PhilosateleiaRandom ruminations on collecting and Philosateleia
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (posted by Philatelius at 9:46 pm)
New United States stamps
We’re only a little more than a month into the new year, and already there are dozens of new stamps for those of us who collect modern U.S. material. As is the case with a great deal of modern material, however, finding some of those stamps used is probably going to be a challenge.
So far, I’ve acquired only three of the new stamps for my own collection. I have two of the weather vanes—one of which came on a piece of mail from my credit union, oddly enough—and one of the bonsai stamps. That’s it. I’m still seeing a lot of holiday baubles at work, but hopefully the newer issues will gradually replace those as time moves on.
In local news
A couple of projects are in progress here right now. First, I’m working on posting images of and write-ups about my landscape stamps. That’s not exactly a small undertaking, and I don’t know how long it might take me to get everything online, but I’m doing what I can.
Something else on my plate is the stamp gallery as a whole. I’m trying to bring the look of the oldest pages, some of which haven’t been updated since 2006, up to speed with the rest of Philosateleia. This is an “as time permits” sort of thing, but it would be really nice a uniform look across the entire site again one day.
New Post Horn, new album pages
The February issue of the Philosateleian Post Horn is just about ready to go. My current plan is to distribute that on Sunday. That newsletter is free, so if you’re not already receiving it, sign up.
After that’s done, I’ll need to turn my attention to putting together the Spring 2012 supplement for The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album. As I mentioned earlier, there are several dozen new stamps for which we’ll need spaces. Look for the new pages by the middle of March.
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Fall 2011 update for The Philosateleian
Sunday, September 4, 2011 (posted by Philatelius at 8:06 pm)
If you’ve acquired any new U.S. stamps for your collection over the past few months, you’ll now have a place to keep them! The Fall 2011 Supplement (198 KB, 4 files, 15 pages) for The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album is now available for you to download.
This update includes space for over 40 new issues, including this year’s federal duck stamps. Enjoy!
Minor stamp album update
Thursday, July 7, 2011 (posted by Philatelius at 9:58 pm)
Last month, I released the Summer 2011 Supplement for The Philosateleian. At the time, I did not have die cut info for some of the new coil stamps. Now I do.
I’ve updated 2011 page 3, and you can download it from the updates & supplements page. Enjoy!
