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My uncle brought home a stamp collection off of a jobsite. One of the customers gave it to him because they didnt want it anymore. He gave it to my grandma and I told her I'd try to do some research and see if it was worth anything. I will try to describe the stamps and whats on them to the best of my ability. Most are on an envelope but the peice of envelope they were on was torn off of the envelope itself and the person just hung onto the peice with the stamps on it. Below is a list of all the stamps I can make out.

Red cloud 10 Cent Usa stamp with an indian cheif on it. Quantity: 16
Usa Toscanini usa 25 cent stamp with what appears to be Albert Einstein on it. Quantity: 7
Deutsche Bundespost - Nufretete Berlin stamp. Quantity:1
Wallfahrskapelle Altotting - Deutsche Bundespost stamp. Quantity:1

Legends of American Music Rock And Roll/Rhythm and Blues 29 cent stamps:
Otis Redding Usa 29Cent stamp - Rhythm and Blues singer 1941 -1967
Buddy Holly Usa 29 Cent stamp - Rock and Roll singer 1936 - 1959
Dinah Washington Usa 29Cent stamp - Rhythm and Blues singer 1924 -1963
Elvis Presley Usa 29Cent stamp - Rock and Roll singer 1935 - 1977

Julia Ward Howe Usa 14 cent stamp Quantity: 6
Dorothea Dix Usa 1 cent stamp Quantity: 12
Lou Gehrig Usa 25 cent stamp Quantity: 7

900 Jahre Benediktinerstift Melk 1089 - 1989 Republik Osterreich S5 Quantity: 11
Harvey Cushing MD USA 45 stamp Quantity: 8

Stamp Collecting USA - Ameripex 86 Eight 22 cent stamps Quantity: 4

Harry S Truman USA 20 Cent stamp Quantity: 14

Tyrannosaurus USA 25 Cent Stamp Quantity: 5
Stegosaurus USA 25 Cent Stamp Quantity: 5
Pteranodon USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 3
Brontosaurus USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 2
South Dakota 1889 USA 25 Cent Stamp Quantity: 16
North Dakota 1889 USA 25 Cent Stamp Quantity: 8
Buffalo Bill Cody USA 15 Cent stamp Quantity: 7

A. Phillip Randolph 25 Cent Stamp - Black Heritage USA Quantity: 3

The Sea We Would Like To See USSR Pictorials 50 Stamps - Unopened book Quantity: Unknown

750 Jahre Berlin 1237 - 1987 DDR 1 35 M Berlin, Ernst - Thalmann - Park Quantity: 1
Internationale Leipziger Rauchwarenauktion DDR 25 - Nerz and DDR 35 - Steinmarder
Eisenhuttenkombinat Ost 35 Jahre DDR 1949 - 1984 Quantity: 1
Waffenbruderschaft 35 Jahre DDR 1949 -1984 Quantity: 1
750 Jahre Berlin 85DDR Berlin - Friedrichstadtpalast 1987 Quantity: 1
750 Jahre Berlin 35DDR Alt Marzahn - Neubauten 1987 Quantity: 1
1949 - 1979 30 Jahre DDR 5DDR 1979 Quantity: 1
1949 - 1979 30 Jahre DDR 15DDR 1979 Quantity: 1
1949 - 1979 30 Jahre DDR 10DDR 1979 Quantity: 1
XI.Parteitag der SED 10DDR 1986 Quantity: 1
XI. Parteitag der SED 20DDR Quantity: 1
XI. Parteitag der SED 50DDR Quantity: 1
750 Jahre Berlin 20DDR Berlin - Palais Ephraim 1987 Quantity: 1
XI. Parteitag der SED 85DDR Alles fur das Wohl des Volkes - Alleszur Sicherung des Friedens quantity: 1
750 Jahre Berlin 10DDR Altestes Stadtstegel Von Berlin 1253 - 1986 Quantity: 1
750 Jahre Berlin 70DDR Nicolaikirche um 1832 Quantity: 1
1949 - 1979 30 Jahre DDR 20DDR 1979 Quantity: 1

