Greetings From Alabama, USA

My name is Kristin and I am new to SCF. I recently stumbled upon this site and have been impressed with the friendliness and the extensive knowledge base of the members. I started collecting as a child (MNH US stamps), stopped for a while and picked up the hobby again in 2005. I still have my MNH collection that was started long ago and I have slowly been adding more expensive items. One of my favorite acquisions was the last three stamps from the Prexies. I have always thought those stamps were kind of neat, even as a child. When I got back into stamp collecting in 2005, I became truly obsessed and started going after world wide items. To this day, I continue to be a world wide collector, plus maintaining my MNH US collection. I have tried to specialize, but have always found myself going back to my world wide collection because I love the variety. I have some favorite countries that I have spent more time on including, Germany, Scandinavia, Japan and Australia.

I am looking forward to getting to know all of you on SCF and talking about our obsession with stamps!

My my, Alabamy! Welcome Kristin !

to the forum Kristin!

Welcome -- my experiences parallel yours. I tried to collect U.S. as a child, but that didn't work very well. So I quit and returned to the hobby as an adult. A lot of us have done that.

I don't collect worldwide though. Still do U.S., U.N., and Canada.

We look forward to learning more about your collection -- and hopefully seeing some scans of your stamps.

KirkS

Hello and welcome, km.

It's nice to have you here.

Hi Kristin, you've found a great place to share your obsession. I look forward to some of your posts and hopefully share some of your collection with us.

Thanks for all the warm welcome! I am out of town right now for the holidays, so I am away from my collection. When I return home, I would love to show off my collection to people who would enjoy it.

Km41566, a big welcome into this community of collectors, hope you Post daily. After 50 quality Posts you become eligible to sell/auction a few of your nice stamps.

I'm happy to read you collect Australian - any particular favorites e.g. Kangaroo, KGV series, decimal Blk varieties ('69 Flight, X-mas 71,'85 tete-beche , '09 lets get active sheet)

Welcome Kristin!

Glad to have another new member join the ranks.
This is such a good group here. You'll enjoy being a part of it. And you'll learn a lot too.
My collection is mainly USA and World WIde Airmails, but from trades and giveaways, and lot purchases, etc, I do have some world wide. Though I don't collect world wide, I do appreciate their beauty.


Forgot tomention, I have a brother in law that lives in Mobile.

Kind Regards,

Dave N.
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Welcome to SCF! I just returned to the hobby myself after years of neglecting it..I dusted it off and jumped right back in though! Again, Welcome Kristin!

Kristin, glad to have you join up with us. I look forward to many discussion and scans and hours of fun, trading and learning about all sorts of stamps. I have found this forum to be that absolute best in every category, from friendly to knowledgeable and they willingly share it all. WELCOME!

Welcome Kristin

Your story is much like many of us here. Great that you joined us.

Dianne