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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2687126, member: 76194"]As an interesting aside, the reason you see so many dealers sending mail with vintage stamps is because you can buy them cheaper than their face value on eBay. Literally the entire stamp collecting hobby is dead, except for a handful of old timers that trade rare stamps worth hundreds or thousands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can buy my entire birth year stamp set, sealed in its original packaging (Year 1985, 27 stamps, plus US Post Office 1985 collectors' booklet) for less than the value of a frapuchino at Starbucks. Sad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2687126, member: 76194"]As an interesting aside, the reason you see so many dealers sending mail with vintage stamps is because you can buy them cheaper than their face value on eBay. Literally the entire stamp collecting hobby is dead, except for a handful of old timers that trade rare stamps worth hundreds or thousands. I can buy my entire birth year stamp set, sealed in its original packaging (Year 1985, 27 stamps, plus US Post Office 1985 collectors' booklet) for less than the value of a frapuchino at Starbucks. Sad.[/QUOTE]
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