Seasons Greetings Vlog 9-
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- It is the end of 2020! Let's have a chat and update on some recent news while also checking out the many things my viewers have sent me.
Links:
Tampering with US mail:
codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18...
Swearing Parrot Video:
• The Swearing Parrot on...
Murder Mystery Video:
• The Murder Mystery Pos...
PTS Awards Ceremony:
fb.watch/2zwRVBnnru/
Virtual Stampex 2 (Spring)
www.thepts.net/virtualstampex...
FIP article (pg. 27)
www.f-i-p.ch/wp-content/uploa...
Response to the article (PLEASE read and comment)
thedigitalphilatelist.com/opi...
Canadian Stamp News: Podcast hits a million views
canadianstampnews.com/explori...
Lighthouse Stockbook safe:
www.lighthouse.us/lockable-bo...
Join Filabras
Facebook: / filabras
Instagram: / filabras_
Becs Vintage Post (Rebecca)
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/becsvintage...
Instagram: / becsvintagepost
Patreon: / becsvintagepost
"Dear Postie" Stickers
www.etsy.com/au/listing/87375...
Exploring Stamps Canada Episode:
• Canada's first stamp -...
Example of Postcard Album:
www.lighthouse.us/large-postc...
Storing a Stamp Collection:
• Storing Stamp Collecti...
Suggested Postcard boxes (From the comments)
www.bcwsupplies.com/postcard-...
www.hobbylobby.com/Scrapbook-...
Local Post Stamp Chat with CJ (Piggy Back Post)
• APS Stamp Chat: Local ...
Chain Card Stamp Chat with Stacy Adam:
• APS Stamp Chat with St...
The Hapsburg Philatelist blog:
habsburgphilatelist.wordpress...
Toilet Paper Stamp from Austria (Linns)
www.linns.com/news/world-stam...
I'm a UK-based collector, nearer to seventy years of age than sixty, and you are my favourite online philatelist - I'm grateful for the work you do promoting the hobby to a younger and perhaps different generation of collectors...it's not all about what I or my fellow old fogies do...the joy of the hobby has always been that it's what each individual decides to make it...you make up your own rules.
Congratulations on the award - it's very well deserved, and long may you continue!
Dave
PS Yes I agree crash-covers or wreck-covers are always that bit more interesting when accompanied by an "ambulance cover"
Thank you Dave! Just as you said, you make up your own rules. That is one of the most appealing things about the hobby. I am glad that you are enjoying the channel, thank you so much for watching 😊
Hello cogidubnus1953!
I am a philatelist based in India and you would be happy to note that here philately is still very popular with the newer generation. Will be happy to connect with you for exchanging stamps.
Warm regards and a happy new year!
Online Philately is a welcome addition to spreading the word about our wonderful hobby. Only stuck in a time warp old fogies disparage this development.
Thank you John, I totally agree, it is a great way to spread the word about this wonderful hobby 😀
I love your perspective on the legitimacy of online philately. The disparagers are elitist and going virtual makes this hobby more inclusive of folks who haven’t had social/institutional access historically.
Brilliantly said! Thank you! 😀
Graham, you're the opposite of a gatekeeper--you're someone who talks about something with so much passion and interest that everyone can't resist but to give it a shot! Before I started watching your channel, I thought Philately was just a dusty old hobby for old people whose time has long since passed; now, I know that it's a hobby that can be for anyone, anywhere, and of all ages. Bah and humbug to anyone who tries to say that this isn't Philately. We're having fun, we're learning something new, and we're making the hobby more mainstream. So kudos for your efforts, man! You're well worthy of that recognition!
Thank you!! The hobby is for everyone, and we must all encourage anyone interested to explore the wonderful things that philately has to offer. Thank you for your support of the channel 😀
I am finally catching up on some long overdue online philatelic content, and I am partly blown away by the comments made by the FIP, but also not completely surprised. As I continue to connect with people on social media who are interested in stamps and other philatelic topics, I'm hopeful for the future of philately. Everyone has to start some where, so even if someone is just sharing a photo of a stamp because they think it's pretty and "Instagramable" does not mean their interests stop there. It also does't mean they won't spark the interest of others. Thank you for standing up for online philately and continuing to provide great PHILATELIC content.
