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The World's most popular collecting hobbies 2011

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Victor Manta

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Jan 19, 2012, 5:13:51 PM1/19/12
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The World's most popular collecting hobbies 2011 is a list of the 75 most
popular collecting hobbies.
Data is provided by www.wikicollecting.org and is based on the collecting
interests of 150,000 collectors in 160 countries around the world.

The 75 most popular collecting areas of 2011 are listed as:

1. Postage stamps
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http://en.wikicollecting.org/world-s-most-popular-collecting-hobbies-2011

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Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP

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Billns

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Jan 19, 2012, 6:08:33 PM1/19/12
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On 1/19/2012 2:13 PM, Victor Manta wrote:
> The World's most popular collecting hobbies 2011 is a list of the 75
> most popular collecting hobbies.
> Data is provided by www.wikicollecting.org and is based on the
> collecting interests of 150,000 collectors in 160 countries around the
> world.
>
> The 75 most popular collecting areas of 2011 are listed as:
>
> 1. Postage stamps
> ...
>
> http://en.wikicollecting.org/world-s-most-popular-collecting-hobbies-2011
>
Nice list, Victor. And each hobby has a link to a Wikipedia entry. I
tried to collect #45 but could never keep more than three bottles on
hand at a time. For some reason they would turn up empty. Hic!

I suspect stamp collecting would not be considered #1 in the United States.

Bill

Billns

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Jan 19, 2012, 6:13:25 PM1/19/12
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On 1/19/2012 2:13 PM, Victor Manta wrote:

I also looked up the Wikipedia page for #70 Newspapers. I was pleasantly
surprised to see this mention of the most expensive newspaper that also
includes stamps:

The most expensive newspaper ever sold at auction is a copy of the
Romanian newspaper, Zimbrulu and Vulturulu (The Aurochs and the Eagle)
from 1858.

The paper was mailed to the city of Galati on the day it was published,
using eight Cap de Bour (Bull Head) stamps.

The rarity of the stamps combined with the number and quality led the
newspaper to be sold in 2006 by the David Feldman auction house for a
record $1.1m.

It was purchased by the famed philatelist and collector David Hackmey.

Bill

Victor Manta

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Jan 24, 2012, 11:29:21 PM1/24/12
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"Billns" <bil...@nsverizon.net> wrote in message
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Very interesting. A reference is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbrul_%C5%9Fi_Vulturul

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