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For collectors of war and other types of British stamps, covers and postal history it can be difficult to judge realistic valuations. What should you pay for good war items? What will war 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 war ongoing sales. These war listings will end soon so, if especially interested in any particular item, you should access the full war search results via the War Online Auctions page.
Here is a selection of current war auctions due to end soon...
- 1992 THE CIVAL WAR FIRST DAY COVER
Current bid £0.50 (0 Bid) - GB 1992 Royal Mail FDC-THE CIVIL WAR 1642-51
Current bid £0.99 (0 Bid) - Pack 228. 1992. The Civil War Royal Mail Stamps
Current bid £0.99 (0 Bid) - GUERNSEY 2005 LIBERATION WORLD WAR II FDC BENHAM
Current bid £1.45 (3 Bids) - PHQ Cards 1992 CIVIL WAR VGC MINT( 144)
Current bid £0.40 (0 Bid) - BRITAIN DECLARES WAR SIGNED COVER
Current bid £25.00 (0 Bid)
| - RICHARD III UNSIGNED FDC ROYALTY, WAR OF THE ROSES
Current bid £15.00 - FALKLANDS WAR, MILITARY MEMORABILIA, STAMPS COVER
Current bid £12.00 - Gb 1990s Commemoratives Age of Steam, Civil War #3
Current bid £0.90 (0 Bid) - Gb Commemoratives 1990s The Civil War & Nat.Trust #A1
Current bid £0.90 (0 Bid) - Gb 1990s Commemoratives - Cats and Civil War sets #15
Current bid £0.90 (0 Bid) - 1992 Civil War Presentation Pack No. 228
Current bid £1.75
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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 war 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 war 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 war items most recently listed rather than those about to end as, it stands to reason, the best offers will sell quickly!
- UK 350th Anniversary of the Civil War 4v SG1620/23 [199
£2.15 End Date: Friday Oct-08-2010 18:25:48 Buy It Now for only: £2.15 - GB 2004 CRIMEAN WAR PRESENTATION PACK no 364
£3.99 End Date: Friday Oct-08-2010 12:25:10 Buy It Now for only: £3.99 - Arbitration for War by Deraedemaeker.
£85.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:14:32 Buy It Now for only: £85.00 - Arbitration for War - Universal Brotherhood.
£275.00 End Date: Thursday Oct-07-2010 14:05:05 Buy It Now for only: £275.00 - Guernsey 2004 World War II, set First Day Cover
£5.00 End Date: Wednesday Oct-06-2010 22:32:52 Buy It Now for only: £5.00 - Civil War 1642-51 FDC 1992 - House of Commons CDS
£9.95 End Date: Wednesday Oct-06-2010 21:36:29 Buy It Now for only: £9.95
| - 1992 CIVIL WAR SET ON BRIAN REEVE NO5 OFFICIAL FDC
£14.99 End Date: Wednesday Oct-06-2010 10:50:31 Buy It Now for only: £14.99 - 1992 CIVIL WAR SET ON BRADBURY LFDC106 OFFICIAL FDC
£18.99 End Date: Wednesday Oct-06-2010 10:50:27 Buy It Now for only: £18.99 - 1992 CIVIL WAR SET OF 4 ON PPS SILK NUMBER 78 FDC SP/HS
£16.99 End Date: Wednesday Oct-06-2010 10:50:09 Buy It Now for only: £16.99 - END OF THE WAR MINI SHEET STAMPS FREE POSTAGE
£3.99 End Date: Tuesday Oct-05-2010 23:22:43 Buy It Now for only: £3.99 - 1992 350th ANNIV OF THE CIVIL WAR STAMPS MNH
£2.50 End Date: Tuesday Oct-05-2010 19:04:56 Buy It Now for only: £2.50 - G.B. 1992 Civil War Cotswold First Day Cover, Huntingd
£2.50 End Date: Monday Oct-04-2010 16:34:12 Buy It Now for only: £2.50
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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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