My great grandmother had tons of friends and relatives save their postage stamps from their mail for years-and my mom is sorting it and found your channel.We love it,your enthusiasm is so pleasant!
It was cool learning about the inserts you can put on the Davos pages. I have a wine tax stamp from the 1930s that I like but didn’t know what to do with.
I have a similar USA Classics stamp collection. It takes a lot of time and dedication and money to do what you did. I wish could I do a RU-vid video but I have no idea how. Thank you for sharing your collection.
I have followed you for over a year, and I honestly say, don't fill the gap!!! To me, the gap gives it intrigue and wonder! Who knows, maybe one day in the distant future one of your children is able to fill that! Let the legacy that is philately live on!!
You did ask what Stamp,I looked forward to finding, Scott 594,I would have swapped one of my three,Scott 596 to get one in the past,after several generations of collecting,you were me,many years past History is the ultimate find.My collection.I do understand value,means little,it does become important as time parses.My Grandfather collected 1/2 cent to 14 cent,scrap Stamps,given to American Officials before WW2,including 596 613 , I think you get it.Keep up the good work.
@@silkonthewebyes it is no way the rarest US Stamps I have, probably 314B,in 1908 two types of Perforation were being tested,314 A failed,314 B did not,4000 Stamp were tested by Burrows Machine Co,it's, Perforation and perfs machines became the normal,the Treasury department being one,I have a 4C Grant and a Treasury example.314 B being ihe only one to exist the rest destroyed.
Impressive. Clearly years of hard work and care condensed into your collection. Like most collectors you don’t have a large budget for the pursuit, yet you have acquired a stunning variety of artifacts. Loved that you have Cinderellas included. Thank you for the enthusiasm as well.
Thank you for sharing your albums. They are works of art and beauty and a lifetime to accomplish and enjoy. Your collection is very impressive. Perhaps others including myself can help you fulfill your quests with future trades. Thanks for sharing your collection and making this amazing video.
I love your comment around the albums being a life times work. I am building out my NZ Davo albums and feel the same way. My first couple of pages are very bare due to the cost of the earliest stamps, but I know that I'll have this album for life so there is no need to rush. Can chip away at them and enjoy the journey
My choice for the coolest 19th century stamp is the SC 72 the Washington in full Continental Army Uniform. Two of the three finest American Commemorative sets are the 1892 Colombian set and the 1898:Trans Mississippi set, in the 19th century with the 1934 National Parks set rounding out the three finest commemorative sets…of course this is just my opinion.🇺🇸. Oh my favorite all time stamp is the Canadian 1934 50 cent “Bluenose”, of which I have a MLH copy. 🇨🇦
I use lighter fluid or watermark fluid to ID watermarks. It is important to use a detection fluid for other reasons with 19th century stamps. Damage like tears, holes or repairs show up well and sometimes regumming can show up too.
Good points... you haven't had issues with watermark fluid and mint stamps? I did, once, and shied away from it after that. What I collect doesn't call for it much, though...
@silkontheweb No, none at all. You do want to handle them carefully while still soaked but the fluid evaporates so quickly it does not hurt gum at all. Now I would use only watermark fluid specially made for stamps when using on high-value mint stamps. Lighter fluid may have impurities that MIGHT cause discoloration but I have never experienced this. Most older stamps already have some discoloration anyway, especially if a previous owner was a heavy smoker. I just got Scott 226, mint, in the mail and it was saturated with tobacco smoke odor.
You have a nice collection of US stamps. For watermarks, especially for unused stamps I also struggle. There are some quite expnsive machines like the Stampscope. I tried something older (I forgot the name, this was years ago) and it helped me not that much. They write, that you can recognize repairs as well and see watermarks. I never tested it and in Europe ist costs 100 EUROs. I still have some of the sort of albums you use. But I changed two years ago to be more flexible (this is in my opinion the main disadvantage of these albums) to tableaus (A5). It depends how you collect. I have not the target to be complete anywhere. The first US stamps are impossible to complete anyway, even if you can buy everything. It is so impossible because some are so rare and expensive, that you have no chance. At the moment I´m looking for some stamps from France from the first set the 40 Centimes and to complete the Bordeauc edition from 1870/71. I got some additional this year, but more than the half is missing. I also look for the first stamp from Poland from 1860 and I had one in poor condition which I gave back. This stamp is not that seldom, but very difficult to get. It is offered from time to time, but the demand is high. I don´t know why, Poland is not that popular overall. But between this stamp and the next is 60 years. These are only some of the more difficult projects. I have plenty of easier projects and may be some day i will get them. I have all the time of the world. Like you with the 5 $ Columbus stamp, a nice dream and when it happens it is a lot joy. I had the luck to get from Spain a 30 Cents Columbus stamp MNH for about 60 EUROs this year. I didn´t believe it at first and was very sceptical before I got it. But yes, it is a perfect stamp. I love, when sometimes, not very often, something like this happens.
Thanks for sharing! I've wondered about those postmark machines... very pricey though. Did you happen to catch my French stamps video? Had a lot of fun putting it together... such rich history, and beautiful stamps...
What about another possibility to fill the gap for the very expensive stamps would be if you can find a proof of some of those that may be far less expensive
I take stamp lifting fluid and you're incandescent light, and it stands out like a certain bump. I feel like it $10 for Georgia. Rule ultraviolet light and however, sample of the cost. I think it's like 979 board. There's a standpolar on there. I'm trying to look at it and see what it is. Very easy
Have you seen, or do you have, the reprinted Trans-Mississippi series? There'a sheet of all the stamps and then a separate sheet of Western Cattle in a Storm. Not super cheap, but not out-of-the-question expensive, either. I have both sheets, but am (reluctantly) getting ready to auction them off at my stamp club. When it comes down to it, I may not be able to let them go...
"Good watermarking fluid and technique shouldn't harm the gum on a mint stamp. In fact, the American Philatelic Society (APS) recommends using commercial watermark fluid to detect watermarks on stamps. Some recommend using hydrocarbon-based watermark fluids, which are non-aqueous and won't affect the stamp's gum. Others recommend non-toxic, non-flammable, and odorless watermark fluids, like Clarity Watermark Fluid." I personally have used quality watermark fluid on mint nh, and it worked fine. A weird thing I discovered with used (very old) British Commonwealth stamps, however, is that the watermarks sometimes do not come up clearly with watermark fluid, but if I use that, and THEN dip in regular filtered water, the watermarks jump out. With British Commonwealth stamps it's ALL about watermarks, and can make enormous difference in price. A stamp dealer friend of mine also uses a very strong light source that literally shines right through the stamp paper, and that can identify many, but maybe not all, watermarks. I'm with you on the American watermarked stamps, though: they bore me to tears. Foreign watermarks, on the other hand, I find quite exciting.
I noticed that you have placed one of your stamps in the wrong spot in your album around the 15:00 mark the video. You have a Sc # C3 bi-color Jenny (like the famous inverted Jenny), and it is incorrectly placed in the spot for a Sc # C6.