SRS Stamp Recognition Software: Identify, Inventory & Value Your Stamps Faster

Identifying stamps can be one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of stamp collecting. You may have thousands of stamps in front of you, but finding the correct stamp in a catalog can take considerable time—especially when you don’t know the country, year or issue.

SRS Stamp Recognition Software from SoftPro changes the way collectors identify stamps.

SRS analyzes an image of your stamp, searches for the most likely matches and works directly with EzStamp Stamp Collecting Software so you can quickly recall the identified stamp, add it to your inventory and access the information you need to help value your collection.

Whether you are an experienced philatelist, a new collector or someone who has inherited a stamp collection, SRS can dramatically reduce the time you spend trying to identify unknown stamps.

What Is SRS Stamp Recognition Software?

SRS is powerful stamp recognition and stamp identification software designed specifically for stamp collectors.

The process is simple:

Load or scan your stamp image → Let SRS search for a match → Recall the stamp in EzStamp → Inventory and value it

You can scan a stamp, load an existing image or even use a suitable photograph of the stamp. SRS analyzes the image and searches its recognition database for matching stamps.

Instead of manually flipping through stamp catalogs or searching countless images online, you let the stamp image itself become the starting point for your search.

Once SRS identifies the likely stamp, its direct integration with EzStamp becomes one of its most powerful features.

Identify a Stamp and Recall It Directly in EzStamp

Finding a stamp is only the beginning.

SRS can identify the image and then recall that stamp directly in EzStamp. This allows you to quickly move from stamp identification to collection management without manually searching for the same stamp again.

Once you select the matching stamp, EzStamp can display the corresponding stamp record so you can inventory the stamp and access the available catalog and valuation information.

This creates a fast, streamlined workflow:

IDENTIFY → RECALL IN EZSTAMP → INVENTORY → VALUE

You don’t need to identify a stamp in one program, write down the catalog number and then manually search for the stamp again in your collection software.

SRS and EzStamp work together.

This integration can save an enormous amount of time, particularly when you have hundreds or thousands of stamps to identify and inventory.

Add Identified Stamps Directly to Your EzStamp Inventory

Collection integration is one of the biggest advantages of using SRS.

After SRS identifies your stamp, you can select the matching stamp and add it to your EzStamp inventory.

You move directly from:

Unknown Stamp → Identified Stamp → EzStamp Inventory

There is no need to start another manual catalog search for the stamp you just identified.

For collectors working through large worldwide collections, dealer stock, inherited collections or boxes of unidentified stamps, this feature alone can provide significant time savings.

SRS helps you find the stamp. EzStamp helps you inventory, organize, manage and value it.

Together, SRS and EzStamp provide an integrated workflow for managing your stamp collection.

What Happens When Several Stamps Look Almost Identical?

Stamp identification isn’t always as simple as matching one picture to one catalog number.

Many stamps share the same basic design but have minor differences that may not be visible from the face of the stamp alone.

These differences can include:

• Different perforations
• Different watermarks
• Minor color or shade differences
• Paper varieties
• Minor design or type varieties

When several catalog listings share the same or nearly identical visible image, SRS presents the most likely matching stamps rather than assuming that one specific variety must be correct.

You can then review the possible matches and examine characteristics such as the stamp’s perforation, watermark, color or other identifying features to determine the exact variety.

This is an important advantage when using image recognition for philately.

SRS uses the visible stamp image to narrow your search. When minor varieties cannot be distinguished from the image alone, SRS presents the likely candidates so you can make the final determination.

This approach saves time while recognizing that some stamp varieties require additional examination by the collector.

Identify Difficult Foreign Stamps

Foreign stamps can present a particular challenge for collectors.

You may have a stamp with unfamiliar writing or characters and have no idea where to begin your search.

Asian stamps, including stamps from countries such as China and Japan, can be especially difficult to identify if you don’t recognize the language.

SRS helps eliminate much of that guesswork.

Instead of trying to determine what words to enter into an Internet search, you can let the stamp image itself become your search.

