Ep. 42 - Unboxing 3 Kiloware Stamp Mixtures from Swan (Pt. 1): B is for . . .

[@ExploringStamps]

It’s an interesting concept to protect the postmarked stamp with a plastic layer, I’ve seen a full cover protected in the mail, but not a single stamp. 🤔

[@tedtalksstamps]

He certainly knows how to please his customers.

[@joyseng]

Nice to see Graham here. It is indeed true that sellers can please their customers with choice and protection of stamps they use for postage. I am always disappointed to receive stamps purchase with common definitive stamps or postage labels

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@joyseng I feel the same.

[@amys0709]

Thank Ted! I always enjoy your videos as they are both informative with a sense of humor.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you, Amy. I appreciate it.

[@amgedyousef7400]

You do a great job sir. Keep at it.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you Amged. Now that I have completed some personal business that has kept me occupied every day, I will be posting new content soon.

[@chrissahar2014]

Botswana produces lovely stamps!

[@tedtalksstamps]

Hi Chris. Yes, they do.

[@byronsbrain]

Now that's a great haul, you've got some really lovely sets there :)

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you, Karen.

[@davidwilliams9]

Great fun with kiloware.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks, David.

[@darrinlettinga2852]

Ted, I have bought this Botswana mix from Swan twice already and I can see that I might have to purchase again. I love Botswana stamps and I saw many that you received that will fill empty spots especially in those long flora and fauna series. Great mix and I am happy to see you reviewing Swan's kiloware.

[@tedtalksstamps]

I, too, plan on another purchase of Botswana, in the future. I’ll wait a while, though, in hopes that there will be even more recent issues.

[@lindaf4968]

Thank you for the useful info.

[@tedtalksstamps]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@dedrayn]

Gene Wolfe 👍 thanks for doing all the number crunching!

[@tedtalksstamps]

You bet. Thanks for watching.

[@lauraorben7128]

Thanks Ted! I really like how you go through the motions and calculate your cost vs value and then show your soaking and organization. I guesstimate that about 1/3 of CV is what actual value of stamps are. Need to find an inexpensive set of used Scott in order to determine that. My local library does not have one as a reference and I cannot afford a new set, :). Do you organize and re-sell your duplicates? Botswana has some really pretty stamps. Again, Thanks to you and Graham @Exploring Stamps for your very educational videos.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you for the kind words, Laura. I do have a HipStamp store, for which you can find the link in the description. Also, I would recommend joining the StampBears forum - a great bunch of people there, and always trades and giveaways going on. You can find that link in the description.

[@mohammedshakoor4718]

Ted Talks ..in a foreign language but gets dubbed over in English! 😉😂😂😂

[@pinkgirl1x]

Hi Ted Thanks for replying back to my previous messages. I hope the beginners series will start soon. I would like to know where the numbers used for stamps are coming from, how do you catalogue your stamps - do you use a special software to catalogue the visual along with the name / nomination/ year/ country of issue - what makes a stamp more precious, how to give bath to a stamp, how to read the seals, FDC’s and cancelattions, difference between the stamp and various related products sold by post offices (FDCs - Souveniour sheets) and many more. Is it better to have a used or a mint condition stamp, should we get stamps posted or keep them as is? Are older stamps more valuable or that’s not always the case? Should we buy the stamps in full if they are printed in series, does the value affected based on the issuing country or the print run….The more I watch the more questions I come up with every day.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks for all your questions. My goal is to cover all that information in my series. I think I will have job security for a long time. 😄

[@pinkgirl1x]

@@tedtalksstamps you are hilarious and so kind Ted! Great to have people like you on social media you are the ones who makes these places great. Your expertise and experience is much appreciated, and your willigness to share it with newbies is takes it to the next level which leaves me wordless 😅🙏🏻👏🏻

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@pinkgirl1x Thank you. You are too kind.

[@chrissahar2014]

Ted you should think of auditioning for some acting parts. Your presentation and naturalness in your videos has developed wonderfully and I see a new level achieved. Bravo. Plus as always offering sound and informative information about philately.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks a lot, Chris. I appreciate it.

[@tedtalksstamps]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKC9lmWejZqljJo Check this out - my big movie break. At 3:02 I’m the mechanic walking in from the bottom center of the screen, and at 3:34 I’m the blur that walks behind the two guys talking.

[@stampcollector0452]

Nice video , and nice stamps too !

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you very much.

[@raulgongora2077]

Nice collection my friend

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you, Raul.

[@johngreen3543]

Very interesting episode. My kiloware experiences go back to the days when stamp stuff could be found in stationary stores ( the late 50's). I used to buy a linen colored bag of unworked stamps take them home and do what you did. Also, the stamps you recieved were nicely cancelled. I hate it when a nice stamp has had a disfiguring obliterating cancel.Our postal service can take a hint and do away with those horrible black cancels they have been using at Christmas time. Have you noticed this? I have a feeling they won't.

