I am from South Australia, a state within Australia.
Been collection since I was about 8 - long time ago now! I collect Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand stamps, mainly because I had a good supply of these growing up.
My collection is probably not as detailed as some others that collect various variations and watermarks and such. I just like to have one of each stamp unless the variation is a major like being printed on two different coloured papers or a major die difference etc.
I am looking for a site of like minds. Friendly people that want to talk/discuss stamps without belittling each other (just because we have different ways of doing things does not make the other way wrong). Looking through the comments, I think this site will suit me just fine.
What about the selvedges? One person here doesn't like them. (Ted, that would make an interesting give away
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Hello, and Welcome David! Looks like you have already discovered some of our more... vocal residents!
As I'm sure you've seen, there are all types here, who all share one common passion, and it is truly a place where like-minded folks can hang, banter about, and have a good time, and focus on this passion we all love. And it' active!
Greetings from Florida. (mosquitoes, humidity, rain, & struggling air-conditioners.)
I recently got back into stamps -- going with Great Britain, Australia, and Australian States. I confess some wistfulness at this point that I wasn't born in South Australia like you, or more ideally Hobart, to provide easier access to the stamps I desire. London would be ok too. Used to collect U.S. stamps, which probably makes more sense. Guess I have a thing for Queen Victoria. OK, I do have a thing for Queen Victoria.
Haven't been in the club too long, but finding everyone helpful and willing to take on answers.
Enjoyed your quip on the Australia topics page by the way -- Tasmanian Pictorials.
i'm pretty sure we created a rule, somewhere, that said in order to be inSOR one had to have at least 20% CTOs. and display them... proudly... and often. where's that bloddy rule.
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"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"
"Used to collect U.S. stamps, which probably makes more sense. "
The best place to be is where the stamps you collect are being sent to. Used to have when I was younger, a constant supply of higher denomination British stamps (grandparents were English), but never got too many of the normal letter stamps.
I would think that being in the US, you would find a supply somewhere of all the stamps we cannot get here locally. And most in the US would be collecting US stamps first so would be quite happy to part with that handful of Tasmainians that don't fit anywhere.
I keep thinking that the £2 and £1 Australian kangaroos must have been sent somewhere far away from Australia being kept by disinterested people in foreign lands. I would imagine that somewhere in a box I will have some older US stamps that I would have no idea of the value of.
But it is unusual for someone in the US to be collecting pre Federal Australian State stamps. What got you interested in them?
David,
What got me interested in pre Federal Australian state stamps? It was a bit of a chain reaction: From Great Britain to Australia and then to pre-1913 Australia. When I got to pre-1913 I started seeing stamps that piqued my interest, swans, marsupials, Queen Victoria (again) and other stamps of interest. The history that goes with 19th century stamps is a big sell for me. I'm never going to fill up my albums of Great Britain/Australia/States -- my allowance won't cover that, but I am going to have fun working on it. I enjoy seeing Great Britain royalty on stamps as well. We have very few blue bloods in the states except for robber barons and dot-com hooligans. I am a big believer in regalia and Crown Jewels and all that rot.
May Queen Elizabeth Reign Long!
PS -- I don't do CTOs, but then again, I have a small collection of Beanie Babies.
Welcome from another Central Florida resident (I live in Orlando).
Glad to see another Aussie join. I have traveled to Melbourne in your wonderful country and had a great time there.
You will find lots of friendly (and sometimes crazy) people who are helpful and wanted to hear from what you have to share.
I do not collect Australia myself, but I do collect Papua New Guinea and all its offshoots.
As for CTOS, I don't collect them intentionally, but many of my Switzerland and Liechtenstein are CTO - used.
Again, welcome aboard! We have a great selection of stamps in our Auctions and Approvals from collectors just like you plus a whole bunch of other aids to help you in this great hobby of ours!
"I have traveled to Melbourne in your wonderful country and had a great time there."
There is a lot to see in this country, especially when you get out of the cities. Glad you had a good time here. Next time, come to SA - we make the world's best wines in the Barossa Valley if you like a good red.
She is more than likely to. Her mum lived passed 100 if that is anything to go on.
I too find British Royal history and all that goes along with it fascinating. But the time of royalty has passed and I suspect that Queen Elizabeth will be the last Queen of Australia.
Explore the site. Click on all the links you can find. Plenty of exhibit and articles too, and lots of other help and information just waiting for you to find. We recently got kudos for our online documentation in an article in Linn's Stamp News.
I'd just like to say Management has "politely" asked me not to communicate with you after this brief welcome, and to advise you against reading any of my previous or future posts to avoid scaring you off until you've paid your membership fee in full (It's only US$0.01 per decade but I believe that is currently about AU$19.27 so you should be prepared to commit to the long-haul to recoup your investment).
I have a bunch of Aussie stamps but they all seem to be printed upside-down. I guess that's what you do when you live down under.