Acquired Thousands Of Stamps....found One In A Special Folder...

Hey everyone,
New here to the stamp world! I recently acquired a MASSIVE stamp collection. And by massive, I mean thousands and thousands of stamps. I have no idea where to even start. It is a WORLD-WIDE collection, plate block books, Israel stamp books, Iran stamp books...a bit overwhelming (in a fascinating way!). I am sure I will be posting more as I dig into it all. But found this stamp in a special folder yesterday. Does anyone know anything about it or why it would have been hidden away?? I am not too worried about the worth as I know worth with stamps is all in the eye of the beholder, but I find this collection so full of history - it is fascinating!
Thank you!

I am guessing that the owner saw it as an error stamp rather than a poorly centered stamp although the line blurs at times.

Just to put things into perspective, many collectors here, would have collections in the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands.
A few thousand stamps, is merely a beginning.
Russia alone would top 10,000 stamps or more.
Enjoy the ride.............

Welcome to a great hobby!
Don

Hundreds of thousands!!!???? WOW! Yes, this collection has to be in the tens of thousands, but surely not hundreds, although I have not counted and never will be able to! Ha!

Gotcha on the error vs. poorly centered stamp. I guess I have even more research to do with what the difference is! The collector had quite a collection of these kind of stamps, so I will have to research when it is a good thing and when it is not. So much to learn!

Thanks for the replies!

Very general rules:

When the perfs bisect the stamp, you have a collectible error of some value, eg, U$D 10s or above.

When the complete line of perfs falls just inside the design, you have a minor collectible error.

When the perfs only cut into the very edge of the design, you have a damaged stamp.

You find yourself with a minor collectible error. Cool!

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Thank you for the great information ikeypikey. I am finding philately very intriguing and full of mystery for the beginner! Ha!