Like many kids in the 1940s and 1950s, I started collecting stamps. I would go through tines when I concentrated on my stamp collection, and times when I ignored it. Although I have paid little attention to it in recent years, I still have and recently have dipped back into it.

A few constants. As usual in my collecting, I favored quantity over quality. As opposed to most collectors, I like stamps that have actually been used more than I like unused mint condition stamps. As at some point, stamps began to be issued more for collectors than for postage, I decided long ago that I wouldn’t acquire stamps issued after 1964. I went through a period when I would buy full (small and not expensive) collections, rather than individual stamps. The result of all this? I really have little idea of what I have. But here goes:

The Supreme Global 3 volume stamp books. My main collection. Here are some random pages:

But there is more. Here are some miscellaneous collections I have acquired:

And then there is my original stamp album from when I was 8 or 9.

And my uncle’s Israeli stamp album (without one stamp anywhere in it, and with his name spelled wrong).

And an endless number of sheets with stamps, which are not in albums, including these (and there are also several shoe boxes filled with stamps)

And there are stamp catalogs (a collection in themselves), such as

And this

So there you sort of have it. Maybe for a grandchild? But do grandchildren really want to have anything to do with any of this?