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You've obviously never worked as a postman.

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Surely a pen size self inking one could be made?

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Could easily be done as self inking cancels are already made and the principle of such postmarks where already in use around 1900 in the Netherlands and Belgium as far as I know.


Size of the postmark is about 1,6 cm wide and 0,8 cm high

Each number in a town was linked to a postman so if you had complains the manager of the postoffice could see on the number who messed up

These days in the Netherlands it would cost to much to make them as I have a different mailman/woman on everyday of the week.

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If "E 32" cancel stayed with one person the system would work no matter what run or beat they used in any week.

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True.

Only the costs of the postmarks would get up as around 1900 you had one person running the same area 7 days a week. These days you have six different persons (mostly students to earn a extra €) running the same area in a week time. And PostNL knowing these days it would be a no go.

Less costs, more profit and as the top CEO (of PostNL former TNT) said we don't give a (at)#$% about collectors!

So realistic seen I don't expect these things back in the Dutch philately for a long time

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Lucky you Librarianc, at least they only used a pen!

I have recieved quite a number of parcels (6) lately that have no cancellation marks on them. Unusual I know! Our local postmaster 'cancelled' 4 of them with a nice big texta and then had the cheek to tell me to contact the people who had sent the articles to make sure they were properly cancelled before leaving their PO.

I ended up telling him that it was NOT my responsibility to ensure correct cancellation but that of the sending PO, and to stop ruining my stamps with his texta!

I have since recieved another two parcels....with no cancellations and NO texta

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Of course.
But the postie already has a pen in his pocket, and uses it all the time for redirections in the office, and leaving 'while you were out' cards when on the round. What can be easier, with the pen behind your ear, to just whip it out and scribble through the stamps.

Aside from the cost of supplying several thousand of these self-inking doo-dahs, there's no time for f**ting around doing what should have been done either at the counter (for registered items) or in the sorting office (for machineable mail).

You don't solve a problem by making somebody do more work, you solve it by correcting the fault that causes the problem in the first place. Or not: which is why they try to make the most-used stamps non-re-usable by putting slits in them (Spain, UK, Sweden) and making them unsoakable (UK, USA, ...?).

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Precisely, in other words you go back to the original PO and make sure they do their job!


Then the recieving PO wouldn't have to use pen or texta!

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Of course, you can do what I do and take the item into the PO and get it canceled. Then all you have to worry about is the dreaded inkjet!

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Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

Couple of parcel "lids" sending, I assume, books from Wembley WA to Germany 1988 and 1993

On a parcel I recieved yesterday

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Nice one received today

What does ex SPB mean?? Have seen it plenty of times before, always on the Dandenong Letters Centre CDS.

Recently had to mail home a large heavy carton filled with stamps, books and clothes purchased whilst away in SURFERS PARADISE .... Had so much luggage it was going to cost a fortune to bring home on the plane as it exceeded my baggage limit.

Luckily, I used some nice stamps

The cardboard piece was too large for scanner so took some pics instead

Nice $12 FU Colours of Cocos Keeling Islands sheet was used

Great idea, might have to try that when we go up to Townsville next week! I'm sure I'll find plenty of things that I won't be able to carry back on the plane! Problem solved Anne

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Long parcel from USA franked with 10x$4.95 Redwood Forest stamps, $16.25 Helicopter and a 55c Flower stamps. Detained by Singapore Customs for VAT!

To match my avatar...



Thanks Glen.

On a box of covers received from Tassie Stamps, including the Bolte Bridge Mini Sheet.

I like it!

Glad you enjoyed the franking Barry.

Not many prestige booklet mini sheets are seen fine used.

This is a great modern one from Australia Post.

Colours of Cocos Keeling Islands -- Issued September, 2011

20 x 60c stamps - $12 face. Broken up a few sheets and used them on mail outs. Used a full sheet on a parcel to Glen Stephens VFU/CTO with full gum. Along with a gutter block of 10 x 45c stamps.

Lightly cancelled 'Kingston TAS 7050'

Nothing fancy, but nice anyway. I like how the plane in the stamp at left is circling round the monument.

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Tassie Stamps kindly used one of these CTO under plastic on a parcel to me recently.

Agree with him (as per my Stamp News column last month) that these USED are worth way over face value, so please add to the world supply folks and MAIL them!

http://www.glenstephens.com/snoctober11.html

Good to see some members heeding my advice to use such things on mail - essentially FREE POSTAGE to us all if we all do that.

Glen

Frm Australia with block of 4 $5 Twelve Apostles, $10 Devils Marbles, $1.50 Olympic and 5c Platypus

It's also nice to see that you can actually use stamps on mail. Recently I went to the local post office (agency) with some mail that was partly plastered with stamps and asked for the balance of the overseas postage - in stamps. This was beyond the scope of the person at the counter who had to refer to his boss who advised me that they could use a print out label but they could not sell me stamps! In shock I quietly exited and went to another local post office where I was able to get the requisite balance for my overseas mailings and get them posted.

