Post here your nice used stamps received on incoming parcels

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 19:02:10 pm

How could $200 post be a "LETTER" ????

Tassie_Stamps · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 19:07:51 pm

Must have been a long letter. :shock:

xanthorrea · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 20:33:08 pm

The "Letter" is from the envelope which had "Letter enclosed" written on it which was stuck on the parcel itself. It was not a letter as such that made up the postage but a bundle of books and odds and ends that my friend wanted sent back to the UK - and she was willing to pay the postage, so I just assisted with arranging the franking. Needless to say I have not seen anything on my junk mail otherwise to compare.
I did however on a different tack get this delightful parcel from some friends who knew I collected stamps. It is an Icelandic post parcel with some fine minisheets making up the franking. It's so nice all together but a bit of a problem on how to put it on a hagner.

Catweazle · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 20:43:55 pm

xanthorrea wrote:

I don't think I've ever seen one of those before actually!

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 20:54:34 pm

Catweazle wrote:

xanthorrea wrote:

I don't think I've ever seen one of those before actually!

Have a look at:
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=15209&start=50 and
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8394&p=484962&hilit=2124#p484962

revenuecollector · **Posted:** Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:22:52 am

Front and back of same oversized letter:

Brummie · **Posted:** Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:28:36 am

Can't believe that one revenuecollector, I bet the postal worker enjoyed cancelling that one. Actually, they are cancelled very nicely :mrgreen:

CHzug1291 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:19:19 am

Here a few parcel-tops from Germany

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:42:34 pm

This was mailed from about an hour away from me in Canada. Canada post is terrible in cancelling things surprised this did not show up pen cancelled the sender must of stood at the counter and threatened dismemberment to get this done like this.

The flip over instruction reveals this

And then when he thought it was save the recieving post office wrote in red on it Canada post strikes

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 05:13:53 am

CHzug1291 wrote:

Here a few parcel-tops from Germany

I sent off payment today for a box of philatelic literature won in a German auction...63 Euros postage, looking forward to the franking on that one. :mrgreen:

Using a book-search website (amazon, bookfinder, exlibris, I'm on them all) I made a small purchase from an American seller. I emailed them asking that they use 'real' stamps on the parcel, as I am a collector. Their response:

Quote:

Yes, we can definitely use real stamps. It will be fun to pick them.

And the envelope franking:

mini276 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:11:07 pm

Here are three parcel tags bearing copies of postage stamps issued by the United States. The highest denomination is $5.

28 December 1920s. New York NY to Philadelphia PA.

29 August 1923. Long Island NY to New York NY.

10 March 1926. New York NY to Philadelphia PA.

mini276 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:30:18 pm

Here are two highly franked parcel tags. I wish someone could tell me the weight of each of the parcels.

2 November 1936. Cincinnati OH to New York NY. Total franking is $66.22. (2, 4 and 6 cent stamps on the reverse).

Date unknown. Sacramento CA to New York NY. Total franking is $75.

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 14:25:55 pm

mini276 - nice items .. remember that to this day, you can pay the insurance fee with stamps in the USA.

So this might have only been a medium size parcel use but highly insured - like bonds, artwork, Certificates of title etc.

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 17:15:43 pm

Global Administrator wrote:

mini276 - nice items .. remember that to this day, you can pay the insurance fee with stamps in the USA.

So this might have only been a medium size parcel use but highly insured - like bonds, artwork, Certificates of title etc.

They're not stamps, and it was not an incoming parcel to me, but following on the sub-topic of paying insurance is this famous piece.

Sent in 1958 from the jewellers Harry Winston to the Smithsonian...for those who haven't tipped to what it is from, this brown paper envelope was used to ship the Hope Diamond. Insurance paid with meter labels totalling $145.29 ($9 x 16, $1.29 x 1).

The envelope itself was added to the Smithsonian's collections. I love the irony in the 'Fragile' handstamps. :wink:

mini276 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 21:13:56 pm

Global Administrator -- thanks. I did not know that stamps can be used to pay insurance fees in the US.

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 23:19:27 pm

mini276 wrote:

Global Administrator -- thanks. I did not know that stamps can be used to pay insurance fees in the US.

Yep to this day.

I do it all the time, as I mail stuff from there several times a year to USA clients.

