Too Many Stamps - What To Do?

nitrolures just "pay it forward" and I will be happy.

more Canada

other Canada

those are nice..


Jeff,
If you don't want all these dups. Create a few packets of one of each and offer them for sale on this forum.
I am sure you could get some people to buy them. In fact I am positive.

and some more Canada

Stampvirgin, thanks for that advice. I really am listening, how many would you suggest and what $$.

Jeff,

How many I guess is up to you. Depending on how many different dupes you have you could offer packets by country.
As for price, I would let auction style terms decide. Depending on what you feel the value is, start at that price plus postage.
If you have 10 different dupes from a country then make a packet of 10, if there are 20 different stamps then a packet of 20. It is really up to you to decide, it depends on your supply.

okay, will put one together today and see what happens... one more step to the Schaubek! :)

I love Canada

Jeff,

Maybe a heads up on those Brazilian stamps? I hope you gave them a close look. There are 9 different SC#s for that design, color and value: 229, 251, 271, 336, 280, 437, 492, 472, and 463A. They differ by shade, perf and wmk. The 463A has a 2009 SC value of $150 used.

Dan

RPO collectors might be interested in this cancellation from your post:



That's a relatively rare Pt. Rowan & Hamilton railway cancellation, given a rarity factor of 100 ("fairly rare") in the T.P.G. Shaw catalogue. That means the value of a full cancellation is 100 times greater than the normal catalogue value. Unfortunately the train number is a bit messy, probably 233 but it's not as clear as the rest of the cancel. Still, a good find for somebody interested in RPO cancels.

Ryan

I haven't read all the post in this thread, but you could make up packets and give them to charities, veteran groups, churches, scouts, kids, schools, senior homes, a local stamp club etc. Another suggestion is to use our buy/sell/trade area.

on the RPO advice, nice one.

danstamps54 any suggestions on how I can figure them out, is it all explained in Scotts?

puzzler and ryan any ideas as to what I should be asking for it? I really am trying (albeit slowly) to get to buy my schaubek album (should I ebay it?)

stamperdude thank you for your input as well

you guys are all so helpful and full of info, I cant thank you all enough for the time you take to check this stuff out.

Going by Ryan's suggestion of 100 times the value (I don't have the Shaw catalogue but want it) I think you would go 0.25 x 100 = 25.00 x 0.225 (22.5%) = $5.62 start price in auction format on ebay.

I have found over the years that that percentage seems to be the area at which a bid is attracted. Any higher and people are reluctant to bid. Then, once you have a bid and other people see that they will look and see what is the nice item that someone wants. people copy people, survival instinct. Worth a shot anyway.

Clean it up a bit and get a nicely centered scan and show a back scan alos if possible. The more pics the more chance of a sale.