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11:21:45pm
My Canada thus far I will stay with homemade pages according to year. Likewise my DDR, West Germany and Berlin.
Going through the sorting of all my loose stamps - separating into "wants", "don't want" according to years of my worldwide collection 1840-1949/50. I wanted to cover WWII and the aftermath as countries were re-assigned. After 1950 it goes into post-colonial so that's part of the "don't want".
I downloaded Steiner but since I'm doing 2 sided printing and they are going into sheet protectors into 2 post Scott Jr Albums, there's a lot of work to redesign margins. I have an awesome pdf program but when I tried to convert to Word, I lost some of the boxes. So PDF to PowerPoint to JPG, go into Paint and move the page over and eliminate all white space. Then insert JPG into Word, resize margins, resize JPG and centre pages. It actually sounds like more work than it is. This way I can sort everything, and then get things mounted once everything is sorted. Dups I'm keeping will be on blank pages. Forgeries on blank pages.
I'm still going by continent so even if it's a colony, it goes under continent. Opening page will include historical information that can be added later.
This eliminates a lot of time consuming work and moving things around especially when dealing with fragile and/or high value stamps.
So it will still be a Big Blue but with a personal touch.
Belgian Railways have their own home.
Since 99% are previously hinged, I'll stay with hinges except for a few countries.
It will separate my German collection though that will go up to the zones and plebiscites mixed into the Big Blue.
If I create pages for everything I'll never get anywhere and I want to see progress.
My entire collection matches with parchment colour stock pages so the weight of paper is easy to do double sided printing and heavy duty sheet protectors.
I'm thinking it will turn out well and I can easily sell off the post 1950 accumulation.
My friends who are helping with the sorting are fantastic so I'm getting a lot sorted quite quickly. I spend about 12 hours a week on it so it's great having people help with that since I can only see a bit. The Steiner will also help them with the mounting. I have 2 that love the sorting and one who loves the nitty gritty of ID, perf measurements, colour ID, etc. I'm in charge of the watermarks because no one likes that part! Lol
So while taking a break from writing articles on stamps, I'm totally focusing on my collection which has brought much comfort, relaxation and fun into my life after 5 very difficult years battling breast cancer and losing 3 members of my very small family (my Grandma, my Mum and most recently my soulmate). I needed a break from the world and surround myself with loving friends and learning to live in a world without the 3 most important people in my life. All three, may their memory be eternal were the centre of my life and everything that has been my world.
So, that's the update on what I've been doing and it's creating a peaceful transition into my new reality.
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You go girl. It sounds like you have everything under control. Congratulations on your progress.
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Hi Poodle_Mum;
I know just what you mean, about sorting stamps on a grand scale. I formerly had 150,000 stamps to sort and 30,000 to soak and press. In the recent past, several members have sent me stamps in rather large quantities. The last one was over 60,000, so now I'm looking at about 250,000+ to sort out.
Here is what I've done to make the sorting seem less like work and much more fun again. I have dozens of used stock pages, some are manila paper and some are clear plastic. I use them without any binder, and store them in 2" deep x 8½" by 11" boxes, designed to be magazine or book mailers. The newer ones that are really clean, I save for scanning, so they don't pick up too much fuzzy paper lint.
By not using binders, it allows me to re-arrange whenever I like, or if it is easier when looking up in Scott's catalog.
Still just sortin'....
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07:36:31am
I always use envelopes to do the initial sorting placed in alphabetical order in clear boxes with a lid. So now I'm creating a second box for the "keep" stamps. Then when I finish all the sorting, I'll start through country by country and put them on the album pages.
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21 Jul 2018
11:21:45pm
So, after starting to work on my collection, I've changed my mind (again). Tried sorting into stockbooks but everything ended up everywhere! Lol
My Canada thus far I will stay with homemade pages according to year. Likewise my DDR, West Germany and Berlin.
Going through the sorting of all my loose stamps - separating into "wants", "don't want" according to years of my worldwide collection 1840-1949/50. I wanted to cover WWII and the aftermath as countries were re-assigned. After 1950 it goes into post-colonial so that's part of the "don't want".
I downloaded Steiner but since I'm doing 2 sided printing and they are going into sheet protectors into 2 post Scott Jr Albums, there's a lot of work to redesign margins. I have an awesome pdf program but when I tried to convert to Word, I lost some of the boxes. So PDF to PowerPoint to JPG, go into Paint and move the page over and eliminate all white space. Then insert JPG into Word, resize margins, resize JPG and centre pages. It actually sounds like more work than it is. This way I can sort everything, and then get things mounted once everything is sorted. Dups I'm keeping will be on blank pages. Forgeries on blank pages.
I'm still going by continent so even if it's a colony, it goes under continent. Opening page will include historical information that can be added later.
This eliminates a lot of time consuming work and moving things around especially when dealing with fragile and/or high value stamps.
So it will still be a Big Blue but with a personal touch.
Belgian Railways have their own home.
Since 99% are previously hinged, I'll stay with hinges except for a few countries.
It will separate my German collection though that will go up to the zones and plebiscites mixed into the Big Blue.
If I create pages for everything I'll never get anywhere and I want to see progress.
My entire collection matches with parchment colour stock pages so the weight of paper is easy to do double sided printing and heavy duty sheet protectors.
I'm thinking it will turn out well and I can easily sell off the post 1950 accumulation.
My friends who are helping with the sorting are fantastic so I'm getting a lot sorted quite quickly. I spend about 12 hours a week on it so it's great having people help with that since I can only see a bit. The Steiner will also help them with the mounting. I have 2 that love the sorting and one who loves the nitty gritty of ID, perf measurements, colour ID, etc. I'm in charge of the watermarks because no one likes that part! Lol
So while taking a break from writing articles on stamps, I'm totally focusing on my collection which has brought much comfort, relaxation and fun into my life after 5 very difficult years battling breast cancer and losing 3 members of my very small family (my Grandma, my Mum and most recently my soulmate). I needed a break from the world and surround myself with loving friends and learning to live in a world without the 3 most important people in my life. All three, may their memory be eternal were the centre of my life and everything that has been my world.
So, that's the update on what I've been doing and it's creating a peaceful transition into my new reality.
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You go girl. It sounds like you have everything under control. Congratulations on your progress.
Jim
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Hi Poodle_Mum;
I know just what you mean, about sorting stamps on a grand scale. I formerly had 150,000 stamps to sort and 30,000 to soak and press. In the recent past, several members have sent me stamps in rather large quantities. The last one was over 60,000, so now I'm looking at about 250,000+ to sort out.
Here is what I've done to make the sorting seem less like work and much more fun again. I have dozens of used stock pages, some are manila paper and some are clear plastic. I use them without any binder, and store them in 2" deep x 8½" by 11" boxes, designed to be magazine or book mailers. The newer ones that are really clean, I save for scanning, so they don't pick up too much fuzzy paper lint.
By not using binders, it allows me to re-arrange whenever I like, or if it is easier when looking up in Scott's catalog.
Still just sortin'....
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22 Jul 2018
07:36:31am
re: Worldwide Album Update
I always use envelopes to do the initial sorting placed in alphabetical order in clear boxes with a lid. So now I'm creating a second box for the "keep" stamps. Then when I finish all the sorting, I'll start through country by country and put them on the album pages.
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You are an inspiration!
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