I have a group of specially drawn cachets on first day covers; some of these cachet makers are listed in Mellone, but my catalogue is from 2007 and these are all 2008 issues. How does one evaluate these cacheted covers, not so much for potential sale (although some duplicates will be offered at some time so that would be helpful too!) but more just for interest?
re: How do you appraise the value of cacheted covers?
Hi Istanbul Michael.
Already did that; I do find some FDC similar to these, but it is the cachets that are hard to find.
My first two search options are always Wikipedia and eBay for quick identification, then Google Images, then Google Search. Nothing has shown similar cachets as the first set.
I put in a key word, either the Scott Catlogue number or the Cachet Maker. I usually find what I'm looking for.
If searching by Catalogue Number I try to find the exact or very similar cover (unless unique). If I can't find the exact cover I then search by Cachetmaker and try to find items that were created around the same time period.