Thank you Stacy, and very well said! We all have to start somewhere, and our online activities can generate interest, inspire, and provide a whole new enjoyable aspect to the hobby. 😊
Philately has never been so important to me. I get my calm moments by looking through my collection. Thank you for your channel, I’m always happy to get the net video notification.
Hi Graham, thank you for a wonderful year of philatelic stories and a heartfelt congratulations. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the PTS award for their contributions to philately than you. I also wish you a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.
Hi Gary, thank you for your support throughout the year. Have a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year! 🥳
Congrats on the award, Graham! Keep up the great work. It was so cool that you included my cards in your video and thank you very much for your reply! It was interesting to hear about your trip to Toronto and how you tried to find the same view of the skyline as the one featured on the stamp. Toronto's skyline has definitely changed over the years! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Cheers!
Garth
Thank you again Garth, glad that you enjoyed the video and seeing your card make an appearance. 😊
A bit behind on watching this one, but I had already been made aware of that ridiculous article on DP's website, and I thoroughly enjoyed your and his rebuttal. I've been a collector since I was 12 years old - I know this type of "philatelist" well. I have been loving the online experience and it has greatly enhanced the hobby. Your award is well deserved!!
Congrats on the award. Well deserved. I've been watching your videos from the beginning. My stamp hobby and your videos helped me during my struggles through recovery from knee replacement surgery two years ago. Thanks so much for what you do for the hobby. Merry Christmas to you...🎅🎅🎅
Thank you, it's great to see that you enjoy the channel and that the videos have encouraged your enjoyment of the hobby over the last two years. Thank you for your support and Happy Holidays 😊
Your timing is impeccable as in less than 48 hours all that snow would be gone with the very mild swath of air, wind and some rain that came by.
Absolutely, I have been waiting for a snow storm for over a year to film that scene... and I needed to sneak off work to get it filmed before it all melted 😅
I collected stamp in my youth but my main focus has been coins for the majority of my life....It wasnt until I ran across your videos/channel that my interest has been renewed and I've dusted off my collection and taken stock of what I have had tucked away for years.....For anyone to say that Social Media isnt an important tool in today's hobby world needs to take a harder look at the youth trying to find a community that is online or for that fact, targeted at the current culture....YOU are right, they are just probably old farts purests that dont see or cant adjust to the current environment and flexibility required to ensure our hobby moves forward....Keep up the great work, I find all your vids very informative and CONGRATZ on your award, you deserve it....Thank YOU!
😊 Thank you!! As you said, we need to adjust to new ways of learning, sharing, and enjoying the hobby. Thank you for your support and I am so glad to see that you are enjoying the channel 😀
Congratulations, Graham, on a stellar year! The PTS Award is richly deserved, but the real reward for all of us is in the number of new or existing collectors that you have inspired around the world. So apparently you don’t meet some grumpy-bum’s definition of ‘philately’, but you know the problem with online ‘influencers’? They influence people! And I’m very glad that you’re the one doing the influencing, because attitudes like that correspondent’s are only going to influence people to take up a different hobby. Stay safe, and best of the season to you!
Thank you Gerard! I'm super appreciative of all the support that you and this philatelic community provide. It has been an incredible year for the hobby. Happy Holidays 😀
Philately seems like a dying hobby. With email and online messaging, stamps are on the wayside. Any involvement in stamps is a benefit to philately. Without this channel and without Covid (staying inside a lot more), I would not be collecting stamps and would not be putting money into the USPS. Philately has added to my life in ways I didn't even know. I tell people, this channel has shown me how much you can learn from these random pieces of paper we see on mail. I would also say Graham Beck is a great role model for the philatelist, promoting discourse and not shouting.
Philately is definitely not dying! There are lots of new collectors - they just don't tend to join stamp clubs anymore. ;)
Congrats on the award! 100% deserved! You’re the reason I started my UA-cam channel, and you’ve helped young collectors like me network and learn more and more everyday, keep it up!
Thank you Mallard, your stamp vids are ace! Your work is helping this hobby to grow online, so please keep it up!! 😀
Congrats on PTS Award; obviously, APS “judges” have NOT viewed ALL of your UA-cam episodes-otherwise you would have won their Award as well! Your “Creativity” is off the charts and is unequaled in the Philatelic video world. Have a safe and fun-filled holiday. Thanks again for your informative, creative, and philatelic GEMS!
