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scott # face(cents) ) Cat($)
1 5 4500
2 10 19500
7 1 900 900 1
8 1 -
8a 1 5000
9 1 600 600 1
10 3 2500
11 3 250 250 1
12 5 12500
13 10 9500
14 10 2500
15 10 2500
16 10 16000
17 12 3000
18 1 1500
20 1 1500
21 1 7750
22 1 1250
23 1 4500
24 1 185 185 1
25 3 1750
26 3 110 110 1
26a 3 350 350 1
27 5 22000
28 5 2750
28a 5 25000
29 5 1500
30 5 1000 1000 1
30a 5 1250
31 10 10500
32 10 3250
33 10 3200
34 10 22500
35 10 275 275 1
36 12 1100 1100 1
37 24 1000 1000 1
38 30 1150
39 90 2500
63 1 265 265 1
65 3 140 140 1
67 5 10995
68 10 625 625 1
69 12 900 900 1
70 24 1100
71 30 1250 1250 1
72 90 1800
73 2 300 300 1
75 5 2750
76 5 800 800 1
77 15 1500
78 24 850
83 3 4000
85 3 4000
85c 3 9500
86 1 1825
87 2 750 750 1
88 3 475 475 1
89 10 2500
90 12 2800
91 15 5500
92 1 1075
93 2 400 400 1
94 3 240 240 1
95 5 1900
96 10 1600
97 12 1750
98 15 1800
99 24 3500
100 30 3500
101 90 7250
112 1 450 450 1
113 2 450 450 1
114 3 235 235 1
115 6 1750
116 10 1750
117 12 1500 1500 1
118 15 4500
119 15 1825
120 24 4250
121 30 4500
122 90 6000
134 1 1250
135 2 725 725 1
136 3 525 525 1
137 6 2500
138 7 1800
139 10 2750
141 15 3500
143 30 8250
144 90 9000
145 1 295 295 1
146 2 250 250 1
147 3 250 250 1
148 6 450 450 1
149 7 500 500 1
150 10 675 675 1
151 12 1200
152 15 1200 1200 1
153 24 1100
154 30 3000
155 90 2750
156 1 195 195 1
157 2 300 300 1
158 3 120 120 1
159 6 235 235 1
160 7 650 650 1
161 10 500 500 1
162 12 1150 1150 1
163 15 1250 1250 1
165 30 1400
166 90 2150
178 2 245 245 1
179 5 400 400 1
182 1 200 200 1
183 2 135 135 1
184 3 85 85 1
185 5 350 350 1
186 6 650 650 1
187 10 1500
188 10 1000 1000 1
189 15 245 245 1
190 30 725 725 1
191 90 1450
205 5 275 275 1
206 1 80 80 1
207 3 65 65 1
208 6 400 400 1
209 10 160 160 1
210 2 47 47 1
211 4 170 170 1
212 1 85 85 1
213 2 40 40 1
214 3 60 60 1
215 4 160 160 1
216 5 210 210 1
217 30 375 375 1
218 90 1000 1000 1
219 1 37 37 1
219d 2 265 265 1
220 2 32 32 1
220a 2 225 225 1
220c 2 700 700 1
221 3 100 100 1
222 4 140 140 1
223 5 120 120 1
224 6 100 100 1
225 8 85 85 1
226 10 250 250 1
227 15 350 350 1
228 30 495 495 1
229 90 850 850 1
230 1 42 42 1
231 2 42 42 1
232 3 125 125 1
233 4 125 125 1
234 5 125 125 1
235 6 125 125 1
236 8 115 115 1
237 10 180 180 1
238 15 350 350 1
239 30 425 425 1
240 50 695 695 1
241 100 1750
242 200 1700
243 300 3500
244 400 3600
245 500 3900
246 1 42 42 1
247 1 95 95 1
248 2 37 37 1
249 2 225 225 1
250 2 37 37 1
251 2 400 400 1
252 2 150 150 1
253 3 145 145 1
254 4 200 200 1
255 5 175 175 1
256 6 200 200 1
257 8 200 200 1
258 10 375 375 1
259 15 375 375 1
260 50 725 725 1
261 100 1250 1250 1
261a 100 2450
262 200 3500
263 500 5000
264 1 9 9 1
265 2 42 42 1
266 2 45 45 1
267 2 6 6 1
268 3 45 45 1
269 4 60 60 1
270 5 55 55 1
271 6 150 150 1
272 8 90 90 1
273 10 120 120 1
274 15 275 275 1
275 50 395 395 1
276 100 795 795 1
276a 100 1650
277 200 1400
278 500 2650
279 1 13 13 1
279b 2 13 13 1
280 4 45 45 1
281 5 45 45 1
282 6 65 65 1
282c 10 265 265 1
283 10 195 195 1
