u/Own-Bar-1992

Hi Everyone -

Thanks in advance for your insights. I'm clearing out a family estate and found an 1890s stamp collection book that is extensively filled. Somebody in my family history put a lot of work into this collection, and I'm really impressed with how many they were able to get.

I've heard that stamps are sometimes valuable, but I'm not sure where to start. This book has a page for every country in the world, and the space for every stamp that country had issued up until 1890. Nearly every country has some of the stamps captured. I've included pages for the USA, Great Britain, and a handful of other countries as examples.

Anything jump out to you?

thanks!

Hey everyone, thanks in advance for your ideas on where this is from and when it was made.

My family was gifted this wardrobe in the 1980s from a friend near New York City. 6' tall, 6' wide, 2' deep.

The friend called it a monk's wardrobe. It had been in his family for a long time. His background was Scandinavian. I reached out a few years ago to some furniture experts. It was not able to get any clarity.

The entire pieces held together with dowels. Aside from some parts that have been clearly restored, the original wood is very tight grain. I'm positive it's oak. Sides and rear are paneled as well. Panels appear on the inside the same way they do on the outside.

There seems to be a mix of patterns on the piece. The part the hinge is attached to has one style, whereas the center part where the door handles are have a very different style.

There's about eight wooden dowels that stick out from the left side back and right side on the interior for hanging garments or something else.

The screws for the hinges appeared to be handmade. Their spiral is clearly carved with some sort of a file or other tool.

thanks for looking!