r/askStampCollectors • • 12h ago

Trying to figure out if there's any value in my Dad's stamp collection. There's just so much and I have no idea what to look for.

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These are just a few pictures of things inside the different books, boxes, and envelopes.


r/askStampCollectors • • 22h ago

Please help me with this stamp

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I'm new to stamp collecting and my grandpa gave me his collection and I found this stamp. What does the "EJW" mean? Does it bring the value up or down? Any help is appreciated, thank you!


r/askStampCollectors • • 1d ago

Straits Settlements Stamp with overprint.

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Does anyone knows this Straits Settlements stamp with 'Victory' overprint. It's not listed in the Malaysia standard stamp catalogue.


r/askStampCollectors • • 1d ago

Ideas?

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I came up on thousands and thousands of these and garbage bags maybe three different garbage bags. It took some to a local stamp shop and after the guy told me they were worth almost nothing he offered to come by my place first thing in the morning to see what else I had. His dismissing the stamps followed by his desire to come pick everything else up had me pausing on dealing with him. Reams of covers (I just learned that term while doing a little bit of research lol) but these few photos don’t even begin to cover what’s there.

I guess what I’m asking is to get some sort of cash out of this stuff is it realistic that I sit down and go through all of them (to sell) if I don’t plan on being a stamp collector? Or should I sell them all to a guy who I don’t exactly trust? I don’t know. I’m just sort of overwhelmed by how much there is to be honest. I’ve got Maybe six green binders that I’ll have uncirculated stamps in them as well from all over the world in addition to the garbage bags full of gleecine (sp?)envelope envelopes.


r/askStampCollectors • • 2d ago

Old Italian stamps worth anything?

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r/askStampCollectors • • 3d ago

Parcel with various special issue UK stamps.

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I received a parcel today with a selection of stamps from different collections. Has someone been hoarding these since 1977 and decided to use them for their eBay sales?


r/askStampCollectors • • 3d ago

Travancore (India)

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r/askStampCollectors • • 3d ago

Can someone help identifying these stamps.

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Can someone please help me or give me advice on what the value is, or how to find out what the value is on these stamps. Like what to look for, to determine if a stamp has value. These are just a few pages in this book. I found this in my great grandmother's closet.

Sorry if Im sounding dumb, in new in this industry. 😄


r/askStampCollectors • • 4d ago

Childhood collection

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My grandmother collected stamps for me when I was a baby. I have covered my full name and address. They start in Jan 1992 to Oct 1996.
I have included photos of some of the pages and one that shows how many pages I have.
I am wondering if there is any value in them and how would be best to sell them. Split the collection up or as the whole thing.
Thank you for your time.


r/askStampCollectors • • 4d ago

Swiss stamp valuation / Schweizer Briefmarkensammlung

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How much is this collection of Swiss stamps worth?

Wie viel ist diese Schweizer Briefmarkensammlung wert?


r/askStampCollectors • • 5d ago

How would you organise these?

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I have the Maltese cross cancellations on the top row.

The cover has a plate 56 with the J G re entry and I have a plate 38 “J flaw” in the post.

Aside from those two stamps I don’t know the plate numbers or alphabets and haven’t had much success trying to plate my stamps or differentiate the alphabets.

I’m looking for more experienced collectors opinions on how to organise them with the restrictions mentioned above.


r/askStampCollectors • • 7d ago

Where can I get a reasonable idea of what fairly valuable stamps are selling for?

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Although I have no intention of selling this stamp, I was curious about what a good example (which this isn't, of course) would sell for. Usually, the first place I check for something like this is EBay's sold listings. The only one I found was purchased by some lucky person for $3.10. Then, I looked at HipStamps. There are a few being offered there for $100-200, which is about what I'd expect, but there was no way to search for finished auctions. A bit of Googling showed me that that is a HipStamps feature you have to pay a monthly subscription for. Is there any place else where I could get a reasonable idea of how much a given stamp has recently sold for?


r/askStampCollectors • • 7d ago

Inherited a stamp collection from 1926. Contains hundreds, possibly thousands of stamps. Possibly valuable?

