rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 25, 2013 12:41:29 GMT
Preferably Australia, but have little hope, so will take any World Supply Desire 200 x 12 row pages (circa 50c each page used?) pencil marks and scuffing OK Will pay shipping from Canada / US / or wherever? Happy to pay $100 or thereabouts. ...or anyone know of a company that sells New and ships to Australia? Thanks for any links / advice. If any member has 50 pages, if they could weigh them, so I can estimate postage. Thanks
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Post by PostmasterGS on Aug 25, 2013 14:03:55 GMT
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 25, 2013 16:05:47 GMT
Rod,
The iHobb listing that PostmasterGS provided indicates 100 sheets weigh 6 pounds.
Assuming an order of 200 sheets, the USPS calculator shows PriorityMail International Flat Rate (20 lbs max) as the cheapest mailing method to Australia at a cost of $79.95 (but the package dimensions could negate this method: USPS-Produced Box: 13-5/8" x 11-7/8" x 3-3/8" or 11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2").
The iHobb website indicates that they ship internationally.
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Aug 25, 2013 20:40:12 GMT
Hi Rodney Another source: www.subwaystamp.com/Manilla/products/513/Any stamp shop in Australia should have them. I cannot see a stamp shop without them. From any US supplier the shipping price price will be ridiculous. My friend's store sells them for approximately 50-60 cents per sheet. They used to be 10 - 15 cents each but for some reason the wholesale price went ballistic. So much for inflation. Jerry B
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 25, 2013 22:32:34 GMT
Postmaster : Yep, that's the fellas, neither of those companies ship Australia Steve: Fantastic , very helpful my friend. What's with you Americans? not gone Metric yet? Jerry. You jest of course, Australia Manila stock sheets, slipcases !? we are way behind perhaps you can find them, but exhorbitant prices. Trying to find a brick and mortar stamp shop is hard enough. Subway do not ship Australia. I emailed iHobb no response in 2 days.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 26, 2013 0:52:59 GMT
Rod, I have multiple hundreds of these things, all stacked in a box downstairs. I'm a bit busy with work for the moment and am unlikely to be able to do anything with them until mid-September, though. Give me a few minutes, I'll dig out the box and take some photos.
Ryan
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 26, 2013 0:59:01 GMT
I trust you Ryan No need for photos. When you get the time, count the amount, the weight and postage and you have a customer. Let's say anything around $160 , freight included, would suit me, or any lesser amount, depending on what you have.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 26, 2013 1:12:34 GMT
This is one reply from an Aussie dealer:
Never used or stocked them as they are totally useless. Can’t see the stamps or postmarks, and lower perfs and corners always get mangled using them! Hagners are what everyone uses –
I think he has a valid point, they are to be used with care, however discounting the Mint, unhinged valuables, I regard these as the best route to organising duplicates for sale, and "first sort" when accumulation buying. Hagners are great, but expensive, have a poor shelf life when used constantly, and are extremely heavy.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 26, 2013 1:28:17 GMT
Well, here's a teaser low-res low-light lo-fi photo anyway. Some are virtually new, some are pretty tattered, some have oddball bindings and hole punches but the majority of them are 10-12 rows with hole punches that fit North American 3-ring binders. There must be 400-500 of them in all, so no problem with supplying whatever you might want. How about this - you pay the postage and send me duplicate stamps for the stock sheets? Ryan (yes, more stacks of baking tins in the back, the huge-o lasagna size this time)
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 26, 2013 1:36:05 GMT
The mother lode ! Ryan, perhaps a dawn raid, balaclava and jemmy bar, may be cheaper I insist on paying in Paypal, in hard currency, that way no one feels guilty. What say you put 100 together, mail them off indicate postage, and I'll paypal you immediately. What about 45c per sheet? meet you halfway. Time is not of the essence, so in your own time. I will take 3 ring in a pinch, but prefer 4 ring for my existing spines.
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Post by Jerry B on Aug 26, 2013 7:08:49 GMT
Hi Rodney
I can almost bet who said this.
A hint in using them (if you haven't used them before). Before placing material in them run your tongs (or whatever Oz calls them) through each row. That way it opens the row a bit and there may be less chance of damage. Sometimes the row "sticks" and this alleviates that problem also.
When I put stamps in them I usually insert my tongs in the row to lift it up a little and, thereby, lessening the chance of damage even more.
By the way. The store sells used ones for about 10-15 cents each, free when a customer uses them for their selection of stamps.
By the looks of the photo Ryan has the good ones, reinforced on the left only.
Jerry B
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 26, 2013 8:24:13 GMT
"I can almost bet who said this." Hehehe You are right on!
Thanks for the support, I agree, not entirely ideal, but for the 5c stamps, of which there are thousands, these are useful for the job I want. 15c ! gosh, "Beam me up Jerry"
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Aug 26, 2013 9:36:08 GMT
Hi Rodney
15c for USED.
To make you "warm and fuzzy" my friend has been in business for 30 years. There are hundreds of 3 ring binders in stock and they are full of the manila stock pages with stamps. After all that time I do not remember ever seeing a damaged stamp that was on a manila stock card. The only damage was a customer putting the stamps back hastily. There is a Tarifold or two that have the expensive stamps and those stamps are on Hagner cards in a archival sleeve and counter books with appropriate pages.
I have a bunch of mint Ecuador Seebecks on the stock cards for almost 20 years and no perceptible damage.
So, in a nutshell, they are not "useless". In fact dealers, at least in the US, have been using them for decades, and still are. Hagners are too expensive for general stock.
I forgot to mention one point. If you erase the cards use one of the plastic eraser types (like Stadler). Pink Pearls, or types like that, tend to scuff up the pages and eventually one has to throw them out.
Jerry B
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 29, 2013 12:31:24 GMT
What say you put 100 together, mail them off indicate postage, and I'll paypal you immediately. What about 45c per sheet? meet you halfway. Time is not of the essence, so in your own time. I will take 3 ring in a pinch, but prefer 4 ring for my existing spines. The ones I leafed through were all 3-hole punched, with the exception of a very few that looked like they were pulled out of a coil-bound book. But who knows what lurks in the bottom of that box ... When the time comes, I'll dig through the rate charts on the Canada Post site. On a quick glance, it looks like the weights are rated in fairly coarse jumps, 500g at a time. I'll figure out how many fit in a box without going over the next rate jump and will get back in touch via private message in regards to that. The charts themselves aren't as easy to find as they once were, now they want you to use the online calculator for everything. That's fine, much easier than looking things up in a rate chart book, but not very handy for figuring out a range of possible options. In the likely case that it turns out to be easier for me to find this conversation than it is for me to find the pages in my ENDLESS pile of internet bookmarks, I'll save the links here as well. Canada Post zone chart
Canada Post rate chart
Canada Post documents page
Pages 30 & 31 on the rate chart look like the way to go - those small packet prices have a maximum limit of 2 Kg. Handy to know next time I want to send you some of my disused / unwanted ephemera. I'm kind of surprised with the low price of the 2 Kg surface service, but you probably have to wait until the next coming of Halley's comet before the package finally gets to you. ha ha And considering new stock cards in bulk are 50 cents, 45 cents for my used chaff is excessive! Ryan
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 29, 2013 12:42:57 GMT
I typed out a reply, and it didn't get through. I'll respond on the morrow. Time to have a kip, have an auction lot at 2am.
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