drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 4, 2024 16:10:14 GMT
I received the 2 Machin 3p centre band cylinder blocks today (a couple of cheap ones) to add to my specialist collection. The postage on the envelope was 10p over the second class postal rate & 40p under the first class rate with it being received within 24 hours of being posted/mailed. The attached GB commemorative stamps are from the Charles Darwin issue in 1982, British Cattle issue in 1984 & The Urban Renewal issue in 1984. ![](https://i.ibb.co/7X90pKX/IMG-20240613-0001.jpg) Actually it is correct at 85p for 2nd class ! since April 2024 You are correct vikingeck I looked/quoted an old pdf on my screen. The main point though, it was delivered within 24 hours @ 2nd class rate. Hope I didn't send any of my eBay items out at the wrong rate, haven't had any complaints yet.
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,352
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 Jul 9, 2024 16:27:51 GMT
This ebay seller must have purchased several full coils iof these low value stamps in order to get plate number coil strips. I'm surprised he didn't try to drop the 33 cent flag stamp to add more (but the upper left corner was missing so he probably wanted to get rid of it). This was another cover that contained an item I already had in my collection but I intentionally bought it so I could display the front and back of the 1990, sekf-adhesive, die cut ATM TEST DEMONSTRATION pane of 18 printed by Avery Dennison (Scott TDB82a). ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/09/058f171d5ccac878871e1cc61562ae70.jpg)
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jul 9, 2024 17:58:26 GMT
I share this envelope from today's mail as a possible entry into the ugliest cancel award. It was mailed from the post office at Mid-Island, New York which I believe is on Staten Island. I am not sure how that smudging occurred. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/09/72a5e546a616f58152a174b152ea7bd7.jpg)
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Hugh
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What I collect: Occupation Stamps and Postal History, Worldwide; Canada, the UK, France and Germany.
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Post by Hugh on Jul 9, 2024 20:49:34 GMT
Today's mail included this very nicely curated envolope from Italy. It's always nice to see a dealer take the time to place the courtesy stamps just so. ![](https://i.ibb.co/qWqbG1T/IMG-1047.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 13, 2024 12:09:38 GMT
Received this morning from Royal Mail. Their latest stamp offerings being issued on the 25th July 2024. ![](https://i.ibb.co/3v6CpVs/IMG-20240713-0001.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 15, 2024 10:43:46 GMT
I received the scanned Machins this morning (its gonna be a good week). The 19p orange is Deegam 190.1.2 from decimal pane 115 / £1.90 booklets printed on advanced coated paper with dextrin gum. The other 19p is Deegam 190.5.1 from cylinder 3 printed on ordinary none phosphor paper with dextrin gum. Also in the mail was another advertising leaflet from Royal Mail. ![](https://i.ibb.co/1nvZwtz/IMG-20240715-0001.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 18, 2024 9:54:06 GMT
Received the scanned items today (1105pm last night actually), I forgot to check my mail yesterday. £1.48p Bar code booklet 1997 26 August. 2 x 9mm blue fluor bands with layflat gum. Printed by Walsall Security Printers. I already have the single stamp in my specialist Machin collection so the booklet will remain intact. The stamps on the envelope are from the 1988 Christmas issue GB (14p) - & the 1999 issue A Christians Tale (19p) Millennium Series GB. ![](https://i.ibb.co/NmHntv9/IMG-20240718-0002.jpg)
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jul 18, 2024 20:46:23 GMT
I arrived back home from my little road trip to find 3 stamp related letters in my mail box. 2 were eBay purchases where the seller used old stamps. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/18/6df27a1fd4d51f1cb1da2494a2dbde48.jpg) The third one contained a news letter from the South Shore Stamp Club in my home area of Nova Scotia. This club formed a few years after I had moved to Toronto and I was not even aware it existed till earlier this month. The cover appears nothing special but has interest because the editor purposely went to the Greenfield post office in Queens County on July 10, 2024 which was the first day of reopening after being closed for a while. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/18/2258f727324bb77b998e00a90a669827.jpg)
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,352
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 Jul 18, 2024 22:16:30 GMT
hdm1950 , That first cover highlights one of the shortcomings of automated processing -- special delivery stamps are not and have never been authorized to pay postage of any type. The below is taken from Section 604 of the USPS Domestic Mail Manual (Postage Payment Methods and Refunds): ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/18/934591294bdcdb8f1a22ebd9168ddbc3.jpg) You're lucky you didn't get tapped for postage due!
