Mick
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What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Aug 5, 2020 0:38:40 GMT
For some reason people across the country have been receiving packets of unsolicited mystery seeds from China. And today I did too!  The package contains two small baggies of mystery seeds (which will be tossed), but, alas, no stud earrings. By far the coolest part of the cover as far as I am concerned is the return address: North side of the west gate of South China Avenue. Sweet. Makes me want to start giving my address as "3rd apartment on the west side of the second floor of the building on the corner of the block." |
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 5, 2020 1:02:57 GMT
Wow -- quite a bit of future postal history there! Just curious: was your phone number correct as well? (I'm guessing that it was, since you obscured it.) I wonder where they got everyone's addresses and phone numbers from. (I guess Amazon has these, doesn't it?) One important point: When I first starting hearing about these stories, I heard that various state departments of agriculture wanted people to send the seeds to them. I just confirmed now that the Oregon Dept of Agriculture wants them, too. Here are 2 articles: one from last week from Oregon Public Broadcasting, and one from earlier today on the Oregon Dept of Agriculture's Facebook page. Both supply the mailing address to send them to. www.opb.org/article/2020/07/30/seeds-mail-china-warning-oregon-washington/#:~:text=Oregon%20agriculture%20officials%20issued%20a,the%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Agriculture. And: |
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Mick
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What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Aug 5, 2020 1:08:52 GMT
The phone number was wrong - not even the correct area code. Now that I think about it, I didn't really have a good reason for obscuring it.
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 5, 2020 1:27:47 GMT
Well, maybe you've kept someone else from getting prank calls!
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