advice needed on flea market find

[bradyboy]

I bought a stamp book in a flea market
its loaded with pasted and many loose stamps from the 40s
some US some from other countries and many from germany
all have cancel marks
also have envelopes from germany with the stamp canceled
also has some old xmas cards
I paid 15 for the stamp book -
what do I do with this
Its real musty, my sinus close up real fast when I open
are canceled stamps from the 40s Worth much?
some have the swastika image
Thanks for your help
I'm into coins but don't have a clue about stamps
BradyBoy

[Slingshot]

Probably just common stamps, swastika german stamps from the WWII period are very common. It's of course possible that there might be a rare stamp in there, but not likely. If you want to find out you will have to obtain a catalog, try your library as these are costly. Look for a Scott's Classic Catalogue, it covers the entire world stamp issues from 1840 - 1940. Then you must learn how to read the catalogue & be able to measure perforations with a gauge, and do watermarking as just some basic skills you will have to develop. try it out, you might enjoy stamp collecting as much as you do coins.