What a wonderful journey this will be for you and your family. Fancy having all those stamps for all that time and not cataloguing them. This will be a mammoth task but exciting at the same time. You are bound to come across some real beauties and could possibly find a really rare and valuable stamp or two!
My husband has an unfortunate story about the stamps he was left by his mum. She died young and his dad was so distraught that he burnt a lot of stuff whilst he was grief stricken with his wife’s loss. Unfortunately, the penny blacks and penny reds and sheets of czech stamps both perforated and unperforated were burnt by mistake. A tragic story.
I sincerely hope you enjoy your task and look forward to hearing the story as it evolves. Good luck! Ches
Hi Ches
Thank you ever so much for your encouraging message, and really sorry to hear about your husband’s stamps that were burnt.
As this is going to be a mammoth task, do check back on a regular basis to view the progress.
This is nice talking about your family’s stamp collection. I collected stamps and coins when I was a kid, but when I became an adult, I stuck to coin collecting. I still have my stamp collecting book. I have a blog about coin collecting if you ever want to check it out – collectuscoins. Good luck on your site!
Hi Kevin
Thank you ever so much for your kind input.
And I will certainly take the opportunity to visit your blog.
Regards
I didn’t know stamp collecting was so popular. In reading this though and seeing some of the stamps you’ve got, I can understand why it would be. It’s really cool that historic events are depicted on them. My favorite was the stamp in honor of the Mothers in America. It’s crazy that they were 3 cents! Imagine what people back then would think now that they’re more than 10 times that cost!
-Jessica
Hey Jessica
Thank you ever so much for your comments.
And, yes, a person can even see the inflation of value in stamps, depicted by their face values.
Then again, I personally feel that postal stamps are starting to phase out of society as people rely more and more on couriers and going “green” (the paperless age) and in our case in South Africa, a failing postal service.
Thanks again, and please feel free to visit again.
Regards
Carl
I collect stamps since I was a small boy, and even I am not putting a lot of time and work on it right now, I believe I will come back to it any time in the future. Collecting stamps is a great hoby and it allows you to learn a lot of things about other countries you have never visited and different subjects you have never learned of.
Building a website to show your collection iss agreat idea and I believe it will probably lead to more similar webs.
Hi Steve
Thank you ever so much for leaving your comment, as this is much appreciated.
In time, when you do start looking into your stamp collection I hope that our site will be your 1 stop shop for anything and everything related to stamps.
carl
great read.i used to collect stamps as a kid,i loved buying those clear plastic bags with hundreds inside.i thought getting so many was a steal.i haven’t thought about stamps until reading this post.some good tips for keeping them long term.
cheers
greg
Hi Greg
Thanks ever so much for your visit to our website, and your kind comments.
We are currently busy building our catalogue on the website, and will definitely be worth a visit to.
Regards
I enjoyed stamp collecting when I was a kid. All the different people and places you would see on them made it interesting. I still have my stamp collecting folder but I haven’t looked at it in a long time. I’ll have to go through it again. I’ve been collecting coins more and have also been learning history through them.
Hi Kevin
Thanks ever so much for your comments, they are much appreciated.
wow so much about stamps i didnt know. Does your family collect stamps? i dont think i could, too many little fingerprints lol. But i love this layout and how well it played out. very organized and easy to get around. Good Work!!
Hi Tammy
Thank you ever so much for your visit to our website.
As you may have seen within Our Collection, we have so far catalogued over 5000 stamps, ranging over 200 countries & dating from the 1800’s. I would hazard a guess, that we still have about 1 000 000 stamps to go…haha, this may take some time.
Again, thank you for your visit and I hope that you will take a stroll through our collection.
Regards
Carl
Great……… I wish you great success in your
Venture as a family
Very informative and personal even for a layman as myself
Bodo
Hi Bodo
Thank you ever so much for visiting our site, as well as your kind comments.
