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Posted 07/04/2011   1:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add atom to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
These were my grandfathers who started collecting when he was very young thinking around 10 or 12. The stamps are placed in a school binder notebook and was wondering if there is any particular stamps or they just pretty common? I am very new to this and I'm waiting on getting my books. Thanks everyone and hope the pics will work.











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Posted 07/04/2011   1:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ratio411 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I am a novice, but I'll give my .02...

I don't see anything there that will make you rich monetarily.
However, there are some nice stamps there. A wide variety, and some nice examples.
There are some clean precancels, which while not super valuable, they are sought
after and generally more desireable than common cancels of the same era.
Before precancels, the best cancels were what is called 'fancy cancels'.

You also have some revenue stamps too, which are another subset that is collected.

Look at them as something your g-father loved and probably thought about giving
them to his kids/grandkids/great grandkids. I know that I think about my yet
unborn grandkids getting my collectibles one day, and like the thought much.
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Posted 07/04/2011   1:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ratio411 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As far as age, your oldest stamps are from the 1870s/1880s.
The last 2 stamps on the last pic you posted are series of 1902.
5th page, 3rd stamp, top row is the oldest from what I can tell.
The 1st stamp, 4th row, same page may be older... I don't know
much about revenue stamps. Someone will correct me if I am wrong.
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Posted 07/04/2011   1:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jamesw to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi atom, and welcome.
Ratio411 is right, these all look pretty common, but nice none the less.
I think the 1st stamp, 4th row of the 5th page he mentioned is a 1919 proprietary stamp, a type of revenue stamp. But that's just a guess, it's pretty small.
I think I also see some 1891-1925 postage dues (page 3) depending on watermark (that's a whole other area for you to get into!). Another 1930-31 postage due on the last page. Some nice commemoratives too.
Other wise you've got a pretty honest start to a good US collection here.
Enjoy!
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Posted 07/04/2011   2:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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I think the 1st stamp, 4th row of the 5th page he mentioned is a 1919 proprietary stamp, a type of revenue stamp. But that's just a guess, it's pretty small.


I agree. I think it's an RB67. My 2002 catalog shows a used value of $0.60. Someone with a later catalog may be able to tell you if the value has changed.

Most of the others are relatively common. If you decide to keep them for a collection, I would suggest you move them off of yellowed notebook paper and either keep them in either an album or on acid-free album pages (you can make your own, if you want) or perhaps even stockbook pages that can be purchased for a couple of dollars. It would help to preserve the stamps for future enjoyment.
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Posted 07/04/2011   2:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bfranton to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The 4th page, bottom row contains what are known as cut corners; this too is a collecting niche. The postal stationary is "embossed" with the stamp and is collected by the die of the stamp, the color and cut of the paper. If you find any which have not been cut down, but are the entire envelope, leave them that way. While there are some modern examples, the best are the earlier ones which date back to 1850's and the larger the margin, the better.
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Posted 07/04/2011   4:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add artlaunier to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Your Grandfather was organized...
to SCF
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Posted 07/05/2011   7:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add atom to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone, I believe this particular notebook collection started when he was 10 or 12 years old. There are a couple of pages of foreign stamps also in there.
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