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks, John. Then again, having to search and sift through all those ugly stamps makes finding the nice copies all the more pleasurable.

[@ExInvaderRay]

I love to collect British Empire stamps, so the pre-independence stamps of Botswana are a lovely new discovery for me.

[@tedtalksstamps]

I, too, love the British African stamps.

[@raulgongora2077]

Thanks sr for all information Blessings

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you, Raul, and the same to you.

[@sci_philatelia]

Thats a massive haul

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks, Ananya. I’m pleased with it. 😀

[@jameslove1092]

Hi ted Just found in my hungary stamps.and found one of the space stamp 60f . A long and narrow stamp without red overprint. But i have that one too. I would value your opinion.thank from james in scotland.

[@tedtalksstamps]

This stamp was first issued March 14, 1959 as part of a set of 7 stamps. Russia's Lunik 2 landed on the moon on Sep 14, and the 60f stamp was overprinted and released on Sep 24, to commemorate the event.

[@jameslove1092]

@@tedtalksstamps yes it says on side 1959. Ps i have 2 of them without the red overprint.and one with red.

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@jameslove1092 Soviet era Hungary produced A LOT of stamps. Both of these have catalogue values of under a dollar. All the iron curtain countries produced a lot of stamps just for the collectir market, as a means of obtaining hard currency.

[@joyseng]

I like both stamps and beauty pageants so my favourite stamp in this lot is the one with Miss Universe 1999 :)

[@tedtalksstamps]

That is a nice stamp.

[@indianphilatelist2851]

Nice grab bag 👝, sir

[@pinkgirl1x]

Hi Ted, I became a member of Hipstamp thanks to your advice yet I run into an issue on Hipstamp which I wanted to run through you. I bid on many stamps which ended up with me for 0.01 each and a total of 3.56$ but I was charged for 30.50 just only for shipping from Arizona to Toronto, when I reached out to the seller they confirmed the shipping would only cost 18$ yet he said he has other expenses like hipstamps commision and paypal commision as well which makes 23$. My question to you is; is it a common practice to charge this expenses and some profit to buyers under shipping expenses

[@tedtalksstamps]

That is excessive shipping. When buying or bidding on HipStamp, be sure to check the shipping fees to see if the seller adds additional fees for each additional stamp in an order. It sounds, to me, that he is charging extra shipping because he did not get the price he wanted in the auctions. That’s his tough luck. HipStamps terms and conditions require sellers to charge reasonable shipping. What he is doing is unreasonable. Contact HipStamp [e-mail]. It is because of dealers like him that I belong to the IPDA, which you may have seen me advertise. We do not tolerate this kind of behavior by dealers. Good luck.

[@pinkgirl1x]

@@tedtalksstamps thank you Ted I really appreciate all your support and guidance. As being so new to stamp collecting I felt terrible because of this experience. I really appreciate you being so kind to newbies :)

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@pinkgirl1x I’m sorry for your bad experience. I hope, though, that you will contact HipStamp support. They are very helpful in these situations, and they need to know about unreasonable dealers.

[@matthewcirino8752]

Some very pretty stamps! Can you please identify the music played during the slide-show at the end of your video?

[@tedtalksstamps]

Yeah, that's Firebrand, by Kevin MacLeod. Available in the KZbin Audio Library (also as a regular YT video).

[@matthewcirino8752]

@@tedtalksstamps Thanks Ted!

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@matthewcirino8752 My pleasure.

[@faniebuys]

Hi Ted! Greetings from South Africa. I love kiloware, therefore these unboxing videos are my favorites. It inspired me to order some kiloware from Swan. I am super excited. (do they usually take their time to respond to emails? I sent my order on 22 November, but heard nothing from them yet.)

[@tedtalksstamps]

When I sent an order by email, I didn’t hear from them until the package arrived in the mail. Thanks for watching, Izak.

[@Rivcuban]

Really enjoyed this episode Ted! I prefer pre-1970's stamps. I just wonder if there are kiloware dealers who deal in older stamps?

[@tedtalksstamps]

Generally, if you are looking at kiloware of all older material, it means you are getting “floor sweepings” - mixtures that have already been picked through for better items, and stamps stripped from albums which have been cherry picked of its better items. That’s why I am leery about ordering an off-paper worldwide mix. I don’t want to end up with thousands of British 1/2p, 1p, and 1 1/ 2p stamps from long definitive sets.

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

The Washington 1 cent of 1938 cut on 3 sides only perforated to the left, does it have a cv,??

[@tedtalksstamps]

I don’t think so. There is no variety of this stamp that has 3 natural straight edges. A booklet stamp could have 2 straight edges. This sounds like a damaged stamp to me.

