I'm just interested to see how many mail artists in the UK right now. Are you one?
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Some stamps that me and Vittore Baroni in Italy collaborated on a couple of years ago.
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That is nice of you Heather. I cannot think of anything I need at the moment but thanks.
is anyone planning on visiting a h obbycraft shop anytime soon? Ive got a £5 voucher to be used by 30th june.
if anyone wants it, i can either forward my email so you can print it off, or i can give you the code for an online order
Alan, I simply cut a slot of the right dimentions on a piece of card. It has served me well for years.
The Post Office sells stamps by post too . They came by UPS, I assummed Kevin, my postman, would bring them.
Im currently sorting out some small and thin-ish 6 page boardbooks to get put into regular but arted up envelopes for mailing out to several people, uk euro and overseas.
im using standard A5 envelopes but am unsure whether the 40gram slightly thicker package would manage to scrape in as a large letter or if i should make it a parcel?
my local Post office is on weird opening times obviously and i dont manage to catch these times to coincide with my once weekly excursion into town. I weigh my mail to price check what stamps i need to put on.
Regarding uncancelled stamps. Oxfam seemed to do well out of selling them so happy my money was going to a good cause. Yes, the post office should be more aware of cancelling stamps properly . They make huge profits every year and so I don't feel that bad about re-using envelopes they have neglected to frank.
I hadn't heard of Philatelink but will look them out. Stamp dealers must have bought huge quantities of stamps in the 70s and 80s with the thought they could resell them for a profit in the future. Now they've realised they never will and are happy to unload them cheap.
On the other hand I can't understand why eBay continues to permit these listings of used uncancelled stamps. And if Royal Mail would only cancel mail properly that would put an end to the problem.
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. :-)
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.
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.
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