gmot
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Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Sept 9, 2019 3:14:06 GMT
Greetings to all from a new member.
As many of you probably did, collected as a kid - mostly Canada and assorted worldwide. Then left it in my later teens until 2 years ago, when I inherited the collections of my brother, father and both my grandfathers - all of which had spent the last 30 years in my father's attic. That collection consisted of my childhood Canada (still in the old Harris album!), my brother's US albums, my father's Germany and very nice Berlin collection, and my one grandfather's Scott Intl albums up to 1959, which were about 70% full, particularly well-filled for the earlier years. Not to mention the usual thousands stuck in glassines, stockbooks, on paper, etc...
Well, that sparked my interest again, and I've spent the last couple years sorting it, educating myself and generally having a great time with it all. So much to learn and so many fascinating avenues to investigate. Also been posting a bit on SCF (also as gmot). I'm located in rural SW Ontario about as far south as Canada goes.
My main collecting interests are Canada up to 1999 (which is now 98% mint complete), Cdn provinces, local postal history for my town/township, French colonies up to independence (African ones in particular), Germany/German states/occupations/Berlin up to mid-1970s, some South American countries (Ecuador especially), map stamps, and classic worldwide - up to 1959. I don't collect US and anything 1960+ outside of the countries I earlier mentioned. I'm have recently started the (very lengthy) process of moving my WW collection from the old Scott albums into homemade pages roughly based on Steiner, but using AlbumEasy to define the pages (great program!). I have used Lighthouse & Palo and like both them, but found them too pricey to use for all countries.
I'm a generalist rather than a specialist, so usually 1 of each stamp is good for me. Eventually, interested in trading/exchanging, as I have many duplicates & stamps outside my collecting interests and would like to (already!) consolidate a bit.
Thanks, Greg (gmot).
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zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
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Post by zipper on Sept 9, 2019 3:29:08 GMT
Hi.
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tobben63
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Stamp eat sleep repeat
Posts: 1,874 
What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 9, 2019 4:32:50 GMT
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hrdoktorx
Member
Posts: 7,214
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 Sept 9, 2019 6:42:42 GMT
 to TSF! We have many collecting interests in common. Please show us some of your pieces!
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cjoprey
Member
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 Sept 9, 2019 7:33:06 GMT
Welcome gmot - looking forward to seeing some of your Canada collection on here!  |
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stanley64
Member
Posts: 1,983
What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 9, 2019 7:33:58 GMT
Welcome gmot from an collector who has also recently picked up the tongs again. Enjoy the hobby! |
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Jerry B
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Rest in Peace
Marietta, Georgia USA
Posts: 1,485
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Post by Jerry B on Sept 9, 2019 12:00:57 GMT
Hi gmot to a great Forum. Since I collect Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, it will be interesting to see your South America stamps, especially Ecuador. Jerry B |
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angore
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Posts: 5,699
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Sept 9, 2019 12:20:13 GMT
Welcome!
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renden
Member
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 Sept 9, 2019 12:24:30 GMT
A big Welcome to TSF gmot ! |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
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 Sept 9, 2019 12:39:07 GMT
Welcome to our Forum, Greg!
Your membership status has been adjusted to allow you to post elsewhere so please don't be shy.
Our FAQ board provides some information that might prove useful in getting oriented to some of the Forum "how to" info.
Let me know if you run into any problems or have questions.
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brightonpete
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Rest in Peace
On a hike at Goodrich-Loomis
Posts: 5,110
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 9, 2019 13:07:25 GMT
Welcome to the forum from SE Ontario!
Sounds like you have a great Canadian collection. I have 98% in mine as well, but from just 1908-1983!
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stainlessb
Member
qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
Posts: 4,906
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 Sept 9, 2019 13:32:33 GMT
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,655
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Sept 9, 2019 13:36:50 GMT
Howdy there from Florida! Welcome to the forum!
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gmot
Member
Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Sept 9, 2019 14:22:24 GMT
Thanks all for the welcome! I will post a few favourites from my collection soon.
