$28 for a Cigar Box Full of Stamps? 

"Stamp collecting is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna find". Well done, you enthusiasm really shines through.

A few years ago, I got an inverted Jenny. And to make it even more exciting of a find, I realized that not just the center, but the frame was also inverted.

I can literally see the excitement in his shaking hands.

I remember riding my bike from post office to post office to get the Apollo/Soyuz stamps with my buddy when they came out.

Thanks very much for sharing your new finds with us. I've really enjoyed looking through this collection with you. :)

Nice haul! That banknote is 10 Leva from Bulgaria. Very common today and not really worth anything, but cool nonetheless.

This was a home run! The box itself was also a nice bonus!

Wow. Massive haul!

Funny story on the inverted Jenny. Stamp store I use to go to, was technically the guy's "private" collection that out grew and he bought a building for it (sadly like to many, he did shut it down, think was more combo of age and what to do with it). But I was looking at possibly getting a scott specialty album, which he had in the basement vault (yes, actual vault). So down there, he also pulled out a stamp out of safe, in the vault, ended up being actual inverted Jenny. It was his logo, but not like not a famous stamp. But nope, the "logo" was a picture of his stamp. So I've gotten to hold one (with tongs lol). I soo miss that shop. Not just the stamps, but the supplies! He had the best supplies I could ever find (even vs online).

For me, the SAG WGA strike has meant no work as a set designer for me, but with the benefit of a lot of time spent with my stamps, and of course stamp videos. Thanks for the great vids! EDIT: After having watched the video, I share in your excitement of finding unexpected goodies as well as the discovery of stamps you never knew existed or even thought that you would love to see. Looks like you really lucked out with some great stuff here. I am curious about how you plan to mount or display your souvenir sheets that you keep. I just came into a bunch of Canadian souvenirs but I’m not sure how I want to mount them, if I ever get around to the album part.

You can certainly be pleased, what a great find again. I really love many of the new stamp issues. The design of some is so attractive. Hard to keep up with them though, there are so many! Thanks for taking us along for the discovery. :)

Awesome purchase. Just add the face value of the U.S. stamps and look at the topical stamps from North Korea and other countries as a bonus, you will be the big winner. Not every cigar box contains quality stuff like this, that´s for sure ! 👍Greets from GER, U. P.S. The banknote is a 10 Lewa piece from Bulgaria, not worth a lot.

Always fun going through looking for cool stuff and treasure, got lucky on an ebay purchase a few weeks ago. Bought an album from a non stamp seller with only a few pictures. Turned out amazing, US album of commemoratives and B.O.B., I valued though the early 40s and cataloged at about $2600. Including mint C1, and C2 to C12, Q1 - Q12, Columbian Expo to 15 cent with 15 cent unused. Trans Mississippi to 50 cent. etc. , paid $25 including tax and shipping

Nice finding you have there! Have fun!

This was an absolute bargain full of mint US stamps and other goodies,

Love the video. I enjoy finding forever stamps in grab bag sets and just usable postage. I found a set of 37c Christmas stamps once (several sheets of different varieties), as well as a 37c sheet of 10 Wright Brothers stamps from 2003, and a sheet of 40c Rio Grande and a sheet of 70c Nine Mile Prairie air mail self-adhesives which was one of my better hauls. By the way, love the round tip tongs. They're my favorite type as well.

Nice haul! Looks like $122 face for those us stamps alone! However I don't think even Forever stamps are an investment in the sense that they will be worth more in the future than today based on constant dollars. The only thing they can be used for is postage and the rate increases keep pace with inflation. The first .41 forever stamp is worth .60 in 2023 dollars so .06 cents for something that can only be used for postage...

Wow! This was a great lot!!

