Greetings From California

I just stumbled across this site and it seems like a nice place.
I have collected stamps since I was a child touring Europe with the Family in the 70's. I ended up pooling some of the collections of my two older brothers
And then mostly off and on again.
I had a resurgence in the 80's while a graduate student at the University of California at Davis and one of the local Sacramento clubs.
Then off and on again.
A few years ago I took possession of my fathers somewhat extensive collection (mostly US) and have more recently been sorting through to see what is there and what needs preservation.
I collect a lot of things, US mint and used and back of book things;
an older neglected world collection; a lot of blocks and plate blocks (mostly more modern).
I also have a emphasis on Canada due to my marriage to a Canadian, and a long time interest in accumulating all stamps depicting plants. Particularly those that include the Latin binomial as well as common names (being a plant biologist, the scientific names make the images particularly pleasing).
Perhaps a long introduction, but it seems to cover the bases.
Cheers,

Glad to have you, we very much enjoy looking at collections so anytime you want to post pics we will be watching. This forum is one of the greats and all usually get along fine. Also the site has great information and if you can not find it here with a search you will quickly get a answer to any question.

Welcome from another newcomer.

And also hello from another stamp collector from California. You will find that this site is very supportive of your every question. I just joined a few days ago, and already have great answers for many of my questions.

Glad to have you on board.

Welcome Phyto glad that you joined up with us. You will find many people here ready to scan those types of stamps for you. Should be loads of fun. WELCOME - jeff

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome phytoman

We should get along great as I am a plant fanatic.

Dianne

Welcome and enjoy.

Welcome and have fun