284 15 195 195 1
285 1 45 45 1
286 2 45 45 1
287 4 225 225 1
288 5 225 225 1
289 8 275 275 1
290 10 250 250 1
291 50 900 900 1
292 100 2000
293 200 2500
294 1 50 50 1
295 2 87 87 1
296 4 200 200 1
297 5 210 210 1
298 8 225 225 1
299 10 275 275 1
300 1 15 15 1
301 2 19 19 1
302 3 70 70 1
303 4 75 75 1
304 5 75 75 1
305 6 85 85 1
306 8 55 55 1
307 10 85 85 1
308 13 60 60 1
309 15 240 240 1
310 50 575 575 1
311 100 950 950 1
312 200 1500 1500 1
313 500 3000
314 1 55 55 1
315 5 695 695 1
319 2 8 8 1
320 2 55 55 1
323 1 62 62 1
324 2 50 50 1
325 3 140 140 1
326 5 150 150 1
327 10 275 275 1
328 1 45 45 1
329 2 48 48 1
330 5 225 225 1
331 1 12 12 1
332 2 11 11 1
333 3 55 55 1
334 4 55 55 1
335 5 70 70 1
336 6 85 85 1
337 8 65 65 1
338 10 90 90 1
339 13 65 65 1
340 15 85 85 1
341 50 410 410 1
342 100 600 600 1
343 1 18 18 1
344 2 30 30 1
345 3 67 67 1
346 4 92 92 1
347 5 110 110 1
348 1 80 80 1
349 2 110 110 1
350 4 310 310 1
351 5 285 285 1
352 1 160 160 1
353 2 155 155 1
354 4 375 375 1
355 5 375 375 1
356 10 4750
357 1 180 180 1
358 2 215 215 1
359 3 2750
362 6 1795
364 10 2400
367 2 15 15 1
368 2 55 55 1
369 2 325 325 1
370 2 25 25 1
371 2 65 65 1
372 2 17 17 1
373 2 72 72 1
374 1 15 15 1
375 2 15 15 1
376 3 35 35 1
377 4 45 45 1
378 5 45 45 1
379 6 50 50 1
380 8 165 165 1
381 10 170 170 1
382 15 375 375 1
383 1 9 9 1
384 2 15 15 1
385 1 100 100 1
386 2 165 165 1
387 1 375 375 1
388 2 1950
390 1 11 11 1
391 2 85 85 1
392 1 60 60 1
393 2 85 85 1
394 3 110 110 1
395 4 110 110 1
396 5 110 110 1
397 1 40 40 1
398 2 40 40 1
399 5 130 130 1
400 10 195 195 1
400a 10 325 325 1
401 1 48 48 1
402 2 150 150 1
403 5 295 295 1
404 10 1400 1400 1
405 1 16 16 1
406 2 11 11 1
407 7 120 120 1
408 1 3 3 1
409 2 4 4 1
410 1 9 9 1
411 2 12 12 1
412 1 35 35 1
413 2 70 70 1
414 8 67 67 1
415 9 80 100 1
416 10 67 67 1
417 12 78 78 1
418 15 125 125 1
419 20 275 275 1
420 30 160 160 1
421 50 525 525 1
422 50 325 325 1
423 100 625 625 1
424 1 7 7 1
425 2 5 5 1
426 3 35 35 1
427 4 55 55 1
428 5 55 55 1
429 6 65 65 1
430 7 135 135 1
431 8 65 65 1
432 9 77 77 1
433 10 72 72 1
434 11 42 42 1
435 12 45 45 1
437 15 170 170 1
438 20 285 285 1
439 30 335 335 1
440 50 750 750 1
441 1 3 3 1
442 2 20 20 1
443 1 50 50 1
444 2 75 75 1
445 3 350 350 1
446 4 250 250 1
447 5 75 75 1
448 1 9 9 1
449 2 3500
450 2 30 30 1
452 1 22 22 1
453 2 185 185 1
454 2 150 150 1
455 2 14 14 1
456 3 450 450 1
457 4 60 60 1
458 5 45 45 1
459 2 675 675 1
460 100 1250 1250 1
461 2 225 225 1
462 1 14 14 1
462a 1 25 25 1
463 2 8 8 1
464 3 115 115 1
465 4 65 65 1
466 5 110 110 1
467 5 795 795 1
468 6 140 140 1
469 7 175 175 1
470 8 110 110 1
471 9 127 127 1
472 10 170 170 1
473 11 67 67 1
474 12 100 100 1
475 15 260 260 1
476 20 325 325 1
477 50 1450 1450 1
478 100 1050 1050 1
479 200 485 485 1
480 500 395 395 1
481 1 2 2 1
482 2 2 2 1
483 3 35 35 1
484 3 22 22 1
486 1 2 2 1
487 2 35 35 1
488 2 6 6 1
489 3 7 7 1
490 1 1 1 1
491 2 2750
492 2 13 13 1
493 3 40 40 1
494 3 22 22 1
495 4 25 25 1
496 5 25 25 1
497 10 35 35 1
