A Ton Of US Postage

Ive got a lot of mint us postage from 1960 to 1999 what should I do with it I've got booklets, blocks and long strips im not too sure what the are called, but anyway the question is what do I do with it?

Most mint US postage from that time period are worth face value (nothing more). In some cases, depending on what you define as "a ton of postage", you would be able to resell it only at a percentage of face value (i.e. 85% or so).

The easiest and best way to dispose of it would be to use it for postage on your own mail. If the quantity is well beyond that, try auctioning it off by lots on sites such as ebay to see if anyone may have interest. Or you could try and auction it off here at Stamp Collecting Forum (but you'd need your 50 posts first).

If the blocks and long strips have plate numbers on their selvage, there are some collectors who collect those configurations exclusively; just as there are collectors who collect only booklets.

"Collectible" doesn't always mean "valuable", though, and unfortunately the sheer quantity of US stamps that flooded the market in the mid-20th century has resulted in most items being quite common and ultimately of little premium value over face. There are, of course, some exceptions but they are few and far between.

You could also start a collection and learn a bit about what you have and perhaps trade off the doubles for the stuff you need and pass it down. It is truly a wonderful hobby, in fact I didn't truly understand relaxation until I found my grandfather and I's childhood collection and decided to learn all about it and expand on it! Won't you join us? We love to answer questions and be as helpful as possible and we only ask that you have fun and occasionally show us some scans/pics!

I suspect those long strips are plate blocks as well. Some of which can have a value more than face. Because they were such a pain in the a** to mount and that most albums were too short to mount them a lot of plate block collectors didn't bother with them. So, they may be looking for them now.

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Yea I started with my grandfather 20 years ago and put stamp collecting on hold when he died now I've got almost all his stamps and I buying the rest from my grandmother.

Get 50 posts in and sell the stuff right here on SCF.

In trying to, slowly slowly im working on it I will hopefully soon

Marklin86 When you get your 50 posts let me know what Plate Blocks you have. I collect them and need some stamps from the 60's to 2012 because I went 43 years not collecting. I have a lot of catching up to do. I'm pretty solid up to 1961 but I have a lot of holes from there after. I collect singles and plate blocks both. The strips you have are either Se Tenant or Plate Blocks. Hopefully you will decide to collect stamps as it sounds like you already have a pretty good start.

assuming there are about 20,000 per kilo, 1 ton would be 20 million stamps, at say 22 cents that works out to be > 4 Million $, so I suggest 1 ton is a bit exagerated.. lol

lol haha not litterally 1 ton of stamps, or though maybe I do.... haha

When you get your 50..and you are almost there..you can swap with members here on the SCF also..you may be able to work out some good swaps for items you want !! I enjoy swapping with other collectors ..collections can be enhanced with no money changing hands !!

ok cool if you have any germany id be interested, or western europe or canada, let me know what your looking for and ill let you know if I have it