discussion on adding stamps to Numista

Not going to happen, and that is good. Much of exonumia is stretching too far already in my opinion.

Quote: "Idolenz"​Not going to happen, and that is good. Much of exonumia is stretching too far already in my opinion.

​Well said!

I don't collect stamps but it could be a good idea,
For example to allow to swap stamps for coins

My opinion, absolutely no. Coins, banknotes and Exonumia is more than enough. The Exonumia takes more than it's fair share of time and attention from members and referees as it seems almost anything merits effort and discussion no matter how obscure the token, medal, or medallion is.

Isn't there a website for stamp collectors already?

Isn't there a website for stamp collectors already?
Certainly, looking well

There are also some for metro or bus tickets, telephone or loyalty cards, etc, etc,
which have the same utility as certain exonumia present
discount coupons, loyalty coupons, checks

I agree that stamps shouldn't be added to Numista.

I say this as someone who is interested in "economic tokens" of all sorts not based on their shape, composition, or official/private status, but based on their function, so I see coins, notes, stamps, bus tickets/tokens, bread tokens, etc. as part of the same overall system. I guess I'm approaching it as if I were an anthropologist.

So, I do collect stamps, especially earlier (19th-century) issues, first and foremost Canada's, but stamps have become so cheap that I have been buying lots of different countries of interest to me (Australia before the centralization of postage in ca. 1910, French "classics", German states, etc.). It's interesting that a number of nations had stamps before they had their own coinage. Some colonies, too, never had their own coinages but did issue stamps, such as Vancouver Island/British Columbia.

Now, there are so many issues of stamps all the time that the number of coins being produced pale in comparison. Although stamps were first issued only in 1840, Colnect has over 1,000,000 catalogue entries. (From what I understand it's the best site to enter one's collection and I may well go with it when I start cataloguing everything.)

I recently became aware ─as Idolenz points out─ that exonumia is already quite a challenge for our dedicated Numista referees. Yet the varieties that we encounter in coins, tokens, exonumia, etc. pale in comparison to the issue of cataloguing shades / re-entries / 13½ vs. 14½ perforations / thin vs. thick and laid vs. wove paper / etc. etc. etc.

" Isn't there a website for stamp collectors already?"

Yes, CCF has a STAMP FORUM

I'm partial to 'Idolenz,' 'Creposuc' & 'Camerinvs' opinions as there are other sites out there who do cover the hobby well.

CCF has a Stamp forum, so we should have one here called Phillista (Philatelics with a ista). Similar to this site, but just base it around stamps (The catalogue would be hard to manage given the amount of stamps).

Also a stamp site would be hard, as being a philatelist (If you need that word defined, you probably should not collect stamps) I know there are mountains of worthless and wallpaper (Modern excessive issues of limited postal use - like Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse and Elvis on stamps from Burkina Faso) and stamp forums always attract scammers, stamp scavengers and people who think their worthless rubbish is worth millions.

A good example of a stamp forum gone wrong is Stampboards.com - some great content and contributors but run by a rednecked Australia who runs it like a fiefdom (Bans are handed out liberally). The one plus is that there are no ads. But I warn you he is very rude and extremely racist.

Quote: "Moneytane"​​Also a stamp site would be hard, as being a philatelist (If you need that word defined, you probably should not collect stamps)

You know what a person who only collects children's stamps is called? A pedophilatelist
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numista is for things numismatic not in philately (aka stamp collecting)

I like the idea of a Stamp forum.

I agree with Moneytane about Stampboards.