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Another stupidity from USPS???
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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Another stupidity from USPS???
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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Another stupidity from USPS???
"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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Another stupidity from USPS???
"rodney" wrote in message
... "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). -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Another stupidity from USPS???
On Sep 19, 3:39*am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
"rodney" wrote in message ... "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). -- Victor Manta 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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Another stupidity from USPS???
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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Another stupidity from USPS???
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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Another stupidity from USPS???
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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Another stupidity from USPS???
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 -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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Another stupidity from USPS???
"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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