British postal clerks, up to their old tricks.

An advert for a dog's refuge home.

Check the Machins in the background

http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm

rodney wrote:
An advert for a dog's refuge home.

Check the Machins in the background

http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm


Even when they are cancelled with a circular date stamp they can be
spoiled for collectors, as the block of four shows. I wish that Royal
Mail would invest in the type of date stamps that are used, for example,
in Germany and Switzerland.

--
John Ray

Here, here.
I find it curious that a country with such a proud history of philately,
actually allows it to continue.
But then again, who cares? everybody is collecting mint unhinged with gum.


"John Ray" wrote in message
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rodney wrote:
An advert for a dog's refuge home.

Check the Machins in the background

http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm


Even when they are cancelled with a circular date stamp they can be
spoiled for collectors, as the block of four shows. I wish that Royal Mail
would invest in the type of date stamps that are used, for example, in
Germany and Switzerland.

--
John Ray

In a recent message "rodney" wrote:

Here, here.
I find it curious that a country with such a proud history of philately,
actually allows it to continue.
But then again, who cares? everybody is collecting mint unhinged with gum.


Um - no. Not everybody.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... How much sin can I get away with and still go to heaven?

On 17 June, 02:19, John Ray wrote:
rodney wrote:
An advert for a dog's refuge home.

Check the Machins in the background *

http://cjoint.com/data/grb0Gzo6Pu.htm

Even when they are cancelled with a circular date stamp they can be
spoiled for collectors, as the block of four shows. I wish that Royal
Mail would invest in the type of date stamps that are used, for example,
in Germany and Switzerland.

--
John Ray

They did have neat cancellers, but a few years ago washing off the
cancels and selling "unfranked no gum" stamps on eBay rose to epidemic
proportions. Hence the killer cancels were introduced. It didn't
really work, as there are so many skips anyway. So now we have stamps
with little lozenge-shaped roulettes which will allegedly cause them
to self-destruct if soaked. ISTR someone here saying that they _can_
be soaked, but I've only just started to receive them, and yet to try
it.

Chris

Not that I recall Chris,
there was somebody here talking about soaking Aussie peel and stick.


They did have neat cancellers, but a few years ago washing off the
cancels and selling "unfranked no gum" stamps on eBay rose to epidemic
proportions. Hence the killer cancels were introduced. It didn't
really work, as there are so many skips anyway. So now we have stamps
with little lozenge-shaped roulettes which will allegedly cause them
to self-destruct if soaked. ISTR someone here saying that they _can_
be soaked, but I've only just started to receive them, and yet to try
it.

Chris