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I think your concern on preservation is valid. My own solution is to obtain stamp ring binders and stamp sheets which accommodate typically 7 rows of stamps per side ie 14 rows total for both sides of the sheet. This allows me to insert the stamps into a protective, hinge less environment. The transposition is quick but does require inserting information about the stamps. No different from writing up a collection. It also has the advantage that I can rearrange the collection if required. This can happen if a particular series becomes of greater interest and requires additional material. An example might be the Liberty Series going from a basic collection to one which includes tagging, gum, paper and perforation differences.

I absolutely loved this series. I love your advice to those of us just starting out.

I was thinking of focusing on military stamps to start. Is there such? Should I break it down even more ie: military aircraft etc?

What are the numbers underneath the pics of the stamps?

The sound keeps going in and out. Mostly out.

I’ve been wanting to start collecting stamps for a long, long time. I’m 62 yrs old I think I should stop procrastinating lol

That King George album is gorgeous. I'd have a hard time gutting it, but if the pages are acidic...ugh. I have 6 Scott Bluebook world-wide albums that take me up to 1959. Those pages are not nearly as nice looking as the album u want to gut, but hopefully have non-acidic paper. There is no way in heck I could ever afford to mount all the world-wide stamps I have and need. The majority of my collection is used and hinged, but when I do come across mint stamps, I put them in clear mounts and it honestly doesn't detract much from the overall look of a page. Although I have inherited an extensive US collection as well, I've felt that "ugh!" feeling u describe just thinking about dealing with it. For one, I'll never afford the expensive/ rare ones...and just identifying all the Washington and Franklin stamps is a headache I'm not looking forward to. If I had that king George album, I'd have a blast relocating the stamps to the specific country pages in the Scott albums, where they would make more sense to me. Good luck with whatever direction your new quest takes you in. Thanks for your wonderful videos! They are something I look forward to and enjoy immensely:)

As always do what you feel most comfortable with! It is your collection after all. And just a thought, there are some men named June!! 🙂

You went out looking for stamps and returned with GOLD!!

Aww, Harry Chapin!! Very good!! I saw him live once when I was @ Slippery Rock!! He wrote some awesome stuff!!

also the Phillip K Dick volume... I have The Man in the High Castle ... somewhere!! Odd, that the more stuff we collectors gather the more unlikely it is that we can find it....!!

Oddly typed "Hobbits' not "hobbies.'.. Hey, can't type or spell...!!

Mr. Silk glad to hear your Golden voice on my speaker system again!! Nice to see you & Jnr going out to Goodwill, etc. Fun to think that Hobbiies may survive another generation... maybe?

OOps, focus NOT Pocus... pocus makes no sense!!

Most people start-off as Generalists and then pocus... you went the other way...!!

My Tuesdays with Morrie... with stamps??

You never see a hearse followed a by a U-Haul... You own it!! Use it as it suits you...!!

Sorry if alll of this is useless... Sometimes I go into Advice Mode and annoy people...... If I have done so I'm sorry..!!! Only Child syndrome?

Go play in another part of your mental house... read a few good books... Picnic with fam... Fishing is nice... the best part of the baseball season is upcoming... !!! Lots of ideas!!

There are Princess Diana albums set up too!!

RE: Found for song... Was the song "God Save the King"/

Maybe you burned yourself out? Too much stamp show stuff?

I went through a similar impasse with my GB collection and switching to worldwide (19th & Early 20th century). As others have suggested my solution has been clear mounts in my 1909 Senf's album this both allows me to use a beautiful album from the early 20th century which has so much character but also house the stamps in a protected format which also doesn't impede too much on the design of the album page itself (which I personally feel black mounts do). I think June's is a lovely album and wonder whether this route for remounting might work for you :) I think one other thing you need to set is boundaries with a worldwide collection, mine has been only from 1840 to 1910/20 because unless you have that the task can become overwhelming in cost and space

Excellent video as usual. Ran up against a similar problem after completing my Queen Elizabeth II Great Britain collection. Decided to start another collection based on Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. A huge undertaking especially as albums would be expensive. Solved the problem by purchasing two CDs of print your own album pages containing some 2500 plus Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II ready made pages. Printing them on heavy acid free A4 pages, adding clear mounts for the stamps and inserting the pages in clear four ring pouches which are again acid free and can be put in binders. Very flexible system as you only have to print the pages that interest you and can add additional pages as required. Perhaps not the way you want to do it but worth considering. Should you want to go down this route let me know and will be happy to email you some pictures and the suppliers details.

