new to the practice. old family book from the mid-late 19th century containing stamps from all over the world and want to protect via insurance. Is a local philatelist my next stop for value determination ahead of including in my home owners insurance coverage?
Hi,
I live in London and I am moving house. I’ve got a decent amount of stamps that I’d like to get rid of but not sure where to take them. Can anyone recommend and stamp valuers or Auctions in London?
Thanks
Prior to today, I've never visited this sub, so please be gentile.
I am posting two cool cards from my Roberto Clemente collection. These cards will always occupy a special place in my collection. They are the 1964 Topps Giants and 1972 Daily Juice Co. cards of Roberto. What makes these two cards special is that they contain the 20-cent Roberto stamp and are postmarked on the first day of issue, August 17, 1984 from a Post Office in Carolina, PR (Roberto's place of birth). In addition to cards, the USPS also issued first day covers stamped and postmarked from Carolina, PR as well as Pittsburgh, PA and Cooperstown, NY.
I am unable to find any documentation for how many of the baseball cards were stamped and postmarked in this fashion. I am also unable to ascertain the provenance of the two Clemente cards. I do know that, over the years, the Clemente family has released their copies of Roberto's cards to the public through auction houses. I am the owner of one of the 1972 Daily Juice Co. cards from one of those releases. I guess one can speculate if the cards were provided by the family.
Can any of you collectors help to shed any light on numbers of cards (or even first day covers) were prepared in PR on that day?
I'll link my original post in the comments. There is more detail provided there if anyone is interested. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Found this framed set of duck stamps at estate sale. Got it for free. We know nothing about stamps. Did a reverse google search and this one looks discolored so I’m guessing it’s worthless? Was able to locate the artist. It’s framed and in great condition from what we can tell.
Looking for any insight. TIA
I know we all get excited from time to time and 99.9% of the time it’s usually nothing, but I want to get y’all’s opinion on this. Let me know what y’all think it is. (I know the perf guage is a little crooked but it was the best I could get as I’ve got nerve damage in my hands from the war)
I am selling a BUNCH of stamps and i have no idea how to price them at all ☹️☹️ please help
Hi!
I know nothing about stamps, I collected a little as a kid, but not since then. I inherited this stamp from my aunt. Apparently it's a somewhat rare stamp - Chinese from 1962. 3 Yuan, Opera.
What is a realistic price on the market now?
Do any of you know the story behind the stamp? I can see that only 20.000 were produced, but are there any other intereristing facts or something that makes this stamp special?
Hey all,
I could use some help figuring out if the first image is a Scott #64 or #64b (or if it's either one of those).
Also, the second image is from my grandfathers second binder with a #64 and it looks much darker.
I'm pretty new to this, so any help would be great. Thanks!
Hi! I'm new to this. Can anyone tell me if this is a forgery stamp ?
Inherited mom's collection. Lots of albums with the fancy Leuchturm pages (mom was german). I attached a couple of samples, I have many more in a g drive folder. But, besides hearing what you all have to say, which I am looking forward too! (good or bad) , I wanted to get opinions on shops or clubs in the LA area that might help me out by considering this collection. It looks like the LA stamp club is zoom only? The San Pedro one is close to me but I don't see any new events. There's a shop in Santa Monica that seems well reviewed too. I tried emailing a business called "Colonial Stamp Co." but never heard back from them. Thanks in advance!
Stumbled across these and have no clue what they are or what it was made for. Anyone got any clue?
I am a photographer of 40+ years and a recently resumed stamp collector. I am combining these interests through "photo philately," the collecting of stamps, postal history, and ephemera related to photography. This includes stamps depicting photography innovators (George Eastman) and famous photos (the Times Square "kiss" on VJ Day), photography advertising postcards (Kodak Girls, camera shops, et.c), and ephemera related to photography.
It is this last item about which I am posting here today. I am specifically researching Kodak processing mailers for my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590267544998) and blog (soon to be launched, www.photophilately.com).
I have a good foundational understanding of the topics/objects, and have been searching for examples on eBay. I am wondering if any of the collectors here have examples of Kodak processing mailers in your collection that you might share images of with me? Tell me why you collect them. What do they mean to you? What makes them unique?
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
My father passed away last month. He left me his stamp collection. He collected since he was 5 years old. He was born in Italy and grew up in Germany. So there are many international stamps. There's a lot from pre-separation Germany and East Germany because he had family there.
He also has a large collection of duck stamps starting with 1935. He even has the cloissone duck stamps but the pictures didn't take well.
Due to the size of the collection, shipping it for grading would be very costly. I can't find collectors/traders in the Memphis, TN area using my Google-Fu. I'm hopeful for some help.
Thank you in advance for your time and attention.
https://postimg.cc/gallery/nDMmxP0. Are any of these valuable?
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