Happy New year to you all. I only get the digests which have on the whole been pretty quiet, so thought it time I made a contribution anyway. I know that a few of you, like myself collect lace themed stamps so...
Having been alerted, by a friend, to the fact that the February 2013 issue of 'Stamp' magazine might be of interest to me, I acquired a copy yesterday from 'off the shelf' at a well-known UK High Street newsagents in Norwich. Stamp Magazine has a regualr "My Collection" category in which readers basically submit an article about their personal collection of stamps, why they collect what they do etc etc. The "My Collection" article for this month's issue features the stamp collection of Margareta von Bahr from Sweden - her theme is LACE. The article covers four pages and features quite a few of the beautiful lace stamps that have been issued over the years, along with a few other interesting artifacts - Margareta explains that her theme of stamps deals with the history of bobbin-lacemaking, which has been of interest to her since a child, when she watched the bobbin's "dancing on my aunt's lace-pillow", and was sometimes allowed to have a go herself. She returned to the hobby after retiring and also began collecting stamps in 2007 after attending one or two philatelic exhibitions. It's an interesting article and full marks to her for highlighting this niche thematics topic to a wider audience - the magazine has a pretty extensive readership. Happy lacemaking & collecting Nicky in Suffolk To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
