Pictures of stamps

James Mounts

Anyone have any suggestions on how best to take pictures of stamps so I can upload them to my listings. Currently I'm using a scanner which tends to be a bit tedious. Was hoping to find some other method that works better and faster. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Rod Simmons

James, I have an older HP scanner that has great software that allows me to scan as many stamps as I can fit on the bed into individual files. I can get about 35 US Commemoratives or 50-60 definitives done in one setting. I have to do a little clean-up as sometimes the stamps move around a bit when I put the black paper backing down. But other than that it goes pretty quick. I'm not sure if other brands of scanners have that feature (and I have to use the HP software, the default Windows software does not give me that option).

Greg Doll

Good quality scanner is the best in my opinion. Stamp images are flat and not at some oblique angle and images can be cropped easily. I see many item photos that are taken by a cellphone camera with the item just sitting on a tabletop. I personally don't think I would purchase an item like that because I just can't tell what they really look like. I give each image a filename that corresponds to my private ID name for the item so that when I list it, I just go to that filename for that item. It is a bit tedious but at least the potential buyer can see the best image of the item.

Bonaparte Moore

James I had the HP until it died on me, now I use the Epson perfection V550 Photo, works great, if you are using a mac (Catalina), make sure the software is compatible with the scanner a few do not work with the Catalina version.