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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Deciding on what to collect

 

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dennis medeiros (Dpmed)

02 Aug 2008
12:13:57pm
I have a collection that is mounted in scott international binders ,and ends in 1981.My problem is these albums are very heavy(even split in half year each).the albums are over thirty yaers old and show a lot of wear as I am in them every day .I thoght about putting each country in its own three ring binder.but that would be a lot of three ring binders. any thoughts on this matter.lokking forward to any response
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Bob Ingraham (Bobstamp)

02 Aug 2008
12:25:06pm
re: Deciding on what to collect

Have you considered specializing to any degree, i.e. dropping some countries, regions and/or periods? I personally gave up on proprietary albums several years ago, largely because they "forced" me to collect individual stamps or sets of stamps that I didn't like, and didn't allow space for varieties, "duplicate" stamps with nice cancels, covers, etc. By downsizing your collecting areas, you could expand the ones you continue.

Bob

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richard novick (Rgnpcs)

02 Aug 2008
02:22:45pm
re: Deciding on what to collect

I saw a possible problem like this back in 1940, and decided to collect the first hundred years, 1840 to 1940. By doing this, my collection, that reached over 27,000 stamps, with interleaving between many of the pages,is contained in just three Scott International Albums.
You can pick the year 1990, and collect the first 150 years of stamps.
One cannot collect all the stamps ever made, so specializing is the way to go.
Richaard

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Thomas Harley (Harley)

03 Aug 2008
02:38:24am
re: Deciding on what to collect

If you do go the route of individual binders,, be prepared to add more shelf space.
I went that way,and after a few years ended up with a library.And now need a bigger library.
I did cut down on what I collect,special interests and mainly coil stamps of the world. I saved a bit of space,but soon the binders over ran that space. I added another 20 foot of shelf space two months ago,and that is almost full today.
Bottom line,, how you collect,and store your collection(s) is only determined by the avaiable space given to the hobby.

My reasons for going with separate binders was mostly that the printed versions and supliments were incomplete,way too expensive for the material being placed into them,and limited to their way of how and where the stamps belonged in the stamp albums.
With separate binders(three ring) I can arrange and rearrange as needed or to suit my particular way of collecting. And the costs saveings pays for some of the new stamps ,like buy one get one free.

I do suggest useing the one inch three ring binders,versus 2,3,or 4 inch. For the stamps,,and 2 inch for cover collections. Pages turn easier and the entire binder and pages are lighter to handle. This may seem unimportant now,,,but wait until you're 60,70,80 . You will appreciate the weight difference.

I also stopped useing printed pages for my albums.I use individual vario stock pages in all my albums. No need for hinges or mounts,and you can easily rearrange the stamps as new varieties or material is added, or move the entire page to another location or binder.
The pages come in a variety of configurations,so there's a size to fit all the different stamps, sizes,or blocks or sheets,etc. And you can mix or match the pages as needed.Just make sure the strip size is large enough to cover the entire stamp,,,not too short as to have part of the stamp sticking above the strip.
This is the reason I dont like manufactured "stock books".All the strips are the same height,leaveing a portion of the stamp exposed. OK if used as a stock book for duplicates, but not as album pages.
But I even use my vario pages for duplicates,single placements,side by side,and in pocket strips that cover the stamp. Yes,it takes more pages to store my duplicates,but they are kept neat and undamaged,when not piled up,overlapped like in a standard stock book.

Just my opinion,and my way of collecting,and storeing my little treasures.
TOM

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I'm a little late getting in on this string but I collect everything and while I will never get everything, I wouldn't get everything even if I specialized so I figure why not enjoy it. I tried to specialize several times but kept seeing "neat" things that were not in the specialty so gave it up. I use thre ring binders and 25 space approval sheets and make up pages only for those stamps I have. If I have nice mint no hinge stuff, I put it on vario pages mounted at the end of the country and then put a reference on the space where it would normally go. I had all of the Scott specialy albums at one time and gave it up as I was spending more money on album supplements that on stamps. I now have 280 one inch three ring notebooks and probably need to add 35 to 40 more as many of the binders are too full. I leave groups of counties in one binder until a country gets too big and then give it a binder of it's own. As an example, I have five volumes of generic B's plus Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium (3 volumes), Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil (3 volumes), Bulgaria (2 volumes), Burkino Faso and 2 volumes of Burundi. However there are two or three countries in the generic B volumes that need their own separate binders. The nice thing about it is I can add anything I want in (i.e., neat covers, souvenir sheets, odd blocks, oversize pieces although I have one large stockbook for large oversize pices too, and anything else I feel like keeping(used U.S. plate blocks and PNC's). I love it. I use 8 1/2 by 11 glassine pockets sheets for the odd size stuff

Jack Leiby(stampman@mchsi.com)

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dennis medeiros (Dpmed)

