$40 for an Old Stamp Album?

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[@MarkDyck]

Neat collection. The WWII era censor covers were a collection in themselves.

[@happybunny1329]

I would put the date the album was printed to 1939. I was intrigued by the Manchukuo page... I've never heard of this country at all... so I looked it up. The country only existed between 1932 and 1945. Then referring to Stampworld, I found the last stamp printed onto the page in that section dates to 1938 (the following issues from 1939 onward are not printed there as far as I can tell) so the album was most likely produced in 1939. This ties in with the shapes of the letters in the text on the front cover which is in a 1930s typeface, and all the covers, which were all posted during wartime. I love this album, it was a really good find! :)

[@RichardLaurence]

New Silk video! Instant watch…

[@silkontheweb]

Your comment made my day! Thank you so much for the encouragement

[@deborahlee9972]

What a great find! I’m trying to not buy anything until I go through some of my backlog but you make me want to go shopping!!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Browsing through an album not knowing what you are going to find around the next page ... what a joy! Again a nice album surely worth the price! Those covers are brimming with history. Thanks for the video! Always a pleasure to watch!

[@joannewolfe5688]

Enjoyed the covers!

[@williamault2490]

What a great find. Like everyone else, I think the covers alone were the price of admission!!! Thank you for sharing!! I look forward to each new video; keep them coming!!!

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@johnwaters7034]

Love the enthusiasm!!!

[@juliaross5268]

I just bought a ‘like new’ copy of this album for my great niece Molly. She is only three months old! My hope is that I will be able to pair your video with it so she will understand what I would like for her enjoy about philately as she grows into it. ❤❤

[@silkontheweb]

Oh, thank you so much for letting me know! How wonderful... :)

[@jeffw.1854]

The little pamphlet from Mystic stamp (who I delt with years ago, before the days of Ebay!) was very interesting; makes me miss the days prior to Ebay being the stamp store. The 'Do not mention ships' was very puzzling; never heard of that before.

[@davidprovost6377]

That Bermuda censored cover is very nice. Worth $10 to $15. Most mail between the US and Europe went through Bermuda for censorship. You have several hundred dollars worth of them in this collection.

[@fareast_de]

Congrats on this pretty neat starter album from the 1940s ! Some little gems inside, e.g. the U.S. Revenue stamps, the censorship covers from Bermuda, Brasil, Burma, Panama Canal Zone etc. Just the numerous covers are worth the price for the whole lot. 21:14 Cancel from Karlsruhe which says: "Heim der H...jugend. Lasst der Jugend Haeuser bauen !" (Home of the H... Youth. Let us build houses for our youth !). I think the previous collector got some connections to the Midwest Radio Corporation. maybe one of his relatives or he himself worked there during the 1940s. Anyways, awesome collection, worth every penny ! Greets from GER, U.

[@silkontheweb]

Thank you for the insights!

[@danielste-marie779]

The Midwest Radio Corp. was established in 1920 by E.G. Hoffman and had HQ in Cincinnati Ohio and sold radios by mail order. During WWII sales dropped and company ceased operations in 1957. Nice album for $40.00 with interesting covers.

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for the info!

[@kevinttshortstories1265]

I have this album. My gr- grandpa collected world stamps he died in 1935 . To protect the stamps they were transferred, to this one (1949)

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Interesting collection! The covers are the kind of thing that make a collection like that interesting - most of the time a kid's collection will have very little in it of value; original stamps were from packets, etc. The covers may have been sent by a family member that worked in an office that received a lot of mail - Herman Hearst talked about it being common for collectors to leverage all of their connections of people who worked in receiving offices to save covers for them.

[@kozzackkelt]

A lot of nice covers with that album ! From what I've seen, some censor markings can increase the philatelic value of WW2 era censored mail. This weekend, I bought two Canadian "collections/accumulations" that have potentially some moderately expensive stamps that I am sure are NOT in either of my Canadian albums (one album for mint, one of used.). It is good to see the enthusiasm and pure delight when you find a philatelic treasure. Keep it going ! I see you are almost up to 1,ooo subscribers !

[@silkontheweb]

I can't believe it! I told my family when I started my channel I was going to get dozens of views... been really uplifting, and speaks to the popularity of our hobby I think. I really like the idea of two albums for your country focuses btw (used and new), that's a great idea.

[@johnscamardo2145]

nice find

[@bobkeane7966]

I bet it was a kid whose dad or uncle worked at the mid-west radio company.

[@silkontheweb]

My thought too!

[@user-zi3cm1cp7i]

I was gonna get that

[@jasonparr4275]

PPS I envy you on some of those Pommy Empire covers

[@willardtaylor6249]

Very nice album, especially the WWII censored covers. You never know what you will find in albums like that. I have acquired some of my best stamps from albums and lots that I have not paid a lot for. Stamps such as US 7 on cover; US Scott 467 and Austria 33. Compare the unsurcharged stamps mounted under Finland with Russian stamps from 1889-1912. These stamps are often confused as the Russian designs are very similar to the Finnish designs. The surcharged stamp at the left is a Russian stamp issued 1922-1923. The overprinted stamp, under France, at 19:31 belongs under Memel. Memel only issued stamps from 1920-1923. It was a result of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI.

[@silkontheweb]

Great finds! And thanks for the info, very helpful

[@jasonparr4275]

P.S You really should finish that GVI album,if you can. That collection was the best stamp bargain I have ever seen!! Cheers from spazzy QLD.

[@silkontheweb]

Working on it! Some of the missing stamps are real $$... but, one stamp at a time...

[@bobkeane7966]

Do you ever attend the stamp shows and buy individual stamps.

[@silkontheweb]

There's a small shows near me I've been to, but mostly stick to my stamp shop's monthly auction for individual stamps. Is there a show you recommend?

[@douglasmoss1176]

Great video. The covers are a great deal. Let me know if you want to trade for the covers.

[@chcivic]

luv the early russian section

[@SuperThisishowwedo]

Do you say that because Chinese stamps are in a boom at the moment?

[@silkontheweb]

Yeah, been that way for awhile

[@SuperThisishowwedo]

@@silkontheweb Cool. Thank you. Still learning. Enjoying the content, you’ve earned yourself a sub 😊

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@rogerturner1881]

nothing rare or otherwise in the GREECE NEW ZEALAND pages.

[@patiencezero-xc9zl]

Very nice find. I hope your kids get into the hobby....we need new blood badly ;-)

[@silkontheweb]

Agreed! One of the reasons I started my youtube channel...