david13617

31 Jan 2014
01:11:20am

After lurking for a while, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Dave Parsons and I currently split my time between Truckee, CA (near Lake Tahoe) and La Quinta, CA (near Palm Springs). My stamp collecting history appears to be similar to many of those posting here. I collected stamps as a kid in the late 50’s with my Dad. This early hobby gave me a great understanding of geography, and has carried over to my interest in travel. After moving from Kentucky to Maryland in 1960, I went over to the dark side (coin collecting) as that was what my friends were doing. This lasted for a few years before college, USAF, marriage, job, kids, etc. etc. got in the way, during which time all collecting came to a standstill.

Now I’m retired with a little more time- and it seems like little time!- on my hands. So, I’ve been combining my little collection with my Dad’s collection which I inherited, along with a collection he bought prior to his passing, and with my wife’s minor collection. There is lots of organizing work to be done in this regard. Right now I’m concentrating on the U.S. issues, and it’s really hard to fathom that box of worldwide stamps in various envelopes.

For now the concentration is on organizing stamps and then filling in some of those spaces of the Classic U.S. Right now I’m missing 75 of these (excluding the really high value stamps) but most of these have CV’s over $500. After that I’ll be delving into British, Swiss, and Canadian issues.

Lately I’ve been seeing red, or carmine. I have about 1700 of the 1894-7 2c Washingtons in the 249, 250, 267, 279B category. Looking there for the less common varieties and higher quality stamps. Found several 248’s, definite pink, in the group of 249’s. This exercise is providing a good lesson in stamp identification as I get back into the hobby. Sure is hard to differentiate dark carmine from a faded carmine lake! After reading several posts on SOR, I set up several stamps of known “red” shades as a reference for comparison and this really helps.

I’d like to thank all of you for your informative posts. Your thoughts and ideas are very helpful to the aspiring collector. Since I am not near any local stamp clubs, this online format is very welcome!

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CapeStampMan

Mike
31 Jan 2014
07:30:44am

re: Greetings from the Left Coast

Welcome to SOR group, David. You've made a very good choice of places to be and find all kinds of helpful information.
Mike

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larsdog

APS #220693 ATA#57179
31 Jan 2014
08:07:18pm

re: Greetings from the Left Coast

Welcome, David. This is a great place for sharing information. I've received a lot of help from a many friendly and knowledgeable philatelists here!

Lars

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DRYER

re: Greetings from the Left Coast

Welcome to Stamporama, David.

Big stamp club, small world. I recall driving through Truckee on my way
to somewhere better (no, it wasn't Palm Springs) back in the 1990's.

Lot's of rock-solid philatelic advice available from our stamp club,
and you can reinforce it by ignoring everything I say.

Stay a spell.

John Derry

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DavidG

APS member since 2004
02 Feb 2014
10:50:54am

re: Greetings from the Left Coast

Welcome to SOR, David.

David

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