498 1 1 1 1
499 2 1 1 1
500 2 335 335 1
501 3 23 23 1
502 3 27 27 1
503 4 17 17 1
504 5 16 16 1
505 5 595 595 1
506 6 17 17 1
507 7 40 40 1
508 8 22 22 1
509 9 22 22 1
510 10 32 32 1
511 11 22 22 1
512 12 22 22 1
513 13 25 25 1
514 15 65 65 1
515 20 67 67 1
516 30 50 50 1
517 50 87 87 1
518 100 100 100 1
519 2 650 650 1
523 200 1250 1250 1
524 500 425 425 1
525 1 6 6 1
526 2 45 45 1
527 2 37 37 1
528 2 18 18 1
528a 2 75 75 1
528b 2 40 40 1
529 3 8 8 1
530 3 2 2 1
531 1 22 22 1
532 2 100 100 1
533 2 375 375 1
534 2 40 40 1
534a 2 120 120 1
535 3 18 18 1
536 1 42 42 1
537 3 20 20 1
538 1 25 25 1
540 2 18 18 1
540a 2 80 80 1
541 3 85 85 1
542 1 17 17 1
543 1 1 1 1
545 1 275 275 1
546 2 145 145 1
547 200 395 395 1
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I've collected for 40yrs. I've sold two collections, once to get married, and again to have a down payment for a home.
I'm a world wide collocter. I use my scott and other catalogs to keep track of my collection. The second time I sold a collection was in 1992. I have 93 three inch binders which holds my collection. At this point I have 183,573 cataloged stamps. Of course being retired gives me time to work on my hobby. Yes I work on it every day. I have no idea of catalog value, but that is not what you get when selling.
Have a nice day and enjoy the knowladge collecting stamps gives you.
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Hi Macravenmad,
That's interesting that you were able to build up two collections and were able to sell them for enough for your wedding and down payment on a home 
Wonder if that is still possible in today's day and age?
Wow, 93 3-inch binders is a huge collection
. Tell us more. Do you collect WW up to the present or a specific year cutoff? Are you using pages from a specific album, homemade pages, or Steiner pages?
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What impresses me about these huge collections is that the collectors know exactly how many catalogued stamps they have. 
I have boxes and boxes that need to be catalogued. Check back with me in 10 years!
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I'm with you, Don. I've been collecting for 55 years and would need to live an additional 55 to organize what I have accumulated (assuming I stopped acquiring now). I could probably sell my collection for enough to pay for a nice 14 day cruise to the Caribbean, but wouldn't have enough left over for cab fare from the airport to the port. But who knows, maybe mixed in with the cartons, boxes, old collections, and what not I have purchased over the years is a set of Hawaiian missionaries (the paper kind, not the flesh and blood kind). 
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I thought that I had a lot of binders, but mine seem small compared to some here on stamporama.
I have 175 1inch 3 ring binders that have 72,490 used stamps. I still have many boxes, big and small to sort.
So how many more will I add to my collection this year?
