A New Beginning for the Ringtyp blog site

After a hiatus of some years-- during which I was not entirely sure how I wanted to approach my entire Ringtyp stamp collection-- I have decided to look up this old site again.

Oddly enough, I come to this place through a rather "backwards" approach.

Due to unexpected financial issues in our lives, I recently had to sell my more "serious" collections of Denmark and Sweden, in order to pay a variety of life's expenses.

Now that the dust has somewhat settled, what remains is my messy accumulation of Ringtyp stamps, gathered over a period of decades... with an eye towards "eventually" getting around to building a specialized collection.

Maybe that "eventually" has finally arrived.

Not making any great promises here, but at least I am prepared to lay out some kind of initial thought, here.

About this blog

Welcome!

This site is intended to serve as an adjunct to my primary web site dedicated to the Swedish "ringtyp" stamp issue of 1872-91.

Selection of Ringtyp stamps with superb cancels

The blog "format," with dateable and sortable posts, lends itself better to updates and to "inserting" new finds in order, than a "static web site." I am by no means abandoning the original site-- I am merely adding to it, using a more flexible format.

It may be a while before much of anything appears here. Catalogueing varieties and postmarks on such an extensive stamp issue takes time. My database on my computer is already huge, and I intend to upgrade the quality of the photos of all the minor plate varieties I have found, allowing other collectors to cross-reference with their own collections.

Hopefully, some people might pass by this site and decide to take up a new specialty!

In time, I also hope to collaborate with the "Swedish Ring Study Circle" that's part of the Scandinavian Collectors Club, as well as with collectors and clubs around the world.