😊 Thank you Randy! Your support and encouragement mean a lot, Happy Holidays!!
Merry Christmas and happy and safe holidays from Greece, and a big congratulations on your win of the PTS Award...Keep warm too...with all that snow.Will be looking forward for more exciting episodes
Thank you Roger, Merry Christmas and thank you for all your support! 🎄😊
Me and Filabras are so happy with this mentioning. It is our Christmas present! All of us are so pleased and honored. Thank you so much!
Well thank you for sending me both letters! I really enjoyed receiving them. Please keep the hobby growing with Filabras 😊
@@ExploringStamps we will 🙏🏻🏆🏆🏆🏆
Congratulations for the PTS award! You deserve it! 👏👌
Thank you! 😃
I’ve resumed my hobby, which I’ve started 35 years ago, influenced by your Exploring Stamps videos and Filabras posts during pandemy. Certainly not because FIP - which I just got to know now with this episode. If my hobby “restart” depended on FIP works, for sure it would be R.I.P....
😅 Well said. So glad that you are enjoying the hobby and watching the videos. The hobby's future will rely on this community, people like you that participate and enjoy the online elements that make philately global. Thank you!!
@@ExploringStamps Come visit Brazilian Amazon and compare our stamps with real scenario! It will be a great pleasure for us Brazilian philatelists !
One's work can be judged by how much it inspires others. What is clear from your mail is that I am not the only one who has taken a new and passionate view of a lifetime hobby, but many others are new or rejuvenated collectors due to your creative ability and hard work. I do believe you have helped philately turn the corner from a dying hobby to one of the most exciting endeavors in the world. Thank you.
Thank you Chai 😊 I can only hope that the videos encourage more people to pick up the hobby and see how incredibly amazing it is.
Gosh I love these videos. This channel has taught me so much, I am a philatelist and proud of it!
🙌 we are all proud philatelists!! Thanks Isabelle 😊
Congrats on the award, don’t worry about the haters, dinosaurs always go extinct at some point.
Thank you Christopher 🦖😅. Happy Holidays and thanks for your support!
As someone who collects Christmas stamps as a favorite topic, this is one of my favorite episode. The USA have some of the most beautiful stamps in that category and this one is one of the best!
Been collecting stamps since 1957 and still it piques something. Had no idea this info was available. You've made being a philatelist legit.
Thank you Graham, online philately has been a life saver for me this year, it's been a joy to be able to communicate across the world and find other people that love stamps as much as I do (you've been sent some lovely stamps!). I also joined Post Crossing which has been a joy during dark times stuck in lockdown. Congratulations on your award it's very well deserved. Merry Christmas and have a happy and healthy 2021
Thank you Karen, its so great to see that you have been enjoying the online philatelic community as well as Postcrossing. Have a very Merry Christmas 🎄😁
@@ExploringStamps A very Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Howzit Graham, thanks for another great video. Congrats on the award, you certainly deserved it. Best wishes for the festive season, see you in 2021.
Thanks for your support, David 😀 Happy Holidays! Cheers- Graham
Happy Holidays and looking forward to next year. Be blessed my virtual philately phriend. Congratulations on all accolades! ☃️ Signed, TheStampkeeper
Happy Holidays Charlene!! Thank you for being a big part of the online philatelic community, and thank you for all your support 😊
I'm working on some promoting and educational materials for kids. I started collecting as a kid and I'm apalled that no philatelic organisation in my country do anything to even make kids know that philateli exists. So I'm starting my own "grass root" philatelic project (I'm certified teacher and educator, cut off my kid students due to pandemic) and I read some "manifesto" about working with youth. It was "so 50s". There was a statement that "only active members of Polish Union of Philately" can be caretakers of youth philatelic club. In FB groups I read many times that "something is not a real philately". There will be always people who want to decide what is "real" or "right". The Gurdians of The One and Only True Whatever".
Sad people... I find your channel very inspiring and informative. If that's not a philately then I don't know what is.
You might find some useful info here for Youth: thedigitalphilatelist.com/websites/stamp-collecting-youth/
Thank you Marcin! It is discouraging to see that there isn't any available resources for children, but it is great to see that you are starting this project.