02 Aug 2008
12:13:57pm

I have a collection that is mounted in scott international binders ,and ends in 1981.My problem is these albums are very heavy(even split in half year each).the albums are over thirty yaers old and show a lot of wear as I am in them every day .I thoght about putting each country in its own three ring binder.but that would be a lot of three ring binders. any thoughts on this matter.lokking forward to any response

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Bob Ingraham (Bobstamp)

02 Aug 2008
12:25:06pm

re: Deciding on what to collect

Have you considered specializing to any degree, i.e. dropping some countries, regions and/or periods? I personally gave up on proprietary albums several years ago, largely because they "forced" me to collect individual stamps or sets of stamps that I didn't like, and didn't allow space for varieties, "duplicate" stamps with nice cancels, covers, etc. By downsizing your collecting areas, you could expand the ones you continue.

Bob

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richard novick (Rgnpcs)

02 Aug 2008
02:22:45pm

re: Deciding on what to collect

I saw a possible problem like this back in 1940, and decided to collect the first hundred years, 1840 to 1940. By doing this, my collection, that reached over 27,000 stamps, with interleaving between many of the pages,is contained in just three Scott International Albums.
You can pick the year 1990, and collect the first 150 years of stamps.
One cannot collect all the stamps ever made, so specializing is the way to go.
Richaard

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Thomas Harley (Harley)

03 Aug 2008
02:38:24am

re: Deciding on what to collect

If you do go the route of individual binders,, be prepared to add more shelf space.
I went that way,and after a few years ended up with a library.And now need a bigger library.
I did cut down on what I collect,special interests and mainly coil stamps of the world. I saved a bit of space,but soon the binders over ran that space. I added another 20 foot of shelf space two months ago,and that is almost full today.
Bottom line,, how you collect,and store your collection(s) is only determined by the avaiable space given to the hobby.

My reasons for going with separate binders was mostly that the printed versions and supliments were incomplete,way too expensive for the material being placed into them,and limited to their way of how and where the stamps belonged in the stamp albums.
With separate binders(three ring) I can arrange and rearrange as needed or to suit my particular way of collecting. And the costs saveings pays for some of the new stamps ,like buy one get one free.

I do suggest useing the one inch three ring binders,versus 2,3,or 4 inch. For the stamps,,and 2 inch for cover collections. Pages turn easier and the entire binder and pages are lighter to handle. This may seem unimportant now,,,but wait until you're 60,70,80 . You will appreciate the weight difference.

I also stopped useing printed pages for my albums.I use individual vario stock pages in all my albums. No need for hinges or mounts,and you can easily rearrange the stamps as new varieties or material is added, or move the entire page to another location or binder.
The pages come in a variety of configurations,so there's a size to fit all the different stamps, sizes,or blocks or sheets,etc. And you can mix or match the pages as needed.Just make sure the strip size is large enough to cover the entire stamp,,,not too short as to have part of the stamp sticking above the strip.
This is the reason I dont like manufactured "stock books".All the strips are the same height,leaveing a portion of the stamp exposed. OK if used as a stock book for duplicates, but not as album pages.
But I even use my vario pages for duplicates,single placements,side by side,and in pocket strips that cover the stamp. Yes,it takes more pages to store my duplicates,but they are kept neat and undamaged,when not piled up,overlapped like in a standard stock book.

Just my opinion,and my way of collecting,and storeing my little treasures.
TOM

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Jack L. Leiby, Sr. (Stampmanjack)

13 Aug 2008
12:10:26am

re: Deciding on what to collect

I'm a little late getting in on this string but I collect everything and while I will never get everything, I wouldn't get everything even if I specialized so I figure why not enjoy it. I tried to specialize several times but kept seeing "neat" things that were not in the specialty so gave it up. I use thre ring binders and 25 space approval sheets and make up pages only for those stamps I have. If I have nice mint no hinge stuff, I put it on vario pages mounted at the end of the country and then put a reference on the space where it would normally go. I had all of the Scott specialy albums at one time and gave it up as I was spending more money on album supplements that on stamps. I now have 280 one inch three ring notebooks and probably need to add 35 to 40 more as many of the binders are too full. I leave groups of counties in one binder until a country gets too big and then give it a binder of it's own. As an example, I have five volumes of generic B's plus Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium (3 volumes), Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil (3 volumes), Bulgaria (2 volumes), Burkino Faso and 2 volumes of Burundi. However there are two or three countries in the generic B volumes that need their own separate binders. The nice thing about it is I can add anything I want in (i.e., neat covers, souvenir sheets, odd blocks, oversize pieces although I have one large stockbook for large oversize pices too, and anything else I feel like keeping(used U.S. plate blocks and PNC's). I love it. I use 8 1/2 by 11 glassine pockets sheets for the odd size stuff

Jack Leiby(stampman@mchsi.com)

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