Really Odd Collections..... Ideas Or What You Do...

"We are all familiar with perforations on stamps but how many of us collect the material punched out by the perforating machines?
"Chad" refers to paper fragments created when perforations are made in paper etc.
There are endless possibilities... differing gauges will have differing sizes of "chads" punched out. "
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Now THAT'S a truly kooky idea. Great stuff. Never thought of that!
Gavin

Hi Gavin,

Thank you. That is most kind of you. I will definitely keep you in mind.

Terry

Gynaecology & Obstetrics FDCs could be a quirky topic. I have already made a start

20th Sept 1967 Australian FDC, 4c World Congress of Gynaecology & Obstetrics

I collect stamps/covers/postmarks with my kids names on them - a Douglas postmark form the Isle of Man, and the Lincoln Douglass debate stamp qualify, as do covers from Charlotte NC and Charlottenberg in Berlin.
I don't actively seek them out, just put them to one side when I find them.

Try collecting Forgeries ,it is a hot area with collectors and not too expensive .

Following up on my earlier post - First day stamps used on an older FDC.
Who would do that?

Here's another interesting one

30th Anniversary of Tasman Crossing (27th Aug 1958) on a 1958 Health FDC (20th Aug 1958)- Woodbourne Air Force PO cancel 14th Oct

1958 NZ Health
This is what it should look like with correct stamps and date 20/08/58

For some who may be reading this (myself included) who don't know too much about the Health Stamps and/or Health Camps of New Zealand, I thought I'd post this link to provide something of an explanation of how they developed:

http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/t...spx?irn=2672

How about "The Modern Graffiti Pen & Marker USPS Fancy Cancels" ?!?!

wt1 - thanks for posting that link.

For anyone interested in viewing all the NZ FDC's with Health Stamps this is a good site to visit

http://www.newzealandcovers.com/Hea...y+Covers.htm

Ever since I acquired the first stamp Iran issued commemorating the storming of the US embassy and taking of hostages, I've been toying with the idea of a collection of stamps about crime and criminals.

Two more for the wrong date collection

May 20th 1939 FAM on a FDC dated May 16th



1973 National Museum of History and Technology on a 1972 Transpo cover