Olypmics Stamps:
Spiele Der XXII Olympiade 1980 10DDR Erich Wurzer Quantity: 1
Spiele Der XXII Olympiade 1980 205DDR Laufer Vor Dem Ziels Prof. Lothar Zitzmann Quantity: 1
Spiele Der XXII Olympiade 1980 50DDR Vierer Ohne. Wilfried FalkenThal Quantity: 1

Internationale Leipziger Rauchwarenauktion DDR 20 Ilitis 1982 Quantity: 1
Internationale Leipziger Rauchwarenauktion DDR 10 Murmeltier 1982 Quantity: 1

Usa 25 Cent Pink Flower "love" stamp Quantity: 9

1989 Serie Personnages Celebres 16,20 F Revolution Francaise Quantity: 6
USA American Flag/Fourth Of July 22cent stamp Quantity: 4

H.H. "Hap" Arnold USA 65 Quantity: 1

Ticket stubs from B-Ball Games:
Houston Rockets Vs Utah Jazz at the Summit Thursday December 26th, 1985 7:30pm
Houston Astros Vs Chicago Cubs game 15 at the astrodome Friday May 16th,1986
Houston Rockets Vs Denver Nuggests at the Summit Monday February 3rd 1986
Houston Rockets Vs L.A. Lakers at the Summit Thursday February 6th, 1986
Houston Rockets Vs Dallas Mavericks at the Summit February 24th, 1986

Ticket Stub from Baseball Game:
Chevrolet/ Major League Baseball All Star Workout Houston AstroDome Monday July 14th, 1986 1:30pm

Legends of american music Country and Western USA Stamps:
Hank Williams - Country and Western singer 1923 - 1953
The Carter Family - Country Singers
Patsy Cline - Country and Western Singer 1932 - 1963
Bob Willis - Western Swing Band Leader 1905 - 1975

4 Air Mail Riyals Ummal Qiwain Quantity: 1

Greenpeace Box 3720, Washington, D.C. 20007 Quantity: 1
Lawrence and Elmer Sperry Aviation Pioneers US Airmail 39 Quantity: 1
Transpacific AirMail 1935 USAirmail 44 Quantity: 1
Mary Lyon USA 2 Quantity: 1

52nd River Oaks International Tennis sponsored by Houston Porsche Dealers March 31st - April 6th, 1986

