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Message:: [QUOTE="FitzjamesHorse, post: 31552, member: 2349"]My advice is "Keep the stamps on the postcards or on envelopes".The reason I say it is that I like to see a stamp used the way it was intended.For 30 years, I would have taken the stamps off the postcards. It was a big mistake. Nowadays, I buy postcards with stamps attached. I think it adds something for display.I specialise in Ireland stamps mint and used ...and this is a page from an album, which I scanned months ago. Although the used stamp is on an envelope, the principle is the same.I like the way it looks...a stamp used the way it was intended. I also collect postcards. I started collecting unused Irish postcards about 30 years ago and now I have 1,800.Then I expanded to other countries and have about 1,200 unused cards worldwide and nearly 800 are USA.Then I expanded to used cards.If you are interested in postcards, I recommend a site called POSTCROSSING....the idea is getting random cards from around the world. There is also a Facebook page where you can exchange direct. basically it has taken me 50 years to realise that stamps and postcards to work together.And the really important thing is that every collector finds whatever works for him or her.[ATTACH=full]1287[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]