Introduction: Family GB and Isle of Man stamps

Welcome Ian to TSF!

A very nice collection you have from the photos I viewed.

Cheers

Stan
Northern California

to the forum, Ian! (schoolboyhobby)

Nice collection you have. I used to collect IOM as well and only have a couple items left from there in my collection - one of which is the mail boats souvenir sheet.

It took me a while to get to the pictures, as no amount of clicking revealed anything. Oh, double click and there they are!


Have fun here!

 to TSF! Thanks for your very nice introduction. We look forward to more posts from you!

Hi Ian , Congratulations on rediscovering your stamp collection. Like many others there was a buzz about stamps in the 1960s -1980s period which is when you were active, Isle of Man had just become an independent stamp issuing authority and may folks were looking for a new country to start , just like you ,

You ask for comment.

Now the big question, are you planning to build on your collections? and how to take them forward? or are you wondering about disposing of it?
You have a nice base to work on and the 1980s 1990s issues will be available at a reasonable discount off catalogue
For Both countries you have a lot of catch up to bring them up to date and be warned the purchase price for year collections of the past 20 years from the Millennium, as listed in a current journal " Philatelic Exporter ," is about £1000 for GB! and over £100 each of the last two years >

My personal advice would be keep and build

1. to get page supplements to allow you to mount up your later issues which are languishing on stocksheet pages
2. Where you have duplicate sets from the 1980s, dispose of the spares by trade or use as postage (there really is no merit in keeping a second set They have current postage value only)
3. to work backwards in your GB into the areas you are missing, eg earlier QE II,Victoria to Geo VI (Unless these are available in your Dad's collection?)
4. Booklets, presentation packs and PHQ cards can be kept in the type of folder you are using .
5. have fun and enjoy re-discovering whet you already have

The slight downside to your collection as it stands, is the current market place. A lot of similar material collected in the 1970s and 1980s and frozen in time, has been coming up for sale. The buying market is stagnant or depressed for this particular period. So if you are planning on selling be aware that our generation of collectors in GB probably has similar material and there are more sellers than buyers so prices are low for 1960-1980 material.

Nice collection and presentation cards, schoolboyhobby !    To TSF!

Welcome! I hope you enjoyed your time here!

Welcome from France!

Welcome to the group!

Another idea is to work backwards and try to find precursor material for your area of interest. Some modern material is rarely postally used which is a bit of drawback for those of us interested in usages. BUT the important thing is to collect whatever brings a smile to your face! That's the joy of collecting - YOU decide what is worth your time and money. The possibilities are endless!