I’m a general worldwide collector, but I do love to dig in deeper too. My current approach in building “slightly specialized” country collections, as I pick up any easy-to-spot differences I happen to come across. And then I randomly do dig in a lot deeper (like with the Hungarian Castle-definitives or GRD 5-year plan definitives).
Published on August 20th 2010 | Read more.... | 16 Comments »
I think nearly all passioned collectors give plenty of time and devotion to their beloved hobby. I confess that I spend about 2-3 hours daily for stamps. A large part of it goes doing stamp exchanges or browsing online stamp discussion/articles; the weekends I usually spend mostly offline (and sort my stamps) …I know, 2-3 hours a day sounds lot, but as I don’t do much TV (besides random movies) or reading (besides random active periods) in late nights, I can afford the luxury.
Published on August 18th 2010 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
When I wrote shortly about these stamps last week, I had no idea what kind of thrilling research adventure I’d be taken into. I thought I had picked a somewhat simple series to play with for upcoming weekend (as well as for blog topic), but boy I was wrong. I did have a superb weekend when digging up resources and researching stamps from the series. This post contains updated bits and pieces, as well as more detailed information about the series. And then there are plenty of scans from my collection.
Published on August 13th 2010 | Read more.... | No Comments »
If I had to choose between commemorative and definitive stamps, then my choice would be definitive stamps. Take for example the 1977 South African Republic definitive stamp series displaying protea plants. I got hooked with these in late 1990’s.
Published on June 11th 2010 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
One of the frequently asked questions by newbie stamp collectors seems to concern free online stamp catalogues. So, I thought it would be useful to put a resource post about the available alternatives. I hope You all enjoy the following sites 
Published on May 27th 2010 | Read more.... | 8 Comments »
Some may have noted that my latest posts have introduced African stamps – a topic I have not written much earlier. The reason behind this wind of change is very simple (and fun): I’ve been on a “phila-safari” since late March while re-organizing my collection of African stamps.
Published on May 6th 2010 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
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