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At the risk of being made fun of, Im going to go ahead and ask if theres anyone on here who even remotely collects stamps. Im at an amateur level but theres something satisfying about looking through albums of stamps you collect. I know ... its an old ladys hobby. But I dont think I care Anyone??

I do. And the lack of post offices in Dubai makes it absurdly difficult here.

When family and friends know you like to collect stamps they collect and keep some for you, thats how I get mine. Now I just need to exchange 'em coz I got loads of duplicates and nice ones too. My most prized ones are elvis and an entire page of queen elizabeth (you know those different colours) & an entire page of christmas stamps...Feels good to look through those stamp albums.
How does everyone take out the stamps?

Did this stuff years ago along with telephone cards.

Enjoy

Cheers,

D

I used to collect Buffy/Angel and Pokemon cards - does that count?

www.epa.ae - Emirates Philatelic Association

well I am, I have a good collection but I stopped increasing my collection as I became very busy but i do have a good set of stamps and coins also.

chocoholic-well if I collected them I guess it'd work. thnks neway,u seem like a sweetheart
bonk-thanks!
palkid-let the fun BEGIN Stanos (o and I have a tiny, but gr8, collection of coins too)...so how goes it?

There are some kewl stamps from the uae like this one



or these.



I'm not a collector my pa is.

Real neat fayz!
you shud pik d habit from ur pa, smart man

hahaha, not likely although i do like collecting coins.

here are some more that are neat.




here are a couple I would have never thought to see, UAE stamps with dogs on them.

i can see how people can get hooked on the hobby, this is another neat one. (pictures all curtuesy of google)

i have lots of stamps (used to collect long time ago), stopped collecting them now as i have no time, i am concentrating on collecting coins now (always have), if anyone is interested in exchanging stamps with coins, please let me know,.

I think whoever wants to exchange should just get together and exchange. thing is, whos going to start?

Ajman JFK?

I vote Gardens (SHR shud b fine 2)

gtmash wrote:Ajman JFK?

hahaha, that one surprised me as well, probably early buttering up for the Free Trade agreement they're currently working on.

Also forgive my ignorance as i've never mailed a letter but what the heck is the price of postage here, some of these stamps have face values of 70 DHS

Nobody could help me with the stamp i was looking for:

http://www.dubaiforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21340

Collecting stamp is a nice hobby. Stamps with historical value are expensive, and some are limited to stamp collector's club.

I used to collect stamps. I lost interest when my mother accidentally burned some of the albums that I kept inside the old bookshelves. I have donated the remaining stamp albums to a foundation during their fund raising event.

I want to get some stamps here, but how can I?

The main post offices (in Karama for Dubai) have philatelic counters, you can join a UAE stamp club through Emirates Post.

http://www.dubaifaqs.com/emirates-post.php
http://www.dubaifaqs.com/post-offices-dubai.php