An Easy Way For Beginners To Store Their Stamp Collection

Storing and sorting stamps can be very time consuming, especially when you are just starting your collection and learning important details about your new stamps. Here is an idea for beginners that might make the task at hand a bit easier. It is probably the easiest and most cost effective method to use.

You will need to have two shoe boxes or other types of boxes that will hold legal size envelopes. Purchase a box or two of legal size envelopes for sorting purposes.

In box number one, label the envelopes for each country or grouping type for the stamps that you obtain. When you receive new stamps from trading or purchasing, place them into the appropriate envelope that coincides with the categories that you have already set up. Keep them in the envelopes until such time as you decide to mount them. At mounting time, bring out one envelope at a time. Compare the contents of the new stamps to those that you have
mounted already. Mount the new ones and make a pile of any duplicates that you might have.

Use the second shoe box as a way of sorting the duplicates that you have. Label each envelope by country or other sorting method that you prefer. At a later date, you might want to compare those stamps that you have already mounted to the duplicates you have in stock. By having the duplicates already sorted, you will save yourself time.