A wise friend of the family once told me "Collecting is great for kids." And despite its apparent decline as hobby for young people, it still is a great way to combine geography, armchair travel, history, and own's one personal view of world into a single
"The word 'philatelist' means a person who practices philately or stamp collecting.
Linn's online edition is a worthy companion to the printed news weekly, but many of the sections require free registration.
The Mystery Box combines philately, geography, history and travel into a unique "collection of mystery stories springing from the evocative images of postage stamps and their curious histories.
The layout is a bit confusing and scattered, but Frank Mardle, a British stamp collector, has created a site with lots of information for new collectors.
"The Virtual Stamp Club was chartered in 1995 as the first electronic chapter of the American Philatelic Society .
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