tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post1082409227662197772..comments2023-10-06T13:49:59.091-04:00Comments on Filling Spaces: Status Check (Or why Aden and not Allenstein?)Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111329068221289436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post-77435441954291256282010-06-04T12:45:43.327-04:002010-06-04T12:45:43.327-04:00Keijo, I agree that trading/exchange has a lot to ...Keijo, I agree that trading/exchange has a lot to recommend it. I've just haven't seen a good way to implement this without more trouble than it is worth. (I like your method that avoids wantlists but that seems harder to accomplish when you are looking at filling spaces in a particular album.)<br /><br />John, thanks for your post. I think there is definitely a pattern here that cuts across many albums. And, I wonder if the occasional exceptions--my first album I acquired was exceptionally strong in Liberia!--have to do with the predilection of the individual collector or perhaps some ancestral connection with a country.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111329068221289436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post-6734277291871347552010-06-03T14:20:16.397-04:002010-06-03T14:20:16.397-04:00I've been reading your fantastic blog for the ...I've been reading your fantastic blog for the last year or so, and I particularyly enjoy the posts that paralell my own experience, as the last few have. I have around the same number of stamps in my Blue as you do and my list of postal entities with no stamps is also very similar. The albums I went through to build my collection usually had good representation from Austria and Germany and most of the other usual suspects.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451325013622393269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749098825907573686.post-40350854040688692762010-05-24T06:49:44.983-04:002010-05-24T06:49:44.983-04:00Superb post, Bob.
I had plenty of fun doing a qu...Superb post, Bob. <br /><br />I had plenty of fun doing a quick comparisong between your have-not countries compared to <a href="http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/my-stamp-collection" rel="nofollow">my stamp collection</a>; it seems our collections share surprisingly many similarities (though covering different timespan). <br /><br />Personally I believe that trading / exchange of stamps is one of the key factors in finding at least some of the hard to get (low value) items after a specific point. But I admit / fear that very likely it alone will not be enough to fill those spaces.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392464160491040372noreply@blogger.com