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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Inspector43, post: 25899169, member: 89213&quot;]This should tell why people are no longer interested in stamp collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started stamp collecting in 1948 at the same time I started coin collecting. I quit when the USPS started issuing wallpaper (too many stamps). I am including here a summary of the issues:</p><p>USPS Stamp Issues. The first two lines represent about 50 years each. The following lines are by decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>1847 to 1899&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 293&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1900 to 1949&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 693&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1950 to 1959&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 152&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 15&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1960 to 1969&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 247&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 25&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1970 to 1979&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 408&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 41&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1980 to 1989&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 643&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 64&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>1990 to 1999&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 931&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 93&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p>2000 to 2009&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1065&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 106&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; new stamps per year</p><p><br /></p><p>The same is going on at the US Mint. Too many coin designs being pushed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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