Stamp Collecting (Philately)

If you are talking about the Canadian stamp it is worth:

Mint in Very Fine Condition around .30 cents

Used in Very Fine Condition around .25 cents

That stamp was issued in 2005. It has a face value of 25 cents.

A variety of stamps have been issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The 4D Queen Elizabeth stamp is worth between .75 and 1.50 pounds.

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All French postage is issued by the French Bureaux de poste.

That is Scott number US 2966. It has a minimal value and can be purchased for $1.30 in mint condition and 15 cents used.

This was issued December 6, 2006. It has a face value of 39 cents.

25 cents.

First class postage rate was 29 cents for the first ounce. Second ounce was 23 cents. A postcard cost 19 cents.

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.

They can range from ten cents to five hundred dollars. It really depend how old it is. You could come to a specialist in postcards. They should be able to tell you a exact.

"used" means the stamp went through the mails and is cancelled. Stamps are often called copies. So, a "used copy" means a "cancelled stamp".

The first class Forever stamp is a stamp issued by the post office that remains open for use regardless of the rate changes in the future. Purchasing first class Forever stamps allows you to use those stamps no matter how the rates change.

That would be Scott number 2130. You can buy a mint copy for 70 cents or used copy for 50 cents.

3 cents. A dealer might charge you a quarter.

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2 dollars

Scott # US 1321

Minimal value. You can purchase a used one for 15 cents and a mint copy for 45 cents. A dealer is not likely to want to purchase a single copy of a used one.

There isn't any stamp that is called a penny purple. You need to describe the stamp - include country and if you can date and what is on the stamp.

A first class stamp was 2 cents in 1912. It went up to 3 cents in 1917 for two years and dropped down again.

The stamp is not from 1917. The Electric auto pictured on the stamp is from 1917. This is part of the Transportation set and you can pick up a used copy for about 20 cents.

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Scott Number US 4475. You can buy a used copy for about 50 cents. A mint copy can be purchased for $1.80

3 dollars

The United Nations issues its own stamps.

Next to nothing. These replicas have a layer of gold on the foil that is an atom or two thick. It is not really measurable and it would take thousands of them to make an amount worth anything. You might be able to get a $1 or two. Actually some are worth alot. Some DU stamps that come on prints are 1 ounce of gold, and they will be marked 24k. At todays pricing of gold it would be worth over 1700 dollars.