New Member, German Stamps

Hello,

I'm a new member to the Stamp Community Forum. I found this site and registered because I have a collection of old German stamps that I am curious to learn more about.

Several years ago I bought a Scott's stamp catalog from 1933. Unbeknownst to me (or the bookseller), inside the book were about 100 stamps. I did a little bit of research on them, and discovered that they are German Weimar stamps dating from 1920-1924. Some show numerical value, while others have images of iron workers, miners, and farmers. They range greatly in value, and many of them have different values stamped over the original value to account for the inflation that was happening at the time. Only several of them are cancelled, and there are many multiples of each.

I'm curious if anyone knows anything about these stamps, or might be able to share some ideas about what I can do with them. I am not a stamp collector, and wonder if they might be a valuable addition to a larger collection somewhere (museum, historical society). And of course, I'm curious about their value today, though the historical significance interests me more!

Thanks for any information and ideas. I'm excited to hear what anyone has to say.

Mark

Mark, without actually seeing the stamps we are all just making some guesses, but they sound like the wonderful stamps of that period. Doesnt sound like a lottery winner, but a great start on a Germany collection. Glad to have you join up with us, and I am sure I will not be the only one to chime in here. - Jeff

Yep. Welcome Mark. Lot of great information here and very smart collectors as well ( excluding the author here ) that will keep you busy and learning.

WOW! Great score for sure! I'd be curious to see some images of your stamps and the book too. Hope you have fun here and make sure you ask lot's of questions!

Welcome Mark

You'll learn lots here.

Dianne