daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 12:29:02 GMT
So I finally finished sorting through a box of Great Britain stamps I picked up back in February. Turned out to contain a LOT of duplicates, but I got a lot of stamps I didn't have yet, as my Great Britain collection is still in it's infancy. As I was going through my album adding the stamps, I began to notice that for the most part they issued stamps in groups of 3 to 5 stamps, usually not all the same face value. And I was realizing that what I got out of the assortment in the box was pretty much the first and lowest value stamp in almost every group. I got a few full sets, or maybe two from a set, but mainly the first stamp from almost every set from about 1970 to 1995.
My question is, for those of you better educated in Great Britain stamps than I, are the higher valued stamps in all of these sets harder to find? Are the lower value stamps in these sets the workhorse values at the time of their issuance, and that's why I have so many of those now? Is it going to be difficult to fill out many of these sets with used stamps?
Now that my GB stamp album is up to date, I can tackle my box of Canada material!
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tregeor
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What I collect: GB Victoria to Queen Elizabeth pre-decimal and Falkland Islands
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Post by tregeor on Jul 21, 2017 14:45:27 GMT
I'll chip in here. I don't really collect modern commemoratives but I live in the UK and get them given from people who know I collect stamps. The cheaper stamps are generally used for postage* so there will be more of them around and so are more likely to be in a mixed lot that you bought. Plus more of these low value would have been produced than the high values. That's the case with the stamps I get given, they are nearly all the cheaper variety 'cos I get them still stuck on evelopes. I sometimes recieve higher values on wrappers that were used to send parcels. I think that is the case with most countries really, more envelopes were sent with low value stamps so more will be found. I believe there are still plenty of higher value commemortives around eg. www.greatbritainstamps.net has a wide collection or you could ask on here with a list of stamps you are missing and maybe swap some of your other duplicates for them? I see you are wanting higher value used as opposed to mint but even so I don't think you'll have a great deal of trouble finding the ones you will need. *Of course high values are used for postage too, I meant on envelopes. Higher value for parcels.  |
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 14:59:49 GMT
tregeor...Thanks for the input. My GB collection is pretty new. Less than a year ago I decided to take it from a few pages in my WW album to it's own album. I'm just becoming more familiar with the stamps. I don't know if I'd bother offering up a list of stamps I need yet, as I need a lot at this point still! This lot I just finished sorting offered nothing newer than 1998, so the last 20 years or so in my album are pretty sparse. I am quite willing to trade the box of dupes I have left for more material I need. I guess I need to get to my 50 posts so I can do that here!
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Anping
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What I collect: Hong Kong, Aden & States & odd stuff I like.
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Post by Anping on Jul 21, 2017 15:32:05 GMT
Dave,
I see you are in Ohio, so I am a little surprised that you have so far not found more of the higher value commems. I would have thought that these were more plentiful in the USA because of the higher postage rate.
Looking through the Stamporama GB auction items, that fact certainly rings true for the more modern issues. I have seen higher value commemorative stamps not normally seen used in the UK. Perhaps it may be worth considering joining the site just for the auctions and approvals, or at least have a look first. The prices are very low all round. However, I can't really vouch for the availability of issues from the earlier era you are collecting.
As with other countries, availability of used commemoratives is decreasing quite rapidly. We in the UK do not often see such material (contemporary issues, not old issues used on packets) on our mail. When we do, they are only on philatelic mailings from sellers who can be bothered buying them, or can get hold of them.
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 21, 2017 15:39:42 GMT
Anping...As I mentioned above, the GB collection is pretty new, so I haven't actively look for higher value stamps...or much else...yet! I picked up the lot I just finished sorting back in February at the local stamp show...thought it would be a good way to get my feet wet with this new avenue. And it was! My home-printed album is looking better now, but there's lots to fill. Yes, I'll look into Stamporama and check out what you are talking about.
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Jul 21, 2017 21:43:39 GMT
Often the stamps you get in a random lot will depend on where the lot was gathered. The 1st and 2nd class rate stamps are easy to come across when the stamps were gathered in the UK - the Europe and worldwide rates are things you almost never see in kiloware that was sourced in the UK. I would get more Canadian worldwide rate stamps in that sort of kiloware than I would UK worldwide rate stamps!
Once I bought some worldwide kiloware from Germany and that had more UK Europe rate stamps than I ever got in any kiloware that came from the UK. I've bought some Channel Islands kiloware in the past that was obviously gathered locally - over the years I bought at least 4 orders of the stuff but I have very few stamps with the rate from the islands to the UK. Oh well!
Ryan
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Anping
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What I collect: Hong Kong, Aden & States & odd stuff I like.
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Post by Anping on Jul 21, 2017 21:50:03 GMT
Yes, I'll look into Stamporama and check out what you are talking about. Well typically when I make the suggestion; there are very slim pickings on there at the moment - I've just checked. |
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 22, 2017 7:08:50 GMT
Make a list and I will check what I have. Many high values here too especially between 1980-2009. Hundreds of others. I don't mind to look.
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daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Jul 22, 2017 15:53:06 GMT
Londonbus1...Thank you! I'll do that soon.
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