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So, I've bought a catalogue - SG 2012 specialist China. Now I'm wondering - is this another rabbit hole I'm going down that won't turn out to be a good idea. I can't hope for completeness - not with the cost of energy here in UK having doubled in the last few months, and even higher costs predicted this autumn. Not comfortable for a person on a fixed pension!! Maybe a collection that's cheap and engaging is what I need.
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It is not a rabbit hole if you are not chasing completeness. Enjoy the journey.
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...there are no collection without chasing completeness - isn't?
If You go after low value + quantity, it will be spending little but many times, and no complete sets or year connection,
so, spending little more and not in frequency, will bring You, if nothing else, complete sets in album.
all depend what Your target is!
Good luck!
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There's great interest for Chinese stamps in Chine, I trade with several collectors there and the only Chinese stamps that I get are the ones franking the envelope.
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RE; ... 'the only Chinese stamps that I get are the ones franking the envelope.' ....
depending, of course, on which stamps are being used, postally used may well turn out to be worth more than the easily obtained mint souvenirs. many other agencies just slap a customs label on their shipping envelope.
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I'm not familiar with the Chinese postal system but I send stamps to and receive from collectors in China, that's P.R. China, with no problems of any kind, I do however, organized the stamps neatly in the envelope as to minimized the giveaway bulkiness of the contents.
Charley glad to hear that you are in good spirits and typing away.
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I wonder how you are getting on with your Chinese collection? Or have you given up on it? I have been collecting in the area for many years and I'm still enjoying it. There are plenty of expensive stamps that are out of our range, but also lots of varieties and historical interest in the cheaper stamps.
If you like to look out for varieties in the cheaper stamps, I recommend you get something more specialised than SG, such as the Ma or Chan catalogues. Or the new China Stamp Society catalogue, although that is pricey to ship from USA to UK. For early communist issues Yang's catalogue is still the best. Unfortunately, the Ma, Chan and Yang catalogues are currently out of print. Second hand copies can be found on the internet.
The China Stamp Society, based in the USA, is worth joining if you get serious about collecting. In the UK, the China Philatelic Society of London has struggled to survive recently, but is still going. (I am a member of both).
I have developed a quirky website that I am trying to improve - https://westnab.com
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Hello WestNab
Thanks for your kind message and for your interest in my earlier foray! You're right - for now, things have ground to a halt. I bought some of the easy stamps from the republic - the harvester, the junk, and the set of heroes. I've also bought a few recent sets, but my preference is for the older stuff. I've taken another look at Gibbons, and perhaps Manchukuo would be interesting - it has a beginning and an end, and many of the stamps are cheap enough.
I need to look carefully at the cat, check availability and prices on ebay and delcampe and make a few decisions.
Thanks for info about the societies, and for the link to your website.
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Here I am again considering opening another new collectiom - or rather accumulation. This time it's China that's caught my eye. The modern issues include some very attractive landscape issues, and the older, Republic of China issues from the 20s and 30s, are also attractive - those junks and that man toiling in the field!
So, I've bought a catalogue - SG 2012 specialist China. Now I'm wondering - is this another rabbit hole I'm going down that won't turn out to be a good idea. I can't hope for completeness - not with the cost of energy here in UK having doubled in the last few months, and even higher costs predicted this autumn. Not comfortable for a person on a fixed pension!! Maybe a collection that's cheap and engaging is what I need.
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It is not a rabbit hole if you are not chasing completeness. Enjoy the journey.
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...there are no collection without chasing completeness - isn't?
If You go after low value + quantity, it will be spending little but many times, and no complete sets or year connection,
so, spending little more and not in frequency, will bring You, if nothing else, complete sets in album.
all depend what Your target is!
Good luck!
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There's great interest for Chinese stamps in Chine, I trade with several collectors there and the only Chinese stamps that I get are the ones franking the envelope.
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RE; ... 'the only Chinese stamps that I get are the ones franking the envelope.' ....
depending, of course, on which stamps are being used, postally used may well turn out to be worth more than the easily obtained mint souvenirs. many other agencies just slap a customs label on their shipping envelope.
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I'm not familiar with the Chinese postal system but I send stamps to and receive from collectors in China, that's P.R. China, with no problems of any kind, I do however, organized the stamps neatly in the envelope as to minimized the giveaway bulkiness of the contents.
Charley glad to hear that you are in good spirits and typing away.
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I wonder how you are getting on with your Chinese collection? Or have you given up on it? I have been collecting in the area for many years and I'm still enjoying it. There are plenty of expensive stamps that are out of our range, but also lots of varieties and historical interest in the cheaper stamps.
If you like to look out for varieties in the cheaper stamps, I recommend you get something more specialised than SG, such as the Ma or Chan catalogues. Or the new China Stamp Society catalogue, although that is pricey to ship from USA to UK. For early communist issues Yang's catalogue is still the best. Unfortunately, the Ma, Chan and Yang catalogues are currently out of print. Second hand copies can be found on the internet.
The China Stamp Society, based in the USA, is worth joining if you get serious about collecting. In the UK, the China Philatelic Society of London has struggled to survive recently, but is still going. (I am a member of both).
I have developed a quirky website that I am trying to improve - https://westnab.com
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Hello WestNab
Thanks for your kind message and for your interest in my earlier foray! You're right - for now, things have ground to a halt. I bought some of the easy stamps from the republic - the harvester, the junk, and the set of heroes. I've also bought a few recent sets, but my preference is for the older stuff. I've taken another look at Gibbons, and perhaps Manchukuo would be interesting - it has a beginning and an end, and many of the stamps are cheap enough.
I need to look carefully at the cat, check availability and prices on ebay and delcampe and make a few decisions.
Thanks for info about the societies, and for the link to your website.
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