Attacking The 3 Pound Monster.

Don't hit your head, it is fun. Mine was on paper and I soaked some plain old commemorative's that were stuck together. What I found tucked in all of that mess was a pretty good #11 that I didn't have.

That is how I came across the orange E3, it was between two orange C31's. Not too bad a find, made me grin.

As promised here is my hidden #11. I think is was a nice surprise. I have it mounted in my Mystic Album.





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Well the monster is still breathing as I finally got up to the 10 cent commemoratives cataloged.
Now I am sorting up to the 10 cent definitives. Believe me there is a method to this madness.

Mkfarm that is a very nice find, thank you.


Sorting Definitives.


Cataloged Commemorative up to 10 cent.


PS. My wife would like to know if there is a end to this madness as she wants her table back.

Where would one find adds for the "Pounds" of stamps? Sounds fun!

Nice piles of Overrun Countries and Prexies. I envy your excitement but I don't envy the hours and hours and hours of work.

Excellent post, Mac!

I'm looking forward to seeing more.

KirkS

Wow ! Looks like a great assortment of older U.S.

Hmmm...

This thread has been dormant for a long while, but curious to ask...

What happened next with all these stamps? Once the Christmas morning feeling wore off, the sorting completed, all the stamps put in glassines it looks like, cataloged, then?

Do you post them for sale on stamps2go or ebay?

Undo all the work down, put them all back in the box, then sell the unleashed3-lb monster to somebody else, so they can experience a similar feeling?

Tuck them all away in the basement, in the hopes that someday the supply of used stamps has dwindled to the point that this represents a small fortune (maybe once all the oil runs out and stamp compost is the fuel of choice?). Mad Max meets philately?

In seriousness, I can understand the pleasure that one finds in sorting through a huge mixed pile of stamps (creating order out of chaos on a small scale), but once all the sorting is done, what comes next?

Gaff

I can't speak for Mac. Because I am a fairly new collector I have filled many holes with urchases like this one. I use the spares to trade or even give away to freinds and budding young collectors.

Dianne

if you habe any mnh let me know :)

I have a bunch of New Canadian set asside for you spock. I'll try to get them ready for next week's post.

Dianne

Lots of very nice stamps, I'm going to have to buy a lot. I missed were you said you bought them. Can you post the site? Thanks.

A very nice lot! Good for you!

These are my down-fall - It's like Christmas morning everytime! Like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.