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

@@tedtalksstamps I found it on colnect, and it has a Michel number. Take a look! colnect.com/sv/stamps/stamp/653263-George_Washington-Presidential_Issue_-_Precancels-USA

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@bakatstravarenmattsson3418 This is a pre-cancelled coil stamp. As these were used in a business environment and the stamps , instead of being pulled apart at the perforations, might be separated with scissor cuts or some kind of trimmer. You can see several examples on the first page of this search: www.hipstamp.com/browse/?keywords=839+precancelled&parent_id=12&sort=price_asc You'll notice that whenever there are 3 straight edges, the perfs on the 4th edge will have clean flat tips from being cut.

[@knutgut1]

Hi Ted,i see baseball ,Mystery,Thriller and Horrorbooks.Great choice.I like it too,but in germany Baseball is not in the top 10 Sports.You know the films Moneyball with Brad Pitt and cleveland Indians.The first part only.I love them And great stamps too.I love the music at the end of the clip

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks for your comments. I don’t know if baseball is a top-10 sport in any European country. I’ve never watched Moneyball, though I want to.

[@knutgut1]

@@tedtalksstamps its a real Story from the Oakland Athletics 2001 with his new Generalmanager and ex Proplayer Billy Beane.

[@Mouhamedislembouazizi]

I see this video you buying from swan stamps website 3 kg stamps. Can you make a video how buying from this website. I didn't understand how buying from this website and thank you very much brother for your time and for your videos. Much love brother.

[@tedtalksstamps]

I will do that. Thanks for watching.

[@rsmith8365]

gee, I'd completely forgotten about Swan Philatelic-it's been ages since I ordered from them (I think I still have about 2 lbs. of Danish definitives sitting in the back of the closet that I never could give away lol. as for my favorite sci fi author, hands down it would be Phillip K. Dick.

[@tedtalksstamps]

PKD - excellent.

[@alunarcher4110]

Well. how did you know it, Ted. I collect Great Britain, and two topical collections. Motorcycles and, yes you guessed it, Botswana. Also what is wrong with Nora Roberts Novels??? Another informative video, Ted. Thanks,

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks, Alun. Nothing wrong with NR actually. That’s why I have them. 😄

[@tgkstamps]

Nice

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you.

[@alanwitty1665]

Nice stamps, I'm partial to Miriam Zimmer Bradley &Anne McCaffrey

[@tedtalksstamps]

I like Andre Norton’s Witch World, and Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and Gray Mouser.

[@alanwitty1665]

@@tedtalksstamps I have all the Witch world books I read Fritz Leiber years ago, I've been reading Sci Fi since the late 50s,, I'm 78 now

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@alanwitty1665 I’m 66, my dad and eldest sister were avid readers, and it rubbed off on me. While I picked up juvenile sf at the library, I also grabbed my dad’s and sister’s books when they were finished. In junior high school my close clique of friends were all sf geeks. My favorite author then, as now, being Ray Bradbury. Who do you like of the modern crop of sf and fantasy writers?

[@alanwitty1665]

@@tedtalksstamps L.E. Modesitte, MIchelle Sagara(West), Ilona Andrew's, Kim Harrison, Chloe Neill

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@alanwitty1665 I know Modesitt, though haven’t read. The others I am unfamiliar with. I will check them out. Thanks.

[@anselmocastrillo4380]

I live in Spain. Is possible make exchange yours stamps against stamps from Spain and European countries??

[@tedtalksstamps]

I am not a good trading partner. I buy only what I need for my collection and for my store and I don’t have extras for trading.

[@eugeneielts246]

I could love seeing all these stamps uncancelled in prestine condish)

[@tedtalksstamps]

That’s my next mission. 😀

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thanks again, Nisarg.

[@beth7467]

Wow! Lotsa duplicates in that Botswana mix.

[@tedtalksstamps]

That’s the nature of kiloware. If you want to avoid duplication in your mixtures, be sure the ad states, “all different.”

[@beth7467]

@@tedtalksstamps Good tip. And I like how you talk about the value in all the duplicates for selling on or trading.

[@joyseng]

Can someone who understand the joke at the opening please help to enlighten me? Any problem with the book to hide?

[@tedtalksstamps]

Nora Roberts writes romance novels which are generally considered to appeal to women. They are not usually considered to be books that men would read. 😁

[@joyseng]

Thanks for sharing. Actually, any gender can read romance novels or they could be your wife's collection :P

[@tedtalksstamps]

@@joyseng You are correct, though they are not my wife’s books. 😄

[@vkollekciyu]

👍🍀🚀

[@tedtalksstamps]

Thank you

[@maxiewawa]

Get yourself a kindle and get rid of all those dead trees Ted

[@tedtalksstamps]

Trees are renewable; cobalt, lithium, and rare earth metals are not, and their production is environmentally harmful.

[@nicklasschmltt6959]

Trees grow back and books are fine collectibles., and no batteries required. Buy more books , heck with Kindle, try and put your stamps in a Kindle... oh I see you have this very thought.