How I Organize My Stamp Collection Ep. 1 -- My FINEST Stamps

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[@fareast_de]

Great show. Like I said before: most of my collections are stored in Lighthouse stock books. The reason is as simple as that: they are comparitively cheaper and you are much more flexible to add blocks of four, ZIP codes, Mail early, plate numbers etc. etc. Over here most stamp collectors don´t use hinges anymore, mostly because they don´t wont to damage the gum and because the handling can be a little bit tricky for "fat fingers". 😅Keep it up, and see you on the next one. Greets from GER, U.

[@ericgagnon1222]

The ways we store (I use the term 'albumize') stamps are as diverse as collectors and equally as diverse as the stamps we collect. Once I outgrew my fourth Scott Traveler, my first childhood album, I've gone on to create country albums with Dollarama D-ring display-front binders and home-printed pages with country titles I add. I use good ol' stamp hinges except for any I perceive as higher value British Colonials for which I use black back-loading mounts trimmed to size and mounted in the albums. Throughout your excellent and ebullient video, I couldn't help but seeing that plastic tub, cigar boxes and ziplock bags over your right shoulder and thinking - YEAH that's STAMP COLLECTING right there!

[@silkontheweb]

I bet you wouldn't be surprised to learn I've got a filing cabinet full too, along with six or seven shoe boxes full of covers and odds and ends... 😀

[@jameslove1092]

Hi Silk. My penny Black has g and b on corners. James in Scotland. Great videos.

[@keithbloss2915]

Hello from PA. Love that Penny Black - My initials K-B! I mainly collect US, but recently started on some GB reds and blues. (so far no black), with a specific interest in finding ones with my initials.

[@TedSanford]

Thanks!

[@silkontheweb]

Wow!! That's my first Superthanks, thank you SO much, it means a great deal to me

[@mattys1467]

Excellent episode 👏 I store my collection in a not too dissimilar fashion. All individually mounted onto index cards with the information about the stamp written on above. A good tip to fight against moisture is to use those silica gel packs that you often find in packaging. I just scatter those around where I store my collection, they really do help.

[@silkontheweb]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing

[@joannewolfe5688]

Very helpful video. Also just loved to see the stamps! That Canadian ship stamp -- drooling over that one. I have not yet figured out how I will store my stamps. Right now I am in the process of curating a couple of large collections (soon to be sold) in albums and stock sheets, neither of which is melting my butter. I'd like to create something really unique, maybe with some historical info on each stamp. I'll have to think on it some more.

[@chuckswain8299]

I store my stamps on stock cards and insert stock card into glassine envelope and then insert in a glassine box

[@jeremiaheufemio]

Great video! I collect mint stamps and I am from a tropical country so the challenge to keep them safe is huge. I learned over the years to develop my own way of storing them using materials used to collect cards and comics.

[@jeffnewbery7376]

Great episode Silk. I am partial to Davo albums and have several countries that I use them for. Pricey, yes, but they look terrific. I also use Vario pages for other collections and want to spend more time on that aspect, building up some new countries and adding additional information of the issues and the issuing country. I recently purchased a large collection from a long time collector who was very well organized (albums and red boxes mostly) with a LOT of British empire stamps. I may flip some of those into Vario pages.

[@silkontheweb]

Sounds like a fun project! I'm a bit hung up on the price because I'm up to needing to buy album 6 and 7 for my USA quest, and the stamps they contain are worth less than the album... hard to justify, except I really want to complete the set...

[@jameslove1092]

Hi Silk. Penny Black wasn't available to buy till 6thmay 1840. Best regards James in Scotland.

[@AaronTenino]

With more then 100 albums of many types and around 30 red box organized by country and scott number my preferred storage is the Lindner hingless albums that have the separate plastic page over the paper page. I like that you can see the front and back of the stamp without having to remove it. I also like that you can add descriptive notes on paper and then add the paper to the plastic pocket. Cost wise it seems cheaper to buy hingeless albums than to add individual mounts as well.

[@KensStampCollection]

Amazing collection of nicer stamps. I like your storage system. I keep my best stamps in their places in my albums, but add a sticky note with the catalog value of stamps greater than $50 so my family will know which are valuable.

[@silkontheweb]

Definitely a good way to go... I'm on a bit of a mission to spread the word about cataloging... it's exciting and a bit sad to find a fine album on Ebay for a song.....

[@adamsmith-wi3qg]

What I've learned from your videos, as I'm just getting into the hobby, is the importance of focusing/specializing. After deliberation I settled on trains. With a self-imposed budget limit this way I can put together a cool collection that won't make my wife (too) mad!

[@silkontheweb]

Good choice!

[@christophersmeltser6564]

Another great video. Interesting content for sure. Love seeing your storage and display methods. Don’t be afraid to do longer videos. I miss watching your longer videos. I’m sure I’m speaking for most of your subscribers too. Always great stuff.

