DiverJim's Stamp Collecting Page

 I'm in the process of trying to 'lick' this page, so please bear with me!

Thanks for stopping by my philatelic page!  I hope to have many great links and resources listed here for you philatelists. You'll find my collecting interests listed below, while you can find my wife's stamp interests at Robin's stamp page. We'll have want lists and pictures posted here (eventually), along with many philatelic links, so remember to check back frequently.  Enjoy!

My Philatelic Memberships

American Philatelic Society APS # 116705

Germany Philatelic Society GPS # 6864

Member since 1986

Atlanta Stamp Collectors Club

These are the countries and areas I collect:

Germany and all German-related areas (up through 1960)
          Including:

German States	Third Reich
German Post Offices Abroad	German Colonies
German Occupation Areas	Danzig/Memel/Saar
Bohemia & Moravia	Polish General Government
Military Post	Official Propaganda Issues
Allied Zones	Berlin
East & West Germany (DDR/GDR)	Hand Overprints
Forgeries/Fakes/Cinderellas	Locals

Germany-related Philatelic links:
Stamps of Germany (in German) (in English)         Michel Stamp Catalogue Publisher
Chris Ozdoba's German States info page

 

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United States  Back-of-the-Book & Misc.
          Including:

Airmail	Special Delivery	Postage Due
Registration	Certified Mail	Offices Overseas
Officials	Newspaper Stamps	Postal Notes
Parcel Post	Special Handling	Carriers' Stamps
Locals	Telegraph	Sanitary Fair
Revenues	Proprietary	Future Delivery
Stock Transfer	Wine Tax	Beer Stamps
Playing Cards Stamps	Silver Tax	Cigarette Tubes Stamps
Potato Tax	Tobacco Sale Tax	Narcotic Tax
Consular Service Fee	Customs Fee	Private Die Proprietary
Private Die Perfumery	Private Die Playing Card	Motor Vehicle Use
Boating	Firearms Transfer Tax	Rectification Tax
Specimens	Postal Savings	War Savings
	Treasury Savings

That's quite a list, isn't it?!  It very interesting stuff when compared to the regular issues!

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Russia (up through 1980)
(It's amazing how many stamps these guys produced!)

I'll have more info here as time permits...

Turkey (up through 1980)
(Anyone else have a hard time distinguishing between all those early issues?!  They're darned near identical!)

I'll have more info here as time permits...

 Here are some links to keep you surfin':

 Questions, comments or suggestions?   E-Mail me at diverjim

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