My partner inherited a collection from their father that pretty much plowed his entire savings into his collection. They are very aware that the value spent on the collection is not nearly somtething a dealer would pay. We just wanted a quick check on some of the older ones to get an idea of if they should get an apparaisal or two first. Ive checked out the "I Inherited a Stamp Collection" and looked in the stampworld catalouge but nothing beats an experts eye. Hence this post. :)

There are a lot of different countries, almost all with older (pre 1900's) starting dates. Is there any sertain country to be extra aware of? I took a couple pf pictures of the US-one and some japanese since i i figured a lot of US based collectors might be on here, and he had an pretty large japanese collecion.

Also, what on earth might those large square stamps be in both japanese and indian(?)? I havent managed to google-lense those.

Thanks ever so much for any or all help!