New Member From The West Coast Of Canada

Hello!

I'm an old-time collector of Canada and British Empire and Commonwealth stamps. With a side theme of warships on stamps.

Welcome to the forum from an East Coaster. I know it can be quite wet often with rain on the west coast but your winters are milder. Have to ask though- Did you want your username wet coaster or did you miss hitting the s.
I collect Canada along with some British Commonwealth countries also. Much useful information learned using this forum, enjoy.

Welcome from a fellow West coaster. Considering the amount of rain we get here his WetCoaster name is most appropriate!

WetCoaster,

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. Sounds like you are a perfect candidate to become a postal history collector?

Wishing you many enjoyable future days in our hobby. Russ