HI All! Thanks For All Of The Info Sharing!

Hi everyone! I've learned a lot already just glancing through some of the forums posts. I started collecting stamps when my mom passed away, it was a hobby I could dive into as little or as much as I needed and it fascinated my engineer's brain.

My collection is pretty varied, as I have a lot of pack rats in my family (myself included of course) and they gifted me with parts of their collections. Without having everything catalogued, I think I have 1920s - present, all mixed through about 60 countries. I have some relatives who worked for the postal service here in the US, so I have a few US first day covers and special covers that are fascinating.

For me, I like the idea of completing a series, not so much concerned with the value, although that is very interesting as well. I'd be curious to see what everyone likes to do in organizing and cataloging their collections.

Cheers!

Welcome.
Don

Welcome!

I've recently joined as well and learned so much since!

I've been collecting since the mid 80's, on and off. With the kids all grown up now, I have my evenings back to myself! And « stamping » is what I love to do!

As I find collecting worldwide overwhelming, I keep it « small ». I collect Canada (and Newfoundland), USA, France and CEPT/Europa. But of course, I keep any stamp that I find interesting, no matter what the reason is (I make my own rules!) Therefore, I have many topical collections: squirrels, Santas, forestry, logging, snowflakes, snowmen, evergreens, ferns, small mammals, old maps, chess, cats, places I've visited, weird stamps among too many topics to name!

I'm sure you'll enjoy it very much here! I know I do!

Wishing you a Happy New Year 2023!

Welcome!


For me, that's the best advice and guideline.
Topical, WW, counties, events, errors, variations - you choose what you find interesting and go for it.

DesertDweller,

Enjoy having fun with stamps! That is the name of this game. Old(errrr) collectors never die, they just relocate to a higher location.

Collecting for the enjoyment of collecting, whatever that might be, is the name of the game. Don't hesitate to ask questions especially if you need basic information and especially more advanced sources of information for any possible topic. You should be able to find folks on this board a little further along on their collecting journey glad to share experiences.

My personal bias is a used stamp loses the story of its journey in the postal service when it is removed from the cover it transported to its destination. Collecting postal history adds a whole new aspect to your journey in our hobby.

Wishing you many enjoyable future days in our hobby. Russ

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Welcome!
Dale