Old stamps are still valid. And they are usually worth less than new ones (collectors selling their collections)
I think bpost announced a while ago that old stamps will finally expire, prompting a lot of people to use their soon to be worthless stamps.
I needed to have some medical tests done, and the lab sent me the results in an envelope with similarly old stamps. I emailed them because I was so intrigued, they replied that a “beschutte werkplaats” handled all their physical mailing, so they had no clue about the stamps…
Probably the “beschutte werkplaats” is buying old lots of stamps?
Philatelists bought up sheets of stamps in the past in the hope of seeing their value rise.
But in fact values have not risen much. They are now selling their stamps off (they are still valid) to recover their losses.
Wow, I received a letter from my accountant a while ago with Baudouin stamps and I thought that was already very old
Funny to see the name of my great-grandmother on Reddit. Thanks OP 🙂
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Old stamps are still valid. And they are usually worth less than new ones (collectors selling their collections)
I think bpost announced a while ago that old stamps will finally expire, prompting a lot of people to use their soon to be worthless stamps.
I needed to have some medical tests done, and the lab sent me the results in an envelope with similarly old stamps. I emailed them because I was so intrigued, they replied that a “beschutte werkplaats” handled all their physical mailing, so they had no clue about the stamps…
Probably the “beschutte werkplaats” is buying old lots of stamps?
Philatelists bought up sheets of stamps in the past in the hope of seeing their value rise.
But in fact values have not risen much. They are now selling their stamps off (they are still valid) to recover their losses.
Wow, I received a letter from my accountant a while ago with Baudouin stamps and I thought that was already very old
Funny to see the name of my great-grandmother on Reddit. Thanks OP 🙂
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