Stamp ID: Value Finder

Stamp value scanner and identifier. Photograph a stamp to identify it and see what collectors pay. IDENTIFY ANY STAMP This stamp value app identifies the issuing country, the approximate year and the issue — including Great Britain from the Penny Black onward, United States classics, British Commonwealth and colonial issues, European classics, and states that no longer exist such as Rhodesia and Ceylon. STAMP VALUE ESTIMATES You get a catalogue value band reflecting typical pricing for the issue in the condition shown, along with the condition factors that decide where in that band a copy sits. WHAT DECIDES A STAMP'S VALUE Scarcity first, then condition, then demand. Centring, gum, perforations and cancellation can produce a tenfold spread within one issue. Never-hinged mint stamps routinely sell for several times the price of hinged ones. DO NOT SOAK STAMPS OFF OLD ENVELOPES The cover is frequently worth more than the stamp. Leave anything pre-1940 alone until someone has looked at it. Photograph flat and square, with all four perforation edges visible.