I recently inherited my dad’s stamp collection. It is very thorough. I would like to sell the collection and put the funds toward my student loan. Dad never cataloged the collection, but said it had an approximate value of $14,000. I recently bought the EZ Stamp program to begin cataloging everything, but it is such a daunting task…there are more than 15 very full albums, as well as thousands of envelopes of extra duplicate stamps. I am completely overwhelmed, but I want to get a reasonable amount for everything. Help!
You can try to contact a stamp dealer.
But it usually is not for free!
Standart fee for Expertizing $10-$20 per 1 item (if Current Catalogue value $1,000 or less or if item is not in catalogue). Or 2% of the current catalogue value (for stamps valuable than $1,000)…
So, I think it better to learn what you have before.
Most of stamps are worth 5 to 20 cents each. Even 100-year-old stamp could worth less than 1 dollar.
You need to get (buy) stamp catalogues and find your stamps there.
After this you can sort your stamps as a rare (which you suspect as a rare) and rubbish. (which definitely worth less than $1).
to find the value of your US stamps try http://www.findyourstampsvalue.com