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Steve Williams

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As a kid growing up I spent a huge amount of time collecting stamps from all over the world. In fact I still have many of the blocks of first day issues going back over 50 years. I wonder if they are worth anything today?

Any of you involved then or now in stamp collecting. I am interested in what kinds you are collecting
 

Ronm1

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As a kid growing up I spent a huge amount of time collecting stamps from all over the world. In fact I still have many of the blocks of first day issues going back over 50 years. I wonder if they are worth anything today?

Plate blocks or just blocks
Any of you involved then or now in stamp collecting. I am interested in what kinds you are collecting
Not now but years ago. US and foreign
 

jn229

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IMHO stamps have lost a lot of their value because the youth today are not collecting. I found this out when we had to deal with my father's estate, he had a number of plate block corners.
 

audioguy

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i still have my stamp collection. I had saved it thinking if I had male children, they might be interested. We had girls.

Maybe 30 to 40 years ago, I had someone I trusted look at the collection, to give me an estimate of its worth. THe estimate he gave me was ridiculous and soon learned that he a stolen many of the stamps that had significant value, but since I did not have proof of ownership prior to giving him my collection, I could not prove it.

I would love to sell it but (a) have no safe way to value it and (b) as has been stated previously, not a lot of stamp collectors any longer.

Not sure what to do with it.
 

GaryProtein

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I have my father's stamp collection whose latest entries were made over 50 years ago. He has individual stamps, plate blocks and some full pages. I, too, have no idea what the stuff is worth or what to do with it.
 

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I have my father's stamp collection whose latest entries were made over 50 years ago. He has individual stamps, plate blocks and some full pages. I, too, have no idea what the stuff is worth or what to do with it.
If you want to sell a collection a guy I know will give you 30 to 40 % of catalog value. This is if it is USA or Canada.
 

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