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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
I only ask because I inherited a very large US stamp collection, with one book of world Disney and some mint UN as well as FDCs of all the above. Lots and lots of very old cover too. Anyway, I would love to turn some of this collection into coin and wondering if there are any possible trading partners out there. Forum moderators: No intention of buy/sell/trade here. Just looking for folks that have the overlapping interest so we might one day get together on the buy/sell/trade forums. Gotta know who's there first before posting specifics. |
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
1523 Posts |
I too have just inherited 3 boxes full of FDC (Worldwide) Some rare stamps from UK, Probably 2000+ stamps. I do have an interest in stamps, not as strong as coins, but it's there. |
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
I would say that my interest in stamps and coins sort of swings like a pendulum. I move back and forth between them. Recently I ordered some more type coins and at the same time I just bought a penny black.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
581 Posts |
Hey you guys!
There is a Stamp Forum here too! Just look towards the top of the page for the link to the Stamp Forum. You have to join, but it's the same format as this forum.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
I sure used to, but 20 years or so ago my mom gave my collection to her niece's son. That would also be my first cousin's son or maybe my 2nd cousin, one or the other or maybe all three but the stamps are LONG GONE, LOL...  Take Care Ben |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
first cousin once removed.
she gave the collection to your first cousin who it to their child (first cousin once removed).
If you have a child they will be second cousins to the person with the collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
ratio--the kind of collection you are talking about would have value depending on the age and condition of the oldest US stamps/covers. Early FDCs can still have some value. Consider joining the stamp forum and posting some pics, you'd probably do best at some point to consider trading, as a dealer will offer from 5-20% of low catalog value.
As for UN stamps--which I have collected since the '70s--I have a story: the daughter of a collector who had recently passed away brought his whole collection into the shop where a friend of mine works. They gave her what I thought was a fairly generous value and a price they would pay (I think it was around $1200) for the entire collection. She wasn't convinced and wanted to keep the UN stamps--she was sure that they had a greater value than was being given. My friend handed her the UN album, told her she was welcome to keep it. She was concerned and asked what they were going to be paying her for the collection without the UN stamps. "$1200, same amount," was the answer.
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
I have a severe fondness for definitives, the A-H letter 'denomination' stamps, and the weird valued stamps (i.e. 7.7 cents).
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
I have some Polish stamps which I'd let go for $1 since I've got no use for them.. But I can't ask for a trade/buy of stamps there since I don't have 50 posts. And how can one possibly have 50 QUALITY posts if one has minimal knowledge about stamps? Or are there exceptions for CCF Forum users?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I have a severe fondness for definitives, the A-H letter 'denomination' stamps, and the weird valued stamps (i.e. 7.7 cents). I find those useful when there's a new clerk who insist on adding up the postage instead of taking my word. About one box with 1¼, 4½ and ½¢ stamps brings us to a meeting of the minds in a big hurry. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
FDCs, First Flight, blocks, and Space commemoratives.
I got it baaaaad.
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Moderator
 United States
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I also had a brief run in the world of philately, c.1982~1983. I got interested in them when I lived in Minnesota because the local coin shop was a "coin and stamp" shop. When I moved to rural Pennsylvania the next year, no one collected coins, but I found two stamp collectors to "bond" with. I still have them in a Harris album. I looked through that album for the first time in probably ten years or more when the Stamp Community went online, to see if I could rekindle any interest. Well, it did not happen. However, I would be very reluctant to liquidate the collection, even for coins, since I have had them so long. I think I will hold out until a younger family member shows an interest.  |
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Australia
3831 Posts |
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
A few days ago on a program on TV called Travels and Traditions with Burt Wolf, it was stated that in China there are now approximately 200,000,000 people that collect stamps. Imagine here in the USA there is about 300,000,000 people total and in China almost that many that collect stamps. From what they were saying in China stamp collecting is really, really big. I wonder if any of those stamps show how them make our US coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Oh forgot the question. Not to long ago I found out about having Cancer. I had a large shoe box of stamps and several albums all from when I was a kid. Not a big stamp collector so they just sat there for about 50 years. When I found out about the Cancer I started to give away lots of stuff and a kid in another state said he would be intereted in them so I sent him the entire collection, free of course. I only knew him from when he won a coin giveaway I had on another forum. I also sent him several thousand Wheat Cents not long ago. Just part of my getting rid of a minimum of one item a day.
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08/31/2008 5:11 pm
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