Why has stamp collecting seemed to have died and coin collecting is still roaring along.
Your thoughts on this conundrum.

Never got into stamps so I can't answer that question.
But I can say this though.............I rather hold a rare metal (gold, silver) in my
hand than paper. This may explain why I don't collect paper money either

Good question.... I have spent a little time looking at stamps, in fact I had a modest stamp collection as a kid.  I think that for me, I wouldn't spend the money knowing now how little interest there seems to be in case I decide to sell.  There are some very interesting stamp designs, and if I had a collecting buddy I could see myself picking something up. 

In answer to your question though, I have no idea.

I don't know. I have a small collection of both, but in number wise, I probably have more stamps then coins, even though I like coins more. It probably doesn't hurt that my mom used to save every single stamp off of every single letter, and gave them to me.

One thing, I think, is that stamps are more easily damaged. I know you have to be carefull with coins too, but if you pick up a coin, you won't bend it. If you loose power, and thus A/C in the summer, you don't have to worry about your coins becoming stuck togther forever, and such.

I like stamps, at least the ones I have, and I realize that if I decided to spend what little hobby money I actually got in stamps instead of my other hobbies, I could get more "bang for my buck", meaning, I could aquire a higher number and a higher book value issue...but I can't do it. I just don't enjoy them enough to spend my money on them and not other hobbies.

It probably doesn't hurt that my mom used to save every single stamp off of every single letter, and gave them to me.

That's kind of how I started collecting stamps.  My Grandmother traveled a lot, and sent me stamps or saved the ones she thought I'd like. I was eight or nine at the time, and was fascinated by the different designs.  I still have the collection (somewhere), maybe I'll go and try to dig them up.