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What Carla did with her animal collection others havefollowed. The possibilities are unlimited and one of themany attractions of "subject" collecting is that it is worldwide. Your interest in stamps never wanes for the issuesof all the world must be carefully watched for stampsthat will fit into your scheme.
With this kind of a collection you are on your own.There are no catalogues or printed albums to guide and
restrict you. The albums you will use will be blank al-bums, the reference books will be a general catalogue ofthe world's stamps, encyclopedias and similar materialsto uncover the stories behind the stamps you place inyour collection. You will be amazed at the knowledgeyou will amass from such a philatelic endeavor. Not theleast comforting aspect of the subject collection is that itis always "complete" yet may always be added to. Eachpage as you mount it becomes a unit in itself. Many havefound this a most satisfying form of collecting stamps.