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Collecting Stamps
Replies: 10Last Post Sep. 16 11:53am by Elm
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I want to start collecting stamps, but I don't really know where to start.  Any tips?

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Get a stamp, then get another one.....Repeat.

Pretty soon you will be pwning the stamp collecting world.

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at a stamp store?

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Go to stamp auctions or you can get stamps off ebay. I believe 'Stanley Collins' do books on stamp collecting.

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Quote: from Spirit of Desire at 5:07 pm on Sep. 13, 2008

Get a stamp, then get another one.....Repeat.

Pretty soon you will be pwning the stamp collecting world.


Lmao.
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Quote: from Spirit of Desire at 9:07 am on Sep. 13, 2008

Get a stamp, then get another one.....Repeat.

Pretty soon you will be pwning the stamp collecting world.


Haha, this, basically.

I'm a stamp collector, and that's essentially how I startled although these days I've been collecting pre 1960 stamps for some reason. I definitely recommend getting a stamp album of sorts-- it keeps you organized-- and then get some hinges or mounts.

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Quote: from Spirit of Desire at 5:07 pm on Sep. 13, 2008

Get a stamp, then get another one.....Repeat.

Pretty soon you will be pwning the stamp collecting world.


lol this

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Ebay if you want to get some rarer ones right off.

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Buy them. Look for collections online. Save them from letters in the mail

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You can search for philatelist order magazines online, go to hobby shops, or start collecting now by going to a post office and buying sheets of commemorative stamps that you like.

Some people collect stamps with a similar theme: space for example and do so worldwide

Some people collect Full sheets, some collect individuals, some collect first runs.

A good way to start out is by getting a collectors book which lists lots of pictures of stamps and you place (in a specially designed holder) the stamp over the picture.

First off regardless of how you do it you want to get some nice cloth white gloves, a tweezer with flat tongs, a magnifying glass.


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