Coast Philatelics is one of the best stamp shops on the West Coast, if not the very best. Bob and Barbara maintain a deep stock of world and US stamps, covering every country from the classics up to the 1990s, with a few more recent. They have their huge regular stamp stock, priced fairly competitively, many boxes and books of marked-down bargains, and thousands of stamps at ten cents each, organized by country or topic. Their cover stock is quite good, with thousands of covers (US and foreign) priced according to, but below, the market, and additional boxes of covers at $1 each, with some at 50 cents and others at 25 cents. Last time I stopped by, they even had some modern foreign covers at 10 cents. They also have collections, albums and some supplements, mounts, and other accessories. I have been coming to their shop whenever I could manage (I live 50 miles away) for several years now, and I have managed to stop by about six times in the past four months. My only regret is th
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