I had been away from philately for a long time when during COVID the combination of several co-incidents led me back to the hobby that I love. As a youth, acquisition of stamps was primarily from tearing stamps off of mail we received as well as that from kind family members who also collected for […]
In 2025 we will be observing the 100th anniversary of Norway’s Polarbear and Airplane stamps. These were some of the earliest stamps I recall my dad introducing me to when he gave me his stamp collection in the mid-1970s. He referred to these as being his favorites (incidentally being released the same year he was […]
After getting back into philately a few years ago, it didn’t take long for me to discover the Scandinavian Collectors Club (SCC), the premier stamp club for those of us who collect stamps from Nordic countries. Established originally as the Finnish Collectors Club, SCC has existed since the 1940s with numerous chapters. To my surprise, […]