Washington stamps any insight
Hi all
I inherited a stamp collection. There are hundreds of unsorted stamps and about 600 that are in a book.
Inside the front cover were these Washington stamps. One set has a perforation misaligned. There’s a booklet of stamps as well.
Any thoughts on the value of these?
I inherited a stamp collection. There are hundreds of unsorted stamps and about 600 that are in a book.
Inside the front cover were these Washington stamps. One set has a perforation misaligned. There’s a booklet of stamps as well.
Any thoughts on the value of these?
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I was at a shower playing the game so that explains the page.
That’s pretty cool I don’t know anyone who has won or even been a contestant.
I really don’t know how I managed to upload that instead of the photos of the stamps. I will try again.
Heres a link to an excellent resource if you wish to spend time learning and identifying for yourself. That is the fun and hobby part of this. http://www.jamesdire.net/W-F.html
The misaligned perfs are not severe enough to warrant any added premium. In fact they lower the condition to average, and the value likewise. Other stamps in your image are damaged. That also drastically lowers any value the stamps may have had.
You never know though what you have until you have it checked out properly. I would suggest that you seek out a professional stamp dealer, visit them, and ask them to look over your collection. The vast majority of dealers will be both meticulous and honest with you. It really is quite difficult to evaluate certain stamps with just a photo.
All our best to you!
Greg
One thing you can do is to start your own collection. You already have a start with the collection you inherited. You can keep what you like, and sell, trade, give away, etc. the others to collectors.
Your block of 10 at the right of the page is most certainly either a 425 (single line watermark) or a 463 (no watermark). The stamps are pref 10, ensuring they are flat plate printed (your hope of a 539 appears on rotary press only). The other loose (single, block of 3, block of 6) are probably from the same sheet of stamps and just applied to the page the same way.
The 1c also look to be Perf 10 to me. That gives you 3 options, 424 (single line watermark), 462 (no watermark) both flat plate printed, or a 543 (no watermark) if rotary press.
If you can turn the stamp over (just lift it up without removing it from the page), look at the back, if there are any little specks of green ink on the 1c stamps then they are flat plate printed. All of these are in the "very common" category, and if were in perfect condition (they're not, they're at least hinged to the page, it looks like some are probably fully stuck to it as well), they'd have an individual value of around $5 - $7.
The booklet pane looks most likely like a 554c. Thought it's still attached to the booklet, I'd love to see an image of the color of that, as it has potential to be worth more than the rest of the lot. but that also depends on if the back cover is there, and if it's a complete booklet, though we can see the cover is creased as it's open, it still has a chance of being worth more than a milkshake.