Hello, Fellow Philatelists!

That just is fun to say, by the way*.

Hey, celticknot here. Been a stamp collector on and off for a few decades now. I registered here to chat about some of the newer issues and see who's out there collecting stamps these days.

When I was a kid I had a binder of stamps from countries around the world on stamp hinges, you know the drill there. I still have that album somewhere, but my main interest now is collecting full sheets of stamps that I get from the post office when I visit to ship something.

Looking at my album now, it's absurd how much money in postage I have tied up. At least most of it is "Forever" postage so I could in theory turn a profit at some point. That is, if the Postal Service exists in a decade or two

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself. Hope to have some good conversations and meet some avid stamp collectors.

Cheers!

* It reminds me of the silly German Rhubarb tongue twister video... apologies in advance but it's a lot of fun. Wonder if these guys collect German stamps.... hmmm...

CelticKnot,

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