** update – I learnt yesterday (4th Aug) of the very, very sad news that Jos Eijsermans has died. I met Jos on several occasions through the years, including at some of the IBNS London chapter monthly meetings and at Valkenburg, in the Netherlands. Jos was always trying to promote notgeld with his positive character and spent a lot of time and effort trying to get new collectors interested in them. Jos leaves another big hole in the world of notgeld. Rest in peace, Jos. **
A friendly and BIG hello to everyone as usual. I hope everyone is well and all your family lifes are keeping you busy and content. I hope your collecting passions have remained and that your notgeld collections, continue to grow and improve. I have been very lucky over the past few months to have been able to add some beautiful and scarce notgeld to my collection. It keeps me happy and also allows more research about the pieces. I’ll share all the info I have in articles over the next few months, of course. A collector colleague of mine in Spain, is going to supply me with some info about the notgeld they had in 1937. I already have some lovely scans of some pieces so once I complete the article, it will be the next one I publish. For those of you that regularly check my website, hopefully the ‘Weener’ notgeld article, just published, proves interesting to you. It is amazing that ‘new’ uncatalogued pieces are still being found.
The weather has taken a bit of a turn here. It is very changeable going from very hot and dry to fairly windy and wet. It changes every day so for my cycling, I try and pick the best day in the week to go. Sometimes I get it right but last week, I got it wrong…….or the weather forecasters did!! Nevermind, the ride itself was accomplished and my health and weight were good from it all.
The huge valuation task that I am currently doing for someone, is at last coming to an end. It has been a long process but an enjoyable one, especially as I have learnt so much. The website has gained info and scans and everyone wins!
On a different note, these pieces arrived here today. Uncommon serienscheine OVPs (revalued overprints) from Auerbach can be found on the internet sites and condition varies a lot. It shows they were used in circulation. They originally had face values of ((3 x 50) + (3 x 75pf)) in 1921 and they have all then been revalued to 50 mark. Note number ‘5’, missing from the scan below, is on its way to me and then, I will have the complete OVP set of 6 pieces!
