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Post by canuck55 on Jul 9, 2024 17:15:01 GMT
Hi to everyone in The Stamp Forum. I collected stamps as a child (I even belonged to a local coin and stamp club in Thornhill, Ontario where I grew up) and have returned to it now that I am retired. My family kept my old stamp collection, which included a Stanley Gibbon album of Canada and many colourful eastern European stamps that had caught my 8-12 year old fancy through approvals. In my early teens, my family having moved to New Zealand, I added some FCDs from there to this rather eclectic collection. Now back in Canada (Ottawa) I've rediscovered this childhood hobby, and all the pleasure it brings. I'm focusing on some thematics (crows, moths, COVID-19) and have joined the American Topical Association. More ambitiously I am putting together a world wide collection (one/two pages for every country, dead or alive) organized simply around stamps that take my fancy and designing my own pages for them. I figure this will happily keep me busy until the moment when I have to decide either to go meekly into that good night or rage against the dying of the light!
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paul1
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Post by paul1 on Jul 9, 2024 17:37:13 GMT
Hi canuck55 - welcome to TSF - great bunch of guys here and guarantee you will enjoy yourself ............... also glad to see you're a fan of Dylan Thomas :-)
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fazeman
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by fazeman on Jul 9, 2024 17:38:05 GMT
Welcome to the forum canuck55. I didn't know about the American Topical Association until you mentioned it. Will definitely look into that. Your last sentence cracked me up.  |
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hrdoktorx
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Posts: 6,952
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 Jul 9, 2024 18:06:24 GMT
 to TSF! Great introduction! You've come to the right place.
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Jul 9, 2024 18:17:32 GMT
from another Canadian René
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Hugh
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Posts: 441
What I collect: Occupation Stamps and Postal History, Worldwide; Canada, the UK, France and Germany.
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Post by Hugh on Jul 9, 2024 20:44:24 GMT
Hi to everyone in The Stamp Forum ... Hi right back! There is a great group of people here. Friendly and helpful. I for one, look forward to seeing your stuff ... share away! PS - There are many Canadians here, me included. |
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dorincard
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Posts: 1,577
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 Jul 9, 2024 21:07:00 GMT
Welcome!
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mberry
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Posts: 1,114
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 Jul 10, 2024 2:27:28 GMT
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Post by david on Jul 10, 2024 12:42:16 GMT
Hello and welcome to the forum. I have the same ambition as you, have a couple of stamps of each country, dead or alive. I am working slowly towards that goal but have collected a lot of duplicates over the years ;-) it is always fun to find a stamp of a country you don't have yet.
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Post by dgdecker on Jul 10, 2024 23:39:33 GMT
Welcome to the Forum!
Another Ottawa Collector.
David
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sudbury12000
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What I collect: Canada, Great Britain, Germany, World Pre 1925
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Post by sudbury12000 on Jul 12, 2024 15:00:55 GMT
Welcome to the Forum!
Roy
Scugog, Ontario, Canada
PS do you have the Covid-19 issue of thanks to Canada Post employees? They are getting much more reasonable now!
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 13, 2024 8:27:57 GMT
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to TSF! Great introduction! You've come to the right place.