I do not have a clue.
Happy 
collecting everyone.
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Last year, I started using the Steiner pages for my WW classic collection. These pages have no stamp illustrations (but have spaces for all major Scott numbers) so you are pretty much forced to use your catalog to put the stamps in. The benefit of this, however, is that you can easily mark off the stamps you have in your catalog. I use an orange highlighter so I can quickly tell what I have and don't have. You can even highlight the price for the used or unused CV to distinguish whether the stamp is used/unused. This seems to be a pretty decent system without the need to enter all of information into an elaborate spreadsheet and keep it updated, etc.
Now, of course you would still need to count up everything you marked in your catalog to get total numbers, but it is doable. Also, since I only collect classic era, I only need a single volume catalog and just take it with me to stamp shows and have my complete inventory and want list with me.
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Like Don and Bobby, I too am quite impressed at the knowledge of the number of stamps in ones collection! I started to catalog my Scott International 1840-1959 collection in an Excel spreadsheet. Forget about keeping track of individual stamps by catalog number. I just wanted to know how many stamps I had on each page or, even easier, the number of stamps for each country. That was too much!
So how big is my collection? That's easy: one footlocker, ten feet of bookshelf, and one roll-top desk.
Each time I think about cataloging, I find another stock page or glassine I need to sort, and that is way more fun! But then I've only been back into the hobby for a year after taking a multi-decade absence... So maybe I'll get caught up at some point and be able to inventory. Aw, who am I kidding: I'm accumulating material faster than I can deal with it.
To solve the problem of knowing what I need when I go to shows or shops, I've started taking pictures of my collection and taking them with me on a tablet. Then I can page through the pictures almost as if it were my album, and even zoom in to see if the stamp I already have is a temporary filler or a keeper.
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Yes. I'm back after just years of dabbling. Mine can be categorized as such:
Slightly organized (Vario pages and stock books)
And VERY disorganized!!
these are the parts I wish to show, anyway!! 
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Don...
You're too organized!! Stamp rooms are supposed to be a cluttered pile of albums, folders, and boxes!!
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Here's a spreadsheet for my pre 1920 US unused collection:
scott # face(cents) ) Cat($)
1 5 4500
2 10 19500
7 1 900 900 1
8 1 -
8a 1 5000
9 1 600 600 1
10 3 2500
11 3 250 250 1
12 5 12500
13 10 9500
14 10 2500
15 10 2500
16 10 16000
17 12 3000
18 1 1500
20 1 1500
21 1 7750
22 1 1250
23 1 4500
24 1 185 185 1
25 3 1750
26 3 110 110 1
26a 3 350 350 1
27 5 22000
28 5 2750
28a 5 25000
29 5 1500
30 5 1000 1000 1
30a 5 1250
31 10 10500
32 10 3250
