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great value. Yet when the job was finally completed, thelast letter opened and the writer advised, this man's greattreasure hunt had turned up exactly nothing! DameFortune was not to be forced to reveal her treasures! How then is one to find anything "good"? Wheremust one look? First, of course, one must know gold when he sees it. Next, the most likely place to make a "strike" is wherethere is a "showing." Any prospector or wildcatter willtell you that. In stamps the most obvious "showing" is whereverstamps are concentrated. At stamp exhibitions, clubmeetings, or, best of all, where stamps are sold! Yes, thestamp dealer's shop is the place to "prospect" if you arein search of treasure. Every important stamp has enteredphilately by way of a stamp dealer and the initial salesprice has usually been but a small fraction of what thestamp was later to realize. |
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