As a precocious, young kid, I was a dedicated patron to our local library. This neighborhood, one-level building with its 12 or so bookshelves was a familiar stomping ground. Yes, I was one of those kids who virtually lived in the library. Particularly, I lived in the hobby section which housed books from A to Z of every hobby imaginable. As a kid, I was pretty methodical and would start at the beginning of anything that I did. So, the 3 shelves in the hobby section were no different. I simply started from the beginning at letter A. Taking out the maximum 7-8 books at a time every 2 weeks was a continued pleasure from my library visits. By the time, I got to S and stamp collecting, I had a bunch of short-lived hobbies. Stamp collecting was one of those that stayed with me a bit longer but eventually went away. Pulled away by more challenging school curriculum by the time high school came around, I just didn’t have the time to continue.
Although by age 15, I had moved on to another long standing hobby, jigsaw puzzling, stamp collecting was still on my heart to revisit. Later on as an older adult, I was finally able to pick up my beloved stamping again. Only now, there was soooooooo much stuff out there. There is the Internet, which has blown up the amount of resources, vendors, supplies. There is social media which has so many groups out there engaging in conversations and events. Then, there are the plethora of organizations and resource sites out there.
Why this site?
Here I was, coming back into stamping as a hobby. I was literally a beginner again. Not knowing where to start, I slowly found my way down a doable path and started this website. The website was born out of my 2-year journey and the desire to pay it forward to those embarking down the same road. State of Stamp Collecting (SOSC) was started as an online site to showcase my personal stamping AND a resource site for stamping beginners try to find their way into the hobby.
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