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Stamp Albums.

Bob Hughes said:
No. I am living now in Nova Scotia. Moved out of Nfld in 2004. May I ask who is asking.
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Of course...I'm Dave Astley, I live in Mississauga, ON. NFLD, is my favorite place in Canada. Before Covid, I went there 5 summers in a row (drove the last time). I was also a stamp collector back in Brum, lost my collection when we moved south.
Dave A
 
adap2it said:
Of course...I'm Dave Astley, I live in Mississauga, ON. NFLD, is my favorite place in Canada. Before Covid, I went there 5 summers in a row (drove the last time). I was also a stamp collector back in Brum, lost my collection when we moved south.
Dave A
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Who did you buy your stamps from back in Brum.
 
Bob Hughes said:
Who did you buy your stamps from back in Brum.
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I really don't remember buying stamps at all, just swapping. I did look with envy at stamps that were on display in shops and probably the one in Needless Alley. There was a shop in Newtown Row that had quite a few for sale and I do recall them having assortments in see through envelopes.
Dave A.
 
My attempt to collect stamps was similar to Lloyds (post #2), ie “half hearted”. The only reason I started was because my uncle who was in the Coldstream Guards sent me stamps from places he was posted. This would have been in the 1950s. I remember I had quite a few from Aden, Australia and Spain (no idea if the Coldstream Guards were posted to Spain?). But although the collecting bug didn’t stick with me I remember the joy of getting a new stamp. The places they came from meant nothing to me, so it gave me a glimpse of more exotic and remote places. I had a nice bound album with the tissue paper protection (probably a gift from my uncle) and kept it for years. No idea where it ended up.

Viv.
 
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