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Arakan · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 02:09:31 am

It's been almost 2 weeks and I have not been able to get a response back from Gentelman19 regarding exchange chain #111. If no one objects, I would like to drop Gentelman19 from the list and get the chain moving.

Chain #111 Animals

1. arakan (USA)
2. shadowranger13 (Australia)
3. jeannette_NL (Netherlands)
4. ConnieB (USA)
5. imworld (Australia)

Arakan · **Posted:** Thu Mar 15, 2012 02:44:28 am

Chain #111 is on its way to shadowranger13 in Australia.

gentelman19 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 07:47:14 am

hello
Iam not in this chain,?

Arakan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 09:07:01 am

Sorry, Gentleman19, I didn't have your shipping address and you didn't respond to my email.

You will to catch the next chain.

cable1234 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:17:05 am

Hi
I recieved the chain from Jeanette 2 days ago and will send it off on Monday.
Thanks,
Bill (cable1234)

madbaker · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:28:57 am

Hi. I'd like to join the next chain coming up (I think #112 is next in the sequence.) Is anyone else interested in being part of one? Any ideas of a theme, etc? I'm not sure if I could start a 100 stamp packet on a specific theme but could give it a go.

Mark

valan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:11:44 am

Hi Mark,

I'd love to join Chain #112.
It doesn't necessary to be theme-specific.
It can be just commems in general.

-- Richard / valan

brucerob9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:45:32 pm

Hi Mark, could I be included in Chain#112
Regards
brucerob9

*Will send my mailing address via your email

Arakan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 13:58:21 pm

valan,

Have you received chain #109?

brucerob9 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 15:31:15 pm

Chain #107 arrived today 16th, will post off Monday 19th

Adivaragan, Thanks for the nice lightly cancelled stamps on cover - you must know someone in your post office!

valan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 15:54:13 pm

Hi Arakan,

I will check my office mailbox when i'm on my way out this evening.
I just got back into office after 3 weeks of working night shift from home.

Will post here once I sees it.
-- Richard / valan

madbaker · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 22:46:05 pm

Ok, it looks like we have a start at Chain #112

1. madbaker (Canada)
2. brucerob9 (Australia)
3.
4.
5.

Bruce, I received your mailing address. Thanks.

I'll start working on the packet this weekend.

Mark

adivaragan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 22:58:47 pm

Please include me in Chain#112,
sending address details separately.

rsa

madbaker · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 01:43:39 am

adivaragan wrote:

Please include me in Chain#112,
sending address details separately.

rsa

Got it! And then there were 3. Two more merry adventurers to go!

jeannette_NL · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 03:25:49 am

I'm in for chain # 112 please!

drvvr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 03:36:42 am

I am the last one for chain 112

Teja · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 03:49:25 am

Any news about chain 110?

drvvr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 04:20:26 am

cable1234 wrote:

Hi
I recieved the chain from Jeanette 2 days ago and will send it off on Monday.
Thanks,
Bill (cable1234)

which chain??? number???

drvvr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 04:23:16 am

Okay after much desperation and confusion and numerous loose ends I thought let me try to arrange it a bit.... Here are the past few chains and the colour shows where they are stuck up at.

105. stopped with brendan1952

106. Jeannette_NL---- drvvr---- Brucerob9---- arthur.bain---- Noggin the

Nog---- Brendan1952

107. jeannette_NL ---drh ---valan ---adivaragan ---brucerob9

108 engraved.This chain didn`t start at all brendan1952---jeannette_NL--- drh--- kerailija--- MaJu----gentelman19

108. Jeannette-NL---- Cable1234---- drvvr---- Jugoslavija_post---- Noggin the

Nog---- ConnieB----

109. arakan---- valan---- drvvr ---- ConnieB---- jeannette_NL

110. drh----gurujazz----teja----drvvr-----valan

111. arakan ---- shadowranger13--- jeannette_NL--- ConnieB--- imworld

112. madbaker--- brucerob9--- adivaragan--- jeanette--- drvvr

Once someone confirms receipt the colour code will shift to the recepient.

