Can Anyone Help

Ive just inherated a large stamp colletion from my great great great grandad lol so as you can imagine its very old and also very large, there are stamps from all over the world and some japenese ones that really seam far too big to be stamps, there are a few on lincon which I've seen on e.bay go for around 5 to 10 pounds but also seen a lincon stamp worth 1 million,
how do I tell what mine are worth ?

Your best option would be to go to your local library and check the reference section for stamp catalogues to help determine which stamps you have. In the US most collectors commonly use the World Wide Scott catalogues. Take a look at some of the previous postings regarding inheriting a stamp collection for other suggestions.

And don't worry -- you don't have one worth a million. Otherwise Grandad would have sold it

ok thanks, so to check online scott catalouge is ok yes ?

lol yea ur prob right, also have loads of japanese stamps some well quite a few are pretty large he he wasnt sure if they were stamps or not

It's kind of hard to know exactly what "pretty large" is. I'm new here, so I'm not sure what the policy/practice here is. But maybe if you could provide a scan/photo of one or more of these larger than normal Japanese "stamps", someone might be able to post a reply and let you know what it is?

k

Also, since you are in the United Kingdom, it is more likely that your libraries have the Stanley Gibbons catalogs. Keep in mind that the SG catalogs are also their pricelist, which means that in many cases the "catalog" value not accurately reflect actual buying/selling price of other dealers. However, the relative values should give you a good idea of what is particularly valuable and what is common.

will get some pics up tomozs for you as any info wud be great, cant seam to find much online but am quite useless when it comes to computers, does this make any sense to anyone, cape of good hope
1882
rouge brun-braunrot-red brown 1/2p 3p


quite a few of the stamps in the main book have writing under like that but no dates on some and the japanese stamps are around 5 inch's I guess

guess not lol

damobear....

Pictures would really help.......also, welcome to the club.

why thank u
irll get a load uploaded 2moz,
chat soon :)

It sounds like the Cape of Good Hope stamp that you have is the 1/2p surcharged on 3p stamp below. If so, it comes in two major varieties that cannot be distinguished from front side scan. It is either watermarked crown/CC or crown/CA.


Assuming you have used stamps, the CC crown watermark catalogs at $100+, while the CA crown watermark catalogs for only a few dollars. Remember, condition is everything. Minor flaws can easily push the actual sales value of the stamp to a very small fraction of catalog.

Please feel free to post a scan of the front side of the stamp, as there are a few varieties that are also worth a significant premium (e.g., missing dash), but too many to describe (easier to check your scan).

k

The 5 inch Japanese item that you have is definitely not a stamp. But you got me interested in what it might be. Please post a pic of that as well if convenient. Looking forward to seeing it. Thanks!

k

only just got in so will take a load of pictures tomorrow when there is good light, how do I upload a pic on here anyway :)

arhhhhhhh its ok I worked it out lol,
This is just one I took with my phone, not of anything in particular although I dont know what these stamps are either :)
guess you can tell I am prob gonna become a pain lol sorry :P

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Interesting lot of old-time stamps, so far...