I also have seen FB groups with some individuals scolding others about what is not philately, ugh! Thanks for watching and for your support! - Graham 😊
Hi Graham, great video as always. I still can't believe the curmudgeons who criticize digital collecting - are they trying to drive the hobby to extinction? I got involved in a discussion on another site about stamp "collecting" vs. "accumulating"! Goodness, who cares about labels as long as you are having fun! Keep fighting the good fight!
😀 Exactly! As long as we are having fun, nothing else should matter. Thanks Barry!
Graham, always enjoy your well-done segments. Interesting that you mentioned storing postcards. I recently bought a couple big vintage collections and have been contemplating how to organize and store them. Am currently sorting into similar categories that you mentioned (birds, animals, holidays, states, photos, etc). Also looking for storage and found some acid free photo boxes (similar to shoe boxes) and will see how that goes. Also ordered some books on postcard collecting, which should have other ideas. Separately, I am also doing Postcrossing and enjoying it after seeing it in one of your videos. You might consider doing a video on organizing and storing postcards. Have a great and safe New Year.
Thank you Mark, glad you are enjoying the videos. Please report back with your experience using the acid free photo boxes, I'm curious to know how they work out. Happy New Year 😊
Happy Christmas Graham. Awesome vid. I really liked the US Christmas stamp too. Great artwork, simple design and immediately recognisable. - I get that our modern wave of philately may differ from the more elitist of collectors. But to disregard it entirely. I really think we help to keep postal services alive. Bring on the revival.
Bring it on!! 😀 This hobby is thriving in the online space, and there is plenty more to come. Thank you for your support Martin.
@@ExploringStamps Thank you for all your videos, they've really kept me entertained in this "interesting" year. It's been great to rediscover a hobby and a lot of it is down to you. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and look forward what's next. 😁🎁🌲
Hi Graham - Merry Christmas- You are more than a breath of fresh air in the hobby- more like a gale force wind. I love watching you and have introduced to several friends. If you are interested in postal ephemera I would be happy to send you some.
Thank you Mike, you are too kind. Thank you for sharing the videos with friends. 😀
🎉Congratulations 🎉
You totally deserve the award🎉
Merry Christmas Graham. Thank you for making Philately fun. I spend hours a day sorting and studying. I am so glad that I found your channel ♥
Thank you 😀. I am so glad that you found my channel and have been enjoying it. Merry Christmas!!🎄
I watch, and really enjoy, your posts. I am noticing a trend. I am an old fashioned collector and have been collecting for a very long time! It seems that most people like me collect mostly certain countries or areas whereas (always wanted to use that word) the newer collectors are more into thematic collecting. You tend to make videos for both kinds of collectors but I'm wondering if there are many younger collectors out there who are still collecting in the old fashioned way. I have started my own thematic collection lately so I guess I'm trying to change with the times! I collect silver age Marvel comics so I started a collection of comic book character stamps. It's a fun area with quite a few stamps. Congratulations on your reward, you've done a lot to keep the hobby alive!
Thank you, Joseph! It's always great to see you enjoying the videos. It is an interesting point that you bring up, I think that you might be right about the trend. Maybe there is a perceived level of dedication behind a country, area or time period versus a topic... I can easily say that today I want to start collecting ships on stamps, but to say that I am now collecting pre WW1 France may require a little more preparation, research and thought. I myself am longing to collect a specific area such as that, but I'm still thinking it through while collecting a few topics on the side. I dunno just a thought. Great to hear that you have started a thematic comic book collection, Very cool!
@@ExploringStamps I'm wondering if you really are considering collecting pre-WWII France. I actually considered that myself for a while and did a bit of research. It is a very challenging area indeed, some of the stamps are very very expensive if you want to get a fairly complete collection. Also, identification ranks right up there with early US when you consider the level of difficulty. So, if a challenge is what you want and don't mind spending a great deal of time, it's a great area to consider. My main areas were always US, Canada, Poland and Russia and it was getting to the point where adding to these areas was becoming difficult. I decided to add a few more countries that were interesting and where most additions were affordable. I added Australia and Ireland to the areas I collect and was very happy with my choice. Also some of the African areas have incredibly beautiful stamps, especially Nyassa and The Mozambique Company. You should also check out North Borneo, the earlier engraved stamps are beautiful. Thanks for all your posts, they're always fun!!
