WW Postal rates & an SASE

David F. wrote:
Malcolm:

Are the Pound denomination stamps still valid?

I had heard that they were not demonitized.

Blair


Yes, the £1 stamps are still valid, this unit of currency did not change
on decimalisation. It will go, of course, if we ever join the euro.

Douglas

Phew!!! My 1 pound Postal Union Congress is still valid for postage.
;-)

... although soon it may only prepay a basic rate letter to Canada.

Blair



Are PUC's still held, and are there any modern Stamp Issues to
commemorate the event(s)?

Just curious...

David

http://www.upu.int/congres/en/index.shtml

The last one was in 1999 at Beijing, the next is in 2004 at Bucharest.
China issued a set of two stamps in honor of the Congress and a third
stamp to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the UPU.

= Eric


Many thanks - I thought there was something going on soon!

David.

I don't think anyone would care to use any mint £1 stamp except the
current one for postage do you?

Malcolm


wrote in message ...
Dakota wrote:

I've got lots of modern mint(foreign) postage too. I'm sure that many
of these are still valid for postage - BUT - how can I determine which
issues are still valid?

A good indicator is the current Michel catalog. Alternatively,
and leading to more accurate results, would be asking the postal
administration in the country in question.

From what little I know: in Germany, only stamps in Euro currency
and in mixed Euro/DM currency are now valid. In France, nearly all
stamps are still valid with the exception of some from the Petain era
(according to the last EUR/FRF exchange rate, and the "old francs"
are only valid as "new centimes").

Jan-Martin

TC wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:50:00 +0100, "David F."
wrote:

- super snip -

I will refer you to Mette's wonderful UPU web page for this one:

http://thematicalstamps.school.dk/frame_upu.htm

Thank you, Blair :-) In this context it is relevant to mention that
I have just uploaded a new small page in this "series" about the
new official UPU-stamp to be issued on 9th September 2003.

http://thematicalstamps.school.dk/frame_UpuOfficial.htm

Mette

Are PUC's still held, and are there any modern Stamp Issues to
commemorate the event(s)?

Just curious...

David

Each member country of the Universal Postal Union can send a delegate to
the Congress which meets every five years to govern its affairs. Most
delegates present complimentary packs of their country's stamps to other
delegates. Those from the UK have had Machins in as well as special
issues. Among these are 16th Congress held at Tokyo in 1969, the centenary
meeting at Lausanne in 1974, the 18th at Rio de Janeiro in 1979, and the
19th at Hamburg in 1984. Full details are in the new Deegam Handbook
(appendix 11).

Douglas

Are PUC's still held, and are there any modern Stamp Issues to
commemorate the event(s)?

Just curious...

David

Each member country of the Universal Postal Union can send a delegate to
the Congress which meets every five years to govern its affairs. Most
delegates present complimentary packs of their country's stamps to other
delegates. Those from the UK have had Machins in as well as special
issues. Among these are 16th Congress held at Tokyo in 1969, the centenary
meeting at Lausanne in 1974, the 18th at Rio de Janeiro in 1979, and the
19th at Hamburg in 1984. Full details are in the new Deegam Handbook
(appendix 11).

Douglas

Many thanks Douglas...

More information for that thick little notebook of mine!

David.