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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Share, discuss, or query, the GB MACHIN HEAD stamps/covers! |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 06:57:44 am
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| Thank you. It was more likely to be M13L, especially at that date, but only by asking and obtaining dates can we ascertain when the MA13 De La Rue printings were first used. An uphill task, I fear, as we rely on the lower numbers being used on international mail. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: 1940's Dutch cancel |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 05:57:41 am
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| 1 May 10am ? Can't see it on your image, so that's just a guess. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stamp Dealers in Russia buy large amounts of Soviet stamps? |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 03:56:43 am
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| Oh no!! Another reason I only buy classic material from reputable dealers! Tusski olgorki!! Rossica will be at our local PIPEX in Oregon thank goodness!! Dave Oregonskii! If you have the expertise you don't get caught. I bought some of my best 1990s Ukraine postal history covers from a local charit... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stamp Dealers in Russia buy large amounts of Soviet stamps? |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 19:14:10 pm
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| Letters sent registered to Western countries would show proof of use, with the foreign backstamps and tracking. One has to actually find such material though. 8) True, but unfortunately a lot of western countries even in the 1990s didn't do any backstamping - US, UK, Canada etc. However, internal c... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Share, discuss, or query, the GB MACHIN HEAD stamps/covers! |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 18:36:48 pm
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Thank you, so which stamp is the £1.88 MA13 or M13L, and can you confirm the date which is little small for me!
The gold labels are properly referred to as Horizon labels; we don't have meters at the PO counter in the UK. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stamp Dealers in Russia buy large amounts of Soviet stamps? |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 18:35:02 pm
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| Wouldn't those ex-soviet stamps have more value on cover? The bogus local overprints are also found on cover. Doesn't mean the cover actually went through the mail, just required one to have a connection at the post office counter who would let you borrow the cancelling hammer. Absolutely. (No pun ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Share, discuss, or query, the GB MACHIN HEAD stamps/covers! |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 08:04:06 am
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| When postage rates were changed (not all up!) at the beginning of the month, 5 new Machin definitive stamps were produced, but Royal Mail warned that delivery of the new tariff stamps to collectors would be delayed until 11 April, but that stamps (but not presentation packs) would be in Post Office... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Stamp Dealers in Russia buy large amounts of Soviet stamps? |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 07:20:56 am
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| To throw another stone in the water..... 1. After the break-up of the USSR many of the once-constituent-republics overprinted definitive (and some commemorative) stamps of the USSR for use in the newly independent republics. That accounted for many thousands of sheets of stamps. 2. Inflation meant t... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Liechtenstein accumulation, is there anything 'useful'? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 05:42:29 am
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| Just in case anybody stumbles across this old thread, the collection has been disposed of. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Is the reusage of stamps illegal? |
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 05:41:02 am
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| If the stamp has never been canceled, however, it would be difficult to prove re-use. It is also impossible to distinguish between uncancelled stamps that have passed through the post and those which have not. When I was sending catalogue pages to members here I stamped at least one package for the... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Would anyone like to help fund a Stamp Movie? |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 06:27:48 am
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| Looks good. For anybody unfamiliar with the Kickstarter system you should read this page as well . I first heard about Kickstarter from my son, who has contributed to many projects, in a small way, and one or two in a bigger way. The key thing is, for those who have doubts, you pledge . The money is... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 06:14:51 am
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| No, but he must have had a cunning plan. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 02:18:30 am
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| Bob who? :) Bob, the very helpful man who looked after the P & G machines. Did anyone get his surname??? Bob Fothergill, and independent contractor (not a RM employee). His company, IntelligentAR, designed the Post & Go interface and the (new) Smilers app for smartphones and tablets. See re... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 21:21:14 pm
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| I searched high and low. I was assured that no such postmarking was possible! The stamps themselves are certainly from the machines that were here. Could they have been done in England? More cover pictures, showing that it wasn't a one-off. One for machine A3, one for A4. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 07:07:25 am
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| Ian, that was certainly the case with these cards, but they did have the magnetic strip which should have been OK? My card (which got a hell of a workout on the machines) has a chip and worked fine, never even asking for a pin. I've not actually used a Hytech machine and assumed it had a keypad lik... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 06:50:13 am
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| There was a time when US cards didn't have a chip, and hence no PIN. Without that they are useless in keypad facilities. |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 06:02:06 am
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 00:10:42 am
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 21:53:44 pm
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| On day 1 I was also assured that no postmarks would be available for these... It's not a postmark - as I've said before. The cachet was available at the stand of Royal Mail's agent who, as you all know (I'm assured) is Max Stern. The person who got these done bought the envelopes from AP and then a... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 20:59:36 pm
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| I don't believe so - the UK dealer who sent me the pics has contacts in Australia. I'll ask. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 20:23:36 pm
