Some stamp collectors specialise in a certain subject or theme for their collection rather than collecting everything. Children usually start by collecting everything but as a collection grows, unless you have unlimited space, it's good to narrow it down to a certain area. My mum, for instance, now just collects stamps of cats, places she's visited and robins! She also collects postcards on these themes, so Christmas is a bumper time of year often with a new influx of Robins and cats in the form of Christmas cards.
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| Stamp Collage Christmas card incorporates mainly GB and USA stamps |
As I always try to create a new Christmas card each year, this time I decided to make a Robin, and managed to find enough stamps from Great Britain and the USA to make a suitable border to frame the image of the robin itself which is a collage of other stamps in brown and red. It was also part of a series of Patchwork style designs which I've recently enjoyed making and will continue this theme in the New year.
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| A selection of stamps featuring robins |
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| Isle of Man Christmas cover with Robin stamp |
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| Typhoo tea card |
