Those trucks are nice Charlie. Are they metal?
Other than stamps of the world, I collect silver coins, with a preferance for Canadian silver dollars, up to 1968 when they stopped using silver to produce them. They make such a wonderful sound when you lightly drop, or spin them on your desk top. These pictured are just a few of what I have collected. Actual money...lol...believe it or not
Getting to be almost impossible to find nowadays. I keep looking though.
@Benque: Yes they are made from metal. I collect coins too but in a somewhat haphazard fashion and doubt that any of them are worth more then a couple of coppers. Still, I like looking at them, handling them wondering who might have used them...
I collect the coins of Panama. This sis one of the oddest coins ever made with a value of 1.25 cents. It was only issued once. It turned out to be a popular way to purchase small amounts of goods such as a serving of rice, or a small package of salt.
I also have a small collection of telegraph stamps. This is a special seal used in South African telegraphs.
Yes, I decided to add a banknote for each country I have stamps from to my collection. Particularly banknotes featuring wildlife.
These are the first to arrive.
I also collect STH fly reels - one of each model, but this will derail the thread fast.
I find these hexagonal telegraph stamps from Belgium to be rather attractive.
I build model cars. There is a kit manufactured by Revell of Germany of the Trabant vehicle of East Germany. I found a photo of a postal version online and just had to build one. I made the logos as decals on my printer. It's not quite finished yet!
"I build model cars. There is a kit manufactured by Revell of Germany of the Trabant vehicle of East Germany"
There are a bunch of Trabants hung from the rafters at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.... When we visited the HOF, my wife looked up and asked "what's with those cars?" I said "I don't know, but HOLY $*** THOSE ARE TRABANTS! COOL!" That didn't really shed much light on it for her. Turns out they were props from the band U2's "ZooTV" tour.
I also collect cars, I have now 3 collector cars at this time the oldest is from 1968
I collect the stamps, postal history, and postcards of Costa Rica and Netherlands Indies / Indonesia. I also collect the coins and the banknotes as well.
David
Ottawa, Canada
By that, I mean anything that is not directly connected to Philately. For instance, if you collect Postboxes or Post Office material it would be directly linked to Philately. I mean non-philatelic items which are nevertheless connected in some way. As an example I collect these sort of things see a couple of Pics below:
They are still in their original box by the way. They are similar to Corgi's. In fact, the company was started by a guy that used to work for Corgi but started his own Business. In 1999 he closed shop, but not before producing a lot of cars, trucks etc.
re: Do you collect anything else...
Those trucks are nice Charlie. Are they metal?
Other than stamps of the world, I collect silver coins, with a preferance for Canadian silver dollars, up to 1968 when they stopped using silver to produce them. They make such a wonderful sound when you lightly drop, or spin them on your desk top. These pictured are just a few of what I have collected. Actual money...lol...believe it or not
Getting to be almost impossible to find nowadays. I keep looking though.
re: Do you collect anything else...
@Benque: Yes they are made from metal. I collect coins too but in a somewhat haphazard fashion and doubt that any of them are worth more then a couple of coppers. Still, I like looking at them, handling them wondering who might have used them...
re: Do you collect anything else...
I collect the coins of Panama. This sis one of the oddest coins ever made with a value of 1.25 cents. It was only issued once. It turned out to be a popular way to purchase small amounts of goods such as a serving of rice, or a small package of salt.
I also have a small collection of telegraph stamps. This is a special seal used in South African telegraphs.
re: Do you collect anything else...
Yes, I decided to add a banknote for each country I have stamps from to my collection. Particularly banknotes featuring wildlife.
These are the first to arrive.
I also collect STH fly reels - one of each model, but this will derail the thread fast.
re: Do you collect anything else...
I find these hexagonal telegraph stamps from Belgium to be rather attractive.
re: Do you collect anything else...
I build model cars. There is a kit manufactured by Revell of Germany of the Trabant vehicle of East Germany. I found a photo of a postal version online and just had to build one. I made the logos as decals on my printer. It's not quite finished yet!
re: Do you collect anything else...
"I build model cars. There is a kit manufactured by Revell of Germany of the Trabant vehicle of East Germany"
re: Do you collect anything else...
There are a bunch of Trabants hung from the rafters at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.... When we visited the HOF, my wife looked up and asked "what's with those cars?" I said "I don't know, but HOLY $*** THOSE ARE TRABANTS! COOL!" That didn't really shed much light on it for her. Turns out they were props from the band U2's "ZooTV" tour.
re: Do you collect anything else...
I also collect cars, I have now 3 collector cars at this time the oldest is from 1968
re: Do you collect anything else...
I collect the stamps, postal history, and postcards of Costa Rica and Netherlands Indies / Indonesia. I also collect the coins and the banknotes as well.
David
Ottawa, Canada