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@pct001wine wrote:

Hi all, looking for a bit of friendly advice. 

 

I want to sell my stamp collection - mostly Australian & Territories, between late '60's to late '70's, mint singles/blocks/mini sheets, few full sheets plus lots of FDC's.   Also a few stock books with a variety of postmarked stamps, again mainly Australian and some bulk stamps on-paper as well.   Whole lot would fit in a large plastic storage tub, and weigh about 15kg.

 

@Is it reasonable to expect a start price of the face value of the MUH stuff ? (probably $2K @ face value ??) Or is this unrealistic ? 

 

If I need to catalogue everything it will take a while - would putting up a few choice photographs on ebay be the go if I went down that path ?

 

And would you recommend ebay as the ideal means of disposal ?

 

TIA for your help !

 

 

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late 60 to 70s (early Decimal period) is when the most 'Mums and Dads' bought stamps to ''put away for the kids''  -  the  reseller market isflooded and not a popular 'collecting area' now.   So, stamps from that period sell for way below face value.

FDCs from that era have very little collecting interest these days, again because there were so many produced.  High Value ones such as the first Set of Navigators etc. may have a slight value but not a lot.

Cataloguing that period 66-79 would probably not be worth your time as most people buy at a % under face value.

comments others hae made here are valid, there are hundreds out there trying to sell the same stuff.

the 'value' of your collection should have been in the enjoyment you got from Collecting, the friends you may have made sharing your hobby and the residual value of your hobby after you no longer wish to persue it is really socondary

if your hobby had have been playing golf for example, your membership green fees, the dozens and dozens of boxes of balls,  and your old set of golf clubs would have no residual value whatsoever.  At least with Stamp Collecting your residual value of your old hobby is about 50% of what you paid.