From: playin.theponies-no-spam@verizon.net   
      
   Hello, anybody else out there ??  I know this isn't exactly a high traffic   
   newsgroup, but I was hoping for more than 1 response to my post.  Best   
   Regards, Kramer.   
      
      
   "Barry Kramer"  wrote in message   
   news:il4Ib.12046$E17.1563@nwrddc02.gnilink.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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