Collecting Crests :

Crests vs. Stamp Collecting

In the early days of stamp collecting,
say ninety years ago, the hobby of "crest"
collecting was a strong competitor for
favor, particularly so in England.

Many stamp dealers of the time also
handled crests, cut square and in
various forms, in sets and packets
of considerable variety. Albums
for crests were available and I
have one such collection before me
that closely resembles the stamp
album of the same period, blank
pages with ruled squares, an album
substantially bound with brass
clasps and no doubt even then
an expensive purchase. It was
Paris-made.

There are a thousand or more
varieties in this collection:
entwined initials, family
coats of arms, crests and
seals of royalty and nobility,
colleges and schools, insignia
of British regiments and naval
vessels, etc., all in an
extensive range of colors.

Stamp collecting was hardier
and thrived and multiplied
over the years, while the
interest in crests waned and
faded away. Apparently it
was a form of collecting
which was popular in England
and on the Continent but it
seems it never caught hold
in the United States. Nevertheless,
it is a fascinating old collection.

- George B. Sloane
Sloane's Column
Stamps
March 19, 1955

Yah, those danged Americans... they never get with the program and ruin all the fun for everyone else...

-Allen

We were always trouble makers..during the revolution all the good people moved north to Canada !

I get the feeling there is a warm rivalry between North and South,
that is, US and Canada :)

Rod, my soil is the North..i wore the yankee blue !!

And I'm from the same neck of the woods as Philb, so I'm yankee thru and thru too!

-Allen

I posted this in another thread, but this seems like the right place for it.

I can understand why it never caught on in the US, what with the lack of history there....(duck and run, duck and run......... )

You are a brave man Jubilee :)
You may be outnumbered 10 to 1.

My great great great (I think 3 ) grandfather on my mother's side, was a loyalist, jailed in North New York State, and banished to Canada. His family was given land in Prince Edward Island.