Advice wanted

I have a numerous amount of rare, very old stamps, and i was wondering if
anyone could tell me where I can get them valued. I am NOT looking to sell
them, I want to insure them with their own insurance, so hence my need for
their value.

I live in the North-west of England. Does someone know of anywhere around
here which can value them?

Thanks

Bea:

I have a numerous amount of rare, very old stamps, and i was wondering if
anyone could tell me where I can get them valued. I am NOT looking to sell
them, I want to insure them with their own insurance, so hence my need for
their value.

Look in your telephone book - you should easly find stamp dealers
listed therein. Be aware that if you are not selling the stamps that
there will be a charge for this service. No dealer is going to spend
hours valuing stamps for free.

Or, you could go to a local library and ask then to let you peruse
their stamp catalogs - you'll probably find Stanley Gibbons (in many
volumes) stamp catalogs available. You'll find the value listed in
those catalogs. However in most instances the stamps will be worth
far less than catalog value - the values stated in SG catalogs are for
extremely fine examples with perfect centering, no thins, no missing
damaged perfs - etc.

I do have to ponder how you know they are rare if you don't already
know the value. When one has a rare item, the value of such is
usually already known.
Just because a stamp is old, does not make it rare or even
collectible.

Dakota

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I do have to ponder how you know they are rare if you don't already
know the value.

Dakota

How about intuition? :-)

Victor Manta

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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:58:17 +0100, "Bea"
wrote:

I have a numerous amount of rare, very old stamps, and i was wondering if
anyone could tell me where I can get them valued. I am NOT looking to sell
them, I want to insure them with their own insurance, so hence my need for
their value.

I live in the North-west of England. Does someone know of anywhere around
here which can value them?

Thanks


You may want to try a Liverpool dealer.
Depending on time required, there may
be a fee.

Fenwick Philatelics
52 Fenwick Street
Liverpool , Merseyside L2 7ND
Tel: 01512365997

Blair Stannard

Wow, thanks a lot - quite a fair bit of advice there. Will be getting in
contact with Fenwick Philatelics soon.

BTW - I know one variety of my stamps is rare and very expensive ;o) - I
have 3 penny blacks!!


"Blair (TC)" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:58:17 +0100, "Bea"
wrote:

I have a numerous amount of rare, very old stamps, and i was wondering if
anyone could tell me where I can get them valued. I am NOT looking to
sell
them, I want to insure them with their own insurance, so hence my need
for
their value.

I live in the North-west of England. Does someone know of anywhere
around
here which can value them?

Thanks


You may want to try a Liverpool dealer.
Depending on time required, there may
be a fee.

Fenwick Philatelics
52 Fenwick Street
Liverpool , Merseyside L2 7ND
Tel: 01512365997

Blair Stannard

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 23:36:52 +0100, "Bea"
wrote:

Wow, thanks a lot - quite a fair bit of advice there. Will be getting in
contact with Fenwick Philatelics soon.

BTW - I know one variety of my stamps is rare and very expensive ;o) - I
have 3 penny blacks!!

Depending on the margin, the color, the cancel (or if mint - the gum),
this will tell if you have a $20 USD Penny Black or a decent $200
superb copy.

There are many Penny Blacks on the market. I recently sold 3 with 2
or 3 margins for about $20 - $30 each.

Remember - there are many factors, as mentioned above, that contribute
to a stamp's value.

If you have many other older stamps from G.B., you may then have a
collection that needs appraising. I would let a QUALIFIED stamp
dealer give you an appraisal.

Also, don't always take 1 person's word for it - especially if you
feel something's not right - it may not be.

There's a BIG difference between catalog value and what someone will
pay for these items.

"Bea"

BTW - I know one variety of my stamps is rare and very expensive ;o) - I
have 3 penny blacks!!

Gee, I wish you'd not mentioned the "Penny Black". It is neither rare
nor is it expensive. Wholesale price/value on it is about US $20.00
or about UK 14 Pounds. There is a faint possibility that the 3 you
have may be extremely rare examples - unfortunately the chances are
vastly slim.

I do wish you the best of luck though. ;-))

Dakota

reminds me of an article I read recently (circa 1970),
one of the valuers of SG went out to value some lady's
penny black collection.
They covered the wall in one of her bedrooms.
Apparently they salvaged a few extremely fine examples.

I've yet to own one, and yet to see one come up at auction.


| Gee, I wish you'd not mentioned the "Penny Black". It is neither rare
| nor is it expensive. Wholesale price/value on it is about US $20.00
| or about UK 14 Pounds. There is a faint possibility that the 3 you
| have may be extremely rare examples - unfortunately the chances are
| vastly slim.
|
| I do wish you the best of luck though. ;-))
|
| Dakota

"Rodney"

I've yet to own one, and yet to see one come up at auction.

You ever heard of a thing called eBay?

Ther are about 25 offered there right now - I remember back just
before Christmas (last year) there were about 180 listed.

Ain't rare, but some people there have bid those doggone things up to
about 70 pounds.

Dakota

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message
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On 6 Jul 2004 20:00:20 -0700, (Dakota) found these unused
words floating about:

"Bea"

BTW - I know one variety of my stamps is rare and very expensive ;o) -
I
have 3 penny blacks!!

Gee, I wish you'd not mentioned the "Penny Black". It is neither rare
nor is it expensive. Wholesale price/value on it is about US $20.00
or about UK 14 Pounds. There is a faint possibility that the 3 you
have may be extremely rare examples - unfortunately the chances are
vastly slim.

I do wish you the best of luck though. ;-))

Dakota

Where is this 'wholseale' to be bought?


I live in the UK