Question On Worldwide Stamps

Is there a site I can look up worldwide stamps and numbers so I can make a list on which ones I want to get?

Thank you

Just be aware that Stampworld.com has it's own numbering system, so the numbers there will not be the numbers used by dealers, on ebay, Stamps2Go etc.

So you might want to make your list by Country, year, denomination, color plus the Stampworld number.

It's either that or acquire Scott or Gibbons or Michel catalogues (probably Scott since you are in the US).

Wow, that's a lot to do to figure out what you want and order it. Plus a different set of numbers? That's crazy. I thought the Scott numbers were the Law.

As I think you're interested in thematics, one approach might be to set aside trawling catalogues and paying quite high prices for individual stamps, and instead pick up a lot at auction. The auctions that I use usually have a dozen or so thematic lots (on some odd subjects too) and the prices are pretty low. I presume that US auction houses offer similar.

I second GeoffhHa's point. The same $10 that will buy you three individual stamps (with 1/3 going for postage) will buy you hundreds if not thousands in a kiloware lot. Topical lots will cost more for fewer stamps but still many times more stamps than buying individual stamps. Since you are only starting out, while kiloware might yield only a relative few on some of the topics you are currently interested in it will yield many others on other topics that you haven't yet realized you are interested in And the ones that don't fit your present or newly embraced topics are still stamps and they can be sorted and saved by country and date to create the beginnings of a modest US or worldwide collection (depending on whether you buy worldwide or US kiloware--I'd recommend worldwide).

Study the kiloware threads on SCF so that you buy your kiloware intelligently--important when one has limited money to spend.

Study the topicals threads here on SCF. Go to the topical society websites. Study up. Information is worth dollars.

I haven't seen any auctions with stamps around these parts, and online you need a credit card or PayPal, both of which I do not have.
I have been interested in maybe buying kiloware, just Finding it around here is tough. Nearest stamp club to me is two hours away, and with three boys, a nightmare trip.lol

I usually pay by debit card, because most auction houses here now charge a credit card supplement. But most still take cheques. As an example of what you can pick up here (and I'm sure things are quite similar in the US), one recent auction I bid in had:

binder of religion - £38
box of flora in 3 stockbooks - £30
box of railways in 5 binders - £48
box of royalty in 8 binders - £60
13 (!) binders of lighthouses - £140
box of weather in 3 binders - £130
3 binders of ships - £75

We're talking about 100s or 1000s of stamps here.

I can't physically get to auctions, but I've been very happy with the results of my email bids and the service - lots are usually sent out a day after payment by next day delivery. Some even send the goods before payment after you've bought from them a few times.

Geoff

Thanks Geoff, I'll have to Google some auctions.

Jeff