As a beginning stamp collector, the first thing you must do is gather some STAMPS! There are lots of places where you can get stamps. Here are some good sources:
* The easiest and least expensive way to start is by taking stamps from envelopes, packages, and postcards that come to your house. Be sure to ask permission before you cut stamps off of envelopes. (Remove the stamps from packages and envelopes by cutting a portion of the area around the stamp. Don’t try to peel them off, they may tear.
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Your stamp collection can be whatever you want it to be — there is no right way or wrong way to collect!
Let’s discuss a few ways other people collect stamps which may help you determine what is most interesting to you.
Collecting By Type — Some individuals do collect stamps based on the types of stamps, such as only airmail stamps or only coil stamps. This category may appeal to you if you are interested in stamps used to pay special services such as special delivery or postage due. However, the majority of philatelists collect stamps of all types.
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Many have probably wondered who the quite military gentlemen is whose face appears on the 1906-07 issues of many African French Colonies, including French Guinea, Dahomy, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, etc.
The picture is that of General Louis Leon Caesar Faidherbe, who was a General in the Army of France. It is quite appropriate for the French government to honor him by placing his picture on her African colonies stamps for a greater part of his life work was that of making a minute study of the language, geography and archaeology of Northern Africa. He wrote many learned volumes on the subject which has become authorities throughout the world. It is said that he spoke the native languages of the parts of Africa where he studies with the fluency of a native.
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