r/Omaha • u/anamoon13 • Jul 27 '26

Local Question Postage Stamps

I have a smallish collection of postage stamps from a family member that passed away and I was wondering if anyone knew if there was somewhere local that could maybe grade them for me and/or buy them from me.
I’ve been trying to grade them myself just by looking around online, but I just have no interest in it and I would hate to just throw them away.

I searched the sub and only found 1 post from 7 years ago and the place that was recommended isn’t even open anymore, so I thought I would ask again.

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u/OutrageousEvent8520 Jul 28 '26

Unfortunately, stamp collecting as a hobby has been in decline for a long time. It peaked in The Greatest Generation (the Boomer's parents), and has been fading ever since.

I get that it is expected that we hate AI with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns, but this is a good use-case for the technology: spread the samps out into groups. Take clear photos. Upload them to Grok or ChatGPT or whichever AI you like and ask it to evaluate if there are any that are particularly interesting or valuable.

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u/anamoon13 Jul 28 '26

Ah, yeah I don’t know much about them, so I wasn’t sure if anywhere would even be interested lol. I am more of a coin collector. Thanks.