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Any Market For Easter Seals?

 
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Posted 05/28/2018   6:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Fredc to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I have lots of them, mostly from 60s
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Posted 05/28/2018   8:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
virtually none
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Posted 05/28/2018   9:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There is a market for everything.
I buy them, but at prices that would not make you wealthy.
What countries?
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Posted 05/28/2018   10:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Timm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have over 800 pounds of Unites States East Seals. I wrote the Easter Seals Catalogue for the Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society.

I am sorry to say that, with a few exceptions, most Easter Seals from the 1940's to date have minimal value. There just is not much collector interest, which is sad because it is really a worthwhile subject to collect.
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Posted 05/29/2018   11:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Fredc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I just have US, but some partial sheets
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Posted 05/30/2018   10:07 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add modernstamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I see a lot of them for sale on ebay.
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Posted 07/01/2018   12:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bwdavis to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
my experience selling easter seals on ebay is

Canada - price is low but the demand is there
USA - demand is low

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Posted 07/02/2018   08:35 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Turff49 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Tim, which program did you use for the catalog. I've been working on Greens Part 2 Local Christmas Seals and have started over about 5 times over the years. Can't find any program that works easy for me...
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Posted 07/02/2018   11:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Timm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Since my catalogue was written for the Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society. I wanted it to be as user friendly as possible, so I went with MS Word, 2003 edition.
I also went with the Green's Numbering Format and not the Mosbaugh format.
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Posted 07/03/2018   05:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The best format for any philatelic data is a SQL database. SQL can be run on any operating system, is portable, will never become obsolete, is free. SQL has been ubiquitous for the last 44 years and will be for the next 50 years (or more). SQL also supports multiple users adding and changing it in real time. Once you have a SQL database, you can use it as the foundation for a published PDF catalog, powerful interactive web page(s), or a set of album pages.

I am currently doing a Christmas Seals SQL database that I am targeting next month to release publicly. I will not have to constantly try to update a Word file or other application every time it needs to be changed. Simply add or change the underlying SQL database record (it is like changing a row in a Excel spreadsheet) and anything that is based upon it automatically updates itself.

But most importantly if I drop dead tomorrow others will easily be able to assume control and continue the work that I have invested. Since I have choosen to put the SQL database online, others will easily be able to add and update it with any operating system, any browser.

In terms of Seals value and demand, I have had 13 pounds of Seals on ebay for sale; this is hundreds of sheets of both Easter and Christmas seals. After being listed for a week or two, the listing has not had even a single view. Demand is zero.
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Posted 07/03/2018   08:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Turff49 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'm doing the update for the CSCSS as well. My name is Brian Mcinturff. I've wanted to go with something along the lines as either the old Greens or Larry Nixon's Santa Claus Post Catalog, but with color pics for every issue. It will be a very large catalog as the Locals have a lot of issues. And, there are a lot of new entries. I really need to get this moving as I've tried working on it for years. Joe Ward recommended MS Publisher but I'm open to other programs. SQL that you mentioned sounds interesting but what does the final product look like and what would the learning curve be like?
Brian
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Posted 07/03/2018   09:02 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Turff49 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As for selling seals on ebay or in general.: Common material will always be hard to move. The rarer items move very well. I missed out on an advertising card last night that sold for $110. I bid $107.77 so the items move very well. There are lots of items in the Locals that will catalog in the $100-$500plus range(especially if tied). This is mainly due to rarity where only one or 2 examples are known.
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