Topical Stamps

I collect Abe Lincoln and Route 66. I will include just about anything: stamps, postmarks, FDC, event cover, cachet,pictorial postmarks, towns, precancels.

My wife started a Disney collection a couple years ago and now has 4 binders at least.

I have decided to collect different shapes of stamps(triangle, diamond, etc.), airmails, FDC's, perfin's, PB's and maybe Woman's Suffrage/famous women...and maybe fancy or different cancels. Guess I following right behind Gussyboy!

So I got really excited when I came across these...


Now...where do I put them? In with my airmails or diamond shape-stamps??

Crazycat seems to like Oriental style flowers. She started her job last week, and I have been babysitting my granddaughter, so we haven't been on much.

rockin

Rockin':

I'd put those stamp in your new Costa Rica collection that I can help you with!

David
Member, Board-of-Directors,
The Society of Costa Rica Collectors

Wow David, thanks. I just checked and I only have 10 stamps from Costa Rica right now, including my new airmails. What do you collect besides Costa Rica?

rockin

LaSwabbie,
That has always seemed the best way to go to me too! I have thought of doing fish on stamps that way.

Robin

I have always loved that set from Costa Rica! If you want some stamps such as triangles let me know

Fish would be excellent also t360. I'm getting closer to taking the plunge. I'm still thinking about how I could mount such a collection. Have you thought about it?

I would start with some blank pages (archival quality) and a binder.
As I started to accumulate stamps, I would begin a new page for each subgroup of the Order Coleoptera

Are you going to collect beetle stamps (mint and/or used) and covers?
Does the ATA have a list of beetle stamps to work off of?

just out of curiosity
did the cats mentione at the beginning of this thread ever find a home?

Ziggy

The cats have not yet found a home. Do you know of anyone that can give them one?

I did mention a couple of pages back that my 10 year old son collects cats and woulfd be interested.

Richard

Thanks rlorenz! I believe that I have several triangle and diamond. Most of what I have is used, I am not fussy. For some reason I just love the different shapes.

rockin

Robin

I will do some digging and see what I can get out to you

Ziggy

E mail em your address I am not sure I have it or not and I will be glad to get some cats in the mail for your son

Tom, the ATA has insect lists (Vol. I through III) but nothing specific for beetles. They do have a group of "subject matter experts" that are available to help out. One of them might specialize in beetles.

I've been looking on ebay and elsewhere, though, and most of the beetle related mint stamps and souviner sheets seem to be realy high in price. It has me rethinking the whole thing. I may be better off just sticking with what I'm doing.

Rockinrobin, I still have an envelope of triangles set aside for you. Please email me your snail mail address and I'll ge them on the way.