Decided To Rejuvenate My Stamp Hobby

Hi,

I have always been fascinated by stamps and I was a stamp collector in the Philippines since 5 years old but I was not able to continue my hobby when I started highschool. Lately, while taking my Masters here in the USA, I have had a lot of free time and I decided to rejuvenate my Stamp Hobby.

Frankly, however, I have lost touch with the hobby and I tried reading books about it just to update myself. I have also to start from scratch on my stamp collection and I am having a hard time gathering stamps nowadays especially when people are more inclined to use emails and if they do send mails, they use the machine printed ones. Anyway, I would really appreciate it if anyone could lend me a hand in starting up my collection. Thank you very much and I look forward to participating in the forums.

SIncerely,

John

First things first, you must decide what areas you want to collect !

Worldwide
US
Single country

Welcome to the stamp community, Johnstamp!

Welcome Johnstamp

Dianne

Thank you DIanne

Thanks T360

Thanks bobggg.....maybe Ill start worldwide considering that the focus is more broader

Johnstamp, Welcome..drop around here anytime..phil

Welcome John!

May I suggest you focus on a few countries, or a region in the world. A worldwide collection, to-day, is too broad, and you'll get lost in it.

David

Hi John,

If you don't mind a suggestion about which countries to collect...
For a begining stamp collector I'd suggest you sellect a country/countries that interest you, but also countries that don't have a lot of minor varieties. SOme countries' stamps have a lot of minor varieties that are hard to determine one from another. On the other hand some countries like Ireland or Iceland are pretty straight forward to collect.

Dave N.
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Thanks Dave..really appreciate it

Johnstamp you have come to the right place for advice when I joined this site I knew not a thing about stamps lick em and stick em thats what I knew (not that I know a whole lot now)i was given my grandfathers collection after grandma passed away silly me just put the boxes in storage not knowing what I had til here recently and still really not sure but I am learning thanks to all these wonderful people who have helped me so far ill be honest I had NO interest in stamp collecting until I logged on here ,now its like an addiction I cant wait til I have time in my day to sit down and read and ask questions here on this site I look forward to reading what some of the guys have to say, I've emailed with a few of the gents on here and I cant tell you how helpful they have been to me( and you know who you are) so enjoy and have fun "no question is a stupid question" THANKS TINA

Welcome John. I agree with the general trend of the stream, i.e. focus. But, whatever you choose make iot your own. If you want to go with a world-wide approach you can consider a 'topical' collection by selecting a topic, e.g cars, animals, bears, men with beards or anything that has some interest for you in the rest of your life and build a collecvtion off of that topic. Youi will find a lot of help right here once you decide on a direction or path you wish to travel. Good luck....

thank you guys!