fazeman
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What I collect: Worldwide
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Post by fazeman on Jul 9, 2024 2:48:09 GMT
If I sold stamps, I wouldn't use my special interest and inherited postcards as stiffeners. In fact, I bought a few albums dedicated to these unused cards.
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 9, 2024 16:32:47 GMT
Received this comic Christmas card as a stiffener in today's mail. It covered the 906 prison stamp club cover Rod tipped me about. Cute!! Unused, I may use it this coming Christmas, if I can find it then.
Don StampHinger  |
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Post by dosamaniac on Jul 12, 2024 7:39:39 GMT
I didn't know such thread existed. 
This is what I got recently.
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 15, 2024 10:56:39 GMT
Received the scanned "stiffener" today protecting a couple of Machin stamps. It's another (part of) a Royal Mail PHQ card Art in the 20th Century issued 11th May 1993. Printed by White Dove Press.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 18, 2024 9:30:33 GMT
2 "stiffeners" received today (11 p.m. last night actually) I forgot to check for my mail yesterday. Nothing special just blank cardboard strips protecting a bar-code booklet.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Jul 22, 2024 13:06:52 GMT
Another mailing stiffener today protecting a bar-code booklet. Not very "stiff", in fact pretty flexible but it did the job. It is a page from The Financial Times Prestige booklet SG DX9 which was issued by Royal Mail in 1988.  |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385 
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 27, 2024 17:20:19 GMT
This stiffened (barely) the latest addition to my Iwo Jima collection. I'm sure that the seller received it in the mail, rather than pilfered it from his local post office.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 11, 2024 13:53:21 GMT
A couple of mailing stiffeners received this week protecting some Machin blocks I received. The Kellogs one seems to be popular these days.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 20, 2024 17:04:59 GMT
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Aug 21, 2024 11:23:00 GMT
Manila cards are not unusual as a stiffener but like many it tested positive for being acidic. The X mark should be purple to pass test. The catalog numbers (old since it has Minkus numbers!!) did not match the stamps received so obvious reused.. I would worry more about manila and dealer approval cards than album page paper for acidity.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Aug 22, 2024 11:35:11 GMT
Another couple of stiffeners received today protecting some more Machins. The black one is a Hagner "mount" with a thoughtful message attached. I wonder if the scales were used to determine the weight of the package. LOL.  |
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Hugh
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What I collect: Worldwide Occupation Stamps and Postal History; and, anything that looks interesting.
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Post by Hugh on Sept 3, 2024 22:33:40 GMT
One of the 'stiffeners' today wasn't much of a stiffiner ... just a pieced of paper. But, it was interesting. Looks like a template for a junior high school lesson plan for a class in optics or physics. (or maybe film studies - smile). Do you think a light-sabre is 'realistic'? More to the point, does it really matter? It's a fictional adventure. Let's all suspend our disbelief and eat some popcorn.  |
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Sept 4, 2024 16:59:02 GMT
A recent "stiffener" I received protecting some Machin stamps, more Kellogs cardboard on the list???  |
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 10, 2024 9:12:32 GMT
Here is a stiffener that was used for a recent purchase,
From a professional dealer, I would not expect anything less...
Have fun and happy collecting!
P.S. Additionally, a paid invoice was included :-)
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drblade
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Posts: 847
What I collect: GB Unmounted mint & Machin definitives Q.E.II Used commemoratives
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Post by drblade on Sept 13, 2024 20:46:34 GMT
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Sept 20, 2024 9:44:19 GMT
Received this week from a recent purchase; a thank card as the stiffener,
Along with the card's sentiment (let us not forget our manners), there was no additional writing and hence, the card can be re-used...
Have fun and happy collecting!
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
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 Oct 3, 2024 17:35:55 GMT
Today's mail brought a First Day Cover related to my War Savings stamp collection. The stiffener used was a trifolded piece of 8½x11" card stock on which was printed a thank you, the seller's advertising and an application for membership in the American FDC Society.  |
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daniel
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Post by daniel on Oct 11, 2024 2:21:13 GMT
Two pieces of plywood were used for a sheet of Cinderella stamps sent from America. Now that's a real mail stiffener!  |
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