At
the end of 2024 we had a big sell-off of kiloware and ended up
with empty shelves.
Since then, as we tidy and clear areas of the shop, we have
found some further stock, and we also had one big wholesale
order which took some time to organise but eventually failed.
There will therefore be some kiloware available when we next
have some shop open days (probably September/October 2026). SO PLEASE WATCH THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES.
"KILOWARE" - stamps sold by weight, normally still on the
backing paper as they've been cut or torn from envelopes.
Weights are average net
contents.
| A NOTE
REGARDING THE PRESENT STATE OF KILOWARE; Things have changed in recent years. Going back a decade or two, most of the stamps charities were given would be from current or recent mail, but they would always have some that people had from clearing out an old house, or going through old family papers. They might therefore have gathered in a year, say, 19kg of generally new mix plus 1kg of older, so the mix looked like new stuff and was a good source of recent stamps. The current situation is that people actually get very few stamps in the mail. Charities get smaller amounts handed in (although prices are much better than they were some years ago). So the same charity might now be getting only 2kg of new mix, but they are still getting the 1kg of older stamps, and the mixture appears less appealing to the collector looking for newer issues. Almost everything we got in the last few years was like that, with a fair number of older stamps included, and I'm afraid collectors will just have to get used to it ! |
| WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN OUR CURRENT STATE OF WINDING DOWN THE
RETAIL SHOP ?; We have had much less material coming in, although for a while we continued to get new material from some of our regular charities. However, while going through all our stock we've been finding odd bags, packets, and boxes of kiloware here and there, which is all being gathered together so that we can make some final offerings. Quantities are very varied - there are some categories where we'll only have one bag available, yet others where we'll have hundreds. |
| WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
KILOWARE IN GENERAL ? Read our article about kiloware - we're biased but think this is probably the best general explanation online ! |
| ILLUSTRATIONS;
We've added photographs for some of the types. These have been done in good faith. Of course you're not going to get exactly the same mix as shown. What you buy from us you may see as better or worse that our examples. When taking the photos, the only thing we have done to make them look better was to turn over stamps which were face-down. |
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Some of the following are only
available in very small numbers (some we've got
loads !). |
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| Code | Country | Weight * per bag | Price per bag |
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| Oz-off |
Australia. Off-paper mix made up at random from loose stock. Good variety, but every packet will have duplication (sometimes to excess). Average 20g packet contains perhaps about 350 stamps. Last few bags of 20g, then we'll stop making up stock in this size. Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Off-paper |
100g |
£20. |
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| Can-1 |
Canada. Mixed ages. A decent mix though always including some very common. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | |||
| Can-2 |
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Canada. A
last-minute find of a big carton of kiloware from about
the 1970s and 1980s (some 1990s seen). There's about
25kg of stamps, with moderate/wide margins of envelope
paper. We're selling it by the kilo, with the option at
any time for someone to buy all our remaining stock at a
discount rate. (Therefore, if we've sold five 1kg bags
you can buy the remaining 20kg for £200.)
SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT |
On-paper |
1kg |
£18. |
| SL |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Ceylon/Sri Lanka. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | to £3.75 |
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| Dk-off |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Denmark. Off-paper mix made up at random from loose stock. Good variety, but every packet will have duplication (sometimes to excess). Average 20g packet contains perhaps about 350 stamps. Last few bags of 20g, then we'll stop making up stock in this size. Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Off-paper | 100g |
£20. |
| Fra-1 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | France. Mainly collected in France, plus some collected in UK, occasionally a few from other countries. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | ||
| Fra-2 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | France. Some of the mix listed above, and a scattering of more recent material. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper |
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| Ger |
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Germany. Collected
by a charity in Leipzig over a number of months leading
up to mid-2008. Very high proportion of modern Germany,
with some older, and often a reasonable scattering of
other countries. Occasional excess paper. Last few bags of 100g, then we'll stop making up stock in this size. Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
On-paper | ||
| Leipzig Plus |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Germany "Leipzig Plus" Mix. A 1kg bag which is about 50% from the mix described above, and about 50% from other sources older and newer. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | |||
| HK-1 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Hong
Kong. Large proportion from about mid/late 1990s. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Not Sold Out !! . . . we'd forgotten we had two bags in the shop window. |
On-paper | ||
| HK-2 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Hong Kong. Bags made up of roughly 80% of the above mix and 20% of newer material. Limited stocks. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper |
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| EI |
Ireland.
General mixture - range of recent years with a
scattering of older now and again. Last few bags of
100g, then we'll stop making up stock in this size.
Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
On-paper | 500g 1kg |
£15. £28.50 |
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| EI-off |
Ireland.
Off-paper mix made up at random from loose stock.
Good variety, but every packet will have duplication
(sometimes to excess). Average 20g packet contains
perhaps about 350 stamps. Last few bags of 20g, then
we'll stop making up stock in this size. Larger bags
will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
Off-paper |
100g |
£20. |
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| NZ |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | New Zealand. Mixed ages. Limited stocks. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | ||
| Scand |
Video on Facebook at this link. | Scandinavia (most
of Denmark, fewer of Norway and Sweden - seldom Finland,
and only rarely will there be Aland, Faroes, Greenland
or Iceland). Last few bags of 150g, then we'll stop
making up stock in this size. Larger bags will remain
available. See our wee video on our Facebook page at this link. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
On-paper | ||
| SAf-1 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | South Africa. General mix, some years old. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | ||
| SAf-2 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | South Africa. Old to new mix, with a scattering of S.W.A. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper |
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| CH-1 | SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Switzerland. Mainly 1960s mix with many commemoratives. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper | ||
| CH-2 |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Switzerland. Some of the above "1960s mix" and some newer material. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | On-paper |
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| USA |
United States of America.
Mixed ages. Some collected in the USA, some in the UK. Last
few bags of 120g, then we'll stop making up stock in
this size. Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
On-paper | £150. |
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| US-off |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | United States of America. Off-paper mix made up at random from loose stock. Good variety, but every packet will have duplication (sometimes to excess). Average 50g packet contains perhaps about 700 to 1,000 stamps. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Off-paper |
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| US-cheap |
SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | United States of America. "Dead cheap". Used off-paper stamps which came to us in packets supposedly with 1,000 stamps per packet. Quite modern, and highly duplicated. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT | Off-paper |
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| Zim | ![]() |
Zimbabwe. This
is a mix all from about the same period, collected
around 1995-2000, usually on thicker paper. Last few
bags of 100g, then we'll stop making up stock in this
size. Larger bags will remain available. SOLD OUT SOLD OUT |
On-paper | £21.75 £39. |
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| COINS - see full list of wholesale coins at www.stamp-shop.com/coins-wholesale.html | ||||
| UK Halfpennies |
Pre-decimal halfpennies, mainly KG5 to QE. Subject to stock - please check before coming in. | 900g 9kg |
£6.75 £60. |
Remember, postage and handling are charged on top of these
prices if they are to be sent out. See our "How to Order" page for details.
* Weights are approximate but honest !
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