I see a lot of grey hair in the video. It is a beautiful video ofcourse, but I have mixed feelings about Philatelic organisations, I did a lot of research about the market in stamps and why there are less and less collectors (in my country). It has to do that we do not live in 1840 anymore, Things are modernised in the old fashion way. The most important thing is a change in economic views in the 1950's. The time of Elvis and big american cars. A new view of how to make a decent profit, in this case profit is creating more collectors. The old fashioned way of buying what the seller wants to sell, doesn't work anymore since a long time. No one is responsible for the fact that there are less and less collectors. While the fun and good feeling of collecting is stil there. One of the problems is the grey hairs of important people in the Philatelic organisations.
But the video is nice, how it works there, etc. I have mixed feelings about it. Stamp community is doing a lot of good work,they are not focused to the inside of the hobby, they step into the world outside the hobby, communication not in an organisation but everyone can be a member here. Here come new collectors every day. Good work StampCommunity! Modern tools to get new collectors enthousiastic. People who share there knowledge, help eachother. I realy love this forum.
Columbus had an idea, he wanted to go to the west over the sea to look what is overthere. But he had no money so he talked to people that had money, those people said it is impossible to find something in the west, it is the end of the world. But no one had ever been there. Then starts the story of 'the egg of Columbus' it is a famous story. Columbus told the people that should invest in his trip, ok, you all say it is impossible but... can you let an egg stand straight up? They said ofcourse not! that is impossible! Then Columbus showed that it was possible, and the investors gave him a ship and food and personel etc. He discovered a continent bigger than Europe. It's the same with philately!
Call me stuffy if you want; but I really liked this video - I think I'll check out membership. Won't get to London too often but would like to have access to their on-line material and receive their journal. Would be fun to spend a few days in London and take in a visit or two to their building while enjoying everything else London has to offer.
Re aging stamp collectors - like many other endeavours and whether we like it or not, stamp collecting and philately are, to a very great extent, pastimes for people who have time to pursue them and the means to accumulate material; i.e. the grey-hairs. It's great to see younger people engaged in the hobby, many of them here on this site, but let's not continue to bemoan the aging of the stamp community. I agree that a lot of effort should be expended on trying to expose very young people to the hobby as they will form the pool of future philatelists who (after they make their fortunes) will continue to fill the ranks of the grey hairs who pass on to the great stamp show in the sky!
By the way kilowarecollector, great avatar - one of the great New Zealand stamps, one very hard to find in good condition.
NBSTAMPER, great. I did like the video also! I am one of those grey haired folks and proud of it. I was collecting before I turned grey though, ever since the early fifties. Stopped only during a period of chemo therapy and thereafter until I was back on my feet again. And one thing about the younger folks - and not all are the same - they have a tendency of looking too much at the value side of it!
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