You will need to consult the catalogs and do some research. Most libraries will have a copy of Scott's Postage Stamp Catalog of the World. If you are going to focus on this area, get a specialized China catalog.
First of all, you have to identify the specific stamp or card. That in itself can be a daunting task, but most of the catalogs are well illustrated with lots of information. Once you know what item you have, the catalog will provide a set of prices that can be used to estimate value.
This company produces a variety of products. Their first-day covers are real enough. I think they make gold or gold-plated replicas of certain stamps, which of course, are not real postage stamps. They offer some stamp and coin combinations that contain real US stamps and coins. I think they all sell at a discount of the secondary market.
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Stamp Dealer Actually, I sell US postage stamps on eBay. I sell about 20 to 50 a month. That may seem low, but they sell. Before I sell a stamp I have to know exactly what I am selling, therefore there is a process of identification and grading. Then the stamp is posted on eBay. You do not have to be a dealer to sell stamps. Collectors buy, sell and trade stamps all of the time.
yes, all krogers sell stamps.
Whether or not a meat market sells stamps would likely depend upon where they are located and what services they might wish to or be able to offer - or even what kind of stamps you are talking about. No butcher in my area sells postage stamps. If you are talking about SNAP (aka food stamps), stores do not sell food stamps. It would be illegal if they bought or sold food stamps.
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Yes there is in fact a website that does this. On www.stamplisting.com you can both purchase and sell collectable stamps.
This is a common US commemorative stamp. It really has no market value, except for postage. However, if you know a collector he will likely be happy to get it, either for his collection or for trading for stamps he does need, or if only for your thoughtfulness. Let me explain, at risk of boring you, a little about the stamp market: Common stamps are usually sold in packets, or collections or stamps, not one at a time, and this is the way you want to buy them if you are a collector. In these packets, you have no choice as to exactly what you will get. For example a packet may be advertised as 500 different US for $5.00 or $400 different US commemorative for $7.50. or $50 face value US for $45. After you have bought a number of packets, you will find that you have duplicates of some stamps but lack other, equally common stamps. If you know other collectors, you can make trades. But if you can not get all the stamps you want by trading, or by buying more packets, you can order individual stamps from dealers, and there is a "Standard Postage Stamp Catalog" which lists typical dealer's prices ( inflated somewhat) for stamps ordered individually. The minimum price is 20 cents and mint stamps are listed at about twice face ( if that, if over 20 cents). So, in some sense, every stamp is "worth" 20 cents, but unless you are a retail dealer, you will never be able to sell your stamp for that much and even a retail dealer does not sell very many common stamps for that amount. Dealers buy common stamps as part of large collections and accumulations. When a long time collectors decides to sell ( or his heirs sell), he usually has ( or leaves) thousands of common stamps as well as his main collection. Dealers buy the whole thing, but really only pay for the good stamps -- the 20 cents they get from such are mostly a labor charge for finding the stamp you want.
I have one I will sell. 478-918-5392
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