Andy Pastuszak
Member
Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
Posts: 1,533
What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 10, 2013 3:09:27 GMT
So, my 2013 Ukrainian Stamp Order arrived today, and in the spirit of all those cell phone and computer unboxing videos, I thought I would do an "unboxing" of my 2013 Ukrainian Stamp order. The envelope arrived in the mail from Ukraine today: As you can see, real postage was used and all the stamps were hand cancelled. The stamps were all definitives, but at least I got stamps! The back of the envelope had a Ukrainian customs form on it: Inside the envelope, were the stamps wrapped in the leftovers of a stationary box, taped with packing tape: There was also a packing slip all in Cyrillic:
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Andy Pastuszak
Member
Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
Posts: 1,533
What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 10, 2013 3:14:06 GMT
Cutting open the cardboard revealed the stamps, packed in a semi-transparent paper envelope that was not taped down to the cardboard: The end of the envelope was simply folded over. And out came the stamps: And here are the stamps laid out on top of a laptop on my messy dining room table: As you can see, they included selvage with almost every stamp. And there is my unboxing of the newly arrived 2013 Ukraine stamps.
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BC
Departed
Rest in Peace
Vancouver, BC Canada
Posts: 836
What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Aug 10, 2013 4:29:40 GMT
Get such orders is so exciting, only a true collector can understand!
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tomiseksj
Moderator
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,263
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 10, 2013 13:10:37 GMT
The beauty of forums like this one is that we can all collect vicariously!
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