We will be adding some new stamps very soon, so please do return and take a look at these as well.
Have a Great Day
Regards
Carl
Very interesting topic. I am glad I stumbled onto your page. I have often wondered about this hobby and now I see just how much is involved! Congrats on this challenge.
Hi Merry
Thank you so much for visiting our website. I hope you enjoyed your visit.
Yes, this is an older hobby, however due to this, it has become a multi billion dollar industry globally, due to the rarity of certain stamps, very similar to antiques.
As for our project, this I do believe will keep us busy for many years to come, and as such there will always be more, interesting & relevant content being added all the time.
Do pop back in a month or 2, so as to see the growth of our collection.
Kind Regards
Carl, this is very impressive! I’ve learned more about stamps on this single post than I have ever known. Very well organized. I also got the chance to read about how you got started with sorting through your collection. I can tell you that the struggles you’ve been through have been very well worth it. I’ll be checking out other countries and see how they differ compared to my family’s native country, Mexico. Great job!
Hi Juan
Thank you ever so much for visiting our website, as well as for your kind comments.
Yes, our collection is quite vast, and we have only touched on the tip of the iceberg, there is yet so much more to follow. I believe that this will take many years yet, and as such we will be continuously adding more, thus, do return and see how our project continues to grow.
I’m glad you like the Mexico aspect of our collection, however, do feel free to browse some of the other countries (there are so many).
Kind Regards
This is really awesome!!
Good luck.
Hi Christine
Thank you ever so much for your very direct comment, it is much appreciated, and I am glad you like it.
Our project is still in it’s infancy and as such has very far to go yet, so do visit again, to see our progress.
Kind Regards
The subject of watermark on stamp papers is indeed an interesting one. And useful too! I enjoyed reading the advice from the end of your article, it’s good to know. Good-luck with your blog!
Hi Catalin
Thank you so much for your kind comments. Hope you enjoyed your visit to our website and we hope to hear from you again
Regards
I’ve got a sweet briar 13p post stamp with other old post stamps that is rare I want to sell it I can send u a phew photos
Hi Ruben
Thank you ever so much for your comment, however we are currently still sorting through a collection of over 500 000 stamps, and thus we are not currently interested in purchasing more.
Thanks again
Have a Great Day
I see three water mark images on Hong Kong stamps but ,I was looking for the number attached to each of the water marks. Can you furnish those for me .
As for your web sight it is very helpful we my stamp collecting.
After 170 years ago a new holly grail was discovered in the world. i.e. penny red watermark inverted coin potosi. This will rival the postage of guiana one cent magenta 1856 that will come and make research and discussion very lively. See nurzamancoin.com.
Good day Maman
Thank you kindly for your input, and we will most definitely look into this.
Have a great day
I am bidding on a collection with one tin can cover..it sparked my interests..found this article on the web.shared it on facebook.
Great stuff!
Hello I have one exemplar Bermuda – Perot Provisional stamp–Interested I scan foto clear–for sale Thank you
Sorry I missed your comment. We are not buying at the moment, still sorting. Thanx
Good evening, I just wanted to let you know that a PN 75 from the One Penny red has appeared. This one copy puts the 77 in the shade 😉 mfg
Dear Melise, I have sent an email to your 2 addresses: carl.richter@webmail.co.za (this has just been returned as undeliverable), and wool@telkomsa.net
I am wondering if you can value 4 ORANGE RIVER COLONY stamps I have, all of them unused so never stamped in 1900, in perfect condition and ONE PENNY Postage each, pink colour as depicted on your website.
Thank you
Penelope 083 708 2660, Somerset West, Western Cape
Good Day
I have a 1984 South African Railways Police No.1 First day cover, I cant seem to find any information about it, can you possibly assist.
Good Day
I presume you will answer me in my email?
