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Share Your Postage Stamp Passion: Join a Stamp Collecting Organization September 8, 2006

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What are Stamp Collecting Organizations?

Due to the massive, albeit apparently dwindling popularity of stamp collecting, numerous organizations have been formed concerning this activity. From local community stamp collecting clubs, to stamp collectors’ online communities and forums over the internet, to other special-interest groups and national organizations, stamp collectors definitely find even more joy and satisfaction in their passion for postage stamps when they are able to share this passion with other individuals of the same interest.

Are there Stamp Collecting Organizations in the US? If so, Which Among Them are the Most Credible and where Can I Get a Hold of Them?
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What’s in Stamp Collection aside from Stamps? September 7, 2006

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Stamp collection does not only involve the stamps itself. There is a wide array of stamp collecting products, from albums, accessories and even stamp collecting catalogues.

Aside from the stamps itself there are several products found in the world of stamp collection, which are as follows:

  1. Catalogues. Stamp collecting catalogues help the collector in choosing the stamps he wants to purchase. It is a one-stop guide to the various stamps available in that place. This type of publication gives information about the stamp, its value, how to identify them and tips on collecting them.

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    It Began with One Penny Black: The History of Stamp Collecting

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    Stamp collecting, one of the most popular hobbies in the world, is an activity that involves the gathering and organizing of postage stamps and other related items such as covers, that is, packages or envelopes with stamps pasted on them.

    The first stamp ever to be issued was of a portrait of a young Queen Victoria in 1840 Britain, called “One Penny Black”. By the 1860s, the activity of collecting stamps was already beginning to become a popular pursuit, particularly for children.

    Further on into the 1800’s, it was named “timbromania”, that is, “stamp madness”. The activity gained a huge following in Britain and eventually all over Europe and its colonies, so much so that businesses with the sole purpose of providing services for stamp collectors began to come about. These companies often sold stamps as well as supplies related to stamp collecting, such as stamp albums, in which the collected postage stamps are neatly stored.
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