New Member From Virginia + New To Collecting + Interest In French Stamps

Hello All,

I'm new to stamp collecting! After years of building an overly-large record collection, I'm ready to collect something smaller (and hopefully a little cheaper).

I am very interested in French stamps, particularly those dealing with composers/musicians, or pre-1950 French stamps.

Are there any good sources of information on French stamps?

Thank you!
Chabrier

This is an excellent source of information about French stamps - you should be able to find cheap copies on US Amazon, Abe etc

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PATRIMOINE...p/2842340353

Thank you, Geoff! Ordered a copy, am looking forward to reading it.

Chabrier,

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

I hope you enjoy the book. I was led to it by others here, so no need to thank me!

Welcome to collecting ... welcome to the forum. There are many sharp folks here willing to help. France certainly has plenty of interesting stamps, etc. Bon chance with it all.

Bienvenue!
There are several folks here, including myself, collecting France, which is a particularly enjoyable country to collect. Enjoy your Patrimoine… volume — it is something to heft!

- Jonathan

Thanks, all! I'm already enjoying beginning the process of learning more.