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jpotx113
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Posts: 460
What I collect: USA, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Machins, misc. WW
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Post by jpotx113 on Sept 9, 2019 14:27:22 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by dgdecker on Sept 9, 2019 19:38:48 GMT
Greeting from the Nation’s Capital, Greg!
Like you, I am a bit of a generalist. I have a pretty good Canadian collection. I have a fair collection of Nova Scotia.
Looking forward to seeing some some of your collection.
david
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gmot
Member
Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Sept 9, 2019 20:45:45 GMT
Sharing a few pages from my collection. Of course, the vast majority of it doesn't look this nice or complete! I see the forum has specific sections for each country, so I'll post in those sections moving forward.
Canada page, showing the iconic Bluenose stamp (of course!). That's all in Lighthouse albums. Now working on slowly upgrading all mint to MNH and filling in remaining gaps. Within budget of course, a MNH $5 Jubilee is not in my future most likely.
Austria - Jubilee issue - an example of my home-made pages, using AlbumEasy for layout, following Scott order. I like pages clean and simple, so pleased with the results here. Originally was using Steiner pages, but didn't like the font used in them or how over-full some of the pages got. (My printer needs replacing however, "stutters" on the border lines.)
 Some pages from my French African colony collection (mostly on Palo pages). French Africa was one of the strongest part of my grandfather's old collection, so a natural place to start and I'm glad I did - great, attractive stamps. I'm very fond of the colonial common series - as you can see - esp. the 1937 Colonial Exposition. Just bought the French Revolution set for Niger, which completes that country for me.
 
One thing I realize forgot to mention in my intro above - also very interested in old Balkans - e.g. Bosnia, Montenegro.
Thanks, Greg (gmot)
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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 Sept 9, 2019 20:57:51 GMT
Hi Greg ( gmot) and welcome to the forum. Have fun and post often. Try to find an appropriate thread for those very nice pages you posted here and post again because they won't get noticed on this thread after a short time. Happy Collecting, Londonbus1 |
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mikeclevenger
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Inactive
Posts: 887
What I collect: Ohio Tax Stamps, Ohio & Georgia Revenues, US Revenues, US FDC's, & Germany Classics
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Post by mikeclevenger on Sept 10, 2019 9:14:52 GMT
Welcome to the forum.
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darkormex
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Swinging through Switzerland and getting tied up in Thailand
Posts: 2,197
What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Sept 16, 2019 2:26:59 GMT
Welcome.
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renden
Member
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 1, 2019 19:37:28 GMT
Am not hijacking gmot or Greg's thread but since he has been active since his arrival, I was noting that a lot of new members have joined our Forum (TSF) since this Summer. This is great and will always bring new "stuff" for us. Recently I noted that we have some "flyspeck" members on board and the microscopes are out !! I was looking at the "usage statistics" prior to my last giveaway.....wanted 100 posts and active people.....so I verified the "stats" to find out a great % of newcomers do not go beyond 10 posts or appear on line once a month. This does not represent a critique but an observation. I also found that 60-70 members met the criteria of 100 posts + active since June 2019. My say for the day..... René |
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Beryllium Guy
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Posts: 5,912
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 1, 2019 22:29:21 GMT
Hi, Greg ( gmot)! Please accept my apologies for being very late to your welcoming party. Thanks for making your intro post, and for telling us all a bit about yourself and your collecting interests. Yours are not too far off from mine, in fact. I am hoping to get a bit more active again on the Forum, and will try to see more of what you having been posting over the past couple of months since joining. You are only two posts away from getting your full membership, which will be great. Anyway, please accept my belated welcome! Best Regards, Chris (aka Beryllium Guy)  |
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gmot
Member
Posts: 205
What I collect: Canada & French Morocco
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Post by gmot on Dec 2, 2019 4:54:14 GMT
Thanks again for all the warm welcomes . Now just one post away... |
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renden
Member
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 2, 2019 13:13:30 GMT
Thanks again for all the warm welcomes . Now just one post away... You made it !!! |
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to TSF! We have many collecting interests in common. Please show us some of your pieces!
