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Posted 03/16/2011   3:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add bradlarose to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I cant find much information on this question. I feel dumb for even asking, but here goes....
I have sever strips of stamps. Some 4 some 6 and even 10. I am wondering how to value them. Do I use the single stamp price and multiply by how many I have or is there a percentage.
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Posted 03/16/2011   4:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If the stamp was printed after 1940 and it is a US stamp, you are correct. For older, rare stamps there may be a significant premium for having a strip or block of multiples.

Please provide a more specific example if you would like a more specific response.
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Posted 03/16/2011   4:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There is an area of collecting interest that depends upon strips of certain lengths. Collectors of plate number coils typically collect them in strips of 3 or 5, with the stamp with the plate number being the center stamp.

If it turns out that those are what you have, then there might be some premium for having longer strips (5 vs. 3, for instance).

Otherwise, for garden variety modern U.S., straight multiplication is probably in order. I agree with smauggie...a particular example would be useful, so that you aren't led astray.

C.

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