2007-01-25 01:36:53 · 5 answers · asked by burkieonline 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
thye would sell them to companies who sold what is known in the stamp trade as 'kiloware' that is stamps sold by the kilo, unsorted and still on the bits of envelopes as sent in. thye wer mixed with other such stuff from other reigns. Collectors would buy them in the hope of finding an elusive, 'rare' stamp, usually one with a mistake, of some small difference.
2007-01-25 01:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago just before I left school my contribution to fund-raising for a swimming pool was to organise the collection of stamps. As we used low volume regional stamps they were a bit more valuable than the general UK issues.
I wrote to a stamp company advertising in a boys comic and they offered 10 shillings per 100 which was a very good price back then. We had to prepare the stamps by floating them in big bowls of water until the backing paper could be removed and drying them between sheets of blotting paper.
2007-01-25 06:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sent them to stamp collector clubs i think. The clubs then sent a percentage of the monies to the charities. I used to work for the leprosy mission, and that is what they did. I guess that would be the same sort of thing.
2007-01-25 02:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not the RSPB are currently asking for stamps in their bid to save the Albatross.
2007-01-25 08:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by vickiesox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were sold to stamp dealers who in turn sold them to the collectors for more money
2007-01-25 01:47:13 · answer #5 · answered by bojomarriott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