Is there any philatelist's on the forum?

[SimonMac]

Clearing the loft and found a shed load of stamps and first day covers, no inclination to go through them and couldn't even tell the good from the ordinary, what's the best to do with them? Would a collector make a job lot offer?

[malvolio]

Pointless hobby. As my Dad used to say, Philately will get you nowhere...

IGMC

[NickFitz]

eBay? Probably worth giving them a cursory check for Penny Blacks and upside-down aircraft first, though.

[SimonMac]

Pointless hobby. As my Dad used to say, Philately will get you nowhere...

IGMC

[MarillionFan]

Clearing the loft and found a shed load of stamps and first day covers, no inclination to go through them and couldn't even tell the good from the ordinary, what's the best to do with them? Would a collector make a job lot offer?

I thought that dressing up in pink Lycra, bring a fan of Downton Abbey and gnoshing off strangers in the men's toilets at Waterloo indicated you as a total raving packer of candy made from sugar, butter and cream but now you admit to stamp collecting as well!!!

[EternalOptimist]

Clearing the loft and found a shed load of stamps and first day covers, no inclination to go through them and couldn't even tell the good from the ordinary, what's the best to do with them? Would a collector make a job lot offer?

I went through the missus junk.
There was a suitcase full of her dads 1920 photography kit, with bazillions of photos on little glass plates, all annotated in excellent italic script
a treasure trove

were the photography dept of salford uni interested ?
were they fck

[Spacecadet]

I found a bunch recently. They weren't even printed properly, the plane was upside down.

They made a good BBQ starter though

[SimonMac]

I went through the missus junk.
There was a suitcase full of her dads 1920 photography kit, with bazillions of photos on little glass plates, all annotated in excellent italic script
a treasure trove

were the photography dept of salford uni interested ?
were they fck

Funny you say that there is a few thousand camera slides but my dad is taking them over to Spain to spend his retirement going through!

[Doggy Styles]

Clearing the loft and found a shed load of stamps and first day covers, no inclination to go through them and couldn't even tell the good from the ordinary, what's the best to do with them? Would a collector make a job lot offer?

Whose are they and how long have they been there?

The other thing is, you might want someone you can trust who knows a good stamp to go through them first.

[xoggoth]

I know the feeling. Got two full stamp albums of stamps the kids collected when little. Are they worth anything? No idea, but hate to chuck em , not as though they occupy much space. Let them decide when I snuff it in 20 years.

Or tomorrow, if I keep drinking so much.

gnoshing off strangers in the men's toilets at Waterloo

I thought he sounded familiar.