Some stamp collectors are literally swimming in a sea of duplicates. It's easy to have happen - you buy some stamps, find out that some of them duplicate what you already have, and off go the duplicates into a box where they accumulate. It can get quite overwhelming after a while, especially if you buy large quantities of stamps (and hence have large quantities of duplicates).
What to do with all these duplicates?
There's nothing wrong with them, so they're too good to just throw away. After all, they'd be in your stamp collection but for the fact that you already own them (that's why they're duplicates). But if you don't find something to do with them they'll take over your stamp room - or even your house! A couple of ideas pop into mind:
1. give them to a child or a veteran to help them get started in this great hobby.
2. donate them to a non-profit charity. Many charities raise money for their good works by selling donated stamps - as well as stamps gathered by their volunteers from incoming mail - to stamp dealers, who then sell them to stamp collectors. For example, the folks at The Stamp People buy stamps from an assortment of different charities all the time.
It's a win-win situation - the charities raise money, and the stamp dealer gets stock.
A variation on this theme is sell the stamps directly to the stamp dealer. You can then take the money you receive from the sale and donate the cash (instead of the stamps) to the charity of your choice.
Above all, don't just throw your duplicates away - they can be put to a very good use!
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