welcome from a Cleveland expat
Welcome, Mike. Enjoy yourself here, and do not worry about overly long posts; we have lots of room for all you have to say!
Bobby
Hey Mike! Welcome!
-Ernie
Hi Mike, Welcome from Canton OH!
Welcome, Mike!
Your story is familiar, as many of us came back to stampin' in the same manner.
I envy those of you who live in Ohio by the way - so much closer to Cleveland than me!
...I love that city....
Randy
"preferably something on the order of the Scott Platinum Hingeless"
Wow! I am somewhat overwhelmed by the responses to my initial post - sure seems to be a very friendly group!
Rather than try to address each individual response, let me just say I am sure I will be happy discussing stamps here, and no doubt will learn much.
To Michael in TX - thanks for the suggestion re the Scott Schaubek album; I will take a look.
Sure seems there is a lot to catch up with, but having a resource like this will be invaluable.
All the best,
Mike
Welcome, Mike; from another collector of U.S.
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Mike, welcome back into the fold, of stamp collectors and to SOR from SW Florida.
Mike
Hello Mike--a big welcome back from Orlando! You will find a home here. BOB
Hello all!
My name is Mike and I am only now getting back into stamp collecting after a hiatus of ~45 years.
I was an interested collector as a lad, but had no funds to do much serious collecting - used to love getting those stamps 'on approval' and figuring out how many I could buy for the few dollars I had amassed.
After school, marriage, service, started collecting again with my wife, but again, money was tight (newly married and soon with a son!) so did not spend big money on the early issues. We only collected US, primarily mint.
As the saying goes, life interfered with my collecting and I spent the next forty years or so working my way up the corporate ladder, not having much time for outside interests so the stamp collecting languished.
Having retired a few years back, I just 'dug out' my venerable Scott National album and have come to the conclusion it needs to be replaced. In fairness, the stamps are in good condition as are the pages, but the binder is a bit beat up. All the stamps are in Scott mounts and have survived well.
Currently considering which album to get and have determined I want hingeless if possible, preferably something on the order of the Scott Platinum Hingeless, even though they stopped manufacturing them some time back and do not produce the later supplements.
I'm looking at the normal sites, e.g. eBay, and expect I will find something given a bit of patience. If anyone can point me in the direction of some of these albums, I would appreciate it.
This is already too long, but I hope it serves as my intro.
All the best,
Mike
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
welcome from a Cleveland expat
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Welcome, Mike. Enjoy yourself here, and do not worry about overly long posts; we have lots of room for all you have to say!
Bobby
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Hey Mike! Welcome!
-Ernie
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Hi Mike, Welcome from Canton OH!
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Welcome, Mike!
Your story is familiar, as many of us came back to stampin' in the same manner.
I envy those of you who live in Ohio by the way - so much closer to Cleveland than me!
...I love that city....
Randy
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
"preferably something on the order of the Scott Platinum Hingeless"
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Wow! I am somewhat overwhelmed by the responses to my initial post - sure seems to be a very friendly group!
Rather than try to address each individual response, let me just say I am sure I will be happy discussing stamps here, and no doubt will learn much.
To Michael in TX - thanks for the suggestion re the Scott Schaubek album; I will take a look.
Sure seems there is a lot to catch up with, but having a resource like this will be invaluable.
All the best,
Mike
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Welcome, Mike; from another collector of U.S.
David
Ottawa, Ont. Canada
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Mike, welcome back into the fold, of stamp collectors and to SOR from SW Florida.
Mike
re: Hello to all from Ohio!
Hello Mike--a big welcome back from Orlando! You will find a home here. BOB