Exhibition philately gives way to other collecting / Näyttelyfilatelia antaa tietä muulle keräilylle
Teksti suomeksi englanninkielisen alapuolella / Text in Finnish below the text in English Actually, a good starting point of this blog is the comment of Colin Fraser of F.I.P. in his column in F.I.P. FLASH 130 | SEPTEMBER 2020 ISSUE ( link ): "A further thing to consider is the over formalization of our hobby. Stamp collecting is a very personal matter and can range from simply accumulating stamps in a largely random fashion, to highly organized and detailed studies of individual stamps, stamp issues or the postal service or postal history of a given country. There is great personal freedom in what you can choose to collect and the manner in which you wish to do it. Part of our failing is perhaps to have formalized the hobby too much. We are constantly told that there is a “right” way to do everything and that the alternatives are inappropriate or unacceptable. Rules by their very nature are discouraging. This is especially true in e...