I have just unearthed an envelope containing a couple of hundred GERMANY LOCALS(??) I have never seen ANY of these stamps before. How do you identify them and/or come up with a value? Does it make any sense to create an Approval Book - at say 10 cents per stamp?? Thank you.
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Harvey I think, therefore I am - I think! 12 May 2021 03:56:38pm
re: GERMANY 19TH CENTURY LOCALS
I know absolutely nothing about German Local stamps, but 10 cents each sounds a bit low to me. They look super interesting and I bet if you did a 10 cents per stamp book someone would buy the whole thing. I'd be more tempted to put a couple of the more interesting ones in the auction venue to see what happens. Then at least you'd get an idea of the value, maybe do a starting bid of 10 cents to see what happens. If there is no interest at all then try a book. Just my opinion...
If I were a collector of such local stamps, I might be tempted to say yes, go ahead, but a quick look in the special catalogue issued by Michel learns that many of these are quite valuable. For instance, the two Lübeck with red borders are listed at 12 euros each. The imperfs from Lübeck and Essen are 10 each and the triangular Bergedorf is 20 euros. So bottom line is that you have quite a collection with a potential high value...
the one with the big 2 is from Frankfurt, 4 euros. The one with "Kgl. Bayer. etc. etc." is a railway parcel stamp, these are not in my local stamps catalogue. Leaves only the yellow-brown 20 pfennig stamp. This might be a revenue.