Anybody a stamp collector? I have a collection that used to be my grandfather's. He started collecting in the late 30's when he joined the Navy. I have thousands of stamps and have no idea how to value them or sell them. Any opinions?

I came across some 1958 Simon Bolivar stamps that I want to keep!

My dad's been collecting for years. He's recently started selling off some of his collection. I'm talkin to him tonite, so I'll see what I can find out for ya

^... keep them... pass them off to your kids ... make it a family project to look them up online and find out what they are worth ... most probably aren't worth much, if anything, but they do have sentimental value at the least ...

... and you could make a map of where all the stamps are from ... could help you figure out when/where he was back in the war ...

^... or during the depression era actually ...

... I'd bet the military was a good place to be back then for a single guy ... meals, clothing, job ... better than most had during that time era...

Squaw inherited (or was cursed with) stamps, coins, and currency. I shouldn't complain, I know, and I admit that some of this stuff is interesting to look at. But niether of us is really interested in this stuff and do not know how to care for it. So it just sits in boxes, unappreciated.

I'll be following this thread, maybe somebody has an idea.

I was very interested in collecting coins and stamps in Junior High School . . . I have an extensive collection of stamps from the 40's-60's ... I haven't touched them in 30 years and I'm still holding onto them . . . I've got a decent coin collection that is sitting in an old bank vault in my parents basement . . .

I can't see them either bring a whole lot of money if I sold them, so I plan on holding onto them, and passing them down thru my family . . .

dk,

Thanks, any help would be appreciated.

scott catalog..........

My dad collected Plate Blocks for years. He tried to get me interested when I was a kid but it really didn't excite me. I was a comic book fan.