What we collect!

 

Stamporama Discussion Board Logo
For People Who Love To Talk About Stamps
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Stamporama Discussion Board Logo
For People Who Love To Talk About Stamps
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Stamporama Discussion Board Logo
For People Who Love To Talk About Stamps



What we collect!
What we collect!


General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : What new country did you start collecting recently?

 

Author
Postings
tuscany4me
Members Picture


08 Oct 2012
01:27:22am
Anyone collecting something new? Since I study Biblical Archaeology, Israel interests me so I am going to start an Israel Collection. And since I already have a small collection of 1st edition books by Dr. David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, I am adding stamps related to them specifically. (mostly Livingstone obviously)

How 'bout anyone else?

And Thanks to michael78651, Also starting a U.S. Flag Collection

Like
Login to Like
this post
Joeg
Members Picture


08 Oct 2012
08:48:13am
re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

If my collecting habits were submitted to a psychologist for analysis, I'm sure I would be labeled as having ADHD. I'm a worldwide collector and tend to bounce from country to country as the mood strikes me. Just in the last month, I started new albums for Cuba and Luxembourg, bringing about 600 stamps into my collection.

Up next - tackilng a pile of unsorted Japan commemoratives that have sat in my "to do" box for years.

You mentioned Israel - oddly enough, I have exactly two Israel stamps, both damaged from a letter I received ages ago. Maybe I need to do something about that....

Like 
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
Logistical1
Members Picture


08 Oct 2012
05:22:40pm
re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

Well not a new country but a new topic for me. Before I started collecting stamps seriously I seriously collected ephemera including advertisements, magazines, maps, tickets, posters... if it was paper and old I collected it. My ephemera collection morphed into a specific area of interest about 20 years ago focusing on Worlds Fairs and Exhibition related items. I have over the years sold or given away most of my paper collection (it filled a walk in closet) with the exception of the World Fair related items.

After several years of neglecting this collection I offered to put together a Chicago World Fair (Columbian Exposition) exhibit for our local library as part of the Heritage Trail history (US 12 Michigan Ave). At the time the trail was the only direct route between Detroit and Chicago. I sadly realized other then a few post cards I don't have a whole lot of Worlds Fair postal history to share.

Both ephemera and stamp collecting have led into other areas of interest for me including printing techniques, ink types, paper preservation and recently cleaning and restoration. But that is another discussion.


Like 
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
amsd
Members Picture


Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads

09 Oct 2012
06:47:34am

Auctions
re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

I recently bought a lot of mixed saels. Inthem were quite a few Latvian seals, or probably more accurately, pro-Latvian seals issued in the US. I starte writing up a few for a quick blurb unrelated to Latvia, per se, and ended up going to General Goppers, a Latvian soldier, patriot, and Scout leader. It was the latter that got him executed, but i get ahead of myself. So here is the germ of a possible new collecting focus: pro-Latvian seals and labels, especially on cover.

A second area was rekindled by a recent Lee Payette lot i won featuring a St Nicholas Post seal tied to cover. Even better, that cover was mailed to Canada.

So, one new venture and one rekindled.

David

Like
Login to Like
this post

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link.php?PLJZJP
        

 

Author/Postings
Members Picture
tuscany4me

08 Oct 2012
01:27:22am

Anyone collecting something new? Since I study Biblical Archaeology, Israel interests me so I am going to start an Israel Collection. And since I already have a small collection of 1st edition books by Dr. David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, I am adding stamps related to them specifically. (mostly Livingstone obviously)

How 'bout anyone else?

And Thanks to michael78651, Also starting a U.S. Flag Collection

Like
Login to Like
this post
Members Picture
Joeg

08 Oct 2012
08:48:13am

re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

If my collecting habits were submitted to a psychologist for analysis, I'm sure I would be labeled as having ADHD. I'm a worldwide collector and tend to bounce from country to country as the mood strikes me. Just in the last month, I started new albums for Cuba and Luxembourg, bringing about 600 stamps into my collection.

Up next - tackilng a pile of unsorted Japan commemoratives that have sat in my "to do" box for years.

You mentioned Israel - oddly enough, I have exactly two Israel stamps, both damaged from a letter I received ages ago. Maybe I need to do something about that....

Like 
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
Members Picture
Logistical1

08 Oct 2012
05:22:40pm

re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

Well not a new country but a new topic for me. Before I started collecting stamps seriously I seriously collected ephemera including advertisements, magazines, maps, tickets, posters... if it was paper and old I collected it. My ephemera collection morphed into a specific area of interest about 20 years ago focusing on Worlds Fairs and Exhibition related items. I have over the years sold or given away most of my paper collection (it filled a walk in closet) with the exception of the World Fair related items.

After several years of neglecting this collection I offered to put together a Chicago World Fair (Columbian Exposition) exhibit for our local library as part of the Heritage Trail history (US 12 Michigan Ave). At the time the trail was the only direct route between Detroit and Chicago. I sadly realized other then a few post cards I don't have a whole lot of Worlds Fair postal history to share.

Both ephemera and stamp collecting have led into other areas of interest for me including printing techniques, ink types, paper preservation and recently cleaning and restoration. But that is another discussion.


Like 
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
Members Picture
amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
09 Oct 2012
06:47:34am

Auctions

re: What new country did you start collecting recently?

I recently bought a lot of mixed saels. Inthem were quite a few Latvian seals, or probably more accurately, pro-Latvian seals issued in the US. I starte writing up a few for a quick blurb unrelated to Latvia, per se, and ended up going to General Goppers, a Latvian soldier, patriot, and Scout leader. It was the latter that got him executed, but i get ahead of myself. So here is the germ of a possible new collecting focus: pro-Latvian seals and labels, especially on cover.

A second area was rekindled by a recent Lee Payette lot i won featuring a St Nicholas Post seal tied to cover. Even better, that cover was mailed to Canada.

So, one new venture and one rekindled.

David

Like
Login to Like
this post

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link. ...
        

Contact Webmaster | Visitors Online | Unsubscribe Emails | Facebook


User Agreement

Copyright © 2024 Stamporama.com