cursus
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Post by cursus on Sept 3, 2020 7:47:44 GMT
The letter that I sent last Wednesday, arrived yesterday, duly postmarked in Andorra.
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Sept 3, 2020 7:51:17 GMT
I also got this letter from an auction house in Sevilla (Spain). This stationery (from a Madrid 1999 stamp fair issue) took 2 days to reach Barcelona.
NOTE: if anyone is interested on it, it's for trade. If anyone is interested, send me a message.
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 3, 2020 13:07:13 GMT
I received this the other day... The monkey markers were at it again! Inside was a bunch of DDR stamps from katie333 ! Thanks for those, Kate! Which thread to put this in? Oh, I went with this one! |
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Sept 7, 2020 14:52:23 GMT
A stationery from Andorra. Posted at Ordino-la Massa where the house depicted is. It also houses the Andorra Postal Museum. Small, but nice. Postmarked 28/08/2020 (August 28. 2020) arrived on September 7th.
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Sept 13, 2020 22:29:48 GMT
One of the few cancelled letters I received.Maybe the airmail sticker helped !!!  |
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Sept 22, 2020 11:12:50 GMT
Quite uncommon, to get commercial mail with stamps. Letter within Barcelona. Posted last Friday, arrived today (yesterday, postman didn't come).
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Post by anglobob on Sept 22, 2020 12:13:56 GMT
One of the few pieces of cancelled mail received recently.It was sent from Birmingham UK to USA and has a nice cancel commemorating Jack Charlton,one of England,s 1966 World Cup winning team.  |
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Mr. H
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Post by Mr. H on Sept 22, 2020 16:19:03 GMT
 Received in yesterday's mail. |
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Post by JeffS on Sept 22, 2020 18:22:00 GMT
Today's mail brought a a neat and tidy mailing from France using outdated Franc denominated stamps.
This cover bears 9.20 francs postage not counting the semi-postal surcharges of 1.20 francs.
I have searched in vain for a previous post which accounted for the value acceptance of old francs toward current euros.
If someone can link that post I would be grateful.
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Sept 22, 2020 19:41:53 GMT
As far as I know, 1 € = 6.56 French francs in 2001
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Post by JeffS on Sept 22, 2020 19:52:07 GMT
cursus - looks like the same today
edit:
Thus the 9.20 francs converts to 1.40 euros which is the Fench international letter rate for 20 grams or less.
Works out perfect. A Keeper of a cover!
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Post by JeffS on Sept 22, 2020 20:57:00 GMT
Another item, even more curious, a letter from Hungary received last week franked with three 2.50 Ft stamps from 1970!
According to Hungary Post, the cost for a priority letter to the USA weighing 50 g or less is 710 HUF (Hungarian Florints)
This amount converts to US$ 2.29 or 1.95 euros which seems quite reasonable.
I wasn't able to find any useful info on the florint online which applies to this question.
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 22, 2020 23:10:08 GMT
This envelope made its way to my mailbox today. All those stamps and no cancel! Not even a marker monkey job! They must have thought it was just too much work either way! |
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Post by Mr. H on Sept 25, 2020 2:43:18 GMT
I almost overlooked this one. Just a common presort, but then I noticed the "cancellation" was under the stamp.  |
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 25, 2020 6:39:32 GMT
I do save the mail/letters that I receive, but I rarely soak them (the stamps) or include the letter in my collection. (I don't collect new stamps) What I do is that I donate them to my local stamp club and they auction them on club auction.
I could donate them here to, but the cost of sending them would be to much compared to the value of what you got.
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Oct 2, 2020 9:56:55 GMT
Received on Wednesday from a Stamporama supplier. Nice.  |
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cursus
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Post by cursus on Oct 2, 2020 9:58:20 GMT
Also, this very nice cover (with a wonderful gift) from our friend Chris (aka Beryllium guy).