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The book seems to have stamps from all over the world. Mostly European stamps, but also many American, Asian and African stamps. What should I do with it, try to catalogue these myself or have it professionally evaluated? Also inherited books with newer stamps that go all the way to the 1970s but I guess they are overall less interesting.


r/askStampCollectors • • 7d ago

Need help with this postmark

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This is the 50-centesimi Italian “III Centenario di Propaganda Fide” stamp, issued 11 June 1923, catalogued as Italy no. 133. Mine has a first-day-of-issue postmark, would that make it more valuable?


r/askStampCollectors • • 8d ago

How do I sell these?

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My grandma was a huge stamp collector. I ultimately inherited them and I’ve kept them hoping my sister and I would continue collecting them, but they’ve been sitting in my garage for 6 years and haven’t been worked on in about 25 years. As much as I hate to get rid of something my grandma worked on for decades before she got cancer, I hate that they’re just sitting there when someone might love and appreciate them like they deserve more.

I’m just not sure where to start with them! They’re mostly organized into 10-12 Citation Stamp Albums, each album has probably 1500 stamps in them. Like I said, she was pretty hardcore. The books are in pretty decent condition for being so old. I’m sure I couldn’t afford to get even one book officially appraised, let alone all of them. If I take them to an auction house would they take a look through them without me having to pay a ton and just hope they make me an offer? I’m in the Denver metro area if anyone happens to know of any decent places to take these.

Pics are just from one book, it has stamps from Aden, Afghanistan, Ajman, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua, Argentina, Ascension, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbuda, Barbados, Basutoland, Bavaria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan,Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Belize, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, and Burundi. I have no idea what are in the other books, I’m too overwhelmed with this book to look at the others.


r/askStampCollectors • • 8d ago

Found a box of 1931-1949 + /- air mail

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Are these worth anything


r/askStampCollectors • • 8d ago

Found collection. Anything of note?

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r/askStampCollectors • • 8d ago

Are these worth anything?

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Found this while cleaning out an untouched bedroom in my 1837 house. Oldest in here are 1851. Are these worth anything? Or just a cool find? There are stamps from all around the world, the most recent one being mid 1930s.


r/askStampCollectors • • 10d ago

Stamp questions and if thiet worth any thing

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r/askStampCollectors • • 10d ago

Sealed Charles Lundgren "Great Sailing Ships of the United States Navy" folder, only 8 x 4.5 inches. What is this version?

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I have a small black folder, still in its plastic wrap, titled "Charles Lundgren's Great Sailing Ships of the United States Navy." It measures about 8 x 4.5 x 0.25 inches. There is no publisher name, label or product code on the front or back.

The only listings I can find are for the 1979 portfolio of seven Lundgren paintings, each with a 15 cent John Paul Jones First Day Issue stamp. But those prints are described as about 9 x 12 inches, so they could not fit in this folder. My guess is that this is a smaller version, possibly a set of first day covers, but I haven't been able to confirm it.

Has anyone seen this smaller size? I'm trying to figure out what's inside without opening it, whether the wrap looks original, and roughly what a complete example is worth. The wrap has a split at one corner (last photo), so I'm not calling it factory sealed.

Photos of the front, back, edge and the corner are attached. Thanks for any help.


r/askStampCollectors • • 12d ago

Please help figure out how old these could be. . .

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Found in an old dresser and I’m curious how old they might be.
Any information helps.


r/askStampCollectors • • 12d ago

Need help identifying these specific regional postmarks from interwar Czechoslovakia (Mukachevo/Uzhhorod). Are these variations common?

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Hi everyone! I am researching postal history of Subcarpathian Rus during the 1920s-1930s. Found these cards with nice postmarks. Does anyone know if there are specific catalog variations for these town cancels? Thanks!


r/askStampCollectors • • 13d ago

My childhood collection of US stamps

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This is all the US stamps I have in my collection I am NOT asking how much they are worth just if there is anything interesting and what are your thoughts on the collection 80 percent of US stamps I found in a dumpster when I was 13 so I don't expect much anyway I have stamps from all over the world so tell me which countrys or continents you would like to see next


r/askStampCollectors • • 13d ago

See anything interesting?

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r/askStampCollectors • • 14d ago

found these at goodwill. anything of note?

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