From 1982 To 2024, A More Than 40 Years Comeback To The Hobby!

Hi
I'm Eric, I'm lawyer and work for the city.
I have been stamp collecting since I was 14, 42 years ago.
The reasons, I really can't leave the hobby, to try introduce my youngest daughter and my grandson!
My favorite topics are Sports/Olympics, Dragons, Disney, dogs, hunting.
I collect world wide but with emphasis in Puerto Rico; Pre-Vietnam War USA, preferably 1800's-early 1900's. Also UN, Croatia, Grenada, Spain, the Ex- Soviet Republics:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
and a few others.

Welcome to the family, Eric!

I wish you the best with introducing your daughter and grandson to stamp collecting. The future of our hobby depends on getting young people interested, a tough challenge in a world awash in mobile devices.

Congratulations on finding your way back!

My break was 1978 to about 2003.

Howdy!

Welcome back - I like eclectic collections and it looks like that is what you have going. Congrats!

Eric,

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