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 »
Just browsed the latest edition of Linn’s Stamp Magazine, and it gave me a whole lot of thinking. Lawrence block wrote (once again) an excellent column, and this time he focused on hoarding and collecting. Though I’m still not even middle aged (I’ll turn 35 next month), I’ve been accumulating “all-sorts” for over 20 years now. And it definitely shows. I confess being a hoarder of some sort on several frontiers.
Published on August 10th 2010 | Read more.... | 12 Comments »
In my opinion one of the hardest (but also the most interesting) challenges of stamp collecting are long definitive sets that span into all possible directions. The most notorious ones, like UK Machin stamps and Norwegian posthorns feature hundreds of major types scattered all across the stamp catalog timeline, and the varieties easily double or triple the number of items to collect. These are a huge challenge to keep track for anyone.
Published on August 5th 2010 | Read more.... | 5 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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