Over the years I have giving away thousands of stamps, traded with members here and sold many on eBay. Since I run the monthly lottery now, I use them as prizes now.
I use to love to sell on eBay because I would take the money and buy more stamps... 796411137 Might have to start doing that again soon.
Most of my duplicates go to my lottery entries. Once in a while I will list some on eBay but like Kris, I haven't done that in a while. One of my favorite things to do with duplicates is to send them to someone who has a child or grandchild that is just starting to collect stamps.
WW Collector - Almost anything and everything
theindestore
Super Stamp Bear Stamp Bears Supporter
Winding down my hoard and collection. (p.s. stamps drive me nuts, but not the engraved ones)
Post by theindestore on Sept 3, 2017 10:20:08 GMT -5
I put them aside for now, might start doing some kind of dealer's lot sale on eBay or Delcampe when I can. But I'm not too sure what to do with the very common ones eg. machins
Lynn
I like my stamps used. Might still collect philately randomly. I still love my Stamp Bears family !
We have a stamp search at our club and the prez brings big bags of loose stamps, dumps them on separate tables, we get to choose 25 stamps for free and pay a small fee for any above that. I donate to the pile.
What do I do with my duplicates? I rent a storage unit and put them in there so I can tell my wife that I really need the extra space and have already put it to good use.
Save them for future trades or foe sale on ebay (although I have only listed one lot so far). Have not been back in the hobby very long but I probally have a few thousand duplicates already.
Post by mourningdoves on Sept 4, 2017 20:32:23 GMT -5
I send a lot of them to an ISWSC program that distributes them to schoolteachers who ask. They tend to be more interested in recent, brightly colored stamps. My duplicate older stamps and definitives basically, well, pile up. I've put some aside - usually those with tears or overly annoying thin spots - for découpage projects that I never get around to. Last year, a friend helped organize a mission trip to Ecuador, and I proceeded to start producing coffee mugs with découpaged Ecuadorian stamps on them to use as a fundraiser. The plans went awry when I discovered that I don't have any Ecuadorian stamps that weren't canceled into a pulp, fairly hideous to begin with, or otherwise not fundraiserable.
MikeC99
Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Stamp Bears Supporter
While I have acquired lots of duplicates over the past decade, I haven't gotten around to figuring out what to do with them. I have given some away but most are still sitting in stock sheets, 102 cards or glassines. When I have some extra time, I will take my magnifying glass and closely examine them for varieties. Any that are not unusual will either be given away or put into our stamp club auctions. Mike
Collecting Canada, US, UK, Ireland, Germany, France & Austria. Also collecting some classic era stamps of some British Commonwealth Island countries and topicals like WW2, Capt. Cook, Horatio Nelson.
I have acquired an almost stupid amount of duplicates over the years. I am reminded of this periodically from my wife. Some are in stockbooks but the majority are stored in boxes. Lots of boxes. Needless to say I have entertained many ways to do something with them. I have sold a few, but my constantly changing work schedule makes it hard to be able to schedule auctions or be home to promptly respond to buyers. I resolved to not purchase any more stamps about a year ago (except for special occasions like a stamp show or I actually come across something worth getting at a flea market, which actually has happened recently) and to stay off of Ebay. But, I did have a little idea earlier this year. I found an old album (from around 1950) at a local flea market in decent condition. It had some stamps in it, nothing exciting, for $10. I got it and what I've been doing is putting my duplicates in it. When I have it filled up to my liking I plan on selling it. If it turns out to be worth my while I may try it again in the future.
I have a hard time parting with my duplicates and Phil's description of his accumulation sounds pretty much like mine. I really want to sell and auction off more of them but every time I start I get a few posted, I sell some of them but then give it up for a while. Sometimes I don't feel as if it is worth my time. I would feel differently about it if other things didn't take up so much of my time perhaps.
I really just need to let go, but one of the things that always bugs me is whether, among all that I have accumulated, there is some oddball variety that I missed and is sitting there waiting for me to discover it and realize it is worth thousands of dollars. I know this is unlikely, but I think about it nonetheless.
Darrin Lettinga
Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.
I have a hard time parting with my duplicates and Phil 's description of his accumulation sounds pretty much like mine. I really want to sell and auction off more of them but every time I start I get a few posted, I sell some of them but then give it up for a while. Sometimes I don't feel as if it is worth my time. I would feel differently about it if other things didn't take up so much of my time perhaps.
I really just need to let go, but one of the things that always bugs me is whether, among all that I have accumulated, there is some oddball variety that I missed and is sitting there waiting for me to discover it and realize it is worth thousands of dollars. I know this is unlikely, but I think about it nonetheless.
I have a hard time parting with my duplicates and Phil 's description of his accumulation sounds pretty much like mine. I really want to sell and auction off more of them but every time I start I get a few posted, I sell some of them but then give it up for a while. Sometimes I don't feel as if it is worth my time. I would feel differently about it if other things didn't take up so much of my time perhaps.
I really just need to let go, but one of the things that always bugs me is whether, among all that I have accumulated, there is some oddball variety that I missed and is sitting there waiting for me to discover it and realize it is worth thousands of dollars. I know this is unlikely, but I think about it nonetheless.
My mother recently sold her house and bought a smaller one. So much stuff had to go, but she had no inclination of trying to sell it - hassle, stress and that. Various charities benefited, some even collected the furniture. She even shredded a lot of letters and envelopes (stamps saved, FDCs saved).
As for hidden treasure - Only Fools and Horses - the main characters were quite poor, wheeling and dealing, rogue, but hidden away somewhere was a £1million pocket watch (?) discovered 15 years after the first episode.
I am a letter writer, snailmail addict. I send therefore I receive. I also manage a letter writing/correspondence forum called A World of Snail Mail. I sometimes post pictures on Instagram (username morgaine_does_snail_mail) Stamp themes - science, nature, postal history, maps, nice stamps.
Just sent off some pecancelled stamps to the Holocaust project. Thanks to michaelcayley for the info. Got a bunch of self stick stamps I will be sending, too.
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