If a parcel/packet will be around $15 I ask for an $18.30 - the highest face value stamp ever issued there, to be affixed.

THEN I ask them how much I can insure/Certify/Register it for to take to around that sum, (they have endless options - see my forms I scanned here!) even if slightly overpaid.

A solo use of this is worth the face value alone - as I prove here all the time.

norvic · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 23:47:01 pm

revenuecollector wrote:

Three parcels I've gotten in the last month, all from the same UK eBay seller. VERY well done, in my opinion, especially the 3rd parcel, given that it's a HUGE-volume seller with over 60,000 feedback; in my experience it's the high-volume clearing houses that usually pay the least attention to these kinds of things.

Parcel 3 front and back. I've never seen so many used gutter pairs in one place! No less than ten DIFFERENT gutter pairs on this parcel.

That shows how the bottom has dropped out of the Gutter Pairs market, AND the Diana collectors have all they want. Nice enough, but I would have been happier with fewer 1st class Machins and more high values Machins or commems from the 21st century. Most of those are 20-40 years old.

norvic · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 23:51:00 pm

Tassie_Stamps wrote:

I'm not really sure if these are 'nice used stamps', I know some people hate machins but they only cost me a couple of dollars postage (seller paid the majority of postage cost) and I was happy to not get a label.

If it's not too late .... remember these don't soak off in water, you need alcohol or some other glue remover.
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9405&hilit=+soak

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Thu Aug 12, 2010 23:54:49 pm

xanthorrea wrote:

That's something like the postage that a friend returned to me from the UK. It took me a bit to track down the stamps as one post office told me at the time that the $20 was withdrawn and refused to sell me some.

Luckily however I was able to track some down at a local postal agency and use them on my heavy parcels to the UK. It was a pity the top one of the triplet sustained a little surface damage but then again how many of these can you stump up with?

I am even training my Postmaster. :lol:

Walked in today and he proudly pointed to a large carton (20kg) going to UK.

He'd affixed a sheet of 10 x these $20 and a sheet 10 x this $10 on side of box, ($300) and all had the crisp Castlecrag cancel.

It was exactly as good as I'd do MYSELF!

I'd offer them $100 if they mailed it all back to me - sadlyy it will probably go into a dumpster, but man it was impressive!

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 02:51:40 am

I asked Erik to send me a letter with the new Scouting stamp plus some others, and he came up trumps with some nicely cancelled examples. But something went wrong at the OCR machine. Maybe 'UK' isn't recognised as easily as 'United Kingdom' or 'Great Britain'?

Anyway, the coding at the foot is 04920 instead of 144nnn (for UK), and this has attracted a nice obliterator from the OCR people, and the back has a transit stamp from BINGHAM ME. which has zip-code 04920. A real bonus - not only cancelled stamps but transit marks and mechanised mail postal history all in one!!

tooler · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 05:51:43 am

Just received these on a package from Glen. 4 sheets of the "Faces of Australia"
Issued Jan. 1, 2000. Each sheet has 25 stamps of ordinary people. The Scott current
value for 1 sheet is USD$21.00 used.

rks.saran · **Posted:** Wed Aug 18, 2010 06:14:05 am

Here is few recent covers from Paraguay, Zimbabwe, Croatia, Luxembourg and USA

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:01:01 pm

Got these yesterday, from the accused label sender. However, all is not as it seems. It was a predetermined plot.

PeterS · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 16:21:05 pm

Different sender I think you will find, Waroff. :wink:

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 16:32:30 pm

tooler101 wrote:

Just received these on a package from Glen. 4 sheets of the "Faces of Australia" Issued Jan. 1, 2000.

Each sheet has 25 stamps of ordinary people. The Scott current value for 1 sheet is USD$21.00 used.

Jack if you list these for sale here at say $A15 - $US13 each sheet, you'll sell them in days I suspect.

You see these stamps were issued in NO other way .. not in peel and stick, nor in normal sheets.

Almost NONE were used on mail of course as they were not on sale other than via Philatelic.

Every album in the world has spaces for them however! So most of those spaces are vacant.

So you get back $60 and hence the postage on your large parcel to the USA was not only FREE, but you turn a profit!

Glen

norvic · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2010 19:07:48 pm

waroff49 wrote:

Got these yesterday, from the accused label sender. However, all is not as it seems. It was a predetermined plot.

