After some advice please lads.

Several years ago an old boy who had been renting a flat from me upped and left one day, leaving all his possessions behind.

Among those were a considerable amount of stamps. I know from speaking to him he was quite a collector and had told me that some of them were quite valuable.

I’ve had these in a cupboard for years but as clearing out due to moving house shortly, I thought maybe I should get these valued.

Knowing nothing about this sort of stuff I wondered how I would go about this. Many of the stamps (there are possibly thousands of them) are just loose. Would these need to be put in some kind of order etc? Any help is appreciated.

Tom

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Most stamp dealers will value them in the hope that you will flog them to them.

The biggest is Stanley Gibbons on the Strand.

You might have to do some sorting - maybe into countries or say 1st day covers.

In the 1970's my grandad sold his stamp collection and bought a colour TV and a speedboat.
most stamps aren't worth much, it's just the odd few that might be worth a significant amount.
I wouldn't bother sorting into any particular order, I'd take to a stamp dealer (when CV19 allows) to give a rough idea. Then up to you whether to take the cash or put on Ebay

I disengage, I turn the page.

I can put the OP in touch with an expert I know, he goes by the name of Phil Adderly.

12 Quid Tom, final offer.

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It’s not the money Jim, it’s all the other things your asking me to do

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit