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An amateur philatelist learns about the hobby in real time.
My goal is to publicly explore my questions about the hobby, and hopefully learn new things in the process. I showcase primarily 20th century American and Hungarian stamps, the core of my collection. But I’m not afraid to branch out as other stamps and stories catch my attention.
Let’s get started, shall we?
—Sarah G
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The world’s first death by hypnosis. Or was it?
Recently, I enjoyed Alan and Diane Bauer’s philatelic presentation, “Taking Up the Gauntlet – Exploring Castles & Palaces of Eastern Europe” for the American Topical Association. Their presentation inspired me to look more closely for castles among the stamps of my Hungary collection. In the background for the stamp below, I discovered a modern castle…
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Hungary 101: Stephen I
There are those in our hobby who believe that stamp collectors merely accumulate and organize old postage stamps, whereas philatelists use stamps to better understand global history and cultures. Assuming that distinction has any validity, then there must be a way to get from the “lesser” of the two avocations to the “higher”. As a…
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