Always a delight watching your videos, your enthusiasm for the hobby is so contagious! I’d love to see the German states all organised, they’re so beautiful and the variety of them will keep anyone entertained for hours
I would like to see you do one on Japan. My grandsons love those stamps so much 🤗 I have a great time with them as they organize their collections. They also enjoy the German stamps and the stamps you sent them from Germany ❤ Enjoy ALL your work and time & efforts you put into your hobby. The KING = Mr Silk 🤩 The hobby of “KING’s. Thanks so much The boys really enjoy your videos.
Great video Silk! I love your idea of organizing and cataloging stamps by Scott # and value. My vote would be for a video on your German stamps. Fascinating, tumultuous history through the late 1800s and 1900s, often visible through the changes in stamp designs - so many interesting stories to tell.
Thanks! And... go Phillies... Schwarber is still one of my favorite players, even tho he's no longer on the team I root for. What a great walk off win the other night
@@silkonthewebyeah Schwarber is a great player for sure. Love him on the team. I also bought my first stamps this week. A set of Pitcairn Islands stamps. You got me interested in this hobby.
I also have started something like what you’re doing, each country has one or more pages. I print squares but I write in the catalog number, year and catalog value if over the default value ( I think that .25 but I’m on the road and don’t remember ). I don’t put the in order or leave blanks for stamps I don’t have. I do enter them into a stamp inventory program and put a reference to page row of the stock page. The software can print reports in pdf form so I can see what I’m missing. I would like to do what you do with your system , I’m just too cheap to have empty pages. I’m using Hagner stock pages so I can add a page as needed. Love your content and how enthusiastic you are.
Love your ideas on your classic collection. I am currently concentrating on WWII era stamps. I use 32lb copy paper that I copy a graph pattern on. I then place a mnh, a used version and a block of 4 which I affix to the upper portion of the page with mounts. The lower portion of the page is used for covers with the same stamp which I affix to the page with clear photo corners. Using a 1.5 mm fountain nib with permanent black ink I write a description of the stamp and as much detail about it as I can, usually 3-5 lines at the very top. The page is then put into a clear protective sleeve. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this.
I’d love to see Hungary. It’s the first collection I bought as a teen. I’m just getting back into collecting and I’m trying to get my nephew interested.
Great video! Love your ever evolving stamp journey. As for future videos, would love to see some Swiss stamps.😊 Switzerland has a very rich philatelic history. One of the powerhouses of classic philately with high quality, innovation and of course beautiful designs. 🇨🇭
I absolutely love the progression of your albums! I have a hingeless album that holds my “special” stamps but I think your stock book idea is fantastic! As for your next album, my family arrived in Canada around 1850 and I love the early Newfoundland and New Brunswick stamps! Great video and love your enthusiasm!
Silk's struggles are similar to my own. I went from a US Minuteman expanding to a Scott "Big Blue" for worldwide pre 1940 - then I got frustrated with not enough spaces for the countries I most liked. I then got an album package from the internet and enjoyed it until I wanted to show mint and used, and color variations and cancellations. So now for the classic series - like British line engraved or the French Peace and Commerce issues, I have created my own albums with one or more pages per stamp issue - this gives me space for plate numbers for the British stamps of cancels for the French. Needless to say, my stamp room is a god-awful mess - but going through all of it is what brings me enjoyment.
Another excellent video and so much great advice! I love the new stock book/printed info square system you are using - very flexible, looks great and using the catalog is so helpful in learning about the varieties of otherwise identical looking stamps. I love the point about curating - the way people organize and arrange their collections tells so much about their interests, personality, etc. Chris Loves Stamps has a budget series that brings up another great point, which is that you can often save a lot on supplies if you look carefully. When I pick up box lots l often consider the usefullness/value of used stock books, etc. contained in the lot; I have purchased lots purely for the supplies and the stamps were a bonus. So if you can get a starter collection and a good condition used stock book its a great way to maximize your joy to $ spent ratio.
Nice to see the old Traveler album and its content. We also got similar starter albums over here, but that was a long, long time ago in the 1950s/1960s, and I think they faded away in the 1970s because beginners mostly switched to stock albums. Like I said before, nowadays I don´t know anybody using hinges but mounts, stock cards or stock books because the collection is much more flexible for new purchases. Greets from GER, U.
Greetings from Canada. Just a slight correction, stamp collecting is not the king of hobbies .... it's the hobby of kings. (LOL) Hey, I love your videos man. You have lots of enthusiasm.
Another good show Silk! Was fun to see the Traveler album featured. Was my first near 50 years ago. I am not a fan of the stock bocks with interleaving. Prefer the Vario type pages that cover the entire stamp. Plus they give flexibility to add or move pages.
