Does anyone here collect stamps,? I have some old ones, that a since passed relation had collected, that I could post over. They are worth anything I'm afraid.
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Not stamps for me, but coins. And meteorites. And radios. Ummm...watches, too. Oh, and knives. My hobby is collecting hobbies.
Not stamps for me, but coins. And meteorites. And radios. Ummm...watches, too. Oh, and knives. My hobby is collecting hobbies.
I've collected coins for 55+ years, and bet I haven't made a plug nickel on this collection. I do enjoy looking at the fractional coin paper money as well as my oversized dollar bills from 1924.
My son's grandmother was the postmaster in Sweethome, Oregon for 50 years, and gave me a big case of what she believed was collector stamps, but my son doesn't care, and I have no interest in researching whether they are truly valuable or not.
My son's grandmother was the postmaster in Sweethome, Oregon for 50 years, and gave me a big case of what she believed was collector stamps, but my son doesn't care, and I have no interest in researching whether they are truly valuable or not.
Some stamps are valuable. But I have no idea where to research them at
Back when my dad and I were into going through bags of coins, it was only a couple times we came away with anything valuable. I think one was a 1955 double die in AU condition and a three-legged buffalo nickel that was maybe VF. Most of the stuff wasn't worth anything but face value. It's not about making money for me so much as enjoying the search for the diamond in the rough.
I've only got a few paper notes - continental congress (pre-revolutionary war) and confederate as well as some gold and silver certificates.
Folks have come to me to ask if their cigar box of coins is worth anything and I've done the research on them because that isn't hard to do. Almost every time, the coins aren't worth anything, but they do learn about the coins and they're grateful for that.
If you have stamps, coins or other potential stores of collectible wealth, make the effort to research their value. Worst case, you're only out some time. Don't be that person who throws out a million dollar <thing> because you were too lazy to look up its value. That device you use to access this forum can also be used to look things up!
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That was a hobby I had as a teenager. I haven't collected stamps for many years.
I found a site and checked about 50 of them, but nothing worth anything. I don't have time to sort at the minute, but I know some of the ones on the books were collected by a Grandfather who died well before I was born. Therefore, some of the countries don't exist any more.
I think I'll leave them a while as I have a lot on at the minute. I've looked at a few craft projects that involve repurposing them, and I might make a few of them and give them to my siblings - make them into something useful, like a decoupaged box or something. As I sort them I'll find anything of worth then. There is a lot to be soaked off envelope corners.
I think I'll leave them a while as I have a lot on at the minute. I've looked at a few craft projects that involve repurposing them, and I might make a few of them and give them to my siblings - make them into something useful, like a decoupaged box or something. As I sort them I'll find anything of worth then. There is a lot to be soaked off envelope corners.
Anytime stamp collecting is mentioned I think of that scene in Charade (Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant). It's when
they realize the dead husband stored the stolen money in the stamps on the envelope of the letter he never sent to her.
they realize the dead husband stored the stolen money in the stamps on the envelope of the letter he never sent to her.
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my dad collects all sorts of stuff including stamps and he has mentioned to me and my brother several times of what we plan on doing with his stuff when he is gone....hmmmm....I don't know anything about stamps, or antique books, or antique postcards or whatever else he collects, neither does my brother and neither of us have any interest or time to deal with it either. But at the same time I would hate to throw out thousands of potential $ worth of stuff....
But hopefully he will live a few more years and we won't have to worry about it
But hopefully he will live a few more years and we won't have to worry about it
I too have a coin collection - coins used in slot machines from back when they used coins. People always turned them in at the end of the night and never kept any. The casino name and location are stamped into them.
I'd look down at a big $5 golden coin and think: "what a cool souvenir for only 5 bux!
"They drilled holes in all the others when they went electronic so they couldn't be redeemed for cash, and scrapped them
.The one I have from Caesars Lake Tahoe is worth big-bux today
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My wife has collected old US postage stamps, and I've got my grandfather's stamp collection mostly from the '20's. The wife was talking the other day about buying some more stamps.
Back in the early '60's my grandfather was digging around an old foundation and he dug up a large strong box full of hundreds of silver dollars, mostly from the 1870's. He split it with family and that's where I got my start with collecting (stocking up on) silver, gold coins and bars.
Back in the early '60's my grandfather was digging around an old foundation and he dug up a large strong box full of hundreds of silver dollars, mostly from the 1870's. He split it with family and that's where I got my start with collecting (stocking up on) silver, gold coins and bars.
My mamaw was a coin collector. Got me started
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I have a small stamp collecting, that maybe worth the cost of shipping.
I have a wide range of foreign coins, some American coins, wheat pennies & bisectional quarters, a few half dollars & paper monies.
A real small collection of sewing machines.
Mostly old hand tools, cast iron pipe threader, anvil & post vice.
Guess the young in's will sale them all when I die.
I have a wide range of foreign coins, some American coins, wheat pennies & bisectional quarters, a few half dollars & paper monies.
A real small collection of sewing machines.
Mostly old hand tools, cast iron pipe threader, anvil & post vice.
Guess the young in's will sale them all when I die.