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Oct 2, 2020 11:32:44 GMT
Thanks for posting the image of your envelope, Joan ( cursus)! I am glad to see that the condition seems good, but I am frustrated by the lack of any postmarks on the stamps. There is one clerk at the Oxford PO who insists that the hand-cancel device is not to be used on the postage stamps, and he will only use it next to the stamps, not on them. Luckily, though, he is willing to use it on any Cinderellas, so at least he gives me that satisfaction!  |
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Post by anglobob on Oct 5, 2020 22:55:07 GMT
Posted on March 16 and finally arrived today,October 5 !!!! Two versions of the large 2nd class stamp,gummed and self adhesive with security labels plus the horrible Horizon label.  |
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 6, 2020 15:18:22 GMT
Not exactly in today's mail, but this showed up in my mailbox back in 2005 sent to me by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. It contained a fishing license purchased online. I keep and collect a lot of covers that are considered by most as junk mail, but this one is the most clever mailing I have ever received in my 20 years of cover collecting. The envelope is semi-opaque and looks like it has a fish screened onto it. The fish is actually printed on card stock, inside the envelope, and opens up on removal . It held the fishing license and offered a bit of good will propaganda about the joys and benefits of fishing. It is the prize item of my "contemporary mail" cover collection.
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Post by anglobob on Oct 7, 2020 14:02:06 GMT
A letter I recently received from England.It is the first time I have seen this type of pre-paid envelope.Also personalised with the logo from the dealer.  |
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Post by JeffS on Oct 7, 2020 14:14:01 GMT
anglobob - I've received a couple from this seller, thought I had posted one but I see I didn't, so I'm glad you did! 
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Post by JeffS on Oct 7, 2020 14:16:31 GMT
A recent mailing from France with a previously postmarked (or cachet) from the year 1989 (I guess)
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Post by JeffS on Oct 7, 2020 14:54:29 GMT
Earlier this week:
A Notre Dame souvenir sheet, issue of 2020, facades of Notre Dame.
Tied by US sorting barcode at bottom, cropped from an oversize window envelope without other postmarks, etc. |
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Post by JeffS on Oct 7, 2020 18:07:17 GMT
The Month of October
 In the UK, October is Black History Month while in the USA October is Energy Awareness Month.
Hmmm. Do I see a new fun collection in its infancy?
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Oct 9, 2020 8:46:29 GMT
Received in New Zealand from Canada 8th Oct (14 days travelling). Canada Post issued two stamps on April 29 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, celebrated May 8, 1945, after Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces, ending World War II in Europe. According to Canada Post, these two non-denominated permanent rate (currently 92¢) stamps “tell the stories of Private Leo Major, who fought to liberate the Netherlands, and factory worker Veronica Foster, who helped recruit women to the wartime workforce. Together, they represent the more than two million Canadian men and women who played a key role in the Allied victory.” The two stamps are se-tenant (side-by-side) in booklets of 10. Lower stamp - Drs. M. Vera Peters, one of six Canadian researchers and physicians being recognized in the "Medical Groundbreakers" issue of Sept 2020  |
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 9, 2020 13:48:30 GMT
I haven't seen a cancel like that, Bas S Warwick! I wish Brighton had as nice a cancel! I'll have to show it to them when I go in a few minutes to pick up a parcel. |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Oct 9, 2020 20:23:24 GMT
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Yes its an interesting cancel. Unfortunately here in NZ most PO's will not give a hand cancel. (Some of the little girlies dont even know what you are talking about, or even what a stamp collector is)
On another point its a long time since I was last in Brighton Pete. - In fact I calculate it was 21 years ago
Regards
BSW
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Oct 9, 2020 20:39:12 GMT
Australian Stamp and Coin dealer used labels in PO shutdown period. .....Boring. Arrived 9th Oct - 21 days from Australia to NZ. Lack of flights now between AUS and NZ causes delays. Sometimes using shipping for mail.  |
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Post by renden on Oct 9, 2020 20:48:55 GMT
We still have hand-stamped in Eastern Canada and I am working with Canada Post to have a "typical" Edmundston (N.B.) cancel which beats the present one and one we had in the late 1800s, circle, simple etc - They want to add a background of our City to it - we shall see The old one (repeat): 1895  |
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