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Originally Posted by egbeachley
I think maybe the term face value was misused. Maybe he meant book value. If it was face value, then the collection is worth at least that much - I believe the post office will take it back and pay you at face value.
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Sadly, not the case. The Postal Service has sold you (or someone) the service; it's not up to them how or whether you use it. In fact, they'd prefer you didn't use the service you just paid for. Why do you think they spend so much money promoting stamp "collecting"?
There's an active market in below-face value postage. The Post Office has no use for all those scuzzy part-sheets of 13 cent stamps with the gum missing. My dear, late father-in-law, however, delighted in the thought that he was putting one over on Uncle Sam by paying only 90 cents on the dollar for postage stamps on the secondary market.
Bill