Shade Information Page
For collectors of shade and other types of British stamps, covers and postal history it can be difficult to judge realistic valuations. What should you pay for good shade items? What will shade items fetch if you decide to sell them?
When this web page was rendered we carried out a quick search of some current online auctions to display a sample of live shade ongoing sales. These shade listings will end soon so, if especially interested in any particular item, you should access the full shade search results via the Shade Online Auctions page.
Here is a selection of current shade auctions due to end soon...
- Sg29-41, 1d red shades x 24, LC14, used. Cat £260+
Current bid £10.50 (4 Bids) - Sg38-41, 1d red shades x 12, LC14, G/Fused. Cat £140+
Current bid £6.00 (2 Bids) - VERIFIED SHADE UNMOUNTED N14(1) With cert Green SG 351
Current bid £8.99 - One Penny Mulready Lettersheet is a light Shade
Current bid £99.50 - Penny Star (QG) Fine Used Plate 38 Transitional Shade
Current bid £12.25 - 1867/80 6d MAUVE ((DEEP SHADE) PL 8 ON PIECE CLEAR CDS
Current bid £20.00
| - SG 211 shade:- 1/- grey-green, superb u/m
Current bid £237.50 - SG 234 shade:- 3d deep purple on lemon
Current bid £48.00 - SG 230 shade:- 2½d deep ultramarine, superb u/m example
Current bid £22.40 - SG 360 shade:- 1d deep carmine-red, very fine m/m
Current bid £260.00 - SG 261 shade:- 2/6 pale dull purple (C), fine m/m eg
Current bid £228.00 - SHADES OF LINE ENGRAVED STAMPS - Highly Recommend- CD 3
Current bid £13.99
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Do bear in mind that the prices you see above only represent the current bids and not the final sale price. When deciding what you should pay for shade items or what their value might be, then it is the final prices realised in auctions that act as a useful guide to collectors.
It is often more useful to check the the fixed price shade listings where you can buy the item immediately without entering in to a bidding process. When searching fixed price offers it is also usually a good idea to view the shade items most recently listed rather than those about to end as, it stands to reason, the best offers will sell quickly!
- 1902-10 x4 Shades of the 2/6d Lilac/Purple G/FU - P559
£29.97 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Sep-15-2010 16:10:25 Buy It Now for only: £50.00 - Benham Definitive 1990 D137 50p Sand Shade Definitive
£4.99 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 15:48:35 Buy It Now for only: £4.99 - 2d SG 36a INTENSE-SHADE VFU crisp part numeral at top t
£125.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:39:34 Buy It Now for only: £125.00 - 2d SG 34 (Pl 15 JI-JJ ) IN MILKY-BLUE SHADE PAIR VFU cr
£60.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:39:26 Buy It Now for only: £60.00 - 6d SG 109 Pl 8 DEEP-SHADE VFU superbly struck Scots num
£55.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:34:34 Buy It Now for only: £55.00 - 5/- SG 181 CRIMSON (INTENSE-SHADE) VFU part crisp 1896
£90.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:22:19 Buy It Now for only: £90.00
| - 3d SG 191 DEEP-SHADE VFU crisp London 1883 cds excellen
£40.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:21:15 Buy It Now for only: £40.00 - ½d SG 187 DEEP SHADE OVPT SPECIMEN TYPE 9 U/M top margi
£40.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:21:04 Buy It Now for only: £40.00 - 3d SG 102 Pl 7 DEEP-ROSE (INTENSE-SHADE) VFU London 187
£85.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:20:06 Buy It Now for only: £85.00 - 5/- SG 181 CRIMSON (INTENSE SHADE) VFU crisp oval steel
£85.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:19:46 Buy It Now for only: £85.00 - 6d SG 69 DEEP-LILAC (INTENSE-SHADE) C (CONSTANTINOPLE)
£35.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:18:01 Buy It Now for only: £35.00 - 6d SG 109 Pl 9 INTENSE-SHADE VFU PERFECTLY CENTRED neat
£85.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:15:50 Buy It Now for only: £85.00
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Further valuation help can be otained from stamp magazines and online or offline dealer pricelists but do remember that, like catalogues, retail prices usually refer to typical items and do not reflect the special qualities that may make a stamp or cover more valuable. It can also be surprising to see the difference in prices that some dealers publish in lists and on websites compared to the stamps they list to sell in auctions. Very often the prices are more competitive when paying marketplace websites to sell their stock items by auction!
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