Returning member. Hi! From Lower Sackville, NS, Canada

Hi everyone. I’m hs2oca from a few years ago. I dropped off the boards in general to negotiate a cross country move to Halifax area, Nova Scotia. It took two to three years to sell everything, including the house, cross the country, find a new house, and get settled in.

Philately has not been left behind though. In the process of the move I was given one stamp collection and bartered part of another for a hooked wall hanging. I am a fibre artist by trade, using traditional rug hooking techniques in wool, silk, and nylon for my artwork, which hangs on the wall.

I recently downloaded StampManage to get an idea of what’s in my stamp collection. A lot of my more specialized items don’t seem to appear in the database. I’m awaiting arrival of the user’s guide to figure out how to manually enter items. Today I spent starting to create a want list of classic Canadian used stamps.

I am currently collecting used Canadian classic stamps (pre-1950) and post 2000 stamps. I also collect perfins and revenues. I also have a worldwide textile collection focusing on handmade textiles. Just for fun I also have a worldwide Christmas collection. I do have a collection of Canadian Colorano FDCs as well.  Then there’s the Canadian inscription block collection. I collect primarily used stamps, but am interested in mint stamps for the textiles and Christmas collections as well.

You can check out my original intro below:

hs2oca 
Jun 8, 2015 14:28:58 GMT -4 hs2oca said:
I'm Jean from Regina, SK. I collected stamps as a teenager and into university. Don't ask what happened to my student loan money, but I did eventually decide I needed to eat more than collect stamps! I let the hobby drop until my own children showed an interest. I introduced them to the hobby, but it didn't stick. So it was dropped again.

Fast forward to the empty nest years. The girls have moved far away, and left half finished albums behind. Hubby and I were talking about downsizing and getting rid of our stuff. I pull out my 8 binders worth of stamps to sell, only to get hooked again!

Only this time I have a focus. I am focusing on Canada used (Lighthouse I album pre-1977), Canada mint inscription blocks, and a topical worldwide mint textile (not costume) collection. I am a fiber artist in real life.

So I am here looking in increase my knowledge of stamps, and to sell/trade some stamps.

I am on a number of stamp boards across the Internet, and go by hs2oca on all of them. So if you 'see' me on one of them, send me a PM and say 'hi' and tell me where you "know" me from.