Duplicate storage - a query to the group

I have a question for this fine forum!

How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates? Any details
would be greatly appreciated, as I try to devise an efficient method
for handling my worldwide duplicates (pre 1940). I'm looking at
stockbooks and glassines.

Thanks in advance,

Don Hearl

APS# 159887

Don Hearl wrote in message
om...
I have a question for this fine forum!

How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates? Any details
would be greatly appreciated, as I try to devise an efficient method
for handling my worldwide duplicates (pre 1940). I'm looking at
stockbooks and glassines.

Like my dealer does: in stockbooks sorted by country and
then chronologically by year, with note of cat.numbers. I
don't have duplicates from this period by the hundreds, so
this method works fine for me ;-)
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Don Hearl wrote:

I have a question for this fine forum!

How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates? Any details
would be greatly appreciated, as I try to devise an efficient method
for handling my worldwide duplicates (pre 1940). I'm looking at
stockbooks and glassines.

Thanks in advance,

Don Hearl

APS# 159887

I have a three level system. Up to five of the better copies go
into stockbooks. Duplicates in excess go into glassines (#2) in
cigar boxes, by country and by age. It is from these that I
take copies for trade. Finally duplicates in excess of 50 are
bundled and stored in boxes.

"Don Hearl" wrote in message
om...
I have a question for this fine forum!

How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates? Any details
would be greatly appreciated, as I try to devise an efficient method
for handling my worldwide duplicates (pre 1940). I'm looking at
stockbooks and glassines.

Hey Don,

I use boxes of 102 cards (the ones with the plastic on one side and a place
to write the details). I mostly use the boxes they come in, but have one
long red box as well. I do this for countries I seriously collect, like
Canada which is in 1.5 of these boxes. Stamps I have bazillions of get
thrown into a shoebox to be made into assortments for auction time. These
boxes of cards are very easy to carry around and keep sorted. One thing I do
though is tell people not to take the cards, I am not a dealer and they get
quite expensive. I keep old glassys for that.

Frank

On 11 Jul 2003 12:04:43 -0700, (Don Hearl)
wrote:

I have a question for this fine forum!

How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates? Any details
would be greatly appreciated, as I try to devise an efficient method
for handling my worldwide duplicates (pre 1940). I'm looking at
stockbooks and glassines.

Thanks in advance,

Don Hearl

APS# 159887

Depending on area and quantities concerned,
I generally use stock books for up to 10 dups.

Beyond that I use glassines for quantities over 10.

If I get over 10, they generally go to young collectors,
unless I'm doing plating etc. - in which case I screen
them first before donating them.

Blair



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"Eric Bustad" wrote in message
...
I use boxes of 102 cards (the ones with the plastic on one side and a
place
to write the details). I mostly use the boxes they come in, but have one
long red box as well. I do this for countries I seriously collect, like
Canada which is in 1.5 of these boxes. Stamps I have bazillions of get
thrown into a shoebox to be made into assortments for auction time.
These
boxes of cards are very easy to carry around and keep sorted. One thing
I do
though is tell people not to take the cards, I am not a dealer and they
get
quite expensive. I keep old glassys for that.

A ditto on this one. It seems that these cards cost about the same as
glassines. They don't hold quite as much, but generally I don't have
enough of any one stamp for that to be a problem. I can note the
country and catalog numbers at the top so that a particular stamp can be
easier found. Also easier for others to search through for stamps that
they want.

Not to mention that I usually only have to carry one such box to club,
usually something I know one person is looking for (say Germany), usually if
the box is lying around a few will poke through it and usually I can some of
my purchases that night. I like to keep tabs on how much I spend so I just
usually spend that + whatever I sell ;-) Is that a sign of an addiction?

Frank

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:55:39 -0400, "Frank Emanuel"
wrote:


"Eric Bustad" wrote in message
...
I use boxes of 102 cards (the ones with the plastic on one side and a
place
to write the details). I mostly use the boxes they come in, but have one
long red box as well. I do this for countries I seriously collect, like
Canada which is in 1.5 of these boxes. Stamps I have bazillions of get
thrown into a shoebox to be made into assortments for auction time.
These
boxes of cards are very easy to carry around and keep sorted. One thing
I do
though is tell people not to take the cards, I am not a dealer and they
get
quite expensive. I keep old glassys for that.

A ditto on this one. It seems that these cards cost about the same as
glassines. They don't hold quite as much, but generally I don't have
enough of any one stamp for that to be a problem. I can note the
country and catalog numbers at the top so that a particular stamp can be
easier found. Also easier for others to search through for stamps that
they want.

Not to mention that I usually only have to carry one such box to club,
usually something I know one person is looking for (say Germany), usually if
the box is lying around a few will poke through it and usually I can some of
my purchases that night. I like to keep tabs on how much I spend so I just
usually spend that + whatever I sell ;-) Is that a sign of an addiction?

"Controlled" addiction... :^P

Tracy Barber

asks:
How do you sort and maintain your stock of duplicates?

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the plastic pages for
displaying trading cards is good for duplicate stamps. I forget where I got
this idea though I know I had these pages already when I got the idea.
These pages generally have 9 pockets. You can put your duplicates in a
glassiene envelope and put into each pocket. I use these pages for both
packets of many stamps to envelopes containing a complete set. Each pocket can
hold quite a bit. Best yet is they can be in the same binder as the regular
stock pages so everything is together.
These pages are available at any shop that sells trading cards and other
companies (Century Products). Cost ranges from 5 for $1 to 10 for $1,
depending on the quality.
That brings up another possibility that the pocket pages for photos can
also serve for storage with more variety of pocket sizes.
Hope this gives you ideas.

Dave
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Dear Group!

I appreciate all of these responses! I have been collecting in #4
glassines for a number of years. Based on your methods, I've decided
to incorporate 104a collection cards, for trading and club activites.
They will easily fit into my system.

Regards,

Don