$85 for an Old Stamp Album?

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[@michaelanzelino5068]

As far as monetary value, can't say. Enjoyment value, two thumbs up, five stars, 9.9 on the Richter Scale. To watch you go through this album and listen to you comment with such glee and unbridled enjoyment, made me so happy for you. As a mater of fact, I pulled out my stamp album as you were showing us yours, and felt the positive vibes, which added to my enjoyment. When you exclaimed "Man I love stamps" I felt it. Because I too love collecting stamps. Thanks for sharing and looking forward for more of your adventures.

[@silkontheweb]

What a wonderful note!! Thank you so much... I'm thrilled you enjoyed it, and grateful for your encouragement

[@alexanbas8154]

Very nice purchase,i would pay 200 us dollars for suh an album! Thank you for showing all the pages,.

[@deborahlee9972]

This is a great purchase! It’s rare to see one of these albums that hasn’t had the better material picked out. I’m currently working on a remainders box from EBay. Nothing as nice as this but lots of common stamps that are filling out some empty spaces. And thank you for going page by page…loved it!!

[@silkontheweb]

Happy to! It was such a joy to film. And thanks for sharing... sorting stamps is my favorite activity...

[@richardsmith881]

Thank you for sharing that album debut with us. It took me back to the days when I was an active collector. I will be taking my albums out very soon to remind myself of what I spent my hard earned allowance on while in high school.

[@fareast_de]

A pretty nice purchase, I like your enthusiasm, we need more collectors like you in the philatelic world. 😉14:32 The German 2 1/2 Groschen overprint is a better one, cat.- value (Michel) fifty bucks. Keep it up, you got my subscription ! 👍Greets from GER, U.

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for the info, and encouragement! Greetings to you too

[@ordinaryk]

That grilled Jackson pays for the album by itself, and maybe far more, depending on the grill variety.

[@jeffnewbery7376]

Great fun! Stamps are a continual world of discovery. I love the stories they tell, the history and geography. There is always so much to learn. Well done sir. Not so much finds like you have been doing, but I have had some recent purchases of the Netherlands and France that have some really nice value.

[@michras9]

I also think you did quite well. But I would consider getting a stamp-tweezer..."scratch free"..ha ha ha.:)

[@joshnicholas124]

Score! Some great stamps and love the enthisiasm.

[@bryantrigg4854]

E grill and Z grill are the same size. Z grill has horizontal ridges. Always good to check the ridge orientation.

[@clivebellian5056]

The Canadian seven cent Edward is a precancel. Nice stamp!

[@philatelovely5748]

Beautiful album! From start to finish, there are some really nice stamps in there. You went quickly past a nice stamp from Shanghai. Super video 👍👍

[@silkontheweb]

Great catch! And thanks for the encouragement

[@kozzackkelt]

another nice find ! Thanks for sharing it with us....

[@silkontheweb]

Absolutely... thx for watching!

[@Robertbrown08049]

Just an FYI. On the Belgium page at 7:08, the stamps on the right with the box and date overprint are Belgian precancels which you will not find in Scott unless they were issued in precanceled format only. You are correct about the Chinese stamps. They are disappearing from the US market and I think that they are being bought up and shipped back to China. Every time I go to a stamp show there are at least 2 Chinese men walking around asking for China only. The 100o Denmark stamps can be pricey depending on the watermark. The first stamp on page 2 of Japan looks like it could be a registration label. Not a postage stamp so it would not be listed in Scott. I just started picking these up so I do not know much about them. You passed quickly over North Borneo which is one of my favorite countries. I particularly like the orangutan stamp second row from the bottom. The second page of Russia, the yellow stamp with the overprint is actually Ukraine.

[@silkontheweb]

Very helpful info, thanks for sharing!

[@johngreen3543]

Nowadays we know more about Ukraine because it is in the news. The Russian overprint shows the Ukraine trident which is a well known stamp identifier

[@johnscamardo2145]

I saw that offering on ebay by the way. I got 2 albums exactly like that one with the estate sale

[@thomasalmerini471]

Amazing selection for a smaller album. I would expect to see this quality in a Scott International. You did well!

[@silkontheweb]

So surprised... and thrilled!

[@grandcrowdadforde6127]

ya did good! for only $$ 85

[@danielste-marie779]

I think you did quite well. There are some nice gems there.

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks! So much fun...

[@willardtaylor6249]

The stamp at 14:40 appears to be Germany Scott #27 which was issued in 1874. It is better used than unused. The album was definitely worth what you paid for it. You can have a lot of fun going through it, and you may find considerable value by carefully going through it. You never know what you might find in these albums. Recently, in going through a beginner album from 1960 with mostly common stamps, I found a nice Penny Black (Great Britain #1), and also US 151 with a red cancellation.

[@silkontheweb]

Great find!

[@johnscamardo2145]

I bought 9 boxes from 2 different estates . so many surprises

[@silkontheweb]

You never know what you'll find!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Great album! What a joy to see all those old stamps. I think you did well with the buy. Did you work out more or less how much you paid per stamp? As a beginner collector I am also buying some old albums with worldwide stamps at the moment, but have not found one yet, that had not been cherry picked. I buy from a New Zealand trade site. Prices in auctions frequently quite good. Thanks for the video and sharing, and for showing all the pages so that one could peak at countries which one is more familiar with. 👍

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for commenting! I'm working on a video now about the joy in buying albums that have been cherry picked, and refurbishing them to their original state... doing that with a France album that the original owner used mounts, but the reseller pulled some good stamps

[@jostret]

Lovely album, well done! What are you planning to do with it? Are you going to continue filling it, or would you remove stamps to fill gaps in your collection? It’d be great to know your approach with the albums you buy.

[@silkontheweb]

Thx! And absolutely... my 'beginners guide' series is leading up to a video of the collection I'm currently building, and how I store/categorize it all.

[@joshpressel4930]

Lol! I think I bid on this album at some point? Or maybe one of the same type? Congrats!

[@silkontheweb]

Thx! Love the thrill of a good find

[@fenrik8178]

Me: *sees first page* Yeah.. I think you did well haha.

[@fenrik8178]

This person must’ve really loved collecting stamps, the pages with so many stamps on them are really cool.

[@fenrik8178]

I don’t particularly recognize those Argentine stamps, but I do personally like collecting older stamps from South America. They’re often quite pretty. Most of the stamps I have are from Bolivia though. I might have one or two stamps from that Argentine set? I haven’t really catalogued my Argentine stamps yet, because I don’t have that many atm.

[@fenrik8178]

I’m jealous of that Bavarian stamp haha.

[@fenrik8178]

This album truly hasn’t been picked through, that China section is really cool!!

[@fenrik8178]

If you hadn’t noticed I’m living vicariously through you lol