Hi Toshi. I will get back to you on the answers to your questions. The collections that I put up belong to my wife, Jill Ferguson, so I will follow that up, but I can tell you that she is not, nor has been a member of any stamp collecting group. Jill started out collecting used Aussie stamps and then changed over to mint. Her collection of first day covers came to her mostly from her dad, who was a postal worker with the Royal Mail at the time.
Now. I'm about to show you an album that I picked up somewhere, no idea where. The cover reads "Stanley Gibbons, Stamps of the British Empire", which is very old fashioned and kind of nice. Some pages are empty, some have only a few stamps on them and some pages are full.
They all appear to be glued in and are all used. I have no idea of their worth, but I suspect it would be little if anything. If you like it, private message me with your postal address and I will send it to you. Naturally at no cost. This is because I think you and your family will appreciate it more than we do, so it would be going to a good home.
Rob Ferguson