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United States/Covers & Postmarks : Gold Replica First Day Covers

 

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John Macco
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10 Nov 2020
07:55:05am
Do first day covers with gold replicas have any value? I have some I want to sell.
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10 Nov 2020
08:59:54am

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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

typically little to none, John

folks have put them up here and had little success.

There just isn't a secondary market for that stuff

topical collectors might bite, depending on the subject matter

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dani20
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10 Nov 2020
09:13:24am
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

John, David is quite correct but you may have some luck in swapping rather than selling.
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Dan C.

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51Studebaker
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10 Nov 2020
11:07:24am
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

My local club has a fellow who actively (but quietly) collects them. He has a lot of high end collections but his 'gold stamp' collection is one of his 'fun' collections. He cuts the gold stamps off the FDCs and mounts just the stamps in a US National Album with black mounts, it is actually a pretty stunning display.

He tells me that this is the album he pulls out when non-hobbyists ask him about stamp collections, he says it always 'wows them'. Since he only buys the FDCs at less than 10 cents each, he says he enjoys this album as much as anything else he collects.

Like many of us, I typically get a handful of these at any one time. But if I had a significant number of them, I would consider starting a collection as described above.
Don

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10 Nov 2020
03:02:31pm

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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

" Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"



and that, my friends, is the likely cap of value on the aftermarket, and that from a guy who has dedicated an album AND mounts to the cannibalized carcasses
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10 Nov 2020
03:37:52pm
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

Aka...anything that is marketed as a 'collectible' is probably not a collectible.
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10 Nov 2020
06:43:13pm
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

"Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"



I think you meant less than 10 cents each, not greater than.

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10 Nov 2020
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Hi Roy,
Yes, my bad. I edited 'less than' sign above - (forum does not allow less than sign, I assume that it thinks it is part of a html tag)
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17 Nov 2020
04:12:02pm
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

As a sideline, I collect those "gold" FDCs and I also remove the stamps and keep them in a stock book. Was planning on designing some sort of album pages to mount them next to the actual postage stamp they represent, but haven't yet. There are a number of issues that I still need to acquire and keep on the lookout for those. There isn't a complete listing of the ones that were sold by Postal Collectors Society (and a few others)and many US stamps are not represented. Its just something "fun" for me to collect.

Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds. Or not.

Tad

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17 Nov 2020
11:51:55pm
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

"... Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds ..."



You remind me of an old New Yorker cartoon. A man is standing at an easel in his kitchen, in his underwear, with stubble on his face, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, a beer in one hand, and a paint brush in the other. His wife is standing behind him, pointing a pistol at his back. He is saying "Don't worry, Marge, these'll be worth a fortune when I'm gone."

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey
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18 Nov 2020
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Leave it to Michael to move us a tad to the side and offer the absolute right perspective

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John Macco

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10 Nov 2020
07:55:05am

Do first day covers with gold replicas have any value? I have some I want to sell.

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10 Nov 2020
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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

typically little to none, John

folks have put them up here and had little success.

There just isn't a secondary market for that stuff

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dani20

10 Nov 2020
09:13:24am

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

John, David is quite correct but you may have some luck in swapping rather than selling.
Best,
Dan C.

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51Studebaker

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10 Nov 2020
11:07:24am

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

My local club has a fellow who actively (but quietly) collects them. He has a lot of high end collections but his 'gold stamp' collection is one of his 'fun' collections. He cuts the gold stamps off the FDCs and mounts just the stamps in a US National Album with black mounts, it is actually a pretty stunning display.

He tells me that this is the album he pulls out when non-hobbyists ask him about stamp collections, he says it always 'wows them'. Since he only buys the FDCs at less than 10 cents each, he says he enjoys this album as much as anything else he collects.

Like many of us, I typically get a handful of these at any one time. But if I had a significant number of them, I would consider starting a collection as described above.
Don

Edited 'less than' sign - forum does not allow less than sign (thinks it is part of a html tag)

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10 Nov 2020
03:02:31pm

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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

" Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"



and that, my friends, is the likely cap of value on the aftermarket, and that from a guy who has dedicated an album AND mounts to the cannibalized carcasses
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51Studebaker

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10 Nov 2020
03:37:52pm

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

Aka...anything that is marketed as a 'collectible' is probably not a collectible.
Don

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10 Nov 2020
06:43:13pm

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

"Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"



I think you meant less than 10 cents each, not greater than.

Roy
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10 Nov 2020
07:07:15pm

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

Hi Roy,
Yes, my bad. I edited 'less than' sign above - (forum does not allow less than sign, I assume that it thinks it is part of a html tag)
Don

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17 Nov 2020
04:12:02pm

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

As a sideline, I collect those "gold" FDCs and I also remove the stamps and keep them in a stock book. Was planning on designing some sort of album pages to mount them next to the actual postage stamp they represent, but haven't yet. There are a number of issues that I still need to acquire and keep on the lookout for those. There isn't a complete listing of the ones that were sold by Postal Collectors Society (and a few others)and many US stamps are not represented. Its just something "fun" for me to collect.

Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds. Or not.

Tad

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ikeyPikey

17 Nov 2020
11:51:55pm

re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

"... Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds ..."



You remind me of an old New Yorker cartoon. A man is standing at an easel in his kitchen, in his underwear, with stubble on his face, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, a beer in one hand, and a paint brush in the other. His wife is standing behind him, pointing a pistol at his back. He is saying "Don't worry, Marge, these'll be worth a fortune when I'm gone."

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey
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18 Nov 2020
08:55:10am

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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers

Leave it to Michael to move us a tad to the side and offer the absolute right perspective

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