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
John, David is quite correct but you may have some luck in swapping rather than selling.
Best,
Dan C.
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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" Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"
Aka...anything that is marketed as a 'collectible' is probably not a collectible.
Don
"Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"
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
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
"... Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds ..."
Leave it to Michael to move us a tad to the side and offer the absolute right perspective
Do first day covers with gold replicas have any value? I have some I want to sell.
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
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.
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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re: Gold Replica First Day Covers
" Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers
Aka...anything that is marketed as a 'collectible' is probably not a collectible.
Don
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers
"Since he only buys the FDCs at >10 cents each"
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
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
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers
"... Will probably be worth millions after I leave the happy collecting grounds ..."
re: Gold Replica First Day Covers
Leave it to Michael to move us a tad to the side and offer the absolute right perspective