Howdy from the hot desert of southern California.... ! I agree with you, that if you want to focus on mint/MNH or the more expensive stamps of one country, it is a good idea to invest in a quality hingeless album. I have a Scott Hingeless USA album, which I have NOT kept up with, in terms of adding annual supplements. I thought about it back in the early 2000's, and decided USPS was heading in a stamp issuing direction I did not like; many more stamps being issued annually, many with topics I was not really interested in and in a self-adhesive format. Not to mention that at the time, I had job, younger children, those life obligations and responsibilities that get in the way of our hobbies, and it was difficult to find new USPS issues at my local post offices. As several people have said, such as our recently departed friend Bob (Bob Collects Stamps), COLLECT WHAT YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT. My other stamps are in country albums, homemade albums, vario pages and stockbooks. Oh, also too many piles of stamps to organize. I think you ought to cover more of North America - you have Canada and USA..... why not add Mexico? IF you do pick Mexico, I am happy to send you a starter collection to help you get going on your NEW Mexico collection.
I consistently watch your videos and do love them! Your baseball scheme type really struck a chord with me.. but I also love this newer system. My choice for a country to focus on would be Great Britain. I would like you to also consider collecting stamps from GREECE. They are strikingly beautiful and need a lot of knowledge. Best regards Nick
I collect Greece, especally the big Hermes heads, but also later stamps and locals. This is the Champions League of stamp collecting in relation of difficulty and I´m still not able to recognize some of the early stamps exactly. May be 80%. Yes, it is very interesting, but for a video very complicated. An overview is very easy and Greece has a lot of nice looking stamps, not only the classic ones. But you need some material for it. I come from Germany and in germany it is very limited to get many good stamps. With this I participated on Greece auctions, the only chance to get a nice specialized collection, but far away to see an end after 10 years.
The Traveller album was my first ever album, which i bought when I was 10 years old. Your flip through really takes me back. Especially the winter olympic stamps from Burundi. I think every 10 year old had a set circa 1976. :)
Well you have made me think about albums now, i like what you have done to the Spanish sheets its decent looking in that quality book of yours. I would like to see you do a Netherlands stock book please.
Greetings! And... sneak preview... I'm working on my Canadian collection now, and have been looking for a story to tell with it. Thought about Blue Nose, or even John Candy because I have a stamp of his and he was one of my favorite comedians... if you have a suggestion please feel free to let me know!
Japan would be a nice video. I love your use of curator, I've been thinking that often and you've now stamped the thought lol. Thanks for sharing your exhibits, happy collecting!
Very informative video, that I think all the are new to stamp collecting should watch. I like the journey you take us through and I think the most important advise is to limit your area of collection. Otherwise you become lost and dont feel like you are progressing. Which stamp album storage system to use is again up to the individual. I myself dont want to add other stamps than does already shown on the preprinted pages, so to me it adds a lot of value to have does. I agree the price is high, which is why only my danish collection is stored in a Lighthouse album system with preprinted pages. My Israel collection is in stockbook albums where I have made space for all the stamps and written Michel numbers where I am missing stamps. I think you next country should be Australia because you have always been very keen about those cangaroo stamps, but we have not seen much to them. Have fun=)
Stamp collecting is known as “The kng of hobbies, and the hobby of kings.” Personally, although I have som commercial albums from the previous time that I was collecting, for my Newfoundland collection, I’ve decided to design my own pages to my own standards and layout. This allows me to group the stamps the way I want to, and even to lay out spaces to take into account things like selvage and se tenant pairs. Plus, I can handle cataloguing the way I want. One thing I also do is to maintain a One Note notebook. When I buy a new stamp I set up a new page for that stamp with the details including catalogue value, the amount paid, the date purchased, and the location of the stamp. When I receive the stamp, i take a picture of it which is inserted into the One Note entry, along with a description of the centring of the image, status of the gum and any flaws.It’s a system that so far seems to work well.
Wow. I so don't have the patience to create that, but I would use it if I had it. Germany, particularly the 1800s. Because those are the only ones I have. For now. Great video, thank you
Thank you! And as a thanks for your comments I'm going to showcase my New Zealand stamps sometime soon... not sure when, but they're so beautiful. I struggle with identify the early Queen Victoria's tho...
@@silkontheweb looking forward to the showcase. Queen Vic, especially the Chalon's, can be worth quite a bit of dosh. Which I don't have, though some of my fellow club members do.
Wow, that homemade album looks great. Personally, I'd be interested to see a Japan oriented album from those countries you mentioned. I was thinking about starting my own Japanese stamp collection soon, so I'd like to see yours as well!
