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Post by Jen B on Jan 18, 2014 18:18:32 GMT
Hello Everyone, My name is Jen and I'm primarily a general worldwide collector from Northern Virginia, USA. Like many others, I began my collecting as a kid, but then stopped for many years. I've stopped and started collecting many times over the years as time permitted. After college I concentrated on mint US. Don't ask me why, but I really love the issues from the 1920s thru 1930s. Once I had most of those, I sort of lost interest in the US. Then even later in the 90s, I got interested in collecting used worldwide. For a few years I had a lot of trading partners all over the world and had fun trading inexpensive used worldwide. That stopped when work and other commitments began taking more time. Now I'm starting up again as I have more free time. I still have packets from my trading partners in the 90s that haven't been processed..ack! Recently, I've been reading three excellent blogs on worldwide collecting (Big Blue 1840-1940, Filling Spaces, and Stamp Collecting Blog). I'm not sure which one it was, but one had a mention of this forum and I found my way here. It looks like there are several worldwide collectors here, so I thought this would be a good place to hang out and learn. I hesitated to join, as I don't feel that I'm an experienced enough collector that I could contribute anything worthwhile. I'm afraid that I'll just spend my forum time pestering the good folks here with basic questions. For my worldwide collecting, I concentrate on used or mint (inexpensive) issues from 1840 - 1960. I particularly like used stamps with clear cancels showing the location and date (SON CDS). I generally only buy items in the 1840 - 1860 range, but will collect up to 2000 if they come my way. With the internet, I've found that my ability to process the stamps I have and get them in my collection has slowed way down. For practically every stamp, I find myself looking up the subject on the internet, reading about it in Wikipedia or some such, then looking up the town if it shows on the cancel...takes forever. But I've found that it really increases my enjoyment of the hobby. So I just decided it isn't a race for me to get all these stamps in the album and that the process is the enjoyment. Part of my time problem may be all the other interests and hobbies I have. These include textiles (weaving, spinning, knitting), biking, hiking, US civil war history, and drawing and painting (botanical illustration). I think I may need to scale some of this back.  Regards, Jen |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 18, 2014 18:24:42 GMT
Welcome aboard we love talking stamps and freely share our knowledge and friendship here.I am a bit of history buff so civil war is shared interest.ANY LEVEL of collector is an asset here.Post away.
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Post by stoltzpup on Jan 18, 2014 18:27:56 GMT
Welcome. There are many WW collectors using this Forum. I'm glad you've joined us.
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Post by lokos on Jan 18, 2014 18:59:35 GMT
Welcome Jen, I'm new here myself. Asking questions is just as much a contribution as giving answers. Gets us all thinking and maybe someone else that had the same question but was too shy to ask will get some help as well.
Rick
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 18, 2014 19:08:02 GMT
Welcome Jen, I am only a if-they-show-up-on-my-door WW collector, but I am always interested in seeing what other have. I hope you enjoy it here.
Theron.
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Greetings to all! I really do like having individual forums based on global area. Many
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Post by ncbucki on Jan 18, 2014 20:06:41 GMT
Greetings and welcome Jen! You will find this forum a wealth of information and assistance. I look forward to hearing more about your collection. And please post images of your interesting items!
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Post by jkjblue on Jan 18, 2014 20:10:06 GMT
Jen-Welcome! Your first post was already very interesting, so I think you have much to contribute.  There is a indeed a gathering of WW collectors here- have fun. |
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Post by 1840to1940 on Jan 18, 2014 20:29:51 GMT
Jen, welcome to the Stamp Forum. Always great to have another worldwide collector, especially one with such excellent taste in blogs. Lots of good stuff here, but don't miss A-Ra's Page of the Day thread. |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 18, 2014 23:16:39 GMT
Welcome to the forum, Jen. It is nice to see another Northern Virginian join the group! I look forward to learning more about you and your collection.
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Post by Zuzu on Jan 19, 2014 0:39:04 GMT
Welcome, Jen! Please don't hesitate to jump right in! painting (botanical illustration). Oooh, I love botanical illustrations! It's a topical area I intend to focus on! |
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 19, 2014 3:05:11 GMT
Welcome, Jen! It's a nice group of folks.
I think all or nearly all of the authors of the worldwide collecting blogs you mentioned actively participate on here, so you've come to the right place!
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, or to just show us a stamp you like!
-- Dave
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Post by ChickasawStampMan on Jan 19, 2014 4:33:16 GMT
Welcome
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Post by Jen B on Jan 19, 2014 15:44:52 GMT
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
Firstfrog2013 - it is hard to live in Virginia and not get interested in Civil war history. I lived in Richmond for a few years (many decades ago). At that time, there were still places along the James river in downtown Richmond that had never recovered from the Civil war. They were still just burned out ruins, left over from when the town burned during the evacuation of Lee's troops. Same was true for parts of Petersburg further to the south. I think those areas have all been preserved and turned into parks now.
Zuzu - Glad to hear that there is someone else here that enjoys botanical art on stamps. Those are some of my favorites too. I really like learning about plants from other areas.
