New Member/Collector from Allen, TX
Jan 23, 2022 23:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by dpgolden215 on Jan 23, 2022 23:49:29 GMT -5
Hello everyone!
It's great to join all of you in this community! My name is Dan and I'm pretty new to the hobby. I've always wanted to get into stamp collecting due to my love of history, but for years I've focused on collecting baseball cards and coins. I only started collecting stamps a couple of months ago when I saw an ad in some junk mail offering three historical stamps for free. Out of curiosity, I decided to respond to the ad. When I received those three stamps, the artwork and historical significance of what was depicted on each stamp drew me in. I've been hooked since then, trying to grow my collection and learn as much as I can ever since.
I grew up in Chicago, but not too long ago got married and moved to Allen, TX (just north of Dallas) to be closer to my wife's family. I recently reached out to another collector (Ted the Talking Stamp Collector from YouTube, whom I highly recommended giving a watch), who encouraged me to join forums, such as this site, in order to get plugged into the stamp-collecting community.
I've got a wide range of interests but I'm trying to limit my stamp collection to U.S. stamps. I know myself too well, and if I branch out into other countries I'll soon become a hoarder. Any stamps depicting sports (baseball in particular), maritime themes (Moby Dick is my favorite book), railroads or steam locomotives (my dad and I are big rail fans), or anything of cultural or historical significance (I majored in history in college) are what usually catches my eye.
Any collectors in the Dallas/Fort Worth area please feel free to message me. I look forward to chatting with and learning from all of you, swapping stories, and sharing our love of stamps!
- Dan Golden
It's great to join all of you in this community! My name is Dan and I'm pretty new to the hobby. I've always wanted to get into stamp collecting due to my love of history, but for years I've focused on collecting baseball cards and coins. I only started collecting stamps a couple of months ago when I saw an ad in some junk mail offering three historical stamps for free. Out of curiosity, I decided to respond to the ad. When I received those three stamps, the artwork and historical significance of what was depicted on each stamp drew me in. I've been hooked since then, trying to grow my collection and learn as much as I can ever since.
I grew up in Chicago, but not too long ago got married and moved to Allen, TX (just north of Dallas) to be closer to my wife's family. I recently reached out to another collector (Ted the Talking Stamp Collector from YouTube, whom I highly recommended giving a watch), who encouraged me to join forums, such as this site, in order to get plugged into the stamp-collecting community.
I've got a wide range of interests but I'm trying to limit my stamp collection to U.S. stamps. I know myself too well, and if I branch out into other countries I'll soon become a hoarder. Any stamps depicting sports (baseball in particular), maritime themes (Moby Dick is my favorite book), railroads or steam locomotives (my dad and I are big rail fans), or anything of cultural or historical significance (I majored in history in college) are what usually catches my eye.
Any collectors in the Dallas/Fort Worth area please feel free to message me. I look forward to chatting with and learning from all of you, swapping stories, and sharing our love of stamps!
- Dan Golden
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from my Michigan home. We are very happy you joined the friendliest stamp forum.