$68 for a LOCKED Box of Stamps? 

I came for the stamps. I stayed for the laughter. 😉😉

This has always been one of my favorite ways of obtaining stamps. You often come out ahead as you often find stamps that you would have to pay a lot more for if you bought them as singles. In an accumulation like that, I would work on one part at a time and move on to the next when I am done. As far as the bundles are concerned, I once saw an article in a stamp publication saying to resist the urge to cut bundles apart. Usually the stamps so bundled are common, but the bundling of stamps represents a practice that is no longer done, and the stamp bundles are becoming less and less seen. I have 3 small boxes full of bundles of mostly 2 cent stamps from the 1890’s to the 1910’s. There are hundreds of bundles, all neatly placed in flat boxes, sewn together in bundles marked 100 each. Someone, at the time when these stamps were current, had to put a lot time, labor and effort into doing this. I believe that someone would do this with stamps and then sell them in bulk. The ones that I have, I found a place to keep them as they are. As far as the practice of marking off stamps in the catalog, that is a practice that I have adopted years ago. That has really been my secret for being able to keep a large worldwide collection so well organized,that I can know exactly what I have simply by looking at my catalog. No matter how common or rare a stamp is, I mark it in the catalog as soon as I place it in my collection. By the way I mark it in, and the symbols I might use, I can look in the catalog and tell whether the stamp I have is used or unused; if unused, hinged or not; less than perfect; on cover; a multiple; etc. Have fun as you go through these lots, they are often very rewarding.

Sometimes I enjoy watching your videos rather than sorting and working on my collection. Somedays that.

What a great load of stamps, exciting times.

Very interesting accumulation! Also saw a lot of interesting precancels - once very common but harder to find these days.

Great find! I share your enthusiasm for the vintage catalog; it's always fascinating to see how other collectors processed their collections.

Great assortment of U.S. and foreign stamps, and the price was absolutely justified. Keep it up, and see you on the next one. Greets from GER, U.

Nice haul no doubt there are some gems in that random pile hope you find some !

Fun new haul ! "Box of Wonders," .... LOVE IT ! How many of us do not have some boxes, bags, tins, or envelopes full of "philatelic stuff," to go through "later????"

You are always finding such nice stamp collection treasures. I love to look through them with you. ... Awww, I wish I could find access to estate sales where I live. That will be fantastic. ... I love that idea to mark the stamps you get/have in a catalogue!!!! I should have thought of that. Then you really have at hand what you have and still want. Excellent idea that I may adopt. ... It seems like you have such a wide knowledge of the stamps of many countries! ... As always, thanks for the enjoyable video, Mr. Silk. 🙂

Good evening Mr Silk. Great looking stamps, great find. Looking forward to your British stamp collection .

Such a fantastic find. Hours and hours of stampy goodness

Obsessed with the Japan page in that book at 18:04 - some incredible finds in my opinion! I’m a younger, newer philatelic and about to have a bachelors in Japanese. The last presentation in Japanese I did for my class was a research project on the history of Japanese stamps! So it’s really fun seeing the older ones dating back to the 1800s. The black & white one in the top left corner there looks to be from 1872 or 74 (and Japan didn’t begin stamps until 1871-about 30 years after the UK!) So so cool!!!

What a wonderful thing with stamps

Great episode Silk👍

I can't believe this guy had pre-Civil War stamps just tipped in to the binding!! WOW!!

4th of your videos tonight!! I really picked this one because I wanted to see how you got into the lock box. Fun video with the old letters from the ' 30's!!

What a great little collection, absolutely love your energy as well (Where can I get some of it lol) I wonder what the story is behind the hair, was it a childhood sweetheart or a relative? May be no one will ever know.

Hi Silk. Make a part of this please. Best regards from James in Scotland.

Hi silk If I was looking for a jenny. I would look in offices of old abandoned buildings. Best regards from James in Scotland.

Great video! I purchased an album like that a few years ago chocked full of stamps but the album itself was wore slap out. But it did it’s job protecting the stamps and it was a JOB removing them ever so carefully.

Love seeing the stamps as you go thru looking with us. Do you soak or steam the hinges off? John

Is that Vince Guaraldi playing while you examine the album?

That envelope with hair gave me a laugh

$68 plus shipping and tax?

If you get this excited over a very average collection,I would be concerned, that you may suffer a stroke,if you come accross a valuable one!

That letter is awesome! What a journey back in time! Have you googled the name?

Those two blue Special Delivery stamps.....you passed right buy them.....they have serious potential for value....did you ID them? You should get Judy's hair sequenced and build your very own Judy......could be a great sci-fi story tied to stamp collecting ;-)

FROM WIKIPEDIA: Carroll Edwin Metzner (April 24, 1919 - December 6, 2008) was a Wisconsin politician and legislator.[1][2] Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[3] Metzner graduated from Northwestern University and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[3] In 1951, he was elected to the Madison Common Council.[3] Metzner also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1953 to 1957 as a Republican.[3][4][5][6]

*every page he turns* “Oh look at that! I just love these stamps!” ❤️🤌🤗😂 So do all of us going through this with you! 👍