Earl's stamp collection

The Earl Albers stamp collection: The story of this extensive eight-decade collection and a look at some of the unique items in it. -- Chantilly, Va. (2022)
albers, earl edwin, wesley wes, hobby, stamp collecting, stamp collection, usa, virginia, fairfax, chantilly

[@yayatsupriatno582]

selamat siang Pa Boos...mantap koleksinya...banyak sekali...👍👍👍

[@TheButcherHicks]

HOLY CRAP! A collection that would make Stanley Gibbons envious.

[@NateM]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I'm a stamp collector and its fun to see what other collectors have done.

[@DebRott]

I appreciate you showing the collection you and your father have accumulated. I am a collector myself. David

[@hikonline2022]

That is a very touching story,but dont't be sad,you did the right thing - just imagine how many people in the future will enjoy the stamps your dad saved.

[@RichardLaurence]

Eight years sorting out a huge accumulation of stamps is my idea of heaven!

[@CaldonianDude]

My retirement - sorted!! :)

[@jameslove1092]

Hello wes. Awesome collection. Sorry about your great loss. Life goes on.. great video.hope you and your family are well. Best regards from james in scotland.

[@rogerturner1881]

ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE COLLECTION. I HOPE THAT THEY OFFERED A VERY GOOD PRICE. You should have kept a part of it to remember him by. It's such a joy to collect things that gives you knowledge and at the same time pleasure. The only thing is that stamp collectors in the COVID epidemic that passed away left their collections to their children or some close relative.

[@kenone1234567]

Wonderful collection, Wes. I believe sorting through your dad's collection must have brought you some solace. You have honored him by organizing his lovely collection. It must have been difficult to sell Earl’s collection. However, many stamp collectors can now appreciate and enjoy the stamps that brought Earl much joy and pleasure. I believe Earl is smiling down from heaven when he sees the many happy faces stamp collectors feel when they add his collection to theirs.

[@fenrik8178]

Oh lovely, I adore collecting German stamps too.

[@samuelholmes782]

What a magnificent family heirloom,you and your family are very lucky to have inherited such a collection.

[@jameslove1092]

Hi Just seen this. My condolances .hope you can find the strength to share some more of collection. Best wishes from james in scotland.

[@tomokovlog8567]

I love stamps, I have lots of boxes of stamps and I think part of the fun is organizing them. They teach me a lot about history, geography, currency, inflation, countries, art, and culture. It's a very expensive hobby that takes up as much time as you let it. I have a few stamps albums I made of the US but I would like to make other albums for other countries.

[@mastermariner1991]

Thank you for sharing this story of your father and the dedication you spent in organizing the collection.

[@bsfan6150]

I believe those Heco pages are dealer stock sheets. Heco made the stock sheets that dealers used, but did not sell the stamps. Please correct me if I’m wrong about this.

[@mikeleahy7875]

Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!

[@CremedelaCreme-jq8he]

I got choked up at the part "well, what happened Dad, is that we...." Thank you for sharing your experience! My Dad passed away when I was just two years old, so I don't even remember him. I'm mid-50s now. But I inherited his collecting gene, so I kinda know him, right? He was into US and international stamps. When my Mom saw me collecting bottle caps, rocks, pens, and stickers when I was like 6 or 7, she showed me my Dad's Scott albums and the rest is history. Over the years I've collected coins, currency, and vintage comic books, but it all started with stamps. It was cool trying to complete my Dad's efforts. But I understand now that all of my collecting has been me trying to make and continue that connection with my Dad. And I am so grateful for all my hobbies for that. Anyway, I enjoy seeing folks go through their collections, especially when they have a deep connection to it. Again, thank you.

[@TheRealWesAlbers]

That video involved a few "takes" until my wife got one where I wasn't crying. Selling that collection was like saying a final goodbye. I totally understand what you are saying about connecting to your father through his collection. We moved a lot as a military family, and my father's stamp collection was always with us!

[@mattys1467]

You did a wonderful thing honouring your father and his collection 🙏

[@erik0073]

Quite an impressive accomplishment.

[@valuablestampsandcoin]

Great collection sharing 👌 super Stay connected 👍

[@RetroStampCave]

Fantastic collection very impressive 👏

[@voneschenbachmusic]

What a lovely tribute to your dad and his collection. I think he would be proud that you took the time to get this material organized so it could bring joy to other collectors. I often get box lots of material like this and is fun to think of all the collectors that have enjoyed these stamps over the years.

[@pattycarljackson]

This is awesome. Loved the video.

[@piratephilately]

Amazing collection, he was like many of us, a collector. Sometimes we can't stop :) Now someone else can enjoy his collection. Thanks for sharing!

[@IsrAri-oo6jt]

Amazing never quit,wont stop,cant stop, collecting. You sir are a boss i bet your pops must be very happy in the heavens telling others thats my son.

[@Farida-A.R.]

Amazing collection

[@schuey089]

Fantastic collection of stamps & postcards! Nice tribute to your late father God bless him!

