And the winner this month is..... @Darren Knight Congrats Darren, DM me your address and I'll try to find something interesting for you!

I'll spin the wheel on 30 June. All you need to do is make a comment in this thread to go into the draw. Your comment needs to be something about you that we don't know, just like last time 🙂. The prize will be something stampy, hopefully to suit your collecting habits, with a minimum value of US$10 The first two winners were @Stacey Youlios and @Anthony Griffen. You could be next!

Murphy, an ex street-cat who is now the fussiest cat on the planet. He's almost 16 and not spoilt at all

We assume that auction houses have the knowledge required to sell collectables, but that is definitely not always true. This auction house is selling 144 painfully common US stamps in a weathered stockbook, with an opening bid of $30. Everything in the book can be purchased at 1c or less. Now look at the estimate they've placed on the lot, $65-$10,000. They should stay in their lane and you should avoid listings like this like the plague

I live in a sub-tropical area of Queensland, where the humidity is always 60-75%, and on the really humid days can be as high as 95%. For someone that dislikes humidity, it's akin to hell. Stamps and humidity don't mix, and I've suffered some substantial losses, mainly of German and Canadian stamps, where they have adhered themselves to stockcards and stocksheets. The gum used by those two countries seems to be particularly susceptible to humidity and once stuck, they stay stuck. Humidity also creates mould, another sworn enemy of stamps. To minimise the losses, I use disposal dehumidifiers (up to four in a bedroom-sized area), but I'm gearing up for the next peak with a digital hygrometer to measure humidity in the room. They're very cheap and highly recommended. I don't plan on having any more losses.