Is there any philatelist's on the forum?

[suityou01]

I went through the missus junk.

I love doing this. And so does my missus.

[mudskipper]

I too have albums of stamps - many were my dad's. No idea what to do with them.

Perhaps do as he did - encourage your kids to get into stamp collecting, then dump them on them!

[OwlHoot]

If you're scanning old photos, for flip's sake take a master copy at 1200 dpi, even though the files seem ridiculously large. Disk space is dirt cheap these days.

So many people scan photos at some pathetic resolution like 50 dpi, even detailed images like school photos, and practically all the information is lost. When you zoom in to see the face of an old school friend or teacher, all you get is a single square

[Doggy Styles]

If you're scanning old photos, for flip's sake take a master copy at 1200 dpi, even though the files seem ridiculously large. Disk space is dirt cheap these days.

So many people scan photos at some pathetic resolution like 50 dpi, even detailed images like school photos, and practically all the information is lost. When you zoom in to see the face of an old school friend or teacher, all you get is a single square

My best friend in the first year of secondary school actually looked a lot like that.

[Uncle Albert]

A chap my Dad knows is a serious stamp collector. I was talking to him about a year back and his opinion is that it's a dieing market. Collectables are only worth something if there are people who want to collect them and nobody under the age of 70 wants to collect stamps.

[Netraider]

Clearing the loft and found a shed load of stamps and first day covers, no inclination to go through them and couldn't even tell the good from the ordinary, what's the best to do with them? Would a collector make a job lot offer?

I could take a look for you. Its been a few years but I still have my albums...

[Paddy]

I found a load of old stamps but the aeroplane was upside down so I threw them away

[mudskipper]

I found a bunch recently. They weren't even printed properly, the plane was upside down.

They made a good BBQ starter though

I found a load of old stamps but the aeroplane was upside down so I threw them away

KUATB...

[socialworker]

Pointless hobby. As my Dad used to say, Philately will get you nowhere...

IGMC

Doh , beat me to it.