What a wonderful journey this will be for you and your family. Fancy having all those stamps for all that time and not cataloguing them. This will be a mammoth task but exciting at the same time. You are bound to come across some real beauties and could possibly find a really rare and valuable stamp or two!
My husband has an unfortunate story about the stamps he was left by his mum. She died young and his dad was so distraught that he burnt a lot of stuff whilst he was grief stricken with his wife’s loss. Unfortunately, the penny blacks and penny reds and sheets of czech stamps both perforated and unperforated were burnt by mistake. A tragic story.
I sincerely hope you enjoy your task and look forward to hearing the story as it evolves. Good luck! Ches
Hi Ches
Thank you ever so much for your encouraging message, and really sorry to hear about your husband’s stamps that were burnt.
As this is going to be a mammoth task, do check back on a regular basis to view the progress.
This is nice talking about your family’s stamp collection. I collected stamps and coins when I was a kid, but when I became an adult, I stuck to coin collecting. I still have my stamp collecting book. I have a blog about coin collecting if you ever want to check it out – collectuscoins. Good luck on your site!
Hi Kevin
Thank you ever so much for your kind input.
And I will certainly take the opportunity to visit your blog.
Regards
I didn’t know stamp collecting was so popular. In reading this though and seeing some of the stamps you’ve got, I can understand why it would be. It’s really cool that historic events are depicted on them. My favorite was the stamp in honor of the Mothers in America. It’s crazy that they were 3 cents! Imagine what people back then would think now that they’re more than 10 times that cost!
-Jessica
Hey Jessica
Thank you ever so much for your comments.
And, yes, a person can even see the inflation of value in stamps, depicted by their face values.
Then again, I personally feel that postal stamps are starting to phase out of society as people rely more and more on couriers and going “green” (the paperless age) and in our case in South Africa, a failing postal service.
Thanks again, and please feel free to visit again.
Regards
Carl
I collect stamps since I was a small boy, and even I am not putting a lot of time and work on it right now, I believe I will come back to it any time in the future. Collecting stamps is a great hoby and it allows you to learn a lot of things about other countries you have never visited and different subjects you have never learned of.
Building a website to show your collection iss agreat idea and I believe it will probably lead to more similar webs.
Hi Steve
Thank you ever so much for leaving your comment, as this is much appreciated.
In time, when you do start looking into your stamp collection I hope that our site will be your 1 stop shop for anything and everything related to stamps.
carl
great read.i used to collect stamps as a kid,i loved buying those clear plastic bags with hundreds inside.i thought getting so many was a steal.i haven’t thought about stamps until reading this post.some good tips for keeping them long term.
cheers
greg
Hi Greg
Thanks ever so much for your visit to our website, and your kind comments.
We are currently busy building our catalogue on the website, and will definitely be worth a visit to.
Regards
I enjoyed stamp collecting when I was a kid. All the different people and places you would see on them made it interesting. I still have my stamp collecting folder but I haven’t looked at it in a long time. I’ll have to go through it again. I’ve been collecting coins more and have also been learning history through them.
Hi Kevin
Thanks ever so much for your comments, they are much appreciated.
Kindly do visit our catalogue and browse.
Regards
wow so much about stamps i didnt know. Does your family collect stamps? i dont think i could, too many little fingerprints lol. But i love this layout and how well it played out. very organized and easy to get around. Good Work!!
Hi Tammy
Thank you ever so much for your visit to our website.
As you may have seen within Our Collection, we have so far catalogued over 5000 stamps, ranging over 200 countries & dating from the 1800’s. I would hazard a guess, that we still have about 1 000 000 stamps to go…haha, this may take some time.
Again, thank you for your visit and I hope that you will take a stroll through our collection.
Regards
Carl
Great……… I wish you great success in your
Venture as a family
Very informative and personal even for a layman as myself
Bodo
Hi Bodo
Thank you ever so much for visiting our site, as well as your kind comments.
We will be adding some new stamps very soon, so please do return and take a look at these as well.
