my best find ever at a garage sale

[snowdogg70]

so i do my usual asking people if they have coins jewelry stamps etc.. it was a slow day only found 2 sterling necklaces then one guy i asked he said yes i have stamps, he went in grabbed a large box and showed it to me. i collect victorian era stamps but when i looked in the box among a bunch of canada post advertising flyers i could see a fair amount of unused stamps i figured a couple hundred buck or so(i do alot of mailing so its nice to get a deal on the postage). i asked how much he said 20 so i paid him and left,
wasnt till i got home and as i dug through the box i found a bunch of file folders that were full of sheets partial sheet blocks etc...all mint,
well i have been sorting and counting for 2 days now and so far im just over $3000 face and i still have lots and lots to go through plus booklets and souviner sheets and such.
at this point im thnking about 6-7k ,
the bast part is there are a lot of higher valuse stamps which make them easier to sell.
i will post the final count when i have finished counting which i hope to be done next weekend
for got to mention the is a fair amount of czech mint stamps also which i dont know what face value will come out at yet

 

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[Beachkid23]

Nice! I have books of my dads stamps. He was a collector. Probably can’t tell you anything about them but they’re in my back room and they are stamps. That’s all I know. He gave me an option 20 years ago if I wanted to collect stamps or Coins. Looked in the phonebook and decided to collect coins because there was no stamp collectors in town...

 

[tamrock]

My bother collected stamps I believe in the mid 1960s. He passed away in 1972 and I have his collection in a box in the garage. I did once take a look at them, but they all had minimal value. I'm just hanging on to them as a memory of him. I also have a Roy Rogers character watch of his that doesn't run, but it's in mint looking condition. I do recall the dang thing quit running a year or so after he got for Christmas.

 

[randazzo1]

Very nice! How do you sell these? I’m sitting on loads of $1 US stamps that have no collector value. I tried unloading some in an auction and got like 10 cents on the dollar. Does the PO buy them?

 

[bigcaddy64]

Very nice! How do you sell these? I’m sitting on loads of $1 US stamps that have no collector value. I tried unloading some in an auction and got like 10 cents on the dollar. Does the PO buy them?

I picked up a large lot ($175.00+) face value of stamps that went back to the late 1960s. People will buy them to use but you won't get face value. I think i accepted an offer of about 75% of face value which was fine because i only paid 10 bucks for the whole lot.

If you sell stuff online, why don't you use them to ship your packages? Most 1st class mail is around 3 bucks. No money out of your pocket and the stamps get used.

 

[snowdogg70]

at $4500 and still counting

 

[Buchsy]

Any pictures? The older higher value ones do have some collector value. Newer ones are used as postage.

 

[randazzo1]

I picked up a large lot ($175.00+) face value of stamps that went back to the late 1960s. People will buy them to use but you won't get face value. I think i accepted an offer of about 75% of face value which was fine because i only paid 10 bucks for the whole lot.

If you sell stuff online, why don't you use them to ship your packages? Most 1st class mail is around 3 bucks. No money out of your pocket and the stamps get used.

That’s a great return! I just googled a bit and It looks like there is a professional buyer now who pays 50% - 70% of face value: https://www.sellunusedstamps.com/sell-unused-postage-or-forever-stamps

That would mean snowdog has $$$ thousands in cash with those stamps. Awesome.

I don’t use them to ship because it’s a pain in the neck to upload the tracking - so much easier to print labels. Lame, I know.

 

[Drmad7]

Great score and great info on selling! They pay 40% face value for older non-forever stamps and I have several thousand dollars in new stamps from an auction years ago! I love Tnet! Always great info!

 

[snowdogg70]

The older higher value ones do have some collector value

most of these stamps are newer but there are a few old ones but mostly common , there are a few older plate blocks and postcards but i didnt notice anything of value except maybe a fraction over face as i make lots to sell i will be checking for some of the modern varieties but im just happy with the face value!! gonna try to get it all counted by the weekend

 

[RustyGold]

Congratulations on the great garage sale find. Wow!

 

[snowdogg70]

it was too nice of a weekend to be cooped up inside counting stamps so i didnt get eny counted, i did count some more today now im at $5789.49 got more to go!

 

[snowdogg70]

ok finally have the loose stamps (sheets blocks singles etc...) counted and the total is $6060.44 not i have to add up whats in jarret albums (2 books pretty well full of mint stamps) and then there is a large pile of mint czech stamps i need to figure out, my best garage sale buy for sure!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Huge score, congratulations!

 

[snowdogg70]

well i finished added up the stamps and the grand total is $7000.86 , not counted is czech, back of book(postage due airmail provinces etc..) official stamps.
looks like souviner sheets sell for more than face value and i have tons of them, when all is said and dont this might be close to a $10000 score!! gonna now check for any varieties! then i will start making up lots for sale

 

[A2coins]

I have soooo many stamps but most are foriegn to lazy to ever even think about going through em I dont know why I still even keep em