As avid and long term followers of the blog may recall, I suffer from disease called Ulcerative Colitis. Sadly it’s flared once again, and I’ve been ordered a set of studies and operations on my local hospital in less than two weeks time. As I (or the doctors) have no precise picture what will happen in next weeks (and months), I see it best to close down my stamp exchange for the time being. Please, do not post any exchange lots until I give my permission again.
In order to clean up my stamp desk from excess clutter, I’ll be making some special exchange offers for the upcoming months. These will be mostly stuff that doesn’t fit into my regular stamp exchange (such as postal history, FDCs, Cinderella/Bogus items etc). But there will be few lots consisting of stamps as well.
I’m very sad because from this day onwards most stamp images and photos on this blog will contain an embedded copyright statement running on top of the image. The reason for this change is pretty simple. Some users and websites have chosen to spread my original photography onwards without my permission (and despite the copyright statement of this website). It is something I will not take lightly or tolerate, as I’ve put a great deal of effort and time on taking unique and high quality pictures of items in my possession.
It’s been three years since I wrote the very first words on this blog. Though this blog is largely about my personal adventures and findings in the stamp collecting world, it would not be the same without Your involvement. So in honor of this special occasion, I wish to thank everyone who’s been contributing and commenting ever since. Fred, Carol, Rick, Bob,Pablo, Dennis et al who’s name I can’t remember right now… Here’s one for you all: cheers 
I’ve been receiving quite a many questions regarding the state of my stamp exchange, so I decided to deal with the issue before things get too heated. So yes, it’s now officially back!!! Before you jump out to sent me a big pile of stamps for exchange, I’d like to again highlight few minor changes in exchange rules for this season.
Yet another year has gone by, and it’s time to look back for the year 2011 and what’s ahead in 2012 for my stamp collection. In 2011 my collection grew with over 6,600 stamps, and my worldwide collection contains now 70,519 stamps (listed with major catalog number in Michel).
Christmas time is once more just around the corner, and I’d like to wish all the readers of the blog a Merry Christmas & Prosperous New Year 2012! In last couple of days the mailman has brought several greetings from the readers of the blog around the globe – I humbly thank You all for the warm thoughts (as well as the nice stamps on the covers / cards).
Just a short announcement… As some know, I suffer from chronic disease called Ulcerative Colitis. Sadly my colitis is heading full speed into active period (aka. flare), and it’s already wearing me down a bit. Shit happens (and in case of colitis, it’s not just a figure of speech)….Anyway, at least for the next few weeks (possibly even longer) I will post/comment much less (and more infrequently) than usual.
Moving on to non-stamp related news for a while… I’ve done some modifications for the blog, and as usual would appreciate to receive (both positive and negative) feedback on the changes from people reading the blog.
I know a lot of people have waited for this announcement, so here it is! My stamp exchange is back!!! Before you jump out to sent me any stamps for exchange, I’d like to highlight few minor changes in exchange rules for this season.