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Yesterday, I started noticing that I had stamps, here and there and in almost every room, not to mention the various shoe boxes, filled with long ago stamps and covers that I know by heart. And I have to ask myself...??? what do you think?  |
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It all depends how you look at the question. For the collector, there can never be too many. For the dealer, overstock could be a major problem.
I also collect coins, so there are little pockets of coins and stamps in various areas of the house, set aside where I was last working on them. I am trying to get this to a manageable point, however. |
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I can relate to this question..when the stamps start taking up more space than they are worth..its too many...i look at the plastic tubs and computer paper boxes and say...cut back...but its difficult to part with them..i have boxes of envelopes of correspondence from the last 30 years ...why am I keeping them ?? I guess eventually will clip and soak the stamps... |
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>S=(SP/10)-1
This is one formula I've seen.
>S = the number of stamps you own when they become too many
SP = the number of stamps ever produced
I'm thinking you're not even close!
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Don't grumble that the roses have thorns, be thankful that the thorns have roses |
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I'm like Phil. Envelopes,boxes of stamps,drawers full of unsorted packets,plus a bedroom cupboard full of stamps,Kiloware,covers,magazines,leaflets and other philatelic stuff. Once, there were clothes in there. I don't know here they went to  And still I add to the lot ! So How many stamps are too many......there are never too many. Londonbus1.....Help needed sorting and soaking! |
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when the stamps overflow out of your stamp books and you wonder if you have enough time to tranfer and arrange all of them |
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When the stamps overflow out of your stamp books and you wonder if you have enough time to transfer and arrange all of them Oh johnstamp so young and so naive  Dianne |
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Don't grumble that the roses have thorns, be thankful that the thorns have roses |
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Hehehe..I know....stamps always overflow..they are just so many and they always keep our hands full..hehehe |
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Yes sfgoda...that  is exactly what came to my mind seconds after noticing all those stamps... "no...never!..."  |
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| Edited by nic - 10/25/2009 09:41 am |
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If you have to move boxes and albums full of stamps off your bed at night before trying to go to sleep I would say you have enough. Unless of course you are still single and you have enough room left on the bed beside the boxes to be able to lay down. If so, then you don't need to stop yet.  |
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Hi doodles69ca, thanks, yes under my bed are three shoe boxes, there's still room for more, will have to look it over sometime...thanks all |
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If you have to move boxes and albums full of stamps off your bed at night before trying to go to sleep I would say you have enough.
Unless of course you are still single and you have enough room left on the bed beside the boxes to be able to lay down. If so, then you don't need to stop yet. Suzanne, That was an easy problem for me to solve. I just got rid of the bed, and put some cushions and a blanket on top of the boxes of stamps. Although now that it's gotten so high, I will have to remove the cushions... k |
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all right. I think we have a problem here and since we dont want to lose our beloved friend K we should get him some help before its too late :) |
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Posted 10/23/2009 06:40 am
