Help with putting value on a stamp collection

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Hi hopefully someone can help-I was left a small book filled with stamps by my uncle and i was wondering they had any value. The majority seem to be unused but some do have parts of an ink stamper on them.Ive taken a few pics but the camera quality isnt the best :-\ .They are fab looking stamps so if they arent worth anything im going to make a decoupage frame from them :-)

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I don't think you've much of value there and they look like sets that were sold to junior collectors in retailers like Woolworths, etc. about 20-30 years ago.

The first set seems to be from Dahomey and is cancelled to order (CTO) - note the neat circular cancellations at the corner of each stamp. They are likely never to have gone through the post.

I can't make out the country of origin of the second - is it British Virgin Islands?

The next set is from Hungary (Magyar Posta) and again looks to be CTO.

The last two sets are from the "South Moluccas". This is not an officially recognised postal administration and the stamps are therefore termed "cinderellas." Some cinderellas can be valuable but a quick search of "South Moluccas" on Ebay suggests that these are not in that category.

Overall, not much of value there, unfortunately.

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TextureLikeSun

I don't think you've much of value there and they look like sets that were sold to junior collectors in retailers like Woolworths, etc. about 20-30 years ago.

The first set seems to be from Dahomey and is cancelled to order (CTO) - note the neat circular cancellations at the corner of each stamp. They are likely never to have gone through the post.

I can't make out the country of origin of the second - is it British Virgin Islands?

The next set is from Hungary (Magyar Posta) and again looks to be CTO.

The last two sets are from the "South Moluccas". This is not an officially recognised postal administration and the stamps are therefore termed "cinderellas." Some cinderellas can be valuable but a quick search of "South Moluccas" on Ebay suggests that these are not in that category.

Overall, not much of value there, unfortunately.

Thanks so much for all that info much appreciated -i had a feeling they werent worth much but i didnt want to go ahead and use them for crafts unless i was sure lol thanks again !

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