Soon no new cancelled stamps?
New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail — at least
temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linn’s Sept. 18: “New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the cancelling of stamps by processing machines.” As for concerns about the not-canceled stamps being reused, the spokesperson said: “While stamps are not currently being machine postmarked, we do have processes in place to detect the re-use of stamps and postage included envelopes. Source: https://www.linns.com/news/world-sta...DigitalEdition Victor Manta, PWO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Soon no new cancelled stamps?
New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail at least
temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linns Sept. 18: New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the cancelling of stamps by processing machines. As for concerns about the not-canceled stamps being reused, the spokesperson said: While stamps are not currently being machine postmarked, we do have processes in place to detect the re-use of stamps and postage included envelopes. Source: https://www.linns.com/news/world-sta...DigitalEdition Other postal authorities have done some of this canccel 'skipping', notably Great Britain. The result is 'action' by postal clerks to 'cancel' those stamps using ballpoint pens, sharpies or any other means at hand, including ripping portions of the stamps 'to deface against fraud'. Another gummint 'nail in the coffin' of stamp collecting. JA --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message
... New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail — at least temporarily. Other postal authorities have done some of this canccel 'skipping', notably Great Britain. The result is 'action' by postal clerks to 'cancel' those stamps using ballpoint pens, sharpies or any other means at hand, including ripping portions of the stamps 'to deface against fraud'. Another gummint 'nail in the coffin' of stamp collecting. This is not about manually damaging the stamps that weren't cancelled by the standard automatic devices but about somehow marking the stamps as used by a kind of invisible ink jet spitting device. You're right about "Another gummint 'nail in the coffin' of stamp collecting", it's exactly this. It will open a new collecting era of "Spit or Not Spit stamps". A cheap spit detecting device (about £199.99) will be sold by Stanley Gibbons to advanced collectors... Victor Manta, PWO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On 9/22/2018 5:33 PM, Victor Manta wrote:
New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail at least temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linns Sept. 18: New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the cancelling of stamps by processing machines. As for concerns about the not-canceled stamps being reused, the spokesperson said: While stamps are not currently being machine postmarked, we do have processes in place to detect the re-use of stamps and postage included envelopes. Source: https://www.linns.com/news/world-sta...DigitalEdition Victor Manta, PWO I live in California in the Unite States. Tax and fee payments to both the federal and state governments are considered paid on time if they are mailed with cancellations not later than the due date. I will have a property (real estate) tax payment to my county due on 10 December. As long as the envelope contains a postmark dated 10 December or earlier, I incur no penalty for a late payment even if the US Postal Service does not deliver the envelope two weeks later. If there is no cancellation, how do I prove I mailed the payment on time? -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com Too often, Twitter is a source of verbal vomit. Examples include Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr, and Elon Musk. |
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Thank you Victor, Sir F.A. Rien and David for this very interesting
discussion that I am relaying to the french speaking newsgroup on philately : news:fr.rec.philatelie Il will post here later on (I am leaving for 15 days) a summary of the discussions on the french speaking ng. BTW, I would appreciate to understand what you mean, "Sir F.A. Rien" with 'gummint' as my dictionnaries have not been of any help :-( I would also appreciate - if acceptable for you - to get a valid e-mail address. Mine is "courtiade at free dot fr" -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade |
Soon no new cancelled stamps?
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 07:52:27 +0200, "Pierre COURTIADE"
sharpened a crayon and wrote: Thank you Victor, Sir F.A. Rien and David for this very interesting discussion that I am relaying to the french speaking newsgroup on philately : news:fr.rec.philatelie Il will post here later on (I am leaving for 15 days) a summary of the discussions on the french speaking ng. BTW, I would appreciate to understand what you mean, "Sir F.A. Rien" with 'gummint' as my dictionnaries have not been of any help :-( I would also appreciate - if acceptable for you - to get a valid e-mail address. Mine is "courtiade at free dot fr" "gummint" = "Gummed up governmental bureaucracy". --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:52:44 -0700, "David E. Ross"
sharpened a crayon and wrote: On 9/22/2018 5:33 PM, Victor Manta wrote: New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail at least temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linns Sept. 18: New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the cancelling of stamps by processing machines. As for concerns about the not-canceled stamps being reused, the spokesperson said: While stamps are not currently being machine postmarked, we do have processes in place to detect the re-use of stamps and postage included envelopes. Source: https://www.linns.com/news/world-sta...DigitalEdition Victor Manta, PWO I live in California in the Unite States. Tax and fee payments to both the federal and state governments are considered paid on time if they are mailed with cancellations not later than the due date. I will have a property (real estate) tax payment to my county due on 10 December. As long as the envelope contains a postmark dated 10 December or earlier, I incur no penalty for a late payment even if the US Postal Service does not deliver the envelope two weeks later. If there is no cancellation, how do I prove I mailed the payment on time? Options include: Obtaining a 'Proof Of Mailing" Having the clerk use the counter canceller in your presence. Sending by tracked means. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
Soon no new cancelled stamps?
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 19:47:54 -0400, "Victor Manta"
sharpened a crayon and wrote: "Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message .. . New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail at least temporarily. Other postal authorities have done some of this canccel 'skipping', notably Great Britain. The result is 'action' by postal clerks to 'cancel' those stamps using ballpoint pens, sharpies or any other means at hand, including ripping portions of the stamps 'to deface against fraud'. Another gummint 'nail in the coffin' of stamp collecting. This is not about manually damaging the stamps that weren't cancelled by the standard automatic devices but about somehow marking the stamps as used by a kind of invisible ink jet spitting device. You're right about "Another gummint 'nail in the coffin' of stamp collecting", it's exactly this. It will open a new collecting era of "Spit or Not Spit stamps". A cheap spit detecting device (about 199.99) will be sold by Stanley Gibbons to advanced collectors... If that 'detector' works as well as their watermark detectors ... ROTFLMAO! BTW, have you checked a 'black light' on the spit? Perhaps another usage of Luminol [or similar]? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"Victor Manta" wrote in
: This is not about manually damaging the stamps that weren't cancelled by the standard automatic devices but about somehow marking the stamps as used by a kind of invisible ink jet spitting device. Sounds to me like cancelling is about the same effort. Then why stop cancelling normally. Maybe sometning about cancellation dates? -- I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook. |
Soon no new cancelled stamps?
On 9/23/18 2:33 AM, Victor Manta wrote:
New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail — at least temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linn’s Sept. 18: “New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the cancelling of stamps by processing machines.” Apparently, the experiment of not cancelling the stamps was cancelled after a few days. According to a source which I have forgotten in the meantime, on 8 October 2018 stamp cancellation should have resumed. -jmh |
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