Hello Newhorizons123,
In the U.S. there are roughly two million active stamp collectors.
Linn's Stamp News, the leading hobby weekly, estimates there are as
many as two million active stamp collectors in the United States.
New York Times
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By MATTHEW HEALEY
Published: August 15, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/automobiles/15CARS.html
Linn?s divides the universe of stamp collectors into groups according
to the seriousness of their collecting interest.
4,000,000 stamp savers
1,450,000 casual collectors
230,000 serious collectors
Linn?s: Stamp market roared back in 2004
http://www.linns.com/features/pagethree/pagethree.asp?uID=
?Linn's also estimate that there are three different types of stamp
collectors in the country, 300,000 active traders, 1.5 million casual
collectors, and 5 million stamp savers.?
Recent Russian Commemoratives
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:96T0e4ZRMFwJ:www.rossia.com/stamps/info/newissues.htm+%22Stamp+collecting%22++million+active+&hl=en
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Worldwide
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"Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related
objects, such as envelopes (cover)s. It is one of the world's most
popular hobbies, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up
to 20 million."
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_collecting
According to Australia Post, stamp collecting continues to attract an
estimated 22 million people worldwide.
Australia Post
http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH4064%257EMO19,00.html
According to Paul Fraser, Chairman of Stanley Gibbons International,
there are an estimated 30 million stamp collectors world-wide.
Abacus
http://www.abacusemedia.com/content.asp?ca=1&st=85
http://www.abacusemedia.com/content.asp?ca=2&st=86
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I hope this is helpful.
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
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