Postage Stamp Collection value?
Is there a website where I can find the value of my Old Postage stamp collection for free? Sort of like an online catalogue or something? Thanks!
The answer is ‘no’, it can’t be done like that.
For one thing a collection has many parts and only a few items are of any value.
It is impossible to value a collection in this way because rare items can be difficult to spot in a collection, and rare items in poor condition will have a very low value. In addition rare items usually need to be ‘expertised’ to realise their full value in the marketplace.
Nowadays, philatelists are more interested in postal history than stamps as such. perhaps some of your collection is still on the covers? Perhaps they have interesting postal markings, if so that could be good
The only way is to approach someone at your nearest philatelic society and ask what they think.
My personal experience is that I can tell within five minutes what a collection is likely to fetch at auction. An hour or two will allow the identification of any really good items.
It is best not to leave your collection with anybody – you never know and stamps are very portable!
Very few collections are worth great sums and there is a category of collection often referred to as ‘juvenile’. They are schoolboy collections which even fifty years later are likely to contain little of great merit.
Of course, some people had a good eye for potentially sound investments and your collection may be one of these.
Best wishes,
Bruce Gillham
General Secretary of the India Study circle
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