~ Early Web Links ~

Pompon is a personal hobby site dedicated to ball-jointed dolls, featuring Super Dollfie and KIKIPOP! dolls with names like Jill Jelly, Pookie Boo, Bonbon, and Honeybear. The site includes a doll calendar and is part of a WebHandHold webring connecting fellow doll enthusiasts.

The Cedar Rapids Coin Club is a nonprofit numismatic organization founded in 1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offering monthly public meetings, educational programs, and coin show listings. The site provides officer contacts, club bylaws, incorporation history, and links to affiliated organizations like the ANA and Central States Numismatic Society.

Built over 12 years by David Aeschliman, this philatelic database covers nearly 1,000 content pages on stamp collecting with a focus on classical and early modern European and North American issues from 1840 to 1935. Visitors will find guides on stamp condition, forgeries, supplies, albums, catalogs, and detailed country-by-country collecting categories spanning dozens of nations.

RailroadData.com is one of the oldest and largest railroad link directories on the web, hand-curated by editor Bob Harbison since 1996 with over 4,500 verified links organized into categories covering passenger trains, freight, tourist railroads, railcams, and model railroading. Railfans and professional railroaders alike will find it an invaluable gateway to train-related websites from around the world, complete with a search engine, viewer ratings, and hit counters.

Plume Sans Fin is a TFL-approved fanlisting dedicated to fountain pen enthusiasts, created by Kale, with a charming name meaning 'endless pen' in French. The site welcomes anyone who collects or appreciates fountain pens to join its growing member list, and includes a banner handwritten with a Waterman Laureat from the 1980s.

The Australian Postcard Society Inc. is an Adelaide-based club founded in 2009 for enthusiasts who collect and study postcards, affiliated with the South Australian Philatelic Council. The site offers membership information, meeting schedules, research articles, book reviews, a photo gallery, and archived issues of the club's quarterly magazine.

DVD Nerd is a meticulous reference page dedicated to cataloging and naming the different types of disc-holding push buttons found inside DVD and Blu-ray cases, a topic with virtually no existing documentation online. The creator reviews each button type by its security, usability, and feel, building a personal vocabulary for use in their broader DVD case reviews.

Hosted by Linn's Stamp News, this directory helps philatelists across the United States find local stamp clubs to join, making it a practical community resource for collectors at every level. The page is part of a broader philately hub that includes the Scott Catalogue, auction updates, postal history news, and reference materials for stamp enthusiasts.

Stamp Smarter's 1847usa section is a comprehensive identification and learning resource for US stamps spanning 1847 to 2019, originally developed by Bob Allen and significantly expanded over time. Collectors will find visual finders, annual finders, postal card databases, back-of-book stamp identifiers, and guidance on spotting faked stamps, making it an invaluable reference for philatelists at any level.

Dave Mills has built an extensive reference and catalog site dedicated to French banknotes, covering terminology, printing techniques, artists, serial number decoding, and counterfeit detection across multiple languages. Collectors and researchers will find deep glossaries, signature tables, full country catalogs, and articles on topics like provisional issues and banknote design history.