Philactica - About

My name is Erich Hamm, and I started this website more than 50 years after first becoming interested in the philatelic basics way back in the early 50's. Then colour and topic and right away German and South African stamps occupied my spare time.

To this day I have nostalgic remembrances of some special stamp I acquired for my humble collection at the time - I savoured the moment. Despite distractions, I always returned to my stamps, ever wiser than before.

Over the years accumulating, studying with more handbooks or other catalogues one gets to feel the sense of joy and too, the value of your collection. In essence each collector channels his interest in the limited direction of philatelic love of ease. My fascination surrounded my initial area which kept me the lifelong scholar as it would any other philatelist.

These days the web brings philately to your home with options of the best deal suiting you - the collector.

You are invited to peruse the site, our continued addition of new items but above all, we hope you enjoy our presentation.

British Africa, the British Commonwealth, African Continent, Germany and a little Worldwide is represented here. Worthy of mention is also the array of small lots or accumulations, Packets, back of the book material and much sought after varieties for the advanced collector.

The latter is reflected in past feedback on various sites which emphasizes our good service and quality.

I have borrowed this philosophy : If you are pleased with our product tell others, if not - tell us. In such a way we have given good service to our patrons over the years since 1981 and hope to continue that Philactica trait.

Changes are in the pipeline to benefit you - the seller, vendors, our patrons, so do visit regularly