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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonSellos, post: 620209, member: 1797&quot;]EBay is a potential outlet for them, but a sale may not be profitable.&nbsp; EBay charges a listing fee and a sales commission, if the lot sells.&nbsp; Then too, you must have a PayPal account to sell on eBay and PayPal also charges a commission for a sale.&nbsp; Then there is the postage costs for sending a sold lot to the buyer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All of the costs of selling whether on eBay or elsewhere work against the profitable sale of lost-cost stamps.&nbsp; That, plus the time spent identifying, describing, and listing what is in a lot is a chore.&nbsp; That is why stamp dealers don&#039;t want to buy common stamps from collectors or other sellers.&nbsp; There is just no profit in it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Go to the library and look at the Scott U.S. catalog and see how much work it is to identify each of your stamps.&nbsp; That will give you an idea of what the starting point would be.&nbsp; You might be able to get a good scan of the sales lot and not identify them, but a potential buyer generally wants to know what he/she would be getting and how many. </p><p><br /></p><p>My recommendation is to keep the stamps, learn how to use a catalog to identify them, and start a collection.&nbsp; No money it it, but it does make for an enjoyable hobby if you are a collector by temperament.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have the patience or inclination to collect things, the whole process is just a lot of work. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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