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What exactly can a penny buy these days? This is a question often asked. Google the question and you will find a few answers. Not much, apparently, according to most. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I actually set out to make purchases for one cent. This blog documents the various items I scored for a penny or less.

What qualifies a purchase as a penny loot? The cost of anything mentioned in this blog includes the purchase price, tax, shipping and handling fee, if any. If a rebate is involved, the postage to mail it is part of the cost. If a coupon is bought and used in the deal, that figures into the total as well. And the total cost must be equal to or less than US$0.01. The item must also be procured from a source available to the public - "My aunt gave me a sweater" doesn't count.

Some costs are not included in the one cent total. Chief among them is the time and effort to hunt for and complete the deals. Gas and mileage is not counted if a trip to the store is required. Computer and office equipment amortization, paper and ink expenditures are all excluded.

As expected, quite a few of the items I bought came from China. Depending on your tastes and needs, some of the stuff may be considered totally worthless. But that is not the point of this exercise.

This blog also does not dwell on where and how the items were bought. I frequent a few deal sites for information that lead to some of the purchases. The various auction sites are also a treasure trove to explore. But I would rather devote the blog to present the results - the items I obtained for a penny or less, in no particular order.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Mixed Stamp - From Bulgaria

On the heels of the mini bottles, came another shipment of penny goods from this country that I have never been to.  Lovingly preserved in great condition, the price I paid was one cent per set.  Each set has multiple, coordinated stamps.  Some appear to be unused.

This page has a stamp from each of USSR, Vietnam, and Hungary, depicting space grogram.

Mongolian stamps depicting space program.

Magyar (Hungarian) stamps.  It is interesting that one of these (the cosmonauts) got transposed to a Mongolian stamps shown earlier. 
Bulgarian stamps for flowers.
Magyar (Hungarian) stamps for folk tales.
These are Fujairah (part of United Arab Emirates) stamps.  They depict historical figures.
Bulgarian stamps for sports.  Most commemorate the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Bulgarian stamps commemorating the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada.
Shown above are 2 blocks of unused Bulgarian stamps commemorating 50th anniversary of the National Theater, issued in 1947.  They feature actress Elena Snezhina(Snejina) and actor Atanas(Athanas) Kirchev, who were married to each other.
These are from the Bulgarian collection "500 Years of Culture" issued in 1966.
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