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I have somewhat of a love/hate relationship with mounting stamps. I put it off for months and months simply because, for me at least, it requires a fair amount of concentration.
I thoroughly clean off my desk, wash my hands etc. Trying to keep these album pages looking clean and fresh for as long as I can.
I definitely do enjoy admiring them once they're been placed in their black mount and placed in their new home!
Ernie
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Sorry Ernie, but I find nothing about stamp collecting/philately to be a chore -
If I did, I would find a different hobby!!
Granted, some things can be difficult - but never a chore to me!
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Randy,
I hear ya Brother...
Been collecting stamps, coins and banknotes off and on for 40 years.
I might be in too deep to change courses now!
I absolutely LOVE spending weeks and or months pouring over auction lots finding just the right stamp to complete a page or set. There is NO better feeling than opening up that mail and finally getting eyes on that stamp that you've spent YEARS waiting to add to your collection.
For me, it's just the physical handling of the stamps themselves I find somewhat stressful. What if I mangle a perf getting it into the mount. What if I drop the thing? One slip up and you can mess up a stamp. I've done it.
So you don't find ANY aspect of the hobby less than thrilling? Good for you man! I like to hear that. Better man than me.
Ernie
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Ernie,
The only aspect of my collection that I consider less than thrilling is ID'ing that pile of Washington/Franklin's on the shelf above my desk.
I only attempt them every now and then so as NOT to let them become a chore!!!
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Nice Randy! Haha. OK, confession time.
I've never bought even ONE Washington/Franklin and that comes from a guy who collects US almost exclusively..
I find them ugly and tedious. I might take those pages out of my album and toss them. 
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Don't do it Ernie!! 
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I wont. Saving the toughest for last. When I'm 90 I'll have the watermark fluid in one hand and perf Guage in the other. 
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I have many of the classic Washington/Franklin stamps and thankfully bought many of them before my wife died - she had the patience to figure them out, I do not!!! I buy the occasional one now, always from people I trust very much. I shouldn't admit this but sometimes I don't even check them carefully! If I know someone who was going to start collecting classic US material I might warn them away from this area, my Liberty Album has 12 pages (10 full and 2 half) pages of them. They really can try your patience!
There is one area I keep putting off though. I am also a very serious Russia collector, at least I am up to my 1988 cutoff. I have about 150 of the variations on the early Ukrainian trident overprints. I have the information on the differences but I don't know if I have enough patience to do them. My Minkus Russia album has them separated, a lot of albums do not! That is the only thing that seems to be "forcing" me to do those stamps. If one of you would volunteer to figure them out for me I'd probably pay you quite well to do it!! Any takers? Am I kidding? I'm really not sure!
I'm a firm believer that as we get older, if at all possible, we should only do the things we enjoy doing!!!
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Harv,
I've made a conscious decision to focus on sets/varieties that are of lower cat value than their look alike cousins. There are literally a lifetime of collecting opportunities without venturing into the pricier Scott Numbers.
Larsdog takes a good approach. He collects face different examples only (no perf, watermark or color shade varieties) and puts them into a White Ace album. I actually thought about doing that but I just love the Scott National album and there are a few varieties that I'm interested in collecting.
The more spaces I complete the less the blank spots bother me.
Ernie
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I don’t mount stamps nor use a conventional album. Partly because I don’t want to buy mounts that cost more than the stamps I’m mounting and I like to keep singles, blocks covers and odd somewhat related material all in same pages.
There are times I feel more like a file clerk than a stamp collector!
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We all collect differently - no way is right just like no way is wrong. I am a very conventional collector who happens to prefer albums. When I see a gap on a page it makes me think I should fill it - that's my way. Others may see a gap on a page and get rid of it by redesigning the page - that's another way. I prefer my way but your way is fine as well - just not for me. I love completing pages, that's my way and I'll stick with it. Some pages can never be filled and that's OK as well! Keep collecting and keep doing it your way!!
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"Others may see a gap on a page and get rid of it by redesigning the page - that's another way."
Ha! Reminds me of a story! My New Jersey postmark collection is in those 2 pocket pages. I print the town information on a 5x7.5” card. I created the dozen albums by doing a page for every cover I had. Then as I acquired new covers I create the card for each new cover and add them into the albums. I often have to add a page and/or move some covers around. They are all in alphabetical order.
I was sharing an album at. Club meeting and some bright star took exception and told me that I needed to create a card / space for every possibility in my state database so he could see the gaps!
I told him “no way” because my completion is about 48% and I didn’t want to have 50 half empty albums of towns and varieties I don’t believe I will ever see in my lifetime!
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We all collect differently - no way is right just like no way is wrong. I am a very conventional collector who happens to prefer albums.
Harvey--this reminds me of an old phrase.-- "Nobody is perfect except me and you. And I am not too sure about you!"
PS--I do albums also.
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I try to use Hing-less albums when I can.
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Mounting a bunch of stamps into my Scott National album this morning.