33 10 3200
34 10 22500
35 10 275 275 1
36 12 1100 1100 1
37 24 1000 1000 1
38 30 1150
39 90 2500
63 1 265 265 1
65 3 140 140 1
67 5 10995
68 10 625 625 1
69 12 900 900 1
70 24 1100
71 30 1250 1250 1
72 90 1800
73 2 300 300 1
75 5 2750
76 5 800 800 1
77 15 1500
78 24 850
83 3 4000
85 3 4000
85c 3 9500
86 1 1825
87 2 750 750 1
88 3 475 475 1
89 10 2500
90 12 2800
91 15 5500
92 1 1075
93 2 400 400 1
94 3 240 240 1
95 5 1900
96 10 1600
97 12 1750
98 15 1800
99 24 3500
100 30 3500
101 90 7250
112 1 450 450 1
113 2 450 450 1
114 3 235 235 1
115 6 1750
116 10 1750
117 12 1500 1500 1
118 15 4500
119 15 1825
120 24 4250
121 30 4500
122 90 6000
134 1 1250
135 2 725 725 1
136 3 525 525 1
137 6 2500
138 7 1800
139 10 2750
141 15 3500
143 30 8250
144 90 9000
145 1 295 295 1
146 2 250 250 1
147 3 250 250 1
148 6 450 450 1
149 7 500 500 1
150 10 675 675 1
151 12 1200
152 15 1200 1200 1
153 24 1100
154 30 3000
155 90 2750
156 1 195 195 1
157 2 300 300 1
158 3 120 120 1
159 6 235 235 1
160 7 650 650 1
161 10 500 500 1
162 12 1150 1150 1
163 15 1250 1250 1
165 30 1400
166 90 2150
178 2 245 245 1
179 5 400 400 1
182 1 200 200 1
183 2 135 135 1
184 3 85 85 1
185 5 350 350 1
186 6 650 650 1
187 10 1500
188 10 1000 1000 1
189 15 245 245 1
190 30 725 725 1
191 90 1450
205 5 275 275 1
206 1 80 80 1
207 3 65 65 1
208 6 400 400 1
209 10 160 160 1
210 2 47 47 1
211 4 170 170 1
212 1 85 85 1
213 2 40 40 1
214 3 60 60 1
215 4 160 160 1
216 5 210 210 1
217 30 375 375 1
218 90 1000 1000 1
219 1 37 37 1
219d 2 265 265 1
220 2 32 32 1
220a 2 225 225 1
220c 2 700 700 1
221 3 100 100 1
222 4 140 140 1
223 5 120 120 1
224 6 100 100 1
225 8 85 85 1
226 10 250 250 1
227 15 350 350 1
228 30 495 495 1
229 90 850 850 1
230 1 42 42 1
231 2 42 42 1
232 3 125 125 1
233 4 125 125 1
234 5 125 125 1
235 6 125 125 1
236 8 115 115 1
237 10 180 180 1
238 15 350 350 1
239 30 425 425 1
240 50 695 695 1
241 100 1750
242 200 1700
243 300 3500
244 400 3600
245 500 3900
246 1 42 42 1
247 1 95 95 1
248 2 37 37 1
249 2 225 225 1
250 2 37 37 1
251 2 400 400 1
252 2 150 150 1
253 3 145 145 1
254 4 200 200 1
255 5 175 175 1
256 6 200 200 1
257 8 200 200 1
258 10 375 375 1
259 15 375 375 1
260 50 725 725 1
261 100 1250 1250 1
261a 100 2450
262 200 3500
263 500 5000
264 1 9 9 1
265 2 42 42 1
266 2 45 45 1
267 2 6 6 1
268 3 45 45 1
269 4 60 60 1
270 5 55 55 1
271 6 150 150 1
272 8 90 90 1
273 10 120 120 1
274 15 275 275 1
275 50 395 395 1
276 100 795 795 1
276a 100 1650
277 200 1400
278 500 2650
279 1 13 13 1
279b 2 13 13 1
280 4 45 45 1
281 5 45 45 1
282 6 65 65 1
282c 10 265 265 1
283 10 195 195 1
284 15 195 195 1
285 1 45 45 1
286 2 45 45 1
287 4 225 225 1
288 5 225 225 1
289 8 275 275 1
290 10 250 250 1
291 50 900 900 1
292 100 2000
293 200 2500
294 1 50 50 1
295 2 87 87 1
296 4 200 200 1
297 5 210 210 1
298 8 225 225 1
299 10 275 275 1
300 1 15 15 1
301 2 19 19 1
302 3 70 70 1
303 4 75 75 1
304 5 75 75 1
305 6 85 85 1
306 8 55 55 1
307 10 85 85 1
308 13 60 60 1
309 15 240 240 1
310 50 575 575 1
311 100 950 950 1
312 200 1500 1500 1
313 500 3000
314 1 55 55 1
315 5 695 695 1
319 2 8 8 1
320 2 55 55 1
323 1 62 62 1
324 2 50 50 1
325 3 140 140 1
326 5 150 150 1
327 10 275 275 1
328 1 45 45 1
