“Back in the Day”

It used to be that every town had two or three competent stamp dealers. Well, the business has changed a lot since "the good old days"! Now you are lucky if there is one dealer within 100 miles! That's one reason why we travel so much. Even so, we can't get to all the people in all the towns that have stamp collections for sale.

We have over 40 years of professional experience & are fully insured while the stamps are in transit, both ways, & on our premises. However, in order to be insured, you must contact us before you send any material. We belong to numerous professional trade organizations & have an excellent reputation in the industry. (see About Us).

Are You Serious About Selling?

• Naturally I want to know whether we are interested in a collection or not… there are a lot of very inexpensive collections out there! After discussing your collection with you, I am happy to meet with you at your home or office. 

• If you want me to look at up to a maximum of 50 pictures I will do so with the understanding that all I can do is say if there is a potential for value and if it looks like it is worth shipping or travelling to you. I can’t give you a value or offer without seeing the stamps, covers or coins.  

  If you want an Appraisal

• We regularly do appraisals for estates, heirs or just to have a document on hand regarding the value of a collection. We charge a fee of $75 per hour for reviewing the collection, travel back and forth and any other significant expenses. We can also advise you about the best way to dispose of your collection.

  Appraisals through the Mail:

• We need to be contacted and agree to accept a mailing to evaluate your stamp collection through the mail. We do not accept unsolicited mailings and will refuse them at our PO Box.

• If we agree to look at the collection through the mail you will need to send $50.00 in payment for our time PLUS the cost of return postage payable to Quality Stamps. We will not look at your stamps if both payments are not enclosed.

• Please be sure to include your contact information in the mailing, including email, address and telephone number(s).

• Once we receive the collection we will let you know if it has value or not.

• If the collection has value then we will make you an offer. If you accept the offer then we will return the return postage fee to you along with our check in payment for the collection. If you reject the offer then we will return the collection to you and keep the $50.00 fee and use the return postage $ to get the stamps back to you.

• If you require a written appraisal for any reason, we charge $75.00 per hour to review the collection, produce the letter etc.. The minimum charge is $150.00. This is not refundable should you want us to buy the collection.

• We do not buy outside of the US. It isn't that we don't like you, but we're offered so much here in the US that it is more than enough for us! The difficulties with paperwork, risks of shipping & the costs of cross border buying just make it too time-consuming. So, if you're from France, Germany, India, South Africa, Russia, China, Colombia, Mexico etc., please don't email us, we will not respond.

• If you do not respond to our correspondence or messages we will understand that you have no further interest in the collection and will treat it as abandoned. We have limited storage space and can't spend a lot of time contacting you multiple times.

Please contact us before sending any material to us. We will not pay for return postage to you.