Your videos are fun to watch. I got into stamps when I started looking in my fathers old stamp book, which was in pretty bad condition. Also I couldn't make up my mind yet on which country or topic to collect, so now I do one small set of mint stamps (4 - 8 stamps) for each country in the world. I only pick what I can get my hands on and what looks really nice to me. Don't have that much yet, but it makes for a really good looking collection. Your do it yourself stamp stock book is a really good idea. I also use stock books and print a small label for each set with a map pointing to the country.
Love your idea for how your doing your collection going forward. I would like to see you do Canada because I need to come up with a good way to keep my now growing collection of Canadian stamps and I am discovering how very expensive Canadian stamp albums are.
K, so, I studied your list, and, although I would pick Canada, I would like to see you focus on Japan. Those stamps intrigue me and make my eyes light up with wonder. Yeah. Japan stamps.
If you asking us what we think you should start a collection on I think you should do Philippines, they have some really interesting stamps through the years! Good luck to everyone on the giveaway contest!
I am 33 years old and I am starting in philately. It captivated me from the very first moment. I am going to focus on Japan, so I think you should focus on Japan in upcoming videos. This way, I can see your collection and also learn about Japanese stamps. I also think about collecting bees. Best regards, great video!
I like to see Youre doing the Netherlands in the Silk system, but if You want a new country collection i can advice the Dutch Indies, the the Dutch Indies became Indonesia in 1948 so there are only round 100 years of stamps to collect there, probably fit in one big album 🙂
Great vid and ideas. I use stock books for my worldwide collection, using Stanley Gibbons for my Great Britain stamps. Same drawback with SG albums as with Davo, they don't include all the variations etc so I have devised my own sheets to add in. It would be great to see you focus on GB next, just because I'm nosey and want to see your early collection, I'm guessing it is special and puts my own to shame, but I will have something to aim for!
Thank you so much for sharing your new system. Since I myself collect the Netherlands and Japan I suggest you do these two first 😉. Good luck with everything and keep up the good work... and keep the videos coming 🙂
I switched to stock cards and I have information cards like you have. These are A5 stockcards, but like you told with your variants this also has some drawbacks. I like envelopes as well, I have boxes for small ones and postcards, after this stockcards A5 and for bigger ones it gets improvized. The stockcards are working well, I can do complete sets on them or different colors or if they have differentiations. This is flexible and I do not have to sort them. If I get a new set, I can direct them immediate to the right place. I´m not so in the cat worth. On some I have a description with a price I paid, this is very minor. I do not care so much about it, the stamps are the important part of it. Stamp prices do not change that often, but another disadvantage is, that if a price changes you have to correct it, if you want to be accurate. From the country: Do whatever country you like the most. The best collections are the ones you are interested in. Me for example like stamps up to 1950 (I´m not too strict) and I have favourite countries and others where I´m not that interested. For example I like Austria, but Switzerland except some special sets not too much. But this is my personal taste, others prefer Switzerland before Austria and this is also great. Spain is underrated, but it is a lovely country to collect. Many nice stamps and challenging, but it is worth getting everything what is possible together. OK, the early 2 Reales stamps are a bit unrealistic, but for example the first set cancelled is possible. Same for the second set except the 2 Reales, this is the one I miss. The others were easier than I thought, even the 6 Reales, which is from the catalogue worth quite expensive. Just take what you love.
I had a dream once of finding a cabinet like they used to have at libraries for storing Dewey decimal system cards, and using it to store my collection on stock cards... always thought that would have been really cool...
I have my USA stamps, but Worldwide collecting of European, Great Britian and her commonwealth's is where I'm busy at right now!! I was given a large collection of Poland and Ireland from a friend.
Australia, and or New Zealand have some great early stamp series, of pre decimal stamps. I agree Davo and similar albums are nice quality, paper and all, but very limited for serious collector. disappointing in the amount of stamps on a sheet and often different formats and terms of a countries stamps. I did buy a Australian Davo (After seeing yours, costing $300. AUD. Looks good but not satisfying or practical for me. I will give your new system a try now, as i want my family to realise the value of collection one day. I am presently making albums for Islands around Australia, Eg- Norfolk, Christmas and Cocos Keeling ... Cheers for the video. I am from Aussie so don't expect to enter completion....
I loved this episode! Great coverage and ideas. I do something similar, but using small stickers in stock books, all handwritten thought. As for next country.....Canada.....being a Canadian....Of course I'd love to see what you have! :)
Those starter albums of old are from an era before the proliferation of stamps at current levels. Spaces will go unfilled because a dozen or so representative stamps may not be what’s generally available in general packet assortments. If one were to be starting today, it would be a single country, region, or topic.
