Stamp collections generally have more value if stamps are issued before QEII reign began.
Typically Decimal QEII stamps are worth less than 50% of their face values.
Stamps that haven’t been franked are known as Mint and are considered more valuable.
Your collection contains high face value issues. For instance stamps with values of over 10 shillings or £1. Particularly in the early periods.
Normally a good sign that your collection could be valuable is that it has been neatly arranged within an album / many albums and written up with some commentary of what stamps are included.
The reign of Queen Victoria and the 4 Kings that followed have some of the most valuable stamps in Great Britain collections.
Most “school boy” collections will have mostly used, low quality, multi-country stamps and are quite often generally worthless.
I can advise on next course of action. This will depend on what you are looking to do at this point. Further information can be given on anything from advice on continuing to add to an inherited collection, what you have of value, where and how to sell at respected auction houses and insurance appraisal information.
If you decide to sell I can assist on how best to go about this. Various options are available to you; I am a member of numerous reputable UK Philatelic Auction houses and can help break collections into smaller lots to achieve the best prices, give advise on you selling privately or I can make an offer for it.
Please view Selling Your Collection for further information.
This is an important question you need to ask yourself. It is most likely you have found my website because you have a stamp collection which you know very little about. You may have googled, looked on eBay and tried to do some research which is great but are now more confused about what you have and what to do with it than when you started. This is where I help. I will offer you unbiased information, it is key you understand this.
I dread to think the amount of times someone has walked into a stamp shop and handed over a collection for minimal prices without having any prior knowledge to what they actually have in their possession. This is the main reason I decided to set this service up.
Many of my previous customers use me as a second opinion and I actively encourage this.
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