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How do I file them? By year and then by stamp number (Scott)? Have been making a note in my albums that I have the stamp “on cover” but if I would ever want to find it, I need to decide how best to organize them.
Or are they worthless and I should just take the stamp for my collection?
Any opinions? What modern covers are worth saving? I have some personal letters, some stamp club business letters, and commercial/advertising covers.
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I think they are quite worth keeping (I do when I can). I think a collection like yours would best be sorted by Scott number.
Just my 2 cents.
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Sally,
there are multiple ways that I collect covers: by service (air mail, air mail special delivery, international rates) by auxillary aspects (RTS, missent) by cancels, and with tied seals, APO and other military markings, etc. There's also, as others note, all mail sent in 1982, 1983, etc. Or by Scott numbers.
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David,
I do pull out any covers with aspects that might make it more interesting: incorrect postage, postage due, auxiliary markings and keep those separate
Where do you keep your covers - specials ones in albums and the rest in boxes or bins? Or is there a better way?
Thanks 
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i have mostly kept mine in manila folders (assuming they fit); that allows me to use the folders' tabs as ways to organize.
For covers that I have tons of, say 1998 issues or the 29c Flag Over White House, I use the rigid carboard boxes used by printers to send printed #10s.
For my special collections, I use a variety of clear plastic sleeves in binders, although that sentence sounds more like a complete action than the aspirational one it truly is
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Check this out-
https://brooklyngallery.com/stamp-storage/6-glassine-envelope-or-first-day-cover-storage-box.html
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I just drop them in a big box! When the box gets filled, I put it aside and start another. Now I go back to some of those boxes from when I started out in the 1970s onward and there's some cool stuff in there. I assume that's how the covers I collect from the beginning of time through the 1960s got to me. If folks destroyed current covers, there won't be any from this era in the future!
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Appreciate all the opinions and different methods of storing the covers. Thank you everyone!
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I have been looking at these nice cardboard boxes to use as cover boxes.
https://www.amazon.com/WALL-QMER-Waterpr ...
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Those storage boxes look nice.
Have some thoughts/questions:
1. Why would they need to be “waterproof” when they have an opening in the front. Guess the water repellent feature would be nice if you were to set your coffee on top and it spilled
2. They are 8.3 inches wide. Will that accommodate the covers you want to store? Most of the ones I am sorting now are business size envelopes which are 9.5 inches wide. Long envelopes could be put in sideways of course
3. They come with handy slip resistance dots that can be applied to the tops of the boxes. Wonder if those stick the boxes together or if they just create a bit of friction to keep the boxes from sliding around. If they stick together that would make it annoying if you wanted to remove a box
Does anyone have any experience with these?
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I just ordered 3 of these units for my cover inventory. I use the standard shoe boxes they sell at craft stores for photos. They'll fit fine on these shelves. Ordered on eBay, supposed to receive by end of week. $46 a unit
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Tom,
That is perfect for a lot of stamp storage area, but what will you do with all of those nice shoes?
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Carve concentric circles on the stiletto heels and Maltese crosses n kicking mules in the soles
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I love covers Air Mail, Perfins, Over Prints, BOB, Registered, Certified. Countries and Regions of the World from A to Z. Events, Space, First Flights, RPO, HPO, Town & State Cancels, Each Stamp on Cover, Every year date, Every date of the year. Etc. This is only a few examples. Ok I got carried away I put some in binders and name the binder Like C11 first flight, Christmas, Space. Then others I put in Sterilite drawer carts 14 1/2 x 12 5/8 x25 5/8 and 12 7/8 x8 7/8x 6 and Works great for postal cards. I use Scotts# or year. If the 14 1/2 x 12 5/8 x25 5/8 are too big I use little boxes to set inside like old cigar boxes or Christmas boxes. Whatever works for you is the most important.
Keep on Stamping
Richard
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Thanks for all the responses
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Here are the shoe racks completed and in use!
They hold my cover inventory. You are looking at 5500 covers! The top two shelves are first day covers. The next shelf is old covers. The bottom shelves are for bulk storage of back stock.
As received, the shoe racks were indeed for light weight. Made in China, it was all light bamboo wood, but very well made. I wound up putting them on bases and adding a back strengthening bar across the back. Then I screwed them to the wall, and the three units are tied together. It's plenty strong now.
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Wow that looks great and will hold a lot of covers! Looks like just what you needed.
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Am sorting through several years of covers (2012-2024) and wondering what to do with them. Listening to cover collectors makes me feel rather guilty just cutting the stamps off. No one seems to get much mail with actual stamps anymore.