Thank you for sharing your ideas. I'm using your baseball card idea. I like looking at those 9 pockets pages (I got the double sided ones). I also got the 4 pockets pages. 3 pockets, 2 pockets ones for bigger stamps and series, For now, I'm just trying to sort out the stamps I already have. As I'm in Canada, I guess working on your Canada album would be interesting
Glad you're enjoying it! I'm going to use that system for most of my nice stamps, I really like how flexible it is and the sleeves are a great way to go
I am currently trying to figure out the best way to add pages to my Poland Davo for more specialized stamps. It seems like there should be room and they offer many options for blank pages. Would like to see you work on your Japan collection next. I really enjoy a lot of their stamp designs.
Hi Mr Silk. I can relate to your search for the ultimate “storage solution” for your collections. I love your latest suggestion. For your WW collection, why use 1872 as a cut-off date, is it simply to keep a cap on the scope? Secondly, don’t you feel intimidated by all the empty spaces? Are you going to employ a similar storage solution for your country collections? Thanks for a wonderful video - Keep them coming.
Australia would be of interest to me. I have an Australian collection that I had purchased as part of a very large collection but have spent little time with it. Maybe you could give me some inspiration. I have several countries in Davo albums and I love the look of the presentation. I have recently done a switch (keeping the Davo that I have of course) to a similar method as yourself. I am using Vario sheets and making up paper tabs and am starting with the British Commonwealth as part of that large purchase. I include the Scott number, date of issue, and catalogue value. They are groups by issue. For instance, if there are 12 stamps issued in a set, I have one info tab with the Scott numbers (ex. #31-41), date of issue, and value for the set. I then place the Vario sheets in binders alphabetically by country but also have a two page insert of information for each country as well as the flag. The information is usually from Wikipedia. Keep up the great work!
For your most valuable stamps, I suggest you look into archival paper to print your cards; standard paper has chemicals that are released over time and can damage stamps, though I'm not sure how much of an issue it would be with your card system. Thanks for the video!
Germany - I'm fascinated by the Weimar hyperinflation stamps - I still can't believe they got as far as Milliarden which I believe is a billion. Imagine that! also the early Bavarian stamps have that cool embossed thing going on :)
Great video. I have a question. What is the best way to remove stamps that does the least amount of damage ? Funny enough it's about some old Danzig pages that I want to get into one album.
Soaking them, probably... depending on what I want to do with the old album, I'd probably just cut them out of the book and just drop the paper into warm water
I’ve heard about software programs that you can use to keep track of your stamps and update the catalog value every year. If you know anything about what’s available, that would be helpful.
Great way to go! To start off I'd try to find a collection with albums and loose stamps, and then just explore it... you'll be amazed at the different places and time periods it'll take you... you can also sometimes find lots on Shopgoodwill.com but they can be pricier than FB Marketplace because there's more buyers watching for the good auctions to cone along
Always a delight watching your videos, your enthusiasm for the hobby is so contagious!
I’d love to see the German states all organised, they’re so beautiful and the variety of them will keep anyone entertained for hours
I would like to see you do one on Japan. My grandsons love those stamps so much 🤗
I have a great time with them as they organize their collections. They also enjoy the German stamps and the stamps you sent them from Germany ❤
Enjoy ALL your work and time & efforts you put into your hobby. The KING = Mr Silk 🤩
The hobby of “KING’s.
Thanks so much
The boys really enjoy your videos.
Great video Silk! I love your idea of organizing and cataloging stamps by Scott # and value. My vote would be for a video on your German stamps. Fascinating, tumultuous history through the late 1800s and 1900s, often visible through the changes in stamp designs - so many interesting stories to tell.
I believe that's the album I had in '78, '79. I remember it has that unique, and fun binding.
I am so enjoying this episode, and I'm only 10:40 in!
So glad I discovered your series on UA-cam. I've learned a lot already.
Glad to hear it! Happy collecting
I think it is the "hobby of kings". ;-) As always, you have great ideas regarding how to pursue this great hobby to suit personal tastes.
Great video again for any beginner. I have never collected stamps, however I enjoy your videos and enthusiasm of the hobby.
Thanks! And... go Phillies... Schwarber is still one of my favorite players, even tho he's no longer on the team I root for. What a great walk off win the other night
@@silkonthewebyeah Schwarber is a great player for sure. Love him on the team. I also bought my first stamps this week. A set of Pitcairn Islands stamps. You got me interested in this hobby.
Nice system! & some great Spanish finds! Great video again!
