From: playin.theponies-no-spam@verizon.net   
      
   Hello,   
      
   My mother just handed me an old stamp collection that was my fathers.  My   
   parents went through a messy divorce in 1964.  My father took off and left   
   behind some musical instruments, tools and a stamp collection.  Mom was   
   after him for many years for non-payment of child support and alimony.  Mom   
   kept the stuff he left behind in hopes when he paid up she would return it.   
   Times were different then, these days they suspend drivers licenses for   
   non-payment.  The debt piled up for years.  Eventually she was able to   
   attach his Social Security check to pay off the debt.  He passed away in   
   1997.   
      
   The tools weren't much.  The violins went to my older brother years ago, he   
   is a musician.  Mom dragged the stamps around as she moved from house to   
   apartment to condo.  The albums were kept laying flat, but otherwise high   
   and dry.  It is like opening a stamp collectors time capsule from 1964.   
   Most of the stamps are from the 1930's, 40's & 50's, but some are from the   
   late 1890's through 1920's.  I guess the best way to describe them is a   
   mixed lot.  There are USA and worldwide stamps.  Many stamps are cancelled,   
   many are not.  On the catalog pages many have been hinged, some have fallen   
   out of place.  Many others have been tossed loose into their respective   
   pages.  There are a bunch of commemoratives too.  Most of the stamps are in   
   good condition, however the albums themselves are in fair to poor condition.   
      
   I plan on selling the stamps, probably at eBay auction.  There are 3 albums.   
   I am debating whether I should break up the albums and string the sales of   
   the stamps along, or sell each album in an individual auction sale, or sell   
   all 3 albums together in one single auction.  There are thousands of stamps   
   in each album.  Researching and inventorying will be quite a large task, and   
   I am leaning towards breaking the collection up.  Your valuable insights are   
   greatly appreciated.   
      
   Best Regards, Kramer   
      
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