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Posted 11/21/2016   08:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Stephen Andrew Waton to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Just going through my collection and trying to assistant what I have and if value, I did try a stamp dealer and he brushed them under the carpet and said with out looking at them, there not worth anything, I will be posting more on here through the next week, so your help would be well appreciated.
If you want I can send a onedrive link so you can have a look at the 2 books I have take pics of

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Posted 11/21/2016   09:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scotzm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Fewer stamp on the scan/photo with greater detail would help and the right way up. From what I can see, there very little value. Only three stamps looked "interesting" ....

The one shilling stamp might be mint (hard to tell unless better detail)
The 2/6 half crown is dated 1931 so is a pre re-engraved issue. The 5/- shilling red beside it looks to have either a torn corner or a corner crease which is a pity.
The One Penny red beside the halfpenny green looked decent but I believe it is damaged?

Anything torn,dirty or heavily postmarked would be space-filler quality and not worth anything as decent stamps are available for pennies anyway.
The British Empire stamps look damaged too so space-fillers as a decent set costs only a pound or so.
A stamp dealer would have many of these stamps as normal stock and, as quality counts, would not need these ones.
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Posted 11/22/2016   12:07 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Stephen Andrew Waton to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
closer pics uploaded for you all review









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Posted 11/22/2016   02:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scotzm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Mostly space-fillers as the damage and other faults don't make attractive stamps so no great value.
The last 2/6 "sea-horses" stamp looked good initially. Looks like a Bradbury Wilkinson printing of the kind they did after 1927... measure the design and if it is over 22mm then it is Bradbury Wilkinson printers. No great value but worth probably a UK pound or two on a good day in ebay.
The small format One Penny George 5 photogravure stamp has a Y/36 control and is from cylinder 53 no dot. Unfortunately the selvedge with those details has been detached and re-attached badly making it now probably worthless as a mint stamp.
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Posted 11/22/2016   03:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Stephen Andrew Waton to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your help very much so

below is the onedrive link if you want to have a look and tell me if you see anything which is worth our time or just paper fillers

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnXcgu_L3V7DmQWqPZXOrlux44jG
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnXcgu_L3V7Dmie56Cabizui5Fzq

I do have more but will need to sort then all out
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Posted 11/22/2016   07:59 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Steve ---Nothing you wouldn't find in a beginner collection of worldwide . Most dealers have backrooms full of that kind of material.
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Posted 11/22/2016   12:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Renden to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Stephen
You seem quite interested. Do you have a Catalogue that could help you decipher your collection ? Good luck to you.
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Posted 11/23/2016   6:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Stephen Andrew Waton to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks All, the collection is more sentimental for me as It belonged to my late farther and Aunty you mention a Catalogue can you let me know where I would find this Catalogue and/or the best one to use.
Thanks again for all your help I will put some more up once I have scanned them in
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Posted 11/23/2016   6:21 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I hesitate to say "try your local library", because local libraries tend to vanish and they don't necessarily keep stamp catalogues anymore. The standard catalogues for GB and the Commonweath are Stanley Gibbons. If your stuff's all GB, there's a small, simplified catalogue called Collect British Stamps - older editions should be very cheap on ebay.
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