I also have started something like what you’re doing, each country has one or more pages. I print squares but I write in the catalog number, year and catalog value if over the default value ( I think that .25 but I’m on the road and don’t remember ). I don’t put the in order or leave blanks for stamps I don’t have. I do enter them into a stamp inventory program and put a reference to page row of the stock page. The software can print reports in pdf form so I can see what I’m missing. I would like to do what you do with your system , I’m just too cheap to have empty pages. I’m using Hagner stock pages so I can add a page as needed. Love your content and how enthusiastic you are.
Love your ideas on your classic collection. I am currently concentrating on WWII era stamps. I use 32lb copy paper that I copy a graph pattern on. I then place a mnh, a used version and a block of 4 which I affix to the upper portion of the page with mounts. The lower portion of the page is used for covers with the same stamp which I affix to the page with clear photo corners. Using a 1.5 mm fountain nib with permanent black ink I write a description of the stamp and as much detail about it as I can, usually 3-5 lines at the very top. The page is then put into a clear protective sleeve. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this.
What a great way to present your collection! And a wonderful focus area
I’d love to see Hungary. It’s the first collection I bought as a teen. I’m just getting back into collecting and I’m trying to get my nephew interested.
Love your videos and your enthusiasm. it's infectious. Please, for a future video, can you focus on Great Britain .
Great video, glad to see you've got your mojo back as well. I think a great future idea for classic stamps would be France. Take care.
Great video! Love your ever evolving stamp journey. As for future videos, would love to see some Swiss stamps.😊 Switzerland has a very rich philatelic history. One of the powerhouses of classic philately with high quality, innovation and of course beautiful designs. 🇨🇭
I absolutely love the progression of your albums! I have a hingeless album that holds my “special” stamps but I think your stock book idea is fantastic! As for your next album, my family arrived in Canada around 1850 and I love the early Newfoundland and New Brunswick stamps! Great video and love your enthusiasm!
Silk's struggles are similar to my own. I went from a US Minuteman expanding to a Scott "Big Blue" for worldwide pre 1940 - then I got frustrated with not enough spaces for the countries I most liked. I then got an album package from the internet and enjoyed it until I wanted to show mint and used, and color variations and cancellations. So now for the classic series - like British line engraved or the French Peace and Commerce issues, I have created my own albums with one or more pages per stamp issue - this gives me space for plate numbers for the British stamps of cancels for the French. Needless to say, my stamp room is a god-awful mess - but going through all of it is what brings me enjoyment.
Couldn't agree more... I love the many projects my collection inspires me to do.
Another excellent video and so much great advice! I love the new stock book/printed info square system you are using - very flexible, looks great and using the catalog is so helpful in learning about the varieties of otherwise identical looking stamps. I love the point about curating - the way people organize and arrange their collections tells so much about their interests, personality, etc.
Chris Loves Stamps has a budget series that brings up another great point, which is that you can often save a lot on supplies if you look carefully. When I pick up box lots l often consider the usefullness/value of used stock books, etc. contained in the lot; I have purchased lots purely for the supplies and the stamps were a bonus. So if you can get a starter collection and a good condition used stock book its a great way to maximize your joy to $ spent ratio.
Great insight!! Thanks for sharing
Nice to see the old Traveler album and its content. We also got similar starter albums over here, but that was a long, long time ago in the 1950s/1960s, and I think they faded away in the 1970s because beginners mostly switched to stock albums. Like I said before, nowadays I don´t know anybody using hinges but mounts, stock cards or stock books because the collection is much more flexible for new purchases. Greets from GER, U.
Hey Mr Silk- I would love to see Great Britain stamps!
Greetings from Canada. Just a slight correction, stamp collecting is not the king of hobbies .... it's the hobby of kings. (LOL) Hey, I love your videos man. You have lots of enthusiasm.
Another good show Silk! Was fun to see the Traveler album featured. Was my first near 50 years ago. I am not a fan of the stock bocks with interleaving. Prefer the Vario type pages that cover the entire stamp. Plus they give flexibility to add or move pages.
Howdy from the hot desert of southern California.... ! I agree with you, that if you want to focus on mint/MNH or the more expensive stamps of one country, it is a good idea to invest in a quality hingeless album. I have a Scott Hingeless USA album, which I have NOT kept up with, in terms of adding annual supplements. I thought about it back in the early 2000's, and decided USPS was heading in a stamp issuing direction I did not like; many more stamps being issued annually, many with topics I was not really interested in and in a self-adhesive format. Not to mention that at the time, I had job, younger children, those life obligations and responsibilities that get in the way of our hobbies, and it was difficult to find new USPS issues at my local post offices. As several people have said, such as our recently departed friend Bob (Bob Collects Stamps), COLLECT WHAT YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT. My other stamps are in country albums, homemade albums, vario pages and stockbooks. Oh, also too many piles of stamps to organize. I think you ought to cover more of North America - you have Canada and USA..... why not add Mexico? IF you do pick Mexico, I am happy to send you a starter collection to help you get going on your NEW Mexico collection.
