Lots Of Stamps Please Help!

I just inherited a large quantity of stamps, about 15 binders, and others.
Late 1800's to present.
I know its impossible to judge without pics but man where do I start ?
I think ultimately Id like to sell them, not sure.
Thanks

Start with the oldest ones, and with the most popular countries?


Peter

You mean posting pics here ?
Most are Canadian.

Post a few pics. Representative album pages and/or any you think look more special than others (tip - if one of the binders looks more expensive than the others, that's likely where the better stamps are too). Obviously you can't get an appraisal on the collection but it will at least help see what the standard of the collection might be.

Thanks, Ill see what I can do shortly.

Redlee,
just take a picture of the pages from 1851 to 1900 (that should cover pence issue, 1st cents, large queens, small queens and older Victoria series and diamond Jubilee) probable 6 or 7 pictures for most common albums. A quick assessment would cover how complete are the series, overall quality (no damaged stamps), as welll as which ones are missing is a good proxy for level of the collector. Also provide range of the collection (from 18.. to 19,,?), mostly Mint or Used? Are there covers, booklets, etc

A few pics.

Hi there - these are 'every day' stamps that all Canadian collectors would have. Very easy to obtain in used condition. If they are mostly Canadian you should pick up a used copy of a Unitrade catalogue. This could just be a duplicates or seconds album, who knows.

Thanks.

Redlee, you can always check out your local library for the newer issue of the Unitrade Specialised catalogue shown. Or get the Scott worldwide catalogue volume that contains Canada to get an idea of catalogue value. And do not forget that the value stated is nowhere near actual sale value. It can be much less. Please do not automatically assume that some scarcer issues with high catalogue values you may see in catalogue are automatically what you have, as usually it is the more common variety you probably will have.
I see Gilbert issues from Newfoundland. I also see a Canadian 25c war savings stamp in that collection. The 7c tercentenary stamp has reasonable margins but has a heavy killer grid cancel on it. Any mint or all used.
What province are you in? Maybe a local club has a meeting in your area you can visit and see if a couple people can give you an idea of what you have overall.

Thanks for the help, Im going to try and take more pics.
Im near Edmonton and right now driving is out of the question.
Should I post more pics or not ?

It might be worth taking a few more pictures of the earlier album pages (the hole-punched pages with the boxes and images). You start at 1898, but the pages before it will be more interesting. I don't know how Minkus lays out Canada, but it can't be all that many pages. (Obviously, we don't need to see empty pages.)

Here in the U.S., a five- or ten-year-old Unitrade catalogue is usually pretty cheap. $5 to $10. I can't believe they would be a lot more in the homeland. The values wouldn't be current, but that isn't important for your needs. You'd see relative values, and you could identify much of what you have, with some practice.

To be honest, more pictures are not helping much since the stamps are mostly behind the glassine strips in the stockbook.
The picture of the album pages show the stamps much better, and this gives us an idea.
So far no real treasures, but one never knows
By the way, you got a suggestion to check for a stamp club in your area. I would guess there is a stamp club in Edmonton. Try this: https://www.edmontonstampclub.ca/



Peter

You're certainly free to, but here's a straightforward answer: you will likely get similar answers to what you've already read from the community. From what you've shown, you have a collection of older, but still common, Canadian and BNA (British North America) stamps. Many hinged, and most of them seem used. You also have accumulations in stockbooks, with stamps in similar condition to those in the album(s).
So, my suggestion would be these things: find a Scott or Unitrade catalog, and/or visit a local philatelic club, to begin understanding what you have (for example, maybe you'll figure out why there are so many multiples of the same stamps). Once you have a handle on the collection as a whole, you'll have a much better idea about what to do with it, whether that be in whole or part shelving, giving, selling, or using it to start/continue your own.