What is the value of a sheet of Louis Prang 1975 Christmas stamps?

Answer 1

1975 United States of America

Christmas - set of 2

10c Multicoloured (vertical)

Mint UnHinged = 0.20 GBP each

Fine Used = 0.15 GBP each

Source = Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Due to an imminent increase in postage, the face values were not printed on the stamps. A complete sheet would have an incrementally higher value.

Answer 2

The rate was 10 cents during the Christmas season of 1975 in the United States. The US Post Office issued two stamps for the Christmas season and neither had the value of the stamp appearing on its face. One stamp features "Madonna and Child", the artwork of Domenico Ghirlandaio, an Italian, where Mary wears a red dress covered by a blue cloak and holding her baby, Jesus. This stamp is identified in the Scott Catalogue with #1579. The second stamp features the image of a Christmas card from the 1800's and reads "Early Card by Louis Prang" across the bottom of the stamp and portrays a little cherub-like angel hanging from a bell with holly and ivy. This stamp is identified in the Scott Catalogue as #1580. The postage rate was increased from 10 to 13 cents effective December 31, 1975.

Answer 3

This is a common stamp which is easily obtainable. No stamp in good condition is worthless to a collector.

Mint US stamps always worth their face value if one can find use for them for postage.

The minimum retail price for stamps varies with the dealer but is around 15 to 25 cents.

Common mint stamps retail for about twice face if this is more than the minimum.

As for selling common stamps-- dealers do not buy them one at a time. They get them by buying collections or accumulations of thousands of

stamps. They usually have all the common stamps they can sell because they get them along with the scarcer stamps.

Answer 4

{| |- | Scott Numbers 1579-80. Christmas stamps are very common as so many of them are used. You can purchase one of these for 20 cents used or mint from a dealer. This minimum value indicates that it has no real value. Dealers typically are not likely to purchase these. Consult a stamp catalog such as Scott's, for a description on how stamps are rated and graded. |}

Answer 5

A Christmas card would have cost 10 cents in 1975. If you waited until December 31st to mail them, they would have been 13 cents. The cost of a postcard was 7 cents at that time.