Methinks that the process of privatisation of postal agencies does not bode well for nice usages of stamps.

Keep up the good work though while you can and get some real usages of stamps for future generations - already I fear many values don't exist used aside from FDCs and CTO remainders (and they are not really used as they did not see any postal service).

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Received this from Stampboarder from the U.S. of A.



Great to see stamps on a envelope that pre-dates myself, I feel young again (until i look in the mirror)

Thanks so much Doug (doug2222usa) my lovely stamps, viewtopic.php?f=27&t=32531 arrived today safe and sound. (Complete M Set of 35, Famous Americans)



My Grand son will love the postage as he is into anything and everything from overseas presently.

Thank you for the surprise you are a very generous human being.

I can’t remember who said this but, “I’ll be back!” Arnie something?

Regards, PB

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Thanks for the kind words, C.W.

Like light cancels?

Try challenging the postal clerk, "Bet you can't cancel that whole envelope with just one inking..."

They fall for it every time.

The 50c Arctic Crossing airmail is exceedingly hard to find on cover.

From stampboards member Domiziano:



Beautiful architecture on the mini-sheet.

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Muruk, you might want to obscure your address?

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Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

Seems to happen to me when I take a holiday. Even if I'm somewhere that I don't collect the stamps of, I'll stop by the philatelic counter and pick up a range of all the commems available. When I receive the parcel (always feels a bit odd seeing something again that I've mailed away ) I soak the stamps to give away to junior collectors, or if nothing else they go in the kiloware shoebox.

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Here's two more mailing suggestions, for everybody - saves a lot of damage and disappointment:

1. When sending a parcel of stamps, do the address LAST. Then you don't have to try to fit the stamps around the address which you unwisely wrote FIRST.

2. Place all stamps you're using for postage AT LEAST 3cm from the edge of the envelope or mailer. Stuff on the edge gets nailed and flailed, and it's all so unnecessary. Leave some bending and rending space!

From 2011 Secret Santa:



With the inside also interesting (to a non-US person, anyway):

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Collecting Greater New Guinea & Macropods (Kangaroos & Wallabies).

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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I'm looking to trade used stamps and souvenir sheets of - Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Brasil, USA, Australia and AAT.

A thousand thanks Timbres, envelope arrived safely.

**DISNEY** WW Collection 200+ MNH stamps US$23.00
Quite unique to get them all together. Super looking.

To some, “budgie cage” liners, but to me, “belle magnifique douce”
beautiful beautiful sweet

I know a lot of members were sorry they missed this lot....

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=32954

Nice envelope and postage.

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1865 Austria passport with revenue stamp
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=32806

Thanks Doug (doug2222usa)
A mention in dispatches for you.

Nice old collectable and a treasure.
Arrived safe and sound.
As usual good postage.

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You're welcome. My pleasure.

I wonder what that vertical marking/cancel is, that runs down through the $0.00 sticker. Is that Australian?

That stupid laser machine ruins a lot of stamps.

Even placing the stamps a few cm from the corner sometimes doesn't stop it.

I will remember that, and leave 2 inches clearance on the
right side of my parcels. First I'd seen that marking.

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You, too, can have nice franking. Just buy something.

Here is a screaming bargain for someone in Canada, or someone who wants to start a collection of Canada, very high quality:

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=32713

Lovely lot of stamps recieved today! Thanks Peter. I didn't have many of the joined sets! Bonus



Anne

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I get the impression that the CEO of Australia Post would FAINT if he saw all these stamps being USED on letters and parcels!

"...but, er, um, you're, uh, supposed to keep them MINT in little books, not USE them, uh, aren't you? I mean, if you USE them, we have to process that piece of mail, don't you see? Where's the percentage in that?"

What a great bunch of stamps to use as franking.

Shame they aren't lightly cancelled with a CDS - this usage however makes the stamps look 'commercially' used as opposed to philatelic, which some collectors would prefer.

I envy you your Europa covers - very nice!

You're very welcome Portbelly. Whoever cd them in Carol Stream sure had an axe to grind! Thankfully, it doesn't look like he had lots of ink on his pad, but he sure did put a punishment on those stamps...and this was hand carried to the postmaster, who is himself a collector...and NOT in Carol Stream...hmmmm. Christmas makes for strange routes.

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I collect Souvenir Sheets postally used on cover, WW used stamps up to 1957 except everything of Brasil and Argentina.

Timbres kindly mailed me some AAA road maps to my Hotel in Jacksonville FL this week. Many thanks!

Another one from Slovenia:

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Here's one from the USA,

"OLLIE IA" Jul 14 1998. Insured Mail V-720 563 766.






Mal.

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Always on the look out for South Australia Squared Circle postmarks, on Australia Kangaroo stamps.

Seeing the $2 Bobcats on this piece - reminded me of the $2 Bobcat sheet with missing black color - whatever happened to those, did they sell at auction?

In yesterday's post:

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