Benjamin Franklin, 1908

Hi Everybody, I am new to this and forgive me for my complete lack of knowledge of stamps. My dad has been a stamp collector for the past 80 years of his life and he has left me his incredible stamp collection and I have no idea where to start. I found these two stamps in his collection and before I get excited I wanted some feedback from some pros whether these are rare or common stamps. I did some research and everything that I have found says that they are rare and the real deal but before I get excited I wanted to get some feedback so if anybody can help me out I would very much appreciate your feedback. I have scanned in a picture of the stamps that I am talking about. Thank you kindly for your help. Kind regards, Alan

Welcome to the Stamp Community, Alan. These two stamps are Scott 300, from the 1902-3 issue. They are the lowest denomination of the set that has denominations starting with this 1c stamp and going to the $5.00 stamp. This 1c denomination is the most common stamp of the set. Sorry to disappoint you, as they are worth pennies at the most!

Hi, welcome to the forum, you can check on this ebay link to suport what orstampman said

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Scott-30...em25a2a8d602

If you father collected stamps for 80 years, i'm sure this collection worth you keeps it and continue his work

It helps some times to know why a stamp is common. When these were released the rate for a letter was 2 cents and the rate for a postcard was 1 cent. The most commonly used stamps were therefore the 1 and 2 cent issues. Less common, but still easily found, were the 5 cent (overseas rate for a letter) and 10 cent (registration fees). Various other rates fit the other stamps issued. Needless to say, the 2 dollar and 5 dollar stamps are the hardest to find, and the most valuable from that set.

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Hello and welcome Alan!

Kevin, it isn't uncommon for someone new to stamps to simply mistake the listing for a different stamp of the same design. In this case, they may have not recognized that this stamp is not a coil stamp. I did similar things quite a few times as a beginner.

HDNAC....if the poster replies to my answer....
he/she can state where/how the reseaerch was done....
then someone will tell them why they are incorrect....
then he/she could learn what they did wrong.

Hello, another newbie here searching for advice on stamp value. I am more of a coin collector, I inherited the stamps shown in the attached photo and was hoping someone could tell me if they are valuable or if they are common. On a side note, I also inherited 36,000 stamps in sheets from the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Thank you for any assistance.

The Philippines Japanese occupation stamps are very common, at least as singles. If you have 36000 of them in sheets, you probably have some value to the right buyer.

Yes, looks like they are very common. I just have so darn many of them, ebay! Any thoughts on the two stamps on the postcards? Thanks

Your stamps on your post cards are not valuable. . .together, the stamps and postcards are worth maybe a buck or two to an interested buyer. Definitely don't take the stamps off the cards.

Thanks much, just as I suspected.