Late Father's Stamp Collection.

Hi my name is Russell Clarke and I am from the south coast of the UK.
My father passed away very recently and amongst other things I have a stamp collection which many are missing or have been removed over the years. There are many many stamps in the collection but I love the US and British stamps more than the others. I am pretty certain there is no value here what so ever but I thought I'd show the experts to see if you see anything half decent!

The book has stamps dating from the 1800s up till the 1950s from all across the world.

I hope the pictures I upload here are good enough to view. If not I'll try and post more.

Any info on these stamps would be very helpful.
Thank you in advance.

Russell.

Condition appears to be an issue on some but still some decent ones are in the group. That being said I don't see anything of financial value but I do see some good collectable stamps.

Pretty much as stallzer writes with one exception. In the second scan, there is a 3c Vermilion Washington profile stamp, which is Scott 214. If it has VF centering and is fault-free, the catalog valuation is $60. In the apparent centering you are looking at a street value of $5 - $10. The other stamps are mostly 1c stamps, but would look well in someones stamp album!

Don't overlook that in the last scan (4th row, 2nd stamp) there is a Fort Wayne, Indiana "tombstone" precancel on a 3-cent Jackson Stamp (Scott #302). Although not tremendously valuable, it is a specimen often sought after by precancel collectors.

Thank you for all the information. This album is very overwhelming! The US section is just a very small part of the collection. Lots of stamps from India, Canada, Asia, Europe,Great Britain + more. Where do you even start??

Thank you again.

Russell,

Condolences on the loss of your dad.
For what it's worth, my advice is take your time to assess the collection, and hopefully it will bring you the same enjoyment it must have brought your dad.
Regards
DavidR

rjclarke. You can email (in here) re Canada I will advise.

go a little bit at a time. take the time to consult library copies of scott catalogs. if you rush, you'll get discouraged, if you take the time, you'll maybe get hooked in the hobby at the most, and at the least, you'll learn about stamps. good luck.

Good eye, wt1. Here are more Fort Wayne Tombstone precancels:

Gosh, I thought it might be Batman's Wayne Industries there for a moment. Darn.

I like some of the stamps also for their good colour, interesting ovoid (oval with numbers or letters) cancels, their interest and some unavailablity in small collections.

On ebay, with a nice title and write up, nice pictures, with a note about certain stamps and a zooming in on those stamps, you could generate some interest in the $10 to $30 range perhaps I think.

CC... personally I've never been a cancel collector
(or precancel), but those tombstones of yours are
awesome... I may just start searching for some and
start...

Thanks for sharing !

Randall

disi123,

I've never been a precancel collector, but I came across these about 10 years ago, and couldn't pass them up. They were just too cool!

... the hunt begins !

My heart felt condolences go out to you on the loss of your father. Mine has been gone for 13 years and while the loss is still great I find comfort in some of the treasures that remind me of him. I have his watch and tennis racket even though I never worn a watch and I don't play tennis. My Dad played competitively into his 70's and would call me after every tournament. The memories are priceless and the objects have little monetary value.
I hope looking through this collection brings you fond memories of your father.

Nicely said, pjsstamps. I was wondering, just yesterday, about how different things might have been ages ago, when there was so much less new stuff coming into people's lives. If you inherited the family farm a few centuries back, for example, you might be riding your father's ox cart for the next twenty years. Ditto all of the other tools & implements. How much different would our lives be if we were *surrounded* by that sort of connectedness 24/7?

I've been stumped, for over 40 years, about what to do with my father's coin collection. He collected from circulating coins (family store), and stored his hoard in those paper envelopes we had back then to hold 3-4 pencils, all of which are falling apart. But nothing would offend him more than my spending good cash money on coin slips, or plastic pocket pages, etc.

Enjoy the connectedness, Russell. As you learn about the stamps, try asking yourself questions like "I wonder if he knew that?" and "Was he especially happy to complete this set?" and "Did he get the country X stamps from cousin Y?" and see where the answers lead.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Thank you all for the replies. I am enjoying looking through his collection. If anyone specialises in a specific country's stamps then please let me know. I would love some knowledge/ advice on each collection I have. All seem between 1850-1940 (at an uneducated guess!)