Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs need new members

Re:Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs... by poo-yie on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:48PM (#29028144)

You're right that material things can weigh you down. However, in the case of stamps they're probably one of the smallest and lightest physical items one can collect.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs... by klyrs on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:28PM (#29028617)

However, they aren't stored in an optimal packing, because that would ruin the stamps. They're stored in binders, increasing their weight and volume more than tenfold.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs... by thioordc on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:29PM (#29028639)

Yeah 10 times a small number is still small.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs... by klyrs on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:38PM (#29028766)

If you have a one-stamp collection, you're absolutely right. But collectors often end up with many boxes of binders.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Stamp collections are fetching whopping prices, but clubs... by lapetitejort on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:28PM (#29028626)

Element collecting, as practiced by Bill Gates, might be the lowest. Although collectors tend to horde 10^23 items more than needed.

[ Parent | on HN ]