ameis33
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What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Jul 5, 2020 21:43:24 GMT
I have a huge quantity of polish stamps of years '70s-'80s in the most different conditions. Few complete sets, mostly used CTO with gum, others CTO but without gum (they've been washed), others postally used, other not used with gum, others hinged, others not used with no gum, some damaged... Most of the used need to be washed...
I'm trying to extract just CTO with gum.
I think i will add CTO with no gum or postally used stamps too, but first i must wash them, and they're not a few...
Should i find a new stamp with gumm, i will add it also, so to try to get complete sets, regardless how they're made...
i will just take aside hinghed stamps, not used with no gum and damaged...
I want to see what could i get before to give all away...
What would you do in my place?
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renden
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Post by renden on Jul 5, 2020 22:22:48 GMT
ameis33 I stopped at 1970 with Poland so the rest will go......where  ?? and I do not discriminate LOL René BTW no garbage....just a too big production of Eastern Europe stamps like other Countries (Bulgaria etc)
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angore
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Post by angore on Jul 6, 2020 10:24:57 GMT
In the modern era (post 1960 with my soft cut off at 1980), I just collect the first sample (mint, postally used, or CTO) and not worry about it unless a replacement comes in some mixture. I do not seek them out.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 6, 2020 13:21:38 GMT
I am requesting that the original poster change this thread title to something more presentable.
Many thanks.
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ameis33
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet
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What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Sept 13, 2020 18:10:13 GMT
Since i've opened this topic, i think i've seen many others similar, more or less with the same question: what to do when you have a heap of stamp, mostly modern, maybe not all in good shape, with incomplete series, with a low value or no value at all... In a strong way, i've defined them "modern garbage", but the title must not be taken in a wrong (offensive) way. Unfortunately, the time needed to clean, select, sort, mount them is estremely high respect to the final result achieved. So, the idea to do nothing and to exchange, to sell, to gift them arize, but substantially this mean to throw them away... But i've tried to experiment what i'm saying now... I think i've never said to anyone, that i collect the polish area... (the polish area, a more enphatic way to say: Poland). I began from the years '70. I had many stamps of the period already divided in envelopes, one for every year. I began dividing them in new and used. New means MNH. The hinged one has gone to the laundry bag. Used means all the others. No distinction among postally used, CTO with gum, etc. All the hinged stamps, on piece, not in good shape, etc. to the laundry bag again... I've opened all the other boxes with unsorted stamps and i've worked on them too. Cleaning, selecting, sorting. Circa the 50-60% of the stamps i was working over needed to be washed. So, i washed them... Not all, year per year, few at a time (around 50 each time). Still i haven't washed them all... Then, i began preparing my album pages. I use Word. I've tried also other programs, but Word is the one i know better. For the moment, i've prepared the pages for the years from 1974 to 1977. I've printed my pages, cut and attached the mounts (not all, just for the stamps i have). This is the result (i've just made photos for the 1974...)        |
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ameis33
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet
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What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Sept 13, 2020 18:11:30 GMT
As i didn't have all the stamps, i thought to put the image of the stamps on my pages, so the holes should not be so evidents... (I miss almost half of the stamps...) The result satisfy me but, at the question: does it worth? i don't really know... In the east of Europe, not all the printed stamps were sold to the post office. One or two stamps per issue were sold just to the collectors and they were not used postally. If you look a catalog, it's not difficult to recognize them. In a set, there is only one with a higher value... All the sets you'll find will miss these stamps, and if you will try to look for those stamps, you'll have to take the entire set to find it, new or used CTO. This is what leave me disappointed. How much work will i do, i'll always miss something... And to have what i miss, i'll have to take the entire yearset in block... And so, what did i work for? In any case, Philately is not the easy work of putting a stamp in an album as if it were a sticker, but study, passion, research...
What i did, after all, was just collecting stamps. |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 13, 2020 18:25:57 GMT
In the east of Europe, not all the printed stamps were sold to the post office. One or two stamps per issue were sold just to the collectors and they were not used postally. If you look a catalog, it's not difficult to recognize them. In a set, there is only one with a higher value... All the sets you'll find will miss these stamps, and if you will try to look for those stamps, you'll have to take the entire set to find it, new or used CTO.  , ameis33 ! You've just cleared up a mystery that has been puzzling me for years. In my AFA Eastern Europe catalogs, quite often the higher face value stamp of a set was accompanied by a special symbol which meaning escaped me. And it seems clear to me it is referring to exactly that! |
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Sept 13, 2020 18:28:46 GMT
I have a lot of stamps from this time period of Poland as well. I think your page layout is very attractive. What kind of paper are you using?
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norsten
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What I collect: Definitives from Western Europe, Swedish postmarks
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Post by norsten on Sept 13, 2020 19:03:57 GMT
In East Germany (DDR) these stamps were called Sperrwert (in german) and became blacklisted by FIP since they were not readily available to all customers. This was shown by a black square, at least in old Zumstein catalogs. I think they are no longer blacklisted, there are no symbols or comments in my 1999 Michel catalog.
(I deleted my old post, since it mixed my text with the post by hrdoktorx, sorry). |
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ameis33
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet
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What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Sept 13, 2020 19:42:47 GMT
For stamps i use normal A4 sheets 160 g/m2. For letters or heavy objects, maybe 200-240 g/m2 paper is better, but in my opinion, 160 g/m2 is enough for stamps... Consider a normal A4 sheet is almost 80 g/m2. So, 160 = almost two normal pages, 240 = 3... You will ask me, is it so important? Well, it all depends how many pages do you want to stock in a single album and/or how many albums do you want to make (how many space do you have in your library) Less weight = more pages in the same space... If you want the word file, just send me a PM... It's in italian, but pretty easy to translate... The stamp numbering refer to the Fischer catalog...
Of course, as i put the stamp image on the page, you should use transparent mounts... Actually i have a small stock of bolaffi mounts and i'm finishing them, but they will quickly finish... If you have a suggestion about other mounts to use, i will be happy...
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darkormex
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Swinging through Switzerland and getting tied up in Thailand
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Sept 13, 2020 20:02:09 GMT
ameis33, thank you for your offer of the word file. I probably won't use it, I was just curious. I haven't really dabbled in designing my own pages and just use Steiner which is fine for me. I use a 65lb paper made by Neenah which seems to work well for all the stamp album pages I print. I use black mounts, usually Scott or Showgard as there is no image behind the stamp.
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