Congratulations Graham👏👏..well deserved 👍🏻😊
Thanks so much! 😀
Another wonderful video. I couldn't believe what I was reading when I saw that article by Fip, it frustrates me beyond belief that people think like this in our hobby. Congratulations on your award, you definitely deserve it, you inspired me to set up my account and various social media pages, which I can't thank you enough for. For our hobby to survive, we need to continue and push the online presence of philately. Oh yeah, Merry Christmas 😀
Merry Christmas John!! 🎄 Thank you for all your support and for everything that you do for this hobby. You are a wonderful presence online and I love everything that you are doing, please keep it up!! See you in 2021🙌
Merry Christmas Graham, from Grace and me. 🎄
Thanks for making 2020 a little less challenging by producing incredible videos, and inspiring us all to stretch our philatelic horizons!
Looking forward to your 2021 videos!
Oh, and great Vlog!
Thank you Eddy and Grace! Merry Christmas to you and have a wonderful New Year 😊
Congratulations on your PTS award, Graham, and thanks for speaking out against the likes of the FIP, and others with their elitist mindset. They are deserving of their own special award - the Darwin Award. The hobby has no need for those dinosaur genes.
Thank you Ted! 😀 Congrats on a great year of content that your channel launched, looking forward to 2021, Happy Holidays!
Wow, those comments from the FIP are really counter-productive. If anything, online and social media has opened up our great hobby to more people than ever. I'm a new subscriber, but an old hand at Philately, I started collecting GB stamps when I was 12 in 1982. I lived in South Africa between 1982 and 1984, in a town called Witbank, 100km east of Jo'burg. Saw some wonderful things back then, wasn'table to get my head around the Apartheid regime though. Love your content as I binge it. Baie dankie!
That's a really a cool little safe i want one .i can keep my zeppelins in it . josh you have a great channel i have learned so much great stuff from watching you congrats on your award
Congratulations for the award. You really deserved it. 💐💐💐
Thank you so much 😀
Many congratulations for the PTS award. Your content is great!
Happy holidays from India.
👏🏽💐🍾
Thank you! And thanks for your viewership and support of the channel😀
I love your UA-cam channel, it's very inspiring and informative. I have been collecting stamps for several years now without proper guidance. Thank you once again. India has also issued the covid 19 stamps.
Thank you for such a fun, entertaining and enjoyable way of learning about stamp collecting.
You might have started a trend of recreating stamp scenes. Now that's real philately.
It is always amusing when I hear about "Stamp Snobs". Younger individuals like you are taking this hobby into the future.
Thank you James, I always enjoy seeing others post pictures of stamps in real life, hopefully we will see more 😊. Thanks for your support!
Re Abkhazia - Michel Catalog has now recognized many of the stamps issued by Abkhazia as 'legitimate' - in the Michel monthly catalog update (Rundschau) from August 2020 Michel listed almost 1000 stamps and mini-sheets with official Michel numbers. Over at Colnect these issues have now been listed (see colnect.com/en/stamps/years/country/248-Abkhazia) in the main stamp listings. Great video as always Graham! Gene (DJCMH) - Colnect Stamp Catalogue Coordinator
That’s good to know, thank you Gene 😊
Excellent video! I just started following your channel earlier this month, and I’m slowly catching up. I’ve been a philatelist for the past 35+ years. In 2000, I joined a local stamp club here in Vancouver. Keep up the great work and hope you have a great holiday season!
Welcome to the channel and thank you for watching, Happy Holidays😊
A great video, again, Graham.
A remark to the FIP.
That is an old organization that has a lot to say in the Philatelic world. However they are stuck to the old ways, I would call it old fashioned.
What they do not realize is that the future of philately is not the old way of collecting and studying stamps. The future will always be the youth, and the future does like the possibilities the new media offers.
With ignoring that, the FIP shows there is no future for them unless they make a turn.