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I have a dream to put my entire worldwide collection in a system of albums or binders. I haven't started because I'm not sure how I want to do it. I have many many thousands of worldwide stamps from many countries. I'd like to discuss further with you to get some advice. Are you interested in helping me?

I recently bought a Scott 1840-1940 album (empty). I plan on putting used stamps into it using hinges! In contrast I have a hinge-less USA collection.

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!

June one's is to be preserved, it is a complete era and a nice album. I would put the most valuable pages under clear mounts, hinges traces on page would be hidden by stamps. I would keep less valuable pages as it, they will mostly be full, stamps wills survive and it shows the example of what to do for high class collecting. It speaks about the old school way to do it. But it is my opinion! Dismantle Robert's album, it is too much 'hordic' and it will be better in separate albums, it would give lot of pleasure (and time!) to do. It would give you time to convert June's best pages properly and extend her journey! Make it yours!

You asked what I think and I will tell you. What seems to be exciting for you is terrifying for me. I cannot imagine myself removing those stamps and putting then back together on another medium. For me I am done with overthinking of the acidfree paper or anything else. If I were you I would mount the ones I have on top of the others already in the album. That looks like a pretry good album. If you don’t care much about it send it to me I would be happy to build on it. I believe the measures you can take or how far would you go depends on what gives you that spark. For me it would be more on some other type of stamps - where my heart lays- and also man! I am thinking how do you find the time? I am 42 and have a 6 year old daughter - whom I try every means to build an interest so that I can still be with her and spend time on the hobby. But there is so much work out of this mindset. May be you don’t sleep ?? And how can you shoot video, edit and upload and go through comments and everything??? Unimaginable 😮. I am pretry dead after my 8-5 work and my daughter jumping all over me until 9/10.. the house work waits on the side 😅 I stopped even unpacking after holidays 🤪 cannot take more work anymore - somebody please help! The only thing keeps my sanity is checking this videos or mails for stamps…

ya, i agree, i cannot tell you how many stamps i soaked out of old albums. best luck on removal!

The previous owner was a good guardian of that heritage, the baton passed to you and need to preserve best you can.

This is so useful. I have exactly this problem. I purchased a partially filled commonwealth album with the intension of adding my stamps to this album. The prospect of hinging my stamps has put me off this idea. I think I will print up a commonwealth album and combine all my stamps in this one new album. Thanks for this discussion it has been really helpful.

ill be here watching and learning..

Keep one part of your collection as hinged…simply those that are not of great value - but of stuff you want to keep…then out of the better quality stuff, build your own system. You’ve got solid ideas and it will be “your’s”. One day, someone is going to take your collection apart anyway and then make it their own…and find the same joy in the sifting process. So enjoy your time with them and make it yours! 🤗😎

It is your collection and you can do whatever you want and whatever brings you joy. However, disagree with a few of the comments. Hinges on used stamps do not damage the stamps. Hinges on already hinged mint stamps do not damage the stamps. Hinges on MNH stamps does disturb the gum which does lower their value, agreed. The SG album is printed on high quality paper and would have browned in the last 50 years - it doesn't appear to have done so. It is a beautiful album and collection - If it were mine, I would simply fill the holes with nice used copies or mint hinged copies using hinges. There is an art to using good hinges that securely attaches the stamps to the album but minimizes the moisture used and extent of hinge that is actually sticking to the stamp. There is also an idea that collections like these are archival artifacts, and to preserve and extend them involves using methods and materials that are consistent with how the album was used during the original collector's lifetime. Finally, the idea that there is a "modern" way to collecting is an idea sold by the makers of contemporary supplies, who would love to have all collectors spend thousands on albums and mounts. I have seen so many collectors get caught up in this - it is worth it if your collection is small, specialized and expensive. It is not worth it if the collection is large and not particularly valuable. I have tens of thousands of worldwide stamps - I will continue to use hinges unless I have a particularly expensive stamp (i.e. over $5-10 retail). If someone wanted to collect a classic world collection, using something like Vario sheets would definitely be doable. If you are collecting world through the current era, you will quickly run out of space and funds for supplies. I have also seen different era's "modern supplies" like crystal mounts completely destroy collections.

