paulc
**Member** 
Posts: 33
What I collect: USA, Argentine, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela
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Post by paulc on Apr 18, 2023 17:52:58 GMT
Hi All,
I ran across the forum while doing an image search to identify a stamp.
I've been collecting off and on since I was a kid. I'm now in my 70's. Mostly U.S. stamps. I gave up collecting World Wide as it seemed too ambitious.
While at a local stamp club meeting a member gave me a few pages of Chile stamps. I looked around a bit and bought the Steiner albums. I was thinking I could then create my own area of interest.
Chile was where I started. Then after buying a few South American collections I moved on to Argentina, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Cuba and El Salvador.
I still continue with U.S. stamps. Choosing areas of interest. I'm most proud of my complete collection of Transportations. Including all of the (major) variations.
Regards to everyone,
PaulC
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Post by paul1 on Apr 18, 2023 17:58:08 GMT
Hello Paul C - welcome. So ........... by the sound of it you're back to collecting WW ;-);-). It's very difficult to decide what not to collect - agree, WW can be a nightmare, though a lot of folk start that way and then it dawns on us that it's virtually impossible. Hope you enjoy your time here, these guys really are experts and very helpful too.
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Post by carabop on Apr 18, 2023 18:01:23 GMT
Welcome it is always a pleasure to see another US collector. Show your transportation collection.
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stainlessb
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Posts: 4,643
What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 18, 2023 18:23:34 GMT
Welcome to TSF paulc Truly the friendliest forum around! Cheers Stan Northern California |
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zipper
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Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Apr 18, 2023 19:52:42 GMT
Hi
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Mr. H
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Member - APS #129381
Posts: 935
What I collect: US, Netherlands, Whatever suits my fancy.
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Post by Mr. H on Apr 18, 2023 20:14:28 GMT
Welcome to the Forum!
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renden
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Posts: 8,718 
What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Apr 18, 2023 22:34:01 GMT
Welcome to TSF paulc Truly the friendliest forum around! Cheers Stan Northern California  paulcAnybody from Calif is my friend - love the State and am friends with stainlessb (Sacramento !!!!!!) Enjoy your South American friends - while I am deleting lots of Countries (Chile being one of them) from my interest List - BRAZIL....not yet LOL René Canada |
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mberry
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Posts: 994
What I collect: USA, USA Revenues, Beer Related Stamps and Revenues, US State Revenues, Stamp Show Stamps
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Post by mberry on Apr 18, 2023 22:39:41 GMT
Welcome to the forum paulc! |
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,453
What I collect: My focus is on Wild Mammals on maximum cards. Occasionally, I get or create maximum cards with other animals, or any other topic.
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Post by dorincard on Apr 19, 2023 2:43:31 GMT
Welcome! "Completeness" of a philatelic collection is highly debatable. It's all about the parameters and the perimeter/frame of reference you set when you define your collection, and how exactly you define its completeness. If your "transportations" collection is open to any country, then I doubt that it is complete (from scientific, semantic and philosophic perspectives). How about personalized stamps, which are VALID for postage? Let's say one from Austria. You say "it's not in the catalog"? Oh, but it is, in that case. Even if a "transportation" personalized stamp is from USA, and the Scott Catalog did not have the resources to embark in cataloguing them...remember: it is valid for postage, per USPS. Moreover, maybe such a personalized stamp has even seen postal use, being really circulated by mail! I don't remember designing "transportations" personalized stamps, among my 160+ designs (mostly animal species). But google this, or ask your new chatbot: "Peter C. Elias personalized stamps Audi". Or just scroll down here to see automobiles and motorcycles on personalized stamps: photostamps.webs.com/Personalized stamp with Audi, for example. [Samuel L. Jackson:] "What's in YOUR [complete collection]?". 😉 |
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hrdoktorx
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Posts: 6,616
What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Apr 19, 2023 5:22:29 GMT
to TSF! You've come to the right place.
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angore
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Posts: 5,358
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Apr 19, 2023 11:03:18 GMT
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FDI
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Member of RPSC & BNAPS
Posts: 351
What I collect: Modern Canada (misperf, varieties, tagging errors), Canadian Cinderellas, EXUP & CAPEX & Dead Countries
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Post by FDI on Apr 19, 2023 13:46:46 GMT
Welcome aboard Paul!
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rex
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Posts: 1,153
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Post by rex on Apr 20, 2023 19:48:00 GMT
...to....TSF........ paulc  ....Ludwig Italy
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Beryllium Guy
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Posts: 5,659
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 21, 2023 3:08:56 GMT
Welcome to TSF, paulc! Thanks for your intro. If you don’t mind saying, where in California are you? I am in Ontario, in Southern California, but I lived in the SF Bay Area for 15 years at one point. Anyway, just curious…. See you around the boards! -Chris |
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cjoprey
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Scanning stamps for my website...
Posts: 1,443
What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Apr 21, 2023 7:34:38 GMT
Welcome from the UK paulc! |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Apr 21, 2023 13:20:57 GMT
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paulc
**Member**
Posts: 33
What I collect: USA, Argentine, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela
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Post by paulc on Apr 22, 2023 12:38:37 GMT
I'm in Westlake Village, Ventura County.
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....Ludwig
