Most of the people active on Stamp Paradise seem to live in Europe, so when a man from Brasil (or Brazil?) asked me if I wanted to exchange stamps I agreed.
Before long I received my first letter - I believe - from the South American continent. Amazingly, in size Brasil is as large as the whole of the USA (minus Alaska). But here stamps are generally very small. Carlos Zeitune would have been aware of this, because from the start his ofer was to send 100 Brazilian for 70 large commemoratives.
See how, apart from the older bunch in the middle, the more recent stamps are quite 'European': monotonous, a lot of white, not very imaginative. But that is only one person's opinion. Shoot me down in flames if you disagree.
After a successful first exchange, Carlos sent me a second letter. The first time, he sent me Brazilian stamps for New Zealand. This time, knowing my preference for older stamps, he enclosed a selection of older Italian, Danish and Canadian.
The deal that Carlos proposed was 200 for 100. Writing this post reminds me that I have yet to fulfill my end of the bargain. A stamp blog is indeed a boon to those of of us who are not entirely organized. 
Most of the people active on Stamp Paradise seem to live in Europe, so when a man from Brasil (or Brazil?) asked me if I wanted to exchange stamps I agreed.
Before long I received my first letter - I believe - from the South American continent. Amazingly, in size Brasil is as large as the whole of the USA (minus Alaska). But here stamps are generally very small. Carlos Zeitune would have been aware of this, because from the start his ofer was to send 100 Brazilian for 70 large commemoratives.
See how, apart from the older bunch in the middle, the more recent stamps are quite 'European': monotonous, a lot of white, not very imaginative. But that is only one person's opinion. Shoot me down in flames if you disagree.