I normally use black Showgards. But, I would add mint stamps to that collection with clear mounts. I have no issue with hinging used stamps.

I can completely relate to the feeling of being "burnt out" while collecting a specific topic. Personally I was a British Commonwealth collector up to the early '60's. Eventually I got tired of staring at the same royalties so I decided to "augment" my collection to be able to look at some other motifs. I decided to go Worldwide 1840-1919 mint ("new" as you like to call it) and purchased the two editions of the re-issued Scott Brown Worldwide pages for those years. I'm having a blast alternating between my British Commonwealth and the Worldwide collection. It keeps my collecting feeling fresh and exciting. For the Worldwide album I use clear mounts, but not for the stamps, individually, unless the printed spot in the album shows separation from other stamps. I put a strip along the whole "series" keep filling up the empty spaces as I encounter the stamps. A word of caution; make sure that you're clear with which era you want to collect. 1840-1919 by itself includes close to 2,000 pages of stamps. Collecting Worldwide can become overwhelming quite fast. I look forward to follow your journey and see what you decide. You have a truly great and inspiring channel. Keep collecting.

I wouldn't do anything as it could cause worse trouble than just leaving it as it is. The George VI album is attractive as it is, leave it be. Hopefully no one ever even considers doing this to FDR's collection in the Smithsonian; it would RUIN it!

Love yr enthusiasm! Am fully retired && can spend as much time as i want stamping..

Actually, in the 70s hinge-less mounting was quite common and already preferred for mounting mint stamps. Today, using hinges on mint stamps of any value is completely taboo. ;-) There is a technique for removing hinges from the gum of mint stamps. I use a Q-tip, water, patience and some surgeon's steady hand but leaves the gum intact, albeit disturbed.

Here’s what I would do-keep the album and every time you add a stamp, remount the whole page with black mounts. They will protect the stamps from any minor acid worry. Actually, what I would do is make my own albums for these stamps.

There is a special ph test pen that you can get which lets you know how acidic paper is. Make a mark in an inconspicuous place in the album and the mark will change color to indicate the acidity that is in the paper. That being said, some stamps are very acidic themselves. For instance, I have had copies of Azerbaijan 1-10 which had caused a discoloration in the album. Stamp collecting gives you great freedom in what to do with your stamps; how that they should be arranged. I would suggest that if you place unused, hinged stamps in a mount, make a notation under the stamps that they are hinged. I have purchased collections where everything was in mounts, only to find that unused stamps that I thought were never hinged were hinged.

Mr. Silk: I think you are making the right decision not hingeing stamps into that album (whether they're already hinged or not), and deciding to preserve June's KGVI stamps better than her album does. It is the right move, heartbreaking as it may be to disassemble her beautiful collection.

you could take out the stamps put mounts in the old album and then put the stamps back in??

A super project. That collection is just superb!!

I'd pull the stamps out and place them in a manner that best serves your collection and their longevity. There's no way I'd ever hinge a stamp now under any circumstances. Some good stuff in there and that area is absolutely brilliant.

At this time, my premier collecting ( maps on stamps ) are going into Vario pages. Any used stamp or stamp that has been hinged is going into albums (not the traditional albums with pictures of many stamps - more like blank pages and including stamps I like) using some old, "70's" era Dennison hinges. Any truly valuable stamps, which I don't have very many of, are going into a quality mount. Focus is getting more important as I seem to be accumulating many WW stamps that I honestly have no interest in saving / adding to collections. When I get an old album, I remove the stamps. A few are added to my collection, many go into the "give 'em away" pile. While "June's" King George VI album looks like a nice, good condition album, as you noted, the paper is going to eventually damage the stamps. Best to rehome 'em. As many have said, "Collect what ya want, how you want," and have fun with it ! Just to toss this into the mix, what about your Space stamps??? ;-)

Focus your collection is good advice if that is what you wish to do. Having a more general, worldwide collection is good advice if that is what you wish to do. Basically, do what works for you. I get a little….miffed(?) when I am told I HAVE to specialize. Enjoy the hobby, whatever that means for you😉. In terms of the Stanley Gibbons album, I guess I am of a different mindset. It is a gorgeous album and I would leave it as is and build/add to it.