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WELCOME!

PLEASE REGARD THIS AS A FRIENDLY SITE .      

This site is dedicated to the postage stamps of Great Britain issued during the reign of King Edward VIIth , 1902-1910.  THE PRINTINGS/ISSUES SPAN THE YEARS 1902 TO 1913.                                                                                                                                  In order to establish a fair buying or selling price for any GB Edward VIIth. stamp, my researches led me to create personal pricing lists. It is a considerable task to gather information from the many International sites, Public and Postal auctions, and Retail outlets {in the order of 5000+items per month} and so I  expect to update the lists every 4 weeks. The range of Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers for EDWARD VIIth extends from SG.215 to SG.320, with very many shades and printings, and considering the billions of stamps issued, there are still many items to discover! There are many pages to look at, so please read all of this page to see if I can help you in any way.

As far as possible my aim is to make this a more personalised forum for information, with potential for buying and selling, and offer help especially to novices in philately{young and old!}.

All the pages of information are available to view until MIDNIGHT ON 4TH JULY 2008 GMT, after which time,certain pages will become 'MEMBERS ONLY' because of the useful information and time/cost to obtain it!. Please see Membership Details below.

Your email feedback/comments on the site would be appreciated, as would requests and suggestions!

It is a fairly no frills site design, but at least everything should function! 

The listings include the basic stamps in all conditions, sets, shades, controls, high values and so on, with further additions to be made progressively this year.

There is an abbreviations list at the head of each PRICING PAGE, and it does require familiarisation with use.

This descriptive method has been used to reduce the difficulties with long descriptions.  

   HELP WITH VALUEING A STAMP, SET OR COLLECTION OF EDWARD VIIth 

Often the HOURLY quoted price charged by professionals to value a collection can be high, and public auction

costs combined with delays, make 'where to sell ' decisions difficult. Notwithstanding that there are quite a few 'below-decent-standard' items for sale on the many evolving Internet sites. 

  The prices in the tables are as up to date as physically possible and so it should be possible to ascertain a fairly accurate price for your  stamp or collection. As time progresses the summaries will obviously increase in breadth and depth, hopefully with much of interest.   Remember that many dealers will offer fair prices, but any offer will ALWAYS be lower than market price to enable them to operate profitably and professionally.. If you need help with finding a stamp/s, valuation, selling an item or any other matter, please contact me, Martin Wood using the following link,  helpatfiddlers  , with  details of your requirements.

Please see below for MEMBERSHIP DETAILS AND BENEFITS.        

 I  hope that you are able  to make good use of the facilities on this site!

I hope your visit to the site will be interesting, helpful and profitable.

Many thanks for visiting .

Sincerely, Martin Wood.


MEMBERSHIP & FACILITIES ON SITE

                                                                MEMBERSHIP DETAILS AND FACILITIES                                                       

             I can offer you the following facilities :

  1. FREE HELP AND ADVICE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEW TO COLLECTING!
  2. DETAILED MARKET PRICES SO YOU CAN VALUE YOUR STAMP/S OR COLLECTION.{If you have been bequeathed a collection by a relative for instance}.
  3. DETAILED MARKET PRICES SO YOU CAN VALUE YOUR STAMP/S COLLECTION FOR INSURANCE OR ESTATE VALUATION PURPOSES.
  4. DETAILED MARKET PRICES SO YOU CAN VALUE A STAMP OR SET THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL.
  5. PERSONAL ADVICE ON HOW AND WHERE TO BUY AND SELL YOUR ITEMS.
  6. PERSONAL HELP WITH YOUR WANTS LIST.
  7. PERSONAL HELP WITH INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS.
  8. A PHOTO  REFERENCE ALBUM WITH SHADES AND INTERESTING ITEMS.{Updating regularly}
  9. A CHECKLIST FOR ESTABLISHING THE TRUE CONDITION OF A STAMP.{Completed  25th.March}
  10. DETAILED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE COMPARATIVE SCARCITY OF STAMPS.{Six monthly summaries}.
  11. POTENTIAL TO BUY OR SELL ITEMS ON THIS SITE FROM OTHER MEMBERS-DIRECT CONTACT WITH YOUR BUYERS/SELLERS { as required }.At present this site is not advertised using the usual search engines-access is by invitation only.This facility has to be developed cosidering clients needs and demand.
  12. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP IS £10.50 PAYABLE BY POUND STERLING CHEQUE OR BY PAYPAL.
  13. Free access is until midnight on 30th of APRIL 2008, and after that you reqiure to register as a member.
  14. Two Month's trial will be £3.50, Six month's subscription will be £6.50.
  15. PLEASE CONTACT ME, MARTIN WOOD AT  Membershipatfiddlers and indicate your payment method and address{this is optional unless I need it later} and I will provide you with a username and password to access the site, along with my address and other necessary information.
  16. ALL PAGES ON SITE WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON 30th APRIL 2008, GMT, AND THEN SOME PAGES WILL BE 'MEMBERS ONLY'.
  17. YOUR PRIVACY AND INFORMATION IS GUARANTEED NOT TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ELSE, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF EXCHANGE OF EMAILS ,WITH PERMISSION, BETWEEN BUYERS AND SELLERS.

