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Comment by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) on April 28, 2020 at 4:00pm

Alan - I agree, I refuse to take part in the fraudulant recycling of used stamps. But philatelink.co.uk is a legit place to buy older unfranked and never used stamps that are fit for using for posting things. :-)

Comment by Alan Brignull on April 28, 2020 at 3:53pm

You can buy unused old stamps at below face value on eBay too, as long as you don't mind adding lots of small values. I love commemorating current events like Charles & Diana's wedding etc. But beware of the fraudulent listings of used but unfranked stamps, 'for collectors only' (wink wink). Especially now, we need to be supporting the world's postal services not cheating them. You can manage the cost by carefully keeping just within weight and size limits.

Comment by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) on April 28, 2020 at 3:23pm

Michael - on further comments about the demise of your oxfam that supplied unfranked stamps to use. are you aware of philiatelink? i used to buy some semi bulk packages of stamps for less than the bulk face value when i did postcrossing. your comment got me thinking about it and ive found the company is still trading and ive just ordered a £50 pack of mixed value stamps for about £37. its always a good fun deal for things like mail art mailings.

Comment by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) on April 27, 2020 at 9:01pm

Michael - yes, IM aware of just how much our royal mail has hijed the prices up over the years. after i stepped away from mail art the first time, i went into postcrossing in abig way and enjoyed swapping souvenir pstcards for a few years. then i stepped away from that when royal mail did away with the postcard price stamps and made it more expensive for euro and international mailings. im still to find out just how pricy its got since then as ive not mailed anything outher than the odd card or official documents within the uk. something tells me my wallets going to have a funny turn.

Comment by Michael Leigh on April 27, 2020 at 8:49pm

Heather - O shame about the Ryosuke Cohen "braincell" .  I'm pretty sure he'll send you another if you write to him!    Postage to Japan, Australia, USA etc. is pretty horrendous these days - one of the reasons I've cut back being a poor pensioner and supporting our son through his degree etc.  After 15 years I expect you'll notice the difference.  I really miss the local Oxfan shop which used to sell unfranked stamps in big packets.  They closed as the rents were all put up. It's still an empty shop now - three years later!  Crazy times eh? Don't get me started!

Comment by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) on April 27, 2020 at 8:07pm

Michael - well im not rushing headfirst into things just yet. Ive got plenty of time for that. What I have been doing is familierising myself with all my supplies after so long. im finding stuff ive been searching the house for years, im even find stuff id forgotten i had. several half created items that ive forgotten my original intention for, but ill be giving them a new meaning soon.

Ive even found an old braincell from ryosuke, that sadly ive had to throw away as somewhere over the years its been destroyed beyond salvation.

Comment by Michael Leigh on April 27, 2020 at 7:03pm

Discovered that Ona Doddle is on Instagram so that mystery solved ( see earlier query ). 

Comment by Michael Leigh on April 27, 2020 at 6:58pm

Heather - Not much goes on here really but nice to catch up and sometimes someone will post a project.  I thought there would be more due to the lockdown but very few so far.  #staysafe

Comment by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) on April 27, 2020 at 11:49am

Hello and thanks for the welcome Michael, Im just returning to the world of mail art after being awol for about 15 years. I look forward to taking part and being included in things here.

Comment by Michael Leigh on April 27, 2020 at 6:30am

Welcome -  Heather Wilkie. 

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