Storing Stamp Collections: What you need to know!

An introductory video to housing your stamp collection. This video covers the 10 agents that will harm anyone’s collection, along with ways to store and preserve stamps and postal history.
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This video is just an intro, see these links to learn more!!! :)

More about the 10 agents of deterioration

Watch this video about the best philatelic tongs/tweezers:

How-To Videos
Hinging:
Mounting:

Images of self made album pages courtesy of Ninomiya: Insta pierre_togo1214

Try AlbumEasy:
AlbumEasy is free software, dedicated to creating custom stamp album

Make sure to also check Amazon and other large online retailers

Note: The album system referenced is the Lighthouse Vario System.

[jamesshattell]

Your channel is one of the greatest things to happen to philately in years. I can not over express my appreciation for what you are doing.

[ChacoteOutdoorRecreation]

Collecting Protecting Preserving is a gift to future generations of what otherwise would be lost for all time.

[artydale]

My wife and I sat down one afternoon and watched every episode of yours on YouTube. Great service to philataly.

[LucidFL]

Geez I never realized how in depth stamp storage and presentation is

[LouisGedo]

I know I shouldn't, but I'm clicking the LIKE button even before I watch the video.

That's how much I trust the quality of your work.

[shazwanshuhaimen]

being on lockdown during this pandemic and revisiting my old stamp collection has been extremely therapeutic.

[mallardstamps]

Your channel helped motivate me to start my own YouTube channel all about stamps! I hope we can get the younger generations collecting stamps in the future!

[masterblaster]

Cochin Anchal stamps at 17:57 👌
This is where I live right now, in the south-west of India. Used to be a princely state till 1948. Now known as the city of Kochi.

[jdewitt]

These videos are very useful and fun. I've been a collector for 43 years and wish that all this information had been available when I started collecting way back in 1977.

[tedtalksstamps]

Such a comprehensive look at stamp protection and storage. Great program, Graham. I shall nominate you for the Nobel Prize in Philately.

[potatopack]

Ok im 41 been collecting stamps on and off since i was 9 years old. Got into Pokemon cards and Lego collecting... Came across this channel the other day and i want to get back into stamp collecting. Awesome work man. Love it. You are doing wonders for the community!!!

[pdxjmorris]

I use nothing but Vario stock sheets for organizing and displaying my stamps. Part of the reason I moved away from mounting in album pages is to allow organizational fluidity in the collection. My desire for building a systematically sound, but still flexible system is partly inspired by watching your series. 🙂 One addition I am working on is to design a set of templates for making pages that would interleave between stock sheets to provide info and commentary about the stamps facing that page and to provide intros to specialized sections. Thank you - probably your best practical knowledge episode!!

[willardtaylor]

Thank you for another great video. I have collected since 1958 and have been a member of APS since 1968, but I always learn from and enjoy your videos. There is one more agent of deterioration that I could think of. That would be pressure from laying albums flat, and stacking on top of them, which might cause stamps to stick to album pages.

[aaronbock]

Tons of great information!!!! I hate it when I see stamps in photo albums with the sticky pages. They will destroy the stamps of time or when you try to remove them. Keep up the great work cant wait till the next video!!!

[rfcote]

When you use for over 2000$ in stamps per year for snail mail (in fact, mailart) you do need stock bookS. Great video again, keep up your excellent work 👍🏻😃📬📬📬

[siam]

Excellent, as always. If collectors live in very humid climates, extra care needs to be taken in storing your stamps. I live in Thailand and keep my stamps a bookcase with a door to enclose the stamps and use silica gel to keep the humidity low. Farcent sells disposable dehumidifiers for a couple of dollars each that are handy to collect the excess moisture in the air and are replaced when full. If you are lucky enough to have central air\heat in your home that controls humidity, make certain that where you store your stamps is 50% humidity or less.

[martinjalon]

Despite being an experienced collector, I have a lot of fun with your videos. A great way to attract new generations to this hobby. I also hit the like button before I see it. THANK YOU.

[loreauvillephil]

Another Great Video! So many good points to think about. I just get the biggest kick out of getting an old stamp album from somewhere. The same goes for old stock books. I use a combination of my own customized pages and albums I download and print. Come to think about it, there really is a high degree of personalizing you can do with a collection. Also really like the comparison between a museum and my stamp collection. Kinda fires me up.

[imtiazahamed]

Thank you for this video. I usually keep my stamps in a stock book and I was planning to buy an Album. But after this video I think a stock book is a better option.
And the glassene envolope can solve the duplicate stamp problem.

Thank you very much. Great video as usual.

[tad]

I ultimately put my stamps in albums on blank pages in Scott mounts. The stamps in albums are then organized according to Scott catalog number. I also have stockbooks that are holding places until I am ready to mount.
I have both mnh and used collections that I keep separaely. For used stamps I look for cancellations with sock on nose in particular.