Age and the realization my kids have no interest in my stamps, postcards or ephemera means I have some tough decisions to make. I am no longer interested in breaking down boxes of material for individual sale. I have thousands of individual stamps and sets on 102 and 107 cards to identify and put up already.

So here are a sampling of 3 different kinds of items that should be sold as lots. How do I sell them within the confines of the rules - suggestions appreciated.

First comes a grouping of 4 early approval pages of New Zealand stamps. The best sheet is shown - the other 3 are similar varieties of more common issues. I scanned this a few weeks ago and it is currently “somewhere” but I believe I took a rough guess at an estimated catalog value north of $200. It can’t go into approvals because obviously some of the stamps are damaged and I can’t remember if Ralph’s experiment with selling a whole approval book ever gained traction (or how it worked). It can‘t go through auctions because of the limitation of 2 jpegs. It’s a cheap lot and not worth breaking down - suggestions appreciated.



Second is an interesting high quality lot of early Straits Settlement issues. Johore, 5 pages/49 stamps, old catalog value of @$75. Mostly hinged (a few light sticking at hinge), some in mounts on nicely inked old blank album pages (hug your computer program). PLUS Kedah, 3 pages/ 20 stamps, old catalog value of $27 - mounting and pages identical to Johore. Kelantan - 2 pages/13 stamps = old catalog value $27. Lastly is a 2 page/32 stamp old, catalog value of $92 collection of Perak - 1 page inked, 1 page blank. Nice clean collection so it could go as approvals by the page (large), or by the country if Ralph’s concept is possible. Could also go by auction (which I would prefer) if some sort of hybrid setup exists to increase the number of pictures available for viewing. I have a lot of this type of material hanging around. Pictures are 1 of Johoreand 2 of Perak







Third is what appear to be old exhibit pages of a study group of St Vincent King George V Low-Value Issues on heavy card stock. There are 9 pages plus cover sheet. Old catalog values on the pages total $48 but a note was attached estimating “current” catalog values (who knows when) of “over $200”. A nice addition to any collection of St Vincent and obviously cannot be broken up. Blocks are in mounts, single stamps are hinged. . I think auctioning it off is the way to go at a starting price I could live with (it is not a 20 percent lot).

Suggestions appreciated. I can’t offer it in the “For Sale” category unless I state a price. I can’t offer it in the auction category because of the jpeg problem. Seriously thinking I might need to sell it on Hipstamp where a high BIN price wouldn’t be laughed at or I could auction it off at a high starting price. Suggestions appreciated





Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.

 
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re: How to sell these on Stamporama

Thanks Roy - I think I can work through it - the last image hosting site I used suddenly held the photos for ransom and left a sour taste. I'll take a look at imghippo and try linking to Stamporama. I kind of gave up on hosting image sites after that but it was very useful for being able to share stored pictures. ThAt totally eliminates what I considered a downside to SOR auctions.

if it doesn't work when I try it I will take advantage of your generous offer- thanks.

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snowy12

11 Jul 2025
06:43:50pm

re: How to sell these on Stamporama

Love the page of Perak my favorite stamps ,

 
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