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I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?

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I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 19, 2012 06:08 PM

These have random stamps and I noticed some sellers who just sell pages, would that be more purdent?

Thanks for any help

1950's

 

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I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?

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I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 19, 2012 06:08 PM

These have random stamps and I noticed some sellers who just sell pages, would that be more purdent?

Thanks for any help

1950's

 

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by sigmapsidelta (2148 ) View Listings
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Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 19, 2012 06:09 PM

Oops prudent

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Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 19, 2012 10:02 PM

There are very few American stamps from the 50's that are worth more than a couple bucks.

 

Stamp collectors want to know what they are getting and selling individual stamps and having the knowledge about grading them properly can prove a challenge for those uninitiated in the trade.

 

Stamp collectors are notoriously picky and there are no shortage of stamps from the 50's from reputed and knowledgeable dealers at steeply discounted rates. If these are foreign stamps that may change my advice, so let me know what the specifics are of the collections. 

 

That said, if these stamps are hinged, American stamps, I would recommend and truly believe that you will have a better shot at selling the books in their entirety.

 

 

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Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 19, 2012 10:57 PM

I ditto that.

(4 of 6)
Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 20, 2012 12:21 AM

Thank You! It is a mix of stamps from all over the world

I certainly know nothing about stamps but these were cheap......

 

Many date from 30's to 50's many have been used, they have tabs to hold them instead of being glued in

 

The first 2 pictues are from one of the books, the second are about 10 pages from some other book that were just stuck in  one of the books

I do understand picky buyers coins stamps etc

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Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 20, 2012 12:33 AM

Here is the second page of the index, again the stamps are spurratic. There are a lot of German a few Russian and on and on, plus many american stamps

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Re: I have 2 books by Minkus stamp books better to sell pages?
Jul 20, 2012 01:44 AM

I have been a collector for around 40 years now. Unfortunately I have held to British stamps only for most of that time.

 

But you mentioned that they are hinged into the albums rather than glued. Had they been glued my only advice would be to throw them away as useless.

 

The preferred way today is hingeless albums, where the stamps sit in transparent sections without need to harm them by sticking hinges on them.

 

A general rule, unless you're looking at mid 19th century items, is the higher the face value, the better chance of them having a collectable value.

 

Most of the U.S. stamps in your picture are low face values such as 3c or 4c. I would imagine issues to be in the multiple millions at least, and therefore unlikely to be at all scarce.

 

The other nationalities also seem to be low face value.

 

I'd guess you bought the remains of a youngster's collection after having discarded philately for mobile phones and iPods, or maybe a skateboard.

 

You could keep them, make them a starter pack for yourself, and build your own collection. Beyond that I doubt you'll see much interest, or income, by selling them. Sorry.

 

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