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I have to give a big thanks because I've learned a LOT about stamp collecting in the past week from mostly this site and the discussions of interest.
I did find a bottle of fluid from my stamp collecting Mom....and NO I have not gone over the edge to take a sniff from it. I'll stick with wine
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Just a tin? Now that would be pretty easy. Since I usually see truckloads of snacks leaving town.
Sorting through this inherited collection I'm finding the revenue stamps most interesting. It makes me wonder if the person who carefully saved these kinds of stamps were looked at as insane at the time.
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Welcome to SOR Jennifer. When shipping out those tins, make my pretzels the dark chocolate covered variety.
You are correct in your assumption that some collectors must be bonkers, as many of these people must have a PhD in philately. Whatever you do, just enjoy your time with your collection and the time you spend on SOR.
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Jennifer,
I have collected revenue stamps for over forty years. If you are new to this I will share the mistakes that I made in my youth in order for you to avoid them.
#1. The Scott catalog is a good reference but lacks a lot of information pertaining to revenues. The type of cancel can greatly effect the value on a revenue stamp. An uncommon hand cancel,(the type from a rubber stamp) can escalate the value 1000 times the value of the same stamp with a non descriptive scribble on it. There are very knowledgable people here that can help you with that. I sold some revenue stamps many years ago based on the Scott catalog value that I now know were much more valuable than what I sold them for.
#2. The biggest mistake I made as a kid was to soak them off their original documents. My uncle was the County Auditor and he often gave me stacks of documents that I soaked the stamps from. I was a kid and back then the collection was based upon "The Album". Documents did not fit.
#3. Be very careful with imperfs and part perfs. Unfortunately a lot of what is being sold as imperf or part part are common stamps with the perfs trimmed off. I can tell by the paper type on most, but a good rule of thumb is if it does not have at least three good full margins I would avoid it unless you can inspect it in person. Almost 50% of my Part perfs and imperfs from my boyhood collection turned out to be fake.
#4. Most importantly don't be afraid to ask questions, post picture, etc. This is a great place to do it. I have been a stamp and cover collector since I was seven years old. I am still learning and still fascinated by other peoples stories and collections.
Good Luck and Welcome to our world. Please post pictures of those revs. I would love to see them.
Pat
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Jennifer,
I forgot, I'll take the Honey Mustard pretzels bites.
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Hello and welcome jrobin99!
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So it's assumed anything from my stash will include snacks. Got it.
Great tips! Thank you Pat! Wow...I can't imagine finding out things you had so long were fakes. So glad it didn't kill your spirit and you continued on.
I'll keep reading...
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Land of Snacks! This is where all the Snyders of Hanover Pretzels, Utz Potato Chips and Hanover Frozen foods are being made. Depending on where I'm driving I can smell any of these foods being cooked. All are still locally owned, have tours and also have outlet stores where you can buy seconds or test runs of new flavors.
I have to give a big thanks because I've learned a LOT about stamp collecting in the past week from mostly this site and the discussions of interest.
I did find a bottle of fluid from my stamp collecting Mom....and NO I have not gone over the edge to take a sniff from it. I'll stick with wine
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Just a tin? Now that would be pretty easy. Since I usually see truckloads of snacks leaving town.
Sorting through this inherited collection I'm finding the revenue stamps most interesting. It makes me wonder if the person who carefully saved these kinds of stamps were looked at as insane at the time.
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re: Greetings from Hanover PA
Welcome to SOR Jennifer. When shipping out those tins, make my pretzels the dark chocolate covered variety.
You are correct in your assumption that some collectors must be bonkers, as many of these people must have a PhD in philately. Whatever you do, just enjoy your time with your collection and the time you spend on SOR.
Mike
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Jennifer,
I have collected revenue stamps for over forty years. If you are new to this I will share the mistakes that I made in my youth in order for you to avoid them.
#1. The Scott catalog is a good reference but lacks a lot of information pertaining to revenues. The type of cancel can greatly effect the value on a revenue stamp. An uncommon hand cancel,(the type from a rubber stamp) can escalate the value 1000 times the value of the same stamp with a non descriptive scribble on it. There are very knowledgable people here that can help you with that. I sold some revenue stamps many years ago based on the Scott catalog value that I now know were much more valuable than what I sold them for.
#2. The biggest mistake I made as a kid was to soak them off their original documents. My uncle was the County Auditor and he often gave me stacks of documents that I soaked the stamps from. I was a kid and back then the collection was based upon "The Album". Documents did not fit.
#3. Be very careful with imperfs and part perfs. Unfortunately a lot of what is being sold as imperf or part part are common stamps with the perfs trimmed off. I can tell by the paper type on most, but a good rule of thumb is if it does not have at least three good full margins I would avoid it unless you can inspect it in person. Almost 50% of my Part perfs and imperfs from my boyhood collection turned out to be fake.
#4. Most importantly don't be afraid to ask questions, post picture, etc. This is a great place to do it. I have been a stamp and cover collector since I was seven years old. I am still learning and still fascinated by other peoples stories and collections.
Good Luck and Welcome to our world. Please post pictures of those revs. I would love to see them.
Pat
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Jennifer,
I forgot, I'll take the Honey Mustard pretzels bites.
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Hello and welcome jrobin99!
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So it's assumed anything from my stash will include snacks. Got it.
Great tips! Thank you Pat! Wow...I can't imagine finding out things you had so long were fakes. So glad it didn't kill your spirit and you continued on.
I'll keep reading...
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