[Scoundreller]

The funny thing is that I buy unused stamps off EBay. Some recent deals I got were for about 43 cents on the dollar. But usually they go for 50-60% of face.

Been doing this for the last 15 years with no real change in pricing (which really means a loss every year).

Mostly 30-50 cent stamps (this is Canada). But ranging from 8c to $2.5

I use the smaller ones on regular envelopes. Usually I have some $1 or $2 stamps to make up any balance on packages (or just buy it from the post office).

It’s quite a bit of extra profit when I sell stuff.

Though my packages probably look a little... Unabombery.

I’m sure the receivers get a little laugh when their package arrives covered in stamps.

[stordoff]

> I’m sure the receivers get a little laugh when their package arrives covered in stamps.

Reminds me of a parcel I got from Japan (in the UK). The front was about A4-sized, and entirely covered in stamps (with a small gap for the address).

[anonymous5133]

haha, I do the exact same thing but only for buying first class stamps.

[Symbiote]

In the UK, this is generally fraudulent – the stamps aren't really unused, they just weren't franked properly, or had the ink removed somehow.

[Scoundreller]

Those are available, but the ones I buy are still lick and stick. Sometimes still with the commemorative stuff around the perforations.

[abrugsch]

I think this is where the confusion comes from. lick and stick haven't been generally available to regular buyers for some years now (i.e. go to a store that sells stamps and you get a book of 6 or 12) and the available ones are generally self adhesive. Great fun when my toddler finds a fresh book of "stickers" to stick all over the house... The situation is different with sheets of stamps that the post office has but most of the time they just print a generic postage label with the exact denomination required so it's rare to get issued as a punter a lick and stick. as a result any "unused" UK stamps on ebay are ones that have been successfully lifted from unfranked letters (yes it's possible, despite the tear-holes cut into them)