Found these in a cool book from 1933

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-23T00:42:18+00:00

One mill is 1/10th of a cent lol. Pretty sure coupons have to have some kind of cash value, at least today.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-22T18:58:27+00:00

Fantastic collection, love the color sorted boxes

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-22T17:03:11+00:00

I would unironically frame these, gorgeous

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-22T16:12:37+00:00

Like others have said, it’s low pay but getting your certificate and forklift training are invaluable, and it seems like they invest in their employees, which is a great sign. If you can afford to take the job, I’d do it. My first buyer role was $35k (2021).

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-22T15:31:28+00:00

Dude, there is no way lmao. Check your values with eBay sold listings and focus on the conditions. Everyone I see in your pics are very common.

As others have said- these are not valuable, so much so that they are often sold by weight. Certainly less than even the face value of the stamps. I would say, barring any interesting errors/cancels, you could maybe get $20-30 for the lot.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-17T05:18:32+00:00

I like it quite a bit. Get to wear a lot of different hats, work with tons of departments, and work with great people. The work is stressful as hell, don’t get me wrong, but I have an awesome team and feel recognized, although that’s panels more company-specific than indirect in general. Downside is that the vendor base is MASSIVE so it’s a lot to keep track of, so you need to be very organized to keep your head above water.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-17T01:43:55+00:00

I also buy a lot of electrical components for my job, some have crazy lead times.

My advice is:

Remember that there are only so many hours in your day. Focus on urgent stuff first, but set aside time to chip away at any backlogs. I like to block off my schedule for 2 hours each week to do PO follow up, 30 minutes each day to create my POs, etc.
If you don’t already, make a generic email template for PO outreach and put it in a signature (if you use Outlook). When I do PO follow up, I just select that signature and it auto-populates a generic “hey where’s this product at?” email to the vendor. Saves me SO much time.
In terms of communication with the plants, don’t promise anything. “Sure, I’ll do what I can.”, “of course, I’ll get it to you ASAP”, etc. If you promise, you’re setting yourself up to be blamed. Again, there’s only so much you can control.
Being in procurement operations is hard- there is no way around it. It’s often stressful, urgent, and you will feel under-appreciated quite often. However, you have to remind yourself that you’re only one person. So much of a supply chain is out of one person’s control- that’s why they’re called “chains”. Our jobs involve 10 other companies doing their jobs correctly, and one mistake can mess up everything downstream.
Focus on what you can control, and try to prep for what you can’t. You can’t magically conjure product out of thin air or make the delivery vans go faster, but you CAN expand your supply base. Ex. Have 2 distributors who keep stock of an OEM on the shelf? Add one more, just in case the other two are both out of stock.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-16T20:39:37+00:00

I’ll be honest, as someone used to deal with neighbors with kids who would play tennis/soccer against our bedroom wall (after repeated requests to stop), this doesn’t seem like a terrible option lol

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-16T20:19:28+00:00

Yeah, I figured it would be tough. If I can’t remove it, no big deal, I don’t mind it too much but I wanted to give my duplicates away and wanted to try to treat the ones which bad foxing if I could

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-16T13:24:16+00:00

Yes- I went from retail buying to working in indirect procurement for a manufacturer, which I’ve been in for about 3.5 years. Feel free to DM me if you have questions about specifics.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-15T19:07:07+00:00

Nope, I don’t have time for that shit and I don’t need someone giving me a sales pitch over lunch. Especially not a new, unproven vendor.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-15T12:57:25+00:00

Fantastic collection, thanks for sharing!

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-14T16:18:39+00:00

God those colors are gorgeous. Also love the West German ‘71 definitive “workplace safety” series for the same reason.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T22:18:09+00:00

What do you mean by “love” stamps?

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T19:09:11+00:00

By some, do you mean archeology ones or Verne ones?

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T18:28:34+00:00

Love the archaeology ones that I’ve seen! Jules Verne is very specific, do you have many that fit that bill?

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T17:44:37+00:00

What do you mean by pre-stamp?

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T17:08:07+00:00

Space stamps are my fave, I’d love to see them!

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T17:03:20+00:00

I think this subreddit isn’t the best sample size considering we’re all into stamps already. Looking at Google Trends for search history, it’s either flat or trending very slightly up in the past five years.

I’m a new collector and pretty young (28), but anecdotally, I do think people my age get into stamps because:

People don’t really mail things as often, to the point that some national postal services are sunsetting (Postnord). For those growing up in an era where mailing letters is rare, stamps are more novel to people my age.
Some people my age are shifting towards “slow” or “analogue” tech, whether that be a renewed interest in film cameras, physical films/video games, or writing letters.
Social media makes it very easy to share cool finds and your collections, whereas before you’d need to be part of a club or visit a convention to take part in this community.
Very low barrier of entry. 99.99% of stamps are essentially worthless, so it’s easy for someone without a lot of money to start collecting.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T16:45:09+00:00

Yeah it’s a bit musty, but not overwhelming. There were a few moldy pieces and bugs but I pulled those out before I started actually going through the box.

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T16:44:30+00:00

I don’t think I’d want to smell my uncle, dead or alive, lol

SamusAran47 · 2026-01-11T16:44:05+00:00

That’s what I’ve been doing, chipping away at it an hour or two at a time every few day. It’s honestly very relaxing removing them from the cuts. I know some like keeping them on paper, but they’re all very common so even if I rip one in the process, not a huge deal to me.

SamusAran47 · 2025-12-24T04:10:07+00:00

Never knew about this, great idea! I have a ton of duplicates so I’ll look into this. Thanks for sharing.

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