I work with many people from all over the world, and I often receive mail from countries such as the USA, Italy, India ... etc. Is it worth it if I keep the stamps I find on the envelopes? Will it be of great value in the future? can you please give me examples? Thanks!
2006-11-24 04:13:05 · 2 answers · asked by Ziad 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
The value of stamps is speculative, they have no intrinsic worth. Most are of little artistic merit, too. Some are fun and enjoyable to display, though. Collectors like to gather themes like cricketers or birds.
You can be reasonably sure value will keep going up in the long run so long as we live in an acquisitive and hoarding culture.
You might enjoy personally keeping the stamps just to show the colours and designs to friends and chidren.
The relative value of stamps to other stamps is dependent mostly on their rarity. The higher the nominal value and the smaller the country they come from in population, the rarer they will be in future. A £2 UK stamp will be worth more than a 37p one, and a stamp from the Falkland Islands will be worth more still.
2006-11-27 01:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.............. YES ..................... in about 60 years ....................
2006-11-24 12:20:50 · answer #2 · answered by spaceman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