As some know, I was visiting Helsinki, capital of Finland earlier this week. Though I had planned on writing some notes from the road, I didn’t manage to write a single line. Such is life, LOL. Anyway…While updating the summaries for my “open for all” stamp exchange page last night, I came up with an idea to share some more detailed statistics and opinions about it.
Published on June 6th 2010 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
This is possibly one of the topics I wish I would never have to experience or write. But here I am typing this… Today’s mail brought me few exchange letters that were way off from my usual stamp exchange. After some digging I managed to find out that somebody had entered my details as unsolicited listing on stamptraders.org stamp traders list.
Published on April 26th 2010 | Read more.... | 5 Comments »
Today’s mail brought the first results of my public stamp exchange offer. As the Finnish winter is having it’s peak (with temperatures around -20 up to -30 celsius degrees), I’ll be definitely having a blast during the weekend while enjoying the warmth of fireplace 
Published on January 8th 2010 | Read more.... | 6 Comments »
As some know, I’m somewhat enthusiast stamp exchanger. Without a doubt I’m having at least one active trade going on constantly; most of the time I’m involved in at least 2-3 trades. Yes, it takes both time and resources, but in return my collection grows at the rate 2-3,000 new items per year due to this contribution; and in exchange I naturally give away the same amount of unnecessary duplicates…This time I’ve decided to show some of the stamps I receive from other traders.
Published on November 3rd 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
One of the “popular topics” on my inbox (email, facebook etc.) involves trading/exchanging recent Finnish mint stamps to recent non-European (usually Indian, Malaysian or Vietnamese) issues. I can say that not a week goes by without at least couple such request landing on my inbox.
Published on September 14th 2009 | Read more.... | 3 Comments »
As some know, I’ve been more or less active in stamp trading / exchanging for nearly two decades. Below are some of my personal experiences and opinions about the fine art of stamp trading.
Published on June 26th 2009 | Read more.... | 8 Comments »
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