Here's a question that we get emails about all the time.


It's a very common question so we thought you might be interested.

Q: "What is my collection of gold replica stamps worth?"

Gold foil covers and related "gold" replica stamps exist in many different forms from first day covers with gold replicas of the stamps used as the cachets and covers simply commemorating an event, to fancy boxed or neatly packaged ingot-like items. The covers can be either addressed and unaddressed.

The current buying price from most dealers is .25¢ each to $1.00 each for the FDC-type items, depending on the topical value of the item, and dealers sell them to collectors for just a little bit more than what they pay - often $1.00 to $2.50 or so. Most dealers prefer unaddressed covers, but many dealers would rather not deal with them at all - they're just not worth the bother.

Unfortunately, stamp dealers have the sometimes unpleasant task of telling the owners that they overpaid for these items (they typically sell for $5.95 to $9.95 each).