I think now it is a bit clear where every chain is.

drvvr · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 04:34:47 am

Teja wrote:

Any news about chain 110?

The last we heard of chain 110 was this.

drh wrote:

Right, got all the addresses now, will sort out a selection and show a scan this weekend.

any news???

drh · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 04:37:55 am

Re #110.

Sorry old bean, can't find an envelope! Ready to go otherwise. I have a job and a young family...

Teja · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 06:34:55 am

drh wrote:

Re #110.

Sorry old bean, can't find an envelope! Ready to go otherwise. I have a job and a young family...

I understand you. I have young family too ...

valan · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 14:57:58 pm

Hi madbaker / Mark,

Kindly read my respond after your initial post.
I did mentioned I'm interested to join your chain.
However, if you do not wish me to participate in your chain, no worries.
No offend taken.

Hi arakan,

I have received Chain #109.
I will find some time this weekend to go thru it and have it ready for the next person in the chain.

Thanks.
-- Richard / valan

madbaker · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 08:11:52 am

Hi. Apologies for the 24 hours without an update. I actually am a baker and St. Patrick's Day was a busy one for us!

It looks like Chain #112 is full. That is:

1. madbaker (Canada)
2. brucerob9 (Australia)
3. adivaragan (India) (for sure you're in! It just took me the day to update

)
4. jeanette_NL (Netherlands)
5. drvvr (India)

I'm off to Saskatoon tomorrow for my daughter's hockey game (500km round trip of you don't know your Canadian Prairie geography

) but will try to get the packet off to Australia by Tuesday.

drvvr - could you please send me your address via private message / email and I'll add it to the list before I send the packet.

Thanks!

Mark

drvvr · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 16:21:40 pm

Mail sent.

Thanks

drh · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 22:42:12 pm

Finally...

Chain #110 - Definitives - max. 10 per one country.

madbaker · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 23:33:14 pm

valan wrote:

Hi madbaker / Mark,

Kindly read my respond after your initial post.
I did mentioned I'm interested to join your chain.
...

Thanks.
-- Richard / valan

Whoops! Sorry Richard. I don't know how I missed this and your original post!

How about this: Send me your address and I'll add you to chain #112. I think the only impact is that I wait a little longer to get the chain sent back and that's certainly fine with me.

Sound fair?

Mark

valan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 02:48:07 am

Hi Mark,

Email sent with my postal address.
Thanks.
-- Richard

brucerob9 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 13:59:03 pm

Chain#107 despatched to Jeannette_NL (Netherlands) today 19th with some extras

brucerob9

madbaker · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 08:19:40 am

Hi. Chain #112 is officially on the way!

I added a few more stamps and Canada Post noticed. Too thick. But the upside is brucerob9 will be getting a spiffy new Joe Fafard souvenir sheet now.

I hope it makes it around the world safe and sound.

To recap. Here's the chain:

1. brucerob9
2. adivaragan
3. jeanette_nl
4. drvvr
5. valan

Then back to me. It's like the Amazing Race but I stay home. I'll just track the parcel via google maps or something. haha.

Mark

shadowranger13 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 17:07:22 pm

Chain #111 landed in my letterbox today and is already on its way to the Netherlands

shadowranger13 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 19:12:41 pm

Chain #113 - HOLIDAYS!!

No doubt we can all relate to the problem of having a huge stack of festive season stamps, so how about the chance to try and offload a few with a holiday (Christmas, Hanukah, St Patrick's Day, etc) themed chain?

Ideally this sort of chain would work best with the participants all being from different countries, but I won't make this a steadfast rule.

What I will make a rule however, is that you cannot add stamps from the country the letter will travel to next (i.e. Jane Doe who lives in France cannot add Australian Christmas stamps when Joe Bloggs from Australia is next in the chain). I'm sure nobody wants to open the envelope only to find it full of stamps they already have!