I agree with you on the term philately, it is a bit more than just collecting, you give thought to your collection, order it in the way you like and do some studying. FIP sees it as a sort of tittle of honor, where you have to be one of the prize winning exhibitors, so I have the feeling. Well, I won’t stop them but I must say, I don’t like it when people feel they are better than others. We are all equal in my view. So if you have a prize winning collection, or have a collection of common material that gives you great satisfaction to me both collectors have the same importance to the hobby.
Use the little book safe as a time capsule 🙂
Love your channel and am learning a lot. Thanks 😊
😊 Glad you are enjoying the channel, thanks for watching!
Congratulations for the award. Surely you deserve it. You are an inspiring person. Really enjoying your all episodes. 🎊🎊
Thank you 😊
~ Firstly, I LoLed when the cam - and your silence - zoomed in on the contact lens solution! 😂🤔 Someone was maybe hinting that you need contacts...? 😆🤓 2) Ok, yeahhh if what you’ve been doing isn’t philately, then those who don’t think it is indeed “philately” need to reanalyze the definition of the word! 🤨🙃 Final answer! 🤣 3) I love that you did a shoutout to 2040 peeps and explained today’s (early pandemic’s) tp situation! 😂🧻 You are very thorough, my friend! Nobody can accuse you of not being thoughtful of future generations/philatelists! 😝 Alright, I could continue on and on, but I should just write it on a postcard! 😂 ...to be continued...
Lol glad you enjoyed it!! Yeah I think it was a hint that I should wear contacts 😂... oh well, thanks for watching and happy exploring!
Congratulations on your award! You certainly deserve it!,
Thank you so much 😀
I wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy new year 2021. I really like what you do, great good to the whole stamp community of the world who love stamps for the knowledge that it provides.
Thank you for your support this year, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 😀🥳
Another storage option are these photos boxes, easy to pick-up in person from a Hobby Lobby. They come in tons of colors and have divider cards to help separate into different groups. These are my go to box for postcards, photos and covers.
www.hobbylobby.com/Scrapbook-Paper-Crafts/Storage-Organization/Black-Photo-Storage-Box/p/80955761
Excellent, thank you Jeff. I have added the link to the video description 😀
What a wild year it's been not just for Philately but the entire world,I really hope you and Mrs.Beck a safe and lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you 😀 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!
One thought on chain cards, a resource the USPS offers that is underutilized by younger generations (my 86 year mother on the other hand knows these well) are the double reply postcards the USPS presently sells. What confuses people is they miss that you are sending TWO postcards with postage paid and all you need to do is rip at the crease the other postcard to use and send gratis to you or another person. As an aside, I am surprised retailers starting out don't use these as a way to promote their business by encouraging the receiver to use the attached postage paid card they received with theirs to recommend the business to others. Overall , double reply postcards are a great item and offer some pretty printed stamps. Finally it can convey an added thoughtfulness from the sender that with your birthday, get-well or congratulations message you are giving them a postage-paid postcard, excellent for those you may not be especially close to but stay in contact and enjoy communicating with such as acquaintances and old business colleagues --- and of course philatelists interested in chain cards!
Interesting! I don't actually know about double reply postcards. I have to check these out! Thanks Chris 😀!!
@@ExploringStamps I will send you one. Also will send a few intaglio stamps from 2018. Decided to buy the mint sheets of the $2 and $1 Statues of Freedom after getting portions of the $1 from a Mint sheet and in separating a $2 Mint sheet a little of the backing to the adhesive came off. The stamps weren't damaged but these stamps look so much better as a sheet. So I think I will send in an envelope the double reply postcard and a few of these intaglio stamps. I am hooked now on engraved/intaglio stamps (along with getting a Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express and Global stamp for each year). It will provide some ideas for future videos.
Graham - you are an über geek. Recreating the mailbox stamp image was truly inspired.
😊 thank you Bob!
I just started collecting stamps when my mom and dad bought me a mint condition Thai stamp set that was created in 2006 and I got most of the information from this channel so thanks
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing and I am glad that you are learning from this channel. Happy Exploring!
