Closet Collectors

I have a lady friend at work who always jokes around with my wife about how I's a stamp collecting nerd.

Today she admitted to me that she has been collecting U.S. commeratives since the 1970's. She's what I call a closet collector.

Do any of you have a friend or relative like that?

No, but the connection with closets made me think of the late Freddy Mercury of rockband Queen. Yesterday I heard on the radio that he was a fanatical stamp collector. His collection is now in the National Postal Museum in London.

Talking about Freddy Mercury, makes me think of another band. Has anyone heard of the band "I'm From Barcelona" a Swedish band that has done a song called "Collection of Stamps" bring it up on itunes or you tube or whatever.
You should get a kick out of it.

Check it out here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMl2z7d9jmA

Cool,I like it.

Even my Daughter said the music was great.

Steve

While there, I found this video,too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2MlXCZJEo

Of course, there is always John Lennons boyhood stamp collection. Also, one of the Rolling Stones started collecting stamps in the last few years, I think it is Ronnie Wood.

I am sure there are many closet or closed door stamp collectors out there.

Well they were not closet collectors or I would not know it..but many hollywood actors were stamp collectors..Glen Ford and Ernest Borgnine come immediately to mind..more than a few were APS members..it was not something the APS bragged about unless the person displayed something !!

Phil,
I know that the famous or well known individuals I mentioned are not closet collectors. However, at one time they could have been because no one may have asked them or known outside of their immediate family. Sometimes we vocal & active collectors have to be the 1st ones to mention our hobby in a conversation to get others to reveal or pique their interest.

My father, when he finally 'retired' at age 70 continued a stamp
collection we had in the family for years-- he would go on a wednesday afternoon to the next town as there was a stamp seller at the markert; he told my mother he just went shopping... He put all the stamps by kind and color on the pages- some pages would have 50 of the Bismarck German stamps on it... he enjoyed it! Maybe that's where I get the collecting bug from, or was it from Phil?

If any of my family or friends are closet collectors, then they are still in the closet. (apart from Bandicoot, I managed to pry him out LOL)

Steve