Perfil do Colecionador jaeltentpeg11

A note on stamp variants: I can't always see watermarks or phosphor, but I do my best to mark variants accurately via gum or perforation or other distinctions.

I moved from the USA to Australia in 2013.

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(The following list is for my own benefit, but other collectors might find it interesting.)

My Favourite Themes:

FAVOURITE FAVOURITES: MASKS, PARROTS, SHAKESPEARE

~~~ general topics: THEATRE, puppet / marionette / wayang, dance, costumes, textiles, patterns (carpets / quilts / rugs / tiles), First Nations, crafts / handicrafts, folklore / legends, carnival / festivals, Star Wars....

~~~ specific flowers: COLUMBINE, desert pea, EDELWEISS, fireweed, Gaillardia pulchella, mistletoe, poinsettia, poppy (red)

~~~ specific birds: flamingo, PARROTS (including budgerigar / cockatiel / cockatoo / conure / lorikeet / lovebird / macaw / parakeet / rosella / etc), PENGUIN, puffin

~~~ specific animals: armadillo, bats, BEARS (especially polar & panda), bison, buffalo, donkeys, dragons, hedgehog, moose

~~~ Aussie fauna: bunyip, echidna, kangaroo, koala, kookaburra, numbat, platypus, quokka, quoll, sugar glider, thylacine, wallaby, wombat, etc

~~~ specific people: Gagarin, Ibsen, Tesla, Wallenberg

~~~ art by: Chagall, Klimt, Kahlo, Munch, Picasso, Rivera

~~~ places: Palestine, Statue of Liberty (US or Latvia or Hungary)

~~~ meta-stamps: mailbox / postbox, postal history, Posukuma (& other postal mascots), Postcrossing, stamps of stamps

~~~ and sometimes: angels (colourful), body parts (faces / hearts / stomachs / bums / etc), castles / fortresses, coats of arms, coins / numismatics, flags, Halloween, maps, musical instruments, orange, purple / violet, rainbow, skull / skeleton / bones (human), stained-glass, Titanic, traditions

(In general, I do not collect the following stamps: agency issue, aircraft, ATM labels, babies, battles, birds of prey, bridges, bugs, butterflies, boy scouts, cars, children, cinderellas, dams, dinosaurs, disney, drawings, dogs, dunes, fish, fungi, guns, illegals, insects, lions club, locomotives, military, minor variants, monochrome, moths, mushrooms, personalised, planes, police, popes, private, railways, roses, rotary, royalty, salvation army, sports, trains, unauthorised, variants, war, weapons, yellow.)