You did very well in purchasing this lot for $25. Stamp lots and small collections have long been my favorite way of purchasing stamps. You touched on what should be the reason for collecting stamps; the love of collecting. Stamps are windows into the cultures of issuing countries. They picture what is important to the country that they come from and can teach one much about the issuing country. I have obtained some stamps in lots, which other people have purchased from stamp investment companies; and, generally, the original purchaser paid way too much. Most stamps that have been printed are not going to become valuable in our lifetimes, but they can give a lot of pleasure to those who love to collect. It has been by my pursuing the love of collecting, and not by looking at stamps as an investment, that valuable stamps have come my way. The stamps at 8:50 are not forever stamps; they are presorted first class. To illustrate, I have another US presorted first class set issued in 2003 when the postage rate was 37 cents. The souvenir sheet at 6:04 is from North Korea. You are not alone in not knowing much about North Korean stamps. For years, the Scott catalog simply stated that the importation of North Korean; Communist Chinese; post 1962 Cuban; North Vietnamese stamps was prohibited. At a result of that, we knew nothing about these stamps. The 2004 Scott Catalog, which I have been using for organizing my collection, catalogs North Korean stamps, but only to 1975. After 1975, there is absolutely no mention of or information given about about stamps from North Korea.

It's sad to live in Europe and not be able to order from the US because of custom fees and crazy high shipping. I collect US mint stamps and have to pay almost triple prices sometimes

It is legal to buy and sell used or CTO North Korean stamps but I believe it is still illegal to sell mint stamps which is why you will almost always find them as CTO's. I love Mr Zip and I am trying to get a complete collection of Mr Zip blocks of 4.

Fantastic - paid time off - love it. That's how I'd like be permanently lol. Love that POP !! Some much awesomeness in that box mate. Shout out from New Zealand. Have an awesome day!💥From Fun At Home (Hot Wheels, Lego, Cards & collectables) 👍

What a score. That should keep you busy for a while.

The idea of using Forever stamps as an investment interests me, as i do wonder if they will in fact keep their value. Will the postal service still exist in say 20 years time, now that so much communication is done online or on mobiles, letter-writing is a declining artform, and parcels are more frequently shipped with courier companies? The Royal Mail is certainly hitting harder times here in the UK. A lot fewer people now send letters and cards through RM, with almost no business mail any more, and I could see RM having to make significant changes to its business model in the coming years. Perhaps USPS will be affected more gradually, but still the move to other forms of communication must be having an impact in the US as well?

Took a page from your book. I went to Goodwill and found International Stamp Albums Parts 1 and 2. It only shows a dozen stamps or so but, for $32, I'm really hopefull for a lot more. In any case, I think the two albums are worth the price empty.

LOL.... a cigar box. I have a number of cigar boxes which currently house too many of my stamps....... good find! Those sheets of "forever" stamps more than paid for this find. As for stamps as an investment - I think many people got turned off to stamp collecting back in the 70's and early 80's when the, as I call them, Carpet baggers, sold a lot of stamps that were "said" to be valuable, complete with p.o.s. "letter of authenticity," and of course, the vast majority of those stamps turned out to be of very little investment value. I collect for fun. I have a few stamps that are "valuable" for my heirs to someday sell. Thanks for another fun philatelic video !

MNH and well centered. Some cigar boxes are worth too that one you got is from 1964.i think the note is from BULGARIA

Very new to stamps. I see some of your books have specific slots for stamps. Which stamps are those for? For example there's like X slots for X year but presumably more than just those stamps were made that year.

It's a Croatian bill.

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Looks like a $28 box to me. Back when I owned a stamp shop,I would be called,to appraise any stamps at salvation army,goodwill etc. If I told them $50 then they marked it $50. You would have to be naive to think that they would just put any price on a donated stamp or coin collection.

I have requeste sir. I want to see all british colony stamps except india Canada Australia New Zealand. Now days I focus to collect only British colony stamps. Already I Collected some like Trinidad Kenya Nigeria cyprus Aden Cylon Sierra leon burma . If u show me more interesting British colony stamps it would be great help for me sir. Watching old stamps in magnifine glass it like meditation for me. I enjoy lot and feel me peacefull . I never collcting stamps for economics purpose. I think something u love mostly u can't calculate economic value. Just collect and collect and found something cool special and watching hours and hours. Spending time this is real fun and pleaser 😊

After humanity has turned to dust, millennia from now, there will still be cockroaches and first day covers ;-)

I have the hingeless US albums from Mystic- and for the last few years I have added complete sheets in archival plastic binders. And my extra stamps- go in the cigar box next to my collection.