How I re-start philately.

I started collecting stamps again just 2 years and half ago after 20 years absence from philately.



I've not completely lost interest on stamps during the time , so I have stored all the stamps , covers and albums into the stockyards. I also made certain stamp related homepage during the time , I've never bought stamps from dealers and auctions however.Business fascinated me much more than stamps during the time. I have almost forgotten how to use tweezers , Hinge !!



After retirement from the former company, I travelled around the world and one day I remembered my hobby of Junior days. I checked stamps on Google and found there're many stamps sold on eBay. As I was a leader of internet industries ,of course I knew eBay, but this is the first time I start using eBay and that day is in the middle of August 2007.



I've been collecting stamps eagerly from then and I found many dealers began to have web-site. A few of them has good interface , but it is much better to get stamps on the internet from forein countries than to get stamps by fax and postal mail 20 years ago.About payment the situation is much better , now I can use paypal instead of expensive and useless wire transfer.



On the other hand, I felt much inconvinient on getting knowledge of philately.There are some stamp catalog or stamp community on the internet , I want Worldwide stamp catalog with all the images and all the varietys .If it is free and multi-languaged , it's better.This is why I'm working for stampdia project.