329 2 48 48 1
330 5 225 225 1
331 1 12 12 1
332 2 11 11 1
333 3 55 55 1
334 4 55 55 1
335 5 70 70 1
336 6 85 85 1
337 8 65 65 1
338 10 90 90 1
339 13 65 65 1
340 15 85 85 1
341 50 410 410 1
342 100 600 600 1
343 1 18 18 1
344 2 30 30 1
345 3 67 67 1
346 4 92 92 1
347 5 110 110 1
348 1 80 80 1
349 2 110 110 1
350 4 310 310 1
351 5 285 285 1
352 1 160 160 1
353 2 155 155 1
354 4 375 375 1
355 5 375 375 1
356 10 4750
357 1 180 180 1
358 2 215 215 1
359 3 2750
362 6 1795
364 10 2400
367 2 15 15 1
368 2 55 55 1
369 2 325 325 1
370 2 25 25 1
371 2 65 65 1
372 2 17 17 1
373 2 72 72 1
374 1 15 15 1
375 2 15 15 1
376 3 35 35 1
377 4 45 45 1
378 5 45 45 1
379 6 50 50 1
380 8 165 165 1
381 10 170 170 1
382 15 375 375 1
383 1 9 9 1
384 2 15 15 1
385 1 100 100 1
386 2 165 165 1
387 1 375 375 1
388 2 1950
390 1 11 11 1
391 2 85 85 1
392 1 60 60 1
393 2 85 85 1
394 3 110 110 1
395 4 110 110 1
396 5 110 110 1
397 1 40 40 1
398 2 40 40 1
399 5 130 130 1
400 10 195 195 1
400a 10 325 325 1
401 1 48 48 1
402 2 150 150 1
403 5 295 295 1
404 10 1400 1400 1
405 1 16 16 1
406 2 11 11 1
407 7 120 120 1
408 1 3 3 1
409 2 4 4 1
410 1 9 9 1
411 2 12 12 1
412 1 35 35 1
413 2 70 70 1
414 8 67 67 1
415 9 80 100 1
416 10 67 67 1
417 12 78 78 1
418 15 125 125 1
419 20 275 275 1
420 30 160 160 1
421 50 525 525 1
422 50 325 325 1
423 100 625 625 1
424 1 7 7 1
425 2 5 5 1
426 3 35 35 1
427 4 55 55 1
428 5 55 55 1
429 6 65 65 1
430 7 135 135 1
431 8 65 65 1
432 9 77 77 1
433 10 72 72 1
434 11 42 42 1
435 12 45 45 1
437 15 170 170 1
438 20 285 285 1
439 30 335 335 1
440 50 750 750 1
441 1 3 3 1
442 2 20 20 1
443 1 50 50 1
444 2 75 75 1
445 3 350 350 1
446 4 250 250 1
447 5 75 75 1
448 1 9 9 1
449 2 3500
450 2 30 30 1
452 1 22 22 1
453 2 185 185 1
454 2 150 150 1
455 2 14 14 1
456 3 450 450 1
457 4 60 60 1
458 5 45 45 1
459 2 675 675 1
460 100 1250 1250 1
461 2 225 225 1
462 1 14 14 1
462a 1 25 25 1
463 2 8 8 1
464 3 115 115 1
465 4 65 65 1
466 5 110 110 1
467 5 795 795 1
468 6 140 140 1
469 7 175 175 1
470 8 110 110 1
471 9 127 127 1
472 10 170 170 1
473 11 67 67 1
474 12 100 100 1
475 15 260 260 1
476 20 325 325 1
477 50 1450 1450 1
478 100 1050 1050 1
479 200 485 485 1
480 500 395 395 1
481 1 2 2 1
482 2 2 2 1
483 3 35 35 1
484 3 22 22 1
486 1 2 2 1
487 2 35 35 1
488 2 6 6 1
489 3 7 7 1
490 1 1 1 1
491 2 2750
492 2 13 13 1
493 3 40 40 1
494 3 22 22 1
495 4 25 25 1
496 5 25 25 1
497 10 35 35 1
498 1 1 1 1
499 2 1 1 1
500 2 335 335 1
501 3 23 23 1
502 3 27 27 1
503 4 17 17 1
504 5 16 16 1
505 5 595 595 1
506 6 17 17 1
507 7 40 40 1
508 8 22 22 1
509 9 22 22 1
510 10 32 32 1
511 11 22 22 1
512 12 22 22 1
513 13 25 25 1
514 15 65 65 1
515 20 67 67 1
516 30 50 50 1
517 50 87 87 1
518 100 100 100 1
519 2 650 650 1
523 200 1250 1250 1
524 500 425 425 1
525 1 6 6 1
526 2 45 45 1
527 2 37 37 1
528 2 18 18 1
528a 2 75 75 1
528b 2 40 40 1
529 3 8 8 1
530 3 2 2 1
531 1 22 22 1
532 2 100 100 1
533 2 375 375 1
534 2 40 40 1
534a 2 120 120 1
535 3 18 18 1
536 1 42 42 1
537 3 20 20 1
538 1 25 25 1
540 2 18 18 1
540a 2 80 80 1
541 3 85 85 1
542 1 17 17 1
543 1 1 1 1
545 1 275 275 1
546 2 145 145 1
547 200 395 395 1
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re: What's in your Album?
