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Weird! I registered on this forum back in June 2015 but, apparently, have never said a darn thing on it!
Well, here goes my intro:
I was born in Dallas, Texas, more than 50 years ago and have lived in Phuket (pronounced Poo-get) for almost 12. I arrived here just two days before the 2004 tsunami....
I teach English here and am currently the deputy head teacher for the largest language school/teachers' agency in the province. Keeps me busy!
I've collected stamps since I was around 9 or 10 years old. I recall receiving my mother's old album (Scott Modern, copyright 1938) on my 10th birthday but don't remember if I collected anything before that. I collected US new issues and general worldwide back then.
Although there were brief periods when I put the collection on hold, I never really stopped. I specialized in classic Great Britain for a while, put together some nice single-country collections, dabbled in postal history for a time, went back-and-forth between first day covers and signed space covers (mainly pre-Shuttle test flights), and more.
I attended many local stamp shows in the Midwest in the 1980's and 1990's but only got to one international-level exhibition -- Pacific 97.
When I left for Thailand, I put everything into storage. A year after my move, the storage facility burned down and I lost everything (the photos my family sent were heartbreaking!).
I started anew with Thailand new issues. It's a great country to collect with a (fairly) reasonable amount of stamps each year with interesting topics and (mostly) nice designs. Postcards became a passion of mine and I joined Postcrossing.
About three years ago, I became inspired to start collecting "A Stamp from Everywhere" -- obtaining stamps in (mostly) alphabetical order. I soon found that I often couldn't settle on just one stamp from many issuing entities so it's now become a collection of "Stamps from (Almost) Everywhere" as there are certain issuers that I will never be able to afford a stamp from (Confederate Postmasters' Provisionals, for example).
Thus, I suppose I am -- once again -- a general worldwide collector. I am designing my own album pages this time around, only including the stamps that I actually own, rather than including spaces for stamps I will never fill. A new page is designed as soon as I have enough stamps to fill it...
I also have an ever-increasing range of topicals I collect. These include Education on Stamps (I am a teacher, after all); US History; Mystery Writers and Works (especially revolving around Edgar Alan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie); and Pioneers of Aviation.
I do have several blogs covering stamps and postcards (one's a daily endeavor!). But I cannot (yet) provide links. When I reach 50 quality posts, I'll let you know where to find me....
Cheers!
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Posted 10/08/2016 11:06 pm
