tobben63
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Stamp eat sleep repeat
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What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 13, 2020 8:28:42 GMT
I organize my stamp duplicates in stockbooks. What do you do? Here is my current project, India. One row for each common stamp, uncommon stamps may share row's as it is likely that I never will get a duplicate of them. I try not to have more than 10 stamps of each max. The reason I do this is that when I do an exchange I can easily find the stamps I'm lokking for. I tag each row with catalog number, here with numbers from both Michel and Stanley Gibbons. Don't this take a lot of time? Well, I do exchanges a lot ( colnect ) and this reduce the time looking for stamps when I'm exchanging. And I get a complete picture of what I have. At the same time I register the number of each stamp at colnect. So, how do you do it or not do it?   |
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 13, 2020 8:56:31 GMT
If they are worth 50pence or more they get mounted in booklets , Commonwealth, Foreign , or GB for circulating packets to be mailed round one of 4 Society circuits I belong to . They travel in UK for up to six months before returning to me with proceeds of sales. If they are not worth selling individually then they go into the “ junk box” for give-aways or bulk disposal 1000 at a time.
I have just done 5 small give away lots this week and had a couple of junk box clearances over the summer. I’d love to say my desk is tidier, but that is a lie.
Otherwise I do not Organise .
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tobben63
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Stamp eat sleep repeat
Posts: 1,866
What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 13, 2020 9:10:02 GMT
I’d love to say my desk is tidier, but that is a lie. I manage to crop away most of the rubbish on the sidelines  Here in Norway the market for circulating packets or books. If not I could be doing that. Norwegian stamps with readable postmarks from small places I do sell on a Norwegian stamp sell site. "Home town" collecting is popular over here. |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Sept 13, 2020 10:20:26 GMT
I had a similar query a while back asking how people organized their stamps for trading. I have almost all of my spares in a binder on Vario and Hagner pages but most not individually identified. I rarely have more than one copy of anything as I do not seek out accumulations. Over time, I plan to inventory them so I can trade more efficiently with folks like tobben63. You would think stamp societies could give out thousands of stamps to new members. |
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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 11:18:49 GMT
I store my duplicates in stockbooks as well, but I use glassine envelopes for stamps where I have 10+ copies. Since I restarted my collection recently, my stockbooks still looks a lot like they did 30 years ago, so there is room for improvement. Thanks to tobben63 for inspiration!  |
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ajkitt
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What I collect: Classics, Central Europe, World
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Post by ajkitt on Sept 13, 2020 12:28:37 GMT
It depends on their quantity, condition and value. I have lots of rough cheapies in envelopes, but nice extras (if I only have 1 or 3) are in 102s or glassines (more than that). Items that don't fit are bindered in varios.
Stockbooks, to me, are pretty much temporary storage for sorting.
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Post by spain1850 on Sept 13, 2020 12:58:35 GMT
One thing I do with some of my duplicates is to mount them in this 9-volume Minkus set I found locally from a Facebook Marketplace ad. They were in absolute unused shape and couldn't let them get by, so I decided use them as a secondary, worldwide collection.  |
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ameis33
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What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Sept 13, 2020 13:45:56 GMT
Primary in a stockbook, the most boring in envelopes...
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stainlessb
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Posts: 4,642
What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Sept 13, 2020 15:25:14 GMT
all stamps initially get sorted onto Varios, and then as the pages grow/fill, I will go back and arrange in chronological order -in the case of series, they get their pages, regardless of how many years they encompass Some countries/albums are more organized than others, either labelled by year, or in some case catalogue #. Countries I do not collect go into glassines for eventual trade/giveaway/sell. (TGS)
I'm still in sort mode, but the plan moving forward is as I make pages and select the stamps I will keep, the others get moved to the TGS category, and in some cases I'm going to have some large study lots to offer.
The sorting stage turned out to be much bigger than I thought when I got back into stamps (almost 2 years ago). I didn't realize just how many stamps there were in the collections I inherited, including my own, and then there's the auction acquisitions to add to the fun. With any luck, by early next year I should be more into page making than sorting... assuming I stop buying "stuff"
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Post by spain1850 on Sept 13, 2020 18:31:00 GMT
I've actually been contemplating the eventuality of having more duplicates than I can use. I like varieties, cancels multiples etc...., to add to my various albums. But, even with that I still wind up with gazillions. I do like the idea of trading, but have never done any. I've just been an accumulator, or stamp "harvester". My idea is going to be to make up as large of packets as I can, of all-different stamps for each country, and trade for similar sized, all-different packets of countries I don't have very good representation in.
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philatelia
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Sept 13, 2020 23:24:29 GMT
I'm fond of 104 cards and red boxes - easier to rearrange them. When traded, I erase and reuse the cards to save money. They are mostly color coded - white for used, blue for MH and Pink for MNH and Green for pairs and other unusual items. I use larger manila cards for the souvenir sheets and covers. I currently have about 36 boxes full of USA, 14 boxes full of stamps from countries I don't collect, about 35 boxes full of Irish material and about 30 boxes full of duplicates from the countries I do collect like Japan, Scandinavia and so on. Also about a dozen plastic tubs full of Irish covers and kiloware. My niece thought the boxes were boring, so she "bedazzled" the front of my USA red boxes with red (pink!) white and blue sparkly stickers! LOL She wants me to buy a bunch of green for the Irish boxes. yeah, I have a LOT of duplicates. That's why I offer 4:1 types of trades and also giveaway a lot. Those plastic tubs on the left with Manila dealer cards are mostly souvenir sheets and booklets to trade.   |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Sept 14, 2020 11:44:07 GMT
WOW!!!
