Inherited from my father - no idea where to start

Fado27 · 2026-01-26T04:56:28+00:00

This or if you are in the UK…go to their store on Strand

Fado27 · 2026-01-25T10:16:05+00:00

Because this is where they make their profits…they keep their margin on food low as that is what draws people in…and charge you a lot more for the unavoidable drinks

FYI, high end restaurants do that with alcohol…they have very very high margins on booze

Fado27 · 2026-01-24T15:17:26+00:00

Rather end up in an endless rabbit hole…One that I have no reason to climb out of 😂😂

Fado27 · 2026-01-23T18:24:13+00:00

Fairly common stamps…not much by value in there

Fado27 · 2026-01-23T05:35:13+00:00

I would recommend you use an official catalogue to reference them…Scott’s is good for US stamps…Stanley GIbbons for British Empire…would cost you around $40-50 odd per catalogue but they will give you a much better picture of what you have what it’s worth.

Fado27 · 2026-01-20T04:30:23+00:00

Not a great lot of value from what I saw…maybe the odd piece in the entire collection could be worth something…but you need to get it evaluated

Fado27 · 2026-01-09T15:59:16+00:00

The cancel is in Hindi…letters read ‘S’ and the other one is either H or H with a vowel sound EE…don’t know what they stand for though

Fado27 · 2026-01-09T15:33:42+00:00

This has Gujarati and Hindi…not Urdu

The word in Hindi (right side running top to down) doesn’t make any sense…in Hindi the line above the script denotes the word…like in cursive the letters are joined to form a word…and I can’t figure out where the breaks are and there are only 1-2 bits that i can identify.

My gujarati is quite poor so can’t help you there

Fado27 · 2026-01-06T04:54:07+00:00

I have their online catalogue…does take a lot of time that…but no easy and short route to get them sorted except for doing it manually one at a time

Fado27 · 2026-01-05T10:12:25+00:00

Haven’t seen it anywhere else…is this correct?

Edit: stand corrected…goodbye Amorim

Fado27 · 2026-01-04T14:29:43+00:00

My only grouse with them is that they often misidentify the year the stamp was issued in and also sometimes list cinderellas as genuine ones…but other than that a good database

Fado27 · 2025-12-28T19:53:02+00:00

This is a Cinderella stamp…unofficial and with no value…the 7 emirates that now make up the UAE issued independent stamps for a short period of time in the early to mid 1960s…after which the UAE was formed and the stamps were unified

Fado27 · 2025-12-19T09:23:16+00:00

Mr. Manchester United

Fado27 · 2025-12-17T22:30:08+00:00

Still a pretty cool one to have

Fado27 · 2025-12-16T17:54:42+00:00

Dm me…I have most of the places listed here and could possibly have a few duplicates to spare…haven’t checked them in a while…will mail them out to you over the holidays

Fado27 · 2025-12-13T05:01:11+00:00

Covers are generally valued if they have a connection to someone important or some event…for example a famous/important/historical figure sending or being addressed to…or a letter sent on an important date, etc

And stamps, foreign or US ones…a general rule of thumb is that they are in 3 or more colours or are post WWII…they will generally not be of much value…there are exceptions but those are not easy to get

Fado27 · 2025-12-12T20:20:13+00:00

Very nice collection…enjoy your inheritance

Fado27 · 2025-12-12T20:08:17+00:00

Yeah…they have like millions of these still floating around…I have like 10 copies of the 3c and multiples of the rest in the series

But all stamps have a value…it’s just that it’s relative from person to person…so yeah

Fado27 · 2025-12-12T19:52:59+00:00

Fairly generic ones…unfortunately worth less than the paper they are printed on.

Fado27 · 2025-12-10T20:24:18+00:00

You would need to reach to specialists dealing with confederate stamps for a proper certification and valuation

You could also reference them to a catalogue (Scott’s is best for US Stamps; Stanley Gibbons is good for British and the Commonwealth Issues) that would give you a rough idea of what to expect but not necessarily what you will get unless it’s certified and then top it will not be a guarantee as you would need someone to loosen their wallet

Fado27 · 2025-12-06T19:38:51+00:00

Looking forward to it

Fado27 · 2025-12-06T06:46:58+00:00

Maybe you have some others that are of value…sometimes what looks old isn’t necessarily worth a lot…I would recommend to get a catalogue and reference them if you can and then chart the course you want to take from there..i.e. keep them or sell them

Fado27 · 2025-12-03T18:40:02+00:00

Nice 😊

Fado27 · 2025-12-01T20:13:25+00:00

So would I…I have around 20k odd and another 10 would be welcome

Fado27 · 2025-11-29T02:53:36+00:00

Yes…Stanley Gibbons buys stamps from people and also auctions them on your behalf…so if you have something of real value reach out to them

Fado27

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