Glad I Stumbled On This Site!

I have been collecting US stamps on and off since around 1957. After working until almost 75, I finally have time to devote to my favorite hobby.

I purchased around 660 covers in 2007 and I am now attempting to identify them using the Scott 2014 Specialized Catalogue of US Stamps and Covers. While having the post mark helps, the inability to discern watermarks is a challenge when several options exist.

I look forward to chatting with others about some of these, such as the 1908-21 definitives.

welcome!


Peter

Welcome!

Dale

Welcome!

Scott

Welcome.

You will find tons of information on this forum. Most stamp related searches on Google direct you here. Mainly because they have the goods. I've been a member for just over a year now. Yet I've been using this forum for years prior to becoming a member.

The old timers on this site are helpful and if they don't have an answer they usually know who does or can direct you to a website that will.

Enjoy your retirement, this place will keep you busy. Have fun.

papa0802,

Enjoy having fun with stamps! That is the name of this game.

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