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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Inspector43, post: 5127616, member: 89213&quot;]Many of you know that I have collected coins for over 70 years. I have recently cut back on new issues because there are too many coming out. You may not know that I have been collecting U S Postage Stamps for the same time period. I quit collecting in 2002 because, as I feel the US Mint is issuing <i>ballast</i>, the U S Postal Service is issuing <i>wallpaper. </i>I feel that I have 90% of all U S Postage stamps issued. These are stored in 3 U S Stamp albums.</p><p><br /></p><p>Album #1 covers from 1847 to 1975</p><p>Album #2 covers from 1976 to 1995</p><p>Album #3 covers from 1996 to 2002 (when I quit)</p><p><br /></p><p>Following are photos where I try to show the variations in thickness. You should be able to see that the first album covering 128 years is much thinner than the second which covers 20 years. And, then the third which covers only 6 or 7 years is much thicker than the second.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Government services are manufacturing more fodder than I want to deal with. I will keep working with my collections trying to upgrade my content and presentation. But, I will not start any new release after I finish those started.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203098[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203099[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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