GB QV stamps, two amazing stocks for sale at auction

[@GreatStampAdventure]

Wow, a treasure trove of stamps - and so many of them!!!!

[@joannewolfe5688]

"Groovy," indeed! Would love to browse all those great cancels.

[@terencemeikle534]

Sheesh. I nearly spat my biscuit when those Surface Printed albums were opened. Shiver me timbers! 😮

[@StampAuctions]

Arrr. Quite agree, me hearty.

[@grahame7954]

What is the point of catalogue values when the actual stamps themselves are worth 1% of Cat ?

[@StampAuctions]

I've given talks about this! There is a big discount for this huge quantity of course, and back in the 19th Century dealers soon used discounting against Stanley Gibbons as a sales tool, so whatever SG might do with prices it will be undercut. The SG prices are also for magnificent 'boutique quality' individual items, I do agree it's a nightmare for new collectors. If you assume that you can get 20% retailing these stamps it sounds great but it will take several years to sell most of them, hense the discount.

[@grahame7954]

@@StampAuctions I was a stamp collector for 40 years and enjoyed the collecting aspect of it. As an investment it would have been terrible had I not sold up 10 years ago. Throughout the entire time SG cat value was nonsense - I really don't know who pays such prices. I do think this lot is wonderful and it is clearly a lifetime of collecting, but I think the hobby has died along with the old folks who used to collect stamps. I do not see a young generation of stamp collectors.