Mint stamps have never been used and often cost more. Used stamps may be easier to collect and may also be collected for the cancellations on them. Where will you get your stamps? You can find stamps almost anywhere: Purchase them new at your local post office.
Ask friends, relatives, and local businesses to save them for you especially those who live in different locations around the country or the world. Find a stamp dealer in your area by visiting the APS Dealer Directory and searching in your state or city. Join a local stamp club to trade stamps with other members or ask for help getting started. Attend a stamp show to find rare stamps and meet other collectors. What special equipment do you need?
Collectors generally prefer peelable stamp mounts. Never use tape or glue. Mounts are clear plastic sleeves. Used properly, a mount can easily protect your rare stamps from air, dust, dirt, and moisture. This kind of policy can provide protection beyond fair market value, allowing you to assemble a collection of the most wanted rare stamps in the event of a covered loss.
Contact American Collectors Insurance for more information and a free quote today. Have a collection of rare stamps you want to show off to our community? Buyer's Guides. The Inverted Jenny The Inverted Jenny, Source: Wikimedia Commons One of the best-known stamps in history as well as being one of the rarest stamps available, this issue saw an upside-down blue inking of the World War 1 era JN-4HM inverted on a single stamp sheet of the print run inside its right-side-up red frame.
Building a Collection of Rare US Stamps Rare stamps are highly condition-sensitive and need to be properly handled and stored to protect their value.
Others may like historical issues that celebrate great moments in our culture. For those who just like dinosaurs, the United States Postal Service has you covered. Other considerations include: Condition — Collectible stamps range from ones with significant fading, hinge marks, and other signs of use all the way to completely unused stamps.
The mount is fixed to your album with your stamp sliding into the mount like a picture into a picture frame. Although you will need to have a range of mounts to fit different stamp sizes, they are cheap and easy to get hold of and are the best way to keep your stamps safe in their album. Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click on them we may earn a small commission. That helps us fund This Is Money, and keep it free to use. We do not write articles to promote products.
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JAYNA RANA explains why some stamps are worth thousands and how you can get yours valued for free How to tell if a stamp is worth thousands - or even millions - and what to do if it is Jayna Rana finds out if her grandad's stamp collection is worth anything Visit Stampex International in London to get your collection valued for free By Jayna Rana For Thisismoney.
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Hold 'em high Storing your stamp collection in a high place rather than in a box on the floor has a couple of benefits.
No hands No matter how delicately you handle your stamps, the natural oils in your hand will degrade quality. Use plastic mounts Stamp hinges or mounts are the typical go-to method of keeping stamps firmly affixed to your album. Share or comment on this article: Is my grandad's old stamp collection worth anything?
Toggle Search. Petrol has now risen above p a litre and diesel is Online resources: To quickly identify a stamp in your possession and learn more about its value, you can search through the Gibbons Marketplace — an online resource which lists millions of different stamps.
In reality, the values which these publications and catalogues assign to stamps are very optimistic. Even most dealers discount their prices heavily from the values they display. This is because prices on sites like this are usually for perfect issues — which is unlikely to be the case with most stamps. Specialist valuation experts: Although this guide is intended to be a useful resource, we would strongly recommend getting a professional valuation from a philatelic expert with years of knowledge and experience.
Only then should you decide what to do with a stamp or collection which has come into your possession. Joseph Cottriall, Ian Hunter, Denise Stynes and Phil Stowe, the experienced members of our philatelic department, have dedicated their lives to amassing a detailed knowledge about every aspect of stamps and postal history.
They have a wealth of industry contacts and an in-depth understanding of the stamp market on both sides of the globe.
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