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Old September 18th 08, 11:24 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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I just got around to the latest stamp catalog from the Cave.
Flags of Our Nation Set 1
Stars and Stripes, AL, AK, American Samoa, AZ, AR, CO, CT and DE.
Full coil of 50
Flags of Our Nation Set 2
DC, FL, GA. Guam, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS. Full coil of 50
OK, ten different stamps in a coil of 50. Doesn't make sense to me
other than to force collectors to buy more stamps.
I did not realize these were "of Our Nation", I was thinking State
flags.
Twenty-one US dollars per coil for 10 different stamps. Six different
coils ( I think ) ,$126.00USD for the set? Not for this OLD boy.
Does this make sense to anyone??
BTW, the Cave had a typo in the names of set 2; Hawaii'i.

Ralphael, the OLD one
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Old September 18th 08, 11:33 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Hi Ralphael,

If you read Linn's articles and some of the letters you will find that
everybody's complaining. The biggest complaint is the self stick
stamps that do not soak because of no water soluble layer, The format
of stamps and limited availability is another big complaint. I know
my post office branch has hardly anything new, which for me is no big
deal since I do not collect US ( Is this heresy? ). Just think of the
stamp dealers that have to stock this material. I know my stamp
dealer friend spends a fortune on new US issues.

Bottom line is No It Does Not Make Sense.

Jerry B
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Old September 18th 08, 11:41 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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"Ralphael1"
OK, ten different stamps in a coil of 50. Doesn't make sense to me
other than to force collectors to buy more stamps.


With great respect Ralph,
No one is "forcing" anyone to purchase.
That is the choice (and perhaps folly) of the "completionist"

Your ideal of expected behaviour of USPS will never match
their ideal of the profit and loss account.



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Old September 19th 08, 08:39 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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"rodney" wrote in message
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"Ralphael1"
OK, ten different stamps in a coil of 50. Doesn't make sense to me
other than to force collectors to buy more stamps.


With great respect Ralph,
No one is "forcing" anyone to purchase.
That is the choice (and perhaps folly) of the "completionist"

Your ideal of expected behaviour of USPS will never match
their ideal of the profit and loss account.


Nice said, with the supplementary remark that through their buying behavior
the stamp collectors can somehow influence the PO stamps issuing policy.

Please notice that I haven't implied that the collectors can work out this
policy because there are also other factors involved, especially for the
stately owned postal services. Such services have to meet often
contradictory demands of their owners (which is the whole population, in its
full diversity).

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Old September 19th 08, 11:19 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Sep 19, 3:39*am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
"rodney" wrote in message

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"Ralphael1"
OK, ten different stamps in a coil of 50. Doesn't make sense to me
other than to force collectors to buy more stamps.


With great respect Ralph,
No one is "forcing" anyone to purchase.
That is the choice (and perhaps folly) of the "completionist"


Your ideal of expected behaviour of USPS will never match
their ideal of the profit and loss account.


Nice said, with the supplementary remark that through their buying behavior
the stamp collectors can somehow influence the PO stamps issuing policy.

Please notice that I haven't implied that the collectors can work out this
policy because there are also other factors involved, especially for the
stately owned postal services. Such services have to meet often
contradictory demands of their owners (which is the whole population, in its
full diversity).

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Regarding the coil stamps: USPS issues stamps in coils of 50, 100,
3,000, 5,000 and 10,000The Cave will sell a strip of stamps, 25 in the
case of low face value, from the 3000 and 5000 coils but not of the 50
and 100.
I do not live near a Philatelic Centers and do not know if they will
break coils of 50 and 100. They will sell you one stamp from the 3000,
5,000 or 10,000 coil if you so desire, and they do not charge for
postage to mail the stamps you order as the Cave does.
My point is this, Sell me a part of any coil so I do not have all that
excess postage.

RtOo

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Old September 19th 08, 11:20 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Sep 18, 6:41*pm, "rodney" wrote:
"Ralphael1"

OK, ten different stamps in a coil of 50. Doesn't make sense to me
other than to force collectors to buy more stamps.


With great respect Ralph,
No one is "forcing" anyone to purchase.
That is the choice (and perhaps folly) of the "completionist"

Your ideal of expected behaviour of USPS will never match
their ideal of the profit and loss account.


Sorry Rodney, I disagree..somewhat.
If one is a dedicated collector of US stamps he must buy the full coil
of 50 to get stamps for his collection, therefore "forced"..Then again
are there any dedicated US stamp collectors out there.
Buy 50 stamps, keep 10 and try and dispose of the other 40 stamps. All
this multiplied by six.
Postage? who needs that much postage?

RtOo
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Old September 19th 08, 03:40 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Sep 18, 6:33*pm, wrote:
Hi Ralphael,

If you read Linn's articles and some of the letters you will find that
everybody's complaining. *The biggest complaint is the self stick
stamps that do not soak because of no water soluble layer, *The format
of stamps and limited availability is another big complaint. *I know
my post office branch has hardly anything new, which for me is no big
deal since I do not collect US ( Is this heresy? ). *Just think of the
stamp dealers that have to stock this material. *I know my stamp
dealer friend spends a fortune on new US issues.

Bottom line is No It Does Not Make Sense.

Jerry B


Thank you Jerry. It is encouraging that someone else agrees with the
OLD one.

RtOo
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Old September 19th 08, 03:44 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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On Sep 19, 10:36*am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Ralphael1 found these unused words:

BTW, the Cave had a typo in the names of set 2; Hawaii'i.


Arthur, arthur !
Godfrey! Daniels, what's next with those folks?


What, no groetjes? for shame.

BTW, just what is the correct pronounciation for that?
Visitors from Germany say something that sounds like chewss.

RtOo
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Old September 19th 08, 04:29 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Tschuess

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschüss

Originally from "adios"

groetjes, Rein

Op Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:44:36 +0200 schreef Ralphael1 :

On Sep 19, 10:36*am, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Ralphael1 found these unused words:

BTW, the Cave had a typo in the names of set 2; Hawaii'i.


Arthur, arthur !
Godfrey! Daniels, what's next with those folks?


What, no groetjes? for shame.

BTW, just what is the correct pronounciation for that?
Visitors from Germany say something that sounds like chewss.

RtOo




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Old September 19th 08, 04:51 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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"Ralphael1"
Buy 50 stamps, keep 10 and try and dispose of the other 40 stamps. All
this multiplied by six.
Postage? who needs that much postage?


This guy?
http://cjoint.com/data/jtrXTNlkWc.htm


 




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