r/stampcollecting

Found in my collection today. Thoughts?

Some of the findings at a garage sale in Richmond BC. Spent CA $12 for 311 stamps.

I started collecting a few stamps because I live antique paper items. A man my aunt worked for collects many stamps and gave me (probably 1,000) many to start my collection. I have yet to get through them all. I know they are not worth a lot but I absolutely love them!

OK, I knew stamp collectors were smart and I was not disappointed in your speedy responses to my 1st quiz. I thought the Greek overprint for Thrace might have been a bit tricky.

So why don’t I make this quiz a little trickier…..

Can you identify the country of issue for these stamps when I only show you the back of the stamp. Yes, this is not a joke but look closely for clues.

Good luck.

These were passed down from my grandfather to my uncle to me and it’s Thousands of first day issues , this is about 1/7 of the entire collection , I know first aid issues aren’t worth a lot anymore . I feel like these things belong in a museum. I guess this was like bitcoin or Pokémon cards back in the day. Makes me wanna go sell all my Pokémon cards and bitcoin.

Ok stampers, here is a fun little stamp quiz for your weekend pleasure. Can you name the country of issue for these 4 stamps.

Hi all.

I think this is a pretty standard story by now. My Grandad died last year and we've been going through his stuff.

And we found his stamp (and coin) collection..... which my Nana had no idea he collected, they'd only been married 75 years.

Taking a quick look on Google, the vast majority are worthless, though some are interesting, seeing some German stamps worth 6 million, due to being from the 1930s was pretty amusing.

Anyway, we came across these 3 black ones (there's also about 10 similar red ones) and these seemed they might be worth a bit more.

I'll hopefully be able to take some photos of the Ed ones in the next few days or so.

Does anyone have any idea, or able to point out a stamp collector/ club we could take them to in the North Yorkshire Harrogate area?

Thanks

Nuances in dye mixtures created distinct stamps with different values although even if used quite valuable. These stamps must be certed since colors are pretty subtle

If you wanna see close ups of any stamps ask

Hey everyone. I’ve never done anything with stamps and don’t really know how they work value wise. I keep seeing the same stamps for a lot of money but they look like individual ones. Not really sure how to tell the difference.

So basically, are these worth anything? Found at my parents house while clearing a bunch of stuff out!

Are any of these Italian stamps worth anything?

I've been lurking on here for the past few weeks after my mom brought another few stamps to me when they visited (the 1976 bicentennial state stamps). So I'm not looking for any appraisal although there might be a couple in here that are worth more than face value.

What I am looking for is how to continue this hobby. I have some 'loose' stamps that I need to place somewhere. But how do I go about finding more information about these stamps so they mean a bit more. Any direction and advice is appreciated. I guess I'm looking for a good place to start my journey and figure out what I'd like to collect or add to this collection I have inherited.

If anyone is curious these are from my grandfather on my mother's side who was a collector. He served in WW2 and I'm not sure if that is where he got his start or not (in addition to my mom bringing the 1976 stamps she brought some old currency that my grandfather had collected). But later in his life he was a postal carrier and I'm sure that just ignored the passion.

Thanks for your time.

I love this HK post Stamps I got

New to stamp collection, inherited grandpa's stamps. This cancel mark made me laugh. The Queen looks good with glasses and sideburns.

Hi guys! Newbie here; I took this shoebox of stamps from my grandmother’s house after she passed. I am interested in selling if there is value there, or preserving anything “cool”

Can yall please help identify any gems I might have?

There are stamps from all over the world
The first photo is the worst ; keep scrolling! Apologies for the low lighting on some of them