How do I file them? By year and then by stamp number (Scott)? Have been making a note in my albums that I have the stamp “on cover” but if I would ever want to find it, I need to decide how best to organize them.
Or are they worthless and I should just take the stamp for my collection?
Any opinions? What modern covers are worth saving? I have some personal letters, some stamp club business letters, and commercial/advertising covers.
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I think they are quite worth keeping (I do when I can). I think a collection like yours would best be sorted by Scott number.
Just my 2 cents.
Cheers!
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Thank you!
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Sally,
there are multiple ways that I collect covers: by service (air mail, air mail special delivery, international rates) by auxillary aspects (RTS, missent) by cancels, and with tied seals, APO and other military markings, etc. There's also, as others note, all mail sent in 1982, 1983, etc. Or by Scott numbers.
David
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David,
I do pull out any covers with aspects that might make it more interesting: incorrect postage, postage due, auxiliary markings and keep those separate
Where do you keep your covers - specials ones in albums and the rest in boxes or bins? Or is there a better way?
Thanks
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i have mostly kept mine in manila folders (assuming they fit); that allows me to use the folders' tabs as ways to organize.
For covers that I have tons of, say 1998 issues or the 29c Flag Over White House, I use the rigid carboard boxes used by printers to send printed #10s.
For my special collections, I use a variety of clear plastic sleeves in binders, although that sentence sounds more like a complete action than the aspirational one it truly is
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Check this out-
https://brooklyngallery.com/stamp-storage/6-glassine-envelope-or-first-day-cover-storage-box.html
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re: Storing modern day covers
I just drop them in a big box! When the box gets filled, I put it aside and start another. Now I go back to some of those boxes from when I started out in the 1970s onward and there's some cool stuff in there. I assume that's how the covers I collect from the beginning of time through the 1960s got to me. If folks destroyed current covers, there won't be any from this era in the future!
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Appreciate all the opinions and different methods of storing the covers. Thank you everyone!
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re: Storing modern day covers
I have been looking at these nice cardboard boxes to use as cover boxes.
https://www.amazon.com/WALL-QMER-Waterpr ...
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Those storage boxes look nice.
Have some thoughts/questions:
1. Why would they need to be “waterproof” when they have an opening in the front. Guess the water repellent feature would be nice if you were to set your coffee on top and it spilled
2. They are 8.3 inches wide. Will that accommodate the covers you want to store? Most of the ones I am sorting now are business size envelopes which are 9.5 inches wide. Long envelopes could be put in sideways of course
3. They come with handy slip resistance dots that can be applied to the tops of the boxes. Wonder if those stick the boxes together or if they just create a bit of friction to keep the boxes from sliding around. If they stick together that would make it annoying if you wanted to remove a box
Does anyone have any experience with these?
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I just ordered 3 of these units for my cover inventory. I use the standard shoe boxes they sell at craft stores for photos. They'll fit fine on these shelves. Ordered on eBay, supposed to receive by end of week. $46 a unit
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Tom,
That is perfect for a lot of stamp storage area, but what will you do with all of those nice shoes?
Mike
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Carve concentric circles on the stiletto heels and Maltese crosses n kicking mules in the soles
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I love covers Air Mail, Perfins, Over Prints, BOB, Registered, Certified. Countries and Regions of the World from A to Z. Events, Space, First Flights, RPO, HPO, Town & State Cancels, Each Stamp on Cover, Every year date, Every date of the year. Etc. This is only a few examples. Ok I got carried away I put some in binders and name the binder Like C11 first flight, Christmas, Space. Then others I put in Sterilite drawer carts 14 1/2 x 12 5/8 x25 5/8 and 12 7/8 x8 7/8x 6 and Works great for postal cards. I use Scotts# or year. If the 14 1/2 x 12 5/8 x25 5/8 are too big I use little boxes to set inside like old cigar boxes or Christmas boxes. Whatever works for you is the most important.
Keep on Stamping
Richard
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Here are the shoe racks completed and in use!
They hold my cover inventory. You are looking at 5500 covers! The top two shelves are first day covers. The next shelf is old covers. The bottom shelves are for bulk storage of back stock.
As received, the shoe racks were indeed for light weight. Made in China, it was all light bamboo wood, but very well made. I wound up putting them on bases and adding a back strengthening bar across the back. Then I screwed them to the wall, and the three units are tied together. It's plenty strong now.
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Wow that looks great and will hold a lot of covers! Looks like just what you needed.
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