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Comment by Mail Art Martha on January 25, 2019 at 5:17pm

Oops! forgot to tell you that the amazing envelope came from Kathy Barnett, carrying a bird cage construction with pop up bird in it, more amazing still. 

Comment by Mail Art Martha on January 25, 2019 at 5:14pm

Comment by FinnBadger on January 24, 2019 at 12:03pm

@Alan Brignull At first glance I didn't think much of the Classic Stamps set, yet the more I look at them, particularly looking at each stamp individually, the more I like them.

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 24, 2019 at 11:32am

They're available at your post office now, Gü . . . possibly.

Comment by Gü on January 24, 2019 at 11:10am

Ooh, I like those Alan

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 24, 2019 at 10:57am

Speaking of stamp values, look at this new set from Royal Mail

https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/stamp-classics

-- they all have two different denominations. Especially the big green one, it says "£1" twice in big figures but the little "1st" means it is really only worth 67 pence!

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on January 24, 2019 at 8:04am

@ Carolyn, I think what Sabrina says, also is possible in the USA. I've received various US envelopes from mail artists showing a variety of stamps, and last week even this one, from my old 90+ uncle (who unconsciously is a mail artist, too :-) ).

 

Comment by Sabrina S on January 23, 2019 at 4:12pm

Understandable, Carolyn. In Germany the worth of the stamp is written on the stamp, so we can just play puzzle with it. It's just like changing your currency to another one. I was surprised when I understood that in the US you pay for the service and when the fee is more expensive you can still use the stamps you bought before as you already payed for the service, not just changed your currency. So we had small stamps several times to "upgrade" our stamps when it got more expensive again and the old stamps weren't enough anymore.

Comment by Alan Brignull on January 23, 2019 at 4:10pm

MaoMao (@natquintosuhing) - is that something to do with taxation? Here, ordinary postage is VAT exempt but for some postal services it is payable. Luckily, we can use any sort of stamp on any mail as long as it totals the right amount.

Comment by MaoMao on January 23, 2019 at 11:22am

Interesting how it varies from country to country.  Nobody says anything here about machines, but you pay 10% on top of the prescribed postage cost if you use domestic, instead of int'l, stamps on letters going overseas. With only 2 int'l stamp designs to choose from, I am resigned to paying 110% every time.

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