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Post by rst on May 12, 2020 2:06:43 GMT
I have a lot of random postage stamps, plus a fairly focused set of stamps from Israel in the '70s. And then there are several years' worth of first day issue envelopes. I think it's time to offload this collection, and this seems like a good time to figure out how to do it.
Anyone have tips, suggestions, or experience? Have you used any of the online brokers or aps? Ebay? I expect it will be a tedious and time consuming process to sort and list what I have, and I'm ok with that, but I don't want to be naive about listing these, since supposedly some of them may have some value.
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Post by Zee on May 12, 2020 2:19:39 GMT
I don't know anything about stamps but you should research prices on eBay and check online for stamp collecting groups. Check Facebook groups too.
Hopefully someone here will know more but those are the places I would start. Don't list anything until you know what they're worth. Selling on eBay is easy but I'm not sure if it would be the best place for your stamps. It might be, but I'd check everywhere Google could show me
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 2:25:58 GMT
No it isn’t a great time for selling. The market is saturated. You want to go to your local stamp dealer and show him your stuff. Go from there.
Scott’s is the best catalogue you can buy for price guide.
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Post by ashley on May 12, 2020 2:27:11 GMT
As a philatelist, I will say any postage stamp item is worth what people will pay for it, which is often not the same as catalogue price. This makes me want to dig out my FDC collection and flip through it  |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 2:31:10 GMT
People generally pull out Scott’s.
And pay scott’s Prices.
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Post by nlwilkins on May 12, 2020 5:18:58 GMT
I have some older stamps, about 15 years old, that are not even worth the postage price printed on them if I tried to sell them on ebay. So I have been using them as postage stamps to mail my cards. Sad but true.
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Post by zella on May 12, 2020 14:39:02 GMT
My FIL, who died many years ago, was a serious philatelist. Everything labeled, kept properly, prices listed. DH inherited his collection of I believe it was over a hundred thousand stamps (no, I'm not exaggerating). A few years ago I did some research. First of all the level of knowledge needed to sell stamps is very specific. I could have learned it perhaps, but it was intense. Then I looked at both stamps in general and specifically ones my FIL kept in safes due to their "value." On e-bay stamps were either not selling or going for pennies on the dollar compared to Scott's. I wanted to get an expert dealer in for a valuation and possible sale, but hubby said no. So that is my experience with trying to sell stamps. This was about 6 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 16:56:20 GMT
I can probably guess what stamps he had in the safe and you are not going to find a market for those on e-bay.
Most of the extremely valuable ones get sold by backroom deals. I know a guy who knows a guy.....have you ever really seen a bag of cash exchange hands like a dope deal.?
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Post by rst on May 12, 2020 19:51:47 GMT
I would be totally ok with getting just enough to buy a Nintendo switch. My family has convinced me that I need to play Animal Crossing. I was never very invested in my collection. It was kind of a thing which people gave me stamps as gifts that would be of "educational value".
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Post by peano on May 12, 2020 19:56:09 GMT
There is a market for stamps within the artsy/collage market. I've bought from Etsy sellers who grouped them into category either by color or theme.
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Post by rst on May 12, 2020 20:03:27 GMT
That may be my best option, Peano. At least for many of them,
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Post by gillyp on May 13, 2020 8:25:23 GMT
Here we have a well known company, Stanley Gibbons, who deal with stamps. www.stanleygibbons.com/sell-to-us Maybe they could suggest an associated US company to give you advice. as a child I was in a number of groups where bags of assorted stamps were sold so kids could build up their collections. Maybe FaceBook would have pointers to similar groups. You might run the risk of losing a rare one that way though. You’ve reminded me my childhood collection is in a box somewhere in the house, including an album my brother made up for me from every country he visited as a marine in the Middle East in the 60s. Many of those places no longer exist with their current borders. Stamps are going to be a thing of the past in the future as everyone will have contact by phone etc. |
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