Peter is right, I wasn't the accused, or accursed :lol:

Sadly being quite heavy but small I had to use a selection of Machin NVIs. The red ones should soak off but the purple and green may need alcohol.

And did you have to sign for it - to jump to another thread...?

waroff49 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 01:51:43 am

Yes I did and the postie brought it right to the door+ other mail and the free local newspaper. He didn't want it to get wet.

Sorry about the innuendo but it was a GOM moment.
Anyway did you get the email and was it O.K. for your use?

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 02:17:56 am

waroff49 wrote:

Yes I did and the postie brought it right to the door+ other mail and the free local newspaper. He didn't want it to get wet.

Sorry about the innuendo but it was a GOM moment.
Anyway did you get the email and was it O.K. for your use?

Yes thanks - and answered it about 6 hours ago - sometimes I think my gmails get spammed by some systems.

I haven't used it yet, but it is fine. Thank you.

PeterS · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 07:41:46 am

norvic wrote:

Sadly being quite heavy but small I had to use a selection of Machin NVIs. The red ones should soak off but the purple and green may need alcohol.

Waroff only has one use for alcohol and it isn't using it to remove stamps from envelopes!

And anyway, why soak it? I suspect at least the high values will be hard to find, used cover in correct timeframe, in the future.

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 08:56:15 am

PeterS wrote:

norvic wrote:

Sadly being quite heavy but small I had to use a selection of Machin NVIs. The red ones should soak off but the purple and green may need alcohol.

Waroff only has one use for alcohol and it isn't using it to remove stamps from envelopes!

And anyway, why soak it? I suspect at least the high values will be hard to find, used cover in correct timeframe, in the future.

The 40gr are obsolescent having been replaced by the 20gr. The use of the Europe rate although valid, would be better on a cover to Europe than to Australia. If it were coming to me I would separate them as being a totally artificial use.

skilo54 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:12:18 am

I must have upset someone who worked for Royal Mail in a past life or something....... :roll:

Nice Pen lines, eh? Well at least they canceled this one, I guess I should watch what I wish for! :shock:

My last one from Royal Mail didn't even have any type of cancel!

Have a Good One,

Skilo54 (Disappointed Recipient of another poorly handled piece of Royal Mail)

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norvic · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 21:03:15 pm

skilo54 wrote:

Skilo54 (Disappointed Recipient of another poorly handled piece of Royal Mail)

Not wishing to be too pedantic, but....

Royal Mail have handled this as well as they might. There are few occasions when mail is hand-cancelled in the sorting office now, that is one reason why the labels were introduced, because label-only mail does not need cancelling anywhere.

The fault lies with Post Office Ltd counters personnel, who should know that ANYTHING posted with a premium service should have the stamps cancelled at the counter. So that includes international signed for, and Airsure; inland it is Special Delivery but not Recorded Signed For.

Unfortunately so many PO branches have been closed and operations transferred into shop chains, with insufficient training, the people there generally think they shouldn't cancel anything. Indeed the British Postmark Society's July Bulletin recorded this amazing situation:

Quote:

I was warned last week by a postmistress that she had become aware of the real possibility that if stamps were cancelled anywhere other than the sorting office, then the recipient might be charged "postage due", presumably on the grounds that the stamps had been previously used.

My visit to another office coincided with the presence of a Post Office tainer. he overheard me asking for the stamps to be cancelled and explained that there "is nothing wrong with the postmaster stamping the stamps but you do realise that the person receiving the letter might be charged excess postage...." I pointed out that this surely would be unlikely if the postmark tied the stamp to the cover, and with a current date, and he replied, "you have a point, but it's a hell of a risk."

This is quite amazingly inept. I can understand new staff not being aware of label-related instructions issued in 2002, but for trainers not to know the rules is terrible.

alanchong · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 23:59:00 pm

Today is a busy day. A VERY heavy carton (16 kg) arrived today from....... GLEN.

Total postage and insurance cost was AUD 180.00!!! He lives up to his reputation.

These below are what Glen used as my postage. I am very happy today!

Worth the postage paid! Every cents.... indeed.

[I cannot imagine how he had managed this super heavy carton to the post office! :p]

The sheet of 10 Colonial Heritage $5

Faces of Australia

The Zodiac Horoscope (Complete set of 12 !!!)

