Precancelled Roosevelt 5 Cent Stamp

i could use some help. Im basically a pre-war coollector of trains.coins and ww1 propaganda posters. I have a lionel box from the cmpany with a 5 cent Roosevelt stamp dated February 32. I researched and saw that some are collectable and some not so much. Could someone give me advice, Thanks, Joe



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From your description (more photos would be nice) the stamps are attached to a mailing box. Stamps still on the item mailed are usually worth more than the stamps by themselves. Now in your case there is a big plus and a moderate negative.

The plus is that the stamps and box are complete and intact (again more photos) so that they, as a unit, are more attractive to a stamp collector.

The negative is that not all collectors like dimensional objects as they are a bit harder to store in ones collection. Specifically they don't mount well on a stamp or postal history album page.

I would welcome seeing a couple of photos of the entire mailing. I am also one of those collectors you would want if you were selling this as I collect mailed merchandise items including dimensional items and also have a choo-choo/Lionel interest such I would welcome it into my collection.

That said, I am of the opinion you have no interest in having the item leave your collection. So what you need to do is store the item in a manner that does not allow for the stamps to be damaged while on the package.

Now if you post a photo or type the to and from addresses in a post here, I will describe the mailing for you as to weight and other details.

sc12, You should change the title to the thread to indicate that they are precancels. Chances are that a precancel expert will chime in and give you better advise


Peter

This topic was already started on page 2 of this previous thread:

https://goscf.com/t/51932&whichpage=2#691178

Why start another thread?