Stamp Collecting 2024

[seanofjapan]

I collected as a kid and its been one of my many on-again off-again side hobbies over the years. Never something I’ve ever spent serious money on or viewed as an investment, its just one of those things that sometimes captures my interest for a few hours on a cold winter evening here and there.

I live in Japan and auction sites here will often sell off 10 to 20 lb bags of on paper used commemorative stamps for like 30 to 40 dollars or so. I buy one of those every 3 or 4 years. Those are always a fun project. Got my son into it when he was about 4 years old but wasn’t able to hold his interest for long. My dad, who got me into it as a kid, is still collecting at 80.

[sb1]

Steve much nailed it. Of the stamps shown two have certs, the 12 cent with an authentication only with no numerical grade, and the 3 cent with a 90J assigned grade. I have some other #1,2's and other imperf with grades as well.

At one time I owned the 1 cent stamp top pop Sc#9 100J, auctioned it and lost money