Multiple Stamp Storage

I have lots of duplicates...for example, I have a shoe-box full of 3 cent Liberty stamps and 4 cent Lincolns (the purple variety..too tired to look up the Scott # now) plus numerous other definitive duplicates. Most are still on paper, but I also have alot off paper.

My question is, what is the best way to organize/store large quantities of similar stamps?

Charles

Hi Charles,

Manila stock sheets have several rows of pockets for stamps which might be a good solution for you. They fit into three ring binders and are not too expensive.

Glassine envelopes would work too.

You should realize that 3-cent Liberty and 4-cent Lincoln stamps are very common stamps. They were the workhorse stamps for first-class letters for many years and used on millions if not billions of letters.

Hi Charles

I find photo boxes work well. After I sort I place my duplicate stamps in glassline envelopes maked with the country and year or theme and then file them by country in the box. The boxes stack neetly and are cheeper than stock book. glasslines cost about $8.00 for 100.

Dianne

Maybe you need to think about, do you really need to keep that many of the same stamp. Maybe you could donate them to a charity. I know here in Aus some charities take them and sell them in packs for fundraising.

Steve

In my humble opinion (IMHO) I would pick our a dozen or so of the best of each and give the rest away - to charities or other collectors.

As t360 said, these are very common stamps. For large quantities of inexpensive stamps that I give away, I use glassine envelopes. For smaller quantities of stamps with a greater value I put them in stock cards or on stock sheets if I want to look at or show them.

Have fun with them!

This part of my collection is very personal...they came from letters actually received by my family. Going through it is an emotional experience as it brings back strong memories, plus it is a promise finally fulfilled. My grandmother was a young woman and my mom was just starting school when it was started. It will be awhile before I am ready to give any of it up, even though the stamps themselves are nothing special by stamp collecting standards.

I read an article in Linns that gave me an idea. I plan on going through the duplicate definitives and mounting every unique copy in a homemade album - more of a personal tribute in stamps rather than a "collection" in the way the word is normally used.

This is different from my "natural" collecting interests, which can be best described as "lotsa stamps from lotsa places!