[@Christopher-zf1ng]

Once again, another great video! Thank you.

[@richardd4024]

I prefer albums but as an impoverished young philatelist back in the early '60s I had to settle for an inexpensive paper bound H.E. Harris Explorer album. I seethed with jealousy for the rich kids with their Minkus Global Masters and inherited Scott Internationals. I almost quit the hobby. Then 20 years aĝo web based publishers began offeri g downloadable pages at free or reasonable prices! Voila, I began printing my own pages on heavyweight card stock that could handle mounts without distorting the page or wrinkling the stamps. So take that rich kids. Next argument should be mounts vs hinges.

[@RonDale-jy8et]

A tip: Don't smell your stamps.. smell your comics!! MMM!!

[@billsweeney4785]

WOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! awesome system I love it. Man you are good buddy, thanks

[@DonaldPetch]

Love your enthusiasm for our hobby and your videos. I fight the dilemma between spending a lot on albums that could get me a great deal more stamps instead. But something inside of me just can't stand not having my stamps stored in a neat, organized, protective, and accessible way, so I succumb (happily) to paying for the albums. I store my mint U.S. stamps in hingeless U.S albums and my used stamps in separate U.S non-hingeless stamp albums with the older stamps in mounts and the newer ones hinged. My world stamps are stored in albums with mint ones in mounts and used ones hinged. Anyway, thank you again for your videos!

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-cd4jo1yf8r]

Can you see how to put the one touch to if the stamp please?

[@RonDale-jy8et]

Your enthusiasm is contagious!! I wish the video-tubers who are focusing on comics were so upbeat!! (Even if caffeine is involved!!)

[@RonDale-jy8et]

Organization vids are fascinating!!...!

[@kiwis0uth]

Pleased to see that I can get OneTouch card holders in New Zealand

[@surrealsoupuniverse]

I am a noob collector, what i do is buy stock stamp sheets, and put them inside an office ring folder, this way i can add more stock sheets to the folder.

[@silkontheweb]

I've got binders like that too! Scott makes stock sheets for mint sheets of stamps, that's how I organize those

[@surrealsoupuniverse]

Amazing video 😊

[@PaulShort05]

Great video!

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@RonDale-jy8et]

What are you doing with cigar boxes that stamps came in?

[@vyhozen]

Greetings from Hungary. Keep up with collecting and making more videos with that enthusiasm that you have. :) Do you use any online catalogs to keep a track of your stamps? I haven't checked your previous videos yet so I can't tell.

[@silkontheweb]

Thanks for watching! Not yet... though I've thought about it... do you have a recommendation?

[@pinkgirl1x]

What was the give away, template?😅

[@silkontheweb]

Yup

[@RonDale-jy8et]

Question Re: Harry Potter figures. Sometimes they are there.. sometimes they are gone... What and Why? I know they don't just WALK OFF!?!

[@jameslove1092]

Hi Silk. Need your help. I have what I think is Scott no 120 24cent black and green with g grill but could it be a number 130 reissue. Or not. James in Scotland.

[@silkontheweb]

Always happy to help! If it has a grill it's not #130... the reissues don't have them

[@jameslove1092]

Thank silk. Best regards to you and your family. James in Scotland.

[@bretteballantine2596]

Why does soaking some newer modern australia stamp when taking stamp of it takes of yellow backing it looks like glue is the stamp fine

[@deborahlee9972]

Great video! I use mainly the Vario stock sheets but I do have some albums that I use hinges with. I really am not a fan of mounts (unless they are already in the album but that is expensive! ) Having stamps in different places would drive me nuts (some GB in one place while the rest are in albums.) Do you have a master file or list of all your stamps? (I’m working on the sower set for France now!)

[@silkontheweb]

That's been a struggle for me... early on especially I was so interested in so many different countries, topics, etc, so I ended up with a lot of different half-formed collections. I've held on to them... and started to wonder if it's time to part with some to put towards the pricier usa stamps I'm after... don't want to though!

[@patiencezero-xc9zl]

Personally, I prefer to house my collection in high quality stock books. I can arrange the stamps at will and keep duplicates of high quality together, etc. However, as I increase the size of my 19th and early 20th century definitives/regular issues it is becoming difficult to keep the varieties I own straight.....so may have to cry uncle soon. Fortunately I only collect mint stamps so the expensive stuff is accumulating slowly and I still have to complete my Columbians and Trans Miss.....although I just got the $1 Cattle in the Storm and am over the Moon!

[@silkontheweb]

Great stamp!!! That's on my bucket list...

[@patiencezero-xc9zl]

Now, are you sure that all the plastic is acid free that you use.....not sure the holders used for baseball cards or collectible trading cards are acid free.

[@user-py7xe5bb1f]

The newer top loaders and plastic sheeting is acid free. Card collectors became very picky about storage, just like philatelists.