STAMPS

I found an old russion Stamp Collection, any idea on its value?

my uncle gave it to me a long time ago its been on my shelf ever since, most of the stamps are from 1975-1985. its 18 pages with 12-20 stamps on each page, and each page is a theme, many of them with a few still uncut out of a template decorating piece, some do have the postage mark over them, maybe 20-30%. the themes include renassiance style paintings, military icons or leaders, space, olympic games, nature, trains ect.

The majority of Russian stamps issued in that period have a catalog value of 20 cents used, 20 to 25 cents mint. No one is likely to offer you as much as catalog value for them.
It might be useful to know that the Scott catalog number of the first stamp issued in 1975 is 4282 and the last in 1985 is 5418, and that these catalog numbers were assigned chronologically, so all yours should lie between these catalog numbers.
Using that information you might try looking at these sites to compare what you have with what other people are offering for sale:

http://www.stampstore.org/sto_SearchCriteria.asp

http://www.bidstart.com/search_results.php?keywords=1980&category=1882&advsrc=&submitsearch=Search

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