My world collection, which consists of about half a million stamps and some letters and cards, is chronologically presented in 260 stockbooks, all of them 60 or 64 white pages. Easy to rearrange when acquiring new material. Quite a nice library, as all the stockbooks are the same size and colour - red, blue or green, according to what part of the world the stamps they contain come from.
I don't see how in the world stock books would be "easy to rearrange when acquiring new material"? Unless you intentionally left blank spaces for every conceivable stamp in a country.
Put your imagination at work! I don't leave blank spaces. From many stamps, I've got more than one copy (mint & used, interesting cancels etc) and I just add them when I get them. And every now and then, I rearrange everything, always chronologically, always esthetically as pleasing as possible. A 60 pages packed collection is then turned again into a 120 pages more or less nicely presented collection. My world wide collection is not a 'presentation' collection to show off. It's in a more or less constant process of rearrangeing (once France has been nicely rearranged, it's time again for Barbados, and then for Belgium etc etc, depending on from what countries or territories I acquired lots of new material) gives me heaps of fun and enjoyment.
@@Oldfaithful61 Ok, thanks for the explanation. At least you are not having to deal with hinges and mounts! Do you write up little labels that ID the stamps or no?
@@chriswhitehouse8982 Indeed, no hinges and mounts for me ! With the sole exception of my mint Belgian collection which is in preprinted Davo albums. There are small labels in my collection, but not for each individual stamp. The labels merely say what territory or country the subcollection comes from. Some countries are rather complicated, Germany e.g. has over 50 different subcollections (and in my collection a total of over 11,000 different stamps). The detailed information is in my catalogues (Stanley Gibbons, Yvert & Tellier, Michel + specialised catalogues from many countries), and I cross off the stamps I've got, used or mint or hinged, FDC's and all other possible useful information. Catalogues don't mention everything ! Then, on my computer, I've got some documents, which I call my 'bookkeeping', including the number of different stamps of every territory or country, approximate catalogue value, etc. Finally, there are probably some 500,000 duplicates which are not part of my collection but are gathering dust in literally hundreds of packed stockbooks. In case you're interested, make me an acceptable offer (6 digits) and come and get the lot ! But you'll need a really huge van. :)
@@Oldfaithful61 I too like the ease of using stockbooks for my collection, which like most stamp collections, is nowhere near as extensive as yours. It sounds like you have amassed quite a collection, it would be a real treat to see any part of it presented here on the yt.
Thanks for such an interesting video on presentation of stamp collections. I started collecting in the early 1970's as a little lad placing my stamps into Senator albums. I kept my collection although did very little to it over the last 40 years and recently I have become interested again. My collection is in 5 volumes and I'm sad to say looks very much like your first example however I am going to do some rework now and present in a more ordered fashion. I feel inspired again.
Just found your videos. Just restarted my stamp collection. I set it a side 30 years ago. It's not all that, but I do find it fun and interesting. Just put together a stock book collection. So much fun going though 1/4 lb. and 1/2 pound used stamps. Enjoyed your video. Thank you for all the information. Take care.
Thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and information given. Very informative and brings a great deal of creativity and opportunities to collectors and their storage considerations.
Really good video and I loved the point about this being something very personal. You can get swept up in 'collecting the set' or having something comprehensive. Ultimately stamp collecting is, at its best, storytelling and a lens on history. A little note, your own interpretation, a modern eye on context: this is what elevates stamp collecting almost to an art form!
Great to see Oscar back. These videos of his are so relaxing and informative. I was goggle eyed in anticipation of seeing a plate five, PB, 3rd state in BLACK, in one of the albums. Now that would have been something to see! 👀
Hello, a thematic collector here.. I prefer the standard exhibiting format with square layout paper for it can accomodate items of various sizes as well as both thematic and philatelic texts of different lengths.
Thank you for an informative video and good overview. I just started stamp collecting and decided to house my stamps in stock books until I have a clearer idea of what I want to focus on, and until I have more complete stamp sets so that I don't have to add and chop and change so much. I think I will progress to "proper" stamp albums in future, though. I love information and would probably add a lot to the stamps, and that is not so convenient in a stock book.