Celebrate 2000 & the rest...

Glen is always at his best to use good stuff as postage, able to meet the expectations of collectors and most importantly, he knows how to take care of them.

I was about to buy and pay for the used sheet of 10 Colonial Heritage $50 from him at some high cost but he didn't sell to me.

Instead, he used a sheet of this as postage. Very considerate of him. First class customer service, I must say!

Cheers!!

Alan

skilo54 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 00:16:29 am

alanchong wrote:

First class customer service, I must say!

Cheers!!

Alan

Wow! I Totally agree! That is amazing!! Nice job Glen, and Congratulations Alan! I wonder how much the postage would be to Canada for a set of ACSC Catalogues to Canada.............

Thanks for sharing,

Skilo54

alanchong · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 00:59:38 am

skilo54 wrote:

Wow! I Totally agree! That is amazing!! Nice job Glen

He had to handstamp them a total of 79 times.

ozstamps · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 01:10:50 am

skilo54 wrote:

I wonder how much the postage would be to Canada for a set of ACSC Catalogues to Canada.............

Good to hear they all arrived in good shape Alan. Luckily I am able to put them all under plastic to protect them in transit.

Skilo .. who cares WHAT the mail cost is .. as I frank it like the above. :lol:

If alanchong popped that lot on ebay Australia this afternoon, sheet by sheet, he'd make a PROFIT on the shipping cost. i.e. a huge 16 kilo carton air freghted to him, and he MAKES money on the post cost. :idea:

tooler · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 01:38:14 am

That is first class postage, Glen.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 02:09:40 am

Norvic, you will be pleased to know Fercon Jerry grabbed the outer cover. Although the postage was only half his. I don't know what he intends to do with it. I shall enquire on Tuesday.

rks.saran · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 04:24:20 am

I don't think any other dealer would offer this franking Glen .. Great job ... Lovely Sheets...

Catweazle · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2010 14:54:16 pm

Yummy!

revenuecollector · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:41:42 am

Neat high-denomination gutter block I got in the mail today.

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 03:30:50 am

Similar? Come on this is from the London 2010 exhibition - show us yours!

anthonyuk · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 04:03:15 am

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 05:52:32 am

anthonyuk wrote:

OK

Thanks - new system, note the centralised service indicator and no suffix at bottom right.

GBStamps · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 06:09:11 am

Nice to see the sender of this parcel took the time to affix a nice selection of commemoratives -- and nice to see the CDS cancels too!

The_Age_of_Love · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 02:56:57 am

This is my parcel from Georgia (Europe)

I have almost got a full set of some stamps on this parcel (ALMOST THERE)

bigger review on
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H1oYEDUD8to/TISUi_8k8NI/AAAAAAAAAhA/5IHtPFPtC3g/s1600/04.08.2010.+-+Cover+pink+with+monastery+mint+stamp+and+m-sPVCY.jpg

norvic · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 03:06:39 am

Interesting that two of these are the 1st Anniversary of Independence stamps issued 17 years ago - initially catalogued with quite high prices, but there must have been plenty printed.

The_Age_of_Love · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 03:07:06 am

This nice cover have come to my doorstep - I adore Roses, they carry the title 'queen of flowers' with all rights

bigger review on:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H1oYEDUD8to/S-rtdKB9GSI/AAAAAAAAAag/6ETazn_CNm0/s1600/12.05.10-COVER+WITH+ROSES+MS.jpg

The_Age_of_Love · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 03:11:24 am

norvic wrote:

Interesting that two of these are the 1st Anniversary of Independence stamps issued 17 years ago - initially catalogued with quite high prices, but there must have been plenty printed.

Do you mean on stamps that have Georgian borders printed out with denominations of 25 and 50? I've seen on internet that there is third similar stamp with highest denomination of 75 - and they make complete set.

The_Age_of_Love · **Posted:** Sun Sep 19, 2010 03:16:13 am

This one have come to me, from Russia and my dear correspondence pall Tolya

I adore Russian stamps, they have some very specific shapes that I adore - Especially on 'Kremlj' series of stamps

bigger view on blog post:
http://montenegro-philately.blogspot.com/2010/05/today-2-in-row.html

By the way, my blog have reached 5000 visits in less than 10 months and that is really amazing

started to get letters from fans


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