Have a Great Day
Regards
Carl
Very interesting topic. I am glad I stumbled onto your page. I have often wondered about this hobby and now I see just how much is involved! Congrats on this challenge.
Hi Merry
Thank you so much for visiting our website. I hope you enjoyed your visit.
Yes, this is an older hobby, however due to this, it has become a multi billion dollar industry globally, due to the rarity of certain stamps, very similar to antiques.
As for our project, this I do believe will keep us busy for many years to come, and as such there will always be more, interesting & relevant content being added all the time.
Do pop back in a month or 2, so as to see the growth of our collection.
Kind Regards
Carl, this is very impressive! I’ve learned more about stamps on this single post than I have ever known. Very well organized. I also got the chance to read about how you got started with sorting through your collection. I can tell you that the struggles you’ve been through have been very well worth it. I’ll be checking out other countries and see how they differ compared to my family’s native country, Mexico. Great job!
Hi Juan
Thank you ever so much for visiting our website, as well as for your kind comments.
Yes, our collection is quite vast, and we have only touched on the tip of the iceberg, there is yet so much more to follow. I believe that this will take many years yet, and as such we will be continuously adding more, thus, do return and see how our project continues to grow.
I’m glad you like the Mexico aspect of our collection, however, do feel free to browse some of the other countries (there are so many).
Kind Regards
This is really awesome!!
Good luck.
Hi Christine
Thank you ever so much for your very direct comment, it is much appreciated, and I am glad you like it.
Our project is still in it’s infancy and as such has very far to go yet, so do visit again, to see our progress.
Kind Regards
The subject of watermark on stamp papers is indeed an interesting one. And useful too! I enjoyed reading the advice from the end of your article, it’s good to know. Good-luck with your blog!
Hi Catalin
Thank you so much for your kind comments. Hope you enjoyed your visit to our website and we hope to hear from you again
Regards
I’ve got a sweet briar 13p post stamp with other old post stamps that is rare I want to sell it I can send u a phew photos
Hi Ruben
Thank you ever so much for your comment, however we are currently still sorting through a collection of over 500 000 stamps, and thus we are not currently interested in purchasing more.
Thanks again
Have a Great Day
That’s a interesting story to read
Bodo
Hello I have one exemplar plate nr 77 contact konczlajos@freemail.hu—-I scan foto clear
Very informative
Thank you very much
I see three water mark images on Hong Kong stamps but ,I was looking for the number attached to each of the water marks. Can you furnish those for me .
As for your web sight it is very helpful we my stamp collecting.
After 170 years ago a new holly grail was discovered in the world. i.e. penny red watermark inverted coin potosi. This will rival the postage of guiana one cent magenta 1856 that will come and make research and discussion very lively. See nurzamancoin.com.
Good day Maman
Thank you kindly for your input, and we will most definitely look into this.
Have a great day
I am bidding on a collection with one tin can cover..it sparked my interests..found this article on the web.shared it on facebook.
Great stuff!
Hello I have one exemplar Bermuda – Perot Provisional stamp–Interested I scan foto clear–for sale Thank you
Sorry I missed your comment. We are not buying at the moment, still sorting. Thanx
Good evening, I just wanted to let you know that a PN 75 from the One Penny red has appeared. This one copy puts the 77 in the shade 😉 mfg
Dear Melise, I have sent an email to your 2 addresses:
carl.richter@webmail.co.za (this has just been returned as undeliverable), and
wool@telkomsa.net
I am wondering if you can value 4 ORANGE RIVER COLONY stamps I have, all of them unused so never stamped in 1900, in perfect condition and ONE PENNY Postage each, pink colour as depicted on your website.
Thank you
Penelope 083 708 2660, Somerset West, Western Cape
Good Day
I have a 1984 South African Railways Police No.1 First day cover, I cant seem to find any information about it, can you possibly assist.
Good Day
I presume you will answer me in my email?