PWCC E98 Black Swamp (De-Identi-) Find

[steve B]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

thx for posting...awesome video...BUT if the cards were tightly bound in twine id think they'd all have wear in that area?

It is surprising to see stuff stored like that with little or no damage.
It was fairly common at the time. While they're more flexible than cards, stamps were often packed that way in large quantity. Not twine, but thread, and usually a stack of 100. Usually too tight to peek at what's in the stack, but seldom any damage. In that hobby it's called bundleware.


I bought a boxful a few years ago, and when I counted, it worked out to 37,000+ of essentially the same stamp from the 1890's. A small sample found about 25% of them were a slightly less common type that has a book value of $5... so probably about 50K in catalog value.

But a $5 stamp is a harder sell then a similar card. Half catalog is common and way less in bulk. I won't live long enough to sell them individually, and my kids probably won't either.