Stamporama Discussions: Snipe Hunt 2

General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Snipe Hunt 2

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philb

22 Jan 2020
07:56:24pm
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Charlie Steele and i took a 15 mile ride South on the Taconic Parkway and his GPS led us directly to a nice couple with a small plastic box on their table. I shall leave it up to your imagination what we found. I have been playing with stamps since i sent away for my 500 stamps for 10 cents in 1949,and its been a long often slow process...i had the album but went many many years before i acquired my first catalog,then i joinned the club i now belong to, i joinned the APS it was only 8 bucks a year in those days. So how to explain to folks in their 70s how to go about collecting stamps....where do they get an album ? How much does it cost ? The same for catalogs . Its not an inexpensive process and at least for myself it took a long time to get past the basics. I imagine some folks are fast learners...they will also make mistakes.

"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"

angore

Al
Collector, Moderator
23 Jan 2020
07:53:25am

re: Snipe Hunt 2

To stamping for seniors is not different other activities like putting together puzzles, etc. You could even make a BINGO game out of it. There are enough common stamps to make it easy without worrying about mistakes.

I think one mindset that you have to have an album and catalog. The new thinking is how to enjoy stamps without them. I have seen many Mystic albums on ebay where someone started with an album but did not get very far along before stopping for whatever reason.

"Stamp Collecting is a many splendored thing"