Award for a Great person well done i think your Great. from UK Bradford
I Love your videos ,I Look forward to each one you post,stamps revel a moment in time and history never to be forgotten , keep up the good work you are amazing
Thank you Christopher, its great to see that you are enjoying the channel, more to come 😀
Hi Graham, love the show and thank you for geting me back in to the hobby. I would really like some help to see what is in my albums, as in the value of the stamps I have. I have some very old one`s. I was still a boy when I started the hobby and did not know much about the stamps. So a few good tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Congratulations for the PTS award ! Merry Christmas for you and your family from Greece .Stay healthy and keep doing these wonderful videos
Thank you! Have a Merry Christmas in Greece 🎄. Thanks for watching!
With regards to your postcards, if you have any old video cases, they make really great postcard storage units. Remove the part that held the video in place, change the front cover to what ever theme/country is inside and there you are...
Graham you do such an amazing job I’ve had a rough couple years so I haven’t gotten a lot done with my stamps but I’ve kept up on your episodes and your great.happy new year!!
Season’s Greetings to you & yours Graham! Great video, as always and I so look forward to learning something new from you from each excellent one! Regarding the FIP, it proves the truth of the old statement...Old dogs never want to learn new tricks. BTW, it looks like those are a variety of actual contact lenses you received...that is weird. Cheers to a better & more healthy 2021!
Oh wow they are actual contact lenses?! I think that makes it even weirder...🤔 LOL, glad you are enjoying the videos, thanks for watching!
Congrats on the PTS Award, very much deserved! Merry Christmas!
Thank you very much, Kristiaan. 😊 Happy Holidays!
Hey Man, I love your channel, tune in practically everyday!
Well done Graham, love you videos, have a great holiday.
I bet that ambulance cover was not damaged in the mail, but placed in a mailbox in that condition in the hopes that it would be assumed damaged by the USPS in processing and sent on to you by the USPS.
Totally possible. My address was perfectly intact, I never thought of it as a possible way to fraud the post office.
Congrats for the PTS award! Happy holidays.
Thank you Carmen, Happy Holidays 😀
My parents tried to get me into stamp collecting...
I philately refused!
😅
Merry Christmas Graham, and congratulations!
Thank you Mark!! Merry Christmas 🎄
Hey, I got quoted! :-) I really enjoyed seeing all your mail. Maybe I should start a COVID collection.
Also, the FIP's comments are absurd. They clearly just want to keep Philately to themselves and screw that.
Congrats on your PTS award. It is well deserved.
You sure did, Nick. You inspired that punchline setup 😁. Thank you!!
"Whilst" just sounds like as a stodgy old white guy (who is from Woodstock NY ?) The dude should re-read the definition of Philately. Hopefully he was just having a bad year. Congratulations on your award. It is well deserved and your content is entertainingly educational. I mean, I didn't know how popular the swearing parrot was, haha. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
LOL!! 😂 Thank you Laura! Merry Christmas and have a safe and healthy 2021
Every year I use vintage Christmas stamps on letters. I mailed out a bunch of postcards with the Self Adhesive 10c issue + postage
I LOVE using vintage Xmas stamps on my outgoing cards, and the Rural Mailbox is a key one that I use 📬
Приветствую, друг. Я тоже увлекаюсь марками. И я рад что у тебя в коллекции есть марки из России. Красивая марка с почтовым ящиком.👍
Спасибо, российские марки красивые 😊
@@ExploringStamps интересен вам обмен? Если да, то на какие темы?
You should jump onto the most well known US Local Post: Rattlesnake Island. Its history is very interesting. They have issued there own stamps off and on for many years. I have collected this series for many years. The cover story is also interesting. Check it out
Ooo I will definitely need to check it out, thank you John!
I'm a member of my local stamp club and I love it, but online sales is the source of the bulk of my hobby. If buying and studying stamps online isn't considered philately then I'd like to know where the experts think we should go to do this? There aren't many stamp retail shops open any longer. You can't even go to the post office to buy new commemorative stamps any longer, you have to buy them online.
Congratulations and keep up your excellent work
Thank you Jason, will do 😊
An award should go to Ted Talks Stamps channel. Great channel but younger than yours. Maybe an award for best new philately channel (maybe at end of 2021)
Agreed!
I am Abdel Rahman from Algeria
I am a philatelic
I am 12 years old
I noticed that this important hobby did not exist among my colleagues
Thank you Abdel, you are indeed a philatelist! Thank you for watching the channel 😀
Congratulations and Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you, Merry Christmas!!
