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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 12, 2013 20:45:49 GMT
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 15, 2013 12:08:39 GMT
No, I don't think so. It's quoting a guy who makes the rather spurious claim that people won't want to collect stamps if it's no longer the Royal Mail that is issuing them.
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 15, 2013 20:40:46 GMT
thanks Ryan, that is what I assumed, but I got to thinking what if the US post office went private and decided to no longer honor the mint stamps issued by the usps?
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Post by stoltzpup on Sept 15, 2013 20:59:54 GMT
thanks Ryan, that is what I assumed, but I got to thinking what if the US post office went private and decided to no longer honor the mint stamps issued by the usps? Shall I try to use up my unwanted US mint stamps on this year's Christmas cards? Actually, that's what I've been trying to do for a long time, now. And still there are heaps of them. |
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 15, 2013 21:44:50 GMT
stolzpup, my problem is that I keep buying mint us postage if I see lots for 60 - 70% of face. I just can't help it. At the rate I mail stuff, I have enough to last me until I am about 120 years old.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Oct 10, 2013 20:37:44 GMT
stolzpup, my problem is that I keep buying mint us postage if I see lots for 60 - 70% of face. I just can't help it. At the rate I mail stuff, I have enough to last me until I am about 120 years old.  I'll send you a walking stick before I pop off !! |
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Post by stampgeezer on Oct 11, 2013 4:08:13 GMT
I told my wife to cover me with stamps and mail me to the undertakers!
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 9, 2013 5:24:48 GMT
thanks Ryan, that is what I assumed, but I got to thinking what if the US post office went private and decided to no longer honor the mint stamps issued by the usps? Shall I try to use up my unwanted US mint stamps on this year's Christmas cards? Actually, that's what I've been trying to do for a long time, now. And still there are heaps of them. For all intents and purposes the USPS is private. It has a lot of regulation placed upon it, and by law it's forced to use certain services the government offers, but it stopped being a division of the US Government, when Nixon dissolved the US Post Office Department and replaced it with the USPS. |
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I.L.S.
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 9, 2013 6:29:01 GMT
There would be a grace period anyhow to either use up what you already have or possibly even an exchange. i sort of wish the USPS would go private in some respects.
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Post by stampgeezer on Dec 9, 2013 6:30:31 GMT
Andy, I remember it well, as I worked there when we changed from the USPO to the USPS.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 9, 2013 13:43:25 GMT
Andy, I remember it well, as I worked there when we changed from the USPO to the USPS. From an outsider's perspective, the change was a good thing. How was it from the inside? |
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 9, 2013 13:46:00 GMT
There would be a grace period anyhow to either use up what you already have or possibly even an exchange. i sort of wish the USPS would go private in some respects. With the USPS having pre-paid for federal benefits for the next 70 years, the government will never cut them loose. They can't afford to write that refund check. And that 70 years of prepayment is the #1 reason they are so deep in the hole now. There are def other factors, but that's the #1 line item right now. |
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I.L.S.
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I am in Clearfield, Pa. I love US Classic covers!
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 9, 2013 17:23:22 GMT
Well they could privatize (sub out to private firms) and not hire anymore help (leave that up to the private firms) and only pay out to the current employees. Now of course that's just a wild first thought because I have no earthly idea about the inner workings of the USPS.
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BC
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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 Dec 9, 2013 18:46:21 GMT
Does anyone know what the Netherlands did when they privatized a while back? Did old stamps still remain valid?
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