SRS GLOBAL functionality can help search for stamps without requiring you to know the country first, making it particularly useful when working with unidentified worldwide collections.

The SRS  WARP and GLOBAL modes can identify many stamps extremely quickly, while SRS also works with both mint and used stamps. Learn more about SRS Stamp Recognition Software.

Identify Individual Stamps or Process Multiple Stamps

Collectors don’t always work with one stamp at a time.

You may have album pages, stock pages or groups of stamps that need to be identified and cataloged.

SRS can work with individual stamps as well as batches of stamps, helping you process a collection more efficiently. SRS Pro also includes Auto-Separate functionality designed to streamline the process of working with multiple stamp images.

For anyone facing a large accumulation or inherited collection, reducing the amount of manual searching can turn an overwhelming project into a much more manageable one.

A Powerful Tool for Inherited Stamp Collections

Have you inherited a stamp collection but don’t know what you have—or what the collection may be worth?

This is where the combination of SRS and EzStamp can be especially valuable.

You don’t need to become an expert on every country’s stamps before you begin organizing the collection.

SRS can help you identify stamps from their images. Once you find the likely match, you can move directly into EzStamp, inventory the stamp and access the available catalog and valuation information.

Instead of repeatedly asking:

What country is this stamp from?

How do I find it?

Where do I record it?

What is it worth?

You can use an integrated workflow created specifically for stamp collectors.

What Stamp Collectors Say About SRS

Collectors around the world use SRS to save time identifying and cataloging their stamps.

“I have been able to download and install the EzStamp and SRS programs and have identified my first stamp ( in about a 1/2 second ) Wow.”

— Earle P., LA, USA

“I have since purchased SRS and have found it invaluable. Not only does it save me enormous amounts of time, but it finds pretty much every stamp I have scanned in mere seconds.”

— Tom Green, TX, USA

“I have found SRS to be a most invaluable tool for my stamp collecting needs. I can now identify most of my stamps in a fraction of the time it would take to identify and catalogue them compared to the old way of looking them up in a book or internet.”

— Pat Jasker, NSW, Australia

These collectors highlight one of the biggest advantages of SRS: saving time.

Collectors can spend countless hours manually searching through catalogs. SRS helps narrow that search quickly, while its integration with EzStamp lets you move directly from identification into collection management.

Read more SRS customer testimonials.

Why Use SRS with EzStamp?

SRS Stamp Recognition Software helps collectors:

• Quickly identify stamps from images
• Reduce time spent manually searching stamp catalogs
• Identify difficult foreign and worldwide stamps
• Display likely matches when multiple similar stamps exist
• Narrow down varieties that may differ by perforation, watermark or minor color differences
• Recall an identified stamp directly in EzStamp
• Add identified stamps to your EzStamp inventory
• Access EzStamp information to help organize and value your collection
• Process individual stamps or batches of stamps
• Work through inherited and unidentified stamp collections more efficiently

The real power comes from integration.

SRS doesn’t simply identify a stamp image and leave you there. It connects stamp recognition with your EzStamp collection database, helping you move quickly from an unidentified stamp to an organized and valued item in your inventory.

Easy as 1-2-3

1. Load Your Stamp Image

Scan your stamp, load an existing image or use a suitable photo.

2. Start the SRS Search

SRS analyzes the image and displays the most likely matching stamps.

3. Add the Stamp to EzStamp

Select the correct match, recall the stamp in EzStamp and add it to your collection inventory.

Stop Searching. Start Identifying.

Whether you collect stamps from one country or from around the world, identifying unknown stamps takes time.

SRS Stamp Recognition Software helps make that process faster.

Scan or load your stamp. Let SRS find the likely matches. Select the correct stamp. Recall it in EzStamp. Add it to your inventory. Then use EzStamp to help manage and value your collection.

IDENTIFY IT. INVENTORY IT. VALUE IT.

That’s the advantage of combining SRS Stamp Recognition Software with EzStamp Stamp Collecting Software.

Spend less time searching through catalogs and more time enjoying your stamp collection.