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Hello friends,
Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:20 +0200, "Pedro"
sharpened a crayon and wrote: Hello friends, Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro Small glassine envelopes of 'index card' size wil hold about 25 in 5 stacks of 5. You can label with a pen and then 'file' in a 'card drawer', those often found at jumble sales. 100 such glassines shouldn't cost more than 2 Euro. |
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On 4/12/2012 6:27 AM, Pedro wrote:
Hello friends, Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro Glassine envelopes are fine if you need to keep the stamps somewhat sorted. Otherwise, I'd consider a shoe box or donating the excess stamps to a philatelic charity such as Boys Town. Fortunately I'm out of the shoe box stage now but I do have a lot of stamps in stock books and in glassine envelopes. Bill |
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"Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:20 +0200, "Pedro" sharpened a crayon and wrote: Hello friends, Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro Small glassine envelopes of 'index card' size wil hold about 25 in 5 stacks of 5. You can label with a pen and then 'file' in a 'card drawer', those often found at jumble sales. 100 such glassines shouldn't cost more than 2 Euro. which are the aproximate measurements of an index card size glassine envelope is? Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. Thanks, Pedro |
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On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote:
"Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:20 +0200, "Pedro" sharpened a crayon and wrote: Hello friends, Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro Small glassine envelopes of 'index card' size wil hold about 25 in 5 stacks of 5. You can label with a pen and then 'file' in a 'card drawer', those often found at jumble sales. 100 such glassines shouldn't cost more than 2 Euro. which are the aproximate measurements of an index card size glassine envelope is? Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) is standard US index card size, for which there are card drawers. The same is also a standard size for glassines, which fit in the same drawers. Drawers sometimes come one to a box, sometimes 2 drawers side by side in a box. I have some of each. 4 x 6 is another card size, and there may be drawers for that too, but I am sure Rien meant the smaller size, which seems just right for 5 small definitives across. (I usually just stick things in loose in a jumble.) tjr |
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"Terry Reedy" wrote in message ... On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: "Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:20 +0200, "Pedro" sharpened a crayon and wrote: Hello friends, Which is the best way to store thousands of duplicate stamps?, let's say definitives like Machins or Wildings. Putting them into stockbooks would be very expensive, I think. I'd like to know hwat do you do when tackling the task of storing so many stamps. Thanks, Pedro Small glassine envelopes of 'index card' size wil hold about 25 in 5 stacks of 5. You can label with a pen and then 'file' in a 'card drawer', those often found at jumble sales. 100 such glassines shouldn't cost more than 2 Euro. which are the aproximate measurements of an index card size glassine envelope is? Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) is standard US index card size, for which there are card drawers. The same is also a standard size for glassines, which fit in the same drawers. Drawers sometimes come one to a box, sometimes 2 drawers side by side in a box. I have some of each. 4 x 6 is another card size, and there may be drawers for that too, but I am sure Rien meant the smaller size, which seems just right for 5 small definitives across. (I usually just stick things in loose in a jumble.) tjr thank you very much for the info, Terry. I'll try to see what I find regards, Pedro |
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Ο "Terry Reedy" έγραψε στο μήνυμα
... On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) Are you sure your conversion is correct?... If an inch is about 2,54 cm, then 3,5x5 inches should be something like 8,89x12,7 cm and not 33x51 cm. Am I doing something wrong? -- E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A Coins, travels and mo http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/ http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html is standard US index card size, for which there are card drawers. |
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On 4/19/2012 8:04 PM, gogu wrote:
Γ "Terry ΓãñÑøΓ₯ óôï Γ¬ΓΓ*áìÑ ... On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) Sorry, I was sleepy and a bit spaced out when I wrote that. Ignore it. Those are tenths of inches measured on a slightly different sized object. If an inch is about 2,54 cm, then 3,5x5 inches should be something like 8,89x12,7 cm and not 33x51 cm. Correct. tjr |
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Ο "Terry Reedy" έγραψε στο μήνυμα
... On 4/19/2012 8:04 PM, gogu wrote: I "Terry Yanaoa ooi i?ioia ... On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) Sorry, I was sleepy and a bit spaced out when I wrote that. Ignore it. Those are tenths of inches measured on a slightly different sized object. No problem;-) Just I was not sure about *my* calculations;-) -- E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A Coins, travels and mo http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/ http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html |
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"gogu" wrote in message ... Ο "Terry Reedy" έγραψε στο μήνυμα ... On 4/19/2012 8:04 PM, gogu wrote: I "Terry Yanaoa ooi i?ioia ... On 4/12/2012 2:18 PM, Pedro wrote: Sorry, I don't know what an index card could mean. Knowing the measurements will help me find the proper size through ebay. 3 1/2 inches high x 5 inches wide (a bit more than 33x51 cm) Sorry, I was sleepy and a bit spaced out when I wrote that. Ignore it. Those are tenths of inches measured on a slightly different sized object. No problem;-) Just I was not sure about *my* calculations;-) -- E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A Coins, travels and mo http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/ http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html I also realized something was wrong but original measurements in inches is ok for me Thanks both Pedro |
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