Thank you Sir, I am a Philatelist from India. I have an observation. Often used stamps are made available for online sale. In those photos, it is observed that, for more than one stamp, the cancellation mark, (which of course is seen partly), appears at the same/identical position with respect to the outline of the stamp. How is it possible? Unless a satisfactory explanation is obtained... A doubt lerks in our mind, are they forged? Are they fake? Are they printed by souces other than postal authority just to make money.. The author of the above post or any other member, can you throw a light in this matter? Iwill be too happyto listen....
Philatelist is a greek two-part word. The two parts are philos (meaning friend) and telos (meaning transport fee that the stamp represents). So it actualy means the man who is a friend of (likes) stamps. Philately of course is the hoppy of the philatelist, the hobby of collecting what you like, stamps! The actual greek words are φιλοτελιστής (filotelistis) and φιλοτελισμός (filotelismos).
It's something that needs to be shared with their children. I collected for a short time with my grandfather and then had to get on with my own life. Now that I'm retired and he's gone, I'm going through his collection and getting into it myself. As I go through it, I feel closer to my dearly missed grandfather. Also, nowadays stamps are rarely used and the younger generation didn't really grow up with them.
Covid made me start. I was stuck in home first start looking closer to my change then moved to stamps. I am 40 years old and not many people I know start in their 40’s for the first time. I thought this could be a hobby I can do with my daughter and should be good for her instead of going out to a coffee to chit chat and gaze through web, but will see if she will build an interest with time 😅
in the netherlands, austria and luxemburg they've released a crypto stamp, where the stamp itself is collectible as well as the nft which is in the qr on the stamp. quite ingenious.
My mother started me on stamps, I was about 9 years old, and loved sorting stamps, learned about countries and symbols used for countries, ahe had a wonderful collection. I had to learn how to mark stamp placement marks, in pencil, and then, once sorted, I then learned how to differentiate colours and post marks, and then once I learned to consult the catalogue, Stanley Gibbons - of the world - I would then hinge and place in order. I also learned about removing stamps from enveloped to add to her collection. My geography and history at school, improved. It should be a section in Geography and History.
Yep, exactly that except it was my Dad who started me off, then one of those caring schoolmasters who had a stamp club at school, after hours so to speak. Bless him...
Thanks for this very good video about stamp collecting terminology! It is very important to learn and understand the "language" (terminology) of a subject area. Without that knowledge one is lost. I knew most of the terms, but it was a good refresher, and hearing the definitions in different words clarify the terms better.
it all evolves around the concept of hobbies. hobbies worked their way down from the well -off to lower socio- economic groups. a hobby like philately needs a strong middle class with time on their hands and extra money in their pockets. the source of what is collected, are worldwide governments. most governments have reduced support of postal systems over the past 50 years. most mail does not use stamps. most stamps sold are sold to collectors. most mail is advertising flyers. few people write letters. modern stamps unless used for postage, are worth less than face value. in the future postage stamps will be more akin to post office labels, and older issues will be demonitized. the golden age of pre CTOs and Sandunes, and their likes will retain a ever shrinking core of enthusiasts until the last one out of the room turns off the light. the vast collections will be relegated to a display case along with those things called coins and currency in museums.
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The show is amazing! Has a fantastic long-term storyline. It ended at "The Academy" but this show has an absurd amount of storyline. If you ever do a bit of research on the few main sites about this show, some of which go in depth into the lore (literally from the creators of the show) it has as much lore as The Avatar. I'm not even exaggerating. From the structure of the city to the amount of Dragon history to the 5 types of Dragon Boosters to the 5 bonemarks which are used by Armeggadon to make a Dragon Army to The Academy and the politics there + the tons of knowledge/skills/racing/etc. to learn there to the Dragon Mystics' secret order and wayyy more it's SOOOOOOOOOOO much lore! This show needed to continue another 5-6 season at LEAST! Truly sad it was cancelled....
I do have high hopes for the future of Union Arena and the english release ☺️ only time will tell how well Bandai is able to handle it, but it looks like they do put a lot of effort into making it work
Todays world is simply too fast for stamp collecting. Young people are simply too involved with their cell phones and when do the new models come out, stamp collecting is dull to them, it's boring to them. I dont think the hobby will die but it is def in a transition phase. Very good post.
do these have a specific code at the bottom? Idk if they were eventually reprinted with updated packs but the code at the bottom should be different if so
I'm 22 years old from Bangladesh. 1 thing i noticed, both numismatic and philatelic collectors arrange exhibition every few months here in my city. Last i went to FIP sponsorship stamp exhibition. I shocked to see there are more numismatic stores than philatelic in selling corner. And also many crowds in numismatic side
Hi, thanks for making this great video! Interesting points! To attract young people, I would combine stamp collecting with blockchain and NFT technology. That seems to have a lot of traction these days. A question about your album, aren't you afraid of glueing your stamps to it? Seems like it could damage your stamps, also it does not protect them from the external environment.
I’m starting to love stamps once again. I’m in my early 50’s now and I used to collect stamps in the 70’s and 80’s. I still have a small collection from back then. I would say that I’m first a coin collector but I recently bought a block of Benjamin Franklin 1/2 cent stamps and I remember why I loved it so much in the past. I sell coins occasionally and was going to send some stamps along with the purchase’s for fun. I don’t know much about the market now, but I’m interested again for sure.
