How do you identify stamps?

I sometimes go to our public library and take out the Scotts catalogues.. so many volumes now..not like the old days!!! Ha ha ha!!!

 

Has anybody but me noticed Don Sunderman at Mystic stamps charges more than what some are worth??

 

Don't even get Ratio411 started.... Everyone should know that buying from places like Mystic or Kenmore, etc... Is the most expensive way possible to get stamps. This is not just my opinion, It's been stated many many may times on as many boards and forums.

 

I hadn't even thought about getting a Scotts Catalog from the library, that's a great idea. Especially considering the cost of a new one! Thanks!

 

Thanks for the heads up. Perhaps I'll scan my collection when it's all together and take it on my phone just in case I have to use it there. If all else fails, I can just pick up an older version at a cheaper price like was suggested earlier. Or even identify them on MysticStamps, write out the numbers, and take them to the library for the Scott's info.

 

This topic has good ideas and suggestions, so I'm bumping it up to the top again.

Feel free to add to it, if you like.

 

Gibbons for me simply because they are easy to acquire cheaply in Britain.

 

Also through asking some help from other collectors and looking at some stamps online.

 

I'm just starting out so I don't know how to Identify stamps at this time
right now. Thanks for all the information. I have learned quite a bit since
I have join this forum.

 

Great Hoch.
... and you can ask Hoch for some identification help here as well as the other collectors.

 

I'm a beginner so I don't know how to identify the stamps yet.

 

Thanks for the information on Scotts catalogue. Sounds like that would be a really good buy to make sure I'm getting the right stamps. It would really help in setting up a business of buying and selling them.