Help with WW2 Philippines Stamps Whole Sheets

[dw171]

I got these at an amazing auction Saturday for $8. I've tried looking them up, but I haven't found much on eBay. I don't know much about stamps to begin with. Are whole sheets of stamps worth more a piece than unused individual ones? Most of them are marked in Japanese characters and with KP. I read that it translates to "official use". The few I was able to find on eBay had wide ranges of prices, but none were selling as entire sheets. Here's pictures of the different ones. Most of them have anywhere from 2-6 sheets of them. If you have any questions or need close up pictures, I will provide them. I'm just looking for values and a good place to sell them. Thank you.

 

[duggap]

Stamp Collecting Values - What are my stamps worth?

Check out the above site. They may be able to answer your questions.

 

[Mackaydon]

1941 One Peso Air Mail stamp issued by the United States for use in the Philippines. This was during the period of time when the Philippines was a Commonwealth of the United States ( 1935 - 1946). The stamp depicts a China Clipper flying boat in the sky and a traditional 'vinta' sailing vessel in the sea.
Hold on to them; you may have a collection worth many times your investment.
Don.....

PS: You may wish to contact this person: http://www.philippinephilatelist.net/Welcome.html

 

[dw171]

I tried to contact them, but I guess their email address is no longer valid. I've emailed a few other people I know. Hopefully they can tell me a little more about them.

 

[Mackaydon]

If that contact didn't work, you might try Dr. Tommy Sim as shown at the bottom of this page:

www.philippinephilatelist.net/Updates/Philippine Philatelist Site Updates.html
Don.....

 

[dw171]

OK I was able to do a little more research on them. I haven't heard back from anybody I emailed yet. I was getting really excited on 1 group of stamps when I saw they were $40-50 each, but it wasn't the right ones. If picture 1 with the 5c over 6c looked like the 3rd picture 2c with a solid black bar on top (instead of two split ones) I would have a gold mine. But they're still worth something because they're in a block. Most of them should sell for around a $1 each. I totaled them up to 1133 stamps still in blocks. There's a few loose ones I'll mess with later. However, all the blocks of stamps I could find on eBay aren't nearly as big as these. Most of mine are complete 48 and 100 stamp blocks (hopefully they command more of a premium). Found out that one of the coin dealers that I do business with also does stamps. So I'll call them tomorrow and bring them up there later this week. Thanks for helping me with these.