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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 7844296, member: 5372&quot;]You may be correct, but I wonder. Philately, without a doubt the most popular hobby in Americana in a bygone age, and certainly influenced by Roosevelt, and actually still very popular in Europe and some Asian countries, has not seen any resurgence. There are a couple of TPGs, of course, to serve the periphery hobbyist collector, but no return to yesteryear is on the horizon. The path seems to be the same...popularity gave way to monetary collecting interests and that was increased with the advent of philatelic TPGs, and that was followed by the investor dealer/investor collector and then followed an overwhelming issuance of so many stamps by the U.S. Postal Service and at a cost that became to much for the average hobbyist, and here we are. Yet, the monetary bargains in stamp collecting is phenomenal, and if one takes the time to do so, buying up older generation collections, breaking them down, and selling to Euro/Asian interests can be very fruitful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see a return to the old days. Numismatics is now in the hands of for profit corporations for better or worse. It is the capitalist way, and I do not envision these corporations going to a graveyard. Quite the opposite, I predict expansion expansion and expansion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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