Bernard Revel USA $1 stamp Quantity: 5
Pearl Buck USA 5 cent stamp Quantity: 3

Thomas Paines U.S. 40 cent Stamp Quantity: 1
Francis Ouimet USA 25 cent Stamp US Open Champion, 1913 Stamp Quantity: 1
USA 30 Cent American Schools - Laying Future Foundations Stamp Quantity: 2
Clara Schuman 80 Deutsche Bundespost Stamp Quantity: 1
Pearl Buck USA 5 cent stamp Quantity: 3
Apollo 17 AirMail 5 Riyals UMM - AL - QIWAIN Stamp Quantity: 1
Hugo L. Black USA 5 cent stamp Quantity: 10
Bryan Jennings Williams $2 USA Stamp Quantity: 2
Lillian M. Gilbreth USA 40 Cent Stamp Quantity: 1
Jack Londom USA 25 Cent Stamp Quantity: 2
600 Jahre Kolner Universitat Deutsche BundeSpost 80 Quantity: 1
Arabia Jesus Christ Carrying Cross State of Oman Quantity: 1
Richard Russel USA 10 cent Stamp Quantity: 2
Bellini Transfiguration Mohron wyyoah 20 Mongolia Stamp Quantity: 1
E- Earth Domestic USA Stamp Quantity: 13
USA 22 Lightning Whelk Stamp Quantity: 1
USA First - Class Forever Stamp Quantity: 2
Egypt 30P. Egypt Stamp Quantity: 2
Transpacific AIRMAIL 1935 USAirmail 44 Stamp Quantity: 1
Rhode Island May 29th, 1790 "Slater Mill, 1793" Stamp Quantity: 1
Therese Giehse Deutsche Bundespost 100 Stamp Quantity: 1
9. November 1938 - 1988 Das Geheimnis Der Erlosung Heisst Erinnerung Deutsche Bundesposts 80 stamp Quantity: 1
900 Jahre Benediktinerstift Melk 1089 - 1989 Republik Osterreich Stamp Quantity: 3
Enguerrand Quarton Pieta De Villeneuve - Les - Avignon Republique Francaise 5,00 R Lambert Postes 1988 Stamp Quantity: 1
Bread Wagon 1880's 25 USA Stamp Quantity: 2
15 cent Postage Oliver Wendell Holmes Stamp Quantity: 1
NederLand Post Zegel 6 cent stamp Quantity: 1
USA 23 Marry Cassat Stamp Quantity: 4
Nederland 2 cent Stamp Quantity: 1
Nederland 50 cent Juliana Regina Stamp Quantity: 1
Richard Russel USA 10 Cent Stamp Quantity: 1
Johns Hopkins USA $1 Stamp Quantity: 1
Republique Rwandaise - Visite DE S.S. LE PAPE Paul VI A L O.N.U. - 4-x-1965 Stamp Quantity: 1
RailRoad MailCar 1920's Presorted First - Class 21 USA Stamp Quantity: 1
"He ain't heavy, Father... He's M' Brother" Boys Town Nebraska, 1988 Stamp Quantity: 1
Mary Cassat USA 23 Stamp Quantity: 1
Therese Giehse Deutsche Bundespost 100 Stamp Quantity: 1
Christmas 22 USA Moroni, National Gallery Stamp Quantity: 1
Christmas 25 USA Antonello, National Gallery Stamp Quantity: 2
Christmas 25 USA Carraci, National Gallery Stamp Quantity: 6
Nederland 11/12 Cent Stamp Quantity: 1

Olympics 84 Usa Airmail 35 Cent Stamp set Quantity: 8
Clara Schumann Deutsche Bundesposts Stamp Quantity: 1
Nederland 70 count stamp set Quantity: 1
"I support America's paralyzed veterans" Stamp Quantity: 1
Thomas Paines U.S. 40C Stamp Quantity: 2
USA 22 Frilled Dogwinkle Stamp Quantity: 1
Nederland 10 C Stamp Quantity: 2
Nederland 45 C Postcode Stamp Quantity: 1
25 USA American Shoals, Florida Stamp Quantity: 1
Harriet Quimby Pioneer Pilot USAirMail 50 Stamp Quantity: 1
"the Purpose of the DAV Fundraising Porgram" Stamps Quantity: 10
Samuel P. Langley Aviation Pioneer 45 US Airmail Stamp Quantity: 6
"Love" Flower USA 45 Stamp Quantity: 21
Nederland 55 C Stamp Quantity: 2
Nederland 75 C Stamp Quantity: 1
Bicentennial House of representatives USA 25 Stamps Quantity: 7
Washington 1889 USA 25 Stamps Quantity: 10
Letter Carriers: We Deliver! USA 25 Stamps Quantity: 3
Bill Of Rights USA 25 Stamps Quantity: 16
America Southwest carved figure, A.D. 1150-1350 Stamp Quantity: 2
West Quoddy Head, Maine Lighthouse 25 USA Stamp Quantity: 2
American Shoals, Florida 25 USA Lighthouse Stamp Quantity: 2
Sandy Hook, New Jersey 25 usa Lighthouse stamp Quantity: 2
Hemingway USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 12
World Stamp Expo'89 November 17th - December 3rd, 1989 Washington, DC Stamp Quantity: 6
North Carolina 25 USA November 21st, 1789 Stamp Quantity: 10
New York July 26th, 1788 USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 6
1890 Wyoming USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 8
Ida B. Wells Black Heritage 25 Stamp Quantity: 4
Bicentennial U.S. Supreme Court USA 25 Chief Justice: John Marshall Stamp Quantity: 8
Idaho USA 25 1890 Stamp Quantity: 3
Julia Ward Howe 14 USA Stamp Quantity: 1
Yosemite USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 11
Olympian Ray Ewry 1900-1904-1908 Stamp Quantity: 1
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina Lighthouse Stamp Quantity: 1
1931 Cord Usa 25 Stamp Quantity: 1

United States Postal Service Mint Set of Commorative Stamps 1984 and 1985 Books.

