Sorting Yugoslavia Stamps from Hoarding Chaos

I share a find of two early Somalia stamps. I thank a generous viewer for some stamps they sent my way. Then I walk through how I organize a new country of stamps into stock books in my collection, using Yugoslavia as an example.

[@davidcolombier5673]

Great video.I really love my Yugoslavian stamps. I believe they ar the most beautiful stamps in my collection. And I collect since 52 years. I would love to have more. I also have like you: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Armenia and Slovenia. But for me, Yugoslavia is the most beautiful. I just wish I had more. Thanks for the video.

[@KensStampCollection]

There are some really nice designs

[@jeffreyhalvorson31]

Great video. So glad I found your channel. I thought I was organized (retired accountant) but you are ahead of me leaps and bounds. Thank you so much. It is a true labor of love.

[@KensStampCollection]

Welcome! I can be a mess too.

[@Twofortheroad621]

This came up on autoplay after watching your May 18/24 vid. I watched it while doing my own sorting as I combine my collection from my teens with my late mother's, as well as a few albums I purchased from my local dealer. As a result, my old Harris Statesman was not prepared for this rapid expansion lol! Thank you for this video. I like the idea of stock books for countries I have not yet focussed on (eg. Central and South America).

[@KensStampCollection]

I love that feeling. And the stock book works really well for me with those early stage countries

[@chrislovesstamps]

Love to see how you organise your stamps Ken. And you are spot on with saying there is no right or wrong way. To develop your own style or what feels good for you, I found it essential to see what others did. This was a really helpful video and I am sure a lot if people are interested and wondering how to go about sorting stamps. Thanks Ken!

[@KensStampCollection]

I appreciate at it, and you. Keep making good videos.

[@davidcolombier5673]

My mother was from Tel-Aviv Israel. When she died, I buried her there and moved there 30 years. Needless to day: I have a few Palestine and Israeli stamps. Thanks for sharing.

[@KensStampCollection]

I'm sure that's a nice connection to your mom. Enjoy your collection and stay safe.

[@davidcolombier5673]

@@KensStampCollection Thanks Ken. Stay safe. Til later.

[@davidkeeley8473]

A very informative strategy to organizing a large batch of stamps. I started sorting into envelopes and then created stock books, but as I found more stamps I had to keep moving stamps around. I ultimately moved over to Scott International Postage Stamp albums part 1, 2 & 3. It's not a perfect solution but it helps me identify the holes. Plus most of the pre 1940's stamps I have are used on hinges so soaking and replacing the hinges as I move them over helps. Thanks for the excellent video. It helps to see how people organize.

[@davidkeeley8473]

I like how you write on the glassine. Much easier than making small labels

[@KensStampCollection]

You learn what works for you as you go. Glad you enjoyed.

[@KensStampCollection]

You know, I'm swimming in those things, so I don't mind writing on them.

[@scottzimmermanfamily2326]

So glad to find your Channel!! You're clearly an advanced collector but have empathy for beginners and those with limited time to research and organize. I'm preparing a workshop on stamp collecting for my local library and will include a link to your Channel. Looking forward to more presentations.

[@KensStampCollection]

How great. I'll be really interested to hear how the presentation went. Do you have enough starter stamps for people? Let me know if you need more. Email in About section.

[@kengilbride7182]

Great presentation and its interesting how other collector s sort their stamps. I bought a book called “ A Stamp For Every Country “ by John Knutson. Really good information and can be purchased through Amazon for a reasonable price. I just started collecting the first stamp issued by each country and it is a wonderful way to learn geography and history. I’m already passed 200 different 1st editions. Well Ken you have a wonderful Holiday and as always Happy Collecting the other Ken

[@KensStampCollection]

I always like it when I get a stamp #1. What do you do about Italy, where the first stamp is not #1? Happy Holidays to you too!

[@anthonypearson3322]

1:07 1:38 1:40

[@stampsforgramps1268]

Very informative presentation on Yugoslavia and her many shapes and sizes over the years. Even with expertly prepared chronology it is still hard to get your arms around. Well presented.

[@KensStampCollection]

You reminded me that I hadn't posted my chronologies. I just fixed that. On my blog now. Thanks

[@billsweeney4785]

Awesome job on your organizational skills. I really appreciate your sharing it with us.

[@KensStampCollection]

Hope it’s helpful

[@FilipeLemos1964]

Many thanks your list in 14:52 👍👍👍

[@KensStampCollection]

Happy to share -- I hope you found it on the blog too: Much easier to read there.

[@MarkDyck]

This is a great video, Ken! Thanks for walking us through your process. I wish I had your discipline to put the oddball commems and back of book stamps right into your traders. After I make some album pages I'm left with several stockbook pages of single commemoratives spanning decades that I can't decide what to do with. Two notes: I'm glad I'm not the only person who disbelieves the catalogue when I find a $175 stamp in with a bunch of commons. And I have never seen someone write catalogue numbers on the interleaves of the stockbook. That must save a lot of flipping! Happy Holidays and thanks for these videos. 💖

[@KensStampCollection]

Thanks - I just fell in love with the commonness of regular issues. I did get a huge lot of British commems and couldn't resist making an album for them. That and my US commems. My resolve is weak. I have found the occasional high value stamp, but I get my hopes up more often than it turns out to be true. Oh, and when I write on the stock book, I try to use a light touch so I can erase it later.

[@Braddad126]

Thank you Ken for breaking down how you organize a mess of stamps. I’m in the process of organizing my collection which is a mess as well and it is always interesting and fun to learn how how other collectors organize their collections.

[@KensStampCollection]

Glad you enjoyed it. Any ways that work well for you.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Hi ken great video! Keep doing such a great job at promoting the best hobby on earth and I’m convinced that some day you Will be put on a stamp! Thanks man, love your work!

