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I Would Love To Buy This But..... The Postage Cost!

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Posted 01/15/2018   1:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Eiger to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
As a birthday treat (for myself!) I would love to buy this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20218490...l_noapp=true

But $300 postage, wow!
It would be so much fun going through this lot
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Posted 01/15/2018   2:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mdroth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good grief...that would keep you busy for 8-10 birthdays easy!
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Posted 01/15/2018   2:27 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Having just looked aghast at the boxes and albums of duplicated French stamps I've accumulated over the years, I think you're well out of this lot!
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Posted 01/15/2018   2:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Stampman2002 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I've purchased a couple of collections which looked like that one lot...

Years later, I'm still trying to finish sorting a couple of them...

It is a lot of fun, though
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Posted 01/15/2018   3:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add RK1468 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Eiger, if you can negotiate an local pickup, a quick search shows flights from Heathrow to Philadelphia for less that $600 roundtrip. ;)
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Posted 01/15/2018   4:05 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Eiger to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There's a thought I could fly over! I'm sure a courier would be cheaper than $300.
The collection would see me through to retirement I think
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Posted 01/15/2018   4:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Eiger to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd love a collection like thi with all pre Decimal GB stamps that would be amazing!
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Posted 01/15/2018   4:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampcrow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like free shipping in the U.S. That's a big advantage for a U.S. buyer.

Almost 3 days left and already 42 bids by more than a dozen unique bidders... the price is gunna climb.
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Posted 01/15/2018   4:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Eiger to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
yes I'm watching with interest!
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Posted 01/17/2018   7:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add thepackrat to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Holy YIKES! I could have fun for a VERY long time!

If I had the money I would do a local pick up as I am only an hour and a half away! I could not wait for delivery time. Keeping my eye on that one.


However, what are the chances that all of the stamps are properly identified? I would love to find some of the more difficult Wash/Franks in there.

Robert
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Posted 01/17/2018   7:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Fun, but no way to even begin to estimate a realistic value on a lot like this. All anyone can do is decide how much the fun is worth and bid accordingly.
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Posted 01/17/2018   9:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add shermae to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I looked about about 1/4 of the images and got a headache thinking about sorting this lot.
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Posted 01/17/2018   10:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Phil_Atelic to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Very tempting but I already have too many to sort and organize, would just take up more space!
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Posted 01/18/2018   05:45 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Eiger to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If I had the money I'd buy them for sure - that would be a barrel of fun!
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Posted 01/18/2018   07:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jkelley01938 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A while back, I ordered some stamps from the Netherlands. Two months later, I was waiting for them to arrive. So I cancelled the order and reordered from someone else. Then the first order arrived. I contacted the seller to get his address. My shipping cost for a packet of stamps to the Netherlands will be over $80-! Outrageous.

Jack Kelley
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Posted 01/18/2018   08:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Based on the photos, I would think about $25 a box is all it's worth. Lots of duplication of common stamps with very little probability of finding anything really valuable.
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