presented by Mark Swenson

Data-Driven Stamp Collecting

With so many stamps you could buy next, how do you know which is the right one?  Today’s stamp collectors want to manage their stamp collections digitally.  This presentation will introduce a stamp collecting methodology you can use to help you programmatically grow your stamp collection.  Intended for a worldwide collector, we will discuss how to set and track goals for your collection.  We will show how to use philatelic metrics to establish rules and priorities to programmatically make stamp buying decisions and allocate your hobby budget to grow your collection in the most efficient manner possible.  This methodology will help you to operationalize your philatelic strategy, and to take the mystery out of knowing which is the next-best stamp to buy.