Stamp Out War -- formerly called Ukraine project

The remaining 2022 Ukraine Support Maxicards resulting from the Stamp Out War project are now entrusted to the Vancouver-based All Nations Stamp and Coin for sale. 56 cards will be listed individually in the coming weeks.

The first week of online auction ended well for these precious maxicards that our global team had produced. All 3 cards were auctioned off at a price that is higher than the estimated $20: $27 for the Austrian variety, $36 for the Canadian (Myrnam) and Ukrainian (1992) varieties.







I am excited to see to that there was actual bidding taking place.

When I was holding the first online auction on eBay, there was no competition, and every bidder got their preferred card(s) at the lowest starting price that is $20/card.

I guess this kind of collectibles sell better in the hands of a specialist. Thanks be given to Brian -- the fellow behind the petition urging Canada Post to issue a semi-postal stamp in support of Ukraine!

This week on sale: Canada (Vegreville), Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine (1996).

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From the collector's point of view, it's more advantage to participate in the eBay auction that orientates towards the general public. But from the charity's point of view, donations are maximised in specialist's hands.

There will be an eBay auction for the 2023 edition of Ukraine Support Maxicards. Please stay tuned!

This week's Ukraine Support Maxicards at the highest price realised: $110 for Germany and Ukraine (1996)!!!



That the Ukrainian varieties are in demand is kind of within my expectation, but why is the German one so popular? Does anyone know?

Now I am wondering how my favourite maxicard -- the Japanese variety with a sunflower cancel which my participant drove nearly 2 hours to get -- will perform.

Every other maxicard was also sold at price exceeding the minimum bid. Good to see people's generous contribution to Ukraine relief funds didn't wane with time 🥰

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The result of the 3rd week of auction may be a bit surprising --

This week, the highest price realised ($99) is the French variety created by hrdoktorx !! So far, this is also the second highest price realised overall.

The Ukrainian variety (2001) at $82 placed second (or the third overall).



I thought this French variety was the most boring of all -- The village (called Le Temple) where Xavier happened to be was so small and unknown that its name was not even inscribed in the cancel.

I was expecting Ukrainian to always be the most popular varieties. I can't say to understand the logic of auction ...

Anyways, Xavier, you must be very proud of yourself and your country!

This week, from Mexico:



Because by the regulation, Mexico Post staff can only cancel stamps that are postally used, so my participant found a creative way of going around the rule:



How clever!

dorincard -- 

I really have no idea! All that I know is that most of Brian's clients are Canadians. 

One of the USA maxicards was sold as part of the complete set. The second card is kept in my possession for an art installation.

Another Japanese variety sold at $99 this week!

Bravo, "Linda of All Nations"!

Yes, barcodes it's something pretty italian. One of the first issues, the "corriere dei piccoli" of 2008 with barcode is usually sold for more then 200 euro, while the normal stamp is about 0,60...
Another small thing is the blue cancel, while it should have been used the black...
If just the post clerk would have been done a better job, i would have been very satisfied...

Why are you scared? The limit value of the function that describes the probability that nobody wants to buy this work of art tends towards zero... Just look at the approving comments on your works here on TSF!

Hooray! There's a bid already! For sure this piece will be sold!

Finally! I received the #StampOutWar results of Iraq today!



These cards have made the most difficult journey I know of -- they were previously sent twice to me from Iraq, but returned to the sender for being 'unclaimed' after months of travelling. On the third and last trial, I asked the sender to send them with a tracking and signature requirement. They finally made its way to Montreal!

No one knows what happens to these cards the all these months following the project's execution date, 24 August 2023. I kind of doubt that they have travelled outside of Iraq the two previous times, because if they had been in the hand of Canada Post, they should have been delivered to me like so many other SOW results from all over the world, but I never received any notification for the two previous deliveries.







Anyways, this post is to announce that the auction of the 2023 Ukraine support maxicards is in preparation. Please stay tuned!

The auction of the 2023 edition of the Ukraine Support Maxicards by the Vancouver-based All Nations Stamp and Coin is now entering the 4th week. On the 3rd week, interests have been built up and competition became fierce among the bidders. Our 3 cards – Czechia, Falklands Islands and Greece – were all sold at a price higher than $100 CAD!





This week on sale: (the last) Czechia, India, and (the rare) Iraq!