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Post by jl on Dec 6, 2016 19:03:56 GMT
Hi everyone,My name is John and I have been collecting stamps for about 65 years.Started in cub scouts to receive my merit badge for a hobby. I have a Scott 1840-1940 BB hard bound album copyright 1947.Currently contains around 28,000 stamps.I enjoy French Colonies & the many forgeries of the navigation & commerce issues.
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 6, 2016 20:04:53 GMT
Hi, John:
Welcome to TSF! I just joined a couple of weeks ago myself, and have really been enjoying my time on the forum. I have already learned a lot from many of the other members.
I have some things in common with you: I was also in the Boy Scouts, and Stamp Collecting was my first merit badge. I also collect worldwide classic issues (1840-1930) and I use Scott albums, too.
If you are interested in exploring more about forgeries, take a look at the threads by Falschung, one of the main contributors to TSF. He has posted a lot of great resource materials on identification of forgeries.
Anyway, welcome aboard, and enjoy!
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Dec 6, 2016 21:33:14 GMT
Welcome John.Glad you found us here.French Colonies are a great area,can you post some scans of those? I hope you find time to read through some of the older posts, many areas are covered so much reading to do. Where is home?
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Post by jl on Dec 6, 2016 21:47:13 GMT
Hi Firstfrog,Clintonville Wi.is home.Will work on setting up some french colony scans.John
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tomiseksj
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 6, 2016 22:52:42 GMT
John ( jl ), Welcome to the Forum! I'm glad that you found us and look forward to learning more about you and your collection. If you haven't seen it yet, check out our Newsletter thread. We've only just begun publishing a newsletter and are looking for members to submit material. Perhaps that is something that may be of interest to you. I'll adjust your membership status as soon as I create this post so you can begin participating in other areas of the forum. |
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Post by jl on Dec 6, 2016 23:25:26 GMT
Thank you Steve.
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Post by jkjblue on Dec 7, 2016 0:16:19 GMT
John Welcome to a fellow Big Blue user - you have a healthy collection indeed.  |
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zipper
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What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Dec 7, 2016 8:20:44 GMT
Welcome to the World's Greatest stamp forum.
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Post by 1840to1940 on Dec 8, 2016 21:35:57 GMT
Welcome John. There are a number of worldwide collectors on here. As you know, with 28,000 stamps you have only 7,000 to go to complete the International Volume One. France and the colonies would be high up on my list if I were to do any specialty collections.
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Post by tridentcrazy on Dec 9, 2016 2:19:30 GMT
Welcome!
Glad to see ya found us. It will be interesting to see the scans of some of your collection.
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bobby1948
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What I collect: WW to 1945; US mnh 1922-1990; US used and unused to 1922
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Post by bobby1948 on Dec 9, 2016 2:56:46 GMT
Welcome, John. BB seems to be a very popular item on TSF. I started with BB vol. 1 (loose leaf) and have expanded it into 7 volumes. I do not know how many stamps I have in my WW collection, but probably around 30,000 counting varieties, shades, etc. I surrendered long ago any aspirations of filling all the spaces.
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