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armenin2000
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I am 73 years old. I have been collecting stamps since 1963. My interests are Greater Russia. Stamps
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What I collect: Greater Russia. Stamps, covers , maxcards
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Post by armenin2000 on Jul 19, 2024 8:01:31 GMT
A letter from Armenia (Yerevan).The full series was not enough to send the letter ..By the way, there is no tariff in Armenia for sending letters weighing 20 grams abroad.The minimum weight starts from 80 grams. ![](https://i.ibb.co/56hrv0k/image.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 19, 2024 9:40:00 GMT
I received the following 2 Queen Victoria stamps this morning from a trusted dealer for my main GB collection. 2d blue plate 9 & penny red plate 181. So 2 more unmounted mint items to add to the weakest part of my GB's. ![](https://i.ibb.co/Yfr2SVw/IMG-20240719-0003.jpg)
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wakeybluenose
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Mostly harmless!
Posts: 295
What I collect: GB to 2000 (but definitives to date) / Ireland to 2000 / General WW classics & definitives / ASFEC / SciFi & Fantasy Literature / Local History
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Post by wakeybluenose on Jul 20, 2024 14:25:48 GMT
Angry about this one.... Each stamp is 'wavey lines' cancelled.... And yet someone still felt it necessary to strike through with a biro!! ![](https://i.ibb.co/dPyckGx/IMG-20240720-150144-edit-287989398968034.jpg)
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anglobob
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What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Jul 20, 2024 19:29:35 GMT
wakeybluenose I sympathize with you as I am in the same boat.I received my monthly shipment of letters and packages.A few examples shown of pen cancels ,one where there was already a cancellation and one letter where the stamps were obliterated by a marker. The Throwaway Posse is working overtime today..... ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/20/ebedabf710efd0a4f1ccc2d83f2b507f.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/20/11682348b6b76ea4af1f5db08a88891f.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 20, 2024 20:28:51 GMT
Angry about this one.... Each stamp is 'wavey lines' cancelled.... And yet someone still felt it necessary to strike through with a biro!! ![](https://i.ibb.co/dPyckGx/IMG-20240720-150144-edit-287989398968034.jpg) Yes, this is really annoying. Good chance it was the same person doing both at the delivery office.