[@KensStampCollection]

Hopefully, not a US stamp so I can live to see it!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

This was a great, great video, Ken! It was wonderfully informative to see how your sort and organize your stamps. I learned so much. I am sure it will be useful for many beginners that are still working out how to work with their stamps. It was satisfying to see how you got to the "end product" of the Yugoslavia stamps. Working with the catalogue can be pretty complicated it seems. One of the important things to really understand, is that one must collect in the way one enjoys it the most. It does help to see what others do, though, to know how to choose the best, and most enjoyable way, to collect. ... I liked those two Somalian stamps you showed and identified right at the beginning of the video. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXCELLENT VIDEOS AND SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE, KEN!

[@KensStampCollection]

Thanks Charnie -- I hope it was useful to my stamp collecting friend!

[@GreatStampAdventure]

🙂Your advice and help changed my approach and how I am going to process my stamps dramatically. 🙂@@KensStampCollection

[@jeffnewbery7376]

I really enjoy seeing how others organize their collections and what their process is so thanks for sharing. And I look forward to your WW1 episode. I have been thinking id both world wars as topicals. Oh, and Boston was awesome by the way😉

[@KensStampCollection]

I saw some of your pics. Glad you had a good time. Glad you enjoyed the video, too.

[@christophersmeltser6564]

Finally another video lol. I’m not very patient when it comes to waiting for a new video ha ha

[@KensStampCollection]

I get that, for sure.

[@jeffsstamps]

Hi Ken - great video - very interesting !!!

[@KensStampCollection]

Hey, thanks Jeff! It was fun to make.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing your method Ken - what a lovely way to build your countries of interest. During the pandemic I had the opportunity to obtain several dozen boxes of world stamps on pages, loose, on paper, etc and have been happily processing ever since. My method is to remove any damaged, soak all stamps on paper, sort all stamps by country which go into their own glassine envelopes and then into shoe boxes filed A-Z. Then I pull out a country, put them into my world albums (20-volume Minkus Globals) and stockbooks for years not covered by the albums. Topicals from duplicates into stockbooks. The duplicates are in glassine envelopes by country for later trading. For a couple of years during the pandemic I was accumulating a ton of material because there were some amazing deals on bulk collections/accumulations, and I'm glad I did because that material dried up and now I'm catching up. I'll get singles and collections when I have everything organized lol

[@KensStampCollection]

That sounds so relaxing. I've seen some of those Minkus albums -- beasts. 20 of them must need extra floor supports. I'm thinking there are volume sorters like you and me and valuable-stamp collectors, and that the people who collect single, valuable stamps are considered the "serious" collectors. The joy of the sort seems undervalued.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

I agree - happy to be an "unserious" collector lol@@KensStampCollection

[@mecollectingstamps2023]

I love it....Congratulations for having a mountain of stamps 😂😂😂😂😂😂 specially when you looking at it and you ask yourself...wen I buy all dis..😂😂😂 and your beard is growing instantly just thinking how to start to sort out.

[@HabibKhan-eq8hy]

I have a old stamps very old 😊

[@KensStampCollection]

Always fun to see

[@billyjohnesterhuizen6340]

Hello Ken. If you ever thinking of getting rid of the odd stamps or others, i will be more than willing to buy them from you.

[@KensStampCollection]

I'm not selling from this channel, but I'm always happy to trade. Send me an email and we can share addresses. Let me know what you collection and I'll see what might find its way to you.

[@vito4718]

I am a collector of Yugoslavia and I can give you an advice,its moere convenient to collect only the 1st(1921-1943) or the 2nd(1944-1992) because its confusing and never ending ,and 1918-1921 its the whole other story, Fiume too.And WW2 occupation, also. Its very big difference between all of that. That's just my advice

[@KensStampCollection]

Such a good way to think about this area and focus the collection. Thank you

[@vito4718]

@@KensStampCollection well its much easier

[@vito4718]

@@KensStampCollection do you have social media

[@KensStampCollection]

@@vito4718 Unfortunately, I don't have any stamp-related social media. Perhaps I should. I do hang out in the International Philatelic Promoters discord server sometimes.

[@vito4718]

@@KensStampCollection I don't use discord,but I have a Yugoslavia 2nd period ,still in building,but I am a young collector

[@johnscamardo2145]

there are more sets of the chain breakers not listed in scott's.

[@KensStampCollection]

Oh, nice. As I get more of them, I'll dig into that some more.

[@johnscamardo2145]

there are roulette, perfed ,imperf as well as different printed paper and printed variety sets

[@KensStampCollection]

very helpful. Thank you.@@johnscamardo2145

[@seandolan8502]

If you write on the glassine page of your stock book…can it be erased later?

[@KensStampCollection]

Yes. Write lightly and hold the page down when you erase it

[@bzurer]

My question as well. Thanks for the answer and the video@@KensStampCollection

[@christophersmeltser6564]

Hey Ken, are you a fan of First Day Covers at all? I have a box with hundreds of United Nations covers that I really have no interest in. If you have an interest in them I could send you them and you can send me something no matter how small as a fun trade. Thanks for your channel.

[@KensStampCollection]

You are so kind. I’m afraid I don’t collect either FDCs or UN. Perhaps someone else who watches will reply and take you up on that trade.

[@christophersmeltser6564]

@@KensStampCollection Yea, that would be fun if someone wants to do a trade

[@eliziariomaia3972]

Boa tarde tenho mais de 1000 stamp pra vender

[@KensStampCollection]

I don't buy stamps or collections through this channel. And if you are interested in advice about how to sell a collection, I'm not very good at that, but what limited information I can share, I've put in my blog here: kensstampcollection.blogspot.com/2023/09/kens-advice-on-selling-stamp-collection.html