U.S. 6 Cent Postage Dwight D EisenHower Stamp Quantity: 1
The Wizard of Oz Dorothy stamp USA 25 Quantity: 2
Gone with the Wind USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 2
Beau Geste USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 2
Stage Coach USA 25 Stamp Quantity: 2
Sharjah & Dependencies Apollo comemmorative stamp Quanity: 4
History of space- Apollo 13,14,15, and 17 stamps.
The bicentennial of the constitution of the USA - USA 22 - San Jacinto 1836 Republic of texas stamps Quantity: 6
Christmas 1974 Antigua Stamp Quantity: 1
Alfred V Verville Aviation Pioneer USAirmail Stamp Quantity: 1
Australia 30C stamp Quantity: 1
Comemmorative Apollo Stamps Quantity: 14
Yemen Pope Stamps Quantity: 4
Eiffel Tower Stamps Quantity: 12

The Australian Bicentenary - 200 years of European settlemen - Royal Mail Mint Stamps Collection

historic American Lighthouses 25 C stamps Quantity: 9

1984 Commemorative Mint Set Unopened. Quanity: unsure

100 Verschiedene Schweiz Stamp books - Unopened - Quanity: 2 full books.

Vatican Pope Stamp Book - Unopened - Quanity: 1 full book

1986 Commemorative Mint Set Unopened - Quanity: full book

1987 Commemorative Mint Set - Torn Open - Quanity: full book

Dav Fundraising commemorative Mint Stamp Set - Quanity: Full Sleeve

20 Miscellaneous stamps that I cant make out.

100 Nederland Commemorative stamp set - Quanity: Full Book

1984 Olypmic Mint Set - Quanity: 2 full bags

4 full sleeves of Commemorative Christopher Colombus Stamps

4 full sleeves of Commemorative "Minerals" Stamps

1987 Mint Set of commemorative stamps order catalog

Commemorative cat breed Stamps Quanity: 4 full sleeves

1982 Commemorative Mint Set

Thats all for the stamps. There's a few handfuls that I couldnt make out, But thats the majority of them. I just want to apologize ahead of time. I put "cent" after alot of the numbers, and I know thats not what it actually is, Only a small quarter of them are marked 10Cents or 25Cents, and things like that. but by the time I realized I was just about done.

I guess what im looking for is a rough guess of what it's all worth. I told my grandma that I'd do the research for her and then let her know what kind of results I turn up.

Comments

  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hate to break it to you but from reading the list it looks like they are only worth face value, like most stamps after the 1950s.

    Below is a website to research the going rate for them on ebay

    Stamp Site
  • Okay. Thank you for the reply and the info! My uncle got the box of stamps off a job site and gave it to my grandma. I told her I'd do some research for her, So any bit of info helps.
  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭

    Hope something came of your efforts to appraise your collection. I felt bad looking at your list and figuring how much time it likely took you to create it, since, based on the "time cost of money" and the likely value of the stamps listed, the process already likely "cost" more than they're worth. Same as my collection, unfortunately...........

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,524 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 24, 2017 6:21PM

    Toscanini stamp with Einstein on it! Gotta love kids today. :s

    Don't feel bad DBS, he was trying to get YOU to appraise the collection. Why do you think he spent all that effort typing?

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    add up the face value, multiply by .70 or so, and there is your selling price.

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,524 ✭✭✭✭✭

    70% of face is ask, not bid.

    Try 40% of face for unused US.

    Nothing for the non-US.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was thinking eBay - he should be able to get 70% there....

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