So, with no further ado, Chain #113 is now open.

1. shadowranger13 (Australia)
2. drh (England)
3. Teja (Slovenia)
4.
5.
6.

drh · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 19:16:31 pm

Count me in for the festive one.

Teja · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 19:19:29 pm

count me in for the chain #113
Thanks

imworld · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 19:43:33 pm

I'd like to join chain #113 holidays please.

madbaker · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 21:32:10 pm

I'd like to join. I may not have 100 holiday dups, but if I'm not first, I'll be fine.

shadowranger13 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2012 22:21:55 pm

Chain #113 - HOLIDAYS!!

1. shadowranger13 (Australia)
2. drh (England)
3. Teja (Slovenia)
4. imworld (Australia)
5. madbaker (Canada)
6.

drvvr · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 00:33:29 am

6.drvvr.

Thank you

drvvr · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 04:30:42 am

An update on chains

105. stopped with brendan1952

106. Jeannette_NL---- drvvr---- Brucerob9---- arthur.bain---- Noggin the Nog---Brendan1952

107. jeannette_NL ---drh ---valan ---adivaragan ---brucerob9

108 engraved.This chain didn`t start at all brendan1952---jeannette_NL--- drh--- kerailija--- MaJu----gentelman19

108. Jeannette-NL---- Cable1234---- drvvr---- Jugoslavija_post---- Noggin the Nog---- ConnieB----

109. arakan---- valan---- drvvr ---- ConnieB---- jeannette_NL

110. drh----gurujazz----teja----drvvr-----valan

111. arakan ---- shadowranger13--- jeannette_NL--- ConnieB--- imworld

112. madbaker--- brucerob9--- adivaragan--- jeanette--- drvvr---- valan

113. shadowranger13 -----drh ---- Teja -----imworld ---- madbaker ---drvvr

drh · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 04:34:01 am

110 was posted last Monday (19th).

shadowranger13 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 07:01:19 am

And we have a chain

If everyone could please email me their postal address I'll get the letter moving ASAP.

jeannette_NL · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 08:17:40 am

Hi all,

A small update:
I got a mail from Brendan today: due to health problems he hadn't been able to do much on trading. He sends his apologies and he will send the two chains on.

Jeannette

shadowranger13 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 14:09:55 pm

After following my own rule and removing a few English Christmas stamps, Chain #113 is now on its way to England with 92 holiday themed stamps and 8 normal commemoratives.

drh · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 15:32:41 pm

Cheers, bit easier for me, I think I have only got about five Slovenian stamps in total!

valan · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 16:26:25 pm

Chain #109 on the way to drvvr (India).

Teja · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 17:42:36 pm

drh wrote:

Cheers, bit easier for me, I think I have only got about five Slovenian stamps in total!

what a pity - we should change places in the chain

drvvr · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 18:57:50 pm

jeannette_NL wrote:

I got a mail from Brendan today: due to health problems he hadn't been able to do much on trading. He sends his apologies and he will send the two chains on

Hope he is fine now.

Good to hear he is back.

brucerob9 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 08:11:15 am

Received Chain#112 yesterday, Wife is in hospital, out in a day or to. Will post off to India in a few days or asap. Thanks for the m/s.
brucerob9

madbaker · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:50:57 am

brucerob9 wrote:

Received Chain#112 yesterday, Wife is in hospital, out in a day or to. Will post off to India in a few days or asap. Thanks for the m/s.
brucerob9

10 days from Canada to Australia. I can't seem to mail letters to California that fast! I'm glad it arrived safe.

Hope your wife is OK, Bruce.

Mark

jeannette_NL · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:40:51 pm

Chain #107 is home! Started Dec 9, with stops in UK, Malaysia, India and Australia. There were a number small common definitives in it, please keep in mind that we only want large comm. stamps in it people!

If there's interest I am willing to start another chain, no theme, just nice large stamps in it. Let me know and I will prepare a selection.


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