Help Me I Am A Bulk Buying Junkee !!

That photo is hilarious.

Where did you find it, rod222?

Some of you might know that I recently bought a huge mass of
stamps and related material. I am finding out that there was
good stuff in the purchase, just not so much in individual
stamps (except the #1) than in the huge quantity of classic
US duplicates. I didn't really get any one or two rare stamps
as I had hoped, but I have thousands of common, as in low
denomination, classic US stamps. 5 gallon buckets of the stuff!
I can reach in a bucket of loose stamps pull out a handful that
will have Columbians, Pan-Ams, Jamestown, Banknote issues, 1902s,
etc... It is really neat and fun, but nothing terribly rare.

I probably have enough stamps worth 2c each to recoup my expense
and then some, but how do you find 10,000 people to each buy a
stamp for 2c!?!

One thing is for sure, I won't be bored for a few years while I sort
and figure out what to do with this stuff, so it was well worth it!

ratio enjoy yourself ..in the future you may find people you enjoy swapping with and they will benefit !!

I'll steal StampVirgin's line and say
... "you can send the revenue's to me." and any other BOB you find :)

Wow, do I know the feeling

Just last August of 2010 I bought to plastic medium sized bins full of WW stamps all off paper.

Without exaggerating, there has to be at least 250,000 stamps (I do refuse to count them though <G>) that I had the pleasure of sifting, sifting, and sifting through for a few months and, believe me when I say that I found treasures in those too. It is well worth the hours and hours going through everything. And yes, the plastic bins were thrown in with the buying price lol.

Chimo

Bujutsu

timbres667, I think I am the opposite of you when it comes to collecting. I decided to collect postally used stamps because, IMHO, they seem more like authentic artifacts, i.e. their currency has been proven. Whereas with MNH stamps, although I can see the detail unhindered, they seem a bit sterile to me. It's the interaction with humans communicating with each other that interests me, as well as the stamp designs themselves. However, I am not so committed to that philatelic definition that I collect covers or postal history, letters, etc... at least not yet

What's fun for me with bulk lots is to find the occasional vintage MNH stamp floating in the sea of cancelled stamps. Then I feel as though I've really discovered something of value. Funny, huh? I guess I am friggin' nuts like all of us stampers.

Just in today after sitting God knows where during the strike. The small queens came with about 15 other used canadian issues with little monetary value total cost $16 plus $3 shipping. If I bought these queens seperatly I would estimate easily $40-$50 each. Second example a British Columbia 3 pence although not pretty still a tough find and came along with a miriad of British Colonies I still need to sort through. This lot was under $10 so again I would buy these sorts anyday before buying individuals.

That is a Glen Stephens image,
probably one of his staff in the background?

And they had better find treasure in that pile or else!

Hi to all

I can not pass by a thrift shop now without asking do they have any stamps. Even my wife is looking for me.
I am ending up with thousand of duplications but also I am finding some interesting older stamps in the packs and most of them cost 50 cents for 50 stamps so that is not too bad, and usually there is one or two items that pay for the cost anyway.
Regards
Horamakhet

Horamkhet, I am the same way with rummage/yard/garage sales. I always ask the folks who are holding the sale whether they have any old stamp albums, collections, etc. Have found a few interesting treasures this way.

That is MargoZ in the back ground. That was a contest. Who ever guessed the number of stamps in that pile, Won them. I (think) someone in New York won them. And yes it was a Glen Stephens contest.

Ok, so just who is this Glen Stephens fellow?
He sounds quite interesting.

Glen Stephens? Best thing to do is Google him. I'd give you a link, but I'm trying to preserve my membership status here (under 50 posts).

When someone asks how many stamps I have I say "Millions." Because I too can't resist a pile o' stamps because there just might be *something* in there that could delight me. And I could always sell the rest, although I never have. And throw away a stamp??? The only stamps I throw away are common US definitives, such as flags, on paper. Now someone on here will shriek in horror because that is something they want. Time to sweep the floor!

~~ Mary-Jane ~~