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Krakatoa

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
So here's how you do it...

Collect up all the postage stamps you can find. Places to look are your pocketbook, wallet, desk and junk drawer, ashtray and glovebox, under the sofa, the unopened mail/tax filing drawer etc..

Ask your friends and family especially the older ones ( they're the best!) that actually know what stamps are and how to use them properly. They ususally have the biggest stashes. Then you trade yard work, odd jobs, and favors for said postage...;)

Get sticking!!! Don't lick the glue!!o_O

This is the result! Look at these beauties! Proudly bring them in and proceed to SHIP FOR FREE!:p Total savings this trip $122.30!

If they give you any :eek:guff at the PO tell them your Grandma gave them to you!!:D

Why go through this? You're never going to have those lost stamps when you need them, and it allows you to spend ALL of your Paypal balance on more bike parts!!!:cool:

Let's all work together to bring the lost and unused stamps back into circulation!

It kind of begs the question of how many stamps have been sold over the years vs how many actualy got used. Who gets to keep that money??

PS Some of you will be getting some very funny looking packages this week! Thank you all for your business!

Tracking to follow...

Nate

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This is a philatelist's wet dream!
Not really who do you think is selling this stuff at 80%? I have tons of modern (>1940) postage. Actually any stamp issued for postage (so no postage due, special handling, Registry, etc...) since late 1861 are valid for postage. The issues 1847-61 ('57 designs) were demonetized at the outbreak of the Civil War so the Confederacy couldn't use them. V/r Shawn
 
Not really who do you think is selling this stuff at 80%? I have tons of modern (>1940) postage. Actually any stamp issued for postage (so no postage due, special handling, Registry, etc...) since late 1861 are valid for postage. The issues 1847-61 ('57 designs) were demonetized at the outbreak of the Civil War so the Confederacy couldn't use them. V/r Shawn

I stand corrected. That is interesting to know that stamps from 1861 can still be used today. I guess they don't go bad. Thanks .
 
Not really who do you think is selling this stuff at 80%? I have tons of modern (>1940) postage. Actually any stamp issued for postage (so no postage due, special handling, Registry, etc...) since late 1861 are valid for postage. The issues 1847-61 ('57 designs) were demonetized at the outbreak of the Civil War so the Confederacy couldn't use them. V/r Shawn
Sir , you have opened my eyes..I just checked out stamps on ebay ...oh my..80% like you said.Thats KrAzY! Thanks for the insight.
 
Sir , you have opened my eyes..I just checked out stamps on ebay ...oh my..80% like you said.Thats KrAzY! Thanks for the insight.
So I guess the obvious question "Why would someone sell stamps at less than face?" Well a few reasons. First, unlike cash you can't take stamps back to USPS for redemption. Second, many of these will have small flaws--usually just gum flaws, small creases, off center etc... that ruins their collectability. Next there were hundreds of millions of most issues printed and more than enough exist in collectors hands. I have full sheets going back into the '40s (3c). Lastly, many of these will be lower denominations requiring multiples to be used even for regular first class rates and as seen by Nate's photos a bunch for packages. Another factor is that, like a lot of 'analog' hobbies, stamp collecting is not nearly as popular as it once was. The serious collectors gravitate towards the classics and specialist material leaving the common stuff to go begging. V/r Shawn
 
So I guess the obvious question "Why would someone sell stamps at less than face?" Well a few reasons. First, unlike cash you can't take stamps back to USPS for redemption. Second, many of these will have small flaws--usually just gum flaws, small creases, off center etc... that ruins their collectability. Next there were hundreds of millions of most issues printed and more than enough exist in collectors hands. I have full sheets going back into the '40s (3c). Lastly, many of these will be lower denominations requiring multiples to be used even for regular first class rates and as seen by Nate's photos a bunch for packages. Another factor is that, like a lot of 'analog' hobbies, stamp collecting is not nearly as popular as it once was. The serious collectors gravitate towards the classics and specialist material leaving the common stuff to go begging. V/r Shawn
This is a loophole I was unaware of but just packing up packages is such a hassle that the thought of sticking 400 3 cent stamps to my package (heh, heh I said sticking 400 3 cent stamps to my package) is not very appealing.
 
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