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| Since the Concise does show special postmarks this may well be in the 2014 issue. … and the cover is a collector friendly size. Tony This won't be in the Concise. It doesn't list overprints, and this isn't a postmark. The Concise only lists postmarks on first day covers. (Interesting: the FD postma... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Australia 2013 - Royal Mail taking Hytech Post+Go machine |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 19:56:38 pm
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| Much to my surprise, given what we have been told, somebody had a Royal Mail 'postmark' or cachet, as shown on these show covers. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oIvsMk5r3tQ/UZNMITRh0xI/AAAAAAAAIAA/FWylfiCLVRI/s640/aus13-flagcvr.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MI_vEfjAvfA/UZNMJNKv5uI/AAAAAAAAIAI/080Ir_7ZDPE... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Question for collectors of modern Aussie (May 2013 issues) |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 19:16:40 pm
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| I don't think this detail has been reported in full elsewhere, but the UK's Smilers expert has given details of what Australia Post is selling (click on this link for images): The personalised stamps are available in different formats: gummed horizontal stamp sheetlet of 9 with enlarged stamp image... |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Australia 2013 - GB Machin and Flag Faststamps |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 01:58:25 am
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| In addition to the Faststamps produced at the Australia 2013 stamp show in Melbourne, Royal Mail produced them for sale in the UK. PeterS has already listed the Melbourne-produced version. For those who would also like the different UK-produced version, they are available from Royal Mail Edinburgh (... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 01:36:15 am
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| Thanks Ian. that sounds much better. The big gold horizons, will they be priced/listed according to the type of service they are used for ? … and I guess the Salisbury Overprints have no chance … [chuckle] Tony Horizon labels aren't being listed as they are not sold at the counter - well, not mint.... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 01:28:07 am
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| Gibbons UK staff here in MEL tell me today it has been 'withdrawn', as a page is missing or something? Glen From SG (via the power of twitter) Correct. Catalogues are being sent back to printer to have missing page inserted. It was listings for fiscals. As I replied, nothing too important then. I s... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 00:51:41 am
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| No the listing for Faststamps is comprehensive in that it includes World 40g for all issues including Birds 1 (priced at £50!). Machin head versions are listed in large font, small font, and Hytech versions. For pictorial issues, the Hytech printings are only footnoted. 2nd class are not yet properl... |
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 00:26:45 am
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I haven't got time to check 400 pages so I've asked them!
Must be the same printed as RM use for their prestige books. |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Australia 2013 - Post+Go Machin and Flag sets |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 23:24:51 pm
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Steve
You need to enable emails in your Stampboards profile.
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Forum: Knowledge really is power in this hobby! Catalogues, journals and reference books. Topic: 2013 Gibbons GB Concise now out |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 19:24:42 pm
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| The new Concise catalogue has now arrived. Rather than renumbering every year, Gibbons decided to use 'a' and 'b' numbers where necessary for new stamps in a series. However, when this gets unwieldy, they renumber about every 5-6 years. And this year it is the turn of the Machins with elliptical per... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Question for collectors of modern Aussie (May 2013 issues) |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 18:40:19 pm
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| I don't think this detail has been reported in full elsewhere, but the UK's Smilers expert has given details of what Australia Post is selling (click on this link for images): The personalised stamps are available in different formats: gummed horizontal stamp sheetlet of 9 with enlarged stamp image ... |
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Forum: WANTED TO BUY by members - Stamps or FDC or Accessories etc. Topic: GB Post and Go Stamps & Smilers at Australia 2013 |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 18:35:45 pm
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Look in the 'stamps for sale' folder - they are being offered there.
Another tip - always look at 'View new posts' link at the top right, because they have been on the 1st page for days! |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Who is kikuphilatelic of Melbourne? |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 03:04:36 am
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| That's why I don't use full names usually. We've had this before when somebody hotlinked to an image on my website. I changed the name of the image I was using and the code on the webpage that was using it and substituted a totally irrelevant and embarrassing image with the old name, which then appe... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Who is kikuphilatelic of Melbourne? |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 00:57:30 am
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| Yes. And I have now been given his postal address by somebody here. The reason I asked was that I didn't know whether the eBay ID belonged to anybody here under a different ID, somebody I might now and have had dealings with. The listing includes text lifted directly from my blog, and photos provide... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Who is kikuphilatelic of Melbourne? |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 22:50:08 pm
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| Does anybody know if kikuphilatelic on eBay is a member here, or have any email contact details? |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: RM Football Heroes Prestige Book. How to keep. |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 06:07:08 am
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| It come in an opaque wrapper like the football cards I used to buy. Sounds like that's the concept the designer had in mind. :idea: Stewie said that he's never heard of anyone caring about the wrappers. What about the GB presentation packs that have the plastic sleeves, people seem to want their pa... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: UK Royal Mail privatisation to go ahead |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 06:03:52 am
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| Norvic, I admire what you say and am not arguing with you, but laws can be changed. I just copied from the official sources. Of course laws may be changed, but I think it likely that the provisions of the Postal Services Act 2011 (which cover more than just what is mentioned above) are unlikely to ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: RM Football Heroes Prestige Book. How to keep. |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 03:49:52 am
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Don't spend another £11.11 just to get the Machins.
