Michel Carbonne, and Bernard Laurent, two members of the Chambre syndicale française des négociants et experts en philatelie (CNEP), suggested a day of free expertise, collections of stamps, this Saturday, June 13, at the Cafe Serpente in Chartres.
Twenty-eight people registered for the day.
How to estimate the value of a stamp ?
According to Bernard Lawrence, a merchant in Paris, “there is the criterion of quality, the potential of existing stamps and also the number of interested collectors. And then there are trends. Once upon a time, stamps of the polar and the stamps of Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon were looking for.”
How much is a expertise ?
The cost can vary from 2 to 2.5% of the amount of expertise of the stamps for Bernard Lawrence. “Sometimes it is better to sell because the stamp is a sector in decline.”
How can one sell stamps ?
The direct sale and sale by public auction are two possibilities. “The positive point is the prism of broader customers potientiels with the auction,” says Bernard Laurent. “But there are loads of the study, about 20 % plus VAT.”
What are the collections the most sought-after ?
“If you have, for example, a collection of imperial China, there it is bingo ! The collections in Europe are less attractive, and dynamic.”
How to store our stamps ?
There are two ways to store his stamp collection to keep them in the better : in an album and in a binder to band, arrived later.
When was the first postage stamp in French ?
The first stamp of France is released on the 1st of January, 1849, under the II th Republic. It bears the number 3. On the other hand, the number 7, the vermilion, is read sought.
A transparent of the 18th century, the ancestor of the cinema, sold in excess of € 110,000 at auction, at Chartres
Elodie Pradel
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