I have combined my family tree with a lifetime stamp and postal history collection. It is a chronological record of major family milestones between the postage and commemorative stamps that served them in their day.. This legacy is a valuable heirloom for future generations, the sale or destruction of which is prohibited and protected by the family Curse.
I think the key thing to emphasise is that Oscar is totally correct - it's your collection and your choice how to write it up - or not, as the case may be. I cannot write up my main collection as I'm constantly adding to it, which necessitates reordering the stamps. I have a display collection, which is hand written up and illustrated, but it takes me 3 weeks to extract everything from my main albums and to put them back after the display. I won't exhibit because I have no desire to have anyone judge my collection. My one gripe is that Stanley Gibbons have discontinued the Exeter and Plymouth faced lleaves which 90% of my collection is on and finding unused leaves is getting hard.
Enjoyed your album presentation video. Recently i procured a large unmounted,and boxed collection of early to mid 20th century worldwide stamps.. would enjoy talking with you to maybe gain a bit of knowledge..
Very enjoyable video. Always like to see how other collectors maintain/store/display their stamps. Unfortunately, many of the pages shown in the video are either too far away from the camera or at an angle that doesn't show up much detail.
Always looking at how people set out their collection. Excellent. I still have the old style albums with a different country per page and other albums which have blank pages to set out how I want. Also now have stock books and looking at stock cards. Sadly, if I want to exhibit, A4 paper is not recognised any more by the NZ Philatelic Society, have to use a non standard paper size, based on an American measurement I think. So, that would not allow me to use a standard A4 printer unless I just typed up bits and pieces, printed them off and cut to size. So, I won't be exhibiting.
another nice video from SG! I am glad that you do not push people to collect in a certain way - it is great that you tell them to decide on their own, how o collect and make their colelction. I am trying to do also some stamp education in my videos on youtube. The more of us does it, the better - we do not want our great hobby to die, do we? :-)
Very nice, thank you. I also prefer the hand written pages and the atmosphere it provides when writing up the pages, but not the least the look of it. It looks like you have been using a fountain pen. Can I ask, what is the name of the album type that you have used for your own collection?
Hello, The album used is the Stanley Gibbons Balmoral ablums and gridded faced album leaves. We welcome more questions on our videos and our team would be happy to help with any questions you have. We can be reached at shop@stanleygibbons.com
i'd like you to do another follow-up vid on Stamp album pages using apps like ALBUMGEN, ALBUM EASY ETC. I myself like to write the stamp series history rather than just the year etc. i've started doing ADEN with Album Easy. Thanks informative video. From Greece
Thank you for your interest in more of our videos. We will pass this along to the team and if you have any questions about the items we stock our team is available for assistance.
Those aren’t great sites for making albums, you get a much cleaner and more polished look by using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher, and might I add, they’re much easier to use too!
@@rogerturner1881 you just paste them in obviously, and if you don’t have the images to hand you don’t need to show them,descriptive text or catalogue number will do, with my exhibition I don’t have pictures of the stamp or text behind as it’s pointless when you’re just going to cover it over with said stamp!
have bought a collection containing Austria from the start to say late 60's, it was a really beautiful setup, but alas, the collector didn't add spaces for items he wouldn't expect to get, the 1908 10 kr stamp forinstance or even missing a few holes for some of the early stamps, I really do enjoy how everything looks, but sadly it's just missing so much so I can't really keep it as it is.
May I ask a piece of string question? How many stamps fit into a single album, generally? And have you ever heard of or handled, a single album that was worth one million pounds? Sorry for my newbie/idiot questions!
The things people collect! How the hell people can get worked up and excited about a bit of sticky gummed paper is beyond me . This and tea towel collectors !!! 🤣🤣
My world collection, which consists of about half a million stamps and some letters and cards, is chronologically presented in 260 stockbooks, all of them 60 or 64 white pages. Easy to rearrange when acquiring new material. Quite a nice library, as all the stockbooks are the same size and colour - red, blue or green, according to what part of the world the stamps they contain come from.
I don't see how in the world stock books would be "easy to rearrange when acquiring new material"? Unless you intentionally left blank spaces for every conceivable stamp in a country.
