Is stamp collecting/philately dying?
No, but it is transforming radically
I write this on Facebook:
“I invite all the 3,000+ members of my group here (https://www.facebook.com/groups/maximaphily/ ) to explore and join MACSU (Maximum Card Study Unit of North America)!
We also need to fill Board of Directors positions, including Treasurer.
We also need MACSU Journal digital layout designer, preferably speaking English and French, at least.
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From a recent response that I gave to Dr. Sun-Yu Ng. President of MACSU:
"I like your comments about focusing on creativity in maximaphily, not so much on rules.
I think that in 2026, the maximaphily beginners of any age, especially the younger ones, would be interested in COOL, CREATIVE, WILD and UNORTHODOX things that they could do about creating their own maxicards.
So NON-TRADITIONAL School of Thought for Maximaphily.
They don't want a bunch of prohibitions, like 50 things you are not allowed to do about maxicards.
Those guidelines are obsolete, or never smart, to begin with.
Also: examples of great maxicards, that we intend to show as a TURN-ON, in many cases end up being a TURN-OFF, for beginners/prospective maximaphilists.
They don't feel able to ever find such awesome pictorial postmarks, etc.
We discourage many of them with our masterpieces."
