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Collecting Geographically.

There are many collecting areas to choose from for billheads. From collecting geographically, to business types, and to date ranges. I have scoured ebay and the internet looking at different collections of billheads and I am going to take the next many posts touching on collecting area.

First, lets start with geography. That is, collecting from a certain country, state, city or town. Here is a simple breakdown of collecting billheads geographically:

I. Country
A. USA
1. 50 States
a. Counties / Parrishes
1. Cities
2. Towns

B. United Kingdom
1. England
a. Counties
1. Cities
2. Towns

2. Scotland
a. Cities
b. Towns

3. Ireland

C. European Continent
1. Spain
2. Germany

D. Cuba

When collecting anything, the narrower you can make your collecting area the easier it is to collect. It might make items harder to find; however, I can spend more money on the rare or seldom scene items because by narrowing my field, there is less out there for me to buy. The broader the field the more that is out there. However, there is also an exception to this as certain counties or cities might not have produced a lot of billheads simply because of the lack of business in those areas. As for billheads, the bigger the city, the chances are you will find more billheads to collect. Take for example New York City. Lots of business and merchants here, lots of printers, and lots of billheads pop up for New York.

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