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Post by carabop on May 29, 2022 20:41:14 GMT
Hi all,
In all my years collecting and soaking stamps I have never seen an idiot box like this one. I actually like it. Anyone else have or seen some not so run of the mill idiot boxes?
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on May 29, 2022 23:30:44 GMT
Lol! Thanks for the laugh! Reminds me of some of the idiot warnings on stuff nowadays.
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Post by angore on May 30, 2022 10:22:57 GMT
I have these markings on return envelopes. Most had "place stamp here" or similar words and some included the first class rate.
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Post by vikingeck on May 30, 2022 10:54:21 GMT
Yes , not at all uncommon both on postcards and on printed stationery envelopes.
In the early days different countries had different rules for stamps . It was not uncommon for European countries to place the stamp lower left. India and many Asian countries stamped the back flap of an envelope as a seal , even occasionally today you will find this .
I guess it was a good idea to have instructions for less savvy users, after all almost 50% of the population is of below average intelligence.
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Post by seegod1 on May 30, 2022 11:24:39 GMT
That's similar to the "Remove child before washing" tag someone showed in Facebook one time... sigh.
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Post by paul1 on May 30, 2022 11:56:40 GMT
I wondered what a stamphere was.
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on May 30, 2022 14:49:36 GMT
I was sure I could find a number of similar " boxes" but I suspect most of my used postcards already have the imprint hidden by a stamp . However here are two, one is from WW1 1914-18 and the other from recent Canada around the Millennium  |
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Post by vikingeck on May 30, 2022 14:54:40 GMT
Here are some 1860-1900 covers which perhaps explain why such a box was considered necessary and sometimes with an instruction ...........    so maybe not so strange and not so daft after all |
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Post by carabop on May 30, 2022 15:06:10 GMT
Thanks those are some nice examples.
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