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Post by rod222 on Jan 19, 2014 18:04:21 GMT
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Firstfrog2013 - it is hard to live in Virginia and not get interested in Civil war history. I lived in Richmond for a few years (many decades ago). At that time, there were still places along the James river in downtown Richmond that had never recovered from the Civil war. They were still just burned out ruins, left over from when the town burned during the evacuation of Lee's troops. Same was true for parts of Petersburg further to the south. I think those areas have all been preserved and turned into parks now. Zuzu - Glad to hear that there is someone else here that enjoys botanical art on stamps. Those are some of my favorites too. I really like learning about plants from other areas. Here's a nice one from Malaysia. That fruit you show, is the rambutan ( Thai "GNO" - เงาะ) which I think is the most delicious fruit in the world. It's a fruit salad on a twig. Absolutely scrumptious. |
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 19, 2014 19:27:29 GMT
That fruit you show, is the rambutan ( Thai "GNO" - เงาะ) which I think is the most delicious fruit in the world. It's a fruit salad on a twig. Absolutely scrumptious. Thanks for sharing that info, Rod. I'm not sure it's imported here, but there are some Thai grocery stores (even supermarkets) in the area, so I'll keep an eye out for it! -- Dave |
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Post by Ryan on Jan 19, 2014 20:45:39 GMT
That fruit you show, is the rambutan ( Thai "GNO" - เงาะ) which I think is the most delicious fruit in the world. It's a fruit salad on a twig.
Absolutely scrumptious.Once upon a time I was in a hotel restaurant in South Korea - breakfast was a delicious brunch, filled with every kind of fruit imaginable, all kinds of stuff I didn't recognize. A Japanese salaryman with a wife and a couple of young kids was bold, he filled his plate with all this unknown stuff and sat down at a table across from me. When it came time to tackle the rambutan, he stabbed the thing with his knife and fork and promptly showered his forehead and his eyeglasses with juice, and the two kids laughed and laughed and fell off their chairs and couldn't eat anything more the rest of the time they were there. I've been leery of those things ever since! ha ha I have heard they taste similar to a lychee which is my favourite "exotic" fruit and is my immediate target any time I go into one of our excellent Asian markets here in Calgary. Lychee juice, lychee chew candies, lychee soda pop (Ramune!), lychee flavoured honey, those slurpity lychee coconut jelly things, etc etc etc, I buy it all .... Ryan |
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Post by BC on Jan 20, 2014 2:01:31 GMT
Welcome Jen! Like you I prefer nice used stamps, especially CDS and SON. You will enjoy it here.
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 20, 2014 2:13:39 GMT
Jen your very fortunate to reside in such a historic area.I was further upstate til eight years ago and just stones throw from Saratoga site of major revolutionary war battlefield.Shame more of these sites were not preserved earlier.When kids were younger I packed everyone in a fifteen passenger van for trip to Gettysburgh.I should have left kids at home as I couldn't spend enough time walking in history there.Vow to get back there as well as Richmond area.
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Post by Jen B on Jan 21, 2014 2:00:16 GMT
That fruit you show, is the rambutan ( Thai "GNO" - เงาะ) which I think is the most delicious fruit in the world. It's a fruit salad on a twig. Absolutely scrumptious. Thanks for the information on the rambutan. I've seen them in the Asian grocery store I go to around here, but didn't really know what they were -- fruit, vegetable, sea creature... I'll have to give them a try. |
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Post by lokos on Jan 21, 2014 2:04:53 GMT
I was just looking at your profile and I guess I won't have any excuse for forgetting to wish you Happy Birthday this year. We're born on the same day. Rick |
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Post by Jen B on Jan 21, 2014 2:25:12 GMT
Jen your very fortunate to reside in such a historic area.I was further upstate til eight years ago and just stones throw from Saratoga site of major revolutionary war battlefield.Shame more of these sites were not preserved earlier.When kids were younger I packed everyone in a fifteen passenger van for trip to Gettysburgh.I should have left kids at home as I couldn't spend enough time walking in history there.Vow to get back there as well as Richmond area. Firstfrog, hope you get back to Gettysburg. It is a very interesting place to visit and the park service does a great job with the tours. They even have private battlefield tour guides that will do a very in-depth private tours at a reasonable cost. I've never been on one, but have heard they are very good. Two of my great (3 times) uncles were killed in the battle of Gettysburg. They had the misfortune of being conscripted into the 26th North Carolina infantry, which suffered the highest casualty rate of any unit in the battle. When doing some family research I came across one of the widow's pension application. It made for fascinating reading, as it described the surroundings and what happened to her husband during the battle. It is a shame that more of the Revolutionary war sites weren't preserved. I've only been to a couple that I can think of - Cowpens in SC and Yorktown here in VA. |
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Post by Jen B on Jan 21, 2014 4:51:09 GMT
I was just looking at your profile and I guess I won't have any excuse for forgetting to wish you Happy Birthday this year. We're born on the same day. Rick Ha..isn't that something? I guess I won't have any excuse either! October is a nice time of year to have a birthday. |
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Post by Zuzu on Jan 21, 2014 6:09:21 GMT
I was just looking at your profile and I guess I won't have any excuse for forgetting to wish you Happy Birthday this year. We're born on the same day. Rick Ha..isn't that something? I guess I won't have any excuse either! October is a nice time of year to have a birthday. Okay, this is just getting odd. That's my hubby's birthday, too.  |
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Post by stampway on Jan 21, 2014 15:41:33 GMT
Jen B, welcome : )
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Post by cjd on Jan 21, 2014 16:25:36 GMT
Welcome. Your stamp interests align closely with many here. (Including me.)
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Post by Jen B on Jan 22, 2014 2:15:19 GMT
Ha..isn't that something? I guess I won't have any excuse either! October is a nice time of year to have a birthday. Okay, this is just getting odd. That's my hubby's birthday, too. Oh wow..that is really weird. I also had twin Aunts with the same birthday. |
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Post by Jen B on Jan 22, 2014 2:15:48 GMT
Thanks for the welcome stampway and cjd!
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Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2014 2:21:14 GMT
Welcome aboard. Sorry for my tardiness in welcoming you.
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Post by Jen B on Jan 22, 2014 3:19:17 GMT
Thanks for the welcome Jack!
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Post by dorincard on Jul 8, 2016 17:12:55 GMT
Hi, Jen, my fellow Virginian!
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