Stamp Collecting Tips For All
The tale of Mirek Klabal is an amazing story that can only happen in America. Valuable American stamps include the rare American error stamps like the 1918 Inverted Jenny postage stamp whose stamp design was accidentally overturned during printing. To start your collection, you could simply buy a stamp album, magnifying glass, a pair of stamp tongs and some stamp hinges.
A hobby which is not bound by age limits or ability, it's easy to make friends with likeminded people who share your love of collecting. And like Mr Johnny Lowis, a Singaporean stamp collector with almost a million stamps, the most precious pieces can be kept in a bank safe, while the remaining are placed in rental storage.
The condition of your stamp collection affects the final sale price because buyers all seek stamps in sound condition. Start choosing the right accessories to keep your collection neat and tidy. While you know that as in selling real estate your top three considerations are 1) location 2) location and 3) location; the same thing applies to the condition in stamp selling.
Well to start with for a country collection, normally there are two ways of doing this, by catalogue number or by date of issue. You may choose to make your own homemade album, which is the preferred choice of many collectors. The best advice to the novice is to buy the largest packet of whole-world stamps you can afford, together with a medium-priced album and some gummed stamp hinges to mount the stamps.
It shouldn't be too small - for obvious reasons - and not too large because unless you have a very large collection and anticipate buying many more stamps, your existing stamps will be greatly extended and give your collection a sparse appearance. I once worked at Kenmore Stamp, first as a stamp "puller" to fulfill approvals for all types of collectors, then later as their marketing department graphic artist.
Commemorate the launch of new collections with a First Day Cover. Falkland Islands released a set of four postage stamps depicting four famous polar explorers. While stamps must be strong enough to endure the rigors of mail delivery, one.w.skve.org even those printed specifically for the collector's market are just thin pieces of paper that can tear or damage easily.