I wondered how you did it!!
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polarbear
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What I collect: Canada Used to 2015, revenues, perfins. Newfoundland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Worldwide textiles/handwork and Christmas.
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Post by polarbear on Dec 4, 2020 20:38:03 GMT
Wow!!! is right! I don't have very many duplicates. I sell them or give them away. Mostly I just don't acquire them.
My duplicates are in Vario or stock pages in three ring binders, waiting for me to organize them by catalogue number for sales. Those that aren't sorted yet are in glassine envelopes. I only have one 4" binder of duplicates though!
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Dec 4, 2020 21:06:28 GMT
Well polarbear - you made my day - I try to give my "dups" as much as I can but cannot (too many in Books, Vario pages, Glassines etc) I do giveaways to share with Forum friends - and do private stuff also -  René |
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 4, 2020 22:18:43 GMT
To respond to the original poll, I selected stock books, but actually do three of the five possible choices: - Better material goes into stock books
- More common or multiple duplicate material goes into country envelopes or era-specific packets
- I do try to give away or sell material that I don't want to keep
I wish that I were more disciplined like renden and polarbear , essentially not acquiring lots of duplicates or stamps outside my interests in the first place, but I seem to end up with more of them in the end! |
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polarbear
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What I collect: Canada Used to 2015, revenues, perfins. Newfoundland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Worldwide textiles/handwork and Christmas.
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Post by polarbear on Dec 5, 2020 19:52:52 GMT
Glad I made your day Renden. Having said all that, it’s time to address the sad state of the sale binder!
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Post by greaden on Dec 5, 2020 22:46:31 GMT
I don't.
And I really need to organize them somehow, so as to offload them.
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 5, 2020 23:34:03 GMT
update...3 months later I'm still sorting and have had to 'expand' and reload Visio pages as I've ended up with to many and there's no clear view of the stamp which makes future sorting slow and cumbersome- should have allowed for this when I started, but I honestly wasn't anticipating soo many stamps I may have a hoarding disorder  |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Dec 5, 2020 23:58:32 GMT
Get rid of them, Stan ( stainlessb)  René The way I figure it is (if I do not do Ebay, Hipstamp, Delcampe, etc) I have to manage space in my stamp room or get a divorce...... |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 6, 2020 0:25:47 GMT
Rene
LOL I have a very understanding wife
she has her cello room and reading/ movie, whatever (including ironing and folding laundry) and I have my stamp room/ music studio
the secret- were at opposite sides of the house!
and eventually i will look to get rid of all excess (my goal is not to start my own stamp store... though that may be the initial route)- I have sold on e-Bay and it works OK- when it comes time I'll find more out about E-Bay, Hip Stamp, and Delcamp and decide which one makes the most 'cents'
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Dec 6, 2020 10:48:20 GMT
Hi
Since I collect only 3 countries, I have very few duplicates. I store what I have in #2 glassine envelopes in the box the envelopes came in. I have 4 boxes, US, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Stamps waiting for mounting are also stored in #2 glassines. A long time ago I found that #2 fit perfectly into a business card file box. So, those stamps are stored in a few of those.
Jerry B
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philatelia
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Dec 6, 2020 13:48:50 GMT
Stan, stainlessb, I think the disorder is called "stamp collector" and we all have a touch of it! But it is very interesting to note the differences between those who actively try to purge the duplicates and those of us who have oodles and oodles. For me, the problem stems from kiloware binges in the 2000's and a love of buying collections, AND the fact that I decided to sell five major collections. But, I'm being a good lil stamper and I got busy selling. Trying to stay on topic - Regarding HOW TO ORGANIZE - I really can't stress how much I prefer the dealer cards over stock books if you plan to sell because the catalog numbers and prices are right there and you can quickly pull the card if it sells. One workaround is using little slips of paper with numbers and values but when you pull the stamps to sell, it is easy for the slips of paper to become separated. Stockbooks or Vario type stock pages seem to be nicer for 1:1 trading. Of course this is all just my lil ole humble opinion! If you do want to sell for the first time, I recommend trying Stamporama first. No fees and the sellers are free to set terms. Much more flexibility and a good place to practice and get comfortable without making any financial or store commitments. |
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bobstew617
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What I collect: Switzerland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Channel Islands, Hong Kong (British Admin), PNG, others...
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Post by bobstew617 on Dec 6, 2020 13:55:14 GMT
I have my duplicates, some in stock books, and the rest in envelopes by area. unfortunately, I know I have lots of duplicates in envelopes I have from trading that I consider "Holding for Review".
I am an active swapper, so I try to especially send out stamps from countries I do not collect regularly.
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