Old Letter And Cover Question

ok I was just on ebay and a question just popped into my head how are covers like this estimated in value?

Hi Tina
Some things to looks for evaluating a cover are:
The value of the stamp.
This is not the end all be all of the value
only a contributing factor .
The Cancellation:
The date, the event
The contents
Could be a reference to world event(s)
condition
clean, intact, readable.
Hope this helps
David (DJD)

yes this helps me somewhat,who is to say though the buyer?This scan that I've shown what would some est that at cause I have somebody who wants some of my old letters and I dont know what to ask for them.David almost a pillar keep going

It all depends on how you, the seller, represent the item.

I note that your letter is from Austria, and it probably is from some time in the '50s...not really a high point in Austrian history, although there may have been some post-war things going on that are of historical importance to an Austrian.

What kind of letter is it? Is it a personal letter? A business letter? The answer there might make all the difference. Is it a "slice of life" type letter? Does it talk about family goings-on? Does anyone mentioned in it do anything famous or noteworthy? Or is it basically run-of-the-mill?

Is the sender or receiver anyone famous? Do they hold some sort of position?

Answer this question: What, if anything, is interesting about this letter?

If the answer is "nothing", then all you have is a cover with a letter inside. The cover it self may be remarkable, or maybe not. To the average collector, it may just be an envelope with two stamps from the "Costumes" series on it. To an Austrian specialist, the date on the postmark may show it to be (for example) "an earlier than reported use of the green 1 Schilling value". Or it may represent a "new rate coming into effect", considering that it is paired with a 50 Groschen value, or maybe it's a rate above the normal rate.

Naturally, it may tell a specialist several things the average person wouldn't be interested in, but that's the difference between it being just a cover and it being postal history.

It's not really an easy question to answer, because there are so many variables involved.

Thanks Glenn it is a personal letter as to what it says I dont know I cant read german or french or what ever it is so I couldnt tell you what it says sorry

Postal History items have a value based on all the things already mentioned, but the bottom line is that it's worth what it can be sold for.

I asked Modern_Who that same question a year or so ago - he sells a lot of covers. He told me that in many cases it's just his experience that tells him. If it doesn't sell at one price then it must be "worth" less and the price has to be lowered.

ok that sounds logical let me go see if I have some others well I did cme across a few more but they seem to be about the same as this one,BUT did run across these I forgot all about

here are some real good ones





do you think these would have some value to them?