New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-19
THERE ARE YOUR CANCELLED STAMPS
IF ANY ONE HAS THREE OR FOUR MILLIONS OF
THEM LYING AROUND III CAS- FIND \
MNIKTT FOR THEM.

MARKET FOR THEM.
Has any one ! 600 900 stamps or 500 900 or 100,
600 The man who has lons been wanted by people
who have saved up stamps and who have lcalou-iN
guarded them for year ha- been found. lie actually
buvs cancelled stamp by the million the hundred
thousand This cheerful is given for the benc-
fit Of those who have cried ont for information from
time to time. But the man who buys them does not
expect to see them redeemed, is he trying 10 re
lieve the sunerings of those who have carefully
boarded the little green uns,' the threeccnt stamp,
and the five cent stamp and the stamp Of all kinds.
But the seekers Of wealth by -tamp-sclng are not
likely to acquire great fortunes in this way II they
have only collected few thousand, or even 100000
they would better become discouraged and give 10
up for the wholesale market price Of cancelled post
age stamps mnlcss for some particular reason they
are exriuslcaly more vanabc) IS 800 million. And
that is $40 q hundred thousand.
"Why DO ] buy postage stamps7" said G. L.
Calman, Of 40 29e Pearl ST.. TO Tribune reporter.
Why, to sell them, Of coursc.'
"Who wants theml7
aft people did not want them. l certainly should
not buy them
4Gve one instance Of a reasonable demand for
| them
We'll there big cigarette company which has
cancelled stamp Oh picture which Is given away
with every box Of cigarettes. The company use
millions Of thcm.o
"Anothcr.7
"A certain publication gives stamp book for So
raany coupons the coupons going with the papers.
What kinds Of stamps do you buy -
"All kinds"
| "Eut who wants common green two-cent stamps
They not rarc.'
Well they are les common in western Bulgaria
than In Ncw-Yorh city. ] buy stamps IN all parts Of
europe and bring Them to America and ship American
| stamps TO all parts of Europe"
How many stamp, do yon buy ycar''
81 bought over 5O.OOo,OOO lat year. For fifteen
years have averaged about 2O,OOO,O0O year.
What become Of thcml7
"Think Of all the shops where stamps arc sold.
great many people make collections and the stamp
are all gathered for them in tl, way
What do you pay for stamps;7
| cone hundred dollars for a million Of any kind.
| don't care what they arc. ! Will take them But
| pay "A great deal fog rare ones Of course.
sometimes people find Old stamp, which have been
living around for years. Frequently they very
valuable"
"suppose you were 50 get an order today for 80,
100000 could you fill 1t!
Yes
"Woud You buy as many1"
Yes"
How do You handle them 2"
Those packing cases there are full OF them. You
see The stamps assorted aud put IN envelopes and
boxed for shipment
II would not pay, would IT, 10 count 100000
two cent stamps: how do y0u manage that ''
We can estimate them almost precisely by weight
50 cancelled stamp, really have market value t'
AT they did not. as ! said before, should not
buy them. Bring round million or two, IA boNc,
| or bales and see for yourself There few thing,
in these days that allowed 10 20 to waste" And
/ he picked up package Of foreign stamps and gave
them TO the reporter as ncstegS