From: stevem@tht.net   
      
   Michael,   
      
   Thanks very much for your input. I did check them again. All of the stamps   
   have watermarks. All totalled, there were 6 #309's, 3 #310's and 3 #311's,   
   which was a real nice surprise. 38  #371, 12 #372, 2 #373, 4 #374... I think   
   I did fairly well for my 5 dollars. Maybe even thinking about starting a GB   
   collection.   
      
   Thanks again,   
      
   Steve   
      
   "Michael Meadowcroft"  wrote in message   
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   > Greetings   
   > >   
   > > I am not a GB collector by any stretch. However, I purchased some GB   
   > > stamps at my stamp club for $5 Canadian. The following is a picture of   
   > > what i bought. Today, I purchased the EZstamp software and decided to   
   > > look these up. From what i saw these are Scott #309-312. Also included   
   > > is the price. For a used copy of the $1 castle is $35. Is this   
   > > right!!?? Can anybody out there please tell me what the corresponding   
   > > values are for these stamps. I just can't believe the values since I   
   > > only spent $5.   
   > >   
   > You may have done well! It does happen sometimes when one buys stamps   
   > outside their country of origin.   
   >   
   > The value of the high value "castles" depends entirely on their   
   > watermarks. The better ones are those of 1955 with the St Edward's   
   > Crown watermark.They appeared again in 1959-63 with the Multiple   
   > Crowns watermark, and finally in 1967-68 with no watermark!   
   >   
   > Check yours again!   
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