I consistently watch your videos and do love them!
Your baseball scheme type really struck a chord with me.. but I also love this newer system.
My choice for a country to focus on would be Great Britain.
I would like you to also consider collecting stamps from GREECE. They are strikingly beautiful and need a lot of knowledge.
Best regards
Nick
I collect Greece, especally the big Hermes heads, but also later stamps and locals. This is the Champions League of stamp collecting in relation of difficulty and I´m still not able to recognize some of the early stamps exactly. May be 80%. Yes, it is very interesting, but for a video very complicated. An overview is very easy and Greece has a lot of nice looking stamps, not only the classic ones. But you need some material for it. I come from Germany and in germany it is very limited to get many good stamps. With this I participated on Greece auctions, the only chance to get a nice specialized collection, but far away to see an end after 10 years.
I love your looking at collecting as an exploration and adventure.
Suggestion for a future Newfoundland
The Traveller album was my first ever album, which i bought when I was 10 years old. Your flip through really takes me back. Especially the winter olympic stamps from Burundi. I think every 10 year old had a set circa 1976. :)
Well you have made me think about albums now, i like what you have done to the Spanish sheets its decent looking in that quality book of yours. I would like to see you do a Netherlands stock book please.
Once again, another phenomenal video. I would love to see you create an album for Canada. Greetings from your neighbour to the north.
Greetings! And... sneak preview... I'm working on my Canadian collection now, and have been looking for a story to tell with it. Thought about Blue Nose, or even John Candy because I have a stamp of his and he was one of my favorite comedians... if you have a suggestion please feel free to let me know!
Japan would be a nice video.
I love your use of curator, I've been thinking that often and you've now stamped the thought lol. Thanks for sharing your exhibits, happy collecting!
Very informative video, that I think all the are new to stamp collecting should watch. I like the journey you take us through and I think the most important advise is to limit your area of collection. Otherwise you become lost and dont feel like you are progressing. Which stamp album storage system to use is again up to the individual. I myself dont want to add other stamps than does already shown on the preprinted pages, so to me it adds a lot of value to have does. I agree the price is high, which is why only my danish collection is stored in a Lighthouse album system with preprinted pages. My Israel collection is in stockbook albums where I have made space for all the stamps and written Michel numbers where I am missing stamps. I think you next country should be Australia because you have always been very keen about those cangaroo stamps, but we have not seen much to them. Have fun=)
Stamp collecting is known as “The kng of hobbies, and the hobby of kings.” Personally, although I have som commercial albums from the previous time that I was collecting, for my Newfoundland collection, I’ve decided to design my own pages to my own standards and layout. This allows me to group the stamps the way I want to, and even to lay out spaces to take into account things like selvage and se tenant pairs. Plus, I can handle cataloguing the way I want.
One thing I also do is to maintain a One Note notebook. When I buy a new stamp I set up a new page for that stamp with the details including catalogue value, the amount paid, the date purchased, and the location of the stamp. When I receive the stamp, i take a picture of it which is inserted into the One Note entry, along with a description of the centring of the image, status of the gum and any flaws.It’s a system that so far seems to work well.
Wow. I so don't have the patience to create that, but I would use it if I had it.
Germany, particularly the 1800s. Because those are the only ones I have. For now.
Great video, thank you
Hi Silk. Japan. Loved this episode greatly. Best regards James in Scotland.
Glad you liked it! Japan stamps are so beautiful
Cheers from Australia Mr Silk!!
You have your buzz back. Nice to see mate. Much aroha from Aotearoa New Zealand
Thank you! And as a thanks for your comments I'm going to showcase my New Zealand stamps sometime soon... not sure when, but they're so beautiful. I struggle with identify the early Queen Victoria's tho...
@@silkontheweb looking forward to the showcase. Queen Vic, especially the Chalon's, can be worth quite a bit of dosh. Which I don't have, though some of my fellow club members do.
Wow, that homemade album looks great. Personally, I'd be interested to see a Japan oriented album from those countries you mentioned. I was thinking about starting my own Japanese stamp collection soon, so I'd like to see yours as well!
Nice video 👍👍👍 like to see Germany next 😊
Your videos are fun to watch. I got into stamps when I started looking in my fathers old stamp book, which was in pretty bad condition. Also I couldn't make up my mind yet on which country or topic to collect, so now I do one small set of mint stamps (4 - 8 stamps) for each country in the world. I only pick what I can get my hands on and what looks really nice to me. Don't have that much yet, but it makes for a really good looking collection. Your do it yourself stamp stock book is a really good idea. I also use stock books and print a small label for each set with a map pointing to the country.