Put your imagination at work! I don't leave blank spaces. From many stamps, I've got more than one copy (mint & used, interesting cancels etc) and I just add them when I get them. And every now and then, I rearrange everything, always chronologically, always esthetically as pleasing as possible. A 60 pages packed collection is then turned again into a 120 pages more or less nicely presented collection. My world wide collection is not a 'presentation' collection to show off. It's in a more or less constant process of rearrangeing (once France has been nicely rearranged, it's time again for Barbados, and then for Belgium etc etc, depending on from what countries or territories I acquired lots of new material) gives me heaps of fun and enjoyment.
@@Oldfaithful61 Ok, thanks for the explanation. At least you are not having to deal with hinges and mounts! Do you write up little labels that ID the stamps or no?
@@chriswhitehouse8982 Indeed, no hinges and mounts for me ! With the sole exception of my mint Belgian collection which is in preprinted Davo albums. There are small labels in my collection, but not for each individual stamp. The labels merely say what territory or country the subcollection comes from. Some countries are rather complicated, Germany e.g. has over 50 different subcollections (and in my collection a total of over 11,000 different stamps). The detailed information is in my catalogues (Stanley Gibbons, Yvert & Tellier, Michel + specialised catalogues from many countries), and I cross off the stamps I've got, used or mint or hinged, FDC's and all other possible useful information. Catalogues don't mention everything ! Then, on my computer, I've got some documents, which I call my 'bookkeeping', including the number of different stamps of every territory or country, approximate catalogue value, etc. Finally, there are probably some 500,000 duplicates which are not part of my collection but are gathering dust in literally hundreds of packed stockbooks.
In case you're interested, make me an acceptable offer (6 digits) and come and get the lot ! But you'll need a really huge van. :)
@@Oldfaithful61 I too like the ease of using stockbooks for my collection, which like most stamp collections, is nowhere near as extensive as yours. It sounds like you have amassed quite a collection, it would be a real treat to see any part of it presented here on the yt.
Thanks for such an interesting video on presentation of stamp collections. I started collecting in the early 1970's as a little lad placing my stamps into Senator albums. I kept my collection although did very little to it over the last 40 years and recently I have become interested again. My collection is in 5 volumes and I'm sad to say looks very much like your first example however I am going to do some rework now and present in a more ordered fashion. I feel inspired again.
Do you have valuable stamps or more sentimental?
Just found your videos. Just restarted my stamp collection. I set it a side 30 years ago. It's not all that, but I do find it fun and interesting. Just put together a stock book collection. So much fun going though 1/4 lb. and 1/2 pound used stamps. Enjoyed your video. Thank you for all the information. Take care.
Thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and information given. Very informative and brings a great deal of creativity and opportunities to collectors and their storage considerations.
Really good video and I loved the point about this being something very personal. You can get swept up in 'collecting the set' or having something comprehensive.
Ultimately stamp collecting is, at its best, storytelling and a lens on history. A little note, your own interpretation, a modern eye on context: this is what elevates stamp collecting almost to an art form!
Great to see Oscar back. These videos of his are so relaxing and informative. I was goggle eyed in anticipation of seeing a plate five, PB, 3rd state in BLACK, in one of the albums. Now that would have been something to see! 👀
Hello, a thematic collector here.. I prefer the standard exhibiting format with square layout paper for it can accomodate items of various sizes as well as both thematic and philatelic texts of different lengths.
Very interesting video, I only started stamp collecting last year so I’m a total novice. I’ll certainly take this sage advice onboard - thank you!
Thanks for the video. Being from India, I wish I could have seen your collection personally with much more time.
Regards, Duke
superb video about stamp collecting
Really enjoyed the video, thank you.
Thank you for an informative video and good overview. I just started stamp collecting and decided to house my stamps in stock books until I have a clearer idea of what I want to focus on, and until I have more complete stamp sets so that I don't have to add and chop and change so much. I think I will progress to "proper" stamp albums in future, though. I love information and would probably add a lot to the stamps, and that is not so convenient in a stock book.
Thanks - some great insight here as I'm planning on expanding my collection of stamps from the Australian States.
Thanks for an interesting and informative video.
Excellent video
I have combined my family tree with a lifetime stamp and postal history collection. It is a chronological record of major family milestones between the postage and commemorative stamps that served them in their day.. This legacy is a valuable heirloom for future generations, the sale or destruction of which is prohibited and protected by the family Curse.
