rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on May 13, 2024 2:28:35 GMT
Week 19 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) It boggles my mind, on just how you manage to do this  Not surprised to see Australia, and The Brit Channel Islands cost so high. Surprised to see US at at least half of the above. After nearly 30 years of collecting stamps, had never come across "Bonaire" prior Had to Google. Well done you. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on May 17, 2024 6:17:49 GMT
Week 19 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) It boggles my mind, on just how you manage to do this Not surprised to see Australia, and The Brit Channel Islands cost so high. Surprised to see US at at least half of the above. After nearly 30 years of collecting stamps, had never come across "Bonaire" prior Had to Google. Well done you. It's actually not too difficult for me since I've been doing the new issue updates on Colnect for the last six years. I pretty much have a system set up. I have bookmarked about 150 different postal admin websites/facebook pages or other websites dedicated to specific countries Using the post in another forum listing stamp issuing programs for the year, I use Microsoft calendar to note when a country is issuing a new issue. Image below shows the calendar for May and an open date for Thurs 16th May which had new issues from Great Britain and Ireland For countries I do not have any stamp programs, I check new issues listed on Delcampe and ebay every 2-3 days. I set up the spreadsheet to track values at the beginning of the year, so now it is just updating each time I add a new issue for a country I probably spend around 1 hour a day on average doing new issues for Colnect, depends on number of countries issuing stamps on any give day and how much is uploaded on Delcampe and ebay.  May New issue dates - almost every day has at least one country issuing something! |
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Post by nick2302 on May 18, 2024 15:54:07 GMT
This is an amazing effort by the creator of this list. The sad part is some of these very expensive countries when you go look to sell a duplicate or whatever the stamp value/cost has decreased dramatically. I am, naturally, speaking of MNH. The other sad/bad part is some countries produce such a flood of stamps it is nearly impossible to keep up with them.
I appreciate this list and am thinking of printing it and bringing it to the next stamp meeting.
Awesome effort!! Thanks so much.
Nick
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Post by nick2302 on May 18, 2024 22:57:15 GMT
It brings home the understanding that buying the latest and greatest immediately after being published is not always the way to go. Wait and maybe like US Postage it becomes pretty much worthless, and people are using stamps saved from years ago as postage. Sure shows stamps are no investment grade thing to buy thinking you are investing. Oh sure, there is that rare stamp that has an error but that happens once or twice in a lifetime.
If you are collecting stamps thinking you are investing STOP now. Buy stamps to add to your collection because you have an interest in the country or the subject that is depicted on the stamp. Do it for self-education, keeping your brain active and alert, and for the sake of learning.
Nick
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djcmh
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by djcmh on May 19, 2024 12:33:34 GMT
Week 20 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet The first of Stamperija's clients issuing stamps for 2024 has released an avalanche of stamps, and now tops the list by a huge margin. Isle of Man is almost US$200.00 for the year, and Guernsey has now joined the century club. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on May 27, 2024 12:39:17 GMT
Week 21 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on Jun 2, 2024 12:18:39 GMT
Week 22 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet Romania and Isle of Man have both now crossed the US$200 cost for the year. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on Jun 10, 2024 6:36:58 GMT
Week 23 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet Red highlight are for countries whose issues are handled by agencies such as Stamperija and Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. France now securely over the US$400.00 level for the year after its avalanche of issues for Paris Philex. Australia very likely to cross the century mark this month, while the Faroes are just shy after their latest releases. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on Jun 25, 2024 7:20:39 GMT
Update 25 June 2024 - Week 25 of 2024 BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet Red highlight are for countries whose issues are handled by agencies such as Stamperija and Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. Since last update (sorry missed last week) Great Britain is now over the US$300 mark for the year with the Red Arrow issue and its very pricy Prestige Booklet, and is currently above Agency Issue country Liberia in total face value for the year. Venezuela enters the chart in the #5 position for the year. Belgium, New Zealand, Gibraltar and Italy are now in the Century club, with Australia and Spain likely to join in the next couple weeks. |
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djcmh
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Post by djcmh on Aug 26, 2024 14:19:14 GMT
Been a bit since I updated this. Week 34 Update (organized from most expensive to least expensive) BK - Booklet CS - Collector Sheet MS - Mini-Sheet PB - Prestige Booklet PS - Personalizable Stamps SS - Souvenir Sheet Nations in red are countries whose stamps are produced by Agencies such as Stamperija and Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp.
Closing in on $10,000 face value for new issues for the year, with France and Great Britain moving rapidly towards US$500.00 face value. |
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Aug 26, 2024 17:34:18 GMT
Let's just not tell my wife how much I've dropped so far this year on United States stamps, shall we? She's happy to know I always have some forever stamps she can use when she wants them...no need for her to question anything else.
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