There once was a time when stamps were very collectible, but the US
government came out with too many issues in a year (hear that US
Mint?), values and interest in the hobby went down. If I had shown any
interest in stamps I could have come into 2 large collections from my
grandparents. Both my mother's father, and my father's mother were
presidents of a local coin club at different times. My father
collected First Day Covers. After he died my stepmother went to sell
the collection and wasn't even offered face value! These FDC's went
back to the 1920's. My grandparent's stamp collections were sold for
quite a bit less than they paid for them over a 50 year period. Stamp
collecting is on life support, prognosis not good. Coin collecting is
in the ambulance headed to the hospital.