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Selling U.S. Stamp Mint Sheets by consignment on eBay

U.S. Mint Sheets: I have a very large collection of U.S. Mint Sheets -- commemoratives, definitives, airmail etc. They are all in excellent condition and in albums in a non smoking home. I have many sheets from the 1930s and pretty much all of the is...

Massive Dump of US Forever Stamps Underway.

Within the Past 2 days there has been flurry of listings of US Forever Stamps emanating from China. When paging through New Listings of US Forever stamps, looking for bargains, I saw a substantial number of similar listings. Digging deeper uncovered ...

Selling pre-1940 world stamps: Who are all these "viewers" and "watchers" who don't BID?

I've been selling collectibles, including stamps, since 1998. I've always started my auctions low. Always good quality of stamps, good pictures. In the past, great results. But now, for example--an extensive collection of US revenues on Scott pages. ...

Are Forever Stamps good for anything besides postage?

I acquired a small collection from someone in Canada, and discovered a few of the stamp sheets were USA stamps. (Being in Canada there's little use for those, but I ship from New York, so I can use the stamps to mail stuff). One of the sheets was Hot...

Heligoland help

Hi all, long time follower, seldom poster from the cheap seats. I see we don't need fire-proof suits any longer... I am looking for a fellow collector that had the foresight to copy Fritz Wagners website on Heligoland reprints. My copy was recently d...

Disclosing a bad transaction and the consequences of Brexit

Hello Stamp Board, This is my first time on this site but I have been collecting GB since the sixties, and purchasing postal history items on ebay since the nineties, with a 100% positive feedback on over 4,000 ebay transactions. I am attaching the s...

Resolved! Help ID Hungarian City Cancel

I have a Hungarian postal stationary card which was mailed from Hungary to Germany. I am trying to figure out what the cancel city is on the card. The first part is clear, but I haven't been able to match it to any city. Appreciate any help.

R152e Imperf Usage

I've read over the years that none of the R152e's were actually used! So I have always wondered if this was correct. Here is an R152e on an instrument cancelled on 3 Jan 1880 from New Orleans LA. R152e Usage on Instrument

Does anyone recognize this fancy cancel on US Scott 231

Having trouble trying to figure out what is cancel is suppose to represent on this US Scott 231, any ideas would be appreciated.

a book of stamps and paper cuts with North Korea stamps

I got this book at an estate sale and found a few north korea stamps in there....didn't find much at all on ebay. Are they banned to sell?BTW LOoooog time lurker....

U76 Envelope from US to Germany Need Help to ID US Cancel

Thanks for the help on my previous question. This is a U76 and I can't figure out the cancel on the front. The back has a cancel from Glauchau, Germany. Any help would be much appreciated.

R164 Interesting Var.

What do you think about this one??? R164r Var.

Selling US administration of Cuba stamps is blocked?

I went to list some nice 1899 US Administration of Cuba overprints, and the eBay AI bot thing red flagged ma and noticed that items from Cuba are embargoed. That said, Under Us Stamps as a Category, there is a Subgroup for Possessions and under that ...

Counterfeit LISTINGS

I JUST BOUGHT TWO Counterfeit STAMPS ON EBAY, AND THEY WERE LISTED AS COUNTERFEIT, AND I WAS HAPPY TO GET THEM.US Revenue Periodical/Newspaper PR3 & PR4 COUNTERFEIThttps://www.ebay.com/itm/335244890651https://www.ebay.com/itm/335244831901 DO YOU THIN...