Used postage stamps - who wants some? MERGED

gareth_aethwy

Princessa wrote: »

When I look on the sites, it says that they sell the stamps to collectors... so is it worth sending everyday stamps, or are they only after ones with some sort of picture on?

NO! There are some collectors who only collect definatives (the common ones witht he Queen's head on), some only collecting the boring (to me) 1st and 2nd class stamps. Also, they're sold all over the world these days, and a common UK stamp isn't quite so common abroad is it?

I collect stamps for the local St John Ambulance Division (more info: http://www.stjohnwales.org.uk) to use towards the purchase of a new ambulance (quite a few needed there then!). If anyone does want to help me, they're more than welcome to contact me (or post on here) and I'll let you have the address where to send them!

We're also collecting used specs to send to the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem (more info: http://www.stjohneyehospital.org), again, contact me and I'll let you know where to post to.

Gareth

suzukibandit

Oxfam collect, and sell, stamps. I give mine to my local Oxfam shop in Banbury. They are happy to receive "normal" stamps as well as unusual and they sell first day covers as well for collectors.

ardley216

Where would i be able to buy kiloware stamps? i would like to help out charities.

ardley216

hello, can anyone pm me on how to buy charity stamps? i would like to help out charaties

Savvy_Sue

I've merged two similar threads, and posts appear in order of first posting, but I hope it's not too disjointed.

ardley, I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but if you look through previous posts there are various mentions of who buys these stamps so that may help you find where to buy.

Sadly, DH's charity has now decided that the returns on collecting used stamps are no longer worthwhile. Hopefully we can take them to someone who has a notice up at our gym - it will take me a long time to get out of the habit of 'rescuing' all stamps!

sunstarrr

If (like me!) you find it difficult to choose which charity to send your stamps to, the Post Office have a freepost address to which you can send your used stamps. They then distribute the stamps to a variety of charities, including RSPB, Great Ormond St Hospital Children's Charity, Macmillan Cancer Support and RNIB.

The address to send stamps to is
Posted! Stamps for Charities
Education Distribution Service
FREEPOST FPN 772
Castle Road
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 3RL

icedgems

the childrens charity Barnardos are very happy to take them

Send to

Gemma
Barnardos
Tanners Lane
Barkingside
Ilford
Essex
IG6 1QG

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shezmit

PreemiesUK is accepting used stamps, empty ink cartridges, old mobile phones

please send to

PreemiesUK
138 farmers green
Droitwich
Worcs
wr9 9eh

funky-footprints

without contacting the charities directly are a lot of these links still on going ?

i want to organisese something in my childrens school, that isnt going to cost us parents anything, I have got my hands on some very good tickets for a sporting event and thought the person or family that sent in the most stamps could win the tickets. i thought it would be a good boost in the school to have a project to work towards, that costs nothing and is rewarding for someone ? ?

no doubt the pta will throw rocks at me next week when i suggest a fund raiser for someone other than the school to benefit.

mabernard

I sort stamps and picture postcards for a small charity called Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The stamps should ideally have an edge of paper no bigger than about a quarter of an inch around the stamp. The stamps get sorted into various categories before taken to the stamp dealer who sells them online, in his shops and at auctions. All british stamps and foreign stamps are very welcome and the dealer pays per kiloware of stamps, it takes a lot of stamps to make up a kilo !! Stamps/postcards can be sent to A Bernard, Tremorden, Donaldson's Brae, Kilcreggan, G84 0JB.