Exactly We love stamps….we are Collecting and Philatelic dudes
Ahhhh thank you so much! I’m so glad you liked it and congrats on the award ☺️
You are very welcome, thank you for sending such a lovely letter and the postcards! 😀
Toujours excellent avec de bonnes informations et idées
Bonne fin d annee avec succès et bonne santé...👍🇲🇦
Merci beaucoup, bonne année! 😀
Hello I love your videos I'm a big fan I'm 11 years old and merry Christmas I collect stamps too but I only have 3 I hope you see this comment
So happy to see you enjoying the videos, thank you for watching and supporting the channel. Merry Christmas!
You are a philatelist, no doubt. When people stopped going to work, and started staying at home, the toilet paper manufacturers had a problem. Nobody at home wants lousy cheap commercial grade TP, nor do they want 70,000 feet on a roll. So they had to stop making that and start making the home cushy type on smaller home-rolls. We bought out the "normal" supply of home stuff, and it took awhile for manufacturers to retool their lines to catch up with the new balance.
Oh wow, I never looked into the TP crisis and its cause, that makes complete sense. Thank you Bob, for your support and for contributing to the online philatelic world, please keep it up!!
when the future economists are doing their thesis's on the tp crisis of 2020. They will all start in my city. Perth Australia. The rest of australia was at home when the "lockdowns" were announced. It was only mid afternoon in Perth. Enough time to go panic shopping. It took 2 to 3 weeks for tp to be freely available. It took 2 months for flour to be available at the supermarket.
congratulations on your award! well earned bro!
PS some photo albums for 4x6 and 5x7 work great for postcards. Some 70's era flip photo albums work too for the smaller sized cards.
Those are great suggestions, thank you Henry!
I am super happy that you are doing well Ms. Haws. That was the best Christmas Eve I had in 3 years and you ruined it.
"Philately" for me being Canadian, it's a science. Yes science, history, geography, study of humanity over time, study of insects, plants, inventions ... and so much more! What hobby brings you so much. I only know "Philately" which responds to all these fields of study. The art of making images so vibrantly depicting life.
Absolutely, it touches so many different disciplines, it is an art and a science that rewards the philatelist with never ending fascination.
@@ExploringStamps I wish you a very happy holiday season to you and your family. All the best for 2021!
Wow, congrats for the award!
Thank you Connie 😊
Congratulations on your award👍
Thank you! 😃
Awesome :-)
Thank you 😊
One small question - how long did it take you to find that perfect mailbox and was it close to where you live (stories behind #ExploringStamps!).
Lol there is a story! Actually this scene in particular was 14 months in the making, I had been waiting for a decent snowstorm in order to film it. 😅. I will have to share more about the post box in another episode 😉
Congratulation on your award, well done and you deserve it. The stupid discussions who is a philatelist is so useless. Everyone, who is interested in stamp collecting and even do it only for fun and not for a study of science is a philatelist. You like stamps and you are collecting them, whatever sort of stamps, letters, postcards and toilet papers you are interested in. Stamp collecting is a hobby and must not be handled serious. We have so many serious things in life, that collecting stamps must not be a part of it.
By the way: In Germany you have the same with some organisations and a few older collectors always discussing, who is a philatelist. This nonsense is not only American.
You got some really nice stamps and letters. At the beginning you presented from Australia a block with the first three stamps from New South Wales with a view from Sydney. I was looking a long time to get a stamp from this set and this year I had success and got the 2 Pence blue (OK, it is the cheapest one from the set), but I´m very happy about it. I´m not a specialist of the old Australian stamps (they are simple too expensive for me), but I´m glad that it is possible to get such stamps as well, even if it takes years. This is my main fun: Try to get several stamps you really like and who are not easy to get.
I like your channel and your content. I wish you merry Christmas and keep healthy.
Thank you Oliver, its a global philatelic issue I suppose. I totally agree, collecting stamps should not be an overly serious thing, but something that we should enjoy. Glad you are enjoying the channel, Happy Holidays 😊
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Israel is a fully recognized state since 1948! (UN General Assembly Resolution 181: The international community says Yes to the establishment of the State of Israel.)
happy Christmas !
i should say merry Christmas lol
😁 Have a Happy and Merry Christmas 🎄😊