Sorting Through "Box Lots"

Hi

I spent the weekend going through several small box lots that I have bought over the last couple of months at the local stamp club meetings. Most of it is fodder for my boy scouts but there were a few gems I needed for my collection. I think my wife made out the best though. She added six nice older cigar boxes to her collection!

Richard

It sounds like fun!

After I go through all the Israel I have coming in I suspect I'll have a batch to send you for your Boy Scouts.

Thanks!
I have a pile of odd shaped stamps building for you

Richard

Is there a faster way to add to the overall level of chaos than picking up a box lot or two (or five)? And yet, its hard to say no. I've been going through a box I got last month, and a lot of it is stuff I can never, ever use. It had probably fifty airmail covers from the Philippines to the United States, but they look to be from the '70s and '80s. I doubt there is much call for them. But, one of them felt a little thick, so I looked inside and found some stamps, probably tucked away for safekeeping. I went back through them, and several more had stamps inside, as well. So, now I not only have to deal with covers, but I probably have to look inside each one, too.


I've been thinking of keeping a Priority Mail box around, and just sticking stuff into it when I don't know what else to do with it. Problem is, I bet I wouldn't be willing to part with it without going through it all again, just in case (David's blackout cancel post is a good example), so what's the point?

Good luck with the boxes.

Collin

I can relate to the cigar boxes..our stamp club president Big Jose comes in with 6 or 8 fancy wooden boxes almost every two weeks...he probably spends more on a box of cigars than I spend on stamps in a month...but the folks like the boxes !!