I have somewhat of a love/hate relationship with mounting stamps. I put it off for months and months simply because, for me at least, it requires a fair amount of concentration.
I thoroughly clean off my desk, wash my hands etc. Trying to keep these album pages looking clean and fresh for as long as I can.
I definitely do enjoy admiring them once they're been placed in their black mount and placed in their new home!
Ernie
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
Sorry Ernie, but I find nothing about stamp collecting/philately to be a chore -
If I did, I would find a different hobby!!
Granted, some things can be difficult - but never a chore to me!
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
Randy,
I hear ya Brother...
Been collecting stamps, coins and banknotes off and on for 40 years.
I might be in too deep to change courses now!
I absolutely LOVE spending weeks and or months pouring over auction lots finding just the right stamp to complete a page or set. There is NO better feeling than opening up that mail and finally getting eyes on that stamp that you've spent YEARS waiting to add to your collection.
For me, it's just the physical handling of the stamps themselves I find somewhat stressful. What if I mangle a perf getting it into the mount. What if I drop the thing? One slip up and you can mess up a stamp. I've done it.
So you don't find ANY aspect of the hobby less than thrilling? Good for you man! I like to hear that. Better man than me.
Ernie
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
Ernie,
The only aspect of my collection that I consider less than thrilling is ID'ing that pile of Washington/Franklin's on the shelf above my desk.
I only attempt them every now and then so as NOT to let them become a chore!!!
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
Nice Randy! Haha. OK, confession time.
I've never bought even ONE Washington/Franklin and that comes from a guy who collects US almost exclusively..
I find them ugly and tedious. I might take those pages out of my album and toss them.
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What?!?
Don't do it Ernie!!
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I wont. Saving the toughest for last. When I'm 90 I'll have the watermark fluid in one hand and perf Guage in the other.
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
07 Jul 2024
11:18:00am
re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
I have many of the classic Washington/Franklin stamps and thankfully bought many of them before my wife died - she had the patience to figure them out, I do not!!! I buy the occasional one now, always from people I trust very much. I shouldn't admit this but sometimes I don't even check them carefully! If I know someone who was going to start collecting classic US material I might warn them away from this area, my Liberty Album has 12 pages (10 full and 2 half) pages of them. They really can try your patience!
There is one area I keep putting off though. I am also a very serious Russia collector, at least I am up to my 1988 cutoff. I have about 150 of the variations on the early Ukrainian trident overprints. I have the information on the differences but I don't know if I have enough patience to do them. My Minkus Russia album has them separated, a lot of albums do not! That is the only thing that seems to be "forcing" me to do those stamps. If one of you would volunteer to figure them out for me I'd probably pay you quite well to do it!! Any takers? Am I kidding? I'm really not sure!
I'm a firm believer that as we get older, if at all possible, we should only do the things we enjoy doing!!!
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
Harv,
I've made a conscious decision to focus on sets/varieties that are of lower cat value than their look alike cousins. There are literally a lifetime of collecting opportunities without venturing into the pricier Scott Numbers.
Larsdog takes a good approach. He collects face different examples only (no perf, watermark or color shade varieties) and puts them into a White Ace album. I actually thought about doing that but I just love the Scott National album and there are a few varieties that I'm interested in collecting.
The more spaces I complete the less the blank spots bother me.
Ernie
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
I don’t mount stamps nor use a conventional album. Partly because I don’t want to buy mounts that cost more than the stamps I’m mounting and I like to keep singles, blocks covers and odd somewhat related material all in same pages.
There are times I feel more like a file clerk than a stamp collector!
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
07 Jul 2024
09:33:48pm
re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
We all collect differently - no way is right just like no way is wrong. I am a very conventional collector who happens to prefer albums. When I see a gap on a page it makes me think I should fill it - that's my way. Others may see a gap on a page and get rid of it by redesigning the page - that's another way. I prefer my way but your way is fine as well - just not for me. I love completing pages, that's my way and I'll stick with it. Some pages can never be filled and that's OK as well! Keep collecting and keep doing it your way!!
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
"Others may see a gap on a page and get rid of it by redesigning the page - that's another way."
Ha! Reminds me of a story! My New Jersey postmark collection is in those 2 pocket pages. I print the town information on a 5x7.5” card. I created the dozen albums by doing a page for every cover I had. Then as I acquired new covers I create the card for each new cover and add them into the albums. I often have to add a page and/or move some covers around. They are all in alphabetical order.
I was sharing an album at. Club meeting and some bright star took exception and told me that I needed to create a card / space for every possibility in my state database so he could see the gaps!
I told him “no way” because my completion is about 48% and I didn’t want to have 50 half empty albums of towns and varieties I don’t believe I will ever see in my lifetime!
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re: Do you find mounting stamps to be somewhat of a chore?
We all collect differently - no way is right just like no way is wrong. I am a very conventional collector who happens to prefer albums.
Harvey--this reminds me of an old phrase.-- "Nobody is perfect except me and you. And I am not too sure about you!"
PS--I do albums also.
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I try to use Hing-less albums when I can.
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