Very good 😎👍
Thanks for the ideas and inspiration😉
I think the key thing to emphasise is that Oscar is totally correct - it's your collection and your choice how to write it up - or not, as the case may be.
I cannot write up my main collection as I'm constantly adding to it, which necessitates reordering the stamps.
I have a display collection, which is hand written up and illustrated, but it takes me 3 weeks to extract everything from my main albums and to put them back after the display.
I won't exhibit because I have no desire to have anyone judge my collection.
My one gripe is that Stanley Gibbons have discontinued the Exeter and Plymouth faced lleaves which 90% of my collection is on and finding unused leaves is getting hard.
Enjoyed your album presentation video. Recently i procured a large unmounted,and boxed collection of early to mid 20th century worldwide stamps.. would enjoy talking with you to maybe gain a bit of knowledge..
Very enjoyable video. Always like to see how other collectors maintain/store/display their stamps. Unfortunately, many of the pages shown in the video are either too far away from the camera or at an angle that doesn't show up much detail.
Always looking at how people set out their collection. Excellent.
I still have the old style albums with a different country per page and other albums which have blank pages to set out how I want. Also now have stock books and looking at stock cards. Sadly, if I want to exhibit, A4 paper is not recognised any more by the NZ Philatelic Society, have to use a non standard paper size, based on an American measurement I think. So, that would not allow me to use a standard A4 printer unless I just typed up bits and pieces, printed them off and cut to size.
So, I won't be exhibiting.
Thank you and great presentation. I’m curious what albums were used in the presentation? One of them looked like Frank Goodon.
Thank you
another nice video from SG! I am glad that you do not push people to collect in a certain way - it is great that you tell them to decide on their own, how o collect and make their colelction. I am trying to do also some stamp education in my videos on youtube. The more of us does it, the better - we do not want our great hobby to die, do we? :-)
great advice!
Very nice, thank you. I also prefer the hand written pages and the atmosphere it provides when writing up the pages, but not the least the look of it. It looks like you have been using a fountain pen. Can I ask, what is the name of the album type that you have used for your own collection?
Hello, The album used is the Stanley Gibbons Balmoral ablums and gridded faced album leaves. We welcome more questions on our videos and our team would be happy to help with any questions you have. We can be reached at shop@stanleygibbons.com
Thank God we do it different in 2023!
i'd like you to do another follow-up vid on Stamp album pages using apps like ALBUMGEN, ALBUM EASY ETC. I myself like to write the stamp series history rather than just the year etc. i've started doing ADEN with Album Easy. Thanks informative video. From Greece
Thank you for your interest in more of our videos. We will pass this along to the team and if you have any questions about the items we stock our team is available for assistance.
Those aren’t great sites for making albums, you get a much cleaner and more polished look by using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher, and might I add, they’re much easier to use too!
@@Catfinks With the MW or MP how would you add images of the stamps
@@rogerturner1881 you just paste them in obviously, and if you don’t have the images to hand you don’t need to show them,descriptive text or catalogue number will do, with my exhibition I don’t have pictures of the stamp or text behind as it’s pointless when you’re just going to cover it over with said stamp!
Today it is much easier to us Album Easy than using PDF to write up album or exhibit pages.
have bought a collection containing Austria from the start to say late 60's, it was a really beautiful setup, but alas, the collector didn't add spaces for items he wouldn't expect to get, the 1908 10 kr stamp forinstance or even missing a few holes for some of the early stamps, I really do enjoy how everything looks, but sadly it's just missing so much so I can't really keep it as it is.
May I ask a piece of string question? How many stamps fit into a single album, generally? And have you ever heard of or handled, a single album that was worth one million pounds? Sorry for my newbie/idiot questions!
I made the mistake of sticking my stamps with double sided tape. The tape has penetrated some of the stamps. What should I do please?
How do you get a stamp off the envelope?
Personally I'd leave it alone..In most cases,the stamps are worth more historically,as well as monetarily speaking.. Hope this helps!
Please help me in stamps collecting.
The things people collect!
How the hell people can get worked up and excited about a bit of sticky gummed paper is beyond me .
This and tea towel collectors !!! 🤣🤣
Not much intellect , sorry friend.
Very shallow black and white brain you got there.
Some people just don't understand.. It's about history!