBay the roomful of stamps I have accumulated but not listed yet. I suspect that will take at least a couple of years! And I'm gradually reducing prices on older items that are still unsold. You can find hundreds of bargains by searching my eBay store sorted oldest first. And watch for my 99c auctions of older lots that have not sold at a fixed price. For now, I am working more slowly, and listing new items less frequently. And I can't always answer your questions as promptly as I would like. But there will still be lots of cool stamps on offer for many months to come. And I still promise to ship your stamps as promptly as ever.
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Collections & accumulations.
Unless the item description specifically says otherwise, the following is true of all my stamp collections and accumulations.
The stamps in the scan(s) are the very same stamps you will receive, though all stamps may not be pictured in a large lot.
If a catalog value is indicated, it comes from the latest edition of Scott when that item was uploaded to ebay, and I looked them up myself.
Where there are watermark, perf, paper or other varieties, I have either confirmed the identification myself, or I've priced it as the cheapest type.
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