What do you Collect
I was wondering what do others collect I know the range is huge but I intend to sell here soon and want to know a little about other collectors n what there after so I can put together some good listings if I have what your after available with over 100,000 stamps on hand finding something for your personal collection shouldn't be too difficult just give me the ideas!
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Early 20th century.
Nothing older than the Columbians. The Washington Franklin's are difficult enough to have kept me busy.
Hunting & Fishing revenues MNH, including artist-signed and with Remarque.
Hunting & Fishing Cinderellas.
US Pumpkin / Jack O 'Lantern Fancy Cancels.
NY State Postal History & postcards (Columbia & Delaware Counties)
World Classic Era MNH (won't live long enough to make a big dent in my Vintage Reproduction albums (although I'm giving it my best shot), let alone afford a bunch of these).
1840 - 1900 World Socked on the nose.
World cut squares classic era.
'Pointing Hand' covers.
Anything else not related to the above that "speaks to me."
Well...you asked LOL...
As for my collection, everything US. If it's in the Scott Specialized Catalog of US stamps, it's on the list.
I also have US State Revenues, and Jim Drummond got me into what I call "Out of Book" (affectionally known as WTF) collecting. So I have a crazy set of odd Cinderella and ephemera, generally all related to US.
I have one topical collection related to "unusual methods of mail carry" which is mostly rocket mail, but includes missile and submarine, as well as space flight covers.
My only "foreign" collection is Lundy Islands.
Jim
Most of what I need is getting to my price ceiling. I need a few WF PNS, some WF coils, only if they have certs. I only collect US pre 1940, US territories that are overprinted US stamps and and not much else
I do want to add, that since I stumbled onto the HIP stamp forums, I have really enjoyed reading all of your posts
I've been going threw a lot every night after work shorting threw the hoard I've accumulated in a short few months didn't realize the time required so doing it fastest way shorting out any fault or damaged stamps keeping those in 1 pile then fully used pile then a Precancel Mint Gum pile then 100% MNH VF pile also making Revenue, Proprietary, Stock exchange, postage due, Bob piles, then airmail piles etc seems endless so far I got a boat load of US, GB, French, Germany, Russia, Poland, Magyar, Spain, Austria, Australia, China, Japanese, India, Egypt, Philippines, Mexico, Canada, Rwanda, + a great assortment of other countries & Colonies, not to mention stacks of pairs, blocks, S/S, FDC, Sheets, BoB, etc just from what I described above chances are high for many collectors wish lists!
I'll do my very best to inform collectors when I list item's of your interests so you have a chance to view and potentially buy for your growing collection!
As for full collections you referring to complete sets like year sets, commemorative sets, presidential sets, etc? Or you mean one's entire collection of accumulation just want to clarify what you mean!
Francois
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Your Covers are Fascinating..Thank You for Sharing. You sent me searching through my material & I found 1 cover you may enjoy seeing. The Corner/Return address is (for the non French speakers here) The Delegation for the Near East..The Geneva, Switzerland based International Labor Bureau Service for Refugees. Under the umbrella of the Society of Nations.
Dated between the World Wars.. Dan
Thanks for all the comments thus far keep it going!
I recently started selling going slow until I get the groove of this site I put up 20 Glassine lots with 75+ WW stamps in each, as well as 1 auction for a WW/US lot of 90+ stamps from Used to Precancel!
Adding more tonight possibly some Washington/Benjamin's and foreign WW lots! Washington alone got over 12 different types 1c, 2c, 3c and up giving the 2c got 8 different like type l,ll etc.
Also have a large unintended collection of Czech republic, Romania, Italy, Sweden , Norway and Denmark . Will be posting on here here as soon as I can
Been getting a good collection going of WW Revenues, Bank Check, Bank Notes, Propertary, Tax Revenues, Bob, & more!
So looking back I got Used stamps singles, Pairs, Blocks, S/S, FDC, Sheets, Postal cards, Envelopes n the oddity, then there is Precancels I got Singles, Pairs, Blocks, Sheets n not sure what else yet, then MNH I got singles, Pairs, Blocks, S/S, Sheets, Postal cards, envelopes not sure if I covered everything I got like I said just scratching the surface good start for only starting to collect since this summer started off with my Grandmother's 1953 Birthyear Collection Framed Nicely, then saved a bunch of stamps from my days using Listia probably like 500 nothing compared to my ventures of buying from here thus far got over 50,000 stamps from here including singles, pairs, blocks, S/S, FDC, Sheets, Postal cards n more, then Ebay got over 100,000 from a handful of people some good resale potential listings couldn't resist buying then 2 large boxes 1 was 6 Pounds the other was 13 pounds all filled with anything Philately related 1 of those boxes not from same seller did have like 10% that was stuck together I managed to sort threw and saving for a later day to soak n preserve then list!
Keep on stamping n don't forget to share your experiences with others its how we learn and how new philatelic new comers come about!