Victoria On Victoria Stamps.

Before Australian Federation in 1901. the states issues there own stamps. Bandicoot gave me these a few days ago. He acquired them from another collector. There was literally thousands of Victoria (the state) stamps, all with Queen Victoria on them of course. There was so many, that somewhere, sometime, someone had tied them up in neat little bundles. It would almost be a shame to untie them. I am not a variety collector, so as long as I have one of each type I am happy. So I don't think I will untie them.
What would you do?




Steve

This looks like it's bundleware, common stamps sorted and bundled by the hundred for packet makers. Any checking for variety might or might not have been done depending on the philatelic sophistication of the person who assembled the bundles.

Hi Steve.....

You might find one in fair condition with an early date cancel.....or a scarce small town.

Steve

I had a similar experience with a lot I purchased off ebay. I received stamps from Chile. I have slowly been giving them away.

Dianne

Let me know if you ever decide to sell them. It would be interesting to look through them.

Tom, I wouldn't dream of selling them to you.
You may have them. I'm not sure how well they will seperate, but I'll get them in the mail to you shortly.

Steve

P.S. I'll split the profits with you, if you find anything valuable. LOL

I wouldn't have the patience to go through all of them Steve. Like you, I'd end up giving them away to keep from having to devote that much time and effort.

way cool thanks a million!

Victoria stamps arrived in Massachusetts!
  
These will keep me busy for a long time.
Thank you Steve! and also Nuggethill for the extras!

Glad they arrived safely.
Hope you find something nice in there.
On the ones that I went through, I noticed some
nice cancellations, socked on the nose, with consecutive years.
Probably would be interesting to see how
many years you could find.

Steve

Tom,

Did you find any keepers in that lot??

Steve

Steve, sorting is my therapy..i would have looked for any bulls eye cancels and put the best examples in my album..the rest ? thats a good question !!

Steve it seems like most Aussie collectors have these pre-Federation Victorian and N.S.W.as well as other state stamps in abundance,there are watermark and variation varieties galore Tom enough to keep you going for a few cold nights at least,mine was a very small contribution Tom compared to what Steve sent you so thanks for the acknowledgement.