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Is eBay a good place to sell stamps?

Is eBay a good place to sell stamps?

Online auction services, especially eBay, have made it possible for any collector to become a stamp dealer. Get a catalog of your area, determine the catalog number, decide on a price of the item you’re selling, list your item. So it is to your advantage that your stamp has more going for it than the average.

Is it legal to sell postage stamps for a profit?

Reselling stamps is not illegal. Although you need approval to act as an official contractor or participate in USPS programs, you are free to resell your new or used postage stamps.

What is the best way to sell stamps?

If you know you have rare stamps, you can sell them through several means:

  1. Local Dealer: Dealers handle both collections and individual stamps.
  2. Mail Order Dealer: If you’re not going local, consider working with a mail order dealer.
  3. American Philatelic Society Circuit Sales:
  4. Auction House:

Can you send eBay items with stamps?

List your item. Create the listing for your trading cards, coins and currency or postcards and stamps, and select eBay standard envelope under the shipping section.

Are there counterfeit stamps?

In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries are labels that look like postage stamps but have been produced to deceive or defraud. Stamps are legitimate if they are recognized internationally in practice, even if they are not recognized expressly, as by a treaty or international agreement.

How much are stamps worth?

rate for postage purchased at the Post Office will remain at $0.55 (no change from 2020). Each additional ounce for a First Class Mail letter will cost $0.20, a five-cent increase from 2020.

What stamps are worth a lot of money?

The 10 Most Valuable U.S. Stamps

  • The Inverted Jenny. (Courtesy of Siegel Auction Gallery)
  • 1847 Issue Block of 16 of Ben Franklin.
  • Almanac Stamp of 1765 or 1766.
  • ‘Blue Boy’ Alexandria Postmaster’s Provisional.
  • 1869 Pictorials—Inverted Center Errors.
  • Two-Cent Blue Hawaiian Missionary.
  • 1860 Stolen Pony Cover.
  • Pan American Inverts.

How do I know if my stamps are valuable?

How to Determine Stamp Values

  1. Identify the stamp.
  2. Find out when was the stamp issued.
  3. Know the stamp’s age and material used.
  4. Determine the centering of the design.
  5. Check the stamp’s gum.
  6. Determine the condition of the perforations.
  7. See if the stamp has been cancelled or not.
  8. Find out the rarity of the stamp.

Can I just put stamps on a package?

You can use regular USPS First-Class postage stamps to mail domestic packages weighing no more than 13 ounces. Such packages must follow the maximum sizing rules. This means that when you combine the length and girth (height times two plus width times two) of the package, it must equal no more than 108 inches.

Can I mail a box using stamps?

If your package is less than one-half inch thick and weighs less than 10 oz, you may use postage stamps and do one of the following: Put it in your mailbox for carrier pickup. Drop it in a blue collection box or Post Office lobby mail slot.

Is using fake stamps illegal?

Manufacturing or knowingly selling fake postage stamps is a federal crime punishable by fines and/or up to five years in prison.