Stamp Collection
Bill "Lars" Colp

Purpose

This web site documents the philosophy and contents of my U.S. stamp collection. All of the pages of my stamp album have been scanned, so if there is a particular section you want to see, simply find the thumbnail in the Stamp Album section and click on the thumbnail for a full page view.

A detailed analysis of every MAJOR Scott catalog number for all definitives, commemoratives, airmails and other back of book (BOB) stamps is provided on the Catalog Numbers pages. Those issues often included as Back of Book, but which are excluded from this collection, are not summarized by catalog number but simply discussed as separate categories on the Beyond BOB page.

The Miscellaneous section provides links to relevant articles and copies of certificates of authenticity.

Booklets

Booklet stamps are much more difficult to identify than coils because they don't always get a major Scott number. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they have a booklet ID number, sometimes they don't. Throw in makeshift booklets and you have a mess!

Generally booklet singles are shown for single issues and complete booklet panes are shown for se-tenant issues. For self-adhesive booklets, the entire booklet is displayed for se-tenant issues. There were a few curveballs, like when there were two different panes in the same booklet (e.g. page 377a in the Commemorative album), or one booklet had a stamp turned sideways (e.g. page 50 in the Regular Issue album), or there was more than one format of a booklet issued (e.g. pages 552 and 553 in the Commemorative album). In the modern self-adhesive booklets, it was sometimes difficult to determine when two similar panes were substantially different. If there were an ATM booklet, a vending booklet, and a fold-it-yourself booklet issued, all 3 would be shown.

To assist in auditing booklets to make sure I didn't miss anything, the BK number is included in the section for Catalog Numbers where applicable. Some modern booklets (e.g. 2431) don't have BK numbers - see note 2431 - and are so noted in the Catalog Numbers section.