[@guitarzen7080]

Wow. I was thoroughly blown away! Awesome job - super nice collection

[@jenniferbealey5634]

Wes this is so interesting and I know how much love and time went into honoring something so important to your father.

[@ericbond5276]

Well said at 15:28, that way you don't get tapped out financially or burnt out.

[@TallGuyTrails]

This collection is incredible

[@FilipeLemos1964]

👋👋👋👋👋, thanks your share 👍💪

[@donlannon8290]

Nice collection. 👍

[@joshbradybuddy]

Thank you for sharing.

[@vkollekciyu]

Супер коллекция, браво, спасибо за обзор 🤝

[@KironManuelCards]

I have too many Malaysia and Singapore stamps.I have lots of sources too

[@608_rich]

Interesting… the problem is where does one start with such a large collection…you had gotten it organized, but one would never know if a particular stamp was in the collection. It would take another 8 years to generate an index or catalog for the entire collection…amazing collection but overwhelming also and I suspect that you were spot on when you said there was a switch from the collecting of stamps to stamps just collecting because it simply became overwhelming.

[@vbian88]

MASSIVE.

[@luigi2712]

Hey Wes hopefully you can help me out with my stamp collection I wanna know which are worthless and which are worth something. I also got some incredible letters Dating back to the early 1800s and a really impressive picture in letter form from the 1900s

[@Emperor-Wild-Man]

It is a shame that the son was not a stamp collector, and continue build/expand/add to his father's collection.

[@jeffw.1854]

Most interesting share being a collector myself even the 'gimmick' stamps are interesting despite the fact that I try to stay away from them.

[@swannydeehosinpepper9655]

Hello, Sir.. Do you have any stamps of Germany + It's Areas that you want to sell to a Good Home ?? My situation is sort of like you Father's.. I broke my back and I Really Need to keep my mind busy.. I am getting rid of Everything, that I have of other countries, to just concentrate on Building my Perfect Germany collection.. Awesome Collection, I wish my Father had collected stamps and left them to me.. Awesome !!

[@pinkgirl1x]

The moment I saw you were struggling with yourself for not to start crying… I started crying myself… 😢 “what happened is we spent 8 years to put in to order dad … because you said no one in the family is interested in collecting stamps and I don’t know what’s going to happen when I pass away..”

[@dennisferguson9129]

How did he take so many stamps with him whenever he was transferred?

[@TheRealWesAlbers]

My sister and I have been puzzling over that. Great question. I don't think it went place like South Vietnam and South Korea, but I'm pretty sure it went everywhere else.

[@TheButcherHicks]

I'm sending this KZbin video to my kids just to let them see it and stop complaining about not knowing what to do with my stamp collection after I die.

[@danielebrparish4271]

That's what the Roosevelt family did with FDR's stamp collection.

[@chuckswain8299]

Are you selling any of the stamps?

[@TheRealWesAlbers]

Very end of the video shows the collection being hauled away by the buyer, a stamp company.

[@CaldonianDude]

Amazing video. In some ways sad, but on the other hand those stamps are going to get recycled through countless collections, and give inestimable joy to collectors...

[@TokyoShemp]

please use tongs- don't touch gum or they get damaged with fingerprints

[@MichaelStentenbach-db1tf]

So sad by Auction i gues mote honoring or spenden to youth collectors community some of them

[@lanuiiohu]

$0 value

[@chrissahar2014]

Really???? How insulting to base your valuation just on what is shown. There is value to those. But what is greatest is the intrinsic value/.

[@Emperor-Wild-Man]

We all know for certain that it is value more than zero dollars. However, seeing the collection was boxed into various moving boxes, the collection was literally sold by the pound.

[@CaldonianDude]

@@Emperor-Wild-Man Often what happens to coin collections too. I have to say I would not know where to begin on valuing such a stamp collection. Can you value it? How do you value the emotional aspect? I really don't know.

[@Emperor-Wild-Man]

@@CaldonianDude ..........From the vid, I can tell that Mr. Earl's has an extensive "face different" world collection, via the various Albums, whose pages (sample pages of Ger and Russia) were near fully filled. At the time when Mr. Earl was active, he must have subscribed to annual album supplements, and annual stamp subscriptions. It got to a point when he did not kept up with new album supplements, and the stamps subscriptions continued, so the new stamp purchases were not put on album pages, and remain intact as the day he purchased them, thus stored away in boxes. Unfortunately in terms of market value of such a collection (face different world collections in albums, and boxes of unsorted stamps) could be sold to stamp dealers by the pound. I typical higher value stamp collection would have stamps identified, wheras any unidentifed stamp would deem a common stamp (but by no means that a rare stamp may still be found among the common unidentifed stamps)..

[@glennstark3182]

​@@Emperor-Wild-Man not always. Or stamp club supervised the sale of a similar collection. Yes, some were sold bulk, but not everything. The widow netted over $10k. Our collection probably looked more like Earl's about year 2 of being organized. Being organized means even lesser value will garner a better return. And I've seen boxes like those sell for $500-$1,000 each.

[@raulgongora2077]

Hello sr you have one supercollection on world stamps Blessings