Please remember that the information contained on this site will increase in depth, quantity and usefulness!!

Kind regards, Martin Wood. 

BUYING AND SELLING

                                                    BUYING AND SELLING ON THIS SITE

I WISH TO OFFER BUY/SELL FACILITIES ON THIS SITE, SO THE FOLLOWING IS ONLY AN OUTLINE SUGGESTION TO ASK CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE BASED ON THIS GENERAL IDEA.

THE SMALL ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OF£10.50 ALLOWS YOU TO SELL UP TO 5 ANY VALUE    EDVIITH STAMP/S/COLLECTION/S ON THIS SITE PER MONTH{THAT'S A LIMIT OF 65 PER ANNUM{PRO-RATA FOR THE 2 MONTH AND 6 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION PERIODS},  BUT IT IS NOT AN ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL IF YOU DONT TAKE ADVANTAGE EACH MONTH}.  YOUR FEEDBACK BY EMAIL WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL please use this link  for your feedback.   BUYING AND SELLING FEEDBACK

THE 2 SALES  METHODS ARE  SIMPLE TO OPERATE -YOU SUPPLY THE INFORMATION DETAILED BELOW BY EMAIL TO ME

 MARTIN WOOD AT SELLATFIDDLERS .

THE TWO SALES METHODS AVAILABLE ARE :

A} FIXED PRICE SALES.

1}  WITH A SCAN OF FRONT AND BACK{ for single stamps a scanner desity of between 600-800 dpi provides good image clarity .

2}  AND YOUR FIXED PRICE, AND WHETHER YOU ACCEPT OFFERS.

3}  IN THE CASE OF COLLECTIONS, 2 OR 3 PHOTOS AND A GOOD DESCRIPTION WILL SUFFICE.

4}  ANY MEMBER WHO COMMITS TO PURCHASE  WILL BE PUT IN TOUCH WITH YOU BY EMAIL, SO THAT YOU CAN FINALISE THE SALE AMICABLY.

B}  'SEALED OFFER' SALES.

1}  SET A DURATION PERIOD{MAX 2 WEEKS}AT THE END OF  WHICH TIME YOU ARE INFORMED OF THE HIGHEST OFFER AND WHETHER YOU WISH TO ACCEPT THAT .{YOU MAY SET A RESERVE WHICH IS PUBLIC OR HIDDEN}.

2} AGAIN, BUYER WILL BE PUT IN TOUCH WITH YOU BY EMAIL SO YOU CAN FINALISE THE PURCHASE AMICABLY.

    ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS LESS EFFICIENT THAN USING OTHER WELL-OILED SITES,I HOPE THAT THE RE-PERSONALISATION OF THIS METHOD MAY APPEAL TO SOME OF YOU ON A MORE HUMAN, LESS MECHANISED LEVEL! ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS THE OUTCOME {PLEASE} OF SUCCESSFUL SALES/PURCHASES,{OR OTHERWISE}. BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS SITE IS NOT ADVERTISED BY THE USUAL SEARCH ENGINES AND CURRENTLY IS MEMBERS ONLY.

I WILL ALSO BE LISTING SOME STAMPS FOR SALE.

BUYERS-SIMPLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SALES PAGES.

KIND REGARDS, MARTIN WOOD.

ITEM NEWS

  • 25th MARCH----www.apexstamps.com----PUBLIC AUCTION ON APRIL 20TH 2008---LOTS 657-680=EDWARD V11TH--SOME RARE ITEMS TO BID FOR!!