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Cape Of Good Hope Stamps

 
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Posted 04/07/2023   09:37 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Mr Ian to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello everyone, please can anybody advise me on the value of a page of Cape of Good Hope stamps from late father's collection.
I am thinking about putting it on ebay, also what should I charge for postage, I live in the U.K.
All stamps are very lightly hinged, they can easily be removed.



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Posted 04/07/2023   09:51 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think you'll need better scans of the triangulars, which look quite rough from this picture.

Postage? A first class letter costs £1.10.
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Posted 04/07/2023   09:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The last 11 stamps are early South Africa issues.
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Posted 04/07/2023   10:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mr Ian to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply



Please can anybody kindly advise me on the value of this page?
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Posted 04/07/2023   10:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Rob Roy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You can start by going to a website like stampworld and see their estimated value. If you have access to catalogs like Scott or Stanly-Gibons, that will help too. From what I saw here in this forum, the real prices for not-perfect stamps are much lower than catalog prices. Next, look at sites like ebay and see for how much they are offered or sold.
Good luck
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Posted 04/07/2023   10:52 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd start off around £2.99 and see what you can get. The triangulars are in poor shape - one has no clear margins, the other has two, but the third is badly cut into.
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Posted 04/07/2023   10:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jarmo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Probably wouldn't be worth the effort... Just keep them of a memory of your father...
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Posted 04/07/2023   6:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Rick2 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If you have a local Stamp Club in the area, take them to one of the meetings and see what they can tell you, you might find a buyer also!
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Australia
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Posted 04/07/2023   8:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Would you care to post a close image of this stamp, please?
The postmark intrigues me.
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Posted 04/07/2023   9:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like the Grahams Town hooded postmark. Open to suggestions, though.
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Posted 04/07/2023   10:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice catch Collin
Hard to be anything else
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