philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Dec 15, 2023 10:58:02 GMT
The countdown to 2024 begins! What are your philatelic resolutions this year? Just for fun - check out last year’s resolutions. How did we do? thestampforum.boards.net/thread/10089/happy-year-share-philatelic-resolutionsHere are my resolutions; - Number one important goal - INVENTORY! Still need to videotape the collection for insurance. - After years of accumulating material, it’s time to assemble my Ireland collection and fill in missing items in Colnect. - Continue to find homes for all of my duplicates. - Oh so many more things I hope to accomplish, but dearest to my heart, I hope to make new stamp friends and stay in touch with my besties here. - and … HAVE FUN!  |
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stainlessb
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qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
Posts: 4,904
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 Dec 15, 2023 14:58:57 GMT
Maybe this year I'll finally complete all pages for stamp and move on?
and of course have fun!
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Post by nick2302 on Dec 15, 2023 15:19:36 GMT
Oh wow 2024! If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself and saved more money for my old age.
There are so many tasks I need to take with my collection, I almost do not know where to start. I have a pile of stamps to add to the collection that is job 1. Next, I have a ton of stamps on paper to get off paper. USA stamps will probably stay on paper depending on what Pure Citrus will work with modern US. Then I should make want lists for my most favorite countries. I need to pick an end date for Vatican and Italy and other countries as the more modern stamps are getting a bit too expensive to keep going into an already expensive collection. Last but not least decide what I am going to do with all my duplicates that are MNH, and some are fairly pricey. The chances of getting this all done in 2024 are pretty slim but goals I would like very much to achieve.
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My last goal is much like Philatelia said to enjoy my newfound and longtime friends.
Nick
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renden
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Posts: 9,162 
What I collect: Canada-USA-France-Lithuania-Austria--Germany-Mauritius-French Colonies in Africa
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Post by renden on Dec 15, 2023 15:28:01 GMT
1) will continue working on Newfounland - collection - high CV stamps have been bought lately at Auction and will continue my custom pages 2) will do South Africa, from Scott Album to Steiner pages - classics only 3) Austria and Germany classics.......fill some holes 4) Maybe add some classic Canada (like jubilees) if the expense is worth it 5) Try to eliminate Countries I do not wish to collect actively Wishing all stamp friends on TSF: Merry X-Mas and a stampy 2024  René |
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anglobob
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Posts: 2,602
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Dec 15, 2023 15:39:55 GMT
My resolution is to find a way to receive stamps I want to purchase. And also to be less of a GOF.......  Merry Christmas to everyone... |
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cjoprey
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Scanning stamps for my website...
Posts: 1,504
What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Dec 15, 2023 15:57:47 GMT
oh boy - where to start...  I'd like to finally get all my existing backlog scanned in, identified, sorted and up on the website... That alone is a long task which I may (not) complete... There's always a hope that I will fill in the gaps in my Belgian collection, and do a deeper dive into variants with the ridiculous amount of duplicates I've accumulated... And spend more time on the forum (as if work will ever let that happen...) May the holidays bring you the time to relax, the energy to be stampy, and the joy from doing what you love and being with those you care for! |
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hdm1950
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Posts: 1,886
What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Dec 15, 2023 18:00:55 GMT
My resolution is to find a way to receive stamps I want to purchase. And also to be less of a GOF....... Merry Christmas to everyone... I am afraid to ask what GOF stands for. The Urban Dictionary was no great help. |
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cjoprey
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Scanning stamps for my website...
Posts: 1,504
What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Dec 15, 2023 18:21:35 GMT
grumpy old f*rt?
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anglobob
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Posts: 2,602
What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Dec 15, 2023 18:34:08 GMT
cjoprey Chris, You know me well..... Even grumpier these days due to my mail situation....
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Post by Statesman Stamper on Dec 15, 2023 22:19:25 GMT
Wow, hard to believe another year has gone by already. My goal from last year was to get better organized, with a plan to eventually mount my collection on Steiner/self-made pages. I had mentioned working through a couple floor-sweeping lots.
The good news, I did finish getting those lots into country envelopes. The bad news, I bought more stamps.  All in all, in terms of organization I'll call it a draw.
I did make progress in terms of how I'll house my collection. I decided printing pages and placing mounts (I despise hinges) is far too much work for my collection. I'm going with stockbooks and Vario pages/binders. Stockbooks for intermediate/not yet ready for Varios collections, and Varios for anything I really care about. I have a Scott album for my Austrian collection that will get mounts when I'm feeling ambitious, but that's where I'm drawing the line.
I discovered the other day that the vast majority of my stamping time over the past year and a half has been spent sorting through mixtures. I have not catalogued a new stamp into my collection in all that time. To remedy that, I've decided to take a break from sorting for a while so that I can focus a bit more on my collections. I've really been enjoying the various British areas while sorting, so I think it's time to work on my GB/BritEmp/BritCw stuff. I'm going to start with a pair of packets I purchased mid-2022. The first is Australia and was said to contain 3400 different. The second holds roughly 1300 different New Zealand. I'll be using Gibbons to catalogue these. I hope to have these identified and into stockbooks by the end of February. If all goes well tomorrow with a box of stuff I'm finishing up, I might be able to get started on Sunday. If not, then Monday is my last day at work until January 2nd, and I'll have plenty of time over the following two weeks.
Dale
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 16, 2023 7:48:09 GMT
My resolution is to find a way to receive stamps I want to purchase. And also to be less of a GOF....... Merry Christmas to everyone... I chat with anglobob regularly and I can state here and now he is not a Grumpy Old F**t. OK, maybe we are grumpy together just a little !! My resolution is similar to his with little or no mail in or out here and letters waiting for me in many ports. I understand his frustration. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2024. Londonbus1....  |
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Dec 30, 2023 17:32:12 GMT
Bump!
Happy New Years, my friends! Any more philatelic resolutions?
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swvl
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Posts: 548
What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Dec 30, 2023 18:14:46 GMT
I made FDCs for 20 new USPS issues in 2023 (plus three new issues from Canada). I’m hoping to match or outdo that number in 2024 - and to expand my range by servicing an FDC from at least one new country for me!
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daveg28
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Posts: 1,062
What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Dec 31, 2023 0:13:15 GMT
I resolve to finish the 2021 and 2022 supplements for my Mystic US album, so that I can do the 2023 supplement as well and as soon as I can order it.
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Post by greaden on Dec 31, 2023 2:14:14 GMT
Last year I wrote I actually did start exhibiting, and so this coming year I hope to continue with that and try bigger shows.
The downside of closing in on completion of my core collections is that it is harder and harder to find those last few stamps. I need to find new countries that I can collect more casually, and easily find new material. I hate to travel to a bourse somewhere and come home empty-handed.
I still need to get into selling off, or giving away, my duplicates more systematically.
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Post by classicalstamps on Dec 31, 2023 8:31:09 GMT
Last year I wrote: Finish my Mauritius -1945 album
Finish my Denmark -1945 album (incl. DWI, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Schleswig, locals..)I ended up scrapping my Mauritius pages, and instead bought a set of Stanley Gibbons New Imperial 1840-1936 British Commonwealth albums. I did not finish Denmark (at all, got sidetracked by other projects) Overall, I did poorly...
Plan for 2024:Create album pages: Finish Denmark -1930 (a lot less comprehensive than my initial project) Finish Sweden -1920 Start (and finish!) Iceland -1944 Mounting: Mount my Denmark collection into new album. |
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angore
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Posts: 5,698
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Dec 31, 2023 12:37:44 GMT
More time for collecting now that I retired again.
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All in all, in terms of organization I'll call it a draw.