However, if you want all the stamps that will go into preprinted album pages, there will be the 11 footballers, 4 country stamps, and 5 Machins, which only leaves 5 Machins to use for postage. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 03:47:39 am
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| Official Millennium Dome Commemorative Cover , described as a First Day Commemorative cover, with 26p Christmas stamp with special Greenwich London postmark showing the Dome, dated 1 January 2000. http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/civron/GB%20Commemorative%20Covers/S0053001.jpg Plain cover ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 03:40:26 am
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| London 2012 Olympic Games Handover to Rio. Official Royal Mail cover with stamp from miniature sheet and special cancel London E20 27.0.2012 http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/civron/GB%20Commemorative%20Covers/T0055-London-Rio_handover001.jpg Coronation Year National Stamp Exhibition postma... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: UK Royal Mail privatisation to go ahead |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 03:32:41 am
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| Mandatory to have 6 day delivery. Mandatory to deliver to every address in the country. So Mr. A who lives 10km out in the countryside has 1 letter for him, you have to send a driver all that way for that single 60p piece of mail. Then the next day there's another 1 piece of mail. Not efficient. An... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 23:24:56 pm
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| Bristol 600 Charter Celebrations Official Ships Commemorative Cover marking the visit of HMS Bristol to the city for the Bristol 600 Charter Celebrations. Stamp postmarked with pictorial Charter Day Bristol 8 AUG 73 postmark. Cachet showing various icons including Concorde. Backstamp 'Posted on Boa... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 23:20:06 pm
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| Liverpool Pals special cover 1993. marking the 75th Anniversary of the 1918 Armistice honouring the King's (Liverpool Regiment) the Liverpool Pals. Liverpool Pals postmark of 11 November 1983. http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/civron/GB%20Commemorative%20Covers/S0008_Liverpool_Pals093.jpg D... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 23:15:25 pm
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| Goodwin Sands Mail Service 1993 Royal Mail commemorative envelope with special one-day 21.6.93 postmark showing Lightship on Goodwin Sands. http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff381/civron/GB%20Commemorative%20Covers/S0005-Goodwinsands093.jpg British Grand Prix Silverstone Silverstone Recreational ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 23:03:30 pm
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| As with the postmark database thread, it will be easy to find covers that have already been listed if each one is captioned. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB Illustrated Special Event Covers & Postmarks |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 22:04:50 pm
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GBCC wrote: Noel Thanks for the cover uploaded and on site. I wonder if the Royal Mail in the UK will Sponsor a Handstamp for the English win in the Ashes 2013  Geoff (GBCC)
Only if they issue a stamp/sheet. As I indicated above, most handstamps are paid for by dealers and organisations. |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Australia 2013 - Post+Go Machin and Flag sets |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 18:30:07 pm
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| I see a Collectors strip got £14.29 (just under A$22) on eBay yesterday. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/380639455323?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 That's the UK version - I expect the Australian version to be more. Could someone please point in the right direction on where to b... |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Australia 2013 - Post+Go Machin and Flag sets |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 02:59:58 am
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| My guess is that anyone collecting GB is going to get caught out by this. As Ian has pointed out the subtle difference between the two means that they are likely to both get Cat numbers therefore anyone following the SG One Country system or anyone collecting GB complete will need these. Thanks for... |
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Forum: SELL your surplus stamps at ZERO fee! Please *READ* the rules atop this forum. Topic: Australia 2013 - Post+Go Machin and Flag sets |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 02:58:37 am
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| I'm not going any further off topic; I think the mods have been very tolerant on what is actually a SELL thread. |
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Forum: Swap your stamps with other collectors Worldwide - or GIVE them away FREE! Topic: Wanted! Stamps of Russia ( 1992-2006) and many more country! |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 02:52:58 am
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| Interesting, then, that the thread is still open for (pointless) posting ? |
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