>I've often thought fondly about those days and of restarting that collection again. I'm really only interested in US stamps though others from around the world are very pretty. I still think the early US ones are almost works of art.

Hey, you should visit the eBay Stamps auction site, US categories. Lots of images of great US stamps, never know, might rekindle your interest. I have a fairly good US collection, have acquired a mint set of the famous "Columbians," as well as the Zeppelins. Working on completing that magnificent 1869 pictorial set now...