Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:10:55 GMT -5 JanetC and Craig like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 9:10:55 GMT -5 The stamps you want to mount today are the size for which you have either not enough or no mounts at all.
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darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:11:32 GMT -5 krash and Craig like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 9:11:32 GMT -5 Today is that day you WILL spill the cup of coffee on your stamps.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:12:13 GMT -5 JanetC, krash, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 9:12:13 GMT -5 You will never complete that set of stamps unless you are willing to take out a second mortgage on your home.
	Last Edit: Feb 16, 2014 9:12:39 GMT -5 by darkormex Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:13:21 GMT -5 JanetC and Craig like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 9:13:21 GMT -5 In any given kiloware or off-paper mix you will only find two stamps that you actually need.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:26:22 GMT -5 JanetC and Craig like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 9:26:22 GMT -5 Your printer will always run out of ink midway through printing that set of pages for the new country you want to start collecting.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

tomd Stamp Bears Posting Guru Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 3,100 Location (Country): Michigan, USA	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:44:16 GMT -5 JanetC, darkormex, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by tomd on Feb 16, 2014 9:44:16 GMT -5 OH this is so true. How about this one. You have all the stamps ready on your desk. All in catalog order, may be 100 or so. Then you sneeze.
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Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 9:53:07 GMT -5 JanetC and darkormex like this

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Post by tomd on Feb 16, 2014 9:53:07 GMT -5

How about this one.

You have all the stamps ready on your desk.

All in catalog order, may be 100 or so.

You then use your computer mouse and some stamps stick to your sleeve and fall to the floor.

Only to have your dog or cat take it and run.

Then finding out it was one you have only one of!!!!

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biglavalamp Dedicated Stamp Bear Posts: 343 Location (Country): Scotland	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:14:51 GMT -5 JanetC, darkormex, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by biglavalamp on Feb 16, 2014 10:14:51 GMT -5 You will always,always buy more stamps than you can sell

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:15:47 GMT -5 JanetC and krash like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 10:15:47 GMT -5 The most convenient place for the cat to plop down in the whole house is on the pile of sorted, loose stamps on your desktop.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

JanetC Global Moderator Stamp Bears Supporter Please send heat,,,too darn cold down here. Posts: 3,973 Location (Country): San Angelo, TX USA	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:27:59 GMT -5 tomd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by JanetC on Feb 16, 2014 10:27:59 GMT -5 Everyone of the above is so very true. Some have even happened to me.
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kacyds Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it. Posts: 16,142 Location (Country): United States	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:34:30 GMT -5 Admin Bear, JanetC, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kacyds on Feb 16, 2014 10:34:30 GMT -5 How about.... When you are mounting (hinges) stamps in your album, you notice that a stamp is mounted in the wrong spot. Have done this many times.

JanetC Global Moderator Stamp Bears Supporter Please send heat,,,too darn cold down here. Posts: 3,973 Location (Country): San Angelo, TX USA	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:41:47 GMT -5 kacyds and darkormex like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by JanetC on Feb 16, 2014 10:41:47 GMT -5 OR: That you mounted it upside down with the hinge. Done this one before.
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kacyds Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it. Posts: 16,142 Location (Country): United States	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 10:48:55 GMT -5 darkormex and krash like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kacyds on Feb 16, 2014 10:48:55 GMT -5 How about.... You think you are going to be stampy for a few hours and your wife gives you the evil eye... oh well guess I have some honey do's....

jlav Full Member Posts: 32 Location (Country): Halifax Nova Scotia Canada	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 11:08:40 GMT -5 kacyds, JanetC, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jlav on Feb 16, 2014 11:08:40 GMT -5 Feb 16, 2014 9:13:21 GMT -5 darkormex said: In any given kiloware or off-paper mix you will only find two stamps that you actually need. and they will be the only stamps damaged.

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 11:11:26 GMT -5 kacyds, JanetC, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 11:11:26 GMT -5 When soaking stamps in water, only the most valuable stamps will not soak off of the paper or you will destroy the stamps in the process of trying to remove it.
	Last Edit: Feb 16, 2014 11:12:28 GMT -5 by darkormex Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

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Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 11:24:59 GMT -5

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Feb 16, 2014 11:11:26 GMT -5 darkormex said:

When soaking stamps in water, only the most valuable stamps will not soak off of the paper or you will destroy the stamps in the process of trying to remove it.

ouch That has happen to me

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rbridge28570 Dedicated Stamp Bear Posts: 467 Location (Country): United States Newport, North Carolina	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 11:36:21 GMT -5 JanetC likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by rbridge28570 on Feb 16, 2014 11:36:21 GMT -5 When You find out a stamp has 10 different variations that can't be detected with the naked eye!!!!
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darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 11:43:23 GMT -5 kacyds and JanetC like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Feb 16, 2014 11:43:23 GMT -5 rbridge28570, or watermark fluid because they are too faint to detect! Thus you will never know whether you have a stamp that is worth .25c or $2500.00!
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Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 14:32:00 GMT -5 JanetC and rbridge28570 like this

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Post by Admin Bear on Feb 16, 2014 14:32:00 GMT -5

you finally find that stamp you have been hunting for to complete a page.. you are about to hinge it into the album, drop it on the floor, and when picking it up realize your kids did NOT clean up the floor where they spilled spaghetti sauce.

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Murphy's Laws of Stamp Collecting Feb 16, 2014 15:23:53 GMT -5 JanetC, darkormex, and 1 more like this

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Post by Fire on Feb 16, 2014 15:23:53 GMT -5

After sorting and packing away your newly acquired world wide stamps you notice some fell under the table and you need to start all over in sorting these and packing away. This happens to me late at night when I am ready tired and want to go to bed.

My main collecting interest is the Fire Service (stamps, First Day Covers, postcards and slogans). I also collect Birds, Lighthouses, Civil War, Frogs, Rugby and Mills. My country collections are South Africa, Australia and Rhodesia. It never stops adding on. I would consider myself more of a topical collector.

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