Just went to the post office to ask about some postcard stamps that were purchased at a discount. The clerk looked at them and told me they were postcard stamps (yes, I knew that) & were legit. I asked him how he could tell & he said, "Well, when you know, you know."😶

Could there possibly be a reseller discount if they bought the pack of stamps years ago and the postal rate has jumped up and they're trying to clear inventory so the stamps would have been cheaper when they initially bought them then with the rates are now 5 years later?

it would be nice if Mr Faux make a video on how to collect Postal History for entry level collector. just to give the basic idea on what to look

As a new stamp collector this is very disturbing, considering #factcheckers exist but no marketing ad checkers to remove ads I see daily! eBay could have Authication Guarantee!!! Where to buy a UVS light or lamp?

Rest in peace, Don Denman. He passed away on 3/17/24.

TLDR idea for disposing of fakes: If you know an elementary school teacher, give the stamps to them to use for 'Good Job!' rewards on students' assignment papers! Wow this video was fantastic. I'm not a stamp collector but coins, yes, so this was also interesting just to hear what stuff like collectible errors are in stamps. But the reason I searched this counterfeit subject was because of the Endangered Species stamps I bought a while back. -It definitely struck me as shocking that the "USPS" was now offering discounted stamps, because I thought I understood they were _something like_ a form of currency in their own right. I mean I remember back in 1990 or so when I was a Waffle House waitress, a customer who must've found herself low on cash after eating her meal opted to go through her purse and leave me a little bit of change, some unopened packets of Advil, and a short strip of postage stamps as my tip. And I thought, "Cool!" because I would literally have to spend that much for that many stamps anyway! Oh and the Advil .... after a 10-hour 3rd shift, you bet, LOL. Also I've always known the USPS didn't offer quantity discounts, same price per stamp whether you buy 1 or a thousand. But when I saw this "deal" I figured it must have something to do with so many people going 'paperless' now, like desperate measures for desperate times. Alas, now I know I was scammed. BUT I gotta say, these black-background glossy relief animal stamps are still SO GORGEOUS, I just can't destroy them, lol. I think I will simply use them as envelope seals, maybe other decorative ideas. Ooooo! I'll see if my elementary school teacher friend would like to have some for 'well done!' rewards on student work!

Do you have a video on the process to send a stamp in for grading?

I don’t know but I have a friend that works at the post office she said they don’t check stamps lol why would they even bother

I'm wondering if I received counterfeit stamps of the purple pansy LOVE stamps issued in 2010. I had one single stamp left and purchased a sheet from eBay seller to acquire more. However, this sheet of stamps, the stamp is BIGGER than the single stamp I had left! The coloring is slightly different too. I'm quite disappointed to think these are counterfeit stamps.

Very impressive place Noble Spirit

Good evening. an excellent and informative video about forgeries on postage stamps

Thankyou. Very informative. I just sarted to sell my collection and this will help

How can I test my stamps other than mailing to someone you know

Please bring back Conversations with Philatelists, we miss you!

Have there been any new problems with Priority and Express Mail Stamps?

I'm at the post office almost every day shipping my orders and have never seen any kind of notification there regarding this fraud. They need to have signs and posters prominently displayed!!

I saw one guy selling overseas stamps for 20 pcs asking $14 so I guess they are fake knowing the 10 pcs costs $15

In my opinion, a way to curtail this is to levy hefty fines against ebay, pinterest, youtube, and facebook and instagram for carrying these ads and for the counterfeitters and their associates here in the states to be arrested and sentenced.. The only way for stamps to be sold online should require that the seller to be validated by the USPS in the USA and from the other post offices in other countries.

Love Jean! Today I rediscovered my old collection of British stamps, more important to me are my father's collection of prr-WWII Latvian stamps. The graphic and social history is there and fascinates me. Thank you for the podcast.

I also wholly believe the reason the corners are cut was for decoration and how it looked on paper. You can see that kind of design on a lot of things in that time period.

I don’t necessarily believe the history on a lot of these items I would bet not as much is known. For example this stamp was obvious to me not a first iteration and there has to be more incredible and even more rarer examples in existence. Maybe not as “postage” but as ornamental. I’d like to believe there exists “stamps” that no one knows about. Squirreled away in some hidey hole. I think philately should expand beyond to some of the early calligraphy and paper and categorize them as part of stamp collecting. I can just see there being tons of cool family crest, writings, drawings of symbols and such. People of old times were big into symbology. There’s only so much postage stamps since long distance travel and mail services are modern in comparison to a lot of human ingenuity. I would like to see what exists for fancy paper adornments

And the black band on your arm. Has the old goat died? You hated him, why the performance?

I see you are wearing a wedding ring, I guess nurse NHS won you over, while being engaged to me

We miss conversations with Philatelists!

I thought the post office was getting rid of the old stamps!

Why aren't,t they shutting down all the sales places?

When I break down a collection there is nothing left

some 'authorized' retailers IE Costco... are allowed to sell stamps at a slight discount. Typically 25 cents or so off a 100 count roll. 25 CENTS.... NOT 25 PERCENT!!! So.... that roll of 66 cent stamps may cost $65.75 instead of $66.00.

Wow. This was wonderful. Thank you.

I wish you guys would have come out with information weeks ago before I was stupid enough to buy stamps online! 😢 I feel so stupid.

Why isn't someone checking media for this I just looked and found rolls of hundred 66¢ stamps for 11$ 😢

Came here from a referral on post crossing. I'm pretty sure I've been duped by fraud stamps. I was looking for a specific series issued in 2019 and amazingly they were cheap on poshmark of all places.

It is so odd. I used to get into all this and now I find it stifling.

Ah, Lighthouse. Those were the days.

I don't know if I want to get into philately again. At least there is a you tube channel on it. Collecting stamps is very bittersweet to me.

Ebay has great feature that allow to see "SOLD" of any item from other seller. Hipstamp should have this feature. it helps seller to undersatand that if the item has demand or not

Great.. I wonder if the Scooby-Doo stamps I bought off eBay are fake? crap.. I wonder if my mailman could tell me..

The People's Museum and Hammer Pictures

So are you saying every forever stamps are counterfeit?

No wonder the stamp hobby is dying.

THANK YOU! Excellent content!!! I am learning so much, and I will definitely SHARE what I have learned. I was able to cancel payment, for my stupid purchase, YAY!, but the fake stamps arrived anyway, and I will somehow burn them. It should be easy to assume the discounting is fake! Duh. But I was dumb, briefly. Now I will blow my horn.

This may be the best (2) episodes you have produced. I'd love to see more conversations just like this with expertizers.

Facebook needs to do more to stop this.

Man, I thought this was mainly an issue with forever stamps so never bought them online! I'm a Post-crosser and love using unique/older stamps for aesthetic purposes as people on there collect them. But knowing some denominated ones are fake makes me scared to use those too! 😂

Friend don't let friend use Microsoft. Linux Rules! I used Gimp and can do anything you do with Photoshop and I don't have to pay for it!

WOW I purchased some of these. I used several of them. I will stop using them. I`ll put them up and mark them counterfeit. Maybe some day they may be worth something. I`m writing this one year after you made this video and there still for sale on Facebook?Thank You for The Video.

Last video was 5 months ago. Are you guys ok what s going on?

I got discounted stamp from amazon got 2 dollars off from retail (2 dollar off for 40 counts) , wonder these are fake too

What a shame you gave up. Your channel was the best. Sad.

our government should be asking the Chinese government to reimburse for the lost revenue and the Chinese government should shutting down the printers and marketers of fake stamps