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Hello everybody,
Had to take my face out of the stamp album for a minute and wish all of you a great and long weekend. May your manes flow in the wind and make super growth progress. Here are a few stamps I am working on.
Top left: East Africa and Uganda Protectorates 1903
Top Right Mauritius 1859
Second row: Nepal 1800s
Bottom row: Nepal Early 1900s
Hope you enjoyed this little show and tell. My stamps are my passion [besides my wife and my hair:)].
Ted
Ted;
Good Morning and thanks for sharing the stamp collection and the good cheer !
I am back in New Jersey working with FEMA. Currently working outdoors along the southern coast....How wonderful is that !?
Have a great weekend everyone.
Walter
And a great weekend to you as well! Thanks for sharing this interesting hobby of yours. :)
Oh, I forgot to show you all the extent of my stamp collecting passion:) It's out of control! Good day everybody and my apologies for the off-topic spam!
Ted
That's impressive Ted! You can be a historian of stamps and teach it at a college. :)
Hi rowie,
I'm still learning quite a bit about these stamps. I have been selling the modern stuff I have. I want to concentrate on what are called "classic" stamps. I want my collection to be only stamps before 1953. I maily like the Queen Victoria stamps because they were so much more detailed. Stamps from this era are often engraved and you can actually feel the texture of the ink printed on the stamp.
Here a few Queen Victoria stamps. These are from 1882-1883 era. These are my favorite types. St Helena is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. It is 1200 miles West of Angola off the coast of Africa. It is a former British colony. I like to collect British Africa and British Asia stamps. Many of these places are no longer existing as they have become independent republics. Some of the countries were cobined with others to form new countries. For example, Nyasaland Protectorate eventually became the independent state of Malawi in 1964. This was after being joined with Rhodesia in the fedration of Nyasaland and Rhodesia. It is very interesting I must say, and I get much enjoyment from these stamps.
Again, I apologize for these off-topic posts! Just wish my hair would hurry up and grow so I could post something on-topic!
Ted
Nah it's not off topic cause I look at the hairstyles that these ladies(i'm assuming) present. It's like a high ponytail with some kind of bun. It is interesting to think that these hairstyles is appropriate for the time when these stamps were made.
There's always a way to make something on topic, at least in theory that it. hahaha
-rowie
You have to have your passions...what a sad life it would be if there was nothing you truly cared about!
Absolutely correct Trolleypup! If I had enough money, my passion would be helping the disadvantaged in our society.
My stamps are helping me deal with having to be on disability due to kidney disease and dialysis and such. Hope you have a wonderful week my friend!
Ted
Thanks for sharing, Ted. Great to know a bit more about you!
By the way, Ive done my annual read-up on the Derby horses and settled on Normandy Invasion!
Tony
Thanks Ted, I guess it just goes to show that there's something interesting no matter where you look. Have a great weekend!
Hi Ted,
What an awesome collection you have, and stamp collecting such a great hobby. Actually, I did collect stamps for quite a few years, predominantly Canadian, and a number of US stamps as well. Naturally, I spent FAR too much money on stamps at the time, and haven't added any more stamps to my collection for many years. Now that I am retired, I know that I should "re-activate" my collection once again, but it would take a long time to catch up with all the Canadian stamps issued in the last 20 years since I stopped.
Take care, Ted, and enjoy your weekend!
David
Hei Ted!
Great weekend to you, and the rest of you guys at the MLHH! :)
Truly amazing stuff you have assembled there throughout the years, you must be proud! Just think of all the times and history these stamps have seen and represent... inspiring!
Hi Raul,
I have become very interested in the stamps of the Queen Victoria era. These stamps are so much more detailed than the modern era stamps. The stamps of the classic era are very often printed from engraved plates. This results in a design which can be felt on the surface of the stamp. Also, it takes much more skill to engrave a printing plate than to produce a typographed stamp. The plates tended to wear down after many uses so some of the stamps have design flaws. Some collectors seek out the stamps which were produced from worn plates. Sometimes these stamps bring higher prices.
I am trying to limit my collection to around 1953 or so. Anything after that I consider to be "wallpaper". These are stamps printed in massive quantities and without the skill of an engraver. I will have to post more of this crazy stuff later. Sorry to bore you all with this crazy stuff! Take care.
Ted