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anglobob
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What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on Jul 21, 2024 20:21:56 GMT
A registered letter from Portugal which escaped the attention of the marker monkey.A nice mini-sheet on the reverse also. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/21/c49e3f644116a495dd1b281f3592fe97.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/07/21/3855e301524495e0cc2bfcc46e0e0ff9.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 22, 2024 12:24:31 GMT
Received the scanned Machin bar-code booklet this morning containing the 20p Anniversary stamps which are imperforate top & base from1990. The envelope containing them has the usual smudged slogan cancellation, apart from the MOVEMBER part of the advert, in July??? ![](https://i.ibb.co/CQjvMMx/IMG-20240722-0005.jpg)
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Post by carabop on Jul 24, 2024 1:19:34 GMT
A couple more I won from an auction in my mailbox today to add to my USA collection. ![](https://i.ibb.co/mGxxcFN/IMG-0062.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 31, 2024 15:13:13 GMT
Just received the following Machin Cylinder block today for my specialist collection of Machins. Plenty of stamps on the envelope not cancelled again. The top left half a dozen had sellotape over them but still got through "the mail system". It used to be the case that any stamps taped over then the item was surcharged. I can only assume that the current machines are reading the envelope/stamps despite the tape. Only 1 outward code printed over the lower stamps also. Should be an inward & outward. ![](https://i.ibb.co/YydV0d6/IMG-20240731-0001.gif)
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swvl
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What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Aug 2, 2024 13:39:20 GMT
Here's a very nice cover received yesterday from a friend in Athens, Greece. Just 15 days from there to New York! The Olympics stamp on the left has a lovely first-day cancel from June; the one used for postage, on the right, has a nice, clear bullseye cancel. Inside this mailing cover were two maxicards that I might find time to share here soon. (Side note, I wish that the U.S. still issued stamps to celebrate Olympic games held outside this country. As it is, we'll probably have to wait til 2028.) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/02/7fa4efd2754a46278dcda71bfb07430d.jpg)
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Aug 2, 2024 19:34:57 GMT
Received today, bought from jimjung Bulgaria Scott 1+2.........going for 3,4,5
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 8, 2024 17:46:09 GMT
Received today from Royal Mail, their latest advertising pamphlet. Tower of London stamps issue due on the 13th of August. ![](https://i.ibb.co/1ZD3SH4/IMG-20240808-0006.jpg)
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 13, 2024 21:29:00 GMT
Oh My God! I thought this cover went missing! When I have lost all hope, today it turned up in my mailbox! It was sent from Japan on 19 June, and appeared to have travelled by boat to reach me in Montreal, Canada. I thought I had put enough of postage stamps for it to be sent as airmail, but maybe I was mistaken. Maybe my missing 2 Conan covers are facing the same? ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/13/2d57969a4b8fe6830b7fd3eb67731a1f.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/13/b71c3cd5cbf060d6b3ea3dc46e115407.jpg)
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fazeman
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by fazeman on Aug 14, 2024 2:19:47 GMT
Seventeen cancels on forty-four stamps.![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/13/4d66ad447089d1f5e2d5041838c8812c.jpg)
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 15, 2024 12:06:41 GMT
Yesterday I got a hugh pile of covers from Hiroshima, all postmarked on the anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, 6 August 2024, containing maxicards I created for people who made a donation to a charity organisation: ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/15/9ae8883d4cd04778ee7f75cfae7619c0.jpg) ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/15/b75d0251f4f06130d4e124e94c8f45c1.jpg) More should be coming soon. The amount is just overwhelming! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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sudbury12000
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What I collect: Canada, Great Britain, Germany, World Pre 1925
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Post by sudbury12000 on Aug 16, 2024 12:01:41 GMT
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,372
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Aug 16, 2024 18:38:50 GMT
Today's mail: postmarked in Nagasaki on 9 August, the anniversary of Nagasaki bombing. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/16/db3e301f58c30f75d519233f70daff13.jpg)
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fazeman
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by fazeman on Aug 17, 2024 0:38:30 GMT
From Australia are stamps of the Platypus, Golf and Olympics. And did they bring home the Olympic medals. Eighteen gold, nineteen silver and sixteen bronze. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/16/ff686f3c8a99c4f8270db53906c091b3.jpg)
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drblade
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Posts: 822
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 19, 2024 16:16:27 GMT
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fazeman
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by fazeman on Aug 19, 2024 21:54:02 GMT
First time receiving a windowed or business envelope containing stamps. For a second, I thought it was junk mail until I saw the Norway stamps. ![](https://tsfimagehost.net/images/2024/08/19/37442e999d1f08b87467e5016fde4f3d.jpg)
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drblade
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What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 20, 2024 15:04:15 GMT
Just received the following scanned stamps. Well pleased with the Q.V. Penny Red plate 76, especially the gum condition which is excellent & usually not in such good condition on many of the unmounted mint reds. The Machin cylinder block is another one which was missing from my specialist collection. 2 more of this type to source for the full set of Questa's. ![](https://i.ibb.co/Npw38V1/IMG-20240820-0002.jpg)
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