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Post by ChrisW on Feb 1, 2014 13:19:24 GMT
Hi all,
I am curious to know if those collectors of worldwide classic era stamps also collect stamps of their home country, and if so, do you have the same cut off date?
Thanks!
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Post by classicalstamps on Feb 1, 2014 14:00:41 GMT
I do, and use the same cut-off year as the rest of my collection.
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Post by I.L.S. on Feb 1, 2014 15:28:36 GMT
Hi all, I am curious to know if those collectors of worldwide classic era stamps also collect stamps of their home country, and if so, do you have the same cut off date? Thanks! Well, I certainly cannot speak for everyone but I certainly do. For me it's my main focus and WW is more the exception than the rule. |
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 1, 2014 15:30:11 GMT
Well, for WW classic collectors, it is a bit of a budget dilemma, as U.S. classic stamps are expensive!  I had a fairly comprehensive U.S. collection back in the 70s, but sold it. When I got bitten by the stamp bug again in 2011, I resolved to collect like I did as a child- WW. I didn't want to get too serious and too specialized- been there, done that with U.S.  But, to answer your question, yes, I definitely also collect U.S. (They are highly attractive to me), but only on the back burner, a stamp or two at a time. |
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Post by 1840to1940 on Feb 1, 2014 16:16:06 GMT
Same here. I collect US as part of my worldwide collection but aren't actively purchasing them. I kept a few more expensive items from my earlier US collection (fortunately including Scott 1 & 2) but I still have a lot of stamps to acquire/reaquire.
I find it interesting that one does encounter a fair number of worldwide collections on eBay that are missing the US pages. I suspect this may be less indicative of lack of interest than the collector had a separate US album or thought they could get more by selling the US pages separately.
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What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Feb 1, 2014 16:19:57 GMT
I also collect some modern Canadian stamps, especially definitive stamps. I certainly do not try for completeness in Canadian commemoratives, I just but certain issues that appeal to me.
My worldwide "classic" collection (used only) includes the first few years of countries that have been created long after the "classic" period, such as Tuvalu, ex-soviet block, Anguilla, South Sudan, etc.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 1, 2014 16:49:18 GMT
To that point, I have a loose and flexible definition of the "classic" era, extending it even into the 1960s-70s.  (Sorry for the off-topic post.) |
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 1, 2014 17:03:43 GMT
I, too, collect US stamps which, some 35 years ago, I started putting in a Scott US specialty album. I supplemented that album up to the early 1990s, which is where I stopped. Recently, I've resumed collecting, albeit lackadaisically, in Scott Vol II and III.
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Post by cjd on Feb 2, 2014 1:03:50 GMT
U.S. holds no special interest for me. It is just another country, albeit one with some good-looking stamps. Many of the airmails, Trans-Miss, Pan-Ams, assorted others. My U.S. stops well before my Commonwealth.
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Post by ChrisW on Feb 4, 2014 1:18:00 GMT
Thanks everyone for their responses, very interesting.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 4, 2014 1:45:49 GMT
A peculiar anomaly, isn't it, to omit one's own country yet call the collection world-wide?
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Post by ramanandn on Feb 4, 2014 2:10:49 GMT
I am not a WW collector per se but I do collect my home country (India), updating with current issues (standing order at the PO), along with bunch western EU coutries, Israel, Oz, US & Canada.
Ram
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