Place Stamp Here Show Episode 1 - Intro, Slogan Cancels, and TORES

My name is Greg and I collect used US stamps. I'm a retired mail carrier with the USPS, a member of American Mensa, a former semi-pro genealogist, and currently a novice gardener. Join me for this 1st episode for a brief introduction to my channel, slogan cancels, and TORES- the TOp Right Envelope Statements I find under stamps, like "Place Stamp Here", "Extra Postage Required" etc. I'm hoping to build one of the largest collections of TORES ever, I see it as EXTREME EPHEMERA!
Ephemera is a term for things that are meant to be thrown away after they are used, like ticket stubs, restaurant carry-out menus, birthday cards, used postage stamps, magazines, movie posters and so much more. What could be more useless and destined for the garbage bin than the bits of envelopes that had stamps on them after the stamps are removed? Who would want to keep those and then try to collect them? Me!
This is my first video, everything I know about video editing I learned today- there is only room for improvement! I know this one is a bit rough but I needed to start getting this content out. There's a couple editing mistakes but oh well, I cut out a few hundred "umm"s and I might have sliced a little too much off- oops! The original video was 46 minutes long.
Follow me, as I will be doing a video Album Fill series on the 3,200 or so self-adhesive stamps put out by the USPS in the last 50 years.
Mail me a postcard or even some of your "Place Stamp Here" and other TORES you may find as you soak stamps off of paper at-
The Place Stamp Here Show
P.O. Box 921
Twin Falls, ID 83303-0921
USA
I'm on twitter (wearing my philatelic goggles!) @placestamphere and other social media sites under @placestamphereshow

[@piratephilately1087]

Thanks for the new content ... and I like casual format, makes the hobby approachable and welcoming to whatever
one "feels" like collecting.

[@theplacestamphereshow8346]

Thank you! Philately should be fun. I got bored seeing the same stamps from 1930s to 1980s all the time so I figured out new ways to appreciate them and motivate me to soak stamps off paper and I'm having a lot of fun!

[@davidwilliams9]

I really like the way you sorted and organized the self adhesives. I am just starting to build a US collection and look forward to your future programs.

[@BobCollectsStamps]

This is great! I love your “alternate” collections. They’re inspiring. I look forward to watching.

[@theplacestamphereshow8346]

Thanks, Bob, I've enjoyed all your videos and podcasts as well!

[@eclecticphilatelist]

Love the TORES collection!

[@chrislovesstamps]

Nice introduction video. Good you ‘just’ start with making videos and knowing you make mistakes or would do things differently next time. I live the half ton mail truck, too bad you sold it. The 1920 set of stamps are very nice, love them.
Nice you came up withe the TORES term, really interesting someone collects these ‘place stamp here’ thingies. Loved the slogan stamps too. Will check out more episodes as I really likes this. Thanks for making the video.

[@caronkeyser8571]

Greg is very informative. Stamp collecting used to be a pretty big deal. I have always wondered how to get started. This is a great video on how to get started and what to look for.

[@chrissahar2014]

I agree Greg is informative - very informative. What I love is the novel avenues he is pursuing in stamp collecting. But I recommend a book recommended at another channel that is quite good (Stamp Eclectic Stamps) -- Foundations of Philately - a tome from the late 1980's that answers many questions about the production, design and basic collecting areas of stamps. It is only slightly outdated in just a few spots because it covers up to the late 1980's.

[@alanwitty1665]

Interesting, I collect town names, metered postmark, HPO RPO & US Navy ship cancels among other things

[@theplacestamphereshow8346]

I've been building up a metered postmark collection too, I haven't done anything yet but accumulate a bunch of them, some day I might do something crazy like try to see how many different zip codes I can have in a collection or something

[@winstonmarshall464]

Excellent video, I thought it was funny on the cancel that you discussed that had the "always Zip Code" had no zip code on the front cover.

[@Rangersly]

Great first episode! Well done intro into your channel, your collecting interests, your goals... Very interesting infos too! I'm from Canada, but USA is among the small number of countries I collect.

[@theplacestamphereshow8346]

Thank you! After I've wrapped up most of my US collection, I am hoping to start collecting Canada and maybe Australia in the future.

[@raulgongora2077]

Very. Interesting my friend Blessings

[@muntahataha3112]

Good ❤

[@billsweeney4785]

Hello my friend. Your site is awesome and I love the way you execute your show. However if you could ever find some time I would like to zoom with you one on one with my private meeting room. I'm from S.C. Inman and I would like to share some crazy things i'm doing and have been for years. I like your style. please let me know either way. I have a big mess that you sound like you can give me some heads up on how to get it together, Who knows it could be fun. LOL!!!! Thanks for you busy time hope to hear from you soon, Butch.

[@theplacestamphereshow8346]

That sounds interesting Butch, I'd like to see what you want to talk about

[@alwatan-9700]

سلام تحيا كبير ليك. وشكرا

[@aljim2889]

Wish someone in my family worked in the U.S.P.S.

[@dannyrantsandreviews8152]

Second.

[@joesphbearden2796]

Can I send you some pictures of my stamps for sale