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I've been on here a little while, but I thought I should introduce myself. I am a worldwide collector and got my start as many here did when I was nine years old. My collecting has ebbed and waned over the years until about three years ago I decided to collect the world and I've had a lot of fun so far. I am up to about 66,000 different world stamps and I use the Scott Internationals through 1976, then Minkus Global from '76 to '83 and then Harris Masterworks world supplements after that. It makes for a kind of eclectic collection. My inspiration for collecting the world began when I helped a friend of a family sell their estate of stamps that consisted of 175 3 ring binders with homemade pages. It was a lot of fun going through them and getting ideas. I write articles for my local stamp club newsletter and I am always interested in hearing about how people collect the world.

Landoquakes, to SCF. Any contribution from you will be most welcome and keenly absorbed especially being 'the journalist' for your local stamp club.

PS. Your user name sounds interesting, maybe you can post details in Forum Topic - "How did you pick your SCF name"

Welcome landoquakes

Glad you could join us.

I also collect WW. Though it is a bit intimidating at times I find that I usually work on one to three countries at a time. The rest are sorted into small boxes and envelopes. I have one to 4 Binders for each country. I print my own pages to make it more affordable.

Dianne

Welcome landoquakes (where exactly is that) - glad to have you join up with us. Looking forward to seeing some of your stamps and joining in on some great conversation. Sure is great to have you with us! - Jeff

Thank you for the welcome! I hope I will be able to contribute.

One of the other things I collect is Wacky Packages (parody stickers from the 1970's) and when these forums began on the Internet in the late '90's I chose my favorite sticker landoquakes as my handle. I am from Minnesota and Land-O-Lakes is really big around here. Landoquakes is a parody of Land-o-Lakes. http://applesandalligatorpears.file...doquakes.jpg I found that it is an easy name to remember.

Hello landoquakes, welcome!

Wow, that 175 binders must have been fun. You would have to have been organized for sure.

Welcome to the land of philatelic and stamp collecting ideas and pictures and just hanging around.

Yes welcome landoquakes. I also collect world wide, mostly USA, Russia though. But boy one day I'll say I have that many stamps, but now it is about,I think 1,500 or so.

Just seen your link for your name. Why don't you submit it for an avatar?

How do I uplink a new photo for an avatar? If there is a link on how to do this, I'l love to see it!