Love your idea for how your doing your collection going forward. I would like to see you do Canada because I need to come up with a good way to keep my now growing collection of Canadian stamps and I am discovering how very expensive Canadian stamp albums are.
Newfoundland Province before 1949. Wonderful stamp!!
K, so, I studied your list, and, although I would pick Canada, I would like to see you focus on Japan. Those stamps intrigue me and make my eyes light up with wonder.
Yeah. Japan stamps.
If you asking us what we think you should start a collection on I think you should do Philippines, they have some really interesting stamps through the years! Good luck to everyone on the giveaway contest!
Love your new system! How about a video on classic Japan stamps.
I think Japan would be a great choice to focuse on they have some beautiful stamps and has a lot of history also
I am 33 years old and I am starting in philately. It captivated me from the very first moment. I am going to focus on Japan, so I think you should focus on Japan in upcoming videos. This way, I can see your collection and also learn about Japanese stamps. I also think about collecting bees. Best regards, great video!
That was my experience too! And around the same age... I love Japan stamps, so beautiful. Happy collecting!!
Nice video!
Great Britain would be a good one to do.
Great video, as usual. Germany next, please! I know you would explain the intricacies involved very clearly.
I collected stamps as a little boy. I still have them. Once i discovered comic books the stamps were put away and I moved on to comics.
I like to see Youre doing the Netherlands in the Silk system, but if You want a new country collection i can advice the Dutch Indies, the the Dutch Indies became Indonesia in 1948 so there are only round 100 years of stamps to collect there, probably fit in one big album 🙂
Great vid and ideas. I use stock books for my worldwide collection, using Stanley Gibbons for my Great Britain stamps. Same drawback with SG albums as with Davo, they don't include all the variations etc so I have devised my own sheets to add in. It would be great to see you focus on GB next, just because I'm nosey and want to see your early collection, I'm guessing it is special and puts my own to shame, but I will have something to aim for!
I do really like my GB collection :) still working on how to present it though, probably down the road a bit
Thank you so much for sharing your new system. Since I myself collect the Netherlands and Japan I suggest you do these two first 😉. Good luck with everything and keep up the good work... and keep the videos coming 🙂
Great suggestions!
Love your videos 13 yo have been collecting for a year now.Would you be interested in a video on Japanese stamps?
Yes! And happy collecting
Thank you!
When I bought a Liberty album in the mid seventies it was less than 20 dollars. Things sure have changed
early or modern Japan would be a beautiful album
I switched to stock cards and I have information cards like you have. These are A5 stockcards, but like you told with your variants this also has some drawbacks. I like envelopes as well, I have boxes for small ones and postcards, after this stockcards A5 and for bigger ones it gets improvized. The stockcards are working well, I can do complete sets on them or different colors or if they have differentiations. This is flexible and I do not have to sort them. If I get a new set, I can direct them immediate to the right place.
I´m not so in the cat worth. On some I have a description with a price I paid, this is very minor. I do not care so much about it, the stamps are the important part of it. Stamp prices do not change that often, but another disadvantage is, that if a price changes you have to correct it, if you want to be accurate.
From the country: Do whatever country you like the most. The best collections are the ones you are interested in. Me for example like stamps up to 1950 (I´m not too strict) and I have favourite countries and others where I´m not that interested. For example I like Austria, but Switzerland except some special sets not too much. But this is my personal taste, others prefer Switzerland before Austria and this is also great. Spain is underrated, but it is a lovely country to collect. Many nice stamps and challenging, but it is worth getting everything what is possible together. OK, the early 2 Reales stamps are a bit unrealistic, but for example the first set cancelled is possible. Same for the second set except the 2 Reales, this is the one I miss. The others were easier than I thought, even the 6 Reales, which is from the catalogue worth quite expensive. Just take what you love.
I had a dream once of finding a cabinet like they used to have at libraries for storing Dewey decimal system cards, and using it to store my collection on stock cards... always thought that would have been really cool...
@@silkontheweb Yes, this would be a dream. For this you need a lot of space. May be I build me a castle 😎.
Would love to see your process of taking stamps off old albums. Great channel
Oooh, good idea!
Great Britain from your list but I would like to see something from Central America!
I have my USA stamps, but Worldwide collecting of European, Great Britian and her commonwealth's is where I'm busy at right now!! I was given a large collection of Poland and Ireland from a friend.
