Contest! How Many Stamps Are In This Germany Lot?

'fraid the number is 14740.

5,400

As it turned out, the vast majority of people guessed under the correct amount. The closest person was Blaamand with a guess of 25,123 stamps.

The actual number was 31,102 stamps... that's a LOT of classic Germany, even if the vast majority are penny ante!

Blaamand, go ahead and send me an email with your address and choice of prize.

Thanks for participating, everyone. Now to figure out what to do with them all.

I might make some MNH sets of the inflation-era stuff and see how they do on ebay. As far as the used material is concerned, there are $1-5 catalog value stamps by the thousands... which unfortunately are a tough sell, at least on ebay the overhead and postage makes them difficult to sell as singles... not to mention the likely spurious nature of many inflation-era cancels.

I think this is the first I won anything, ever! Mail I s sent. Thanks a lot, Revenuecollector.

Congratulations Blaamand!

revenuecollector, have you considered selling what you don't want as mixtures? Might be easier to sell. You can make up some nice packets with these stamps by adding some of the better items to each mixture.