Hey folks. It's been at least 20 years since I picked up the collection that was handed down to me from my Grandaddy. Not looking to sell. I've discovered that it is a great way to honor and connect to a man who was so influential on my life. I hope one day to pass it on to one of my grandkids. By my standards, it's a great collection of new or used US stamps post 1890ish. Before that, his old collection is pretty incomplete but a few nice stamps. He put together a fairly complete plate block collection from the 1930s through the mid 1980s. I'm getting back into it now that my kids are out of the house and I'm gonna have some questions because I am pretty inexperienced. Grandaddy passed away before he could give me a solid philatelic education and I'm looking for good reference material. I have the Scott Specialized Catalog, but that's it. My first task is to organize the collection so I can figure out what's a duplicate. I will likely look to sell or trade those. Then I want to do some rechecking on the identification of some of the early stamps. That's where I'm really going to need help. Different paper, types, colors, etc...My Lord, there is a lot to know. Once I get through that, I'll be looking to fill some key holes.
I see from your profile that you are not located far from the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library. You might want to check it out: http://www.rmpldenver.org/ There are a number of Denver area stamp clubs that meet there regularly and I am sure that you could find help there.
AS a recommendation I would concentrate on the "collection", being very certain that dups(duplicates) are dups and not some other variety - that is why I would not sell dups immediately - you might be getting the wrong stamps out of your Collection - Welcome! to SCF - pleasure to look at your favorite scanned stamps.....P.S been working on a >40 year old collection and have not sold a stamp !
Thanks for the advice. I looked up Rocky Mountain Philatelic Libriary and I am going to make a trip. Also found a bunch of stuff on line, especially Stamp Smarter. I used this website to find Neinken and slingshotvenus online and that already helped me tentatively identify my 1 and 3 cent 1851-57s as the more common variety. Not surprising, but in the process I discovered an amazing field of study. I have to admit, I'm obsessed.
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