Inherited A Bin Full Of Loose Stamps-Have Been At This For A Couple Of Weeks Now Please Help

Just inherited a bin full of loose stamps. Was wondering if you could let me know if anything seems to be worth looking into further. I know I'm probably not going to find a fortune in them but at this point even if some of the stamps happen to be worth $50 or so then they would help out greatly. I've spent many hours going through them all. There's a lot of older red 2 cent Washington's and a bunch of green Franklins. Those I've been told are most likely no good. Although I had someone who saw the Washington's posted somewhere else offer me $50 for them, which sounds like it might have been fair but before selling I'd like a more experienced group to look at some of the ones that I haven't had any luck on finding. So if you would please take a look at the ones below. The picture may be too jumbled up with too many different ones, but I figured if any stuck out as being something That should get looked further into before selling, if anyone could and would take a quick look who's more experienced with them and wouldn't mind helping me so that I don't spend another two weeks without getting anywhere, it would be greatly appreciated. Stamps aren't what my passion is, I'm more of a marble person. So if anyone needs any help with identifying antique vintage handmade or machine made marbles, I'd be glad to help. Any help that anyone could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.

Your pic is really to small to be of any use.

Yes, please post larger images, even if you have to only show a few at a time.

what is shown appears to be cut squares from postal stationary and envelopes. they appear to have condition issues and would not be worth anything to most collectors.

Top row, centre pair appear to be Great Britain 1912 1/2d and 1d MacKennals on paper. Although varieties in colours and watermarks exist, these tend to be highly common and cheap even in superb condition.

Bottom row, second from right, probably 10c Leopoldo I from the 1850's Belgium. The photo should be in focus if you want much more.

Thanks for all of the help so far. Hopefully I got the pictures a little better this time. I think I need to find a way to light them up better while taking pics though. I tried to leave out the majority of the cut outs since it didn't sound like they were very good unless it was one that I found interesting for cancel mark or some other reason. I do have some pages that the stamps were being stuck to unfortunately. Most of those are in never sent condition but they've been stuck to the paper so probably not too good. As far as the foreign ones looks like they're mostly cut outs and most of the others are probably pretty common then. Once again, your expertise and help are greatly appreciated. I've spent a couple of weeks trying to sort through these and researching and still haven't gotten very far.

Your subsequent attempt at images, is very good, no need to improve on that.

What you have is a "pot pourri" of ephemera and stationery cut squares, and postmarks.

I just adore this stuff, and my collections are full of similar items,
which I could identify, but would take weeks.

I have been know to pay up to $30 for a collection similar, but more items.

I was telling a friend, just recently, how I went to a stamp club open day, and saw a Chinese Stock book full of this material, and I was salivating, assuming &50 - $60 tops.

It was for sale for $320
I doubt very much, he would have got anywhere near that, but whom knows?

The Belgian "HUY" precancel on the back of the stamp is a ripper!

Your Edinburgh and Leith (Yellow Stamp)

Ah so that's what I thought. The ones that look unused/newer are fake. I already spotted two others and pulled out. I knew not to get excited before really looking them over. Fortunately they weren't as hard as the Washington's and franklins to figure out. One of the other fake foreign ones had a dimple, the original did not. So nothing much there then. Since they seemed to all be from 1960 or earlier I thought that there might be something okay in them but with they way they've been kept kind of figured better.

I thought the huy 1914 was the front of that stamp, will have to see what's on the other side but pretty sure it was blank. So is it just an extra piece of stamp paper and not a stamp then, right? My fault if so, I'm really no expert at stamps. Ask me almost anything to do with legos up until a couple of years ago and almost anything about marbles and I can tell you no problem. Again thanks for the info.

So it would seem that I shouldn't invest too much more time into the foreign stamps. Maybe just the pages with the ones that were unsent through the mail stuck to them.

Time to try to figure out the Washington and franklins again. Probably nothing but they're in much better condition then the foreign ones. If anyone has any tips on how to narrow them down and weed out a good majority easily without a perf measure, that would also be greatly appreciated. That is if there is such a way. Especially since every time I think I've got it, then I check ebay in the completed sold listings and realize I don't. I will make another post with some pics. since I was offered $50 for the Washington's before I ended up finding a bunch more. Would be good to know if that was a fair price for them. Thanks again.

This is a new one for me, unlisted in my records.

CDS (Circular Date Stamp)
London EC
"Time below Date " (Only other I have seen is from 1911)
Code 18

Probably a rubber CDS hammer used on parcels or circulars which the backing paper also suggests.

First picture:
Most Great Britain are postal stationary cut-outs. Those went out of fashion with collectors long ago.
Top right is a George V 1920s postal stationary cut-out. The orange cut-out below it might be an imprinted revenue stamp from the Victorian period. Maybe someone can tell you something about that. To its left and also on the second pictures is a 1½d red-brown MacKennal SG362-365 (depends on the exact colour) if it has a script cypher watermark. If it has a block cypher watermark, it would be SG420. Bottom right is the 2d orange MacKennal from die 1, SG369.

Second picture:
Top left is a postal stationary cut-out with two additional George V definitive stamps, 1s bistre-brown from (1939), SG475, and 1/2d pale orange (1951), SG 503. The former remained in use throughout the reign, the second is from the "changed colours" series issued 1950-1951. Next to this item, top centre, is the 2½d pale scarlet, SG 507, from the same "changed colours" series.

Third picture:
Centre is a Dutch 20c stamp (1926-1927).

Fourth picture:
Next to the Dutch 20c stamp is a 5c stamp from the same set. Bottom right are two further MacKennals. The 1/2d with script watermark would be SG351-355, depending on the colour, with a block cypher watermark, it would be SG418. Next to it is the 1d from the set, SG357-361, or SG418, depending on watermark and if script watermark also colour. If it has a script watermark, it would be a good idea to check whether it occurs in columns or in alternate offset lines. The latter would be the much scarcer coil issue. Above it is another of those 1d stamps, very likely with block cypher watermark, as the cancellation is ca. 1924-1925 (Empire Exhibition). This is a perfin.

Eight picture:
See above

Thirteenth picture
See second picture.
These all are very common stamps, unless the multiple script watermark would be that for the 1/2d and 1d MacKennals.

Mallen1228

Don't give up on the stamps stuck to paper. Common issue caused by improper storage. Stamps originally had gum on them and humidity causes them to stick to the pages. To remove the stamps from the pages with a minimum of damage to the stamps simply cut around the stamp without damaging the stamp and soak it in some tepid water until the page separates from the stamp. Could take a few minutes or even a few hours. Remove the stamp from the water, place it on a paper towel to soak off the excess water, place the damp stamp between the pages of a book for a day or two and remove when bone dry. Your stamp will no longer have gum on it but at least you'll still have the stamp.

The pinkish stamp in pictures 5 and 6 that says "Je maintiendrai" and has a face value of 10 cent is a Dutch revenue (stamp duty) stamp. These are called "plakzegel."

Picture 5. Top row: Austrian Newspaper stamp, Canton Bern tax stamp from the 1890's, hyperinflationary stamp from Germany between the wars
Second row: identified by NSK, South African, Austrian Franz-Joseph postal stationery cut square
Third row: Hungarian official stamp, Napoleon III from France (could be Scott #14 from the 1850's), Franz-Joseph again
Picture 9 & 12. The stamp with the 1M overprint is a Prussian revenue stamp from the 1890's