OH My Stamp Rant

So today was a PTO day, due to nursing an injury. Since I couldn't move around much I got all my stamp stuff out an went to work.

Fact: I HATE trimming and cutting stamp mounts. The longer I worked on my Israel tabs, the more it aggravated me. I finally shifted to working on my Haiti collection, which I simply hinge.

So I've decided. I'm going to buy hingeless albums. And I'm sticking to it until my wife gets home and I have to tell her the price.

No questions. No insightful observations. Just a bit of a frustrated rant about cutting mounts.

well, since a value should be placed on enjoying the hobby - I think you determined the value (er, price)!

You tell your wife prices? Real prices? Really? Oh yeah, then I do to!

I hate mounts too, most particularly for their reflective surface and the way they knock back the richness of the printed stamp image somewhat. Now I buy mostly fine used and MLH I have switched back to hinges.

Terry

I sympathise, I really do. I keep my stamps in Prinz sheets, and my nightmare is to get a new stamp with an early catalogue number which means I have to re-arrange everything. Sometimes 10 pages or more. Drives me mad.

Well, if you buy hingeless albums, you might end up trimming your stamps to fit the "standard" mounts.



Kirk

ecmorgan, I know about asking the "Boss" for money, so I'll send you some lick-type hinges. Gary

Well I mentioned the hingeless albums to my wife. Her response was one question. "Don't you have 3 children in private school?"

Back to trimming and cutting I guess.

I collect bottles and cans now. So don't lose faith. Everything is possible. Gary

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

ecmorghan. Sell one of the kids. They appear to be educated. And maybe well fed too!

I prefer hingeless stamp albums especially those that already have the stamps laid out for the collector. I just close my eyes when I click the "Buy Item" button when I purchase them online!

ecmorgan - don't give up hope! There are always deals to be had on ebay, et al. Used hingeless albums come up for auction daily - at a fraction of retail prices - so keep an eye open. I'd recommend asking this forum their opinions on the best hingeless Israel album (or w/e country you want to convert to hingless) and then set a budget. I have 50+ hingeless albums (nearly 20 German "Lighthouse" albums alone) and only one of them was purchased new. The rest were purchased off ebay for less than $50/ea over the past several years.

Best of luck!

Brian

Brian,

I do keep an eye on the ebay auctions and will likely make my purchase there. The tougher decision for me is which one should I go with....I don't want to mix and match.

Decisions decisions.

And I have to say, my wife is pretty good about stamp spending. I guess there are worse things.