I've collected for 40yrs. I've sold two collections, once to get married, and again to have a down payment for a home.
I'm a world wide collocter. I use my scott and other catalogs to keep track of my collection. The second time I sold a collection was in 1992. I have 93 three inch binders which holds my collection. At this point I have 183,573 cataloged stamps. Of course being retired gives me time to work on my hobby. Yes I work on it every day. I have no idea of catalog value, but that is not what you get when selling.
Have a nice day and enjoy the knowladge collecting stamps gives you.
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Hi Macravenmad,
That's interesting that you were able to build up two collections and were able to sell them for enough for your wedding and down payment on a home Wonder if that is still possible in today's day and age?
Wow, 93 3-inch binders is a huge collection. Tell us more. Do you collect WW up to the present or a specific year cutoff? Are you using pages from a specific album, homemade pages, or Steiner pages?
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re: What's in your Album?
What impresses me about these huge collections is that the collectors know exactly how many catalogued stamps they have. I have boxes and boxes that need to be catalogued. Check back with me in 10 years!
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re: What's in your Album?
I'm with you, Don. I've been collecting for 55 years and would need to live an additional 55 to organize what I have accumulated (assuming I stopped acquiring now). I could probably sell my collection for enough to pay for a nice 14 day cruise to the Caribbean, but wouldn't have enough left over for cab fare from the airport to the port. But who knows, maybe mixed in with the cartons, boxes, old collections, and what not I have purchased over the years is a set of Hawaiian missionaries (the paper kind, not the flesh and blood kind).
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re: What's in your Album?
I thought that I had a lot of binders, but mine seem small compared to some here on stamporama.
I have 175 1inch 3 ring binders that have 72,490 used stamps. I still have many boxes, big and small to sort.
So how many more will I add to my collection this year?
I do not have a clue.
Happy collecting everyone.
Doug
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Last year, I started using the Steiner pages for my WW classic collection. These pages have no stamp illustrations (but have spaces for all major Scott numbers) so you are pretty much forced to use your catalog to put the stamps in. The benefit of this, however, is that you can easily mark off the stamps you have in your catalog. I use an orange highlighter so I can quickly tell what I have and don't have. You can even highlight the price for the used or unused CV to distinguish whether the stamp is used/unused. This seems to be a pretty decent system without the need to enter all of information into an elaborate spreadsheet and keep it updated, etc.
Now, of course you would still need to count up everything you marked in your catalog to get total numbers, but it is doable. Also, since I only collect classic era, I only need a single volume catalog and just take it with me to stamp shows and have my complete inventory and want list with me.
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Like Don and Bobby, I too am quite impressed at the knowledge of the number of stamps in ones collection! I started to catalog my Scott International 1840-1959 collection in an Excel spreadsheet. Forget about keeping track of individual stamps by catalog number. I just wanted to know how many stamps I had on each page or, even easier, the number of stamps for each country. That was too much!
So how big is my collection? That's easy: one footlocker, ten feet of bookshelf, and one roll-top desk.
Each time I think about cataloging, I find another stock page or glassine I need to sort, and that is way more fun! But then I've only been back into the hobby for a year after taking a multi-decade absence... So maybe I'll get caught up at some point and be able to inventory. Aw, who am I kidding: I'm accumulating material faster than I can deal with it.
To solve the problem of knowing what I need when I go to shows or shops, I've started taking pictures of my collection and taking them with me on a tablet. Then I can page through the pictures almost as if it were my album, and even zoom in to see if the stamp I already have is a temporary filler or a keeper.
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Yes. I'm back after just years of dabbling. Mine can be categorized as such:
Slightly organized (Vario pages and stock books)
And VERY disorganized!!
these are the parts I wish to show, anyway!!
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Don...
You're too organized!! Stamp rooms are supposed to be a cluttered pile of albums, folders, and boxes!!
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