Australia, and or New Zealand have some great early stamp series, of pre decimal stamps. I agree Davo and similar albums are nice quality, paper and all, but very limited for serious collector. disappointing in the amount of stamps on a sheet and often different formats and terms of a countries stamps. I did buy a Australian Davo (After seeing yours, costing $300. AUD. Looks good but not satisfying or practical for me. I will give your new system a try now, as i want my family to realise the value of collection one day. I am presently making albums for Islands around Australia, Eg- Norfolk, Christmas and Cocos Keeling ... Cheers for the video. I am from Aussie so don't expect to enter completion....
I loved this episode! Great coverage and ideas. I do something similar, but using small stickers in stock books, all handwritten thought.
As for next country.....Canada.....being a Canadian....Of course I'd love to see what you have! :)
Great Britan or even New Zealand because I'd like to hear about your thoughts on marking on the back of new zealand stamps .
Those starter albums of old are from an era before the proliferation of stamps at current levels. Spaces will go unfilled because a dozen or so representative stamps may not be what’s generally available in general packet assortments. If one were to be starting today, it would be a single country, region, or topic.
Thank you for sharing your ideas. I'm using your baseball card idea. I like looking at those 9 pockets pages (I got the double sided ones). I also got the 4 pockets pages. 3 pockets, 2 pockets ones for bigger stamps and series, For now, I'm just trying to sort out the stamps I already have. As I'm in Canada, I guess working on your Canada album would be interesting
Glad you're enjoying it! I'm going to use that system for most of my nice stamps, I really like how flexible it is and the sleeves are a great way to go
I am currently trying to figure out the best way to add pages to my Poland Davo for more specialized stamps. It seems like there should be room and they offer many options for blank pages. Would like to see you work on your Japan collection next. I really enjoy a lot of their stamp designs.
Hi Mr Silk. I can relate to your search for the ultimate “storage solution” for your collections. I love your latest suggestion. For your WW collection, why use 1872 as a cut-off date, is it simply to keep a cap on the scope? Secondly, don’t you feel intimidated by all the empty spaces? Are you going to employ a similar storage solution for your country collections?
Thanks for a wonderful video - Keep them coming.
Australia would be of interest to me. I have an Australian collection that I had purchased as part of a very large collection but have spent little time with it. Maybe you could give me some inspiration.
I have several countries in Davo albums and I love the look of the presentation. I have recently done a switch (keeping the Davo that I have of course) to a similar method as yourself. I am using Vario sheets and making up paper tabs and am starting with the British Commonwealth as part of that large purchase. I include the Scott number, date of issue, and catalogue value. They are groups by issue. For instance, if there are 12 stamps issued in a set, I have one info tab with the Scott numbers (ex. #31-41), date of issue, and value for the set. I then place the Vario sheets in binders alphabetically by country but also have a two page insert of information for each country as well as the flag. The information is usually from Wikipedia.
Keep up the great work!
For your most valuable stamps, I suggest you look into archival paper to print your cards; standard paper has chemicals that are released over time and can damage stamps, though I'm not sure how much of an issue it would be with your card system. Thanks for the video!
Always fun and internet videos. Next…Great Britain because that’s where it all started.
Germany - I'm fascinated by the Weimar hyperinflation stamps - I still can't believe they got as far as Milliarden which I believe is a billion. Imagine that!
also the early Bavarian stamps have that cool embossed thing going on :)
Hawaii Classics
Funny, thought the "King Of Hobbies" was collecting teapots from Royal Weddings & Coronations... Silly Me...!!
October is stamp month!!!
LOL Whenever I see those Queen Isabella issues of Spain, I feel I'm actually looking at "Queen" Fiona, of Shrek.
Great video. I have a question. What is the best way to remove stamps that does the least amount of damage ? Funny enough it's about some old Danzig pages that I want to get into one album.
Soaking them, probably... depending on what I want to do with the old album, I'd probably just cut them out of the book and just drop the paper into warm water
How about either Bermuda or the Falkland Islands?
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I’ve heard about software programs that you can use to keep track of your stamps and update the catalog value every year. If you know anything about what’s available, that would be helpful.
Australia!
I’m thinking of going on FB marketplace and buying up a collection…thoughts? My budget is $100 to kick off the hobby.
Great way to go! To start off I'd try to find a collection with albums and loose stamps, and then just explore it... you'll be amazed at the different places and time periods it'll take you... you can also sometimes find lots on Shopgoodwill.com but they can be pricier than FB Marketplace because there's more buyers watching for the good auctions to cone along
Hello my friend. Could you do a Video of Labuan Stamps?
Very cool stamps... I love the chimps... don't know that I have enough to do a video though
Would adding the date you valued the stamp be relevant?
Probably not... catalogue values don't change all that much...